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Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
AN OLD STORY REVAMPED
Source of Inspiration of Mrs Humphrey
Wards New Novel
ANCIENT CHARACTERS IN MODERN GARB
The Real Story Briefly Outlined as 9
Prelude TO the AnEIiciEed YER
siOn-List of ExpIana-
tory References.

To those who nave followed with uniag-
ging attention the chapters OF Mrs. Hum
phrey Wards new novel, Lady Roses
Daughter" as 1t has appeared In Harper's,
the story of the real Julie may be interest
ing. In the New York Tribune of January
20 a writer calls attention to the close
resemblance Of Julie lie Breton to Mile.
Julie L'Espinasse, a brilliant leader OF
French society in the eighteenth century,
Mrs. Ward, in the Tribune of February 81,
acknowledges the life and character OF
Mile. L'Espinasse as the source Of insplra-
tion Of her novel.
Here is the real story: When Nine. du
Defiand, who maintained one OF the most
famous salons Of the eighteenth century,
found herself growing old and blind. she
looked about her for a companion. She
found what she was seeking in Mile. Julie
L'Espinasse, the illegitimate child Of a
French woman of rank, who had been left
alone at IS, without resources. Nine. du
Deffand was at once impressed with the I'M
usual character OF the girl and took her to
her home in Paris, where she spent the
next ten years OF her life, a slave TO her
autocratic mistress. She read to her by
the hour. helped to manage her household
and attended to all the details of a social
life which her patrons i'll health and blind
ness made impossible. But what was more,
she held the salon together by her own
personality All that was the best OF
French society was represented at Mime. du
Deffand's. The leading men Of church
state and letters, distinguished foreigners
all gathered there for conversation, re
markable even in that day Of brilliant wit
Nine. du Deffand never appeared before
o'clock and soon the hsbitues OF the sailor
formed a habit OF dropping in before tina.
time to see Mile. LEspinssse alone. A
last Nine. du Defand learned this and Il
. Jealous rage dismissed her. Many o
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
PRESIDENT PAYS HIS Way
Small Part Of the Expenses Of the White
House Borne by the Government
DRAIN ON EXECUTIVES PRIVATE PURSE
lumber and Magnitude of President
ROOseveIt's Entertainments I'm
surpassed-HOw the BuIs
Are Paid.

The recent estimates sent &c congress
for the expenses of the White House and
the talk in the house OF representatives in
regard to alleged eKtTavaganoes, have re-
vived the gossip regarding the salary Of
presidents and the amount that il costs
them to live and maintain the dignity of
the presidential office. The president Of
the United States receives a Salary Of $50
600 a year, says the New York Sun, and
this amount seems large or small TO the
people OF the country, according to the
point OF view. Some presidents have been
able to lay by a considerable part OF their
salary, and others have possibly exceeded
their income In defraying living expenses
and the cost OF entertaining guests at home
and from abroad.
It is commonly believed that President
Cleveland and President Harrison, and in
lesser degree, President Mckinley, saved a
considerable part Of their annual salaries.
As a rule, entertaining on a large scale at
the White House was not nearly as com
mon ten years tago as IL Is now. The for
ma state dinners and receptions have been
an established custom since the time Of
the first president. but the extent OF the
entertaining beyond these purely formal
and necessary functions has depended very
much on the tastes and inclinations Of the
men who happened TO occupy the presi-
Dental office.
President Roosevelt has beyond ques-
ton. surpassed all his predecessors in the
magnitude and number OF his entertain
ments. When Chester A. Arthur occupied
ne white House he surprised the people
With the lavishness Of his entertaining.
This WAS ESPECIALLY marked when he enter
$500 a. dinner AZ different times in the
course OF one winter the Whole congress
comprising more than 4Vo men, besides
many other guests invited with thsm, nu'
President Roosevelt has oeeh a
avian IN his entertainment OF senators
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
.ption. musicale or other form of enter.

ception. musicale or other form of enter
tainment.
In the case of a very large dinner the
arrangements are usually placed In the
hands Of a professional caterer and the
conditions, so far as expense is con-
cerned, are not very much different from
those which obtain when a private citizen
of means gives a large dinner at a fashion
able hotel. The bill for the entertainment
is made out, in some cases at so much per
plate, due allowance being made for cook
ing which is done at the White House and
certain provisions which the White House
storerooms afford. At the great state din
ners, however, a good deal OF the food,
especially in the way of desserts, is brought
by the caterers, and the bill is never a
moderate one. The president also pays a
large number Of extra walters and kitchen
helpers. It is probable that n state dinner,
where seventy or eighty guests are enter
tanned, costs the president from $500 to
$500.
Flowers at tine White House.
A good deal has been said recently about
flowers at the White House. The old con-
servatory that stood on the site Of the pres
ent office building did not provide nearly
all the flowers that were necessary for the
White House entertainments. The great
bulk of the flowers were brought from the
propagating gardens in the Agricultural de-
partment's grounds. and this is the case
at present. Very few flowers are bought
at the florists and the president has paid
for these, unless in one or two instances
when the matter was taken out of his
hands and the flowers bought at govern
ment expense without his knowledge. The
outlay in these exceptional cases would not
have been made had the matter been called
to the Presidents attention. The expense
for extra flowers is comparatively trivial.
Not nearly as many plants and flowers
are used In the White House as we're used
before the mansion was remodeled. The
new rooms do not require decorations Of
this sort. II used to be the invariable Gus
tom to bring many dray loads OF potted
plants, palms and towering plants from the
propagating gardens to decorate the man
sion on state occasions, and a large corps
Of men from the propagating gardens were
employed in decorating the rooms. This
practice has been entirely done away with
this winter.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15

Nine. du Deffand's friends followed the girl
and soon by their aid she was able to take
a house in Paris and open a salon Of her
own, becoming the rival of her forme mis-
tress, who never forgave her.
Here this unusual woman without name,
beauty or fortune made a distinguished
place for herself in the French world. She
did more than any other woman to aid the
work of the encyclopedias. D'Alembert.
Turgot and Marmontel were her devoted
friends. With the intellect of a man, she
had the delicacy and tenderness Of a woman.
An unerring social instinct made her at
tract the most able men OF France and
draw out the best that was In them. Full
of ardent enthusiasm in that day Of ennui,
emotional in an age of cynical intellectual
ism, she was the idol of French society.
One OF her passionate nature could not
escape love affairs, and we read Of two
for we cannot count D'Alembert, for whom
she seems to have felt the calmest friend
ship. The first lover was a young Spanish
nobleman, Marquis Gonzalo de Mora, who
died while returning from Spain to Paris
to see her. Her grief was very real, but
by no means inconsolable, for we find her
almost Immediately forming an even more
ardent attachment for Count de Guibert, a
man tlbN0h gSdip gOuhbSl bhah AN
seems TO have been fattered by the pref
eTence OF the distinguished woman, and
made her professions Of affection even while
he was arranging a marriage with an heir
ess which would greatly advance him in
the world. Mile. L'Espinasse, with a break
ing heart, aided him in his marriage, but
her delicate health did not bear the strain,
and she died soon after.
The Real
Anglicize this e2d bring II down a hun
dred and twenty-five years, and you have
Mrs. Wards story. Let them talk English
politics instead of French philosophy, and
you have the famous evenings at Lady
Henry's. Nine. du Deffand becomes the
tyrannical Lady Henry. .Turgot, Montres-
sor, D'Alembert, Jacob Delaheld. the Ouch
esse ue Luxembourg. the little Duchess Of
Cronborough, Guibert. Captain Warkworth
and Mile. L'Espinasse, the brilliant, fas-
chatting, ambitious and not quite nice Julie
La Breton.
References in the public library to the
life OF Julie L~1spinasse.
G 7S5. Masoa; Women OF the French
Salon.
D 405, Salisbury; Short History OF
French Literature.
G 4l73, Salon Of Nine. Necker.
G 1926. MarmonteI Memoirs.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
R~estrnins 1,romcymen's Union.

WATERBURY, Conn, March H-Judgs
Elmer In the superior court today granted
a temporary injunction on application Of
the Connecticut Lighting and Railway com
pany To restrain the Trolleymen's union, IN
Waterbury, from interfering I'm any way
with the business Of the company or its
employees and from making use OF the boy
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
Expensive Entertainments.

SOL6ASoog &4d no d en-
tertained other guests in \ much larger
number than sny other president.
Expensive Entertainments.
The entertainments given by the Roose-
velts have been. in many cases, of an ex-
ceptionally expensive kind. Among the
most elaborate were the musicales that
were given frequently last winter and have
been resumed this season. The musicians
were paid by the president and refresh
ments for several hundred guests were
provided by him. Mrs, Roosevelt has giyeh
also a large number Of large afternoon
teas and receptions.
Mr.. Roosevelt attracted the attention of
the public Immediately after his sudden
induction into office by inviting distin-
guished men from all parts OF the country
to sit at his board. The object OF this was
not entirely social, for 1t was semi-ofh-
cislly announced that the new president
wished to obtain the views of leading men
everywhere in regard to public questions
and policies, and not a day passed that did
not see from four to twenty guests at the
White House. breakfasting or luncheoning
or dining with the president. These in
vitations were frequently given most in
formally and on the spur Of the moment
during the course of the days business
In his ONCE. Immediately after he be-
came president there was a crowd OF Wis
itors each day in his office. He had not
time to talk with them at length, and
In some cases he wished to talk with them.
He would shake hands with a man, tell
him he was glad to see him. but very busy,
and that he wished especially TO have a
talk with him.
Have you an engagement for luncheon? 20
he would ask. please come at 1880 and
have lunch with me-"
II this conversation happened to take
place in the afternoon he would invite
the men to dinner. Word was frequently
sent down to the White House kitchens
as late as an hour before a meal, saying
that there would be from two to six extra
guests at luncheon or dinner. as the case
might be. The president also entertained
many persons at breakfast and he still
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
To divide sewam Estate.

CAMDEN. N. j., March lathe final ac-
counting Of the estate Of eX-United States
Senator William j. SeWall has been made.
The senator left $4,000 10 be divided be-
tween his widow and hve children. There
are no outside requests. The estate Is In
bonds and securities
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15

The question as to what part of the White
House expenses are borne by the president
and what part by the government has
recently been revived. The answer TO this
question is that the president bears a
much larger proportion OF the total ex-
penses Of the White House than is COM
monty supposed. The FIRST large expense
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
m THE BASEMENT

and MEMBERS of congress-. and he has en-
tertained other guests in \ much larger
number than sny other president.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
state Dinners.

The expenses Of a president, especially
II he has a large family. as Mr.. Roosevelt
has, are naturally very heavy, for II Is
necessary for him to meet many expenses
that a private citizen does not incur. This
leaves out Of consideration altogether the
expensive state enter ailments. Scarcely
an additional dollar OF extra expenditure
is incurred by the government when the
president gives 4 large state dinner, re-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15

incurred by a president when he comes
into Office is an outlay OF from 5000
to 5000 for horses and carriages. The
government provides no horse or vehicle
for the president s use, although there is
an impression to the contrary. This inn
preston is a natural one, for the govern
ment does furnish two horses and a car
riage for the use Of each member Of the
cabinet. Many Of the assistant secretaries
in the executive departments have each
one horse and carriage at the expense of
the government, and more than one bu-
reau chief has a horse and carriage free Of
cost. The secretary to the president has a
team OF horses and a carriage. The White
House stables ars furnished and maintained
out OF the federal treasury, and the gov
eminent also pays the presidents coach
man and footmen and stablemen.
The White House is, Of course, In the
same category as other public buildings
so far as furnishings and maintenance are
concerned. Under the head Of maintenance,
however, the ordinary house servants are
not included, The president pays his own
servants almost without exception. The
White House steward is paid by the gov
ernment, and one or two other helpers,
who receive laborers' wages, are paid by
Uncle Sam.
The laundry at the White House is main
tanned at the presidents expense, although
the superintendent Of public buildings ana
grounds, in his recent estimates to con-
gress. said that II would be necessary for
the government TO provide two more
helpers in tho laundry" at an expense OF
S25 per month each. Yet the statement
has been made repeatedly at the White
House. whenever inquiry has been made,
that the laundry helpers, as well as other
servants In the mansion, are paid out OF the
presidents private purse.
The president, OF course, pays all the
bills for groceries,, meats and other pro-
visions used in the White House. The
china. table linen and all accessories Of tho
kitchen and dining room equipment are
provided by the government, and always
have been, Just as the furniture for the
parlors and sleeping rooms are provided.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-11
MUCH VIRTUE IN AN ONION.
Efficacy of the Pungent Vegetable
Manifested I'm Various Ways.

Efficacy Of the PunRent Vegetable
Manifested In Various Ways.
The idea Of an onion cure may not
strike the fancy Of the esthetic; how
ever, the experience Of those who have
tried it is that it works wonders in
restoring an old-racked system to its
normal state again. There are three
kinds of doses in the onion cure, OF
three onion cures, as you may choose
to put it. One is a diet on onions.
The other is onion plasters. And the
third is onion syrup.
1t is claimed by those who believe
in the onion cure that bad cold can
be broken up If the patient will stay
indoors and feed on liberal diet of
onions. 1t need not be an exclusive
diet, but liberal one. For instance,
an onion cure breakfast includes
poached egg on toast, three table
spoonfuls of friend onions and cup
of coffee. Luncheon of sandwiches,
made of Boston brown bread, butter
ed and filed with finely chopped raw
onions, seasoned with salt and pep
per, makes the second meal on the
schedule For supper the onions may
be fried as for breakfast and eaten
with chop and baked potato.
The strange efficacy of onions is well
known to the singers of Italy and
Spain, who eat them every day o I'M
prove the quality of their voices and
keep them smooth. Onion plasters are
prescribed to break up hard coughs.
They are made of fried onions placed
between two pieces of old muslin. The
plaster is kept quite hot until the pa
tient is snugly in bed, when it is plac-
ed on the chest. to stay over night.
Onion syrup is a dose that can be
bought Of any druggist, and is claim
ed by some to be unequaled as cure
for q cold in the chest.
All this is probably quite true. For
to be done up with onions, both inside
and out, would be enough certainly to
chase out any self-respecting cold
Table Talk.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-11

conclusion. the correspondent wonders
whether the events of the wonderful
year" could have occurred in any year
the digits composing which did not
form the fateful number, thirteen
If the matter depended upon "the fate
full number thirteen" this correspond
ent might well set his mind at rest.
The last year whose digits compose
thirteen was 1910 and 1t was about
the dullest, most uneventful year Of
the century. There was nothing
wonderful about it. Queen Victoria
got married, penny postage was intro
duced in England, President Harrison
was elected, the Mormons founded
Nauvoo, the opium war with China
was brought to an end, and William I
of Holland abdicated. Nearly every
other year in the nineteenth century
was more an "annus mirabilis" than
1910. And 1904, the preceding "thir-
teen" year in the list, was not as won
derful as 1910. But what is there spe-
cially "wonderfur' about 1908 that
should make this correspondent SO
sonable weather every year? Suppos-
ing the bottom of the stock market has
fallen out. Has there not been mark
ed activity in all lines Of legitimate
business? Have the mishaps Of specu-
lation been reflected in trade and in
dustry2 Has the assassination in Ser
via created ripple in the political or
diplomatic world of Europe? The Ro-
man Pontiff is dead. He was old and
he was mortal. Was not his death sig
niflcant, however, in its revelation of
the unity of Christian sentiment and
sympathy? AS to crime, it is no more
rampant this year than it was last
year, only certain unusual circum-
stances in certain unusual places have
called special attention to it. In the
long fight Of time one year averages
up very like another year. The won
derful years" are extremely rare.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-11
Priests Want Boards.

A petition has been sent to the arch
bishop Of Vienna by the Catholic
priests of southern Austria for per-
mission to wear boards. One of the
reasons given for desiring this indul-
gence Is that they are often mistaken
for strolling actors with their shaven
faces, and another is that many CT
them are suffering from preachers
sore throat" which they think flow
ing boards will cure.
The priests do not say which Of the
two evils annoy more, but they seem
to lay more stress upon the fact that
they are mistaken for actors. Catholic
clergymen wear boards more often
than is generally supposed. Some of
the monastic orders are bearded, and
whenever there is any good reason for
a priest letting his beard grow that
privilege is extended to him. In fact,
the wearing of boards seems to be on
the increase among the Catholic priest
hood, while with the Episcopalian
priesthood the contrary is the case.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-11


would reduce foods that would reduce roughts and
sequently fires Forests admittedly storers and dis
trbutors of dampness yet whose country is much
the of and food forestry laws far inferior
to the forestry laws of foreign countries At
which destruction exceeds replacing the whole
supply it is calculated will disappear another
generation Whether the estimate is exaggerated not
the fact that destroy much and replace little undoubt
There pressing need for vigorous and liberal
policy This the most permanent and important point to
reerate connection with present misfortunes, al
though other improvements which ought
well within ingenuity and enterprise Reservoirs
could apparently be arranged receive the surplus waters
food with the additional advantage of releasing
them in time of need. Much stringent regulations
along railway lines might diminish forest fires The private
individual whose abandoned cigar bonfire starts
grafton beyond the reach of practical control He will
exist and continue make the world heavily for his
existence long the criminal and the trampone
which, indeed, often s We individuals
lumber companies railroads give up their
rapid wealth. their cherished indoence of
beneyolence They will destroy forests for money, and
sprinkle sparks from aziness long such practices
permitted The duty of those Of who interested
the national welfare agitae until state and national
legislation puts checks the general reckessness
We be safe from wanton natures freaks, but
when put minds and Wills 1t,
outbreaks and make her work smoothly in
service-Collier's Weekly
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-11
THEY DWELL IN CAvERNS.
Residents of Normandy Dig Their
Houses in the Cliffs.

Residents of Normandy Dig Their
Houses in the Cliffs.
We have often heard Of the cliff
dwellers and are accustomed to think
Of them as prehistoric race, the re-
ings are matter of curiosity to tour
lists and u prize to antiquarians. Few
people know that at the present day
there are whole communities in
France whose only habitations are
followed in the rocky hillsides and
whose entire business life is carried
on in caves.
We had seen in Normandy isolated
instances Of people living in habita
tions half house and half cave. But
they were in faraway towns and vii
lagos and only the very poorest class,
of people lived in them. Our first real
cave city came as a great surprise.
for we had just left Tours, one Of the
most highly civilized cities in France.
We were riding on the road to Vouv
roy when suddenly, at the turn near
Rochccorbon, this first town of cliff
dwellers burst upon us.
High above us lowered a huge mass.
Of everhanging rock, strata upon
strata, bearing upon its summit a.:
most peculiar tower. supposed to have
been a watch tower in ages gone by.
Its foundations hung over the rock
upon which they were built and it
seemed as though it would crash down
at any moment upon the village be-
meath.
Scattered over the face of the cliff
door and windows, narrow stairways-
and little belvideres could be seen,
habitation upon habitation, in most
picturesque disorder. Walls along the
high road hid the immediate fore
ground and we looked in vain for an
opening by which we could have a
nearer view of this strange communi-
ty. At last we found an open gate
and, peeping through, were greeted by
a dear little old woman, whose wrink
led, smiling face was surmounted by
a snowy white cap. Her doorway was
a bower Of flowers, hollyhocks, asters,
nasturtiums and deep June roses. By
it's side was an old well and a little
clubhouse for her weed and gardening
tools. Her CHEEKY "bon jour- was an.
invitation to enter and we gladly ac-
cepted her cordiality. We followed her
across the little yard and were soon
seated in her one and only ROOM
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