The National tribune., 1908-11-05

| interesting and attractive OF tHs amer
lican hostesses in the diplomatic circle
1.-THE Count belongs to one of the olGes
land most distinguished families in the
Iaristocracy of Denmark. is a relative oi
the iliustrious General of Germany. was
topce in the navy of Denmark, and once
= headed a successful exploring expcdi-
: ton in Greenland.
Among the new Military Aids. to the
: President this season will be Capt Har-
ry S. Lay, U. S. NJ. c.. who will succeed
Capt Thomas HOlcombe, u. S. NJ. C.,
who has been ordered to duty in the
Philippines Capt. Lay Is son OF the
Countess Won Goetzen, who was known
in washington society as Mrs. willie
Lay, and If rumorS are prophetic she
will be known in Washington society
again as the hostess in the German EN-
bassy. 1t is persistently hInted that
Count Won Goetzen will be appointed
as the successor to the late Raron Won
} Sternburg. In this case the Embassy
|, will still be presided over by an Amer
lean woman famed for her beauty and
grace.
Now, here is something about Turkey
to paralyZe your risibilities! Mr.. Rich
ard J. Wortham, a young American who
is in the tobacco business in CONSTANT
nopIe, thinks the Turks are perfectly
splendid" He says, in fact, ''The Turks
are good. honest people, and L some-
times think 1 would rather have the
Turks as friends than my own kim" but,
then, you know that might not be a
puff for his KIM Mr.. Wortham says he
likes Turkey fine" He declares it to
be a nice country to live in. and that
the people are very nice. 'They have
been misrepresented by every European
Nation for purely selfish reasons. Their
1 CT, ,J,-;x,n of
Europe and grab his country. They
are trying to discredit him. and that's
the whole thing. The Turks-I am
talking now of the masses-are honest
good, industrious people. The pashas
and high officials are grafters, and try
| to get the last drop of blood out of the
| lower classes.
''The new regime, under the Young
Turkish Party, Will make many re-
forms in the Empire, and if they are
given an opportunity they will succeed
in working out the salvation of the
country. The new Parliament, which
was to have assembled on Nov. 1, will
convene Dec. 1, because it is claimed
that word has not yet reached the dis
tant districts of the formation of a
Parliament.
"Altho there will be small tobacco
crop, the quality of the weed will be up
to the standard There has been no
rain for long time, and the conse-
quence viii be poor crop"
A Maj Charles E. Woodruff wrote
| piece" for a magazine in which he
regularly scored the Government, be-
cause it did not provide better quar-
| ters for its soldiers-the bravest in the
world-than can be found for the en-
listed men at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y.
He declared in the story that the cease
I afraefr <yxI r. xA..,-w H<r
| We're not even fit for wine cellars, and
| that they drip with moisture, and were
dank with green mold unless fires are
| kept burning in them all the year
| round "Mebbe so' that is all true.
1t certainly is true here in Washington
! and Senate. When it rains for a few
days water drips constantly from the
ceilings of those terrace offices, and
| the walls are always damp and moidy.
The wonder is that more of our Ma
tional statesmen did not die when so
much of their time was spent in that
| wretched hole in the ground" under
the National Capitol. Machinery to
pump air in and take out the foul air
| and constant fires were also necessary
there. 1t was not until two or three
years ago that Congress really wakened
up to the situation and voted itself its
brand-new offices. The older Senators
to iiot hdHt III Ciieiu6t, anu Houlu ltdiy
rather die in the old burrows than
go into the spic-and-span new marble
| palace, but 1.-The old order changeth"
in spite of us. and a new era is dawn
ing. Above ground, and with the pure
sunlight and air streaming in on them
in the new offices, better legislation
may be expected. New quarters for the
soldiers may easily follow now.
|
l yLn CO. -
son, erected on University Square, In
dianapolis, Ind, by the Harrison MOnu
ment Commission. and representing
popular subscriptions from all parts of
the Union, was formally dedicated with
an unyailing last Tuesday. Thousands
were present at the scene, and the cere-
monies were of the most impressive or
der.
Little Elizabeth Harrison pulled the
cord that unvailed the statue. She then
transferred an American flag from the
base of the monument. uncoyering an
immense laurel wreath sent by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
| Vice President Fairbanks made the
principal speech at the dedication. and
DR.. James Whitcomb Riley read an
| original poem.
| A local restaurant man had the fol-
lowing advertisement on one of the win
dows of his place of business during the
| campaign:
"Whether it's Taft
| Or whether It's Bryan.
| We have to eat
To keep from dyin'."
|
DR.. David jayne Hill, our Embassa-
dor to Berlin, seems to be a man of ex-
actly the right stamp. He is an Amer
lean without frills, and he has let the
Germans know it right straight away
off, and they like him for it. Where
Charlemagne Tower wore satin "knee
smalls" and the goodness only knows
how much other un-American toggery
DR.. Jayne Hill wore the usual clothes
of walters in swell hotels, in common
parlance, ordinary "swaiow-taiP' dress
i suit. OF course, he couldn't be taker
for waiter over there, because the
buffers and biscuit singers about diplo-
matte wickyupS wear more gimcrackf
than a masquerade ball. Wearing plair
evening clothes. DIR. Hill looked thu
thing he is, gentleman. and so We
were excitedly informed by cable next
morning after the first state doings IN
Berlin, where DR. Hill had to appear as
. our ambassador, che was the cynosur'
of all eyes" He wore not a ribbon
badge or order of any kind or descrip-
ton. and must have been conspicuous
in the bedizened crowd of foreigners.
| Here this, We ladyes faire, who wear