New-York tribune., 1908-02-23


.-~t. is but sadly rue commentary on the nap
hazard way We play dom-noes with The guests a.
official entertainments We ba.k Al 4 table =
precedence as 4 sIu- on democratic .nd-ylduasr-.
b..- We resort To- personal feuds and und, gniled
.l-a-rbc~ because won acknowledge who : Who
once an t5~au TheE-cgrne 70 nv dea-0Id Secretary
fathers affairs even. WITH expression that says:
"- Vow 1 Sit me DOWN dine.
Lord help nay host II don't shine
And tell daddy. the next time there Supreme
Court Justices wife and Cabinet lady II the
event. that he might lust well have stroke u
apoplexv and exhaust the excitement before they
ger % The table.
p -hls time he Htr1rLersragel drawing room vas
- filed with guescz. L reminded me Of the PIC
lures IF groups Of models showing OF entire COS
tunes tOr YOU know there no bringing tancyWork
hat and gloves on Indeed even IN the dining room
some of the women slipped IT only the hand par
Of their long gloves and turned II back like seal
Upper. but YOU can take II the gloves ana holt
them II your Lap-lt YOU are built that way.
found was sitting beside Baroness Won Lutz. and
began 70 tell her that the Wee President had showed
me her picture with the baby. bur l could that
She was absorbed II what little Dresden chm,
woman lust beyond me was prattlng into the
spongelke lmmobll.ry OF q grand dame farther On.
And NJ Compton ny husband was hardly
hack II his office. when messenger came over To
ask hun 10 60 ms papers and see L by chance
he had carried away an odd piece from the Secre
ra-vs desk He hadn ythlng that dldn belong
70 hIrr. ami ot course he was indignant over the
r.
while he couldn get n to he Secretary Just then.
the confidential clerk told ack what the missing
rar,r- wa- and do YOU know. II was u requlsItlun
On the War Department. Tor TWO horses for
Oh. l beg pardon. interrupted the Baroness
v5r Lurz. leaning over TO touch the Dresden chin.
arm But. Fay. I'D YOU ger The yellow 1roek oT
-n- silver,
Both dear Weren't they dreams.' And the
Dresden china bosom rose n ecstatlc memory. her
closing remarks on department betrayal Ia ylrg
been scattered Ike handful ~ corn
I'D Won gD the CAl-rt Madam
Louise gave n the BeaCham paro-5- she bu-9t
...i- -e-u-u1nE 10 her other nelghbor
The grand dame looked a. disguised as an ee-
--tn- that offered q latyhnge- after he has
scented a whole bag ot peanuts
Baroness Won Lutz puc ae- hand over rn-ne under
the table Do keep that silly child atren-
ton attracted this vvav. she whispered
III do my very best. l agreed terribly
attracted by the earnest way OF the Baron
ts5 But | might succeed better Il / could
see her place card
pr. that wouldn convey anything she : not q
Washington parsonage yer---tust the bride of JACK
son Compton Assistant Attorney Ceneral.-but She
has lust reached that point Of initiation into Govern
rlerr machinery where she thinks L makes her tool
Ish purfed head seem WeIghty and informed II sne
dumps all her snarttrng on petty graft ana pIIIe
intrigue before any chance listener AND YOU see
that happened be rather interesting disclosure
If lacks lack Of reserve she was making before
N-S Secretary OF Wa. Jackson compton always
had too much money for his good but ne seems
7l-t to have struck his gar II politics. ana nate
q see good friend beng toWed on the rocks oy q
sieve braned wife Il as lgnomlnlous ana dan
gerouz a. having Whooping cough after torty
- YOU see Eta. II political VIE can 60 on
the Washington firing line and help she can nave
rather a busy time taking tuck7 IN her tongue and
learning 10 I'LL the pitfalls III their career "lth ptau
tlful home cultivated silence.
After had induced The Dresden china bride to
---.- rrr . uDuol8.Lc twelve COURSES long On her