Sicily, the great earthquake of 1908 in, 326-329; the Elliotts active in relief work in, 327-328; welcome to Roosevelt in, 332-333 “Sicily in Shadow and in Sun”, the author’s, 327 Sidney Luska. _See_ HARLAND, HENRY “Silvia”, a ballet for the Suffrage cause, 381 Singleton, Mrs. _See_ CURRIE, LADY Slocumb, Mrs., 208 Smibert, John, 369 Smith, Miss Leigh, 288, 294, 299 Smyrna, 186 Snell, George, architect of Boston Music Hall, 40, 124 Society of Portrait Painters, London, 233 Somerset, Lady Henry, 235 “Sorcerer, The”, Gilbert and Sullivan’s first opera, 151 Sorrentine peninsula, a trip around the, 275 Sorrento, Bishop of, opinion of Crawford’s Italian, 269 Sorrento, visits the Crawfords in, 269 Sothern, Edward A., his principal rôles, 121, 122; personal charm of, 122; comment in author’s journal concerning, 122, 123 Spain, a week in, 253-255; the war with, 287; visit to, 317-320 Spartali, Marie. _See_ STILLMAN, MRS. WILLIAM Spencer, Mrs. Lorillard, 382 Sphinx, the, by moonlight, 178, 179 Spruce Street, Boston, home in, 195 Stackpole, Mrs. Louis, 223 Stanley, Algernon, 154, 155 Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, Dean of Westminster, 152; his home, 153 Stanley, Sir Henry M., 241-242 Stanley, Lyulph, an advocate of higher education, 154 Stanley, Rosamond. _See_ CARLISLE, LADY Star and Garter, Richmond, dinner at the, 143 Stepniak, Sergius, 226, 227 Stetson, Charles Walter, 195 Stillman, William, correspondent of the _London Times_ in Rome, 261 Stillman, Mrs. William, 261, 287 Stone, Charles Pomeroy. _See_ STONE PASHA Stone Pasha, chief of staff to the Khedive of Egypt, 176-177 Strauss, Oscar, 364 Strong, George, 121 Stuart, Gilbert, 368 Sucillio, Don Antonio, 253, 254 Sullivan, Sir Arthur S., popularity of his light operas, 151, 152 Summer in Rome, 266 Sumner, Charles, friendship with the Howes, 17; and McClellan, 58; 85; opposition to annexation of Santo Domingo, 91; funeral of, 133 Surgical Dressings Committee, 389 Swing, Rev. David, 218 Switzerland, visit to, 175 Synagogue, at service in Hebrew, 153 Tableaux, at German Embassy in Rome, 170-173 Taft, President William Howard, author meets, at Cabinet meeting, 341; tribute to Miss Boardman, 341; comment on Roosevelt, 349; renominated in 1912, 353 Tale, Signor, 171, 172 Tangier, the landing at, 249; passing the customhouse in, 249; sights and sounds in, 250-251; interview with the Sharifa of, 251-252 “Tanglewood Tales, The”, Hawthorne, author’s fondness for, 28 “Taras Bulba”, Gogol, 218 Teatro Verdi, Progressive Party meeting in the, 361-362; 365 Telephone, at Oak Glen, 198; first message announces death of Garfield, 198; _motif_ for plays, poems, and novels, 198 “Telephone Song”, poem by Laura E. Richards, 198 Temple, Minnie, 23 Tennis tournament, Newport, 354 Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 142; quoted, 335-336 Teresa, Suora, 164 Terry, Dr. and Mrs., 361 Terry, Arthur, the author’s cousin, 167