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it was a sunny day the picnic — for we took some 

 lunch with us — was a pleasant one. 



On Monday, the 28th, we all dined at the Legation, 

 and met, among others, Senator Donald Cameron 

 and his pretty young wife ; Mrs. Stratford Dugdale 

 from Warwickshire ; Mr. Munro Ferguson, M.P., 

 and his sister, who were on a pleasure tour in the 

 States ; and Mr. Dudley Rider, also from England. 

 Mrs. Cameron was a niece of the two Shermans 

 already referred to, and was the Senator's second 

 wife. She was quite one of the most beautiful and 

 attractive women in Washington at that time, and 

 extremely popular in society. I much regret being 

 unable to include her portrait in this book, but in a 

 letter I had from her the other day from Paris she 

 assures me she does not possess one herself. She 

 had a dear little precocious baby girl who was just 

 beginning to find the use of her tongue, calling 

 Spring Rice " Ping Mice," and is now the wife of 

 my friend the Hon. Roland Charles Lindsay, M.V.O., 

 of our Diplomatic service, but at present seconded 

 for service as Under Secretary in the Ministry of 

 Finance at Cairo. 



The next day Mr. Chamberlain, Bergne, and I met 

 a large party of Senators and high officials at Mr. 

 Wharton's house. Mr. Wharton held the office of 



