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Show t Washington Letter i I : I (Special Letter.) 1 "lrao N marked contrast Ty j. 'a. lo the old order KjlX!T' f.f 1 things at atau re-I. re-I. Kl i j vV "V ceptlona are the 'l nom dln,fl,'', ,nu V. A. -tj LL ,,a,,'y functions when the Drat boat I'T'li'Lj '"! hosteas of the I'V i'vA. land receive for- j mally th (llstin- k'r & gulslied officials. 0"r-t'-f7i who. wltn the prrs-'dent. prrs-'dent. r present the government of the Mi. .il.. .11 people. Imi oners llcngclmullcr gave her flrnt at In. Ill'' tills week, when lllort of the uue-ts 11. mi Heeretaiy llooi'a d'.nnir party, iih well nr. n iiuniher of other i-lncra mil. cninl. TI1I1 In one of the in at ;.-: ... t fe.Ulliea of til i im. iul I. urn. ii id II none a l.ii.i? l,.nilliT la ; .lie in l;.ii.;itor. lier rrve.tion;i un r.o.. j I'l lo 1 2 o'clock i utiir. my-, and It p. hubli or tiie :k v.,.,i l.nv.ii'! a lil.ti r I irly to kd to t': Anirl in -.l'lot to p:iy tin Ir rii p et:. I'-,'m I'-,'m bmenia me c r.ed a id u ere la Ken-ernliy Ken-ernliy iiiurlc. Among the lilHtorlans who lia.eheei, her attiiiillni: the . aii.n.i of the Amcilcmi HlKtorlcal at.KM'.ntlon a good itory Is current, with Auiln w Unix as the hero thereof. Some lime ngo Mr. l-an reiclvcd ftotn un unkuowti cor- respondent, who wrote upon a letter- . head of the "Western Heiierve Vnlver-1 Ity," a letter aiklng a few simple and per.ional question, inch aa: "What lime do you get up In th morning' What la your favorite breakfast dial) f What la your favorite hour for com-poaltlonT com-poaltlonT Do you ua atlmulaiitaT Do you writ with a pen or a typewriter? Do you amok? If ao. what and how much?" and to on. Mr. Lang took tha latter, atrurk out tho word "unlver-tlty" "unlver-tlty" from th printed title, and wrote'. "If tbla It a apeiiuien of weatern re-. err, may the fates preserve us from western Impudence!" Among President Itoosevclt'i callers recently wnt a lad from the Orolon Reboot In Massachuaelta, who is spending spend-ing the holidays with hla parents here. "Ho you are from Uruton?" said the president to the boy. "My boy Theodore Theo-dore goes lo Worcester." "Yea, and we licked Worcester at football," chirped up lb young caller. Ther wa a momentary aspreaalon of disappointment on tba president' face. "Wll." h remarked, "Theodore bad la collar bona broken In th I gam, ao b did th beat ha could. "I bad my arm broken," added th visitor. "Oood boy!" exclaimed Mr. Roosevelt. Roose-velt. The president waa then asked for bla autograph, and aa he wrote It, the lad observed that It might Inspire blm to b president some day. "Don't ysu try to ba president, my boy," tuld Mr. Kooeevelt. "Anybody ran be president. If you want to be reully famous see If you enn't get to ba captulu of your football twim. Why. some years ago, General Louis Falr-clilld, Falr-clilld, then novoi nor of Wisconsin nnd a famous soldier of th war, wen- down to HoHton to make a speech. Ho was surprised to lenin that every one bud heard of him. Ho wu n fnmoua man even In New F.ngluiid. Hut It wasn't nt the hero of llio war or the governor of Wisconsin thoy knew him It was as the father of Quarter Hack Kalrchlld of the Harvard eleven." A Senutor Frye I the most prominent promi-nent Kepiilillrnn senator, to It Senutor James K. Jones the leading meniber of Ms party In the senate. Senator Jones entered the 47th Congress aa a member of the House of Representatives from the Rtato of Arkansua, and after serving serv-ing three terms In that body was elect-ad elect-ad United Ktates Henator, taking his scat March 4, MSG, and baa been twice re-elected alnce then. Ills present term Of tervlc expires In March, 1903, and ftcnaliir J. H. J.iiioa, J's MiccfKMir will lie selected at the Draiocrnilc primaries to ho held next X , rt Ii . Si nntor Ji a lb iin.iin u can. II- 4l for le-ch clliin, and Is inuklug a ili urinid c.i tup . li;n all ulcr the i t lite. 0 in.lll III pil'il.C life l.lll. S U lie. petal. pet-al. Ht lu 11 ill. 11. ..I u,iic.iU,tw nnd In fcltj Polities II.:, II does Senator .loile.1. He gaa cle.te.l 1 hull man of Ihe Demo-nk Demo-nk iiaiiiiual committee In iv.Mi, was tnl . hail mini of the Democratic rcua of the Senate III IMis, niul in IriU wnn re-eleeteii eliaiiuiail of the !t uauiitie lialioluil I'ominittee. There lilntle reereutlun for him ut any time r:ng hi-1 waking hours. Public bual-Q-a, almost continuously absorbs hi "rice time and attention. He is a hard uu pern Intent worker, and when he '"tklr.i a proposition It Is worked tu lb. end. lie new quarters of the house com-nitee com-nitee on naval affaire, of which Itcp-"wiiutive Itcp-"wiiutive Foat of Chicago I chair- man. are Ihe moat goigooualy and lux-urlantly lux-urlantly furiilsheil rooms In the capl tol. The roonu. are large. Ilglii am airy. The Inlenor ileeointloua an cosily and artistic. Furnishings haw been proi died on a aeale of cimIIIiiohi that Is not equaled by any rommlttei room un the senate alile of tho cupitol Mr. Foss has a private ofTlce which Ii as big and roomy as the average com nilltea room. Hla clerks are provided with quarters which are more Inar ample for their purpose. The roonu nre the iMIulit aa well as the envy Mi. Fos asMH-latea in the house. Mrs. Meljiurlii. whose liuylinnil returns re-turns to the senate from Mouth Carolina. Caro-lina. Is II known In Waehlngtnn be-cniin- of l-er Imerenllng family. One ol their renn children. Visa ilelle Me-l.ci'-in, will ink., her plneo nniong the coi litv hi. .is nf the capital. Sh- w::a i n! intid from IMIh.iv.-n coMcir- with the d'r; to or bachelor cf arts. In I'M sfra. sfel.aarln. when Mr. MelAurln waa appointed hy the governor to serve aa senator, his wife accompanied him to Washington, where she made many friend. 1 bore was a fir in a local boarding hous the other day and among the tenants who were obliged to make a hasty exit was a newspaper man whose wit la considerably greater than his worldly possessions. He met a friend who congratulated him on bis escape from harm and asked blm If he lost any proimrty. "Los any property?" repeated th brand suved from th burning. "Well, I ihould tay I did. Why. I lost fifty-three fifty-three pieces of property." "Fifty-three pieces!" aald the other In amatcment. "Why, that mnst have cleaned you out What were they?" "A deck of cards and a night shirt," aid the other, "(live me a light," |