Show NEW WORD DOES NOT IT Coined For the Benefit of Old Army Arm Officers HARD HARI LUCK OF A DIPLOMAT f SENATOR SENAT R NELSON LSON HAS BAS SCHEME i winCH WHICH CE WONT WORK WORE i 1 Special to The Tle Herald Washington D C Jan 31 Once In Ina Ina Ina a while staid old Washington gets ge s out outa an ai a idea or even diverges sufficiently from the path of extreme conserva conservatism conservatism conservatism to t coin a word In the th midst of 01 the coal coat famine it has evolved the verg to which means to tc hold up Possibly if It President Baer can continue his present course for another six months his name may likewise pass Into the dictionary A new noun has also struggled Into existence It Is used to describe a disease which has at attacked attacked attacked tacked a large Jarge element among the older military officers since the rule requiring full uniform in attendance at certain social gatherings ga came to tobe tobe tobe be somewhat strictly enforced A good many of ot the old fellows have outgrown their glided gilded and do not feel feet Justified in buying a new outfit They ire ate willing to suffer suiter a little torture once in twelve months or so to wish the president a happy new year but butas us as for tor strapping in their waists and their chests every few evenings through the winter they the will have none of It Their wives and daughters have therefore invented the name of or their ailment so as to have something to offer in excuse for the notable absence of ot papa I f Russian Hussian Bride The Tho number of American hostesses in the diplomatic corps is 15 constantly increasing M 1st Pierro Pierre secretary of the Russian embassy re recently recently recently married a Washington girl Miss Martha Hoy who now enjoys the distinction of being the only matron in that embassy The wedding cere ceremony ceremony ceremony mony was celebrated according to the rite of ot the orthodox Greek church which though unusually long Is in interesting interesting and Impressive The bride and groom knelt before an altar of roses and lilies symbols of love arl i purity always used for a Russian wedding Each wore ivore a crown studded with jewels one of the essen essentials eSsentials essentials to the celebration of marriage In Inthe inthe inthe the Greek church Another interest interesting Interesting interestIng ing feature of the ceremony was the exchange of ot rings between the bride and nd groom each presenting the other with a gold and a silver ring The sL priest after embracing the bridegroom It offered him hint a goblet of wine and a apiece ar apiece r piece of ot bread signifying that he is the head of ot the family In turn the groom offered the bread and wine to the bride which represented that they hold bold their goods in common Hard Lines For Tor Bey The question Is continually popping up lip as to increasing the salaries paid to American ambassadors it being held that in many cases the salary Is not sufficient to allow our representatives abroad living in the style that Is nc necessary essary to make the proper showing de demanded demanded of them by reason of their high position In court circles There Is however In Washington a man who holds the envied ti title title titie tle tie ef of l envoy extraordinary and minis minister minister minister ter plenipotentiary from one of ot the European powers who ho has been In the th capital for tor over a year and is in the embarrassing position of having the title and never having received as much muchas as ns his proper credentials let alone any salary salar This Thin gentleman Is Boy Bey B y the accredited representative of the sultan of ot Turkey to the United States About a year ago he came to Washington rented and furnished a legation and unfurled the flag of ot the Crescent above it but so far fat as the American govern government government ment Is IB concerned there t ere is no Turkish minister in Washington for Bey has never been heen received at the state department He has never been 7 presented resented to President Roosevelt be because because because cause of his lack of ot credentials He started to this country when McKinley was president but before he arrived the oath of office had been administered to Theodore Roosevelt and the minis ministers ministers papers were hastily returned to Constantinople for revision Mean Meantime Meantime I time Abdul Hamid and Secretary of ot State Hay had a little difference over overa 0 a small matter of indemnity and Ab dul dut became becam sulky So the th inoffensive minister beaTs bears b Ts the Ule brunt of or the dispute that is he Is forced to act an empty part ar at and dare not run runaway runaway away home for fear of ot incurring the displeasure dl pleas re of his royal master and hayIng haing his head chopped off Nelsons Little Game There is trouble ahead for the state statehood statehood statehood hood bill If for tor a moment it drops below the e S surface of senatorial sena debate It will be fairly drowned to death by bya a flood of ot bygone oratory For several days past one o of the Minnesota sen sea senators has been toting back and forth forthwith forthwith forthwith with a stout volume under his arm Every morning when he takes tk s his seat he opens the book at a page marked by a violent saffron rib ribbon ribbon bon boa and then he awaits an opening One Ont of these days there must come a break In the eternal statehood debate Some day Senator Quay must ask for fora a vote atE Then Thee the th senator from the northwest will rise and address the chair and presently the volume will be carried to the clerks clerk desk and for several days thereafter the mighty tariff speech of Senator Sen tor Quay will be droned through the chamber by the monotonous voice oice I of ot the clerk |