Show GO CAPITAL CITY to PeculiaritieS and DIversions of the Urban Dwellers t LITTLE ONES H VE FUN FUri PREPARE b EGGS ON OI THE yEE nA 1 WN 1 Der March vy magI IM ca same lit IIi by his bis clem tr a bit at t a dinner party a W At Atthe the dinner rt party Admiral was one of the guests Otis One of altal tricks Is In to pluck n button from off a arH peNea rH s coat aa Sad pitt I bed d Mailer alk d u to die grasped a button and pulled It 04 o Aft Ad mical Sebley Behley wu was somewhat t put out but his good humor was the magician blew on the button and It was seen to be firmly m to the admirals coat As A Maltat bowed tu to the sound of applause e a m member of the party caused causal a burst t of merriment med no little o confusion to AIra by exclaiming W shield have liked to strip you of your buttons like that President Roosevelt It has a habit It of et personally requesting those theMe who at times be have conferences with hint to reO cc train from any mention of what took place or what was ald hi This t phi tI true after tan talks on various iMportant subjects and Is ROt not to members member of eon Hta Cabinet or of frequently r find tell tellIng ing under the request to say nothing and in this way the pre president i ent prevents I matters ot of from reaching the public until he has decided Oft on hs his course or of action On a number or of or oe recently after interviewS with public men on OD the Ule subject of recIprocity of ef the senses bureau and other subjects he baa a abound bound his visitors to President McKinley very seldom did this leaving the question of What to todo todo do to a mans OWn sense sen e ot of propriety Very few things that President JOy Icy desired kept secret were ever It be tr ed and matters ot of great moment were under eon tion for weeks before even a hint of them reached the public through the newspapers Newspaper men around the White House and capitol a are si al always ways active In seeking Inton information on the presidents action intentions l hilt th they y found that men to OW whom President McKinley had bad entrusted I valuable Information were true to the trust Imposed and did not glee gift the facts away until the right time An Interesting event of Ute the past week I was the celebration or of St pk Josephs day at the Home fOr Or tile the Aged Poor Pool Oft On this occasion the Little Sl stem teRI or et the r conduct a unique fe festival So Society Society ladles ladies and go ge Out ot to the home for the aged in hi Washington and set art as waiters walten at a feast east spread for the old aid people It is isone one of the unique sights of tag life Ufe to behold the diplomats and mem macso members hers bers of resident society don caps cape and aprons and serve nearly old pie The French ambassador always alway acts as head walter waiter on this Lids occasion and aU all other CathOlic diplomats par participate participate It w s w In France that tAa the ton destined to care eare tOt foi ue the aged first originated Louts and hiS good we were the first t to set the example which has since been basis followed by all rulers of Fra France ce M K the first or of France to Washington made Inde the t cola Bratton bration a social as well as a religious function Mrs Irs U S Grant always sends n a hamper of good things to t this tenet feast She has ever omitted this thin custom since her advent In Washington In 1868 No Na matter where site she ban been In the world she has remembered the theold theold old people according to her mi mistress of Ute the White House There are between sled Bel aad the Impromptu walters waiters do not have a during their chart engage ment This year ear Madame de participated Other helpers were Mrs Miles Mrs Adjutant General Corbin and Mrs Thomas F Walsh The flying ot of flags over the capitol at half mast to regulated b by the strict triot est cot roles Whenever these theM flags are II seen floating halt half way down the at atit it Is a sure indication that a vice pies Ident senator or representative ill II 1 ly lying in ing dead or that the action in taken In response to a presidential proclamation tion ordering flags on 01 public e at halt half mast In re respect peet to tile the mory I of some prominent o When the of the senate ot or I house of representatives representative lesson of Ute lieu i ideath death of a member of either of f those t bodies he at o once ce rS over the senate chamber and hall ball of OC representatives be Ill This In 18 often done before the houses of son I gross gre s themselves are officially notified i of the death A great deal of diners I lIon Uon Is 15 ex In placing news of 0 I this kind before the senate orl ot the house Upon such an announce announcement meat ment It Is Ie for foi the h I Ito to adjourn In re respect to tile the deceased I and Iq in order that current eurre t ui 1 business may not be stopped early In Ute the day Ae iii announcement generally In made de just before the senate enate and tM the boise are ready to conclude their days dar work Officers of the senate and house bou e when they ny fly the flags at halt mast In ro re I to te a b by the preal dent regard their action as one of et I courtesy as an they do not recognize Ute the power of the pr et to order con I gross greH to do anything g except W to e eble ble In extraordinary session n It would bt be a nice question If one ODe could Im It ever even could he be raised to know to what extent the author It fry would allow him ha to order flags raised and lowered en the capitoL I While his authority w would not DOt extend 4 I over the employee of the te and I Ib b yet the capitol Itself tar for many years MrS was controlled exclusively by bbs as far a tile tAIe iare of the building was concerned and the of the building Is today poInted by him without confirmatory action eUon on the part t of the All An a matter of l fact the capitol has far years Yeah been under the direct ce Of OC the Nm cm on M of u th two homes hou es of congress thit lut has been accorded Ie th b u of the president lei meg coders to the architect or mace Jt iy to tb the I of ec tile the It if he order Mer to lIy flags ever Um u at heM asset Uj and ad the oro order s Ie be r ho be would bare 10 m and a appoint IO dOS place wIth wIthout out t the C fit of branch of congress s except so M far fr utile so the ape Ip for the salary Ja would h be These are practically MOOt but bat they etna tonally form I interesting I for fireside talka lalka w when flags are half in l response to presidential proclamation I will be J a pI gala season MUOn at atthe atthe I the White bite Russo said aDd the president I I I desires etl aU his hili present for the t i grand graDd childrens ts Ia My os laster Moo MOllO day when all the Of Wash I in on assemble In tile the white lot as asIt I it Ii called to roll mu e eggs ga anti and Kenni Kermit Roosevelt and aDd Phil KoX I I ar the th fortunate J or of what I io i t F those in tM the my mystery try as Kt cg g Th These 8 ar the I 4 p the guinea hen I l hns tre rl It It II 1 I to I ft I I A Ken egg au wi II t i ak Ar p I Ihen hen he th Egg that i all st these thelle b boys are I to i h hEaster e Easter Wealth b r 1 the Ib j avarice Irda r On Easter Monda the tb bon gin WIth the scramble 0 over oer tb TAttle LIttle Baby MeKee K lUring He a I ot of President Ha dt the last to be seen n At t thet e r Cleveland dp children n Pf to mingle Ilith ith be te interesting ting dining W is that in i the th Ii st street t home hom or o The oval table p k and an s o oUe Ue e tIC of oak oal II dark r that ofte mistaken taken It for fr The y J Je enn e dose In hunters bunter greet nth i of f oak above which ill a wt Ide Pa 0 of deep butt buff ornament with b of 01 leaves n loops an and d green n ribbon The 1 C n Ui ot of delicate canary anU with iUt l troll Iron TIle The If cushions of the chairs are iu in the rug IU Which ai era tM the the r STeeR green and yellow In thE enu Olo re repeated ir irTh Th The dining room of th the Elkina b on K street I Is another went The at tint 5 II a the room Is small but thil I due to th the tact fact that It from th unusually large main For a dinner o of twenty or 7 Mrs Kra Elkins u e a la large oval table and anI a handsome g vice In lieu feu of lace of f other fa covers she aile uses WMS a hea hears This rw has been a winter of dinn giving at the capital and mb m r has been on tine napery lid china and glass Clas t say t of the th entire remodeling of t rooms In hi houses boulet many The must It portent and private lit result In Washington Is undoubtedlY that of the Corcoran hou house e the square mansion now no Or copied by Senator and Mrs Mn have X I Depew which has baa a landin of the capital for over eighty The spurious dining room ro o ocoma Cor coma coran house bouse In which more mor have beer bece than in any an Ot c cen er en Washington home hOrM Is lr 1 white and gold old the woodwork ti white polished oak with a rich dull gold Han Handsome pastel one ODe side of the room and on o th other side corresponding with tb m a roes rora are stained glue glass windows io tug bag out Ut onto the entrance hall hail TI r unique stained glass Class centerpiece In at ceiling throws a rosy roay Klo glow over or room which on special pedal II a lighted by a shower bower chandelier Tbt Ti dining roost room will accommodate two twe guests cue comfortably To attempt the ninny Important un a una which have occurred within t wails walla of bou house would bt b t contribute a lengthy though 17 11 Interesting bit to the social of Was l aa last that Daniel W attn ateI wu was tile the original occupant o f tilt house e and Ad that tbt tile the French and Bri J In turn made JAde its ita men meats of International moment a aseem Qu seem eem almost During Ute the of tile the mt den slen by the British h embassy O I Meredith was IiI numbered red among us tb attaches and ii wrote hi his fames poem Lucille In the garden tine then W W Corcan wu wag the nut neat seem pent pant The ale edale ot of his 15 mown known the Y over oer aed aAd tk magnificence attending the Brice piano lime In un still fresh In the minde of t public Now ow that tIM the name of Depew hu boa been added to the list and charming a hostess as 88 young Mn Depew w hu has come to pre preside tn th senators household It would it If the established It the matter of 0 entertainments by Dame will wUl be maintained threll man many years yean to come The dining room of Corcoran home ii BOt ot the only Washington home hom kl associations for that o of t secretary of tate state Mr Ha Hay bold holde similar distinction sad and I is the wi haiti dining roots room In th tha Cit tiM GUy Ott 0 entering the room onci I is Instantly attracted to tit the Ibe mantel and t ta a hand elne hande me structure of Irish mar I The mantel and aDd window Q ti at pai IM are of a peculiar grayish grf gre greI f t I and ad the hearth ta Is a had stad hadlof of yellow Over each window meat lIal if e a i lof stained g glass window wIdow d b bit Mr r t La the eminent Nv Tori artist A large mahogany buffet f fI i built In the wall and from its flit hp t tome I some ome of the worlds greatest taP 1 amen have ve bees served Another Bleh bieh tile the room of lii is II the t diplomatic on New few Yr Years the firS If f 1 tidal event o of the year yare and which o curved this th tal U usual una I d despite pitt tho It I fact that the family of th the p Is tn In mourning Jest Juat a blonk distant from the boa of tile the secretary or of state is III es I h house which hleb while Mt S with OffiCial Is Is among the houses where has reigned almost Th Cameron house on Lafayette which is now occupied by Banns was formerly the home fit f VICE Pre Pre Hobart Bobart who was a soul In the affairs In of hi his nOr tan toft for the and aDd the elegant of bin home Among th many man h t il costly which f Reheat entertainments was a t p twelve plates plata originally maie for M tM tt Austrian emperor and for Mr lr Is said laid to have paid SL I n decorations of each plate was UI a f fIe to Sri and Smile Ie of e some BOrne famouS painting finest Austrian it IW a aThe they tae were of the The dining room ot of the hI Hanna ordinary I r rr has little out ot of the mend It It except that it is II wry verY lar arg with rich draperies and nd M been n fur the boaR hu has always bed the round mahogany 1 3 hi and ad chairs whIch served I by b in J i tile the Hobart regime re are Ute the Banns Ban family |