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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05

Mr.. Mckinley, they would not let me vote
for you, but I an for you all the anne"
An old man said: God bless you Mr..
high tarif and you the country will yet be
saved" Now and then a man came who
tried to tell Mckinley, where he had met
glad to see you. Good day" One woman /
saw worried him for a m by saying:
You don't remember me- The president
S %aitea a0 until tke he 20 le la + ihy G he h ado met af
the woman at a wayside station where he
spoke during a stoppage of the train when
going through Kansas. And so 1t went on
until the seventeen minutes were up. when
the president said, "Good-by. my friends,
1 am glad to have seen you all" n rapid
ly backed his way out of the room.
Greatness Has Not Spoiled Him.
OF a hundred thousand people who have
met President Mckinley in the White
House 1 venture that fifty thousand have
tried to flatter him, more or less. There is
no city in the country where toadyism is
be swamped in the adulation which is
showered upon a president, but Mr.: Nc
Kinley's actions show that he is still I'M
simple. He despises the vanity of some So
called great men,. Not long ago a very con
ceited character of this kind had an inter-
who is well known. After he had left the
president remarked to a friend. in a rather
disguised way "Oh, the littleness Of great
mem"
lust before President Mckinley was in.
augurated a preacher friend of mine warned
him about the dangerous effects of flattery
upon high officials. and asked:
your head will be turned by the adulatior
which is always showered upon the CHIEF
executive of the United states?"
To this the future president replied:
81 think not. The nearer I get to the
White House the more humble I feel. Mar
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
ARRANGING The WINDOW.
A CHARMING WAY FOR THE DINING
ROOM IS WITH DENIM.
A Slender Brass Rod IL Better Thar
Large Poles and Should BE Held
in Place by Small Knobs
or Screws.

A nice way to drape a dining room win.
dow is to take one length of denim. Saline.
or cretonne, another of fishnet, and sew
these together. Add a ruffie of lace to
the net and drape back in some pretty
way with colored cord. Curtains made in
this way are very pretty and not expensive.
o. course there are two curtains to every
window, as one always gives a poor effect
to a room.
Curtains made of plain fishnet are ale
ways pretty and fresh looking, and IL care
Is taken are as easily laundered as dotted
muslin.
n pretty way to drape lace curtains and
to use the top part that one hardly knows
what to do with is to turn 1t over on the
right side instead of the wrong, and plais
outside Of the window. Then take the
turn over part and drape 1t up in the cen-
ter toward the pole; this will bring the
end together. forming a butterfly effect
These curtains should not be hung
from large poles, but have a hem run in
the top and a slender brass rod slipped
end by small screws with eyelet heads. or
knobs with fancy decorations. When the
upper part of the curtain does not show.
a strong tape can be run through the hem
and tackled to the framework of the Win
dow.
A very beautiful pair Of portieres can
be made by using any plain material. such
as plush, velvet. velour or satin. for the
Choose a coarse lace with a heavy pattern
and haste IT all around the portieres, or.
II one prefer, only one side and the bot
tom. Sew the figures of the lace firmly to
the material, and when this Is done cut
away all the net or thin part Of the lace.
Il neatly done and the curtains lined with
silk this will make a most beautiful pair
Of portieres for either doors. archways or
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05

10000 persons since he came into the
White House. He has talked with over
$1,000 in his own Office, and he has shaken
hands with a vast multitude in the east
room. I watched one Of his afternoon re-
ceptions this week. The show was as good
as the theater. 1t came on at BIS p. m. In
the east room and the president shook
hands with 504 people in seventeen minutes.
A pen was made by arranging the sofas
and chairs about the big door, which opens
from the corridor into the east room. and
until the president appeared the crowd was
kept outside this pen. Then the door opened
and President Mckinley walked into the
pen at a 2:40 pace. A brace of White
House messengers opened the fence just
wide enough to admit one man or woman
at a time. One of the messengers stood at
each side of the opening and Captain Loen-
Ter was at the back Of the president on the
lookout for cranks. The crowd was rushed
the president shook hands with each one
of them as he passed. His handshake in
the east room is different from the one
which he gives in his Office above. It Is a
sort of a 'pull-you-along" shake: It be-
gins high and drags the party with whom
he shakes on past him as the hand goes
down. As the president shook hands 1 no.
ticed that his lips moved, and that now and
then he spoke. He paid especial attention
to every boy, giving him a hearty grip, but
he SHE'D off a little from the women with
babies. He would not kiss the infants, but
! contented himself with shaking their
hands. Not a few of the callers tried to
speak as they went by. but the time was
| too short for much conversation. and mes
sengers hurried them. One woman said:
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
THE HARDEST WORKED O M
White House, Says q Writer i'm
the Ladies' Home journal.

The author of the series of letters. giving
1.-THE Inner Experiences of a Cabinet Mem
ber's Wife, the first of which appear in
the December Ladies' Home Journal, will
become a subject of much speculation for
the reason that she gives some new and
exceedingly frank glimpseS of Washington
official life. TIL letters are undated, there
fore the administration cannot be identi-
fled. She says of a presidents wife. in a
letter to her sister, to whom all the mis-
siyes are indited: 1.-THE worst of living
in the White House is the lack of privacy
and room. The first lady of the land is
about the hardest worked woman in Amer
cumbent has more leisure than most of
those who have occupied the place, because
she knows no more about the domestic ar
rangements than II she lived in a hotel.
Everything Is turned over to a house.
keeper, who does not even report to Mrs.
President. The presidents wife has not
the luxurfes nor conveniences of ordinary
rich people living in large cities. Her quar-
tiers are circumscribed. and she Is besteged
by reporters, especially during the first
year, while the mere reading of her let
tiers received every day is a heavy task,
although she has a secretary to help her
out. This Mrs. President does not even re-
esave the reports of the head steward; the
Is said that he went to her not long ago to
ASK ner advice about getting rat poison to
XII the numerous rat and mice occupants
OF the White House (be It said in shame
to the nationl. and she told him his prov
ince wal to keep everything disagreeable
hidden from her-from rats to ghosts. That
settled Mr.. Steward"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05

is such a very little thing in this world
that he would be foolish II he allowed his
head to be turned by any position"
Behind the Scenes with the President
Sit down with me in the presidents room
End watch him receiving the oficeseekers
and high public officials. There are sixty
three men and women who are waiting for
him. There are six United States senator's.
and there are seventeen representatives. all
with one or more friends Several colored
men are present. and q dozen ladies are
s%prinkled throughout the crowd. What q
democratic scene! Here we are In the
house OF the ruler of seventeen million peo-
pie, in the office OF one of tho greatest
presidents on earth. How loud those men
are talking!. You might imagine yourself
to be in a depot or in the lobby Of q sec
| ond class hotel. That big man who is
chewing a cigar Is a member Of congress.
and that friend OF his beside him. who is
| picking his teeth with a quill, wants q po-
sition in one Of the departments. See that
fellow go to the presidents desk and take
a curious look over the papers I don't
| suppose there Is anything OF Importance
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05

his parents. Both his father and mother
ave had a great influence upon him.
.,rensth come. M from hts mo1thher oea sb Ok ms nus
here. you know. at the time Of the in
dmce her 10 remain at the white House
with him but she preferred to go back to
her own home at Canton. She made a
wonderful Impression during her stay here.
Every one admired her: and the fiattery
which she received YOU ave turned the
head of the ordinary mother. 1t did not
%overpower Mrs. Mckinley; You could tell
from the way she talked about the am
bassadors and the generals who called upon
her that she realized that they were only
men. She realizes this about her son. She
loves him. 1 venture. as much as any wom-
an ever loved a son. but she has not lost
her head over him. He Is still only Will
liam Mckinley to her. Before she left some
one said: IT should think. Mrs. MCKINLEY.
you would be very proud to nave your son
Piled: IT am proud Of William, and II he
makes as good a president as he has been 2
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
OLD SLOOP P0RCUPINE.
ONE OF COMMODORE PERRY's
FLEET ON LAKE ERIE.
Since 1879 the Old Warrior Has Been
Forsaken-SOme History of the
Second War With the
British.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
Buried deep in the sands at the edge OF
Spring lake, near Grand Haven. Mich.
lies the hull Of the old sloop Porcupine.
which was one of Lieutenant Oliver H.
Perry's fleet in the battle of Lake Erie.
The old boat is nearly gone. She has
lain there since 1873, when she went out
of service, and was beached by a gang OF
men who had tried to rig her up as a
lumber lugger. T. w. Ferry, later a
United States senator from Michigan.
owned the land where the discouraged
sailors nung the hull. and he left her there
to work deeper and deeper into the sand.
She is lust at the end of one of his docks
now: but he knew the honorable part she
had played, and while he lived he refused
| to move her. Visitors from Chicago go
| over from Grand Haven every summer and
known timber from that battle which was
| reported with Caesarean brevity; we
have met the enemy. and they are ours"
When Perry X came R1ie,s to b sr1s. i, mat ,Ma1Ga
| of the lake and hourly menacing Ohio and
| Michigan, the timbers of the Porcupine
! were swaying with the wind in the forests
ashore.
Lieutenant Perry had seen plenty of serv-
| ice. His father was a naval officer be-
fore him. and he knew what was needed;
Eric rode the British fleet-"two ships. two
brigs, one schooner and one sloop." Cap
tain Robert Heriot Barclay commanded
| them. and was minded to blow the little
| town of Erie quite OFF the face Of the earth.
| But he learned that this new commander.
Perry, was building boats; and 1t seemed
a good thing for Barclay to wait and
capture them.
Perry arrived; but there was nothing to
protect them while building, nor to arm
them when completed. If Barclay had
been disposed he could ave sent men
burned up ships and shipyard. But he
needed vessels himself, and was willing to
let the Americans build them for him.
Perry sent workmen to the forest. cutting
the timber to the beach. He sent other
men to Buffalo to Commodore Chauncey on
AXE Ontario. and to the secretary Of war
at Washington. pleading for men. for
arms. for ammunition: for sails and for
men who built his ships for him came to
regard him as the soldiers Just south Of
them looked upon Mad Anthony Wayne"
The LaWrenee and the Niagara We're
finished The P%orcupine, the Tisress. the
Somers. the Trippe. the Caledonia. the
Scorpion and the Ariel were fastening to
completion: and the energy Of Perry was
direction. He enlisted men for SO a month
It'll after the battle" BY August he had
q fleet in the harbor and 300 men to
man 1t.
There was a bar outside. 1t was i'm
| passable to the Niagara and the Lawrence;
so he sent over the Porcupine and the rest
of the sloops, and told them to cover the
frigates while he lifted the big ships across
had lost his opportunity. When Perry
once went to work the chanc to burn the
Erie shipyard was forever gone. And the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05

often given up to special appointments
with public men. He may see a senator, a
cabinet minister or a diplomat or some
special caller from out of town. At 10 he
begins to work on his mall. The contents
OF the most important letters are laid. be-
fore him and he directs Mr.. Porter how
thev must be answered. Some very Inn
portant letters he dictates himself. but he
seldom has fa pen in his hand except to
sign his name. A large part Of his work
upon his messages is done late in the
evening. This was the case with his last
message. He thinks well on his feet, and
sometimes dictates speeches and public
papers to his stenoyrapher as he walks
up and down the room. He keeps himself
SO well in hand that he can dictate at any
time. His grafton on Grant was dictated
after II o'clock one night after a hard
days work and was delivered in almost
the same words hat he gave to the stenog-
rapher. The president tries to finish his
work before the clock strikes l.. He a
to be in bed by midnight, and usually sleeps
about eight hours.
How Mckinley Shakes Hands.
President Mckinley has received at least
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05

there, but the action is decidedly fresh.
Only the ladies seem to be nervous. There
is one Of the colored men, who acts as
though he owned the house, and several of
the representatives are taking their friends
about the room and showing them the pic
lures. Now the door opens and the presi-
dent comes In. How straight he stands. A
line dropped from the crown of his head
would just touch the heels of his patent
leather shoes. His shoulders are broad, his
chest full and his medium stature is added
to by his erectness. That tall man he Is
talking to is Senator Gear, Of Iowa. Notice
how he shakes hands. He acts far differ
emily than he did down in the east room.
He holds the hand high, and tall as Gear
IS, he has to raise his land to take it. AS
Gear begins to talk the president smiles,
but, as he goes or the presidents brow
asrkens, his heavy underjaw comes up,
and you can see the doubt in his mind as
to whether Gears request should be
granted or not. A second later his face
clears; and he tells Mr.. Gear that the mat
ter VIII be carefully considered. As he talks
the other people in the room stand about
IKE the mourners at a funeral. They have
al ARISEN and the most of them stand
while the president stands. Only a few
only one or two whisper together as the
president talks. Now Gear has left, and
the president is talking to Senator For
aker. The two have been at enmity many
times during their lives. You would imag-
Inc them to be friends, to look at them,
and perhaps they are so now. The presi-
dent smiles as he talks, Foraker smiles in
well pleased,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
two big boats came into deep water Sun.

day. August 4.
The wish to engage. SO often shown by
Erie. was no longer manifest now that he
was on the lake. Perry sailed to PUTIN
bay: and August 10 his lookout saw the
weighed anchor Immediately n then
sailed to meet the enemy, whose ships
were the Detroit. the Queen Charlotte. the
Provost; the Hunter. the Chippewa fought
under Nelson at Trafalgar, and no fresh
water sailor should a him.
Fortune Favored the Americans.
But "Perry's luck went with the Yankee
lieutenant. The wind was with the Ameri-
banner. Don't give up the ship" from
the main of the Lawrence, and outran his
fellows in his eagerness for the fray. The
Detroit had long range guns, and Perry
signaled for close action. He drove head
long into the enemy's line. and raked him
with both broadsides. But the big Law
renee was crushed. and Perry. assisted by
the chaplain and purser. fired his last gun
and went in a rowboat to the Niagara.
Across the open space between them, he
stood up. waving his pennant and defying
after him until he reached the second frig-
ate. Then he caught the wind again and
swung for second time against the line.
The Detroit and the Queen Charlotte be-
came inextricably entangled, and Perry's
broadsides tore through both of them. The
little P%orcupine. disdaining to shorten sail.
IdHSeu through tHc Hunter, the PrOv1St
and the Belt, SO close that the Kentucky
ri1emen General Harrison had sent on
board could kill the British gunners at
their work.
At 3 p. n. the flag came down from the
fore of the Detroit and in less than five
minutes two more struck their colors. But
the Chippewa and the Little Belt cut and
ran. and the P%orcupine went after them.
It was a stern chase. but she won 1t. and
they came back side by side-the stars and
stripes above them :
We have met the enemy and they are
ours wrote Perry, and sent the dispatch
When the wal was over the Porcupine
went into the merchant trade and sailed
the k with salt in her hold, with lum-
Der On her deck-a great deal drier than
ever her own timbers were. And after six
ty years she proved unseaworthy, and then
the fishers used her. and then they got
mad because her mainmast wObbled and
they ran her in the sands at the shore of
Spring lake, and in the sun and the winds
she took time to season.
Brave little Porcupine! She served her
country well. Summer and winter for
twenty-six years the winds and waves Of
al Michigan have sung a requiem. wild,
tender and sad. by turns. above her whit
ening timbers.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
FRAME CARPENTER WRITES ABOUT
OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
HIS WORK AND HIS CALLERS.
A FEW INCIDENTS OF oFFICEsEEK.
ING "CHEEK."
Do Presidential Audiences Pay:-
Night Work in the White House
The President's Habits and
His Amusements-Pub.
lie Receptions.

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE most interesting
man in the United States is President Nc
Kinley. He is also the busiest. He works
about fifteen hours a day and then goes to
bed and sleeps like a baby. He rises at s
a. m. and shaves himself. He has no valet
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
The World. supply of Oxygen.

Lord Kelvin showed in a recent address
ably came from the action Of the sunlight
or plants. When the earth was a globe
OF hot liquid it contained no vegetable fuel,
cooled off plants appeared on its surface.
and these began to evolve oxygen through
the medium of sHnbeams. Upon t.Ee oxy-
gen thus derived We depend for the MAIN
terance of life by breathing. When we
burn coal. or other vegetable fuel. we use
up oxygen, and II Is to plants again that
We owe the restoration Of the oxygen thus
lost to the air. If they had failed to keep
up n sufficient supply. the atmosphere would
gradually part with its oxygen and the
Inhabitants of the earth would disappear
in consequence of a~sphyxiation.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
Win. a Betrothed Woman.

A romantic story has developed in con-
nection with the marriage of Rev. Robert
E: Lee Craig, former assistant rector of
Mr.. Craig is now rector of an Episcopal
church at Jackson. Miss, and among his
She was engaged to be married to a young
Memphis man on December Is, and Mr..
Craig was asked to perform the ceremony.
Miss Melville. and the request was too
severe a test Of his affection. He disclosed
his love to her. and received her consent
jected. but Mr.. Craig persevered. and they
were married Thursday. Mr.. Craig Is a
nephew of Robert E.. Lee.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
An Honest Confes.ion.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Before I give you this quarter. tell me.
my man. do you belong to the worthy
poor?"
M ms'am: of course not: II I'd . bin
worthy, nm, + wouldn't ha' got poor"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
Fine Progress.

From the Detroit Free Press.
well. my son., how are you getting along
at cofiege?" asked the anxious father.
"They call mel a phenom. governor. I
started in as a Substitute. and now II
fulltack."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05

Never mind" said the legitimate actors
friend. ."posterity will doubtless recognize
you" Yes" was the reply, but you for
get that so far as I an concerned. pcs
terity Is made up exclusively Of dead
MISREPRESENTATION Star.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05

Cholly-"would you like to own a little
donkey, Miss Geraldine?" Miss Geraldine
oh, Cholly, this is 50 unexpected!
observation-disclosures Call.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05

How Mckinley shakes Hands.
President Mckinley has received at least
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-11-04
Staliens Steluns i'm Dreibuno.

@roBes Iuiieben bat in Deutidlanc
Elm Irtitel Der .,NuOua Iutolosia :, els
ner bon benz frIberen Win,lter 5erraris
heraussesebenen einfIubrslden i%talieni
iben 8eitibrift, errest. Dieier Nrtltel
1T elm Aussus aus einem oemnd6t er'
ibeinenDen 8ude beS italienii6en Sss
majors uno Siitoriters Gbiala uuo BARN
tpiro Der formsle IuStritt Stalleus aus
Dem Dreibuno beim 4blauf oes iebt IN
8rafi itebenben 8~ertrases uno Die Bib
uus zines 3peibunoes spiiben Staten
n England befirDortet uno su bemeiien
eeiutt, bnb tStaliens tpelsntllbfe Sc
bensinterelIen am WItteImeer llegcn, uno
cab ss baielbit uur auf gnslunos Stlie
rebnen tonne. Nus BEN 4rtItel 1T fsr'
ner eriibtlid. oab Stalieu i'm Sdbre
1886 nuf benz Puntie itano, auS benz
Dreibunb su treten uno oab es 1891 nur
i'm Sniereiis Der @rbaItuns oes uasemei'
men Srieoens bepogen tperoen %tonnte. in
BEN Bdnonib Su bleiben. Die &eeier
unssorsane beObadten S6weisen iibsr
bic Sade, aber bic .Staaisblreer'
3eituns" iast: .,Deutiblano fam
Stalisns Iustritt rubis abparten, oenn
es 1T u~nleuebar, bab Deutidlano Sta.
liens niht beoarf, aber lsbtsres 1T Obnr
Deutitlunos 8eiitano sur ~nnfdbieteit
perutthellt."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-11-04
eeutf6e insuitrieue znatisfeit.

Ser SpssiaIausIduB. peIden bic
Stabt Nantefer mad DsutidIano sur
u%nieriubung Der @rlnos oss inbuitriel.
len H~ieoereansss @nslano's %ianote, fano
bort cine auberoroenilide Sntwidelune
Der tebuiiben grsiebune Dor. alderman
GrObiieIo. elmer Der MiteIieber oes 60.
mites faste: Die enalften Mrbeitsr
limb, nit ben beutiden Sanonerfern per'
allden, Salbpiloe". Stubtrutb 9p'
tbiun. RitsIieO Der ..9ImaIsumlteO sos
cletp Of @neinsers," msint: Die in
Deuti8Iano esfertisten Mli6inen uno
DpnamOS iteuen bic Sabritate Der mei'
ten enslii6en Derfe in ben S6attsn".
DuS iinO einiss ippiide A%su6erunesn.
ME iie ben eunsen 8eri4t oes Wunbe-
iter'@omiteS Ourbslebeu. Der pod 1T BON
sablreidsn 8afpleIen iber ben iaufoTi'
iben Gblratter Der britilben 4nmiBun'
gen elmer inbutrielsn uebsrleeenbeit.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-11-04
Mi6perpaltuue elmer Waiieuan'
ftalt.

Simmer ieniationeler lauten bic gnt'
balungsn fiber bic DiiBperpaltune Der
SolbatensW aiien. Initnlt in Normal,
81. Wabribsinli6 tperben oieielben sur
Aufbebuns Der glnitult flbrsn, nslte
ibren .8ped iiberIebt bat unb nur nod su,
8ersiaerung corrupter YOlititsr aufreti
erbaIten pirb. Sin Metbobiften. 9reei.
ger in Bloomington, Sa.. peI6e su ben
Sruitees gebbrt uno fir so @ents BON
Bloomington mad Normal fabren fam.
bsretntte fir isben Seiu6, ben sr Der
InItaIt madte. flnf Dollars. Dasu if
nod feline iunee uno unerfabrene Sphter
ais 2tbrerin nit erOBem @ebuIt in Der
9nitaIt aneeftelt. I'm cine @riten3be'
re6tieune fur bic InitaIt su baben, iu6t
man gnteI BON 8eteranen i'm eansen
Siaate ols Sdiler uuf, bic man aui
Staaisfoiten erSieben fann.
Sn peridieosnen Initalten bon Sais
nOis fiuo in lebier 3eit cOrrupte Brattls
fen ans 5asssItbt sstOmmen. uber Mrs
senoS ibeint es 10 toa Susegan9en su
lein, ME in Normal.