The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-12
ROOSEVELT CAN
BE VERY SLANGY
Some instances in Which He
Talked Like a Cowboy.
ARTIST BERRYMAN'S BEAR
TROUBLE OVER GEN. WILSON'S
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
ARTIST BERRYHAH'S BEAR
lsneelal 10 The Hera1dN


Roosevelt is always forceful in his Ian
guage. but force and expressiveness are
sometimes gained at the expense Of ell
esance Recently some grave and
learned dignltaries of the Roman Cath
Ole church were discussing some mat
lers with him. The conversation was
about the interests of Catholic Indians.
With that pleasant way for which ne
IS famous, the president interjected into
the business colloquy the following bit
OF hum0r.
You know Archbishop Keane? Amt
he peach? And you also know Maui
rice Francis Egan2 He's a cOrker. %
AFTER this little interlude the presi-
dent and the ecClesiastics resumed the
discussion of affairs of state much re-
Ireshed by the little touch OF human
nature. When the president left Wash
lhgton on Wednesday. he slapped Sec
retary COrtelyou of the department OF
commerce and labor on the back and
shouted. You old trust buster, what
are you going to do when / amt here
10 protect YOU. You viii be eaten up
boots and baggage. without any salt. "
And every one remembers how the
president shouted at the grave and rev.
erend secretary of agriculture last sum-
men when the good secretary essayed
10 dance the Virginia reel and slipped
on The deck OF the MaydOWer. Get up
you old cOrnstalk, and try it again"
And yet the president is a literary man,
famous for his perfect English dictiOn:
a writer of books and an associate Of
literary men. But he can talk like a
cowboy when be wants TO do so.
Dapper Little Chinks.
WeIl-dressed. smooth-faced. dapper
little Cinnamon are everywhere In
Washington this week. They are the
students who have accompanied the
new Chinese minister. Sir Sheng. and
they are rapidly getting used TO the
ways of Washington. They learned
nrst Of an, that six street car tickets
can be purchased for a quarter. and
their first trips of inspection Of the city
have been by trolley routes instead Of
by the legation carriages On his first
Sunday evening in the capital Sir
Cheng and his suite were entertained
at a dinner given by Sheng Tung. first
secretary OF legation. and who has act
ed as charge d'amaires since the depart
ure of Minister WI. The banquet was
oriental in its effect on account Of the
elegant costumes worn by the minister
attaches and students present, and the
use of china brought from the Orient
The entire building occupied by the
chinese minister and his suite was gaily
decorated in the striking yellow and
black of the Chinese empire. None but
Cinnamon were present at the banquet.
and strictly home dishes were served.
Berryman's Bear.
Readers of the Washington Post all
over the country have been tickled and
nnHHH hHH UnEfHHHHFH 90
the little bear I'm the Posts cartoons.
Mr.. Bergman. the cartoonist for the
Post made a tremendous hit with his
bear but had no intention of working
the little fellow so hard. Mrs Berry
man urged his retirement to the scrap
basket AT an early date but the Berry
man baby s0bbed frantiCalIy whenever
a cartoon was evolved without Johnnie
Bear i'm conspicuous place. The
president finally sent for the cartOOuist
and cOmpIimented him upon his clever
use OF bruin. AT one Of the big official
receptions Mr. Roosevelt introduced
Mr. Bergman TO Mrs. Roosevelt as the
man who drew the little bears that
amused her so much. Since then not
cartoon appears but has tucked away in
a convenient cOrne. most deeply in
terested bear. They say that the badge
T.
one for decoration. With three dots and
a circle Of fringe. Mr.. Bergman has
evolved an emblem for the Roosevelt
party that is popular with all ages.
Material Scarce.
OF the possible 800 nominations placed
az the disposal Of members Of congress
for cadetships at Annapolis. scarcely
200 have been made. Strange TO say.
members of congress find difficulty i'm
finding young men of the required age
between 10 and 90 who are capable OF
passing the entrance examination to
Annapolis. The examination is I'm the
common English branches but it Is
particularly thorough. and the gradu-
ates of our present day school system
do not seem sufficiently wei grounded
in spelling. arithmetic grammar. geog-
raphy. history and ike studies to pass
che critical standard set mp FOR appll-
cauts who desire TO enter the acad-
cmies Examinations viii be held
throughout the country on April 81 a
second win be held May 10, and the
third in June az the Naval academy.
Account Not Itemized.
A merry little war is going on be-
tween the war department and the de-
partment of state over the nou-pay-
meut of the expense account incurred
by General Wilson while acting as one
OF the representatives of the United
States al the coronation Of King Ed
ward General Wilson rendered his ac-
count in a lump 90 Whitelaw Reid, who
had charge Of the appropriation TO COW
cr the expenses of the United States en-
voys. Mr. Reid requested an itemized
account. and this General Wilson de-
ciined Co render There has been some
lively correspondence between the two
departments, the war department CALI
ing on the department OF state for
settlement in General Wilson's behalf.
and the state department sustaining
Mr. Reid iu his demand for am itemized
statement Secretary Hay. in one OF
his communications, iutimated that he
would be willing 90 advance a couple
81 thousand dollars from his own pri-
.ate purse 90 get the perpleXng ques-
don out OF The department If Secretary
Root would do the same thing. but
Secretary Root has declined to- do this,
ana SO General Wilson's expense ace
count of $4,000 or $1,000 is stiu being
buneted about between the conflicting
positions taken by the two departments.
BEAUTY AND STRENGTH