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lunched with Judge John Davis and Mrs. Davis, 

 where we met the beautiful Miss Grant, now Lady 

 Essex, my old and valued friend the late Arthur 

 Guest, and several other pleasant people. The 

 Chief dined that night with Mr. Bayard, and later 

 on all went to a reception at the Bonapartes, who 

 occupied a fine residence in K Street. Jerome 

 Napoleon Bonaparte, a grand-nephew of the great 

 Napoleon, was a tall , handsome man, with a command- 

 ing presence, very proud of his illustrious descent. 

 We met all the elite of Washington society there. 



On Monday, the 9th, the Conference resumed its 

 labours, which had been adjourned for our visit to 

 Canada, at the State Department. Meantime Mrs. 

 Langtry had arrived at the Arlington, and we went 

 to Albaugh's theatre to see her in As in a Looking 

 Glass, It was rather a poor house, a counter attrac- 

 tion being Mrs. Brown Potter and Kyrle Bellew 

 at the National Theatre. There were only these 

 two theatres in Washington at that time, and two 

 premieres on the same evening was quite an unusual 

 event. After the theatre we went to a Bachelor's 

 Ball at the Rifle Hall. The following night Mr. 

 Chamberlain dined with Colonel John Hay. 



The Leiters, who were renting Mr. Blaine's palatial 

 residence in 20th Street, gave a ball on Wednesday, 

 the nth, and everything was done on the most 



