The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
tertain as often as may be the present
heir apparent to Miss Columbias
throne" and Mrs Sherman.

throne and Mrs. Sherman.
Their hosts this week include Mr..
Mrs Richard Siiers, OF Philadelphia.
and z Mr.. and Mrs. George Marshall
nhilike1n H. OF New York: Senator and Mrs.
.ained them on Tuesday evening"; for
f ,n,eer Secretary OF State and Mrs. John
W. Fostcr, With whom they went
t .h 70 the first large reception OF
wednesday. and General and Mrs. Clar-
cncc d. Edwards, on Saturday.
With all OF this feting OF the Sen.
.,speaker's dinner WHEN h was Thurs
Gays event at the White House. The
Office OF Speaker OF the House OF Rep
years mas grown to such Importance
that the holder OF It is next to the
president In official power. Neverthe-
less. the social entity Of the Speaker
could notice It. at the White House
albeit for years 1t has been the custom
for the President TO give. a dinner for
the Cabinet, for the Diplomatic corps
leader OF the lower house might be
invited, but not classed as an honor
guest This does not mean that Uncle
joe and his daughter, Miss Cannon.
In Washing ton. for they most certainly
have. Indeed. the latter has made
herself as much OF a social power as
her father has become a political force.
official home has until this year. been
characterized by diplomatic tact that
has metalnorphosed some places Of
official life.
Speakers dinner at the White House
was the man about whom all the world
is talking. the man to whom the Dem
ocratc party is looking to assist In
guilding i to national success at !, the =,
generosity took him from the atmos-
phere OF multimillionaire to that OF
milkman and back again. before
landing. him in the worlds greatest
him to speak homely truths in such
convincing manner as TO make the
United States Senate break It's own
rules By applaqdnIE
lawmaker. When Senator Gordon first
called upon the President. he car
tried with him an autograph copy OF
his "Plantation and Other Poems"
which now has an honored place in.the
From all these gatherings Senator
Tillman, Of South Carolina. Is greatly
missed. and the latest news from his
it observed. there is no more beloved
member OF the United States Senate
than "Pitchfork Ben. OF the Palmetto
state, and his illness is accordingly a
Speaking Of him leads to the retellin.
OF some OF his jokes for the benefit OF
those who may not have heard them
first hand. Here is one. told at the
federate Veterans Home this week.
According TO the story, little girl
vas given to misstatements. habit
which her parents found 1T hard to
heard an argument between Nellie
and her playmate. Tommy Blank. who.
summing UP his argument. cmphati-
cally said: II am older than YOU. be-
Your birthday comes first was the
quick rejoinder. cause you came down
first. I remember looking at the.
angels when !hey were a,sod making SSn
and when the little girl arrived at her
side. said. TT Is breaking your moth
er's heart to hear you tell such awful
stories. Rmember what happened TO-
she replied. .Thev were struck dead
for lying. I saw them carried irto the
corner drugstore"
:, Monday was Virginia Day a. the
Veterans Home in this city. Major
Holmes Conrad. the orator. and Mrs
Charles D. NIerwin. a native of the Old
Dominion, the guiding genius. Mrs.
~ Griffe Edwards led the Confederate
choir. singing then as we'll as during
the succeeding evenings. Those ac-
lively aiding with work at booths were
Mrs William II. Saunders. formerly
Goldie Norris. OF LeesburE: Miss Edna.
her daughter: Robert E. Lee. Jr.. and
Mrs William A. Jones, wife Of Repre-
sentative Jones. Of the First Virginia
District
Mrs. Herbert Ward. known in the
literary world as Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps is being entertained as their
house guest by DR.. and Mrs. Thomas
Nelson Page.