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SECRETARY WASHINGTON

ever-changing coterie of households
which go to make up the official circle
at the American capital has included
so many junior members as at present
At the head of the list, of course
stand the young people of the White
House household. Of the half dozen
young folks of the Roosevelt clan,
Theodore, Jr. who is attending Har-
ward, and Kermit, the second son, who
is away at school, now spend compare
lively little time at the White House
save at holiday seasons; but Miss
Alice, the flaxen-haired Miss Ethel and
the younger boys, Archibald and Quen-
tin, are much in evidence at the Presi-
Dental mansion, and one and all go in
for riding, driving and the other strenu-
GUS athletic pursuits in which their
parents take such delight. Vice-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Fairbanks have family
of sons and daughters which, though
widely scattered most of the time, is
reunited several times each season in
Washington.
During many administrations the
Presidents official family has been
made up of men well advanced in
years, whose households included few
young people, DuC IN tnlS respect the
present Cabinet is an exception, for in
a majority of the Cabinet homes young
America is well represented. Secre-
tary of State Root has two manly sons
and daughter, Miss Edith, who is
chum of Miss Alice Roosevelt. Secre-
tary of War Taft has two lively chill
dren-a daughter, who is playmate of
Ethel Roosevelt, and a son yet young.
err, who has the reputation of being a
phenomenally bright lad-a prestige
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
FORESTRY A NECESSITY.
A BROAD, NATIONAL system OF
PRESENTATION NOT A FAD
NOR A FANCY.
The Editor of the American Lumber
man Urges Irrigation and Forestry
observation-disclosures Some Noted
Authorities

The Editor of the American Lumber
man Urges Irrigation and Forestr,
Legislation-Quotes Some Note'
Authorities.
From the American LumbermAn" of Dec e. 1861
By request the American Lumber
man reprints in this issue a part O
the speech of George H. Maxwell, ex
ecutive chairman of the National Irri
cation Association, delivered before
the American Forest Congress at Wash
| ington, D. c., in the early part of Jan
uary, 1905. This address mas much
to commend it to the business meu
of the country. 1t was termed the
sensational address OF the congress-
and perhaps deservedly so called be
cause it sets forth in illuminated
words the necessity of inaugurating a
systematic movement looking toward
the rehabilitation of forest lands and
the planting or treeless areas.
The gentleman who delivered this
able talk on forestry spoke from ex-
perience and close observation. He did
not dillydally around with the usual
commonplace platitudes about the i'm
portanee of forestry, but by illustra-
tion showed for what purposes the
forests were intended and the COM
mercial value of their Importance as
compared with the recognized bulwarks
of the nation. While he conceded the
necessity of an army and navy to
guard invasion and to protect and up
hold the rights of the people in for
eign countries he called particular at
tention to the desirabiJity of maintain
ing an adequate forested area in order
that the commercial interests of the
United States might in like manner
be preserved.
Mr.. Maxwells arraignment of the
national lawmakers and his comments
on the shortsightedness of those in
charge of business interests were time
ly. While not subscribing fully and
to the views expressed
the American Lumberman believes that
his severe condemnation of past and
present methods and practices will
bring forth good results and that its
will again turn public
attention to the necessity of adopting
laws which will correct evils in the
future and provide a system of a juster
of the public land laws.
The attitude of the public toward
forestry and irrigation is a peculiar
enc. Men evidently fail to recognize
any personal interests in such ques-
tions. Some are totally Indifferent;
others admit the desirability of es-
reserves but want to leave
it to those who are more directly
Still others are lukewarm
and, while readily admitting the bene-
fits of forestry and irrigation pro-
jects, content themselves with waiting
until there is more visible likelihood
Of the movement being successful. !
Still another faction is made up of
those who are openly opposed to all |
forestry schemes, many national irri- !
cation projects, and government inter-
vention in such matters.
Until within recent years the forests !
Of the country as whole have been |
by private owners. The
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questionable, was conquered.

questionable, was conquered.
Few monarchs have had the mete
oric career of this young King Of
Spain, and if the Princess who is t
become his consort follows out the
rules which have always governed hel
happy young life Alfonso will have al
last found someone to keep him in the
way he should go-an achievement
which has never heretofore been &C
complished.
He has frequently ridden out of the
palace disguised as a soldier, a guard
or even a peasant, and has gone for
miles horseback riding or to attend
some little fete which has come to his
notice. Days have elapsed during
which the queen mother and the entire
court have searched high and low for
the boy king without avail, but before
the incident could be made public the
young monarch would come riding
back the way he had gone, happier for
his boyish prank and checking remon.
STRANGE with the assurance that Il am
the king"
The Princess Ena is regarded as the
beauty of the royal household. She is
but eighteen years old, and is the
only girl in the family. Her three
brothers adore her and are constantly
giving her ripping" good time. Her
elder brother, Prince Alexander, was
recently in this country as a mildly
with the fleet of Prince Louis of Bat
tenberg, his uncle
This charming young woman made
her debut last February at Bucking
ham Palace and created furore. She
is the favorite godchild and likely to
become the principal heiress of EN-
press Eugene.
Princess Ena is an enthusiastic sail
or and motorist, and is the constant
of her mother on numerous
little trips in their yacht and through |
the beautiful country for which their
home, the Isle of Wight, is noted She
Is especially gifted with dramatic abil-
ity, and in a recent amateur produc- !
ton given in Kensington Palace she
played the part of vivandiere with
marked success. She sings and dances
well.
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| the home should be permitted by law
But what of the many cases in which
repeated cruelty makes it impossible
| for a wife to live with her husband p
was asked.
Such domestic tragedies occur, it is
true, and occur with sad frequency
Miss Nethersole replied. "But even
then there should be no absolute dis
ruption of the marriage tie. Separa-
ton solves the question. Let them
live apart, although still married. and
perhaps a reconciliation will take place.
and happiness come out of misery, in
the end. Then the children will still
have father and mother, although
they may spend most of the time with
one of their parents. There will at
least be no possibilities of placing
them under the care of another mother
or another father, by a second mar
riage. A spiritual nucleus, about which
the home again might unite, would still
exist.
Uniformity is the first step that is
needed in the formation of the divorce
laws of the United States. There are
different codes in almost every State,
and one may be a criminal in one and
not in another. Then the divorces are
easily granted on too many grounds.
In England there are three causes for
which divorce may be secured-infldel-
ity, cruelty and desertion. In this
country there seem to be half dozen
or more, but America is ahead of
France at least in one respect. There
people who may have been divorced
may not remarry each other. Such a
law is sin, for in the reunion of the
pair lies the only hope for the saliva
ton of the home"
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SPANS KING TO WE'D.
THE YOUTHFUL PRINCESS OF
ENGLAND IS TO BECOME THE
SPANISH QUEEN.

She is the Niece OF this Country's Re.
cent Guest, Prince Louis of Batten.
berg - Princess Ena the Royal
Beauty of England.
All eyes will be turned toward Spain
next May when the young King AL.
fonso XIII. will take the most beauti-
full and popular princess of England to
be his queen.
The young girl who has at last been
selected to share the throne with AL
fonso is the Princess Ena of Batten.
berg, only daughter of Princess Henry,
the youngest sister Of King Edward.
Ever since Alfonso became King Of
Spain, and even when his mother
acted as Queen Regent, his picturesque
personality has been the talk of two
continents. Long before he reached
the manageable age, even for king,
a new bride was picked out for him
every day, and to members of his suite
he would often say:
Whom am to marry to-day? The
newspapers surely have found me an
other wife!"
But now that question no. longer
agitates Alfonso's court, for the beau
-iful Princess Ena has been chosen
after a search which led the young
all over Europe. Country af-
er country was visited but the fas-
idious young king was often con-
ronted by more fastidious young prin-
'esses, and after he had been out on
lis search for a while he found that |
'oyal princesses were not so anxious
o become Queen of Spain as he had
bought back in his luxurious palace.
When Alfonso visited England few |
months ago there were dozens of young |
paraded for his inspec-
ion, but his eyes flew to the young
Princess Ena. and Alfonso, the unim.
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preponderance of the country covered
with forests had deluded the people
into a belief that they were of minor
importance as forests and of primary
Importance as manufacturing materials.
The result has been that under >pri-
vate administration the forested areas
largely have disappeared and at the
present time little if any attention
is being given to providing for a Sec
ond growth. In the north the fires
destroy what the loggers leave and
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

She is the Niece OF this Country's Re-
cent Guest, Prince Louis of Batten-
berg Princess Ena the Royal
Beauty of England.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

GRANDSON OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
perhaps due to the fact that when his
father was Governor of the Philippines
this little chap picked up knowledge
of four different languages.
Postmaster-Ge Cortelyou has
four handsome children. The two
youngest are girls with beautiful dark
eyes, while the eldest are boys and
boon companions of the two sons of
Commissioner of Corporations Garfield,
son of the martyr President and one
of the closest personal friends of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wilson has several children, but
his daughter, Miss Flora, who was so
prominent in the younger social circles
In Washington during the Mckinley
administration, has spent the past few
years in Paris. The American colony
at the French capital also includes the
Misses Shaw. daughters OF the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, but the son, Earl
Shaw, remains in this country.
The sons Of many of the nations off,
Gals are enabled to earn handsome
salaries from Uncle Sam by acting as
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private secretaries to their fathers. A
son of Vice-President Fairbanks is as
ISOLATED in this capacity with the pre-
siding officer of the United States Sen
ate, while Jasper Wilson, son of the
Secretary of Agriculture, has served
his father in such a capacity for years
past. Likewise, Senator Foraker and
many members of both houses of Con-
gress have installed their sons as their
confidential assistants.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
FORESTS SHOULD BE PROTkCTE
An Address Before the American
Forest COnPreSS.

EoreSt congress.
In the American Lumberman's ex.
haustive report of the proceedings of
the American Forest Congress, held in
Washington, ID. c., in January last,
in the installment presented March "a
was given the address of George III.
Maxwell, executive chairman of the
National Irrigation Association. In
view Of the early meeting of
congress Mr.. MaxwelIs recommen-
dations, which follow, are timely and
valuable.
think the mistake we make today
and always have made Is in looking
upon this question of forestry as in
any sense a sectional question 1t Is
necessarily as much a national uues-
ton as is the maintenance of an army
plause.)
wish I had the power by some
telepathic process of impressing upon
the mind of every man present the
picture that is in my own mind as /
stand here.
/ crossed the Mississippi river on my
way to the west a little over two years
ago on ferryboat on which was
loaded O. train of overland passenger
cars; and as we crossed that great
river opposite the city of New Orleans,
during one of the greatest floods in
years, the water was almost up to the
tops of the levees on both sides of the
river. 1t was serious question
whether the city Of New Orleans was
not in danger; and as we landed on
the west side of the river we looked
down over the bank and saw the PLAN
tations away down below the level OF
the water and exposed to overflow and
destruction any moment that artificial
barrier might break. Before we had
gone twenty-four hours farther west
the levee did break and one OF those
great crevasses was formed and IL
practically destroyed the crop for that
season over a large area; though other
localities and the city of New Orleans
were saved by the diminished pressure
of the food on the adjacent levees.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

Executive Chairman, the National Irrigation
Association.
On the subject the attitude of the
people as a whole is this: "Yes, for
estry is a mighty good thing, but |
am too busy with my little affairs to
take any personal interest in it and
then | would not be directly benefited
in any way. Let the other fellow who
is going to get some advantage from
it fight for it," 1t is about time for
the public to wake up and begin to
take notice. Mr. Maxwell's speech
strikes a high note and should create
sufficient noise thoroughly to awaken
the sleepers.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
ADVISES LIMIT OF HUGS.
Woman Speaker Tells Girls How to
Keep Best Maj.

"If a man is obliged to stop in the
midst of an ecstasy he is likely to come
back again. Whereas, if he is stated he
is likely to hug another girl the next
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
CHILDREN OF OFFICIALS.
THEYFORM ATTRACTIVE GROUP
OF JUVENILE SOCIETY AT
NATIONS CAPITAL.

Sons of Many Public Men Earn Good
Salaries and Acquire Prominence
by Acting as Private and Conf1den-
tial Secretaries.
There is much truth in the oft-re-
peated observation that the real rulers
at Washington are the children who
constitute the sunlight in the homes of
many of the nations highest officials
and Of the foreign diplomats resident
in the United States as Uncle Sans
alien guests. Moreover, there has
probably never been a time when the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-21
FUNERALS IN FIVE CITIES
To-day for Nelson F~airchild. VINO was Vice
Consul at Mukdcn.

To-day for Nelson FairchiBd, Who was Vice
Consul at Musden.
Funeral services will be held to-day II
five widely separated parts Of the worlc
for Nelson Fairchild OF tins city, the Amer.
loan vice-Consul at Mukden, Manchuris
Mr.. Fairchild was accidentally killed ir
Manchuria on Sunday. 80 it was reported
20 the State Department at Washington,
by a shot from his own pistol.
Services viii be held here at the Church
Of the Heavenly Rest o-night, which will
be conducted by the Rev. DR.. Morgan, the
rector. Mr.. FairchId's father. Charles
Fairchild. a brok er at % Wall street, and his
brothers. Charles s. and Gordon. ths latter
a student at Harvard. viii attend this SER
vice.
His mother and sister, Mrs. II. B. Fuller
who are In Santa Barbara, Cal, will attend
service there, while his brother Blair, once
a Consul In Persia. will attend q service In
Paris.
The burial will be In Mukden, where tho
members OF the embassy will attend q ser
vice to-day. and another service win be held
in Madison. Wis, where there are many
relatives and which was the home OF M.
Fsirchlld's uncle. the late Gen. Lucius
Fairchlld, former Minister 70 Spain and
Consul at Liverpool.
Mr.. Fairchild was Is years old and was
born in this city. He was graduated from
Harvard inl0Ol and entered the diplomatic
service az nee. He was connected with
the embassy 20 Turkey when Miss Ellen
VI. Stone was kidnapped by brigands and
he had some part in her rescue. He also
served with his brother Blair when the
latter wac in Persia. He received his ap-
pointment % Mukden in September.
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TORTURED BY
ITCHING ECZEMA
Suffered Tremendous Itching Over
Whole Body Scratched Until
Bled - Worse at Night, With
Soreness and Excruciating Pains
A Western lady's
WONDERFUL CURE BY
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OLIVE MEAD QUARTET.
IT'S First Concert Last Night I'm MendeIssOhn
Hail.

The 6rst concert OF the Olive Mead
Quartet in the current season was given
last evening in Mendelsaohn Hall. Tie
programme was made Of works most
happily suited 20 the powers Of this charm
ing assembly Of chamber music PLAYERS.
The list consisted Of Haydn's C major
quartet, the string trio OF Mozart and
~Sohumann's quartet, opus II, No. 3.
Mozsrt's string trio, more exactly called
a divertimento for violin, viola and cello.
10 not often heard. Yet it is one of the
happiest creations Of that marvellously
fertile mind.
10 10 his only work for this combination
Of instruments and was composed in Vienna
on September n, i7ss. The difficulty OF
producing a fun and interesting effect
with three bowed instruments appears 10
have melted Mozart to especial effort The
six movements OF the composition are
crowded with beauty.
Immense skill in the employment OF
technical devices Tor snriching the score is
coupled with fruitful fancy in the invention
Of ideas. The variations are unique in
their ingenuity. The vigor Of the writing
in the last one, in which the viola holds the
theme against a lively fguration. Is splen-
did. The charm Of the first trio OF the
second minuet has often been noted. jain
says, Its tender purity charms US lke that
Of q flower gleaming through the grass.
With such a captivating work az this on
the programme together with the two
lovely quartets the concert could not fail
70 be pleasing. The ladies OF his chamber
music organization have earned for them
selves most honorable positions among
local players. They need no apologies on
account OF their sex. What their style lacks
in masculinity IL more h makes up in
play out Of tune!
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WANT CITY 70 Own sUBWAYS.
Orators at Cooper Union Prophecy. No
smooth Things.

biographical Union No. 9 held a mass
meeting last night in Webster Hall in East
Eleventh street, protested against the leas-
ing Of the proposed new subways to on
tractors and demanded that they should be
operated by the city. Among the speakers
were Frederick W. Hinrichs, Henry A.
Powell. Robert Baker, Ernest j. Crosby,
J. G. Phelps stokes and Cornelius Donovan.
Mr.. Stokes compared the present on
dition OF the citizens OF New York 10 that Of
the c~oIonists Who opposed the tax on tea
because IL was taxation without repre-
sentation.' He declared that the traction
COMPANY tax was levied without the
consent of the people for the support OF
the private racing stables, the yachts and
other luxurles OF Mr.. Belmont o his
associate stockholders.
There was less justification for the re-
bellion OF our ancestors over the tea tax,
Mr.. Stokes thought, than there existed
to-day because OF the traction m~onopoly's
tax.
Mr.. Hinnchs said the Rapid Transit Com
m~issioners bad forfeited the confidence
the public had had in them and Mr.. Powell
said that the Commissioners ought to show
that they had some appreciation of COM
mon honesty aud decency" by resi- Ening
Mr.. Baker was somewhat more emphatic.
as is his habit. calling the Commissioner
-impudent, insolent and autocratic.' and
the worst body OF men that ever afflicted a
community
MI. Crosby said the traction company's
slOO, OOO, 900 of water was the capitalization
OF the imbecility and idiocy Of the Amer
lean people and is a solid and substantial
asset, | ap sorry 10 say He called the
subway capitalists the -highwaymen Of
New York who owned the highways The
meeting, Mr.. Crosby said. might mark the
beginning OF the process of squeezing the
water out OF the stock. When the final
hood came IL would he wetter than 1t was
last night and many big men would seek
cover. The danger Of the republic. Mr..
Crosby indicated, would be realized some
fine morning when We will all wake up and
find the whole country owned by half a
dozen men
Mr.. Crosby paid his respects 20 Mr..
Carnegie, asking him TO go into the personal
history OF the way he made his money,
incidentally revealing his relations with
the WAYS and Means Committee Of Congress
and telling how he was able to sell rails
in America for half as much again as he
sold them for in England. All the speakers
advocated municipal ownership and opera
ton OF public utilities. Letters Of regret
we're read from Tom L. Johnson, Justice
William J. Gaynor, Newell Dwight Hills.
William VI. WINS and John Ford.