Show TOLD IN washington special letter URN senator spooner was W finishing his philippine speech senator pettus who ie is 81 eat sat ik steadily writing at hta his desk for more than an hour but at the same timo time apparently listening to what senator spooner was baying saying hat hata is ha hi writing asked senator millard of benator senator scott don t know replied scott but it seems too long for i t it litter ater the curiosity of all hands wag was eat sat lattos soon after for mr it pettus arose took up the manuscript and read from it he ile had hail aten writing an answer to senator spooner while listening to him 0 0 it la is expected the tremendously popular count A kannowski Tan Is engaged to the polish heiress princes det at newport and bar harbor the count was the originator of 0 many summer evening entertain ments which included the revival of serenading ho lie will eoon soon return to america to take charge of the royal and imperial austro hungarland lega tion in the absence of the minister for the first time since the retirement of baron and baroness von yon i havo there been ladles ladies among germany German yr representatives the ambassador enjoys their assistance at hh large affairs aff alra which are very numerous the staff of the cm em bassy on highland ferraco to as largo large as that claimed by any foreign government ern ment 0 f countess Coun tesa marguerite cassant Is now abroad and with her chaperon the he will soon be joined by the russian ambassador bas who Is li lorely without the vivacious marguerite before she left washington toa the insignia of the order of or tho the tha the coveted turkish decoration for ladles ladies was sent by the sultan to the young countess coun tesa and presented by all ferrous bey tho the turkish minister whose wife the coun tesa teas had the honor bonor of entertaining at luncheon during the early spring it bride of laet last summer slimmer her ifer hus husband bank who if in the military of this em emba baady any went ent abroad to claim her rear admiral john grimes walker now retired retiro and with a permanent home in washington la Is a new hampshire man by birth and the record of his busy life bheda sheds luster on hia his native state he ile did valuable velu able work during tho civil war and since then has been prominent in many waya ways in the service of bla his country the pres t 44 40 1 1 0 rear admiral walks of tho the hudan canal commas ion slon ie is the laif last office tc which he has been appointed hoar hour walker la is 67 yeara years old and in excellent xcell ent health representative kain kalia of california was asked if it it were true trite that la in state watermelons atod cn to such pro portions that it was not unusual to find some which weighed pounds well replied tho the good natured cal dornlan Korn lan 1 I ve seen same very large melons growing in the golden state 1 pw P eif Z steps OF THE was that tho the careful turkish minister allowed bis his little wife to br brak k bread at the embassy but the Chefa kat explains everything one ono of the moat most fashionable women in washington Is the eife of the senior senator from michigan mrs nits jamea james mcmillan who baa has always taken a 13 part in social gayet les since the senator first took bis his scat seat in the upper house in 1839 00 me nic millan home on vermont avenue has been famous for its chart hoart mrs mcmillan enjoys the enviable reputation of beng one of most popular J mrs mcmillan of senator from michigan and an limitation invitation to one of her little dinners la Is a thing greatly to be desired 0 4 the german embassy now haa two ko blesses the wives of two members of the ambassadors ambassador a taff staff Co uness unless quail t wife of the first secretary has gone abroad for the summer the count accompanied her but will re turn as soon as she is in safe with her people and be will be charge d affaires aff alrea in the absence of his excellency dr yon Holle hoa who by tb ahw way has no intention of marrying while he Is abroad this summer the german ambassador visits the fatherland in the simmer time but as to the countess she only ar at rived in washington on christmas day no woman la in the 01 11 was ever eyer better liked at the end of four months one thing in her favor she speaks english with only a verv slight fx rent arar you hebeur Pa was a we grow the best of every u Nat to ta eat and as for fruit wo we cannot be ex celled 1 I will not tor for the truth of 0 that melon story but I 1 am informed that our farmers la in california when they want to bore an artesian art ealan well plant a glar t beet and when the roots have gore sufficiently deep info into nother mother oarth to e ater they uie use a six x horse team to pill the beet vp up by the root sand there a the artesian well at laet last a woman and a beautiful woman too will be at the french embassy mme cambou cambon baa has never accompanied the ambassador to our shores not even for a peep at us but M de maegerle Mar Afar gerle ii to coming aa as first see detary and he Is coming oon soon ills rife wife thia this great bc beaty aty li Is the later of edmond rostand th remmet author of hench kiench heroic dama the new w B cretaro la Is a literary man as well na i a diplomat and was stationed at copenhagen Copen hagan when the new news of bla his transfer came to him he lie coms to us fn a place of it lugene eugene Thle thiebaut baut who was transferred at his own re quest to switzerland that he might be rear his parents M Thle thiebaut baut was nc cc infrequently charge daf daff faire alres A notable experience was his last sum mer when chinese affairs carao came to a crisis while the french ambassador was enlo enjoying ying a comfortable vacation on the outskirt si cf paris parts mm 1 ignal wife of tha th military has ben the only lady ever remotely connected with the embassy she la Is very quiet the vignola le live la a modest home |