The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-04-06
SOCIAL LIFE OF
NATIONAL CAPITAL
MRS. BURTON l.. FRENCH WRITES
ENTERTAINMENT OF AFFAIRS
AT WASHINGTON.
Heard Underwood Speak Against the
Tolls RepeaI-Tells OF Splendid
Club Quarters.

In a most entertaining letter to
r friend in Moscow, Mrs Burton |
French, wife of Idaho's senior repre-
sentative in congress, has writer
many items about life in the nationa
capital which will interest all the read
ers of the Star-Mirror. The recipien
of the letter has kindly sent to thi.
paper for publication those extract.
which will especially appeal to Mos
COW readers.
I'VE are getting our tennis togs
ready for play. The government built
two fine courts within a block of us
and we intend to play at six o'clock
every morning, beginning as soon as
the courts dry off, My husband has
trained three times a week all winter
at the gymnasium, but that's all in
doors, and now the tennis will be bet
ter. We walk every evening after dim
ner, long walks, too. Always two
miles, often more and five or six on
Sundays
Yesterday was one of the most
spectacular days in congress in 1875
years, the fight on the canal tolls |
went over early and stayed through it
ALL 1t was thrilling debate, all the
giants, Underwood, the Speaker, Mann,
Fitzgerald, and others arrayed against
the president, and the latter Won I'm
derwood's speech in which he openly
broke with the president was mas
terpiece of dignity, oratory, and sound
argument. l am glad | could hear it.
you spoke of the new president of
the University of Idaho You know
Harley French has been teaching with
him for few years and he is sure
that he is the right man for the place.
He speaks very enthusiastically of
him, and we are very much in hopes
that Harley is right
81 have been to a few fancy dress
affairs where the ladies-only a very
few of them-wore colored wigs, and
will you think me crazy when | say
that some of them are pretty? No
woman wears one except for lark; |
you want to remember this no matter |
what you see in the press reports. The |
pale blue ones and green ones are hid |
eous, but the tango reds and the pur
pie ones are fascinating; they are
more violet or orchid than purple and
a woman wearing one rouges her
cheeks to match and wears gown of
self color. Generally, l will admit,
that the woman would be pretty in
anything.
81 am sending you a picture of the
new Congressional Club house that
we are just beginning. We are all
very proud of it. We have long ago
,utgrown nearly any house we could
,ent, as we now have AS members,
nearly all the wives of both senate
md house, you see. Every presidents
wife has joined since it was formed, and
think every cabinet wife too. At least
hey are all members now. We have
lad some very rich women, of course;
nd many of them like Mrs. Stephen B.
Ilkins, Mrs. Burton Harrison, and
theirs, as well as Mrs. Perry Belmont
whose husband was once representa-
i've from New York; have kept up
heir membership after their husbands
eft congress. Some of these women
re helping us finance it, or of course ,
70 couldn't build and furnish as ele-
ant club house We have some ,
cry lovely things there. Sir Johnston
nd Lady Forbes-Robertson were ,
uests of honor at tea we gave last !,
eek. was so glad to meet them as
had seen them in Hamlet" the night
afore and it was magnificent | had
zen six other Hamlets but never one
, compare with his Interpretation of :
lie character And of course we shall !
ever have the opportunity to see them
gain. His wife is Gertrude Elliott,
Id he calls her mamma, too dear .
r words. They have three young =
lughters to whom he wishes to devote g
S last years" ;,