Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
WASHINGTON
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GOSSIP

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| Mrs. Roosevelt is being put to the test.
! The present social season is doing it, in
/ the few weeks after the first day OF the
new year and up TO the time when Lent
| closes the g4yeties, Washington official
life is bkxSa round of dinners. balls and
| calls. TtF6u doubt it. single attempt
TO locate even the most retiring and least
! sociable of the public men after 1 o'clock
10 the afternoon will convince you. The
state receptions at the White House are
the tests of the social season Of the first
lady of the land. They are supplemented
by tfe quieter but no less eXacting func-
tons at which she presides in honor of
her daughter, and in dischargng the So
cal obligations which she feels toward
those who entertain in her honor. All
sorts of unusual statements have been
made since the President and Mrs. Roose-
welt began to entertain on a scale more
elaborate than any of their predecessors.
1t has been said that Mrs. Roosevelt
has forbidden the wearing OF black at
her receptions Perhaps it is true that
she likes lighter colors, but the statement
that she has ever attempted 20 dictate
with her guests or those who receive with
thority as one of the cabinet ladies. who
has recently worn handsome black lace
gown at White House reception, can
be given to disproye the statements as
to Mrs Roosevelt's attitude. Then, TOO,
there is the statement which has been
given circulation that the wife of the
| President wishes t. .1:"ciuce ae customs
of foreign courts. This has been traced
| to it's cyisi1. 1t appears that at one
of the receptions a lady guest who had
| passed Mrs. Roosevelt sought to return
| and renew conversation. She was ask
ed not to do so by one of the White
| House attendants. The attendant was
! prompted by his instructions not to allow
| the line of passing guests to be disturb
| ed, and thus clog the movement through
the crowded rooms. Mrs. Roosevelt prob
ably never knew Of the incident The
| order under which the White House at
/ tendant was acting was one given him
/ by one of the secretaries to the President
| long skilled in the management Of White
| House functions.
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! The negro population of the United
! States is migrating northward. From
| their homes amid the cotton blossoms
| and the magnolias they are seeking homes
| in the Northern cities. If the present
movement is long maintained the negro
| will cease to be associated with the sunny
South and Dixie land. Washington, the
| capital of the nation, according to the
| census of 1890 had the distinction of
| sheltering the largest negro population of
| any other city in the United States, al
| though at that time il ranked fourteenth
among all cities in size The last cen
sus dethrones Washington in the mat
ter of black inhabitants, Chicago having
surpassed the nations capital in the ratio
! of gain, having reported a growth in ne
gro population in the last decade that
showed gain of 4,T49 more blacks than
this city. Philadelphia. if it maintains
| it's present ratio of gains, will show a
heavier negro population than Washing
ton in 1920 and ihay be in 1910. New Or
leans for years had the largest negro pop
ulation of any city in the United States
/ holding the record until 1890, when dis
placed by Washington.
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The plan of having a separate office
building for the President has been com
bined with the plan for building for the
department Of justice, and has been eX-
tended to include offices for the State
| Department, which does not need much
room. but is crowded in its present quar-
ters. The building is to be located on a
site selected by the Burnham commits
sion for the Identification of Washing
| ton AMI will be subjected to its architec-
| tural criticism. The project of abandon
ing the White House as the residence
of the President and building a new resi-
dence seems to har received its quietus,
| as it deserved. would be too bad to
use that fine old residence. with its his
| toric associations with all the Presidents
since John Adams, for any other than
its present purpose. With the offices re-
moved, it is ample for all demands upon
| it.
The bill providing for the new Depart
ment of Commerce and Industry. which
| the President recommended in his mes
sage, and which. for ,;ears, has been
worked for By commercial organizations,
passed the Senate and is expected to go
/ through the House without opposition.
Its purpose is to gather into one depart
ment numerous scattered bureaus, whose
| work relates to American commerce, in
ternal development and labor. The pas
sage of this bill is considered great
/ victory for labor, as it is now linked with
! commerce in a department whose seere-
| tary will sit at the cabinet table and help
/ to frame administrative policies.
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The investigation Of our army's conduct
! by the Senate Philippines committee is
now under way. and Gov Taft's testi-
mony before it is interesting as TO condi-
! tions there. The Senate proper has had
! A lively week over Philippine matters.
| Tie tariff measure relating 20 those isl
/ ands was taken up on Thursday, and
/ even previous to that, there We're stormy
| discussions over the troublesome sub
/ iects called up by the cry. imperialism"
/ The question, What shall we finally do
with the Philppincs*' seems 10 be re
! ceiving more attention at present than
/ the pressing one, What shall we do now7
Admiral Sampson health is slowly hut
/ surely failing, and his family has practl-
cally given up all hope Of his ultimate re
I eo1 ny. 1t is said by medical authorities
! who have visited Admiral Sampson thar
| he il practically beyond the aid Of medi-
| cal science and that it is only question
| Of short time when the end may come.
! The walls OF the arteries are hardening.
= and the result is likely OF any time to
! cause sudden death The patient IS be
! coming less tractabie and he does not re-
/ spoBd to treatment.
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