El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-09

their statesmen. OuC wDen the Gays De-
gin to grow hot and dusty they want
to 60 home and view glory from dis
lance again. Washington is very
hard on the congressional and admin
istration ladies, If they take it serious
ly for the sofacisl social obligations
are epormous-one senator's
daughter asserting that il
she made less than . hundred calls
every week during the season, she got
woefully behind. Certain calling must
be done in the Official set, and that
with solemn Observance of precedent.
The congressional families call first at
the senate houses, the senatorial wives
and daughters must call first on the
cabinet, the cabinet folks must call
first at the homes OF the judges of the
supreme court. everybody must call on
tho president, and he and his wife only
are exempt from the round of calls.
There are sometimes pretty rows over
broken precedents. Inasmuch as all
of these receptions are at least semi
public, the crowds are enormous, and
conscientious women return some
notice of every card left at their homes
even If 1t only be to send cards by .
footman in return. This same SEN
ator's daughter says she has to leave
cards at her wash-woman's. When
President Mckinley attended the re-
ception given in honor of the re-
turn of Captain Sigsbee, after
the Maine disaster, the act was cousi-
dersd very courteous and graceful
tribute to the Names captain, for or
dinarily the president never attends AZ
fairs of this sort.
Many of the war-cartoOns have been
very clever. Some have been little
too spiteful and others far-fetched, but
in general there has been . good deal of
fun and witty criticism in the pictures.
As for Uncle Sam, he IL one Of the
most delightful of persons as he is
pictured-tall, lank, with shrewd,
honest. kindly face, and with . joke
rolicking somewhere about his
eyes or mouth, he seems typically
American aud altogether charming.
But then We look with American eyes
and are probably too narrow-minded to
find the beauties in fat Johnny Bull or
the little simpering maiden that typi-
fies France. One cartoon that appear.
ed in . Western paper had q grim-vis-
aged Uncle Sam striding forth to war
with . gun over his shoulder, while
clinging to his neck was fat lady with
Observation-Disclosures who pleaded,
"Oh don't 60 TO war Sam, it would
kill me-" and the fat lady was named
Business Interests." Another, this
from Judge, represented "The see-saw
of nations.' Uncle Sam and Johnny
Bull were seated on one end of the
board holding it down to the ground,
while on the other end, way up in the
air and holding on forsdear life, was Q
crowd of other nations, France, Ger
many, Russia, and others, with China
On the very end and being terrihcally
jolted IS evidenced by his flying pig
sail. History was standing in the mid
die of the teter-board, trying to bal
ance it, but Uncle Sam and
Johnny Bull held their end down.
The Spanish cartoons show Uncle
Sam too, and he wears the striped
trousers and the starry vest OF our pic
lures, but instead of the jolly, homely,
American face, there is . piR-face. But
more painful than this is the fat pig
which they use to represent the Unit
ed States. It has q striped body and
the stars around his neck-a picture
that il calculated to throw the most
placid Of u into q rage. Our cartoons
show the Spaniard in his round hat
and his sash; he brandishes . sword
aud has . face of much villainy. But
there Is Nothing quite 10 coarse %
certain phases of Spanish art-humor-
We look with American eyes
aud not with Spanish, which makes all
the difference in the world.
DIR. Anita Newcomb MCGEE, who has
been given charge Of the examination
and selection of war snurses and who
really conducts q branch bureau of the
&OVCFuLu0uIs 10 uSu& uLcr Oh FrO-
lessor Simon Newcomb, tho renowned
atician, and is herself we'll
known in our town. She Is also
inclined, having taken
her degree in medicine AMI also hav-
ing married an sthnologist and geolo-
gist. She 10 also prominent in tho
of the American Revolution
HAVING led her side in many a fierce
battle over the elections or expsndi-
lures in the society. She Is q slim,
woman, with . clear voice
and swaying figure in debate. 1t is
also remembered of her that
when sshe was married, some
years ago, instead OF wearnine
the conventional frock Of white satin,
she bloomed forth in pink Empire
designed by Frank Stockton,
the novelist, whose story "The Lady
Or the Tiger'' was lust then beino