The Washington herald., 1908-06-21
AT THE HOTELS.

yesterday from Hot Springs. Va. where
she has tried TO rid herself Of malaria,
acquired. she says. when she first landed
| in the United States, last winter.
/ The princess is stopping at the New
/ willard With her are AT least ten seTv-
ants. a first. second and third attache.
butler, a courier a marshal. a chef.
and three maids make up part Of the
retinue OF this Hungarian nobiewoman.
/ But in addition to her retinue the prin-
cess carries with her a menagerie that
| IS by no means small 1t is made UP Of
wolves, owls, alligators. and other fasci-
mating II wild. animals Most OF these
inhabitants Of the nature-faking world
were sent TO Italy yesterday, although
the princess did take them 70 her hotel
for brief stay
| The princess was not willing 10 bother
with registering IN the usual way. but
/ asked that the book be sent 10 her room.
/ When this request was complied with
she kept the book. Seeing the nagpole.
which juts out from the Pennsylvania
avenue side OF the big hostelry. she i'm
! mediately desired to have wave from its
ungarnished length the flag Of Hungary.
/ The fagpole. however was still empty
| at a late hour last night
/ Her hlghneSs came TO Washington In
a private car, the Magnet. over the
/ Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. With
/ her she brought dozens OF trunks and
\ boxes and bags. Most Of these are in
| some way labeled with the red, white, and
! green Of her native land, and upon each
/ Of them is also the corOnet Of the
| princess
| She is rcputed 20 be a portrait painter
\ Of note and is understood 20 have painted
/ the German Emperor at least seven times,
/ while on occasions she has depicted the
| faces Of Bismarck Won Moltke, and Won
/ Buelow. as we'll as other men famous
I in European countries.
A friend Of the princess said last night
that she is willing to paint the portrait
I OF one distinguished American, 10 be hung
/ in the projected National Gallery Of Art
/ In Washington. Il Is also understood that
/ she may paint the portraits Of thirty
! prominent Americans. one in each line OF
human endeavor. These. IL IS reported
would be turned over 70 the National
Museum for reproduction and sale, the
! proceeds 20 be used in the formation Of a
/ fund for the benefit OF American artists
striving 10 arrive"
! The princess will remain in Washington
/ for a few DAYS. and viii then proceed
/ leisurelv 10 Newport, where she expects
/ 10 spend some time before sailing for
/ Italy, about the middle Of July.
There are more ways than one IN
which q man who has broken down in
/ the grind and dirt OF the big city may
! recover his health and at the same time
make money" said Charles T. Williams.
/ Of Chicago. at the Arlington last night
Il used 10 know a bookke=per in Chi
! cago who, from hard work, close con
/ fnemcnt. and natural tendencies, found
4 that he was fast going over the road
which ends I'm a physical breakdown.
This man went of down into Lower
Illinois. bought up a few acres Of land
/ near fairly large stream, and started IN
10 raise chickens on the incubator plan
/ For some reason or other the chickens
/ failed 20 materiallze for quite a while.
so the former bookkeeper. with all this
water so near al hand. changed over 10
ducks.
with these he was successful In q
short time he had ducks galore. He di-
vided his little farm into places for young
ducks and older ducks and stiU older
ducks. He built separate compartments
/ for eacn grade OF ducks
/ He arranged matters so that the farm
| should al all times be almost free ot
mud. which is one good indication in most
country places Of the presence Of ducks
or geese.
/ After a few years-his health was get
ting so good all the while that he had
forgotten what il was not % sleep Ike
a top-he took still more ground. and
raised still more ducks, shipping the fowl
. han .1r- of fa rrrrr
and making use OF the feathers IN ell
parts OF the world.
when I saw him recently he had a
glow that he never did have in the old
DAYS when he used 20 toll over a trial
| balance. and he told me that he raised
| several thousand ducks each year with
out any great trouble and with an in
come that made his former salary insig-
I nihcant"
Fussy women in a hotel are not pleas
ant. especially 10 the management Ac-
( cording to a man connected with one Of
Washington's big establishments. he once
had 20 do with a woman who was the
/ limit for fUssiness-
This particular source OF trouble was
wont to wake up every morning about
/ o'clock Just about the hour things were
doing in the culinary department The
/ incident didn't take place in this big
/ hotel. where 1t wGs told, but in a smaller
place, where a noise in the culinary re-
/ gion happened. unfortunately, 10 pene-
trate upstairs.
The apartment OF this nervous woman
was just near enough and she just fussy
enough 10 waten at the sound Of the
! cooks morning duties well performed
below. Every morning, however, she
would send for the clerk then on duty
and wish 10 know what that noise was
/ which had begun about 4 o'clock.
/ Each morning the clerk tried 20 placate
her by nventing strange stories ot what
was taking place, and the woman evil
/ IDENTIFY wanting only some excuse let
| things 60 at that until the next day.
when IL was all repeated, with, however.
"a different explanation.
After a time. the clerk became weary
: - continually racking his brain for new
! excuses, so when called up the following
morning and confronted with the usual
curt demand for an explanation he re-
marked, sadly
/ Look. madam ont Of the window; you
/ see. the sun is just coming up. That noise
/ you hear is the day breaking"
! zone Of the biggest surprises OF the
/ Chicago convention TO my mind was the
complete lack Of interest in Gov. Hughes"
I said G. n. Hastings. OF ST Louis. at the
/ Raleigh last night
| a few months ago Gov Hughes looked
/ like one Of the strongest men whose name
could be presented. and yet when the
/ time came for his name 70 be placed in
\ ,gva. In.