The National tribune., 1907-10-31

Mrs Frances Folsom Cleveland, wife
of former President Cleveland, was in
the city last week attending the funeral
of A. A. Wilson, a former warm friend
of the family. Mrs. Cleveland is now
matronly-fooking woman weighing
about zoe pounds, and while she has
the same charming smile, there is no
trace of her girlish beauty left. She is
unQuestionably stout, and would be
called fat by some.
1t is stated on pretty good authority
that Mrs. Roosevelt-Longworth would
be very glad if her husband were ap-
pointed Embassador to Berlin to sue
ceed Emba assador Tower, who is tired
of the job and wants to come back to
the United States after a diplomatic alb
sence of over eight years. 1t is said
that Mrs Longworth is quite enamored
of life in the Diplomatic Corps abroad.
AS she has only moderate fortune,
and Mr.. Longworths whole income for
year would not pay house rent, it Is
not known how they would expect To
support the style that is necessary i'll
diplomatic life.
Senator Platt has a real heart sorrow
now, for his son, his prop and stay. IS
seriously i'll of typhoid fever.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge. of In
diana, pessimistically says: Roosevelt
or lose MIR. Roosevelt is the only man
who can beat Bryan" One of the
proudest boasts of the United States has
been that it is not ''one-man coun-
try"
There is an understanding among
Central and South American members
of the Diplomatic Corps that former
Embassador Casasus, Of Mexico. may
again come to Washington as the rep
resentative of his Government, succeed
ing ambassador Creel. who is Governor
of Chihuahua Embassador Creel had
intended 10 remain in Washington and
hold the Governorship as well, but it is
said here that political and financial
questions have arisen in Chihuahua
which make it necessary for him to re-
main actively in charge of the affairs
there.
Mr. Casasus is held in high esteem
by Secretary Root. He left the Wash
ington post on account of i'll health, but
he is reported to have regained his
health, and is now desirous of return
ing He would be welcomed by this
Government and by fnnumerable warm
personal friends in diplomatic circles.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, the son of
the President, has announced his reg
ignation as assistant manager Of the
Harvard Varsity crew on account of
his devotion to football.
Roosevelt was elected assistant man
ager OF the crew last year, and would
probably have been manager during his
senior year. He is making a good rec
ord at right end on the Harvard second
team.
Before leaving his special train at
Middlesboro, Ky, Vice President Fair
banks made clear to a reporter his po-
Eftinn with reference nIInfatiOnS from
certain st. Louis and New York papers,
to the effect that he was not candi-
date, actively or receptively, for the
Presidency. He said that while in st.
Louis he refused positively to discuss
politics, and that any statement alleged
to have come from him in reference to
National policies or the Presidency was
entirely unfounded.
AS a result of series of experiments
at the United States Geological Survey
fuel-testing plant at the jamestown Ex-
position to determine the relative fuel
value of fuel products, it has been
found that it takes one and a half gal
Ions of denatured alcohol to produce as
much power as gallon of gasoline, al
tho alcohol costs about twice as much
as the gasoline.
The experiments were carried on for
about six weeks.
There are two latest fads in wed ddings
which have started right here in Wash
ington. One is that the wedding ring
shall go on the little finger, and the
other that gloves shall not be worn at
the wedding ceremony.
Miss Merriam, now Mrs. Wheel
wright had difficulty in convincing the
austere rector of st. Johns, Washing
ton. the Rev. DIR. Roland Cotton Smith,
last week. that such a departure did
ant aSos1 y-t4x r.,-t.
Church. Episcopalians are as great
stfcklers of form as Roman Catholics,
and, under the formula, the ring must
be blessed and placed on the third fin
ger of the left hand. A small guard was
placed over Mrs. Wheelwrights mar
row band of gold by her husband as
they drove from the church after the
ceremony. The Bishop of Washington
had to be consulted before DIR. Smith
would depart from the ancient custom
of the third finger for the wedding ring
Archbishop Farley, it is said, recently
refused to permit such a departure from
rule in the case of wealthy bride. In
Europe Catholic clerics have received
instructions TO grant no more such re-
quests.
The why of wearing the ring that
way is pure vanity. A plain gold ring
does not show up well among mar
quises" and "soiitaires," ''moonstones' -
"opals'' and the like. SO the wedding
ring is to be showed over to the little
finger to get it out of the way. 1t is
fnconspicuous there, and my lady may
then fill her skinny or fat fingers with
all the wealth she can afford. It's bad
taste, so many rings, but then-how
can you spell money any other way
DIR. Charles d. Walcott, Director oil
the Smithsonian Institution, is back In
Washington after having taken trif
to which he has looked forward for the
last 20 years. The expedition led him
among the eternal SHOWS and unex.
plored mountains of British Columbia
DR.. Walcott hade the trip for geolog.
ical observations among the grea
mountains of British Columbia ada
cent to the line of the Canadian Pacific
Railway. AS a result of 1t, he and hi.
one assistant secured a valuable col
lection of fossils and stones for the new
National Museum.
Il had looked forward to this excur.
sion for 20 years. and / was not disap
pointed with it. Ny geological excur
sions were intensely interesting" h,
says.
The colossus of the late Mark Han
ma, modeled by the tate Augustus st
Gaudens, was cast in bronze at a Noun
Vernon foundry, New York, last week
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