The National tribune., 1903-04-02
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attempt to provide "a getup like the lit
tie Counts?
| Countess Anna, "she that was a Could y
wore blue sii.s dress that matched the
Counts vest in color. and she had on an
immense white picture hat with white
ostrich feather that was a joy to look at,
it was so beautiful. The little Countess,
who only comes TO her diminutive hus-
bands shoulder. has had her face made
over. since she went to Paris. At any
rate, she has complexion of peaches and
cream, and she used 70 be as dark as a
gypsy.
The Castellanes said that they only
called to. pay their respects to the Presi-
dent.
Il consider the President great man,"
said Count Castellane. land was pleased
at the opportunity to meet him. We shall
stay in Washington but a few days. and
about April l we shall return to France"
Mrs. Dominis. formerly Queen of the
Hawaiian Islands, who camps in Wash
| ington in splendid style during a Con-
gressional session. hoping to get through
her bill of 100000 for the Crown Lends
of Hawaii, has gone home again. She
will be back in Washington next Winter.
| and expects to get her bill through some
day. The older these claims get. the
stronger they grow. Congress is now pay
ing claims of go years back.
S. \. d. North. of Boston. has been ap-
pointed Census Director. vice Gen. Mer-
ram. resigned. Mr. North was Chief of
the Division of Manufacturers. one of the
most important Bureaus of the late Cen
sus He is a scholar. an expert statsti-
fnrr nN.Iv-
respondent.
The Chinese have a proverb that 'Men
dig their graves with their teeth.'' mean
ing that they eat too much which is I'M
doubtedly true. But a young lady in
Washington came near digging her grave
because she wouldn't put her good white
teeth to use She took up with the no.
breakfast fad. and the remainder of the
day tried TO subsist on the various health
foods. The doctors hope by a judicious
course of feeding to save her from total
wreck.
Mr.. Beverly Davis. of Franklin County,
Va, expresses the opinion that Roose-
Welt will carry Virginia in 1904 He saws
that Mr.. Roosevelt is very well liked up
in Virginia.
At West Point the cadets are not per-
united to smoke under any circumstances
but they do. 1t has taken about six
months to ascertain that the cadets do
smoke. and that they have syndicate of
lying. as it is termed, by which they
get around their WORD of honor that
they do not smoke 1t is queer mess.
and the story of how they managed to
get tobacco and cigarets reflects small
credit to young men who are supposed to
have any regard at all for their so-called
word of honor
One of the most prominent "liars'' in
this syndicate of cadets. Cadet Gibson r. |
Berry. Jr.. has been sentenced to be dis
missed in disgrace from the Military
Academy. and the President has approved !
the finding. Cadet Berry is from Ken
tucky. The President hopes that this
summary action will break up the ''cigaret |
syndicate" at West Point If not, then
he will favor more drastic methods
Gen. Geo. B. Davis. Judge Advocate
General of the Army. has been designated |
to represent the, Army at conference to
meet in Geneva. Switzerland. in Septem- |
Der. for the purpose of considering changes |
in the Red Cross Convention of 1864. re-
lating to the treatment of sick and wound |
ed anu non-combatants during times of |
war. The Navy and the National Associa-
ton of the Red Cross have also been asked |
to send representatives.
Senator Bard, of California has Vice |
Presidential boom on. In this he has |
good company, for Senator Long of Kan |
sas; Governor Bailey. the bachelor Execu-
tive of the same State. and Mr.. Heatwole, |
ex-Representative from Minnesota, have |
all been mentioned"
Copa{nr %ho ~. |
clay-eater. lectured in Detroit few days
ago. and tried on his sneers and jeers at |
Union soldiers and got roundly Kissed. |
He referred to the followers of Sherman |
as 'bummers and thieves which didn't |
go down at all. After the Kisses, he tried |
to make his audience believe that he |
meant only the ''haDgers-On' of the army |
Then he said that Southerners were of |
purer blood than the Northerners, I'd |
they Missed him again. He tried to ex-
plain that away also, but the explanation |
was worse than the speech itself.
Capt. Sewell. of the Quartermaster's
Department. son Of the late Senator |
Sewell. of New Jersey. has resigned his |
commission as an officer in the Army.
The President has directed that the
woman Inspectors in the Port of New |
York be retained until after he returns |
from his Western trip. This does not |
imply that they will become permanent |
fixtures, however. When it was reported |
that women could not do the work as well |
as men. as the class of women whom they |
had to examine would not answer ques- |
lions put to them by women, and the |
women Inspectors were ordered dismissed, |
great pressure was brought TO bear on the |
President, and the order is the result.
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett. Of Washing !
ton, long prominently connected with the |
Florence CritteDden mission work, was
elected Vice President of the National
Council of Women at New Orleans Mrs. |
Mary Wood Swift, Of California, was |
elected National President. vice Mrs. Tod |
Helmutl, resigned. Mrs. Swift will be n |
delegate to the International Council |
which will be held in Dresden next Janu- |
airy. The next Executive meeting will be |
held in st. Louis, at the request of the
Board of Lady Managers of the st. Louis
Exposition.
Capt. Henry Rogers, of the United
States Revenue steamer Seminole, ought
TO be made disciplinarian of the Antics.
One Of the sailors on the Seminole. now
in Boston HarbOr, in n fit of temper
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