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congressional session IS practically
over, will complete her trip around
most Of the world. Until that time tho
newly married couple will remain for
tho most part in Washington. The wed
ding itself will easily eclipse any social
event that has ever occurred IN the
White House. The nIptals will be
celebrated in the historic east room,
and Right Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee of
Washington will ofticiate
There have been many similar cere-
monies witnessed in the executive
mansion. the last one being that of the
marriage OF President Grover Cleve.
land to Miss Frances Folsom. twenty
yenrS ago. The one most nearly ap-
preaching the present affair. however,
was the wedding of Nellie Grant to
Algernon Sartors. 1t is the only other
marriage ever celebrated in the east
room. The home life Of Grant was
much like that OF the present occupant
of the White House. ana the heart OF
the silent man was wrapped up in his
daughter. one " the unexpected parts
of that brilliant event was the pres
ence Of some unlimited guests In the
persons of little Jesse Grants baseball
nine. the ragged urchins creating both
amusement and CONSERVATION by dodg-
ing about among the swell guests.
Prior to the civil war there were a
number of White House weddings
The first one was that of a relative of
Mrs. Dolly Madison, who was quite n
social leader in her day and made the
event gala occasion. During Presi-
dent MOnroe's regime his daughter.
Maria, WAS married in the blue room
to her cousin. Samuel |. Gouverneur
of New York. Only few invited
guests were present Six years after.
ward John Adams, son of President
John Quincy Adams. was welded to
his cousin. Miss Helen Jackson. the
ceremony occurring in the White
House Two weddings occurred during
Jackson's incumbency OF the office, one
Of niece OF the president and the
other of the daughter of an old friend.
President Van Buren's son was mar
rled while his father was in Office hut
the event did not occur in the execu-
tive mansion.
The most brilliant Of the early White
House weddings was that of the
daughter of President Tyler to Will
liam Waller Of Virginia. Tyler was the
last of the Virginia executives. and
Virginia hospitality WAS the order OF
The day. President Tyler himself was
married IL second time while in office,
but not in Washington.
Now one more gala event, the most
notable OF the list. is 10 gladden. the
home of Americas chief of state Both
On his account and for the sake of his
sensible daughter the American people
enter into the joy of the occasion.
j. A. EDGERTON. '
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NOBODY'S CHILDREN.
nr. Bsrpardo's work In London and
Its American COuuteruarf

The death in London of Or Thomas
John Bernardo, the foster father OF
nobody's children" Just now calls un-
usual attention to the change in the
methods OF dealing with the youthful
unfortunates OF the slums. Dr. Barnar.
do. more possibly than all other work.
ers In the same cause put together, was
instrumental in stemming the tide Of
juvenile delinquency that in the middle
of the last century seemed seriously to
menace civilized society, and that pre-
sents the most pitiful pictures in tie
whole long heartrcnding history Of
crininology
The work which this great and good
Englislman did in London has been &C.
complshcd in this country largely
through tho agency of societies and in
stitutions. The first American society
for the reclamation of Stun children
was organized in 1880 Now there are
in New York alone fifty institution,
devoted 10 lettering in one way or an.
other the condition of the city's less
-
New York Juvenile asylum, which has
grown to be one Of the foremost in
stitutlons of its kind on either side Of
! the Atlantic, started four years before
DR.. Bernardo began his life work in
the metropolis of Great Britain.
Since that period, when the chief Of
police in New York estimated that
necessarily criminal children roaming
the streets OF the city, Juvenile delin-
Quency has decreased steadily and very
| rapidly in relation to the growth OF
population in both cities. Thousands
upon thousands Of neglected young.
sters have been cared for and reclaim.
cd, DR.. Bernardo having established
| nearly thirty separate institutions,
while the New York organization in a
single group Of buildings has cared for
moro than 10000 boys and girls who
| had no other ct guardians.
What the saving has been to the
community not alone in moral obliuui-
| tv, but as well in the decrease in cost
/ Of penal institutions, can be under
/ stood in way when one realizes that
though every one Of these little waits
had u wrong start in life certainly
more than - per cent Of them were
! made into honest, successful citizens.
| This is large interest in dollars and
cents upon the private benefactlons by
which such efforts ms the asylums arc
necessarily supported More impor-
tant than that even is the step FOR
ward in humanity and brotherly love
from the day, less than a hundred
years ago, when two boys under the
age of fifteen were hanged before 4
| gaping crowd in London for petty
/ thevery.
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A Canadians Opinion o; Poultry Foods

Experience is the best teacher every
time. 1t is fortunate that all do not
have to 90 through the same expert
ence. Some can have the benefit of
that which others have gone through.
What w. J. McClary of Frost Village,
Que. says about the use of Poultry
Foods will he of especial value To those
who keep poultry. Here is his letter:
81 have been using Pages Perfected
Poultry Food for some time past with
excellent results. would say that in
feeding l get better results than with
any other food on the market and at a
smaller cost"
Any one sending his address on a
postal card 10 &. S. Page, Hyde Park.
VT. and mentioning this paper, will re-
ceive by mail. free. postpaid, sample
package of Pages Perfected Poultry
Food"
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mcnt and another almost equally ex-
pensivc for $4,000 Stradivarius, pay
ing $1,000 ito boot" He attends all the
best musical concerts and is an en-
thusiast on the divine art.
In appearance the prospective son-in-
law of the president is rather above
medium height, of nm athletic build
and an easy, quick and graceful car
riagc. His face seems rather long,
which effect is heightened by an ab-
TO badness shis gives an intellectual
cast 10 countcnance whose features,
while regular and handsome, sHc pot
especially distinctive IN manner lie is
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MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT.

tentlon ny ilASninX green snake IN
their faces ever and anon When asked
what she did with her curious pet she
answered that she placed it on the cur
tain and let it catch flies.
| She is original and not bound by
fashion unless il suits her. She is dis
tinctiveiy shirt waist girl. and while
she dresses lastly and we'll does not
Affect extensive and lnvisllly expensive
wardrobes and is not II slave to clothes.
Yet the most aristOcratc society Of
Washington-and few cities have set
more exclusive - has looked on her
with approving eyes and murmured,
Shell do" One summer at Newport
she introduced the Innovation Of car
chic grace that she made il the style
She is quite an expert sleight OF hand
performer and often entortnins small
groups Ivy doing difficult fcats in this
! line. When needing hat for egg
tricks or the like she uses her fathers
cowboy sombrero. Her pcnchant for
startling things was shown by the fact
that she was the first woman on earth
TO so down in submarine boat, tax
Ing II trip to the bottom of Narragan-
set bay at least two years before
President Roosevelt made the world
gasp by similar feat.
Despite all this Alice Roosevelt has
a shrinking side dislikes the publicity
of her position, or did before she got
used TO it, and refused for years to per-
NIT photographs of herself to be tax
en-. Ii was only the rinse Of a clover
artist. painting her in an Anticipated
| hat and threatening to use the picture
unless he could get photo that caus-
ed her to sit for II likeness. but the shy
| slip of girl of four years ago. at
| which tim. this Incident occurred. Is
hardly the Alice Roosevelt of today.
She mas grown in poi>e, in experience
and in beauty.
| Alice Rooscvclr's appreciation of her
father has been shown on many Occa-
sions. AT the launching of the Meteor
her first glance after the christening
was not At Prince Henry Or the assem-
blcd thousands, but at the familiar face
beside her, ami the answering look Of
Theodore Roosevelt showed that he un
dcrstood. Az another time Miss Roose.
welt left the senate gallery in high in
dignation because Senator tarmack OF
Tennessee had spoken in criticism Of
the president. 1t was an impuIslNe act
that would not have been done by one
more trained in the ways of the world.
hut 1t revealed what wa, in the girls
heart.
was the climax of her girlhooh. Prior
| 70 that time she had visited Cuba and
Porto Rico. where she received popular
ovations: New Orleans. whore she was
showcred with hOnors such rs had new
or been shown woman in that proud
city, and the st. Louis exposition
where she became at once the chief at
traction Of the show.
AS a meIsber OF Secretary Tafts par
ty her slight figure dwarfed even that
of the gigantic Taft himself. while tho
senators. representatives and Other
high dignitaries were scarcely one-two
three in the popular estimation. In Ha
vail and thesp.Nlippines she was shown
almost royal honors. while in Japan
she WAS received by the mikado and in
China by the empress dOwager.
Her honeymoon trip to Europe, which
will be taken next summer after tho
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-02-15
The A6~ctionate Mother.

Or. Emily D. Smith tells an incident
of medical missionary work at Inghok.
China. A mother came 10 see her little
boy, who was under tho physicians
care. She had with her a baby girl not
three months Old An old woman was
there from Il distant town 20 visit IL
daughter who was IN the girls school.
she saw the three month-old girl and
decided she would make good wife
for her nlne-mOnth old grandson. So she
struck Il bargain with the mother, but
instead OF paying for the baby the
mother gave the old woman 20 cents,
the largest dowry which she could at.
ford TO give her daughter. Then, with
heaming complacency, she saw her
three month-od baby taken away,
never TO he seen again.
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vi MS acquaintance named nor pct ow I
Judge Longworth." When the rcel
Judge iongworth was once visiting in
her home the entire company was star.
tied not TO say embarrassed. by having
maid burst into the room in great ex-
ctemcnt with the shrill announcement :
MADAME! Madame, Judge Long
worth has laid an egg"
Nicholas l.ougworth. the real Nick,
not the old one. WAS born Nov. >. 1860
lte was graduated from Harvard in
1891 and WAS later admitted to the bar.
though he never rracticcd. He pre-
fcrrci 10 devote himself to art, music.
sports. caring for his estates. and final.
~ politics. lis first office was that of
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a member of the Cincinnati school
board. lie also ran for the Legislature,
but was defeated. lie tried again, and
this time was successful. Two years
later he went to the state senate. where.
in collaboration with the attorney gen
eral, he prepared the present municipal
code of Ohio In 1902 he was elected
To congress from the First ohio dis
trict and reelected in 1901
Congressman Longworth is devoted
to out of door life. is an accomplished
horsenan, boxes, fences and plays bail,
tennis and golf He is not hunter
and fisher, however. and has never
pecn known TO indulge in any sport
that involves the taking Of life. He Is
a good swimmer and loves the water.
His chief rocrea'ions. however, are So
cial. He is n familiar figure at ban
QuetS. receptions, balls. pink teas ana
other similar functions and is Il favor
lie wherever ne goes He Is member
Of exclusive clubs in Cincinnati. Wash
ington and other cities. He is n mu-
stefan of more than aus@;cur ability.
playing well on the violin and piano
and even acQuittng himself with cred
ii AZ n singer. He often gives musi-
Gals in his home city. which is one OF
the great music cCntcrS of America
But. though devoted 30 society and nop-
uar with women. his feminine ?dmlr-
rrs had about concluded thar he was
proof against affairs of the heart that
il, they had so concluded before his
attentions 20 Miss Eoo@rvclt hccanc
nOticea bic Since then NJ lavo. was
ever more devoted. The society danes
early discovered the direction Of 1he
wind. SO that wherever the pros dents
daughter vas invited Mr.. I.ougworth
was included When Miss Alc" would
60 10 Newport or Now York he found
it convention; likewise to 60 20 Newport
or New York He even iourncycd with
her in n trip half round the world and
back and was so constantly in the
company OF the fair one that other
would ho suitors deserted the field
One of I.ourworth's sisters IS the
Countess de Chambrm. Al her mar
riaga the Duke of Manchester was
present and seemed in temper be.
cause lic was not invited To sit at the
brides table. II was explained to him
that this WAS not the custom in Amer
lea, hut the statement failed to notify
his anger. Aftcrwdrd the noble duke
nauc himself so disagree cable over the
incident that MEX I.ongworth threaten
cd 10 punch his face, after which Man
chester SlIbSiUpI
There is another story to the effect
lhat Oh n wager Nick I.ongWor,h drove
golf hall through the streets OF Gin
cinnati, though he had to pay for some
broken windows as result of the
cSCapadp.
Relative TO his love for music. it is
stated that George Ward Nichols, an
uncle, founded IT," Cincinnati cOnServ-
atory and also started the famous mn
sicpl festivals. Judge Nicholas Long.
worth also gave freely to promote
these enterprises and the donations
have been continued by the son. A
friend has said Of the popular congress
man that MEX il one of the best anna
teur violinists in Cincinnati" 1t is not
generally known that he spent soy
such Is the fact. He was pupil of the
celebrated Ysayc, from whom he has
many letters ana one Of whose yioins
he owned, Later 1T. traded this instru-
- Yesr' ~. :" 49, ~
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conspicuous young woman An the world
is but to repeat what has been said
often before both in her own land and
abroad. From the day in 1902 when
she chrstened the kaisers yacht Me-
tcor to the present few weeks have
passed that her name has not been in
the papers. This has not been alone
due to The fact that she is her fathers
daughter. but in no small degree has
been owing To her own piquant, indie
pendent and vivaciouS personality. She
is in love with life and gets the joy out
of everything. That initial public event
In which she stood with Prince Henry
and her father and broke the bottle Of
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decorations. Glowingly he told her, in
his broken English, and finally. point
ing to one, said, "Zat is re order OF re
seven kisses" Quick as flash she
answered, "I'll give you ten for it."
But either he lacked gallantry or did
not wish to part with the medal. for
Abe offer was not accepted. Tho same
evening she matched quarters with ii
young officer and shocked some people
by filnging back over her shoulder as
$3.50" At another time. It Is related
OF her that she rode in a railway cs~-
riage with two. young Yale studsnts at
l~er feet and attracted not a little at
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paintings and other works Of art as
the Cincinnati homo. TO these will be
added the presents given to the bride
on her trip to the far east, where laps.
Chinese ana Filipinos We'd with each
other in bestowing costly souvenirs on
the white princess" as they persisted
in calling the daughter Of the American
executive. The tariff duties alone on
these articles Is said to have amounted
to 81 600.
As TO the bride herself, she has been
in the public eye so much for the past
four years that il Is hardly worth
while to recount here her trumplls. so
cial and otherwise. TO say that during
this time she has been easily the most
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to these companions of her youth. To
them she shows her most vivacious and
winning side, does acrobatic stunts and
skirt dances for their amusement, sings
coon songs and makes herself generally
so lively that there are no dull mo-
ments in her vicinity. There is dash
of originality and audacity about this
daughter of her father that is distinct.
~ Rooseveltian.
For example, there is fhe story of the
foreign diplomat who, OF course, was
dressed in his bravest toggery, with
his bosom agleam with medals. Han
pening in conversation with Miss
Roosevelt. she asked him ,to give the
history. SAd Specification OF. the various
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-02-15
Little children Baptists.

There is a sect in England called
Little Children Raptists" whose creed
is founded on the Scrlptural words.
Except We become as little children ye
shall not enter the kin vsom Of heaven"
Their devotional exercises on Sundays
consist of trundlng hoops. playing mar.
bles, leapfrog and Button. button!
Who's got the button?"
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Peculiar Disappearance.

j, u. Runyan, of ButleNille, o. laid
tho peculiar disappearance of his PAIN
full symptoms of Indigestion and bilious
ness, To DR.. Kings New Life Pills. He
says: "rheY are "A perfect remedy for
dizziness, sour stomach. headache, con-
situation, otc." Guaranteed at j. W.
O'Sullivan's drug store: price &c. All
druggists.
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A Surprise Party

Mrs Askitt--l heard you had a sur.
prise party at your house yesterday.
Mrs. Tellit Gbsently) my hus-
band gave me SO without my asking
for it.--San Francisco Cali.
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A TRULY IDEAL Wife
HER HUSBANDS BEST HELPER
Vigorous Health 10 the Great Source of
Power to Inspire ana Encourage
All Women Should Seek It.

One OF the most noted, successful and
richest men of this century, in II recent
article. has said, " Whatever am and
whatever success | have attained in
this world owe all to my wife. From
the day first knew her she has been
an inspiration. and the greatest help.
mate of my life"
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+ Is not every
day hat a
daughter of the
president gets
married. nor is
it every prcsi.
dent that has a
daughter Xix q
Alice Roosevelt.
SO it is not to
he wondered at
that the Amcri-
can people and
the whole world.
for the matter
of that-arc in
terestcd in the
event Of Feb.
II. Even the
kings and en-
np,'prS Nl'p Sill
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son Joseph, the grandfather of the
present Nicholas, gave Cincinnati her
art museum. ,Iosephs daughter. now
the wife of Bellamy Storor, the Amer
lean ambassador to Austria Hungary,
was the founder of the famous Rock
wood pOtteries at Cincinnati. She was
herself proficient painter OF china,
receiving gold medal at the Paris ex-
position for her work Her brother
was Nicholas Longworth, father of our
Nicholas. Many stories are told Of this
elder Nick He was a judge of the
Ohio supreme court and was noted for
his exceeding gravity. SO marked, in
deed, was his solemnity that woman
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