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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28

Mile. Neustratter Is again attracting the
attention of all Paris. She was an i'm
portant parsonage three years ago in a
divorce trial in New York, involving names
of International fame. Now she reappears
using the carriage, coachman and footmen
of that hne specimen Of nobility. Count
Castellane. the husband OF Anna Gould
She Is again as much talked about in
Paris az she was In 1885. when she proudly
drove in the Champs Elysees in a magnif-
cent equipage, wearing the livery Of a
famous American and holding in her lap
4 young babe dom up in the finest Of laces
and linen. The Z year she wintered
Gizerch nalace. Her n mannea and cars1ase
in public were simply as perfect as her
gowns n hairdressing. She carried OF
q prince Of the roya! blood and a many
times millionaire Hebrew with the same
highbred air that she had sported the New
Workers. nveries and s~Quandersd ths Amer.
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celebrate the 10th anniversary of his birth.
The date of his appointment to the arch
bishopric is October Is, 1896. and he sue
ceeded the late Right Rev. Edward White
Benson. Prior to his promotion Dr.. Tenn
pie held the bishopric of London Rumor
has ic that the archbishop Is troubled with
failing sight and is in danger of becoming
totally blind. but the rumor has been de-
wholly unfounded. DR.. Temple gained an
international reputation at the time when
the religious circles of England were con-
vulsed by the controversy over '~'supernat-
ural religion So heated became the dis
cussion that the established church was
stirred to its foundation. and into this con-
troversy DR.. Temple threw himself with
all the fervor and energy of a powerful
mind. The momentum Of his struggle car
ried him farther than he had foreseen, and
reacted to his injury when he was later
named for a bishopric. His liberalism in
religion won for him the warm and lasting
friendship Of Gladstone. and 1t was due to
the great premier that he attained the
position Of bishop against determined oppo-
sition. By the time Canterbury became va
cant through the death Of DR.. Benson, the
omissions and commissions of Dr.. Temple
battle had been buried. At the age Of Is
s~iastical position in the British kingdom.
Dr.. Temple is a graduate from Balliol,
Oxford. and was a genius at Rugby when
Rugby was a great public school. In 1850
he was royal chaplain. Later he was a
fellow Of Balliol. bishop Of Exeter, Bramp-
ton lecturer for Oxford, and made bishop Of
London in 1856.
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fashionable cut. She has a sailor hat up.
on her head, and she makes eyes at MIR.
Porter as she talks. Her eyes are pretty.
too. and her teeth are as white as pearls.
Mr.. Porter smiles and asks for her bust
ness with the president. She answers that
1t is very private and very important, ami
r roe ses and Wait feli there hes % W 20 t lheo c shs nese
men and senators, and the president Will
see her in her turn. She leaves. but a
rotary that she does not think that will
be a good place for her to explain her
business with the president, and says that
she must see him alone
But could not / present the matter to
regarding Officer"
No: it Is not about office" nswer the
p1rtance. 1t Is a matter which affects the
We'll" says Mr.. Porter. Il would like
to oblige you, but the president is very
busy. and without I know exactly your
business 1 could not think of taking up his
time by making a special appointment for
you"
Perhaps after an. Mr.. Secretary. You
can help me. I will tell you what 1 want.
the work Of abolishing s%ectarianism in re-
lig.on. 1 want to see all Christians meet
together In one church and work together,
work. w "'
Now, don it seem to you, madam, that
you have undertaken a pretty big job?'
says Secretary Porter. IT'S too big for
the president to join with you in 1t just
now. Don't you think there are other
things quite as i~mportant-the Cuban Ques-
ton. for instance?"
The young lady would argue the matter
further, but a dozen other people are
waiting. and the secretary has to bid her
good day: The next man Is a correspond
ent for the London illustrated News. He
is anxious to have an interview with the
president, and would like to nave a social
chat with him in order that he may make
an article for his newspaper. He is told
that he cannot have an interview, but that
he can meet the president.
| Now a messenger enters with an import
ant telegram. 1t relates to q matter which
Mr.. Porter can settle without kin the
president, and he RAPIDLY dictates a reply.
He Is hardly through before mother man
demands his attention. This is a senator
who has made an appointment to see the
president this evening, and he wants the
hour duly registered in the appointment
book. Mr.. Porter has to keep track Of all
the presidents engagements. He has ID
arrange nearly all the matters connected
with the White House and to attend to q
number Of details outside. All those letters
which we saw in the other room have ia
pass under his eye. and hundreds of then
will be answered by him.. He has to see
J hat the appointments which the presidAna
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explorer. who has recently ~journeyed
across the Pamirs. Kashgaria, and the Lob
Nor. He started in 1894 for the Pamir
military post in Kashgaria, and four times
h hishest summit m9 .I in tbe fam,r ene ne Ts ais
explored Lake Teschil-Kul and the Aid
Schur range. The winter Of 1891 he spent
in Kashgar. In 1895 NJ. S.en-Hedin set
out to cross the -Takla Markham desert.
which had never been explored before:
After going through great hardships and
loeing several of his men and1his scientific
Instruments. he had to return to Kashgar
by way Of Anson: Pending the arrival
Of new instsuments NJ n; sven-H ne din . ex;
the Hindu Kush range. In December. 1855,
he left Kashgar for Lake Lob Nor, trav-
cling by way Of Khotan. From Lob Nor
he returned to Khotan in the spring OF
1895. in order to undertake a journey Into
Thibet, from which he proceeded to China:
The cost Of the expedition was betrayed
by the king of Sweden. n. Nobel and other
rich Swedish gentlemen.
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leans money. Even among the Paris woms
en- of her class, who are the best dressed
women in the world. Mile. Neustrattef
plicity Is her taste, and she II without
doubt the best exponent of tho style In
the world. She wears few jewels, but those
few would purchase a kings ransom. Her
~favorite piece Il q dog collar Of pearls,
the like Of which few other women can
boast. II Is said that Mile. Neustratter II
Of good Dutch extraction and that there
Is a title In her family. II she have not
blue blood in her veins she has the knack
OF making 1t seem that she has. FASH
ionable ladies' in Paris and rich Americans
copy her costumes as soon as she appears
In them. and not one Of these fashions
bles but envies this woman her dressmaker
q character: it Is whispered that she rules
Mile. Nellie with a rod Of iron. particularly
with regard to the manner in which she
shall wear hat beautiful blonde hair. Il
Is always so prettily coiffured that one can
well believe the maid an artist
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makes are sent to the senate. He keeps
track. to a certain extent. OF congressional
matters. and in addition to this, answers
all the presidents mail. He has a stenoS-
with him all the time and dictates
answers to letters between his receptions
of the callers. His work goes on from 8
o'clock in the morning until midnight. and
President McKinley's days are so full that
go over the matters which he alone can
settle and give directions to Mr.. Porter
as to how they are to be disposed of. 1t
is often midnight by the time he is through
with the president. and after this some
of the most important mail has to be
answered. These long hours are absolute
ly necessary in order to keep the business
of the White House up to date, and this
is SO. notwithstanding the fact that Sec
rotary Porter has systematized the work
better than 1t has ever been arranged be-
fore. In another letter I shall deal more
directly with the president himself.
RAN G. CARPENTER.
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who sorts them knows the handwriting of
the most prominent men of the country,
and he can tell almost at a glance such
letters as demand immediate attention
Letters Boiled Down.
After sorting, the letters are boiled down.
and only the condensed extract gets to the
president. A letter of twenty pages is put
into five lines, and a voluminous document
into a sentence. The men who read the
letters write a few lines across the upper
left-hand corner Of the first page Of each
letter. showing just what is in 1t. This
Is for Secretary Porter. who. by this means.
can grasp the whole mail in a short time
and direct the making up Of a set Of briefs
never get to the president. He will not see
q dozen out of the six hundred which came
in this morning. This is also the case as
to his personal and private correspondence.
Ali Of the letters are briefed, and they
pro put in such order than any Of them can
be given to the president at a moments
does not tell all he wants, and he calls for
ehe letter itself. In answering his mail
President Mckinley directs Secretary Porter
what to say. He writes no answers him.
self. and does not even dictate the replies
TO a stenographer. He has little time to
which he writes is the one which goes daily
from here to his old mother at Canton.
For the President's Eye Only.
Es VIC iOoh u ne lttttIS We See IQaI
the marks On the envelopes give no idea
of the contents. Many Of the letters are
addressed personal" and private by
men who think that this will bring their
letters directly to the president. In most
cases such letters are from officeseekers,
and most of them the president never
sees. They are referred by q printed form
to the department to which they belong.
Here is one marked Confidential" Tit
writer wants a consulship. 1t goes to the
state department. There is another mark.
ed for the presidents eye only" Mr.
Cortelyou, the executive clerk. opens IT.
II Is also from a man who wants office
Here is a third on the outside of which
IS written important. Not to be opened
by the secretary" That letter comes from
a crank. who wants to tell the presiden,
of a new version OF the Bible. and SO II
goes. Many of the other letters. however
are very important. As I see the mai
opened and briefed I notice how carefully
everything is handled. There is not a pa.
per which is misplaced. Every Enclosure 1,
fastened by a CLIP to the letter itself, and
though already moro than one hundred
thousand letters have bean received sine
tho 4th OF March. I am told tina not /,
single paper has been lost. Every Iettel
must be carefully watched There are &
Few which are unanswerGtl Int at.efes ar
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
new QUEEN OF THE ROMANTICS.
A Quaint Custom Which Has Been
Observed for Years by the

UyVDACUs
In Kelso, Scotland, there has been crown
ed a new queen Of the Gypsies OF Great
Britain, America and Canada Quaint, half
mystic Invitations have been sent to 'Ro-
NAMES in each of these countries bidding
them to attend the coronation. The cere-
monies to be gone through are the same
which nave been followed, almost without
alteration, since the days of Robert Bruce.
when the Romantics first settled along the
Arglo-Scottish borders. The new queen has
been chosen after a long interregnum and
much dispute. h is the direct descend
ant and heir of Esther a Blythe, who.
tess tn su of ali lit th @a Rc Sr9%his at auf XeIs ano T rRens
were several other claimants of the throne
all descendants Of the deceased monarch
but the election resulted In a complete
victory for Queen Esther. Her majesty Is.
like Queen Victoria. a Observation-Disclosures.
and is said to be about 50 years of age.
The queen will mount her palfry-a pure
blooded animal, for Gypsies have remark
able skill in horsefiesh-and proceed towards
place. Behind her will ride or march .
procession Of the Romany blood royal. all
descendants Of the famous King Charley
Faa, who died In the early part of the cen
fury. and of the still more renowned King
in love with a noble GENTLE dame. The
queens uncle. Charles Blythe. will act as
''crowner.", and Martha and Esther, her
llttle HlcEo, are 10 scatter
rowan boughs and heather before the
horses feet. Two daughters and a grand
daughter will ride beside her. At the
crossroads a halt will be made, and Esther
will receive her rown, acknowledging the
gift with a suitable speech. The crown.
as preserved for centuries in the Faa fam
lily. consists of a plain band or circlet Of
silver. with a loop in front. In this loop is
stuck a rose and a thistlev-mblematic of
Esther's sovereignty over the Scottish and
English Romantics. The Scottish Gypsies
are looked upon as rebels, INT do not ac-
The invitations were a leaf torn from
the Kelso Chronicle, in which was a brief
announcement that November q Esther
Faa was to be crowned queen and countess
Of Little Egypt. Wrapped up in the
printed paper was the dried head of a
Scotch thistle, with two leaves of Ameri-
can grass twined tightly round 1t.
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The GORDON HlGHLANDERS.
LATE EXPLOIT IN INDIA IN ACCORD
WITH THEIR REPUTATION.
History Of h Most I~nteresting Reg
iment-It Had Served With Dis
tinctiOn Before in India,
Always with Honor.

The First battalion Of the Gordon High
landers. of whose exploits on the Indian
frontier the cable has recently brought
such sad yet stirring news, is better known
to Scotsmen by its old title Of the Seventy
fifth, or Stirlingshire, regiment of foot.
1t was not until the year 1881 that the
Seventy-fifth S~tirlingshire and the Ninety
second. the original Gordon Highlanders,"
were ~amalgamated as one territorial regi-
ment under the foregoing title. This took
place when the Seventy-ffth Foot was sta
toned at the Strada Reale barracks, Malta.
Hence. they were Immediately christened
the Strada Reale Highlanders, while a pop
ular conundrum among military foil at the
time was. What is the difference between
the Ninety-second and the Seventy-ifth?"
the answer being, the first are real High
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sent in to the president. He is not afraid
to read the criticisms Of his administration.
He watches the newspapers closely to learn
what the people wish and he keeps his fin
gers on the pulse OF the country. He inter-
views the men who call upon him in order
that he may keep abreast with public SEN
timent, and he is. in fact, closer to all the
people than any president we have had for
years: Many persons can't SEQ how Presi-
dent Mckinley can be SO well posted and
House. One secret of his knowledge is
stored away In a little room in the north
eastern corner of the executive mansion.
The White House Telegraph.
This is the telegraph room. We ear go
out OF the counting room into IT. AS we
enter we hear the click of the telegraph in
strument and We see one Of the presidents
most confidential clerks with his hand on
the key. The operator is Mr.. B. F. Mont
gomery, who has for years been in charge
CT this department of tho White House.
He has instruments here which connect
him with the chief telegraph lines of the
country, and that, Geographic switchboard
upon the wall controls the avenues of the
news information of the world.
1t is here that the president has the
whole United States under his thumb. The
great telegraph companies will give him a
private wire at a moments notice. He has
congress and all Of tho government de-
partments. Suppose he wants to see a
StEdtOT. Inc electric wire calls Inc man
up at the capitol and within a few mo-
nicrts the president has his answer. Now
q message is sent to the state department
for the papers in a certain case. Now a
pardon is telegraphed to the attorney gen.
eral and now the treasury department gets
It's directions as to what to do in a special
natter. This Office is a strictly private
one. Much of the matter which goes over
the wires from here is confidential. Or
ders are sent out which will affect the
state OF the stock market, and a dishonest
clerk could easily make q fortune by a
use OF the news. Many Of III foreign
governments would be glad to have ad-
vance Information of the matter sent over
these wires. and III Spanish minister Just
now would give a pretty penny for the
Geographic conferences which are held here
on Cuba. It Is here also that the president
gets almost all Of his news. He has i'm
pcrtant items In advance Of the newspa-
pers. The Press Association sends him
Important news as soon as 1t comes. and
II there Is trouble anywhere in the country
the telegraph companies offer him private
wires. At the time of the Chicago rio
President Cleveland gave all Of his direc.
tions at this office. 1t was from here tina,
he ordered General Miles to take charge
and from here President Mckinley car
easily move the army. It was here thai
President Harrison sat all day at the time
Of the Johnstown food waiting for this
news as to whether Secretary Halford and
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in-law, Kaiser Wilhelm. It was gossiped
that the master Of Schleswig-Holstein was
involved in the Kotze scandals. but his
name was INDICATED from the stain and 1t
is generally believed that he was in no
way concerned with the anonymous let
tiers that made such a stir three years ago
in the capital city of the German empire.
Recently 1t was reported that he was
engaged In rehabilitafing his Prinkenau
time it was said that the money lenders
Of Berlin were Offering his notes for 50
per cent of their value.
Early in the present year was announced
the engagement of Duke Ernest with Prin-
cess Maria Dorethea of the house Of SAKE
Coburg-Gotha. At that time the princess
had not yet been to the German court.
The illness Of the duke was most unex-
Docfod
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none which escape the eyes Of the clerks.
Cranks Who Write to the President.

none which escape the eyes Of the clerks.
Crank. Who Write to President.
Let us stop a moment and look over
some of the other letters. It is easy to
see why they should not be shown to the
president. II every one were important he
could not read and answer them all. Think
what a thousand letters a day means! II
he took a minute to every letter and warked
without stopping from 8 o'clock IN the
morning until 4 o'clock at night ne ne . c9 %a8
FOUR hundred letters would be left un-
opened. and he would run behind some
thing like three thousand letters a Week week
Office seekers. The clerks understand what
to do with them. They IRE referred 70
the high officials of the various depart
ments. A large number are from cranks
who have new methods of reforming the
world. They are cranks who think they
own the treasury and cranks VINO want
they may move in. There are scores
of people who write asking for autographs
and photographs. Some want Mrs. Mckln-
ley to send them a sentiment, and others
Of his message.
Berrars Who Try to Work Mckinley.
The beggars are the worst OF the lot
The presidents salary could be spent five
times over in satisfying the requests which
come into the White House. Let us a ke
a look at that pile of begging letters
which has come this morning. Here is a
Western church which a 500 to help
lift the mortgage on its new building.
There is a note from a Sunday school SUI
perintendent who asks for SIS toward a
new organ, and there a note from an In
diana hospital asking Mckinley to endow a
bed. That scented sheet Is from a Ken
lucky girl who wants the president to
send her $500 to complete her education,
and the poorly written letter beside it is
from a widow with seven fatherleSs chill
dren, who asks Mckinley to give her
something out of his plenty. The requests
of a single mornings mail often amount
to more than 5000, and the clerk tells
me that such petitions I've footed up as
much as 5000 a day. President Mckinley
is a generous man, but he has his own
ways of giving. He cannot allow his soul
to be narrowed up by such requests. and
letters Of this kind are never shown to
bin. They are all answered, however, and
It takes quite a few pennies to pay the
postage. 1t is only the official mail that
goes free. Upon his personal mail the
president pays for the postage stamps.
Watches the United States.
In another part Of this big counting room
the White House newspapers are clipped.
There are several hundred papers taken
here every day. These are carefully
scanned and all matter relating to the adj
miristration is cut out for the presidents
~Scrapbook. The most important matters
are laid aside and every editorial of note is
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William,s Rule Of Health.

Emperor William, of Germany. ascribes
his good health to scrupulously following
his physicians rules. which are as follows:
Eat fruit for breakfast, eat fruit for lunch.
toes once a day, don't drink tea or coffee,
walk four miles every day, wash the face
every night in hot water, tak a bath every
day n sleep eight out of twenty-four
hours.
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PROMINENT IN THEIR LANDS
MEN WHO HAVE RECENTLY At
TRACTED PUBLIC ATTENTION.
The Rev. Mr. Frederick Temple, VIII
VIII Soon Resign the Bishopric
of Canterbury Two Dis
tinguished Diplomats.

The announcement that Right Hon. and
Right Rev. DR.. Frederick Temple will re-
sign the hishopric of Canterbury has
aroused great interest throughout the re-
ligious world. 1t is said that the arch
bishop and primate of al! England will
lay aside the exalted duties of his office
November 30. On that day. too. he will
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THE EMPRESS DEVOTION.
Emperor Willian's
Wife.
Il cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A charming anecdote is going the rounds
which proves the devotion Of tho German
empress to her consort. Kaiser Wilhelm
was not long ago about to leave Berlin. and,
as he returned from his daily drive he
stopped at the Austrian embassy to visit
the ambassador before his departure. Soma
interesting political event had Just oc-
CURED n the diplomat and his august
visitor became so engrossed in conversation
that time sped on unnoticed.
Suddenly the emperor started, and glanc.
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The famous structure was built in 14s5.
It is approached by an archway in Red
Cross street, also within the scene of the
coniagration. and contains the tombs of
John Milton, who died in 1914; Fox, the
m~artyrologiSt: Frobisher. the voyager. who
in 1894. and Speeir, the typ~ographer,
who died in 172.
oliver Cromwell was married in the
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refused payment to an Austrian railway
company operating in Turkey of a 8. 25O.O 900
claim for transporting Turkish troops dur
ing the recent Graeco-Turkish war. TIL
sultan was obstinate. and did not change
his attitude until Austrian warships threat
then he waited until the last hour.
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ing in this capacity in Rome, Paris and
Vienna. He was later made minister at
Bucharest and later still was ambassador
at Rome. being called from hat position
descendant Of a long line Of soldiers and
statesmen and now fills the position occu-
pied by his father twenty-five years ago.
and the emperor, being highly esteemed
by the former and much liked by the
latter.