Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-09
mrs OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
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President Roosevelt enjoys a good cigar
at the right time and in the right place,
but objects TO inhaling an atmosphere OF
cigar smoke manufactured by others. For
that reason and also to reduce the IRE
risk he has decided to bar lighted cigars
from the White House and has made known
his wishes by hanging over a mantel in
the public reception room the familiar
sign, "No Smoking Allowed" Some time
ago Arthur Simmons, the colored doorkeeper
who has been at the White House for many
years, was made smoke inspector, but he
found that his efforts to put a stop to the
nuisance provoked a good deal Of tall
language among offenders. Mr.. Simmons is
Of a pious turn and naturally that sort of
talk shocked him exceedingly. Therefore
he begged to be relieved from the task and
90 Mr., Roosevelt has hung up the sign.
The fact that Senator Lodge OF Massa-
chusetts is the bosom friend Of President
Roosevelt is generally recognized in con-
gress and many plans are shaped accord
ingly. Some time ago, relates a New York
World letter, a representative from a west
ern state gave a testimonial for a patent
medicine which was printed in the news
papers with his picture. A wag here cut
out the advertisement and mailed II to the
representative with this written across It's
face.
II am glad to see that you have been
improved physically by this medicine. Now
hnd something that will improve you
mentally and morally"
The representative replied:
81 know what l am doing. I found that
this medicine was made in Ohio when I
began to take It. 1 am now taking .
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telegraphed to Massachusetts, for a prepa-
ration understand is concocted there"
with a view to bringing good luck TO the
omnibus state bill, Mr.. Rodey, delegate
from New Mexico. is distributing 10 mem
bers of the senate New Mexican turquoises,
unpublished and uncut, but mounted with
gold, and thus forming unique sosrfpins.
Mr.. Rodey has the utmost confidence in
the efficacy of the good luck stones" and
Is confident that II he can induce the i've
senators rated as doubtful in the canvass
on the bill to wear New Mexican turquoises
In their scarfs the success Of the measure
will be assured. Senator Quay wears one
Of these unique pins and Mr.. Rodey says
that the Pennsylvania senator carries a
turquoise in every pocket. Every time the
delegate from New Mexico meets a senator
he adjusts his glasses and gaEes at the
necktie. At last accounts two Of the doubt
full senators had donned the good luck
stones and Mr.. Rodey is still working on
the three remaining.
The president has decided to rehanE the
pictures OF his predecessors in the White
House, and instead OF banishing these old
portraits, as was the plan in the renovation
of the executive mansion, they are to be
given conspicuous places in the halls and
corridors. The work of retouchinE the
paintings began last week and as soon as
they are ready they will be put in position
on the wallis Of the building. The portraits
of Presidents Arthur, Polk, Jackson, Har-
rison and Fillmore are to go in the main
corridor. In the basement corridor will be
located the portraits Of some OF the women
who have been the first lady Of the land"
Those scheduled to go there are Mrs. Tyler,
Mrs. Van Buren,, Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Hayes and
Mrs. Harrison. It has not yet been de-.
termined where the balance OF the paintings
are to 60.
The venerable Galusha A. Grow OF Penn
sylvania, who will retire from public life
with this congress, looks with disfavor upon
the improvements which have been made in
modern railroading. Not that he dislikes
the comforts of modern travel, but he says
that airbrakes, patent c~ouplers and vesti-
bule platforms have robbed him OF his best
medicine. In the old days when the tracks
were crooked and rough and the link
couplers permitted the cars to Jerk and Jolt
along Mr.. Grow found a trip from Washing
ton to New York the most effective medicine
he could take. When he felt his liver be-
coming a trife torpid he used to Jump on a
train and ride to New York. The shaking
up he received in a few hours run was most
beneficial. He still applies this remedy. but
he maintains hat the results have dimin-
lshed in direct ratio to the improvements
which have been mad in the road.
Representative Cyrus SullowAy of New
Hampshire is the tallest member Of the
house and although he Is "a years old he
insists that he is still growing. Mr.. sullo-
way declares that on each Christmas day he
applies a foot rule to his length and that
each year shows an increase in height. This
year he measured 6 feet IN inches and he
weighed 276 pounds.
"If I am not growing taller, then the foot
rules are growing shorter" said Mr.. sullo-
way. 81 am fully a quarter OF an inch taller
this year than I was last December. I
think l have grown at least three inches
since l was rs years old"
WORK AND WAGES.