The Washington herald., 1908-02-16

tention of catching Up with my calling
list. Up and down and through the town
] drove. finding no one at home. much TO
my disgust. for / really want TO know
the people who are friendly enough to
call on me. until ! got 10 one of the
downtown hotels, where the clerk in
formed ne that Mrs. Blank was in, TO
so right up to her rooms the boy would
take me in the elevator. I knocked at
the door pointed out TO me and a gruf
voice called out, Come in In I went 10
stumble upon a man with half of his
. face covered with lather in the process
Of shaving. He glared at me furlously
before saying:
You've made a mistake; these are
Mr.. Blank rooms
u know, I replied, smiling sweetly,
I'm looking for Mrs Blank
Oh. beg pardon. he said. evidently
Modified by the smile Mrs Blanks in the
next room, go right in.
Il 0beyed the behest and found Mrs.
Blank her hair tightly twisted up in
curl papers, changing her dress
Land sakes alive she shrieked, what
on earth are you doing hereg
las mildly as / could l told her I had
been sent from the office 10 her room.
Well you shouldn't have come she
Hospitality remarked just sent down
word that I was dressing TO 90 out. and
that ! could not see any one
o. In that case / will go at once said
a little belligerently. for the whole occur
renee was getting upon my nerves, Good
morning.
No she announced blocking the way,
her curl papers bobbing and her dress
hanging of of her shoulders. since you're
here you might as well stays Sit right
down there and she swept some petit
coats and hat of Of chair but who
are you. anyway and what do you want
Of me-?
By this time the righteousness Of the
situation appealed 10 me and was so
/ choking with laughter that I could hardly
splutter out tEat vas Mrs. Secretary that
she had amiably called upon me some
/ time ago. and that ] had come to make
q return visit.
Land sakes alive. she exclaimed
3
/ per-she had been dressing all the while
+ just 20 think Of the wife If the Secretary
/ finding me tn this fix. why, I'm just so
/ Hurried / can't speak. But never mind.
| just you wait until I button UP my dress
and We'll have good talk
/ Il did wait and when she finished her
/ toilet We did have a good talk I apollo
gized for my misunderstanding she apollo
gized for her rudeness, we drank some
( cherry b0Ince together which she had
/ brought from home, and after d seance
I Of an hour We parted sworn friends And
/ they say women don't know anything
I about politics; we'll If that wasn't a great
pOliticg' coup this afternoon I. we'll +
James give me a glass of sherry, I'm
worn out
/ My son has the versatility. TO call il
I by no harder name. of a born politician. %
said fond father who has a seat in the
4 Lower House, in the cIoakroom the other
/ day. He came in this morning with his
kite in his hand, and told his mother
+ that he had sailed il way up among the
clouds, and that 1t got stuck so tight on
"a great, big cloud that he could not pull
/ IL down
But SON said his mother. you have
your Kite there in your hand. how did
/ you get ito
/ " 7 was just coming 10 that, mamma
! he replied God saw that little kite with
/ His 'all-seeing eve" and He swept His
/ long arm down through the clouds and
/ gave that little, old kite a shove and it
/ fell right into my hands
/ THE cruel assassination OF King Carlos
+ of Portugal brings to mind that dear de-
I lighIful SOusa Rosa" said q society
woman. who is noted for her penchant
( for foreigners. at luncheon the other
/ day. "SOusa. you know. represented Por-
! tugsl here for a number Of years, and
/ was recalled at his own request under
/ peculiar and most unusual circumstances.
/ He was q beauty 10 look at, the Apollo
! OF the corps diplomatique tall well
/ formed, with wavy iron gray hair and
/ eyes Ike a gazelle, There was no Ian
guage of which he was not master, and
/ he had all the graces and airs Of an ac-
! complished man of the world. In a word
Sousa was social fayorite and invited
everywhere. but he was most scrupUlous
about returning the hospitality offered
him. and entertained elegantly and as
siduOusly In the little nest in Sixteenth
/ street where he lived en- garcOn.
ITO be q guest at his dinners and the
mere exclusive little sTppers was a lib
+ eral education, for his house was mar
vel Of taste. and there was not a single
thing either In its furnishing or adorn-
ment that woRd have been rejected by
{ a connoisseur.' And he was an ideal host.
one felt at home the moment one crossed
/ the threshold and one was always re-
/ luctaut 70 go. But this constant enter
tanning proved to be too great q drain
on the salary and private fortune o. the
/ Fascinating diplOmatist. and in an evil
moment he listened to the Seductive calls
of Wall street, and, acting on the sure
/ tip given him by Il friend on the inside
he veutured all he had and promptly lost
/ it. There was much talk at the time of
dishonest brokers' and il was pointed
out that he did not understand the lam
guage well enough to protect himself
which every one who knew him knew
10 be false. but. no matter what the
reason, The poor man not only lost every
cent he had in the world but found him
self several thousand dollars in debt TO
his brokers. The loss OF his own fortune
was a mere bagatelle 90 him. but TO be
in dept that was intolerable. so he
promptly asked for and received his re-
call. but before leaving he sold all OF his
personal effects and realized in that way
enough TO pay his debts, so that he left
here with q clean slate.
'f4is friends say that Immediately on
reaching Lisbon he made a frank con
fession Of the whole affair to the King
who not only expressed the greatest CON
idence in his minister but proved il by
appointing him minister to Paris He was
as great a flvOrite at the French capital
as he was here. his house being a rendez-
vous for ali the shining lights in the
social and literary world and his little
dinners and suppers famous Two years
ago King Carlos bestowed the title OF
count on Sousa. and tbs said this new
honor becomes him nightly"