The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20
BINDERS FOR THE MUsTAcHE.
SOMETHING NEW FOR THE WASH
INGTON DANDIEs.

AGSA0Cht nOOScNeA ftG-
members the People who Gave
Him "A Bad Deal When He Was N
Rough Rider-The Roosevelt Fam
lily Gathering at Vashinston-Mrs.
Roosevelt May Rival Mrs. Cleve-
lands Popularity at the White
House.
Washington, Oct 1S.--A few samples
of schnurrbartbinde have been receiv-
ed here from Berlin. But they are not
on sale. They are too precious for
mere barter and sale. There may be
a big demand for them next season.
especially if Kaiser Wilhelm decides
to build a challenger for the Americas
cup. The Kaiser has a large collec-
ton of them. He needs one several
times a day, else that upward hike of
his mustache would soon disappear. He
needs a schnurrbartbinde as much as
lady to whom nature has not been
kind in the matter of curls needs kids"
or curling iron.
This schnurrbarbinde is contraption
of silk gauze on a wire frame, two lit
tie leather straps and two pieces of
elastic web. The samples now here
were brought over by young men who
are wearing the ends of their mus
tache pointing upward like church
steeples. The maker of this toilet ar
ticle AYERS that the German Emperor
is the inventor.
The schn-, and all the rest of 1T,
is formed somewhat like a bat with
wings extended. When Emperor Will
liam summons his hair dresser that
functionary brings a binder with him.
His Imperial Majestys mustache is
tucked up as he wears 1t and the
schnurrbartbinde is fastened behind
his head. 1t stays there until the EN-
peror has had his shampoo and all
parts of the face not covered by the
continuance are shaved. Then the bind
ing is removed and the result Is that
wonderful upward hike.
For the benefit of those who haven't
their dictionaries at hand, the COM
bination of sixteen letters may be
translated as meaning mustache bind
err. In Berlin, it is whispered, not
spoken aloud, because that would De
lese majestic, that the Emperor uses
sort of paste to keep the ends OF his
mustache standing.
Roosevelt Remembers Them.
The memory that is in the President
is expected to cause the appointment
of Capt William Crozier to be ch1er Oh
the Army Bureau of Ordnance, over
the heads of dozens of senior and tully
as competent officers. In other words,
the chances for the appointment of
Mai. Shaler, formerly of Pittsburg, are
considered few and not bit ROBUST
In 1898 Lieut.. Col. Roosevelt was at
with pSS(0rt-
ment of all sorts and conditions OF men
since known to fame as the Rough Rid
ers Col Roosevelt-the same who is
now President-spent a good part of his
time gnashing his teeth, because he
couldn't get guns for his men. He had
heaps of trouble with the men on duty
here in the office of the chief of ord
nance. They appeared to him to be
killing time chiefly. His impatient soul
called for guns, wherewith to kill Span
iards.
One of the men on duty was Maj.
Shaler. It's unlucky for the Major
whichever way you look at it. It's I'M
lucky for him that Roosevelts Presi
dent. But being President it is unlucky
for him that the former Rough Rider
has such a good memory. The same is
also true of Col. McGinniss, with the
two S..
President Roosevelt's idea is said to
be a thorough cleansing of the ordnance
office, as thoroughly as if it were the
Augean stables and the installation of
new men-young men-whose blood In
normal condition is about 100 degrees.
The Colombian Minister.
There is probably no man in the
Diplomatic corps here who has spent so
little time in his native land as Senior
Herran, the Colombian minister, who
is a man of middle age. In all his
life, he has been in Colombia an ag-
gregate of only three years. His alb
sence was for the good of his coun-
try, too, although not in the usual
meaning of that phrase. He has been
in the diplomatic service all his life.
His father was the diplomat, who
negotiated the treaty of 1916, whereby
the United States guaranteed the right
of uninterrupted transit across the
Tsthmus of Panama and also the SOW
Iereignty of Colombia, over that valu-
able piece of territory. 1t was under
the authority of that treaty that Pres
ident Cleveland, in 1885, directed the
landing of American forces at both
ends of the Panama Railway. To up
hold that part of our bargain the bat
tleship Iowa is now at Panama and
the gunboat Machias is at Colon.
Neatly Has Many Friends.
w. H. Neatly, the Pittsburger in Jail
at Monterey Mexico, for contempt of
court, appears to have an unusually
large number of acquaintance among
members of Congress. It Is a quiet
day when not more than two congress-
men communicate with the State De-
partment, either in person. by wire or
by letter, asking that something be
done to get him out of that dungeon
without giving up the official docu-
ments he was permitted to take for
purposes of examination.
Lately Mr.. Neatly has come to the
conclusion that Ambassador Clayton
is a party to the conspiracy to deprive
him of his property which he thinks
exists. The officials of the State De-
partment, it need scarcely be said, dis
agree with him. It's a case of give up
them thar papers" or stay In Jail,
with the department asserting to the
proposition.
ONCE Seekers Get Cold Comfort.
President Roosevelt is not disposed to
devote much time at present to the
consideration of chronic office-seekers.
Several times within the past few days,
make appointments for consultation
with certain gentlemen who have been
lowering around the White House for
a long while seeking recognition from
the present administration. A Republi-
can from Georgia, who several years
ago held a position in the diplomatic
and consular service, has been per-
sistently for the past two years seek
ing reinstatement. He has many in