The National tribune., 1907-01-17

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highly appreciated the courtesy and
kindness of the Washington officials.
! An effort is to be made by the War
Department during the present session
of Congress to obtain legislation au-
| thorizing return in the Regular Army
| to the office of "Adjutant-GeneraP' in
stead OF 'the- Military Secretary" and
similarly ADVERTISEMENTS Depart
ment'' instead of 1.-The Military Secre-
ltary's Department"
| When the Army was reorganiZed dur
| ing the incumbency of Mr.. Root as
Secretary of War. the Office of Adjutant-
| General was abolished. and Gen. b. G.
| Ainsworth, who was then Chief cf the
| Record and Pension Office, was made
the Military Secretary and given all Of
the duties formerly performed by the
/ Acknowledgement
/ Under Gen. Ainsworth the adminiS-
trative work of the Army has been per-
formed in a most efficient manner, but
| the officers in his Department would
welcome return to the time-honored
title of Adjutant-GeneraI or Assistant
Adjatant-General, such as is now pro-
posed by the War Department. This
will require Congressional legislation,
! but it is believed it can be obtained with
/ little trouble thru the medium of the
| Army appropriation bill
At a Christmas maSque ball Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth made a dashing
/ appearance as an Egyptian dancer. Her
costume, which was immensely becom-
Ling had for its predominant tone a rich
yellow, the principal materials used in
its construction being number of gold
spangled Egyptian scarfs, which were
effectively draped about the slender
| form of the graceful wearer. Mrs. Long
worth's soft hair was caught loosely at
| the nane of her neck and left hanging,
and anklets and bracelets were worn,
while a fascinating gold bandeau. from
which depended tiny gold coins. encir-
cled her brow. The costume was car
ried out with a nice sense of detail and
worn with grace and distinction.
The Thomas Washes gave a masque
| ball at holiday times. Now, the Washes
have money to burn, SO they have. and
when they do things they do it right.
That masque ball was one Of the most
beautiful and probably the most bril-
| liant things ever given at the National
| Capital, and it was at the masque ball
that Mrs. Alice ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
appeared as an Egyptian dancer. That
bali Is the talk of the town. In fact, 1t
is the talk of several towns. for it is
said that at that ball one of the most
| brilliant characters. that of Mephis-
| TOPPLES, was taken by-now, hold your
breath and get ready to expire of heart
stoppage over the audacity Of the
thing-was taken by-oh, it seems so
hard to make public so amazing thing,
and yet it has appeared in print, but,
then, you know, there might be mis-
take; we all make mistakes, you know,
and, really, we should give to poor So
Iciety the benefit of a doubt: but to think
| that at SO swell an affair as the Walsh
masque ball the young society buds,
and the swell society DANES. and the
official grand DANES, and the daughters,
and the mothers and cousins and the
| aunts of the Cliff Dwellers should have
| danced with and eaten ices, to say
nothing of having touched glasses-they
| do touch glasses even yet in swell So
ciety, you know, but Just to think of
! the possibility of a mere-well, it has
got to come out some time-a mere
butler, oh, but it is just awful having
stolen a card of admission, and in a
brilliant red satin domino which repre-
sented Mephisto, spread himself to do
the sassiety act, and, in the languages
of the street gamin, ''he shore done it,
] he did it so well as to capture the
hearts of all the women and FIJI with
Z anger the hearts of all the men. He
was gracious, courteous, graceful: he
was, in fact, a perfect Beau Brummel.
Had it not been for the fact that his
mask slipt, 1t never would have been
known from whence he hailed. But
the mask did slip, and-well, he was
/ at once recognized as famous butler
in a famous family, and the host OF
/ the evening at once invited the hand
! some, the engaging, the fascinating
| Mephisto to git" and he got. But So
ciety is as yet all a-quiver with cha
grin.
Secretary of War Taft and ex-Gov
Ide, of the Philippines, have appeared
before the House Committee on Insular
Affairs in behalf of a proposition to
nay the Roman Catholic Church for the
\ Use of its property in the Philippines
by the United States troops during the
Philippine campaigning. The Church
asks for s2,000,000 damages, and a
special commission of Army officers rec
commended $350.000.
| Secretary Taft believes this sum
should be paid. He upheld the Catholic
! Church in the Islands, and paid it a
fine tribute. He said it had been a
great civilizer and that it was entitled
to compensation for the damages the
troops had done. He said the Church
authorities in the Philippines had not
| been disloyal to the United States, tho
the native priests had been.
4 The Supreme Court of the United
u States has held that the United States
has dominion and control over the
Panama Canal Zone and that Congress
is authorized to build the canal there
The opinion was announced in the case
I of Warren B. Wilson, of Illinois, who
I sought to enjoin the Secretary of the
Treasury from paying the new Panama
Canal Company of France S50.000,000
for the canal rights.
In view of the fact that many home
stead settlers are said to be freezing in
North Dakota and the rules of the
Department of the Interior provide, In
nlany cases, that residence of the set
tier shall be continuous, Senator Hans
, brough has prepared and will press q
resolution to relieve the situation.
= Tie proposes that the settlers be per.
{ mitted leave of absence for three
months, TO extend over the Winter pc.
!. riod, and that this absence shall mo-
u interfere with their entry rights.
Two old-timers occupied seats on th'
|, Senate sofas o.e day last week. The,
= were William Pitt Kellogg. a forme
Senator from Louisiana, and George c
Gorhan, former Secretary of the Sen
ate SIR. Kellogg who was born II
q Vermont 7G wears ago was Senate