The National tribune., 1906-01-04

Deg1n Defore he Is q man. The older
man IS almost impossible to reform.
OF course, there are exceptional In
oividuals-men who have been CON-
pletely changed. not only after they
nave reached years OF manhood. buf
after very advanced periods of life. hut.
speaking generally. the chance of sue.
cess lies In working with the boy and
not with the man.
That applies peculiarly to those boys
VINO tend to drift off into courses which
mean that unless they are checked they
Will be formidable additions to the GRIM
lnai population when they grow older.
II IS eminently worth while to try to
prevent those boys becoming criminals,
I'D try TO prevent their being menaces
TO and expenses and sores in society.
while there Is chance of reformins
them.
"A year ago I was approached by the
people interested in Colorado in their
3uveniie court. and they set an example
which wish could be followed all over
the country, and particularly here in
the District of Columbia. To the peo-
PIE OF Colorado / expressed, as express
10 you. my very earnest belief in their
work. and told them, OF course, SO far
as my very limited powers here go those
powers will be at your disposal
Il think people rather often COM
pletely misapprehend what are really
the important questions. The questions
OF the tariff. the currency, and even the
regulation of the railroad rates, are all
subordinate to the great basic moral
movements which mean the preserva-
ton of the individual In his or her re-
lations to the home: because If the
homes are all straight the state will
take care of itself"
~, In view OF the storm of protest that
mas been raised over the proposal Of
the Secretary of the Navy to utilize
what is left of the warship Constitution
as q target ship for the Navy, it is OF
interest to know that the National Mu-
scum is preparing a model of the old
snip; built to scale from the drawings
OF the Navy Department. The work
has been going on for some months,
and the ship will be ready for exhibit
ton in about month more
The model will be five feet eight
inches long. and perfect in every detail.
IL IS the work of Mr.. Luscombe, an old
sailor, and the executor Of q number
OF the ship models now in the Museums
big exhibit of water transportation. The
many sails, the hundreds of blocks and
thousands Of ropes will all be in place,
all accurately fitted as in the original
snip. The scale IL three-sixteenths of
an inch to a foot and this makes the
blocks, some double and some single,
about the size of small grains of corn.
Ihere are over $50 of these blocks all
OF which have to be tied with wire. and
the holes in them are SO small that the
ropes have to be threaded through with
a fine needle. This gives some idea OF
the work involved in making the model.
All the guns are built to scale, as we'll
as the fittings of the ship, and altogeth-
er 1t fs about as fine piece of work In
it's line as the Museum workshop has
ever turned out
prin
and Ladies' come to visit us we rather
expect to see them wearing their crowns
To breakfast, as our nOveau richie wear
their diamonds when busting the fur
niture and buying the joint for soup,
but that it should be expected that any
American would wear crown "sut-
tenly do strike our funny bone" let
ter from an American resident of Ma
Mia contains the information that the
FflipinOes were very much disappointed
that Miss Alice Roosevelt did not wear
a crown
What they saw" says Mr.. Rath,
was a young American woman in
very plain white dress, with a sailor
hat and no display Of jewelry Some
Of them, in fact, did not see her, or il
they did, did not recognize her as the
daughter Of the President, for they were
looking for emblems of royalty. I am
glad she came to Ills as she did, for she
could have done nothing better to Illus
trate the democratic spirit of Ameri-
ca
People in the goodness Of their hearts
often do very foolish things. OF course,
all the world loves lover but the world
should not go plum daffy over it. Some
uch-misguided person in the far West
has conceived the idea of raising fund
Of $780, 600 In 10-cent subscriptions to
buy wedding present for Alice Roose-
Welt. OF course, the very idea is OBJ
ncxious to good taste, and the President
has been forced to come out and answer
rumor by saying that he cannot have
anything of the kind.
On the other hand, there will be some
gifts that the President will not be able
to decline. These will come from the
SOvereigns of the old world, and it is
probable that very few of them will
forget to remember the daughter OF the
President Of the United States. not be-
cause he Is the President, but because
Miss Alice is SO genuinely liked by
everybody. She is the honored guest
on every occasion in the Diplomatic
homes here in Washington, where her
father and mother, because Of questions
o. International etiquette never go, and
to their Sovereigns these Diplomats
have spoken of Miss Alice in the very
highest terms. 1t would be only nat
uFdi lOf tHeEl 10 remember neF Wn2n
she marries. All these presents will be
accompanied by invitations for Mr.. and
Mrs. Nicholas Lcngworth" to visit the
donors, when the trip to the old world
is taken in June next. If they like to
make il SO, that wedding trip will be
one long trail Of welcome, with flags
flying, drums beating and every appoint
ment that would attend the triumphal
tour of Princess Royal.
John Sharp Williams, leader of the
minority party in the lower House of
Congress, was called to his home in
Mississippi just before Christmas, and
was wishing his friends good-by and
Merry Christmas" WELL" he said,
"a merry Christmas, yes, but not too
merry. Don't make your Christmas so
merry that you will be unhappy on New
Years Day"
Gen. Corbin is about to come back to
the United States. and they do say that
he intends to try to run for Congress
from his home district in Ohio-the
Sixth. He will retire very soon, but
before retirement will be made Lieu
tenant-General, and should become
Chief of Staff. but he declines that
honor, and asks that he be permitted
to turn that particular honor over to
someone else.