Show ROUND THE CAPITAL information and gossip picked up here and there in washington cultured indian guests of senator senator warren of washington excited the wonder ment of his colleagues the other day by taking with him to lunch in the senate restaurant a party of indians belonging to the tribe of the arapa hoes and the shoshones the red men were in washington transacting busl ness with the interior department and paying their respects to the great white father at the executive mansion as well as to his prospective success or across the way in the war depart mant proof that the indians are taking on the ways of civilization was to be seen at warrens lunch function in stead of calling for jerked beet and bear meat the feathered and blanket ed warriors partook of salads and pie what Is more they ate pie with forks which Is more than can be said for every white person that appears at the senate refectory also they used napkins as they should be used and dian didn t mistake them for handkerchiefs or for bibs they partook of colsom departure of quentin roosevelt THE on his southern trip solved the mystery of the force school through out the winter one of the boys in the class of children about quentin s age has been lavishing hothouse blos on his teacher repeated inquiries brought out only the fact that the flowers had been given to the youthful donor quentin left the city and simultaneously the dally floral gift tailed to make its appearance pe arance now it transpires that the flowers came from the white house conservatory quentin and the boy had made a bargain the presidents son was to furnish a stipulated number of blos each day in return tor a lot of milk tops which Is schoolboy ver tor the disks of pasteboard which milk dealers use in the tops of milk bottles me and mock turtle and even showed a familiarity with the ue of the boup spoon that Is unknown to of their white brethren great was the astonishment of per sona who observed them to see that they seemed to be on terms of good acquaintance with the menu card ot the pale face little wolf the aged chief ol 01 the Arapah oes who Is said to be well toward a hundred years old and whose countenance Is withered and gasn wasn t a bit abashed and went through his part of the performance with as much ease and grace as it he had been a debu tante fresh from finishing school at pink tea yellow dog was as suave as a diplomat and never once tried to cut his lettuce with his knife sena tor warren himself was surprised and was obliged to call forth hia best massachusetts avenue manners to keep apace with his guests some of those that saw what happened wondered it the Arapah oes and shoshones all are as polished as the party with senator warren just think of one of fellmore cooper a in deans eating pie and salad calling tor consomme and using a napkin and a fork it was divulged however that most of those in senator war ren s party had been carlisle students 1 and had not spent all their lives in ahe tepee and on the plains pages cause of sneezing fit in house THE business ot tha bouse was ing along with impressive dignity the other day when representative cy SuI Ioway rising to address the speaker began to assume that states manlike attitude which generally pro yokes whispers of admiration in the visitors gallery but on this occasion he did not at tain the pose just as he reached the left toot forward movement the inner points of his eyebrows went up like those ot a gibson girl the corners of his mouth were drawn down in the style affected by heathen images and after a moment of painful hesitation ho let go a mighty sneeze A ripple 0 laughter swept over the house and even speaker cannon as the embarrassed mr SuI Ioway sat down smiled the superior smile ot one indulgent of human weaknesses another member rose but no one paid any particular attention to him tor the eyes ot the house were fixed on representative murdock who in evident distress ot mind had pranced out nto the aisle where after a moment devoted to cutting kittenish he drew his features into a alike gri mance leaned over a though looking for something on floor spread out his arms like thel protecting wings 0 a mother hen and also sneezed this time the speaker did not un bend he cast a frosty glance at the unfortunate representative brought down his gavel with a smart tap that focused all eyes on himself and sat with compressed lips then as the house watched came the change the speakers features relaxed like the breaking up of har bor ice his nether up protruded as though he were about to arpak into a alt of peevish tears the hand hold holdi i ing the gavel went high in air and with tightly closed eyes he sat in thi remarkable condition while one could count ten then as the gavel smote the desk for emphasis speaker can non sneezed too from all parts of the house followed more sneezes first an irregular alre but finally volleys the sergeant ati arms began a gumshoe expedition behind a door he found two grinning pages industriously puffing sneeze powder through a crack into the room occupied by the lawmakers the fate of the evildoers has not yet been determined ter mined milk tops buy white house roses the children have a game which they play by means of these disks and moreover certain prestige at baches to the boy who can show the longest string of milk tops friendship with the head gardener at the white house made the acquiring of a small bouquet each day no difficult matter so the bargain was struck and everybody was happy just before leaving washington quentin developed an unusual condl alon of despondency several timea in succession he was late for school quentin inquired his teacher what has gone wrong you were late yesterday and the day before and you are behind time again to day As the lad raised his head his teach er discovered vivid streaks of red about hia brow and on his cheeks why quentan what has marked your face up in that fashion 7 she asked that s what Is the matter piped up quentin I 1 used some red ink to make up for a clown and the ink won t wash oft this morning father noticed it and he gave me an awful going over he says im a sight and I 1 guess he s about right concluded quentin younger men rapidly filling senate proportion of young men in the THE senate Is growing rapidly the number of old timers Is dwindling steadily becent months have re moved two of the oldest of the old timers senators gan and whyte while senator pet was of advanced age he was not old in point of senate service so that he can hardly he considered in this connection despite the tact he was 86 at the time of his demise but seven senators have served tor three terms or a period equivalent to three terms they are senators aall son hale 0 maine frye of maine aldrich ot rhode island cullom of illinois teller of colorado and dan lei of virginia senator allison entered the senate march 4 1873 and is now in his thirty sixth year of senate ser vice senator hale began march 4 1881 senator frye march 15 1881 senator aldrich october 5 1881 sen ator cullom march 4 1883 senator teller march 4 1885 and senator daniel march i 1887 senator allison Is past 79 senator hale Is nearly 2 senator frye will be 77 in september senator aldrich Is 66 senator cullom will ace 79 next december senator teller will be 78 in may and senator daniel will be 66 next september both in years and length of service senator allison is the dean of the senate senator cul I 1 lorn 0 illinois however Is less than a year younger than he and senator teller Is younger by only 14 months within a year senator teller will end his term and will quit the sen ate and this will still further deplete the ranks 0 the old timers while the question whether senator allason Is to return la still unsettled and will not be determined until the iowa marles in june |