The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
NO FRILLS ON M'KINLEY
Lack of Ceremony at the White
House.
RATIONS FOR FORCED MARCHES.

Concentrated Food For Arctic Explorers.
Man Who Rides Hobby - Judge
Torrey's Speciality Is Bankruptcy Legis-
lation--washingto Gossip.
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-[Special For
eigners who visit the White House are
amazed at the lack of ceremony there.
They are surprised i'm the first place that
so many people are admitted TO the presi-
dents audience chamber together. 1t is
not uncommon TO see 40 or 80 men sitting
or standing about in the presidents room
awaiting a chance TO say "a few words in
the great mans ear. Such thing as this
was never heard of abroad. If sovereign
gives an audience, it is TO one or two men
together, and their business must be Of the
same nature. Foreigners are surprised,
too, at the freedom with which certain
people move about the executive mansion.
Without ceremony employees rush in and
out. Men greet the president just as they
would any other official, or as if no were a
business or professional man. They do
things so differently in Europe that foreign
visitors TO Washington never tire of talk
ing of our democratic ways.
No Gloves Needed.
went to the White House the other
day as escort of "a friend of mine. 1t
CHANGED that was in bicycle costume My
friend looked askance at the clothes. He
was too polite to say word, but it was
manifest he could not imagine any man
going in knickerbockers to call upon the
ppaciHant ~ ha INIT l..
summoned up courage enough to say:
by the way, l have forgotten my
gloves. Can go without them? What is
the regulation concerning such matters at
the White House?'
"My friend" said /, "you are in the
United States now. You don't need to
worry about your gloves or anything of
that sort. The president doesn't care if
you wear moccasins or what not, and prob
ably wouldn't notice whether your hands
were bare or not. 4"
This gentleman was an American citi-
zen, but had lived for many years abroad
and had imbibed tho foreign ideas of pro-
priety when coming within the presence
of "a sovereign.
Emergency Rations.
The United States army has been expert
forced marches. The amount of food al
lowed per day to each man was 80 ounces.
With this the men made rapid march of
about two weeks across country, the pur.
pose being to test the adequacy of light
ration of this nature in maintaining the
strength of marching soldiers. The food
was bacon, bread, meat and coffee AL
though the official report of the test has
not been made public, unofficial reports
are TO the effect that the men lost strength
and were very much dissatisfied with the
amount of food
Two pounds of food per day is now the
standard ration for sledging parties in the
arctics. Many parties have lived for weeks
or even months upon that allowance and
without any appreciable loss of strength
DIR. Nansen and Lieutenant Johansen lived
upon two pounds per day from March Ii
till near the 1st of July, working like
hired men all the time, sledging across the
arctic wastes. Their dogs were forced to
live upon only 10 or IL ounces each per
day. But the food which arctic travellers
depend upon and that which was served to
the soldiers in the recent test at Fort Sill
were quite different things. The latter
was bulky, solid food. Arctic sedge food
is in large part a scientific preparation.
The best sort is really an emulsion of ami
NAL tissues, with little vegetable matter
mixed in. 1t is prepared in solid cakes or
in sort of powder. When boiled up, three
or four ounces will make u good meal for
"a Woodworking man. Two pounds of con-
densod foods supply all the nourishment a
man needs. 1t builds up the waste It's
sues, feeds the blood and bone, IL it is
properly selected The only difficulty
about it is that it does not dstend the
stomach and give that sense of comfort
ableness which a man feels after "A square
meal As socn as one learns to do with
out this, and TO be content with "a scien-
tif1c ration, he finds that he keeps his
strength and has better health than he
would have IL he overloaded his digestive
organs with greater weight of coarse
food
A Popular Hobby.
One of the most popular men in Wash
ington is stocky built, handsome fellow
of about 45 years. He is here the greater
part of the year, and Is as well known to
the habitues of the Capital City as any
senator or member of the house The man
of whom i speak Is genuine enthusiast,
but an enthusiast of practical sort. He
Is of that type of men we all admire-the
men who ride wholesome hobby and !
never give up. Judge Torrey's hobby is |
bankruptcy legislation, and for 12 years
he has been in Washington when congress
was in session working away at his task. |!
He has been three on four times within
sight of the promised land, but something
has always occurred TO keep it out of his
grasp. He has come up smiling after ev-
cry defeat. Every repulse has served only
to strengthen his purpose and TO induce |
him to perfect the measure which he hopes
to induce congress some day TO pass.
Judge Torrey knows all the prominent |
men in Washington as well us he knows |
his brother, and they know him. They |
admire and respect him. He has hung to |
them week after week, month after month |
and year after year, and that is the sort of |
thing that commands respect, even when |
one does not agree with the opinions or |
support the cause of the enthusiast. Judge |
Torrey talks of nothing, thinks of nothing, |
reads of nothing, dreams of nothing, but |
bankruptcy legislation. Ask him what he |
thinks of China tho thrift or tho cur-