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Show ; Washington Whisperings 1 I ' Interdfttinrf Hit of News Gathered T S I at tho National Capital. f Yale Classmates to Be Taft's Intimates1 llrASIHNOTON Tho 'rough rl- dors" of (he Tnft administration vlll bo tho members of the Yale class of 1878. Whon llooscvelt became prosldont tho soldiers of his famous eglmont became the Whlto House pets. Tho Hough Illder colonel novcr Jvorlooked nn opportunity to show his (flection for hli comrades by granting hem favors of grent nnd small Importance. Im-portance. Tho fondness of the prcsl-lent prcsl-lent for his cowboys and quick shoot-rs shoot-rs wns so pronounced that It had a narked effect on the popular under-Handing under-Handing ot his ndmlnlstrntlon. Mr. Tuffs persounl loynlty nnd do-fotlon do-fotlon will go to nn entirely different let of men. Tho ono sot of men whom 10 places nbovo others In sontlmontnl ind nlTcctlotinto regnrd Is mndo up of ho youngsters, now grown up, who (trnduatcd at Ynlo In 1878. Nearly all sf these men nre now n little ovor 60 yenrs of age, and most of them un-.lor un-.lor CS. Thoso In good health nro In nctlvo occupations, and a largo number hnvo mado their markB tn vnrlous linos. Thoy llvo In manv countries of tho world and cover wide ranges of work. Clasl!led, tho largest body Is com- New Mistress Will Do Her Own Shopping I rllB noxt mistress of tho Whlto IIouso will go shopping Just us ladles it less exalted position, In tho city iturcs. The Washington store-keepers nro elated. Hi the next three months Washington women will order enough gowns to Inst two years. It Is nlwnys ho In tho winter preceding the Inauguration of n now president. That Mrs. Tuft Is so friendly to Washington means many thousands ot Jollars to them. Not many years has i president been oloctcd who vjactl-:ally vjactl-:ally considered Washington his homo. In tho matter ot clothos Mrs, Tnft Is n woman of tho plain typo. Whllo well nnd usually handsomely gowned her clothes nro novor tho first thing which attracts the attention of tho strnngor. Her tasta runs to tho plain cloth nnd rich silks, She Is emphatically em-phatically not tho tallor-mndo silk-lined silk-lined woman. Hor favorite colors for the street aro brown and gray and for evening wear pink, almost invariably. Sho has never appeared In on imported im-ported gown, Sho has had a numbor WASHINGTON la now unquestionably unquestion-ably tho most governed city vn earth, It stands without a rival In tho matter of statutes and regulations. regula-tions. Congress enacts the laws nnd n trlumvlrnto of commissioners prescribe pre-scribe the rules under which peoplo may llvo and move nnd hnvo n being, Kach and evory walk of life la plan-tored plan-tored with regulations, These rango all the wuy from supervision ot washerwomen wash-erwomen to tho control ot corporations. corpora-tions. And so It camo to pass that tho othor day tho local health department was besieged by washorwomun, all seeking tho required llcenso by moans ot which they may be enabled lo sneak tho week's laundry of the ordinary or-dinary taxpayor homo without tho whole bundle being confiscated by n vigilant Inspector. Kvory "lady" who takes In washing, and thoy nro estl-mnctd estl-mnctd to number more than 3,000, must obtain a permit within 30 days THK government printing ofu.ee was mi Important factor In the recent presidential campaign, This Instl'.u-tlon Instl'.u-tlon turned out for tho Republican nnd Democratic parties 7,418,700 copies of speeches delivered In congress, surpassing sur-passing all previous records by 3,009,-000 3,009,-000 copies. The total weight of canipal.;n r'.ll plillluU MllLU Wiu I't'lilUUt'lg Ot the Sixtieth congress exceeds t00,-000 t00,-000 pounds, or about 1 1 car loads. The printed sheets would completely covtr 4B square uores ot ground, anil If eiuh lags could be laid end to ond a bicycle truck 017 miles lung could be obtained. Die number of words contained In IIiIh y wir's run uf ipsechas- have bom roughly iwtlniatod at 230,000,000.000. With tho newspaper calculation of four muders to each copy, this would require re-quire the asslmllntlon of nearly 1,000.-000,000,000 1,000.-000,000,000 words. The itriutlng of speeches in the government gov-ernment ptlutlug ofllco for members ot tho senate and house of represenla-tlvoq represenla-tlvoq has li i reduced (a an cxac. science ihiu'i'jb 'iru f cvp, ik-nce posed nf teachers, nnd next como thej ministers These aro tho Hens, tho Hobs, the "M Jims of tho next president. As boys' nnd men thoy have been r.tosest to' his heart. Ha knows their wives and) Jt their children. No matter how busy,, ho Is always ready to hear about i 'M new baby or grandchild or an old 'U classmate With many ho keops up a' correspondence Ho may not appoint) ns many of them to ofiico ns Itoo.ie-volt Itoo.ie-volt did Hough HlderH, but tho White! House doors nro sure to be open to them. These nro tho men who .will' como ami Ret their itnmes tn tho pa-pors, pa-pors, Instead of tho bristling, Dolay Hough ltldcrs. A few of tho most prominent mem-hers mem-hers of tho class nro: Herbert W. Ilowcn, diplomatist; ho wns serving us minister to Vcnezue. hi whlla Tnft wns secretary ot war nnd was recalled by President Hoose-velt Hoose-velt becnuso of certnln diplomatic In-discretions. In-discretions. Ilcforo being appointed to Vcnezuoln ho wns minister to Porsla. BJ W. II. Law, former member at the BJ Connecticut legislature and former as-' flj slstnnt tnx commissioner of New York.' :B James Ilrlggs McKwnn, Hopubllcan BJ lender In Albany nnd for threo terms Hj member ot tho stato senate. Merrill Mnores, formerly assistant ijB nttorney general of Indiana, BJ Jnmos Prntus Plggot, formerly a flj mcmbor of congress from Connecticut. MnJIro Tancka TaJIrl, vlco minister BJ of finance ot Jnpnn In 1892 nnd en- BJ nobled In 1895 for service In the war BJ with China. BB of tivonlng gowns made of the fasclimt- Ing. filmy Philippine fabrics, which she BJ brought buck to the states with her AB nfter her long residence In Manila. BJ And yet sho brought only what she B might have actual need ot (u tho noar BJ fturo. According lo her thrifty nature, B sho purchases only what she can seo BJ n usu for. Mrs, Tnft has never boon BJ wealthy. Hor money Is always spent BB Judiciously. BJ Mfs. Tnft patronizes nlwnys tho com BJ survntlvu establishments. Good val- BB Ho for tho money Is whnt sho looks' BJ for first In shopping. Sho rarely goes' , jH Into tho cheap stores, oxcopt for unln BB portunt articles, which careful women BB know how to buy. During hor jest- , BB deuce In Wnshlngton sho has done hei ' jBB purchasing mainly In the shops nloni BB BB Mrs. Tnft nnd Iter dnugbter aro both iBJ careful buyers. In doing Chrlstmai 'BB shopping, they rarely aro guilty of pur BB chasing useless trifles. Thoy go about BB months before tho holiday week, and -BJ by tho time other Christmas shoppen BJ aro beginning to think of buying, theli BJ gifts ore bought and cnrofully put Bsl nway, cnrofully labeled, awaiting th BJ auspicious dny. In this respect Mrs BJ Tnft Is much llko Mrs, Hoosovolt, onlj BB thnt Mrs, llooscvelt doos much ot bet BJ gift shopping lu tho Jewolry shops. BB while Mrs. Tnft Is moro apt lo loot BB In tho department or notion stores. BB "Wash Ladies" Must Have a License I or retire from business. As a conso- quonco women of all colors and ages BB aro leaving their names and nppllca- BB tlon for tho coveted license. More BJ than S00 havo already requested per- BJ mission to contlnua tho vocation ot BJ cleansing wearing apparel. BB It Is understood some learned In- spector discovered dangerous ml BJ crobes In bis starched shirt front, and BJ honco tho order thnt nil washerwomen flj must tako out pormlls. It Is Intend- ed to exnmlno nil places whero family BJ laundering is performed nud seo that BJ thoy nro put In n perfectly sanitary JBJ condition. Othorwlso the business of. flj cleansing them must cease, BJ A regulation was promulgated that H objoctlonable noises must be ellin BJ luated. Soft pedals were to bo put BB on tho early garbage collection wa; il gons, and tho negro with suporabun- BJ dant Joy was Instructed to como whls- BJ tllng aftor dark. BJ All dogs must be muzzled or held 'BJ In leash. All homeless cats are BJ supposedly gathorod up by the pound BJ All newsboys must havo a license. BJ beforo selling papers. Kvcry cash gtrl BJ and office boy under 14 years of ago BJ must havo his or hor little permit bo BB BJ Loitering on the streets is pro 'BB hlblted. . Bl Tons of Campaign Print Sent by Frank I Tho printing Is paid for by the mom BJ bor of congress drawing tho requlsl- BJ tlon, but tho mailing Is done by frank. BJ at public expense BJ |