ROUND THE CAPITAL
Information find Gossip Ticked Up Here
nnd Thcro In Washington.
Keeper of Lid During
TATEJ)
WASHINGTON. Who will Bit on
tho "lid" lioro during tho summer,
wlillo the president la taking rest and
recreation nt Oyster Uay? Nono of
tho cnblnet officials wants tho Job, nnd
bo far It has been n continual perform
anco of sidestepping. Kvon when tho
president left for his Long Island
homo tho other dny only tcntntlvo
plans for tho dog days watch had been
determined upon.
Secretary Root, who left nt tho same
time, will ho gono all summer. Assist
ant Secretary of State Dncon will ho
tho lid slttor In the Btnto department
most of tho summer.
Attorney General Honaparto will
keep out of Washington as much ns
posslblo during July, paying flying vis
its from Baltimore. In August ho will
Picturesque Princess
PRINCESS VILMA LWOFF PARA
OHY Is In town. And that's not
all. With her are threo maids, by
courtesy French; first, second and
third attache; marshal, courtier, but
ler, chef, and, for good measure, three
or four other men servants.
And that's not all. And with her al
so aro ono Bmall yappy, white woolly
dog, ono pair of guinea pigs badly In
need of a hair-cut, a couple of young
wolves, nn Ibis, n falcon, soveral owls,
and a family of alligators.
And that's not all. With her also
nro soveral drays of tho gaudiest lug
gago that any local hotel over shel
tered. It 1b all painted rod, whlto nnd
green tho Hungarian colors.
All these princess, suite, mcfing
crlo and Impediments nro nt tho W1I
lard. Thoy arrived from Hot Springs,
Va., a few days ago In a prlvato car.
They proceeded to tho hotel aftor
Bomo delay, In half a dozen carriages,
and after considerable excitement on
tho part of tho hotel employes her
highness was finally established In a
suite which comprises almost tho en
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Pretty Society Belle Studying Bugs
A BEAUTIFUL woman who leads a
double llfo Is the latest person of
Interest in Washington's smart sot.
Tho beautiful woman Is Miss Harriot
Richardson, and hor doublo llfo Is per
fectly proper ns well as highly Inter
esting. Three hours of each day sho 1b Miss
Richardson of tho Smithsonian Institu
tion, authority on tho Isopods of North
Amorica, ono of tho "Who's Whos" In
tho American Men of Science and with
a long string of d6groes filling out tho
pngo after hor name. Tho othor 21
hours of tho day sho Is Miss Harriot
Richardson of Wyoming avenue, N. W.,
n soolcty favorite.
Miss Richardson inherited a fortuno
from hor father, C. E. F. Richardson, a
wealthy land holder. Sho Is one of
tho most exquisitely dressed young
women in Washington, a skilled horse
woman, a globe trottor and nil adept at
bridge whist. Her suitors aro many
nnd some havo been ardent. But thus
far suitors havo been unable to tempt
n(;r for thero are tho Isopods.
Her first deviation from society's
boaton path came when sho rofuscd to
bo a "bud," going to Vassar instead.
Uncle Sam Starts
UNCLE SAM Is busy thoso dayB
counting house flies. Ho has
started a sort of fly census for tho pur
pose of ascertaining tho relationship
botweon tho llttlo buzzing pests and
typhoid fover. It Is belloved by somo
agricultural department entomologists
'thnt flies do an awful lot towards
spreading typhoid gorms around In
fact, soveral of them havo been caught
i with tho goods.
, Tho plan, thorcforo, la to catch tho
'wicked llttlo insects, count 'em, and
compljo a lot of data for comparison
with statistics furnished by tho henlth
department ns to tho prevalence of
typhoid fovor iu locaiitlws wlw
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Summer in Doubt
bo nt tho Asplnwall hotel In Lenox,
Mass. j
Secretary Melcalf has gono to Cali
fornia to spend tho summer In tho
mountains. Ho will not' be seen hi
Washington until frost comes.
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rosimnsicr uenorni icycr win mtn
honco to tho St Lawrence to fish.
Secretary Gnrflold Is In Hawaii nnd
will stay there for three months. Sec
retary Cortolyou will hnvo a quiet
summer, probably on Long Island.
Secretary Wilson will Btny In Wash
ington for some tlmo on account of tho
business arising In connection with
tho enforcement of tho pure food laws.
If ho takes a vacation ho will go to
his Iown farm. '
Secrotary Wrlghtf who will succeed
Secretary Taft In tho war department,
will hardly be ellglblo to such a seri
ous task ns keeping tho big lid down
this summon Ho will spend much of
his tlmo this sumuior In Washington,
however. Sccrctnry Straus has taken
tho seat on the lid nnd will have this
throno of honor until Bomo of tho
other members will consent to relievo
him.
Invades Capital
tire southeast wing of tho second
floor. Tho princess had ordered a
room with a balcony and was Justly
Indignant when sho found filio had
been rclogated to tho fourth floor,
whoro thoro was no balcony.
In vain did tho manager explain
that tho lower floors wero not In ubo
In tho summer, that thoy wero cloBed
entirely and dismantled. They niust
bo opened and refurnished. Madamo
wanted a balcony and must havo n
balcony. Tho closed rooms wero
forthwith opened and furnished In tho
shortest possible tlmo nnd Mmc. In
Princess Parnghy was Installed In
a sulto of something Hko 20 rooms
with a balcony.
Sho has what figures aB her second
sitting room exclusively for her mo
nagorlo and Is lamenting that
she decided to ship a young bear, a
dear little tiger kitten, and a furry lit
tlo lion cub direct to her homo at
Nice.
Tho . princess is tho most pictur
esque lady who has enlivened Wash
ington for many moons. Sho was hero
for a fow days last February, but at
tracted llttlo attention after tho Ac
tion that sho was hbro to paint tho
president hnd been donlod both nt tho
Whlto House and by madam herself.
Slo Is Hungarian by birth nnd Russian
by marriage, but that did not last
long. Llko any American girl, sho had
to get rid of hor Russian prlnco.
But when, after taking a bnccalaureato
degree, sho wlshod to go on studying,
her family rebelled. It was then that
Dr. C. W. Rlchurdson, hor brother, had
tho happy Inspiration of taking hor to
tho musty old Smithsonian Institution,
whoro his Influenco procured her tho
right to work bb a volunteer.
Ho thought ono visit would bo tho
end. So ho took her up tho narrow
stairs to tho smolly balcony, whoro col
lections of fossils wero being mounted.
Miss Richardson calmly Bat down bo
fore a compound mlcroscopo and an
nounced that she liked It.
That's where I found hor, In a Pa
risian linen suit, fondling llttlo bottles
of preserved isopods ns daintily as If
thoy wero thimble teacups.
livery morning rrom ton tin ono
Miss Rlchardspn is at her desk. Thero
sho has written her book, "A Mono
graph on tho Isopods of North Amer
lea," dealing with specimens furnished
by tho Harrlman expedition to Alaska,
and 15 shorter works, two of which
sho has Just preparod for a ParlB sclen
tlflc pnpor.
But even when abroad, absent from
tho allurement of tho Institution, tho
scientific sldo of Miss Richardson's
mind asserts Itself. Sho leaves tho
gay watering places nnd season en
tertainments to go and visit Dr.
Thomas Scott of Aberdoon or Dr. A.
M. Norman, Just out of London, both
famous scientists. This summor Bho
Is Invited to visit Prof. Ginrd, director
of tho laboratory at WImoroux, Franco,
a Crusade on Flies
turea nro mado. Tho fly census has,
therefore, boon Inaugurated In Wash
Ington and Pittsburg nnd mny bo or
tended to othor cities.
Dr. L. O. Howard, chief entomologist
of tho department of ngrlcuturo, is In
chargo of tho fly-paper squad, which
posts sheets of good old sticky stuff
around in public places and gathers
them in again after captures of 43
hours havo been mado.
Tho greatest number of flies that
havo been enumerated nt ono haul so
far Is 2,C00, gathored nt tho Unlled
States arsenal, an engineer post on tho
Potomac river.
Tho experts carefully count the vie
tlms, detormlno tho longth of tlmo
they havo been dead, search them for
germB, and do various other funny
things that ovontually may mean a lot
In convicting Mr. Fly of transplanting
disease. As soon as returns aro in
from tho great "fly contor" Pittsburg
thoro may bo some interesting data
JUMPING AT A CONCLUSION.
Marriage Did Not Follow tho Nineteen
Year's Courtship.
In tho nmlablo way of villagers, thoy
woro discussing tho matrimonial af
fairs of a couple who, though recently
wed, had begun to find tho yoko of
Hymon a burden.
'"Tls all along o these hasty mar
riages," opined ono caustic old gentle
man, who had boon much to tho foro
In tho discussion. "Thoy did not un
derstand ench othor; they'd nobbut
knowed each othor for a matter o
sovem year."
"Woll, that seems long enough,"
satd an Interested lady listener.
"Long ono'! Hah, yo'ro wrong I
When a body's coortln' ho canna bo
too careful. Why, my coortshlp lasted
a matter o' 19 yoarl"
"You nortalnly woro careful," agreed
tho lady ltstoner. 'And did you find
your plan successful when you mar
ried?" "Yo Jump to concluslonsl" said the
old man, Impatiently. "I understood
her then, so I didna' marry horl"
Tit-Bits.
DOCTOR SAID "USE CUTICURA"
In Dad Case of Eczema on Child
Disease Had Reached a Fearful
8tate His Order Resulted
In Complete Cure,
"When I was small I was troubled,
with oczotnn, for about throo month
It was nil ovor my fnco and covorca
nearly all of my head. It reached
such a Btato that it was Just a largo
scab all over, and tho pain and Itching
wero terrible I doctored with an ablo
physician for somo tlmo nnd was then
advised by him to uso tho Cutlcura
Romcdlcs which I did and I was en
tirely cured. I havo not been bothorod
with It slnco. I used Cutlcura Soap
and Cutlcura Olntmont but do not
know exactly how much was used tn
comploto tho euro. I can safely say
that Cutlcura did a lot for mo, Miss
Anabol Wilson, North Branch, Mich.,
Oct. 20. 1907."
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Father I told you not to go with
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Bobby I had to, fathor, 'causo he
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A Cold Lunch.
Tho pupils of a distinguished pro
fessor of zoology, a man woll known
for his eccentricities, noted ono day
two tidy parcols lying on their In
structor's desk as thoy passed out at
tho noon hour. On their return to
tho laboratory for tho afternoon lec
turo thoy Baw but ono. This tho pro
fessor took carefully up In his hand
as ho opened his lecture.
"In tho study of vortcbrata wo havo
taken tho frog as n type. Let us now
oxamlno tho gastrocnemius musclo of
this deseeded specimen."
So saying tho professor untied tho
string of his neat parcol and dlsclosod
to view a ham sandwich and a bollod
ogg.
"But I havo oaton my lunch," said
tho learned man bowlldoredly. Lip
plncott's. A Good Turn.
"Here, wako up," crlod Subbubs, ap
pearing on his porch in his pajamas,
"You've got a norvo to bo sleeping in
our hammock."
"Norvo?" ropllcd tho hobo, slcoptly.
"Why, I'm a bonofactor; If It wasn't
fur mo holdln' dls hammock down do
mosquitoes would .'a' luggod It off
long ago."
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Senator Boverldgo described, nt a
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sho turned mo down cold.'
" 'Perhaps your proposal wasn't ard
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