The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-02
movement. The superior safety Of the
cross saddle appeals to them.

The autumn golf season holds many
allurements to President Taft, and he
and the other members of the presi-
Dental family will not come to the
white house for good until about the
middle of October The secretary OF
state will soon relieve the first as.
so that the latter. who has been at his
post all through the heated term, may
leave Washington for vacation trip
with Mrs. Wilson, The latter has been
anking official hostess here ever since
the scattering of the administration
circle in July. Her important duty
along this line was the entertaining
of the royal prince of China.
When Prince Tsai Shun's brother
was here in the spring, as head of the
modern Chinese army, fifteen automo-
biles were required TO convey his at
taches from place to place, and more
than three score seats were needed for
their entertainment at place Of
amusement
Among the earliest Of the returning
summer solourners is the family of the
Chinese minister, Nine. Chang, the lit
tie Misses Lily and Alice Chang, and
the minister's son and daughter-in- law,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry X. Chang, no
Tong, the eldest of the trio of tiny
visitors at the legation.
The Misses Chang are all in their
early teens. For the matter Of that, so
is the little bride Of Henry Chang, and
they are all under the care Of an
American governeSs. from whom they
are learning the difficulties of the
three Rs, several languages and Pusic.
The last is their particular delight, and
they are enthusiastic little students
Many charming musicals have been
held IN the Oriental home on Connectl
cut avenue, which attracted the min.
istcr s agents by its somewhat Oriental
appearance in front.
The Tong girls are the daughters OF
Tong Shao vi, who was sent here last
year as a special ambassador in the
settlement of the Boxer indemnity af-
fair He was educated at Amherst.
He has many old friends in Springfield,
where his daughters and the daughters
Of the minister made a visit last
spring. The two families are doubly
connected by marriage, the last con
uection being made when the min
ister's son was married to Emily Tong
Christmas day Of last year. The mar.
riage did not interfere with her school
work at one of the young ladies semi
on her arrival here, and where she con.
tinued her studies during the school
year. She was greatly liked and ad-
mircd by the girls who were in her
classes, and she was the ouaintest and
most picturesque little figure, trudging
back and forth up to school with her
also picturesque attendant, who car
ried her books. She is splendid
student, and kept well up in all her
classes At the New Year day recep-
ton Of President and Mrs, Taft last
winter the five girls of the legation
were the center of an admlring group
throughout their stay at the white
house Their little black heads were
dressed exactly alike, with long pig
tails, characteristic short stiff bangs,
and stiff pink bows on the tops
of their Chinese heads.
OF the many changes which will be
noted in the diplomatic corps when the
social season opens. none will occasion
more regret than the absence of the
Italian charge d 'affaires and Marchesa
di Montagliari, who have been the
heads of the Italian embassy at this
post since the return TO Italy of the
former ambassador, Baron Mayor des
Planches and Baroness des Plunches
last winter. Marchese di Mon1agliari
has been transferred to the foreign
office in Rome, and Will 90 there on the
ARRIVAL IN TINS country OF tue new en-
bassador. Marchese di Mou.agliari
and his wife have been leaders in the
gayeties at Manchester by the Sea,
where the summer embassy has been
established, as they have been during
the winter gayeties IN Washington
among the diplomatic set.
Mrs Mary Ellen Chapman has sent
out cards announcing the marriage yes
terday, in Baltimore, of her daugh
ter. Minnie Belle Chapman. TO Edmund
Kennedy Goldsborough. Mrs. Colds
borough is the daughter Of the lauc
Nsthanial Chapman of Charles county,
Md, aud claims kinship with two presi
dents. Her grandfather. Judge John
Madison Chapman, was a nephew of
President James Madison and a cousin
of President Zachary Taylor. She also
descends from royalty. going back
through the houses of Percy and No
villo TO Alfred the Great. She is en-
Titled to membership in all the
patriotic societies of America in which
immediate members of her family haze
long been prominent. Mr.. Goldsbor
ough comes from the old Goldsbor-
oueh family. of Goldsborough Chase.
near Knarosborough, Yorkshire, Eng
land.