The National tribune., 1905-10-12

tH0 HIuOl0 Oh the Oa8 Diue 9e&, Wnoro
he can lie In bed for q week and give
his digestive machinery q chance for
repairs. Just think Of It! The British
up-and-uppers are supposed to eat five
times day, but Prince Louis is sched-
uled to eat about 10 times and then
some. Truly. official hospitality is some-
thing to shudder at. Gen. Sherman is
credited with saying a good many things
that he didn't say. and possibly this is
one OF them, but he Is reported" to
have said once upon q time that the
toughest proposition that he ever had
to face was Official eating Not be-
ing an ostrich he found himself quite
unable to keep up with the procession
on the official forage line.
Prince Louis will have q Prince of
Goodfellows for 'tchaperone" while
in this country, q pleasant duty which
has fallen to Admiral Robley d. Evans
of the Severn when Prince Louis and
his encourage steam in, and they will be
greeted with the Admirars salute from
the guns Of the North Atlantic Fleet.
We have had with us this last week
very distinguished guest in the person
of Sir John Leng. Baronet. member of
Parliament from Dundee, Scotland, and
proprietor of the Dundee Advertiser.
one Of the oldest and most influential
papers in Scotland. Sir John had a
long interview with the President. and
of course he was interviewed in turn,
and this is what he said:
Il have long been q great admirer of
your President, and now that / have
had the honor of meeting him, I admire
him even more than 1 did before. He
is good and great man: one fully
conscious of his duty, and who may be
relied upon to stand for the right re-
gardless Of the exigencies of politics or
policies. I do not think his pictures
quite do him justice. / know / was
struck by this the moment 1 met him.
The pictures exaggerate some Of his
good qualities at the expense of others.
1 do not know when I have met one
who combined the dignity with the
hearty good fellowship in the even and
happy degree that one experiences in
President Roosevelt, who is indeed a
most charming parsonage"
Sir John expressed the hope that q
day would come when there would be
a closer bond Of feeling and unity be-
tween this country and England. II
look" he said, ION a union Of this coun-
try and Great Britain as one of the
greatest blessings that could befall the
human race. 1t would make the Eng
disappearing people not only the
strongest on earth, but. what is more,
it would be for the best interests of
mankind"
Gen. William T. Clark, who was Ad-
jutant-General on the staff Of Cen
teenth Corps of the Army Of the Ten
nessee, and :Adjutant-General of the
Army of the Tennessee, is lying at the
point Of death at st. Lukes Hospital.
New York City, where last Wednesday
he underwent q surgical operation of
the larynx and vocal cords for a can
cerous growth.
Ex-Commfssioner Of Pensions Col.
Eugene Ware, of Kansas, was in the
city for few hours Saturday, and
about GO Of his firm friends in the Pen
sion Office welcomed him with recep-
ton and banquet on Saturday evening.
where friendship and good cheer met
on even ground and gleefully "had it
out" until somewhere near midnight
the other side.
Col William n. Henderson, General
Counsel of the Southern Railway. act
ed as POSTMASTER at the gathering, and
in graceful and appropriate manner
introduced the several speakers. Among
those who responded to toasts were
Commissioner Vespasian Warner. Col.
Eugene F. Ware, Gen. John T. Wilder,
James L. Davenport. T. Fletcher Den
mis- and G. A. Merrifield.
Col. Ware, in responding to a toast,
spoke of the affectionate regard in
which he held his friends at the Pen
sion Office, and said that when he had
been told few friends wished to greet
him while passing through the city he
did not expect to see quite so many Of
the 'boys" out to give him the glad
hand. He spoke OF the great love
which he felt for his native State.
where, he said, the punch bowl was
not regarded as a necessity. He re-
ferred to the pleasant relations which
had always existed between himself and