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Most of those who comment on th'
| RooSevelt-Long mature faker" contro
versy seem to assume that the article
which stirred up all the trouble wa.
published in a magazine under tn,
| Presidents own signature. as other ar
ticles have appeared. Such is not the
lease. The man who actually wrote tho
matter. which was in the form of ar
interview with the President and who
alone had any dealings with the mag
lazineS, was Mr.. Edward B. Clark, Wash
ington correspondent of the Chicago
Evening Post. 1t was not long after
Congress adjourned that the President
felt impelled to get into print his opin
ions of nature writers who, in his opin'
ion. do not follow the straight and mar
row path of truth and accuracy. Mr.
Clark has devoted much time to the
study of animals and their habits, ant
is particularly well versed in ornitho-
, logical lore. To him, therefore, the
President, who knew of the newspaper
mans capabilities, had conveyed an in.
timation that his presence was desired
at the White House. The greater par
of an evening was consumed by the
President in outlining his ideas. Within
the next few days Mr.. Clark wrote his
article and submitted it to the Presi-
dent. The manuscript came back tc
him with numerous changes, and was
rewritten and the fresh copy submitted
This, too, was altered, and several more
revisions were made before Roosevelt
was satisfied. During the recent ill.
ness of Archie Roosevelt, Mr.. Clark re-
ceived n message at his home late one
night that the President desired to see
him. Going post haste to the White
House, he found that the purpose of the
summons was to make him acquainted
with Dr. Alexander Lambert, the New
| York nhvSicjan wh iS a
friend of the President, and has ac-
| companied the latter on some of his
hunting trips. notably those in Okla
homa and Colorado two years ago. DR..
Lambert was called from Archie's room,
Mr. Clark was presented, and the ply
sician told the newspaper man of some
of his own experiences with animals.
1t is hardly necessary to state that Mr..
Clark had no difficulty in finding a pub
| Usher. Several magazines were anxious
| to obtain the article, and ultimately it
went to the highest bidder.
An invidious distinction has been
made in using the names of the months
for post offices; only five are thus dis
| tinguished. May is the prime favorite,
appearing IL times; March occurs three
times. June, July and April once: the
rest are ignored. Monday has three
nam mesakes. but the other days of the
"tch are 81 Unpopular as 10 nave UoHt,
tho Pennsylvania has a Sabbath Rest
and Washington a Friday Harbor. There
are three Winters and one Spring, but
no Summer and no Autumn, Pennsylva-
| mia going so far, however, as to have
Autumn Leaves. Christmas is honored
in Florida, Maine and Arizona; New
Year in Montana.
w ] MCGEE. the famous anthropolo-
gist and geologist, of this city. is one of
the few men In the United States who
have no given" names. That is to say,
his two initials serve as given" names
altho they do not stand for names. as
named "W j. in his infancy, and "W
j. he is to this day. Another some-
what similar case Is that of d Cady
Herrick. the New Yorker, who was the
unsuccessful Democratic nominee for
the Governorship of that State in 1904.
The d. in Judge Herrick's name Is
merely a letter, and like Mr.. McGee's
initials does not stand for name Some
of the newspapers which are politically
opposed to Judge Herrick print his
name as "D-Cady."
Hereafter candidates for admission to
the Military Academy at West Point will
receive no benefit from certificates ot
studies satisfactorily pursued ut other
schools. This important change is car
ried into. effect by recent altera lions in
the regulations governing the eyamina-
ton and admission of candidates to the
Academy. The credit of certificates was
regarded as a discouragement of special
preliminary study, and then there was
the difficulty of determining just what
colleges or schools should be recog-
niZed as qualified to give certificates.
Further. 1t was found that three fourths
of the failures at the January examina-
ton following admission have been
among the certificate candidates. These
are the same reasons that governed the
authorities Of the Naval Academy in re-
jecting this mode of admitting candi-
dates
Practice marches which all troops are
required by existing orders to make, are
the present bugaboo of the Army, and
the War Department is constantly re-
cefving recommendations that the
marches be either entirely done away
with or that requireme nts be materially
modified. The orders exact of all troops
a practice march of about one days
duration once week, a march and
three-day camp once a month. and 81
days of field service during tie year.
The requirements fall especially heavy
on the troops stationed at Fort Myer,
who, in addition to the regular marches,
are required to participate in the fire.
quent military funerals held at Arling-
ton. These funerals usually entail al
march from the fort to one of the rail- |
way stations in this city. thence to a |
church and thence to the cemetery. 1t
has been suggested that these troops at
least, be relieved of the necessity of |
making the practice marches as the |
funeral-escort duty takes their place.
Wireless telegraph systems are being
supplied to Army transports, in order
that communication may be maintained |
with the vessels while at sea
Senator Tillman tells of an old Judge |
who held sway in South Carolina during |
the carpet-bag regime. This Judge |
decisions were sometimes much at vari- |
ance with established precedent, but he |
promptly silenced all objections by re-
Gentlemen. / am judging this here
case, not something that happened a |
hundred years back. Anybody that don't |
like it can say so, an I'll fine him for
1t one day happened that two lawyers
were talking in the hall of the Court |
House when the Judge passed them. One |
was making disrespectful allusion to a !
fool Judge" and the old fellow heard IT |
You. sir! How dare you to speak in |
that manner in the hearing of the |
he demanded. II fine you $50 |
for contempt. SIR"
But, your honor, / was not referring |
to this honorable court: it was a Judge |
IN Delaware that / meant" the man de- |