CHAPTER IX 



LAST WEEKS AT WASHINGTON 



The last weeks of our stay in Washington, with one 

 exception, were uneventful. We had any amount 

 of strenuous official work by day down to February 

 15, relieved by dinners, plays, and dances at night. 

 As the time approached for our departure all our 

 good friends at Washington vied with one another 

 in showing us unbounded and lavish hospitality, 

 notably so Mr. and Mrs. Henry Edwardes ; Judge 

 John Davis and his charming and gifted wife ; Mr. 

 and Mrs. Hitt ; Mr. and Mrs. Endicott ; Senator 

 and Mrs. Don Cameron ; Mr. and Mrs. Grant ; 

 Mr. and Mrs. Loring ; Mrs. Wallach ; Mrs. Town- 

 send ; Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte ; Mr. and 

 Mrs. Whitney ; Mr. and Mrs. Reuterskiold (the 

 Swedish Minister), and others too numerous to 

 mention. We too had some pleasant little suppers 

 at the Arlington, at which I used to perform on the 

 banjo. More appreciative audiences I never wish 

 to meet. Not only did some of my English comic 

 songs, notably Corney Grain's *' Jarge's Jubilee," and 



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