The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-10
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial CorrespondenceJ }

! ter for the whole class OF senior mid
| shipmen who are just rounding out
| their second year OF sea service. eN-
pecting 70 receive their commissions
as ensigns in the navy. The fIe de-
strOyed the final examination papers
/ OF the midshipmen before they could
| be marked. Consequently the boys
I must be re-examined, and as they arc
! scattered all over the world on war
ships this will take some time.
No More ST. oaudens coin-The last
Of the St. Gaudens SO gold pieces
! have just been struck Off Mint Direc-
! tor Leach saws: we had 10 change
! the die after the first 5000 were struck
| off. Then We received complaints that
| the figure OF Liberty was 50 high that
! the coins would stack, SO We changed
! the die again. We again changed the
! die and put in Arabic numerals. That
| left the St Gaudens design a whole
lot disfigured We had decided TO
abandon the old die entirely, but de
mands for the original coin became
80 numerous that we let it work for
a while" The original coins have
gone 10 a premium Of sl5 in Washing
ton Each member OF Congress is al
lowed one "In God We Trust" will
not appear on the coins to be minted
after Jan. !.
Stokes the Butt Of Jokes-The joke
makers at the department, some OF
whom are navy officers, have been
busy ever since it was decided that
Dr. Stokes, staff officer Of high
standing in the medical corps, was TO
command the hospital ship Relief, now
at Mare Island. Have you heard
who is 10 command the Glacier Ga sup
ply ship ?" one OF these professional
humUrists asked NO" why, Mr..
lccman, OF course" The same depart
mont authorities are assigning local
coal dealers TO command the navy
golfers. and one OF the most popular
barkceps i'm town TO command of the
nayys sole tank ship, the Arethusa.
The Presidents eception-Presi-
dent Roosevelt on New Years morn
ing shook hands with 5G45 persons in
the blue room of the White House.
y
the reception. A year ago there were
ZOO. The weather could not have
been a reason for the falling of IN
the attendance this year. Washington
has not known "A more neal ~ ideal
New Years day. The congressional
contingent was remarkably small; To-"
army and navy personnel passed IN
less time than has been noted for
many years but more than an hour
and "A half was consumed by the pup
lie When the chief guests had passed
the receiving line Mrs Roosevelt did
not leave as she did last year AS soon
as the public began 70 take its place
I'm line. but remained at the Presl-
dents side. Mrs. Fairbanks left the
line early because Of their own reeep-
tion Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long
worth was IN the bue room ana re-
manned there throughout the recel'
from her recent illness. She wore
n semi-empire gown Of soft gray sat
i'm. with sleeves of heavy white lace
Miss Ethel Roosevelt spent muct
time in the east room with group
OF young people VINO are her guests
during the holidays. She wore
simple frock Of soft white satin ana
lace. made very girlishly and reacn-
ing lust TO her ankles. There was
a narrow band of black velvet about
her neck. and her hair was dressed
in simple pompadour fashion. Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Jr., and Kermit dahc-
ed attendance upon their younger
sister and her friends. President
Roosevelt evidently did not feel any
fatigue from his hand-shaking task
of the day. for he went for Ions
horseback ride in the afternoon.
Careful with his commas-Atty.-
Gen. Bonaparte is a man OF commas.
After he has written speech. his
main concern generally is that the
commas be correctly and abundant
ly placed. He writes a speech so
precisely that he generally gets into
Il az the first trial just about the
words and the phrases he wants, and
has TO bother himself but little or
that score when once the speech Is
done. But punctuation, especially the
minor marks, are something differ
ent. The proper arrangement OF
them comes in the polishing up proc.
ess. And when one says the attor.
ney.general writes speech. IL means
exactly that He writes his speech
es in round legible hand that might
be- taken for a schoolgirls. turning
of page after page OF manuscript.
which is then entrusted 10 the type
writer. other cabinet officers put pen
to paper In the preparation Of speech
cs through the medium of stenog-
rapher. but Atty.-Cen Bonaparto new.
,r dictates a speech He does dictatn
legal briefs. however. When h. has
completed such tasks and the clean
" typewriter manuscript is placed
before him. he writes all over the
margins and between the lines. max.
ing the corrections. tih the projNct
resembles piece of copy from tn