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Show Ah- pes ffie President Have a Prompter I to Jog Is Memory "When Receiving? : I to The Tribune. SBLN'GTOX. D. C May l.-"A l-rtiy nno remembrance for S? to quota an old colored 2 Sic of the White House ono of PrcsIdenL Roosevelt's aLu. ?otcnfln his phlloso-S??U phlloso-S??U of Personal equation lnd how lone the lapse of time heyou. If ho can't rec.Ul ur and verso when you bob up bluff be puts to that, effect is rmUr-lnira he genu no article. jr Mrs. Blank!" exclaimed-the t delightedly the other day, when rol Louisville woman was prc-hlm prc-hlm in the cast room. T should Link I did! I met you last year iii. don't you remember, Mrs. 'frtc Trcro talking about that fellowy townswoman of yours, drmn Wco. whose books have J S pleasure. I've .had the !,5nr of meeting Mrs. Rico and $ he In Washington' With enthusiasm ho proceeded to aw the fascinations of "Mrs. rid "'Lovey Mary." books ho ,f popular in his own household, daughter Alice, through their in-SjTln in-SjTln a fair way to turn so-tnt so-tnt delegates from a certain rntlon here tho other day were. .VB( distinctly llnttered by tho s unerring recogn tlon of each 1 clalmas he shoveled out smiles snakuin the east room to the i, Tho man who had done sclen- s mstnntly applauded. The "next man In lino had Invented y declared tho best "ever." rom Presidential Hps. almost bc-author bc-author was announced, leaped with commendatory epithets, of .:'m,i hv .1 visitor Just be- Ih Identity was on tap, In llncBt irdrr. Each man was ' tickled 1 -Wonderful '. Extraordinary! rent loker-on. onp who protista pro-tista on seeing "the wheels go everything claims to have rc-promptcr rc-promptcr with memorandum, casually ust behind the Presl-r Presl-r and burbled, zephyr-like, the Presidential memory came r- . . . ion reeks with royalties this Mary princes, crownheads and route to tho St. Louis exposi-cholcc exposi-cholcc assortment. There's a-Gi a-Gi Prussia, with his son and and an unpronounceable prince-ns prince-ns another province. Here with nd is the Vlcomtessc do Fon-:ho Fon-:ho was Miss Edith Huntington But the star boarder In the ic Illustrious personage, Prlnco $e, a direct descendant of tho town." In the fantastic par-be par-be Celestial empire. llo Is a th9 Emperor of China, All the sine-men In "Washington braid-;lales braid-;lales fresh, locked up thoir turned out to welcome their ed countryman at tho train, i Fencers' club was one of tho aatlraes of the week In several -mostly French. Tho "Dips" ckbono of the organization, and patronage nlakca any old thing; thing, qera club, however, under the f a former mnltre d'armcs of i array. Is Inherently attractive, e thrilling contests before the In the rallo d'armcs with foils on the part of the young gen-"quallty gen-"quallty " THo "dlrccteur do srhom ono could love alone for in accent, was Vlcomtc do tho fiance- of tho pretty Kcn-Itn, Kcn-Itn, Miss Ivy Langham, slster-Jie slster-Jie German Embassador. Tho blonde and gentle and wistful tr. Scott D. BrcckcnrldRC, the young son of Gen Joseph5 C. ga of Kentucky, was awarded a gold medal offered by tho tea Fencing league, which onto on-to enter the national cham-ats cham-ats In New York, Mr. Breck-J Breck-J not suffer a singlo defeat In rtiMcutlvc bouts iteas Casslnl, In a bit? black hat t-n of embroidered old rose j4tb, prettily presented the prizes. iCuslnl, president of the Fencers' irith hl3 Inevltablo monocle, sur-jjfse sur-jjfse proccetllnps from tho bald- headed row, complacently ensconced between be-tween his niece-daughter and her fldus Achates, Miss Alice Roosevelt, the latter looking uncommonly pretty In a toilet of cream-colored lace, with big hat, all fluffy black lace ruffles. Afterward the Countess Coun-tess poured tea charmingly from a Russian Rus-sian samovar, and Miss Alice fluttered and frlvoled hnppily. Gen. and Mrs. Breck-enrldgo Breck-enrldgo were among the guests and Sir Mortimer Durand and daughter. Tho Countess Casslnl, a member of the Fencers' Fen-cers' club, Is expert with the foils herself. The Countess und Miss Alice whisked tho Russian Embassador without his knowledge knowl-edge of lite destination off on a record-breaking record-breaking "bubbling" trip to Baltimore tho other day. The distance thore and back was accomplished In two hours and a half. Tho President's daughter Is an enthusiastic automobller. Mrs. Roosevelt set tho smart spring gayetles to rolling merrily. In her afternoon after-noon muslcalc this week in the cast room her first public offering olnce midwinter. FIvo hundred guests in the bravest April plumnge sat on five hundred little golden chairs and glowered at each other's toss and took In all the fascinating celebrities present much harder than they listened to tho really delicious music furnished What are mero artists, howevor high priced. In comparison with personages and princes. Surrounded by the entire Chinese legation, the guest of honor, little Pu Lon Tse, sat In the first row of seats, watching the proceedings with dreary uncomprchen-slon. uncomprchen-slon. He's a slmplo slip of a boy, pallid and thin, with the incvltnblo spectacles that constltuto an essential part of Chinese Chi-nese regalia In "Washington und a floppy outer garment of brilliant yellow satin. The President, who was doing the gallant to Mrs. Dewey, crossed over and welcomed wel-comed the yellow princeling, as did all the members present of the diplomatic corps, Admiral Dewey and other notables. The drenrv-Iooklnc Jlttlo creature Is Innocent of all knowledge of English. Mrs. Roosevelt received her guests in an uncharacteristic gown of black lace over white. Mlsa Alice was detained in an upper up-per chamber by an unsentimental case of German measles. Archie was very' much present. Tho muslcalo was ono of tho most delightful of tho season, the scene bathed In April sunshine, the company floating In and out upon the southern portico, por-tico, the rich toilets, tho refreshments, the decorations of ferns and lilies. Mrs. J. B. Ormbnd, wife of tho recent Governor of Colorado, was an interesting visitor to Washington for a week. She was tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh.. Sho came on to represent the Pueblo Pu-eblo chapter in the D. A. R, congress. Since then she has left to visit old friends In her native State. Kentucky. Another representative of the Pueblo chapter was Miss Frances Hart, ono of the youthful workers in tho cause. Tho Denver chnp-ter chnp-ter was represented by Mrs. Mitchell Benedict, its regent. Also from Denver was Mrs. Mary E. Bradford, official parliamentarian. par-liamentarian. Mrs. Mary M. F. Allen was elected State regent of Utah, and Mrs. John Campbell that of Colorada. Mrs. Frank W. Mondell heads tho "Daughters" of Wyoming. Senator Kcarns was of tho brilliant dinner din-ner companv this week, entertained by the Mexican Minister and Madame As-plroy. As-plroy. Most of tho guests belonged to tho diplomatic corps. Judgo O. W. Powers of Salt Lake City 1s a guest at tho New Wlllard? T. E. Rogers, a well-known Colorado statesman, is mailing a little stop at the Ebbltt house. Mr. and Mrs. Jose Ilutesklmo of Boise, Ida., havo been recent guests at the Rr5a. Butler of Colorado Springs, an ardent ar-dent partisan of Representative Hogg, Is stopping at the Raleigh. DAISY FITZIIUGIL AYRES. |
