The National tribune., 1906-12-20
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Il confess ] don't like this business"
growled one of the fire-eaters. There
IS Teddy McGovern, the greatest Of
prizeiehters; there is Teddy Allen. the
greatest of gambling-houSe keepers;
there is Teddy Shonts. the greatest man
In Panama, digging the big ditch; there
Is Teddy Marks, the greatest of theatri-
cal promoters; there is Terry Ransom.
the greatest Justice of the Peace in Jer-
sey City: there is Teddy Roosevelt, the
only President America ever had; there
fs-but forget it, This country is run
by Teddy, Teddy, Teddy. And yet there
was no Teddy until Roosevelt"
Seventy thousand miles in two and
half years is the sailing record of the
protected cruiser Tacoma which ar
rived at the Navy Yard last week from
Hampton Roads. 1t is claimed by her
officers that no other vessel in the Navy
has ever equaled this record. She is
here from Cuba to have five new gun
mounts installed, and then she will be
off again. probably by Dec Is, for duty
around cuba. Later she is expected 10
make her way TO the Pacific Coast.
Commissioned in June, 1904, in San
Francisco. she was taken by Command
er Reginald =. Nicholson to Puget
Sound. to let the people of Tacoma see
the vessel. And then her ocean wan
derings began, first with chase after
a new island down along the South
American coast that has never been
charted. and she's been sailing. saiiing,
over the ocean blue" ever since.
In all her wanderings the cruiser has
never before visited Washington. Com
mandcr Benjamin Tappan is her COM
mander
The original contract cost of the Ia
coma WAS S1,500,000. She Is an unar-
mored steel vessel, schooner-rigged, CT
$500 tons displacement, and $500 iG>
dicated horsepower capable of making
% knots an hour. Her main battery
consists of 10 five-inch guns and her
secondary battery of IA smaller rapid
fire guns.
Great was the staring when Nine.
Amarai. wife of a Brazilian prominent
in diplomatic circles in Washington,
took promenade in Connecticut ave.
nue. 4 day or two ago. Her gown. the
perfection of Partisan art, was of white
cloth. She had tight-fittins long coat,
and her skirt had deep diagonal folds.
The collar. revers and cuffs We're of
scarlet panne velvet. and her hat was
of similar material. with long. curling
white plume. The gloves were white,
stitched i'll red. and her feet were in
cased in white shoes, with red pannel
velvet Spats. She looked like an ArI-
tumn sunset in sky fiecked with viii; I
clouds.
Representative Sherman. Chairman OF
the Republican Congressional Commit
tee. is passing out among his friends
souvenir of his personal campaign in
the Utic;, district 1t Is a small silded
turtle with a white enamel shell, upon
which is Il striking likeness Of Mr.. Siler-
man with his narrow "sideburns" ami
broad smile
Il am surprised said his colleague,
Racing Commissioner Jas. W WadS-
worth. ss he accepted the gift. that a
fast fellow like you, Jim. should have
as mascot such a slow-nioving crea-
ture. even if You are fond of terrapin."
'Umph!" replied the Utica man. with
a significant smile. the race is not al
ways - the swift. Farmer
Representative Steenerson has OK
tended 10 Vice President Fairbanks the |
invitation of Chief Hoie-in-t the Day, IF
the White Earth Chippewas in Mime
sofa. la attend the celebration next
June OF the 50th anniversary of the
establishment of the reservation. There
are about 100 Indian families there.
and large number of them go under
the name of Fairbanks and claim kim
ship with the Hoosier statesman Ben
Fairbanks. the wealthiest man of the
tribe. said to be worth at least 500, 900.
insists that he is cousin of the Vice
President, and desires to entertain him
if he will come to the celebration.
Mr.. Fairbanks smiled when the in
vitation was extended. and said that he |
would be pleased to accept if he could
SO shape his engagements at that timn.
He promised that If he should go he
would take Mrs. Fairbanks and his
daughter. Mrs TiImons, with him.
The author of Your Flag and Nv
Flag. The most beautiful tribute TO the
Flag e'"r written and which has been
printed IN The National Tribune Il num- +!
Der OF times and will appear again. for !
it can scarcely be printed too often. is |
In tn" city. Mr.. Nesbit. the said author, /
is hunting material for a new book--a /
noyci-and visited the Capital for col |
or. AIR. Nesbit is native OF Aluncie. |
Ind
Il seldom meet an old friend of nv /
family at Muncie." said Mr. Nesbit /
that I am not more embarrassed than
amused by the questions asked as toi
how / 10 it?' When | was last there q
fine old Muncieite. who has known myl
family always, wanted me to dash him
of poem while / was dining in his
home. He insisted that ] was able to
do this. since he saw a poem by me IN
the paper every day, and if ! could write
these things in my own home at Evans
ton. H.. why couldn't / do it in his i
house. and give him a chance TO wit !
ness the operation? He intimated that !
/ would do il if l had not grown too |
proud and naughty TO accommodate the !
friends OF my family. But where do |
you get your taient?' is usually the first |
question asked me, with some such 81 |
pient observation as this: I have
knowed your father and mother and |
your uncles and aunts all their lives |
and not Il one of them has or had any |
writin' talent. So where did you ge, |
your'n ::
The Post-O Office Department is casting
its eye into the future. IT hopes by q
proper system of accounting and Other
needed changes to open the way for in
VcstlgatiOns TO determine the fcasibiiitYi
of the adoption Of many important poll |
cies of administration, which include |
reduction Of postage, postal savings |
banks. parcels post, and postal tele4
graph and telephone
PoSimaSter-General CortelyOu, in his |
annual report, just made public-th- |
last official ujterance from his Depart |
Tnert. before he goes to his new post as |
Secr";arr Of the Treasury-says that
the merits and defects Of all of these
questions should have the fullest CON
sidcration in the not distant future.
General is dead at Sussex. y. Y
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