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Congress to call upon all officials who
rank her.
o. If senator's wife is seen drinking tea from
a saucer would it be considered necessary for a
Representatives wife to follow her exampei-The
Same.
Answer. The person asking this ques-
ton evidently attempts to be facetious.
II would be a rare occurrence, indeed, for
a Senator's wife 10 drink her tea from a
saucer, but on general lines it is a good
rule for a Representatives wife, so evil
IDENTIFY inexperienced as the interrogation,
TO follow the example of those older and
more versed in the ways of social life
than she
% When one receives an invitation 90 a tea from
4 to T. does one wear low-nlck after si-inquirer.
Answer To answer this question in the
same spirit In which fl is made, the arbi-
ter would say that it would depend very
much upon the beauty of the neck.
"a Does Mrs Loue,yorth rank as daughter Of the
President or as Representative L0ngWurths wife al
state functions and dinnUsg-E, r.
Answer Mrs. Longworth enjoys the
same rank as her husband
81 In going 20 the White House receptions should
I offer 60 shake hands with Mrs. Roosevelt If she
carries her accustomed bunch q howcrl-NeW
Arrival.
Answer. Certainly not
l6i Is 10 obligatory for the wife Of the Vice Prcs
dent 90 return I'm pe7oH all calls made upon her!-
Not signed
Answer. Several questions Of this nature
have been submitted to The Arbiter, who
viii answer them all here The wife OF
the Vice President is obliged 10 make no
personal calls, bat Is entitled 10 send heI
card 10 all those who call upon her
When well and equal TO the task. she, Of
course does visit her personal friends
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QUERIES.

%. STANTON-Had Daniel Stanton,
who was born in Preston. Conn. in 1903
or 1909, any children besides Elias, who
is said TO have been born between 1910
and 1852 5. 4. 5.
%. WYNKOOP.-Can you put me in
the way of obtaining list Of the chill
dren of Judge Henry WynkoOp. who
was born in Northampton, Bucks
County. Pa. March .. 1887, and died
March %, 1882 A. S. "
q. BLAIR BOISE.-DolIy Blair. who
was born in Worcester Mass. Deem
Der g. 1852. is said To have married a
David Boise. Is anything known OF the
parentage OF the latter, and the date
Of his marriage? r. 3.
p. BRADLEY-Has any account
appeared in print of the two brothers.
Abraham and PhineaS Bradley. who set
tied in Washington, ,. g, about the
time Of the establishment OF the ma
tional government here2 c. @. 3
%. OGILVIE.-Can you throw any
light upon the ancestry of David
Ogilvie. the abstract Of whose will is
given in your issue Of December 232
Also. can You give the maiden name OF
his wife Mary, who died March 1902,
and anything about her ancestry? The
daughter Anne, who was born Septem-
Der a, 1900. used frequently until her
death in 1870, TO visit a cousin. Robert
Merchant in Dumfries. Va. LP.C.
-. FOSTER desire the geneal-
Ogy Of William Foster In 1872 he lived
in York County. Pa. on Muddy
Creek. where Thomas Foster was born
that year. William Foster served in
WashingtOn'S army duying the RevOlu-
tionary war. and probably moved 10
Kentucky soon after il closed He was
six feet -FOUR inches in height weighed
about 200 pounds. lived 10 be 1O1 years
old. and every tooth in his head was
IS sound as a silver dollar when he
died His ancestors were Scotch.
W T. +.
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spoHsible FOR the temptations that crowd
so thick and fast around our women Of
to-day. The pendulum must swing the
same distance both ways and II this is
the rebound from the old Puritan severe
ness then let us pray God it has reached
It's limit Let us soon go back to the
pure. sweet time of cur Grandmother
the time Of the harp and the minuet the
knitting bag and the silk apron, when
mothers, sisters. and wives were busy
ever in their devotion and fidelity.
Broken Friendships.
Some one has said 'ft is sad to bury
"a friend. but sadder far 10 bury a friend
snip" and only those who have felt the
desolatloE OF this can appreciate It's fgu
truth. To realize that an ideal IS shat
tered, a faith misplaced. and an affection
slam. is an experience too bitter for
words, and yet, SUCH things are.
We may say the friendship did not
exist or what did exist was not worthy
that exalted name; bat whatever it was.
we know We believed in fl. swore by it.
and suffered when We came 10 the end
Of IT,
Those charming lines from Moore. the
melody Of which is as beautiful and soul
stirring az the words themselves. The
heart that has truly loved never f0TgeJs.
but as truly loves on 10 the close" was
not meant. we fear for this age Of
spasmodic tendencies. Any Of us who are
OF spasmodic tendencies. any Of us VINO
turn and look back upon life are Mortified
at the long line o. ghosts following Ia
our wake. and multiplying SO rapidly as
We grow older that We wonder why the
angels Of faith ana hope ever walked
before US We have believed iu love, we
have counted upon and lived for love,
but love often gTects US al last with
grnning teeth and suuken eyes.
We nave been taught, too that the
greater absoTbs the lesser" yet, what a
tiny shread VIII oftertimes sever an af-
lection that has brought us JOY for years.
4 foul word. a trCacherous act. a
canker worm IN the shape Of somebody
else" and then-the end. We bury our
dead and look upon even the memory Of
ir with a heart as cold as il viii be under
the sod. our grief was intense. madden
ing. perhaps but 1t IS over and We walk
on through life. wiser and saddcr for
ever more. INOGENE.
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GENEALOGICAL DESCENT OF THE
HON. ELTHU ROOT, SECRETARY
OF STATE.

John ROOte was born in Badly.
N0rthamptonshire. England, February
g. zoos. and was one Of the first set
tiers OF Pennington, Conn. in 1910
About the latter date he married Mary
Kubourn. who was born in 1919, at
Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshirc, England
and came to this country in 1885 on
the ship Increase with her father.
Thomas Cborn about 1880, and her
mother Frances (born about 1850.
John Roote died in August. 1854, leav-
ing "A large estate for those times,
valued at fSl9 His widow died in 1897.
They had eight children-John, Samuel,
Thomas, Mary, Stephen. Susannah,
Joseph, and Caleb. One Of these
Thomas Roote, was born at Farming
ton. Conn. about 1888. and removed 10
Westhcld. Mass. with his brothers,
John and samuel He married. first. in
1870. Mary Gridley. who died in 1878;
secondly. October Z, 1875. Mary Spencer.
who died November g. 1880; and,
thirdly, January %, 1892, Sarah, widow
Of Josiah Leonard and daughter Of
John Dumbleton), who died January 9,
1894 He abandoned the matrimonial
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child by the second marriage
John Root, was born at Westfeld,
MAS. DecehlDtI 3D. Io'o' mar iIeu'
April u, 1903, Mary. daughter OF Josiah
/ Leonard. and died October /. l744. She
/ died May 2, 1866. They had thirteen
children. nine sons and four daughters.
/ between A'o' ana l'-'' one % "hoin-
Capt. Hewitt Root was born in West
I field Mass July 6. 1924. and removed
I thence 10 Great Darlington. Mass. In
I that rrac. he kent q noted tavern and OF
tt,,, g.. 1,., t,s.,, cid Nv, ,t, 5,is,,,syt an,
s-,7.. -.
+ d. ,,,.l,-s.oo,,o5 hs- and had tbe art -
--,-.-,.,- s-.-,-- a.
names OF Wnieh are no" ull I'M Il IA
motel F'eah alaIy- ne InaLrleo' hrsl.
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80 WAGS THE WORLD"

be- confined exclusively to the poor. if we
20 ON wickedIy amassing and senselessly
spending money as We are doing. The
most miserable child I ever saw on
Xmas morning had received 800 worth
Of presents. She hadn't given one. with
a p0Ckctbook stuffed out with green
backs. Tom Hood happiest child had
an empty tomato can. a handful Of peas
and "a dead kitten as he sat I'm "a London
gutter. There is "a power of truth. of
a kind in the old story of the sick king
who was told that De would never be
we'll till he slept IN the shirt Of happy
man. Our precious Xmas feast was just
made for loving and giving. Verbum sap.
Let US not concern ourselves at all with
what we are 20 get from God or man.
only with what we are TO give them.
The Prospects of Human Flight.
We shall be flying about and above the
world in time, there is no doubt. II will
cost us more In time. money, and sacrifice,
but man. the unCOnQueTable and invinCi-
Bile. Will eventually subdue and master
another empire-the air. Think what IL
has been to dominate the seattle arc de-
scribed between the first rude dug-out,
canoe, raft. and one Of our modern Cum
arders or battle ships; the whirling csier-
plated. pitched tub Of the Abyssinian and
the Thames house-boat. the first sail set
by the Phoenician and the trim yacht ly-
ing of the Battery. Here are contrasts,
If YOU like. Ii does look as if our first
step in aerial navigation. though. were a
perfect failure. The balloon never has
worked properly; and N. Santos Dumont.
who is by far the most successful aero
naut we have ever had. has abandoned
them and ranged himself among the avia-
tors. who take the birds for their model
A famous investigator has said: The air
is solid If you hit it hard enough The
question is how to get in that blow.
Then, once UP in the air. a bird continues
to glide on and go where it pleases, ap-
parently, without effort. How are we to
do that? The London Daily Mail is Of
fering a prize of $1,000 for the mn
swer to these two questions; so suppose
you try to solve them.
Perhaps in a hundred years from now
we shall not need the mail, nor postmen.
nor postcards, nor express companies. nor
telegraph companies. nor Marconigraphs.
nor messengers to convey ourselves, our
good wishes. our presents. to each other
at this season. Every one will be an avia-
tor or aviatress. and their own messenger
and message. Fancy stout syOckbTOker
leaving his office in Wall street on Xmas
Eve and stepping into a light, waspisb
structure modelled after a heron, with
long yellow legs. and rising rapidly into
the air with festoons of Xmas turkeys.
toys and trinkets dangling from every
available pocket and place. taking his way
toward Chicago, Imagine the descent of
the bold mother-in-law, to whom her
daughters husband has not written for a
year, from Maine to Texas-h0w swift,
how sudden, how terrible!
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

I'D Should a Congressmans wife call upon the
residents in Washington should she wait fer them
90 cal upon her. and what should she do IL they
didu u: Members Wife.
Answer. The wife Of a Representative
should not cal upon residents in Wash
ingtOn unless she knows her visit would
be welcome. OF course, if, through a COM
mon friend, she receives an intimatiOn
that "a call from her would be acceptable
10 a certain person, it would be perfectly
good form for her To leave her card upon
the lady in question. But she should wait
for some such intimation before present
ing herself If the residents do not call
upon her she viii have To be content with
out their acquaintance. 1t is, OF course,
requisite for the wife of a member OF
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SUNDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1856.

]. Names and dates must be clearly written.
The full name and address q the writer mus
be given. although not for publication, unless desired
2. Make an queries and replies as bIief Is con
slsient with ceauess
:. IN answering queries always give date q the
paper. the humber Of the query and the signature
s. Letters addressed To contributors, 20 be Tor
warded, must b. sent in blank stamped envelopes
accompanied by the number Of the query and III
signature
6. Each separate query In communication must D.
accompanied ng a tWO-CCnt stamp.
All communications should be addressed to
GENEALOGICAL EDITOR
WASHINGTON HERALD.
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Children.

Next to children come the poor in in
terest Perhaps the loveliest presents
given Oh earth at all times and seasons,
especially the hottest are given by the
poor to each other Another tot bought
a bunch OF onions for her mother in
market, wrapped them In a huge news
paper, and tied them with piece Of
rope. Il knew what you liked!" she
cried. Il likes EN-, too. They does taste
so good. and a person smells so sweet
after a eatin' of en-" JOY is not con-
fined to the rich, thank God! 1t will soon
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and those who entertained her. Others
should not expect TO have their calls ac-
knowledged, except by card
% Is it proper to put an unmarried woman to
the right Of the host or hostess. as the case may
be- even II she is the guest II honor, when she ia
the youngest and only unmarried woman present =
Debulante.
Answer. No. it IL not good form TO give
an unmarried woman precedence over
married women. OF course. this. like all
other social rules, Is susceptible OF
change Should an unmarried woman Of
age, distinction. and rank be the prln-
cipal guest under certain conditions II
would be permissible to give her the seat
Of honor. But this question OF guests
OF honor is open 10 long discussion, and
is so much misunderstood in this country
that it would be much simpler in giving
entertainments not to mention the guest
of honor al all. IL Is impossible 10 ask
people of higher rank TO meet one Of
lower rank For instance, the President
could not be asked to meet any one, nor
could an ambassador. since they rank all
those in society Senator's wife could
not be asked 20 meet "A Representatives.
wife. nor a Representative wife 10 meet
a debutante- We must have, and always
Will have. lions; and if some man or
woman who has climbed the highest
mountain in the world. or written the
poem of the year, or discovered some new
force in nature, happens TO be in town
people. no matter what their standing, If
asked to meet him. generally come with
out question as 10 their rights and priyi-
leges
% What should d woman wear % a New Year
reception az the White House: Forgive nay isuo-
rance bat the coming reception On Tuesday viii be
the arst one I have ever attended Members Daugh-
ter.
Answer. A visiting gown, the newest and
smartest in ones wardrobe, with hat and
gloves.
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INK SPOTS AND THE LIKE
OBSERVATION AND PHILOSOPHY.

fatigue that We are putting to some good
account the few short years God has
given us.
The weary mother, whose tasks are
never done. the overbUrdened man who
pIods on. with seeming little recompense:
the professional the student, and the
statesman are all happier at the end
for the hours Of labor they have waded
through. Ii may not seem so 20 those
whose lives are cast in the shallow
places. So great IS the struggle, so bitter
their self-dcuial. but without their work
they would soon see how empty life is.
What is achievement but work-dis-
covery and invention but untiring trial?
The plowmaB coming ia at sunset thinks
his lot the hardest. but while he sleeps
the chemist the the0logian. the mathcma-
tician are burning the midnight oil and
working on toward some desired end.
Work is glorious; IL is invigorating.
elcvating. and eunobling; panacea for
all the ills that flesh Is heir TO; for sick
minds and aching hearts It chases away
the blue devils makes as forget our
troubles. and lightens every burden that
confrOnts us. Good. honest, everyday
work Let US rejoice that nothing worth
while comes Co US without IL. Let il be
a labor of love or dire necessity. just so
il is work TO keep as satisfied and conse-
qucntly happy.
An idle brain is the devils workshop.
and that gentleman is never weary. He
accomplishes more in one short hour
than i host Of us would dream of in
ages. He plots ana plans and never
ceases in his eHdeayOT until he gloats
over his victim and revcls in his fiendish
work.
How then shall We cheat him? By
keeping So busy that we do not even hear
his tempting voice BY keeping so happy
in what we 10 that we have but one aim.
one desire-the joy Of work
To-day and Days Of Old
/ A recent writer on The Growing Evils
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it will De Jeuuy's church The OFlaui-
gaus shall know a turkey when they meet
it iu the road. mt least on the twenty
dfth OF December. and 7 hope that Nj
q. Flanagan, who, 7 believe, pTesides over
a lemonade stand down town. on one leg
Ike penguin I hope he enjoyed those
Principles. ! don't think. on mature re-
Election. that all the good things in the
world, nor all the earth with the full
ness thereof and the solar system thrown
in, were intended solely and exclusively
for me- There is something very re-
maTkabie about me. I have never
doubted it, And 7 am Of the utmost i'm
pOTtalCe 10 myself. my business and my
family. But there are other people. and
don't want everything till they have
some. too. Come here. Jane. and give
me a kiss, your father Is proud of you"
Well, Ar O'Fianigan is superiutend-
ing the labelling of myriad boxes in a
comfortable chair. His wife sports a
towering dollar store couture. a green
silk. and a red shirt waist on Sundays
now. and the washtub knows her not
Mike is the smiling. sturdy young porter.
who flies to open the carriage door when
Jenny drives down to the office. The
whole Flanagan brood is healthy and
happy, because Jenny had the right ideas
about Xmas dinners. And what have the
family really lost? Xmas sharing IS both
earthly and heavenly gaining.
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Keep Busy AIways Busy.

Show rae the man or the woman who
dccries work and I will show you the
most disconnected, poverty-stricken of
moitals. Nor do I mean the frippery.
worthless occupation of the moment. but
good, wholesome, carefully planned work
Of both mind and body-wOrk that brings
a result and makes US feel even through
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In Futures.

My word, but the papers will be inter-
esting then, with their accounts Of the
holiday accidents storms. Journeys. sor-
rows and joys, We would all like TO be
in the shoes Of the ghost in "Romola, -
who came back after 500 years. to see
what was going on, wouldn't we?
we sag Time flies. Ali is it SOY
Time stays. It's un-y we who 60.
What Time is going to bring and leave
for US all. and all ours here and elsewhere.
we should all ike uncOmmOnIy to know
FRANCES COURTENAY BAYLOR
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An invitation TO dine at the White
House is. as was noted in this column
last week, in the nature of a command
This IS, Of course. an unwritten. not a
written. law, and it is permissible 90
break any other engagement TO accept an
invitation from the President This rule.
however, does not obtain for all functions
at the White House, but only for formal
dinners and special receptions, and the
wrongful understanding Of it has given
rise TO many amusing instances Several
Years ago, for instance, society was con-
vulsed over the antics Of a well-knOwn
hostess whose daughter. a charming debu-
tante and a warm friend Of Alice Roose-
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When poverty comes in at the door,
love flies out of the window"
From our earliest childhood we have
been taught that this is a very ignobIe
sentiment. but as we wander-Or are
tossed-through the years Of life, we
question It very seriously. Not that we
cannot see the beauty Of love under all
conditions. if it can exist. but we are in
clined 10 believe that IL is utterly incom-
patible with the degrading influences of
poverty. Degrading? Yes. that is the
phrase we use. Let the iuusionists
clutch the air and rail as they will. we
still hold that poverty is degrading even
in the realms of genulity, Not 70 the
depths of depravity. as some may in
Jerpret this, but degrading so far as
sentiment. romance, and pride are con-
cerned.
Love is the lightness and the bright
ness OF Hfe-the butterfly whose wings
+ fiutter only in the warm sunshine How.
/ then, is il possible 10 sing, 10 dream, 20
/ laugh, even, with the fascinating aban-
1 don of JOY when the mind is weighed
! down with the hard, cold facts OF life
and the heart is numb with the despair
/ Of self-deniaI2
We know all the stereotyped platitudes-
such as, riches do not always bring
/ happiness" poverty isn't the worst
| thing in the world" &C. &c. but we
/ say unreservedly that. generally speak
ing. poverty is the worst thing in the
/ world. Does it not make people steal.
/ forge, and even murder? Does it not
send women to the dogs and men TO the
penitentiary? Does il not break up
]
+ isn't it utterly absurd 10 talk Of COM
/ bining it with the beauty. the romance.
/ the sentiment Of love?
/ If riches do not bring happiness, then
why should one man be able TO travel the
/ world over that he may be rid Of "A dis
tressing malady. going where the air Is
/ most braCing and the waters most
/ famous? If not cured ne has prolonged
/ his life many years. Why are you able
/ to rush your suddenly stricken child on
/ TO a noted specialist, while / must wiring
my hands and see mine die? Why is a
/ neighbours wife carefully carried to the
/ best hospital and watched over day and
night by a trained nurse. while another
drifts into the great beyond solely for
the want of proper attention. Answer
| me these questions and l Will tell YOU II
the rich man does not thank his God with
the rising and setting Of every sun for
the blessings he enjoys, then he IS not
| worthy the name of man.
But We are not here to discuss great
wealth. Let this be clearly understood.
The theme Of these few lines is poverty
and love.
/ What makes love attractive? The
power to give it the food it feeds upon
flowers, music, diversion. the dainty ac-
/ cessories Of life. Each and all Of these
combine TO keep the heart light and the
mind free from care. Without these, the
/ love that goes with romance and with
sentiment will surely die. and. once dead
comes disaster and divorce.
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The rules that govern social life at the
White House are few and simple. the
elaborate form which was made by Alex
ander Hamilton for President Washing
ton having been gradually abandoned as
the DEVELOPMENT Of the country and its
departure from Old-World standards
made necessary. The President is, Of
course. entitled TO precedence every
where but the treatment accorded to him
bv his friends ana by strangers is die
tated by courtesy and common sense. as
we'll as usage. There are no absolute
rules laid down for the conduct of out
siders in the presence Of the Chief Execu-
tive as in foreign capitals. and this lack
of foresight has given rise TO many ludi-
crOus situations. Shortly after Mr.. Roose-
welt became President. rumor was cir
culated to the effect that no one was
expected to sit in his presence. Like all
rumors, its source could not be discov-
cred. and there was little foundation for
it. but it would surely be quite contrary
10 all social usages for a man or woman
TO sit down uninvitedly in the presence of
so distinguished a person as the Presi-
dent. The courtesy of standing. however,
until he gives the signal by seating him
self is not obligatory, though it would
seem TO be innate with all weII-bred peo-
pie
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the American Minister

to a bah at the palace.
on Thursday, February %, 1890. at p m.
Dress for ladies
Not dancing black court dress. with train
Dancing. white court dress without train
Dress for gentlemen-FUll uniform. sir com
manders. with ribbon outside.
All mourning 10 be laid aside for the day
Carriages drive through the southern portal 20
the western.
Entrance western portal, up two flights
Supper az u29, one flight down from the ball
room. Carriages at l o'clock.
In case Of hiudrauce this card should be
returned