The Washington herald., 1908-03-08

was largely through his love of the game
that he became sufficiently interested IN
the English people and their ways to col
lect the material for the various books he
has written on English history. litera-
| ture, and customs. 1t is said OF him. and
probably with truth. that he can write
better English than most scholarly Eng
lishmen and Americans In connection
WITH this statement let # be said Of him
that ne was associated with Taine in the
preparation Of his last edition of the
History of English Literature"
Jusserand has been in the Diplomatic
service ever since he reached his ma
jority. back in 1876: Speck Won Stern
burg is rather a late conner in the field
diplomatic proper, not really entering
it until the early sos, though before
that time he was a military attache.
Jusserand's present is his first assign
ment to this country; this is Speck Won
Sternburg's third. his second being that
OF councillor and first secretary Of the
German embassy, in 1897. Each has
shown a partially for this country's
women by marrying one OF them.
Wed American Girls.
Nine. Jusserand, nee Elsie Richards.
is an American who never saw her
country until she came here as am
bassadress. Born in Paris, where her
father was engaged in banking, the
French capital was her home until her
marriage. Baroness Won Sternburg. one
OF the noted Langham sisters. claimed
by Kentucky. was born in California,
spent few months of her childhood
In the Blue Grass State with an uncle,
and the rest OF il abroad In the three
countries or Italy, France, and Germany
She speaks German with fuency that
Speck Won Sternburg himself cannot
excel. Though she is fond OF Germany
and the life there. she is, nevertheless.
an enthusiastic American, and she takes
considerable pride in the fact that her
husband is no mean adversary In the
Anglo-American game Of lawn tennis
Jimmy" Garfield, the third son Of
President to be given a Cabinet port
folio, and one OF the most prominent
members of the so-called tennis cabi-
net has been lawn tennis PLAYER since
he was real young-he is only forty-two
now-but much pursuit OF tennis balls has
not given him the knack OF the game.
which IS possessed by some of the other
cabinet members. One of the char
acteristics Of his game is that it is er-
ratio. Apropos OF this. Washington tells
this story:
Not ID 10 HIS Usual Game.
Not so very many hours after Jimmy
was made Commissioner Of Corporations
by the President. he and his chief found
themselves pitted against each other on
the White House tennis court. Perhaps
the younger mans head was full OF
thoughts of the work ahead; whatever
the cause. he put up a splendid exhibit
tion OF how lawn tennis should not be
played,
Garfield" remarked the President
when the session was over and the two
were vending their way back 10 the
White House IF you are as poor a
Commissioner of Corporations as you are
a tennis player. I'm going TO appoint
some one else
The time Of this other anecdote was
when Garfield first went after the Stand
ard OIL with his official probe
Can't you tell me something about
Gar1eld?' a Washington newspaper cor
spondent asked Of one OF the Ohio Sena-
tors.
The Buckeye tosa-wearer appeared to