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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07
WHITE HOUSE PLANS
HISTORIC MANSION TO Be RENO
WAITED AND REFURNlSHED

Famous East Room to Re Made the
state Dining Room-Fami!N Quar-
ters 10 tie EnIa"Gcd-NcW Dccora-
tive scheme Will lie Colonial.
For the first time since President Ar
thurs administration The White House
is to have a thorough renovation ON
artistic lines Congress has appropriate
ed $4,000 for this purpose, the need of
which is apparent TO the most casual
visitor. One feature of the plan of
renovation is TO turn the great east
room into a state dining room. involy-
Ing transformation of the decorations
into those OF the colonial style with
open firepaceS
The present old fashioned flooring
will give place to a new parquet floor
of hard polished woods and an enor-
nous rug. especially designed TO suit
the decorative scheme of the room. is
TO be woyen in ouc piece. So that the
room may he easily turHcd into Il
handsome ballroom.
The present state dining room will
be used for small dinner parties. 1t
will also be decorated. the present vel
low color being d.Siikod by the mem
bers of President Go"scvelt's family.
The White House dining service is a
strange cougomcration of antique and
modern glass. silver and porcelain. and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07

are turned in a lathe and then bored
out. This operation takes days To per
form.
At one of the big plants on the At
lantic coast there has recently been in
stalled what is perhaps the very latest
idea in shipbuilding. 1t is permanent
structure for mounting cranes. \ large
steel skeleton has been reared. under
which two battleships and two cruis-
ers can be constructed ut once Ten
electric cranes mounted on this Struc
ture move along at the rate of 500 feet
a minute. They are SO arranged that
two can be worked together and so
lift ten tons, or double what one could
handle alone.
Another interesting department is the
model room. This is Il great glass
rooted apartment perhaps half an acre
in extent, with a perfectly smooth floor
Here the craftsmen move about in felt
soled Shoes handling 30 and 10 foot
flexible rules. a seeming maze of lines
crossing in apparently endless con
fusion marks the exact size and shape
of every piece of steel that goes into
the hull of the ship.
There are now six great shipbuilding
plants on the Atlantic coast and two
ON the Pacific fully equipped for build
ing ships of steel of any desired size.
They can compete with the British
yards except in the matter of price.
Owing to the higher rate of wages paid
American workmen, it is said, the cost
of constructing a ship in this country
is still 25 per cent higher than in Eng
land.
Some big merchant ships have also
been turned out in American yards.
one of the Atlantic coast yards has re-
Gently launched two ships for the Pa
cific Mail line They each have a
length of $40 feet and tonnage of 49,
600. Another yard is building two YES
sells for the Great Northern railways
transpacifc route which in point of ton
mage overtop even the Cedric, the lat
est addition to the White Star fleet.
These vessels will have a displacement
of $4,000 tons and capacity. besides
passenger accommodations, for $4,000
tons of freight.
Besides the private shipbuilding
plants, Uncle Sam can build ships in
his own navy yards, so that lack of ia /
cilities need not delay the building OF
the new United States navy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07

THE EAST ROOM AS II IL TODAY.
depend entirely upon the elevator. and
In ease of fire in the night loss of life
would be almost inevitable.
New furnishings and adornments are
also needed 10 make the White House
suitable for the entertainment of large
parties Much new furniture of modern
style is required in place of the monde
script types now scattered through the
portions of the house devoted TO social
uses.
No radical changes in the general
features of the house, external or in
terual. are contemplated. Much Of the
trim is too good to be changed and re-
calls vividly the fashion of the early
days of the century when the house
was built Not Il few of the mantes
are fine specimens of the art OF their
day, and it would be vandalism to dis.
turb them.
Indeed. so far as any alterations are
made in the artistic or decorative fea-
lures of the house. they will tend to-
ward restoring its original character.
The effort at ''moderniZing" the fine
old pile has been uniformly in the di-
rection of the steamboat style of orna-
ment rather than in harmony with the
first designs. In the east room for in
stance, the expanse of ceiling is broken
by what purport to be beams sixty feet
long upheld at the two eXtremities by
pillars twenty feet high.
A considerable change is contemplate
ed in the entrance hall, where the "Tif-
fany screen" of colored glass has been
one of the familiar features for over
twenty years. Considerable study has
been given at different times to the
question, what could be done with this
screen to improve it. and the conclu !
sion finally reached seems to be that il |
must be improved out Of existence, if |
ut all. This is incidental. of course, to |
The removal of the clerical force from |
The White House proper and the return !
of the latter to the purposes of fami-
Y residence, for which it was originally
designed.
The proposal to remove the clerks
rom the second story offices raises at
,nce the question of new quarters for
hem. These it is expected TO secure by
putting up temporary building.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07
LORD MAYORS SHOW
HOW LoNDON'S CHIEF MAGISTRATE
is INDUCTEO INTO OFFICE.

Forms and Customs over Five Cen
turtles Old Stin Observed = The
Gorgeous Official CoIInr-How Lord
Mayors Are Chosen
With much pomp and circumstance
and brave show of rich jewels. gildci
chariots and gaudy trappings the city
OF London has annually for over 500
years inducted lis lord MAYOR into of
flee. Since ll53 and probably before
that time, although there is no definite
record of it, Nov. 9 has been celebrated
as lord mayors day. 1t is the great
day in the city, and most of London's
80 mayors have observed the tradi-
tions of the occasion.
-. conforming to ancient custom. the
new lord mayor. Sir Marcus Samuel,
will array himself in the gorgeous
robes and. bearing the ieweled mace.
ride on the time honored day from
Guildhall to the palace of justice to
take the oath Of office.
The London over which the new
mayor will preside for twelve months
as chief magistrate comprises only
very small part of the great mctropo-
lis. 1t is only Il square mile in area.
and its actual residents number only
10000.
Although he has no more authority
than any one else outside of his square
mile of territory, the lord mayor of
London is in many ways the most i'm
portant mayor in the world His little
city in the heart of the great metropO-
lis is the center of British commerce..
and while practically deserted at night
more than million people do business
there in the daytime. British troops
may not march in its streets without
the permission of the corporation. and
the king himself may not enter it with
out the permission of the mayor.
Sheriff Samuel. the man for whom
these honors wait. was elected on
Sept. % Michaelmas day. just as all
of his predecessors We're elected before
him. To become lord mayor of London
citizen must first be elected Il mem
Der of the board of aldermen by the
ratrpaycrS. There are but twenty six
aldermen and they hold Office for life
Once an alderman. further promotion
comes from the lverymen, who are
members of the city guilds
Each year the liverymen elect two
of the aldermen sheriffs. The sheriffs
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07
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What Is Being Done to
Increase Our Strength
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produced in the United States. It was
necessary TO import much of il from
abroad. But the demand soon created
a domestic supply. with the result that
the thitrd States now produces all the
material required
y few years ago. when the battle.
ships Indiana. Massachusetts and ore.
gon were being built. the heavy mate
rial had TO be handled mainly by sheer
muscle. as did most Of the riveting and
other work of assembling.
For several years past the rivcting
has been done 10y pneumatic hammers.
and quite recently electric travelling
cranes have been introduced between
each pair Of slips. These cranes. with
their long arms extending on each side
over the ships, enable the material to
be Transported from the = chine shops
or the cars direct To thr spot on the
ship where it is TO he assembled.
y visit Ia a modern steel shiphuilding
plant would hc revelation to those
familiar only with methods in vogue a
few years ago.
one of the most interesting features
Is the handling, of the inch thick steel
plates which form the Skin" of the
new hattieShips and which in the
course Of treatment are cut. punched
aud planed as dcftly as one might cut
up cards with pair of scissors. The
massive machines shears. punches.
benders ana rolls required in this
work are electrically driven. each with
its independent motor, So that there is
not Il quarter part Of the apparent con
fusion of many smaller shop in
which shaftng is employed. and all
the pulleys must be continuously driv-
en-. though not more than one or two
machines perhaps are actually in use
at time
The heavy forgings. some of which
weigh twenty tons ana measure TWEEN
ty inches in diameter and nearly as
many feet in length. are handled with
the greatest ease. These masses of
steel are pounded by huge steam ham
mers capable Of striking a blow of
$50 foot tons many times minute.
These big forgines form the shafts
of the warshipS. After being ham
mered into the proper thickness they
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07
KAlSF RS THIRD SON.
Prince Adelhert Cadet on Ger
man NaSni TruintnE ship.

Prince Adelhert 81 Cadet on Il Ger
man NnSni Training -niH.
Prince Adelhel,. th.rd scI q. Kaiser
Wilhelm, in whom much interest has
been aroused in America by the report
that he would soon follow Prince Hen
rvs example ard VISIT the United
States. will not be seen here for the
present.
Prime" Adelbcrt is Il cadet ON the
imperial German training ship Char
lotte, and it was expected that he
would come 10 these shores simply as
an officer of the navy and in no Off
cial capacity. Besides the kaiScr's son.
there are fifty other cadets on board
this training vessel, which is one of
fleet Of such ships maintained by the
Germ"n navy.
On board these vessels the young of
ficers are schooled in practical seaman
ship. gunnery and all that pertains to
the handling of a warship in active
service. ~ the same time their tech
nical studies are continued under a
corps of instructors. The idea of the
imperial navy is that the practical
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07

hold office for only one year The
mayor is chosen from among those
aldermen who have not passed the
chair that is. been lord mayor-but
who have served as sheriff.
on the day Of his Inauguration the
mayor elect is arraycd in his gorgeous
robes Of office. and around his neck is
placed a golden collar. 20 which is at
iachcd diamond mounted jewel. esti-
mated Ia BE- worth SnO.0nO. and for
the safe kcepi7- Il which and tie city
plate worth il.lliun. he is required
10 give heavy bond before he is
sworn In. Tie then ascends the coach
of state This coach has been in use
since 1857. Before that date the may.
ors rode on horseback. The coach l.
an immense gilded affair and cost SJO.-
600.
This coach. with the great mace Of
silver and gold. over i've feet high.
sticking out of the window and the
mayor bobbing about inside. l. the
chief attraction Of the lord mayors
show. which makes the 9th of Novem.
Der sacred. A number Of floats. bodies
of policemen. firemen and other civic
bodies complete the procession. which
all London turns out To see.
After the oath of office Is admins
tered the procession returns To the
Guildhall for the crowning function.
the lord mayors banquet. which rare
ly costs less than $4,000. The mayor
pays half and the two sheriffs the 9th
er half which is perhaps their most
important duty for the year.
Sir Marcus Samuel the new mayor,
as his name indicates is Hebrew
and is set down in the formal biogra-
phies as a spectacle maker, which Is q
trifle misleading to any one unfamiliar
with the quaint nomenclature of the
rich old city guilds. The lord mayor
elect doubtless never made pair Of
spectacles in his life or any of his IA
Tiers before him. 1t is intended to
signify simply that he belongs to the
naughty and powerful guild known as
the Spectacle Makers company.
Sir Marcus is one Of the great city
bankers and rich enough to afford the
costly luxury of living in the Mansion |
House for year. He will get a salary |
exactly equal TO that of the president |
Of the United States and will have 10 |
spend almost twice as much on the |
banquets, formalities, functions. cere-
monials and general gorgeousness that
keep a lord mayor as busy as II he
really had municipal work to do. |
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07
JON PAUL In EXILE
HOW THE BOeR LEADER SPENDS
HIS TIME IN HOLLAND.

Regarded by the Netherlands Peo.
pie ns Hero and Martyr-Age Has
Abatrd His Force Of Characteristic
krugcr's Daily Life.
Paul Kruger in exile is an interesting
and pathetic figure Among the Hol
landerS lie is the object OF genuine hero
worship He is idolized rs martyr te
British oppression and persecution. Al
though he lives in secus.on and is sci.
dum seen outside his villa there is no
decnne IN his popularity The home OF
the eNiled president of the South Afri
can Republic is at Villa Casa Cara Hi.
yerSum Il town of about 10000 iuhab.
itants in the province of Utrecht ualf
hours journey by train from Amster.
dam
Here, surrounded by swarm Of rel.
atycS ANA Bocr eNilcs. he spends his
days Il unique and picturesque figure
reading the Bible with sublime fdith
aud working with serenity of purpose
for the Boer republics. He sees few
visitors ANA is described as being more
phlcgmatic and tacituru than ever
IllyerSum is an ideal health resort,
the air being dry and hracing. Villa
Casa Cara is a three story. white plas-
ter country house. with projecting We.
randas on three sides and large gar.
den in the rear. The flags of the two
Dutch republics float from the facade
in all WeathcrS President Kruger and
his suit occupy the entire ground floor
Of the pace-a kind of a boarding
houSr-and several rooms above.
Mr. Kruger himself occupies three
rooms, a parlor u bedroom and closed
in veranda which has been fitted up as
n private study. The parlor, in which
the president receives delegations. is an
ordinary. comfortable sitting room with
plain furniture of a Dutch middle class
family. The study is much more
characteristic nook than the parlor. Its
furniture is perfectly plain. on the sol
id table rests the massive casped Bi-
bic, in big type, over which the exile
passes half the day. BY its side is the
hymnbook he uses to conduct the house
hold services. \ conspicuous compan-
ion of Bible and hymnbook is the giant
pipe. with its closed bowl, without
which no picture of Mr. Kruger would
be complete
DR.. a. w TIeymans, the presidents
physician has placed his patient on
very strict regimen Thus Mr.. Kruger
is allowed TO sleep hut n stated number
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07

WOODEN PATTERN FOR STEM OF BATTLE
SHIPS.
speed and power and two gunhoats.
Recent developments. however make
It probable that battleships will be
built instead of protected cruisers. and
in that case four of the most powerful
war vessels ever constructed will be
added TO the fleet.
Construction has already begun on
The two battleships and they are the
mightiest war vessels ever Designed
Their great size of 10000 tons displace-
meut will make them the peers of the
largest battleships in the world, while
their offensive power will give them
superiority over the most powerful
ships in any other navy.
The fact that these two ships can be
built without in any way overtaXing
American manufacturing resources at
tests the recent development of ship
building plants in the United States.
one of the battleshipS. the Connecticut.
is 10 be constructed by the gG+ernment
at tlO .NtN lOl ~ IdN ' Rttlh. llt az
tual work may be considered as having
been begun Il few weeks ago, when the
order for tho hull material, excepting
the armor, was placed. The acceptance
Of the bid of the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock company to
furnish. exclusive of armor and arma-
meHt, the Louisiana. sister ship. for
S%I0.U00 inaugurated the work OH
tlJt vessel
Besides these latest additions to our
navy five other splendid battleships are
being built. They are the Georgia,
New Jersey. Rhode Island. Nebraska
and Virginia and until the new ships
were designed We're considered to be
without superiors. They are enormous
in size. only equaled abroad by three
vessels recently designed for Great
Britain. They are 435 feet long, with
displacement of $1,000 tons. 1t is con
coded by foreign critics that in the
main essentials they are unsurpassed
by European ships.
The increase of the United States
navy during the last few years and
the distribution of the contracts among
the principal private shpbuilding
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07
MODEST MISS HECKER.
Charming Personality of the Cham.
piOn Woman Golfer.

Aside from her marvellous skill on
the links. Miss GeHeyieve IIecker. the
eighteen-ycai-olG New York girl who
has thrice won the national women's
golf championship. is most interest
ing young woman.
Although for the past four years
pages have been printed about Miss
Heckers golf accomplishments, but lit
tie has been said of her personality.
She is slender, blue eyed little girl, )
feet . inches or ) feet / inches tail
with 4 great mop of beautiful golden
hair, which she wears in an enormous
pompadour ON the golf links as we'll as
off.
When one hears of the 200 yard
drives which this apparently fragile
girl thinks Il matter of course. one cam
not understand how she does il. and
she could not do il were it not that she
is able to put every ounce of strength
and weight she possesses into her
shots
Notwithstanding all the fame and
glory and honor which have come to
her. she is still as modest and unas
suming as when she had never been
heard of. and when any one compli-
ments her on her skill or over a vic
tory she bushes with an embarrass-
ment which time or frequency of re-
currence cannot overcome. She cannot
seem TO understand the public interest
in her.
Notwithstanding her modesty, how
ever. she is absolutely iron ncrvcd in a
match. She can apparently rise to any
occasion. and while others may occa-
sionally make phenomenal shots hap
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07

1t is believed that the president will
Restore the other six, which will place
him first in the list of captains This
will result, at an early date. in his pro
motion to the rank of rear admiral.
Captain Coghlan was born in Ken
tucky but was appointed from Illinois
in 1863 He became captain in 1890.
The Raleigh uid her fun share of
the lighting at Manila Except the
Olympia no ship did more TO annim
late the Spanish fleet She shared
with the Baltimore the honor of being
hit by Spanish shells Captain Cogh-
Ian is also the hero of the "IIoch der
kaiser" incident.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07

of hours at time. At s O'Clock in
the evening the old man goes TO bed.
At in the morning he is awakened by
his valet, puts on his dressing gown
and walks about the room till . O'Clock.
smoking his pipe in meditation He
then seeks his bed to be called agdU ID at
5. From TO he reads his Bible or
meditates when his coffee and rolls are
brought. He remains up till $50. when
he turns in again for rest or sleep. In
an hours time he is up for the day
His first work is to look over the cor.
respondcnce Before his midday dinner
he takes walk round the garden
About 3 o'clock he goes Tor q long
drive. returning home for supper nj q.
All through the day he has had fire.
quent recourse to the Bible, practically
his only reading, aud il is known that a
great deal of bis time is spent in pri-
vatc prayer.
1t must not be supposed. all the same,
that the president is morOse Of temper
ament He has charmed all the people
of Hilversum by his genial manner or
at any rate. by quiet good nature
which their devotion readily accepts in
fits stead. Popular ovations of the most
enthusiastic description welcome the
appearance of the spanking equipage
drawn by two splendid horses.
Mr. Kruger is unmistakably aging
His followers say his heart action is
better than ii was. and his general
health has improved during his resi-
dence near Utrecht. but his mind has
grown dull and torpid, his grim humor
has disappeared. and his force of char.
acter has sensibly abated. He remains
the central figure in the group of Boer
refugees because his personality is still
unrivaled but his associates make no
secret of the fact that 1t is difficult to
squeeze money out OF him and that his
is nominal and ineffective.
Indecision is described as his leading
trait of late. He has been unable to
make up his mind when called upon to
settle any point Of policy. At The
Hague he is considered a private citi-
Zen living in exile and is not encour-
aged to visit the capital or appear in
public. But he is reverenced through
out the Netherlands as a hero and a
martyr.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07

hazard she makes them whenever nee
essary. II is this quality that makes
Miss Heckcr the most wonderful VIC.
man golf player in this country, proba-
bly, In the world.
When she is not playing golf. she
leads the usual quiet life Of the aver
age Young New York girl of breeding
and position. During the past year her
chief interest has been in the writing
OF book on "GOif For Women" which
is now nearly completed.
Miss Hccker. however. does not con-
fine her recreation to golf. She is fond
OF the theater. dancing and most of the
other pleasures which make up the
round OF young girls life.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07

is said TO belong to the new school of
diplomacy. known as American. which
Prince Bismarck inaugurated and of
which Sir Edmund MonSon is The eX-
ponent He is a handsome man. of
pleasant address. his attitude both so
cial and official is frank. he is ap-
proachable and responsive and meets
new acquaintances more than half
way.
Senor Ojeda speaks several Ian
guages. is well read in the literature
of many countries. a creditable painter
and cultivated in the lines that 90 to
the making of dilettante.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07

sUncle GeorSe--Look at the bee, who
improves each shining hour.
Thriftless Ncphew-That's all the
bees good for. II II amounted to any
thing. II would improve some Of the
cloudy hours. The shining hours don't
'ced improving. Boston Transcript.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07
.11LAN OF THE RALEIGH.
One of the Heroes of Manila Bay
May Soon he an Admiral.

Captain Joseph +. COghlan, WHO com
mandcd the cruiser Raleigh in the
memorable battle of Manila Bay. is in
fair way to Wear the stars of rear
admiral Some years ago Captain
Cohglan lost eleven numbers on the
navy list by writing an Incorporate
letter to clerk in the bureau of navi.
CATION For his gallant conduct at Ma
uila five Of these We're restored. Now
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-07
A POPULAR DIPLOMAT,
Spain's New Minister IL Well Liked
In Washington.

Twice since the signing of the treaty
Of peace has Spain been called upon
to send ministers 70 this country, and
n both eases the selection has been
happy. Senor Don Emilio de Oicda.
who has just formally presented his
Credentials 10 President Roosevelt.
promises TO he fully rs popular as his
predecessor the Duke de ARGOS
Minister Oieda was one of the most
active members of the Paris peace
commission much esteemed by his
American colleagues on that body and