The National tribune., 1907-02-14

That Army officers should be paid
salaries which would enable them tG
live decently. without constant fear oi
debt, is the opinion forcibly expressed
by Brighten. Funston, commanding
the Department of California. in his
annual report to the Secretary OF War
Gen. Funston does not mince matters
in his plea for more money for the
Nations defenders. He says:
I'm Sar Francisco, a bricklayer
plasterer os plumber receives more pay
than a Captain of 20 years service
stationed a; any of the posts near that
city. even considering the latter's quar-
ter5 at the. communication of his grade
A hod-carffer in the same city receives
more pay I gan Second Lieutenant"
Gen.. Fuitston makes a strong plea
for an INCREASE of Army pay; not for
the officers: just entering the service
but for the&increase for length Of SER
vice should be much greater than al
present. Es says: No one believes
that Army officers should. even in the
smallest desree, attempt to compete in
style of liviftg and in display with per-
sons of wea ;tll, but they should be able
to live decen1y, maintaining their fam
lilies in comfort, and educate their chill
dren, without being continually har-
raised by tae question of keeping out
of debt"
Now that the Hon. Charles J. Bona
parte will stson be brought into the full
glare of publicity by reason of his early
assumption ,of the Office of Attorney
General. eve ~ detail of his life and rec
ord is beinit eagerly sought by repre-
sentatives - Washington of the big
lawyers VIII I represent the huge special
Interests Which it is assumed he will
sooner or Ser attack. One interesting
fact connectsd with his life is that he
has never bsen to Europe. He could.
If he were 10 disposed, go TO the Old
World and receive the treatment there
of a prince Of the blood. or something
very akin to it His elder brother left
Baltimore soon after the last Napoleon
was seated upon the throne of France,
and. although he was introduced az
court as &c 81. Patterson" the family
name of his American grandmother his
standing in society and official life AT
the French capital was that of men,
ber of the rbyal family. Why the fu-
fure Attornsy-General of the United
States has aver visited Europe, if for
no other purpose than merely to wit
ness the physical evidences of the world
conQuering career of his immortal kinS-
man, is not .nown. He was born with
an mple fortune. has had leisure all
his life. is foI,d of travel and study, ana
is an accomplished linguist, speaking
French as fislently as he does English.
But for reasons of his own he has pre-
ferred the lie of an American gentle
man to that of a European nobleman,
and seems c"ntent never to indulge the
pleasure of The average rich American
who goes to- Europe, which is to see
with his own eyes the spoils brought TO
Paris by the great Napoleon. and the
monuments srected in that capital to
celebrate his victories in war.
Secretary Straus is one of the recog-
nized connoisseurs in the United States
of pottery and porcelains. For many
years he has! studied their fine old art,
now SO generally fallen into disuse. He
has collected some of the finest speci-
mems extant, and many of these he win
soor install in his Washington resi-
denoe. Mrs. Straus is quite as addicted
to the fad az is her distinguished hus-
band, and it is said that one of the rar-
est pleasures they have in common IS
the purchasing of old pottery and porce-
1ainz. Speaking of the subject the 9TH
er day with a friend, Secretary Straus
said: Machinery has robbed us of our
useful arts to great extent. In
artistic quality, no individual express
sion. In handmade things. even the
humblest, there is always an opportuEi-
ty for art to show itself"
The luxury of the age shows forth
more and more in the disposition of
Jewels. Since the advent of the simple
styles of lace and tulle necklaces, in
stesd of gems. and the fad for stone
bracelets. rather than circlets of gold
and jewels. a way had to be made to
Of IL aya1
Washington women who own countless
rings and brooches have them set up in
evening bonnets. Miss Lucy Kean, sis
ter of the Jersey Senator. has tulle hat
In which at least a dozen diamond and
emerald rings have been used to catch
its frothy loops. They show to wonder
full advantage, and in the theater Miss
Kean's diamond hat attracts much more
attention than if she wore her gems in
the old way. Miss Durand, daughter of
the former British ambassador often
wore diamond brooches ON the buckles
or her slippers and Miss Elkins, daugh-
ter of the West Virginia Senator, has Il
set of rubies for her Cinderella footgear.
Emperor William has conferred the
Red Eagle Order of the first class on
Baron Speck Won Sternburg. the EN-
hassader of Germany at Washington.
In recognition of the valuable services
rendered by DIR. Anita Newcomb Nc
Gee and her corps of American nurses
during the war between Japan and Rus
sia, the japanese Government has con-
ferred upon DR.. MCGEE a handsome
medal, which she received a few days
ago. Accompanying the medal is a let
ter from Count N. Matsuguta. President
of the japanese Red Cross Society who
says:
Our success in relief service for the
sick and wounded during the late war
with Russia is. needless to state, greatly
indebted to the kindness and sympathy
you had shown practically to the So
ciety.
Her Majesty. the Empress, has gra-
ciously given 10 the society a certain
amount of money TO cover the expense
of making the medals"
DIR. MCGEE is the only woman who
enjoys the distinction of being a mem
Der of the United Spanish War Veter-
ans. She held a Lieutenant's commits
sion as head of the corps of Army
nurses during the Spanish War.
The Navy Department announces the
death of Rear-Admiral Albert Kautz
u. S. N, retired, at Florence, Italy.
whittier the hero of two wars had gone
IN the hope of regaining his health
Admiral Kautz was Flag Officer on Ad-
mtral Farragut's ship, the Hartford in
the civil war, played an important part
I'm the Spanish-American War and was
aater conspicuous at Samoa.