The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-23
WASHINGTON
By Roy K. Moulton
Mcctins the nlrln,nn,a.
WnshlnulOn. l'cDrull

Dear Editor:
The ambassadors hcrc have bccu
most KIND in their trcltmcut OF nae.
have dincd ut the Italian embassy SO
often that | am ashamed 10 look II
pate OF spaghetti m the face. | lilo
me italian ambassador very much. Yuu
uoh pronounce his name, YOU sneclc
1t.
Baron Yasuya Uchda the japanese
nhpasSauor. is u likable little chap. but
| was surprised whom dined al his
nome last Thursday evening that ne
didn walk il tight rorc. lie on his back
ana Kick IA barrel up In the air or roll
I +" SILVER dollar around on the top of al
iarasol. 1t seems that these things are
not done in the best diplomatic circles.
/ interviewed the ainba -Fador ut length
w" tho probability OF 81 war between
Inc United States and Japan Jus, as
YOU told me to- and he gave me 4 very
chirining reply in Japanese. | don't
Z know what it meant, hut If il meant
what II sounded like II meant war ana
bitter cruel war very soon. You
Know what General Sherman said war
was. Well. the ambassadors CONVEX
sa'ion sounded just like that.
Mr.. Chang Yin Tang who sounds
IKE one of those banjo solos you hear
In vaudeville. rs the envoy extraordi-
nary and minister plenipotcntinry from
Z
crate chop suey mansion on Nineteenth
Street which Is known diploma tlcallv
as the chinese embassy. | nave not
eaten many meals there. as have
never been passionntely fond of Chinese
cooking. Tho first time dncd there
had TO use chop sticks. and figured
| that II would take mo about eighteen
years to get square meal by that
method OF transportation. Gimply
ruined that lavender silk vest of mine
on know that vest 1t buttoned up
so close under my chin that didn't
cave to Wear any shirt with it. RI has
: come In handy In Washington for
since have been here, have had to
part with my shirts ono at a time to
Keen pace with the brunette gentlemen
who work the black hand racket on
inc about every three minutes Having
no shirt end no vest, ! am wearing It
striped sweater I got for Christmas
Ny valet is trying TO negotiate Tho
ioan of shirt from the barber down
stairs so that l can attend the next
diplomatic reception AT the White
House. 1t is almost necessary TO wear
one there
have struck great bargain here.
1t Is possible to buy almost anything
you want In Washington and great
many things that you 90 not want A
certain class of gentlemen make a !
business of selling relics This morning
l bought from one in front OF our
hotel the chair in which George
Washington sat when he wrote the
Declaration of Independence. 1t is a !
handsome chair of antique design and
/ expect to present 1t 10 the Kent
Scientific Museum when l get home.
| got II for s31. which consider to
be Il very reasonable price all things |
considered.
Later The clerk at the hotel says
he believes l have been stung on that
chair proposition. He says George
Washington didn't write the Declare
ton of Independence. He says Henry /
Clay wrote it. The Porter says John
c. Calhoun wrote It, and ;he elevator
boy says George Ado wrote it. They
ington didn't write it, and that is all !
that interests me.
Stin later: am quite convinced
now that the gentleman. who sold mo
the chair drew upon his imagination. /
I have since turned the chair over, and
on the bottom l ind the trade mark
Of the Berkey e Gay Furniture Com. i
psny. Grand Rapids Mich
The Washington social season is
now on. full tilt, and ! ind that got |
here just In time. There was an oys-
Ter social at the parsonage OF the A. |
NJ. e. Church on Ninth Street last
evening. and a pound social at the par
sonaGe of the Colored Baptist Church
on f Street night before last.