Show arr wm ashington goss i interesting bits of news picked up here H ere and there at the national capital is 7 washington tho the fulton family is well represented in the sixtieth congress there la Is a fulton ain among oil g the republicans in tile the senate and a fulton among tho the democrats of tho the house the senator Is charles wilham fulton of tile tho state of oregon tho the member of the house elmer eimer L fulton who comes to washington as a member of the first congressional delegation from the state of oklahoma tile tho oldest officeholder at the capital rails falls to recall another case just like that of the Pul Ful tons brothers othera Hr have served in congress before in tile tho last congress charles I 1 13 landis landals and hla his brother frederick landis represented districts district sin aln indiana but both are republicans public ans some years ago there were two brothers in congress at tile the same time one in tile tho senate and the other in tho the house they too belonged to the same political party 1 hut but the are the only brothers who have e como come to congress together but divided against themselves politically senator fulton was born in lima la it was there too that the future representative fulton was born MUCH TROUBLE IS SAVED BY SOCIAL secretaries THE season of social gayet les leB which was ushered in by the opening of congress again calls attention to an all eminently useful personage in the realm of fashion the social secretary although the social secretary Is a creature of modern development and a most interesting one at that her place in the tha fashionable universe of the national capital has become firmly fixed and there are more positions at good salaries than there are social secretaries ret aries to nil fill them the demand Is so great and the pay la is often so alluring that a number of washington girls whose social status Is near the upp upper eredge edge of tile the top crust but who are not as well favored financially as some of their sisters in society are preparing to take up this as their lite work some one has said that hat good social secretaries are born not made and there is much truth in the observation she must be a natural born diplomat or she will not be a success but she must be more than that it Is necessary that she shall know intimately the society with whom her patron will IA sill TRAIL ROOSEVELT aged eight Q QUENTIN one time the protector of 0 pete the white house bulldog and charmer of snakes that terrified cabinet members and sent chills up and down the spines of diplomats gave the white house another jar the other day when time came to dress for dinner which Is seven quentin was nowhere to be found garret and cellar wore searched but no quentan Quent ln n then the grounds and the offices were shunted hunted for traces of snakes or bulldogs or bonfires but never a trace tho secret service squad was called out bout next and a search of all wash ROOSEVELT AND TAFT TO DECI DECIDE DE OFFICERS WEIGHT CONFLICT f T of expert opinions as to what kind of army officer sh should au id ride a horse has brought about such a state of confusion especially in the engineer corps that the president and secretary taft will be compelled to solve the problem for instance one board appointed to determine the fitness of officers to take the equestrian test prescribed by president roosevelt decided that the exercise would cost col charles E L davis otherwise known in the army as alphabet davis his life he was ac accordingly ord ordered here from detroit where he was in charge of river and harbor improvements try as hard ash as it could it appears the board which has been known as the davis retirement board found no physical disabilities which would warrant his retirement from froin there tile the family faintly went to pawnee city nob neb where the brothers othora br studied law and were admitted to tile liar bar charles later inter went to oregon and was elected to a lot of offices as aa a republican elmer elinor went first to stillwater okla then to pawnee and finally settled down at tho practice of law la in oklahoma city in 1903 the term of son ator joseph simon of oregon expired and charles fulton came to tho senate as hla his successor when congress passed tho the bill admitting indian territory and oklahoma to statehood elmer elinor was announced as a candidate for tile tho house in tho oklahoma city district ile ho was nominated by the democrats and was elected defeating ox ex gov T 11 ferguson in what was supposed to be a republican district ifo ho was assisted in his campaign by william willia in J bryan pawnee city Is mr bryans ll district and ho he had known elinor pulton there bryan made live five speeches for him in the campaign in each speech emphasizing the fact that fal ton stood welt well with the people of the nebraska town SHALL MISS azz have to deal she must not only be able to segregate the godial collate banks from the real factors of society but she must have an exhaustive acquaintance with the maze of precedents and formulas and tor for which washington society Is noted A good social secretary has all of this information at her tongues end and la Is able to steer her patrons social bark past all the reefs reefa and rocks that render navigation so uncertain and dangerous tor for the tyro I 1 fashionable washington Washingto tf Is coming nearer ayery day to the belief that a good social secretary Is as essentially a part of the household men tas a good cook thas view Is accentuated by the sorry spectacles presented by women of the ultra fashionable set who come to washington to establish reputations for polite hospitality only to end in sad failure bo be cause they have no one to inform them as to the real members of the smart omart set and the pretenders or to point out the numerous social distinctions that are peculiar to washington life the infraction of any one of which la Is counted an unpardonable mistake YOUNG QUENTIN A TRUANT IS FOUND BY DETECTIVE ington was begun for the truant 1 t with knowledge born of experience a couple of men were dispatched to the humble home where lives a pretty little dark hatred haired dark eyed lass 0 of 12 or 14 years the object of master roose belts affections but he was not there he had left two hours before bound so the girl said for a snake and bird emporium but he be was not at the emporium quentin was finally found playing in 14 massachusetts avenue a couple of blocks from the home of hla his little sweetheart and near the school the detectives hustled him home fe oddly enough a testimonial from the lake ca ariere association a came along telling what wonderful work col davis has been doing then an order was issued granting col davis leave until february when he would be retired by age too fat as fat as tatt taft is the charge that the davis board has brought against col W L marshall of now york in charge of the ambrose channel work the preliminary examining board could find nothing thweat the mat ter with col marshall but gen fred grant excused tho the fellow from the rid out of sympathy for the horse Mearim lillo col marshall Is said to bo be reducing hla his weight by the dell delicate cite process of rolling on the floor cers cera are scarce in the engineering corps and nd a retirement of half a dozen dozea would create havoc |