The National tribune., 1908-05-14

| hoe tDSoiuleiS ITeSn ana CrlSD, an
most of the banks that make a special
ty of catering to women's custom kee,
supply constantly on hand for tha
particular purpose Sometimes tn
bllls are hard to get, especially thos
of certain denominations. and gold
unpopular on account of the danger O
confusing the $3.50 coin with a brigh
penny.
1T is not generally known, but sole,
or dirty bills can be washed and irone,
as easily as pocket handkerchief.
wealthy woman of my acquaintance ha
h all her money laundered before Sh
j uses it. She turns the notes over to he
t maid, who washes them thoroly in no
/ water with ordinary soapsuds an,
e spreads them out on a table to dry
Then she dampens them slightly ant
= presses them with a medium no
[ smoothing iron. If the bill is not frayec
this process will make it as bright anC
, crisp a., when it left the Treasury
is astonishing how dirty money gets
If one could see the water in which {
$ dozen commonly circulated bills wer,
; washed it would give them a perma
nent aversion to the trade of teller"
The President Is already making
near" plans for his vacation. 1t i:
said that he contemplates a wild beas
hunt in Africa, and that he purposes
to take his second son. Archie. with
him. Archie loves gun just like his
father does. Theodore, Jr., does not
care so much for killing things. They
are all outdoor boys, however.
Representative Watson. Republican
whip of the House. looks upon the
world disconsolately. After spending
an hour with the President one day
last week Mr.. Watson came forth from
the White House with his ideas for an
early adjournment of Congress all awry
About three weeks ago he was predict
ing freely that Congress would adjourn
May Is. He had long conference with
| the President, and a legislative pro-
gram, it was said, had been agreed
upon.
Since that time the situation has
| changed. The President now insists
that the House make an honest effort
to put thru anti-injunction legislation.
amend the Sherman antitrust law, and
enact into law the Vreeland currency
bill, and enact, too, law making the
Government responsible for accidents to
its employees.
Mr.. Watson, it is said, told the Presi-
dent the House Comnlittee on Judiciary,
which has before it the bill to change|
the anti-injunction law, appears to be
willing to do something with the mat
ter But he was emphatic in his state
ment that the House would do nothing
with the proposal to amend the Sher-
man antitrust law.
Senator Bailey, of Texas, got there
with both feet in the primary election
in Texas for delegate to the National
Democratic Convention. He won byl
some 10000 majority-quite enough
Some of his enemies are still sayingl
nasty things about him, however, and
his troubles are not yet over
The increasing frequency of COM
plants from the public charging fail |
ure on the part of Postmasters to OBJ
serve and comply with Endorsements on
registered mail restricting delivery toI
the addreSsee in person, Is responsible |
for warning that has just been issued |
by Third Assistant Postmaster General
A. L. Lawshe, in which he reminds |
Postmasters of the necessity of comply |
ing with the regulations of the Depart
ment.
1t is against the rules of the Depart |
ment for Postmasters to permit the de-
livery of registered mail indorsed for
delivery to the addressee in person to
anyone but him, not even upon his own
written order to the contrary. Matter
so indorsed must be returned to the
person addressed
The word personal is not construed
to restrict delivery to the addressee in
person, but only such Endorsements as
indicate a demand to deliver to the
addressee in person"
No control which another person may
have over the addressee as parent or
guardian, wife, husband, son, brother
or daughter, or in any other capacity.
a ltprO nr JacS a re 70 oil
strict observance of the regulation.
So many inquiries come to The Ma
tional Tribune Office to know where
Mrs. Custer, the widow of Gen. Custer.
is living, that the following may be of
general interest: The White Star Line
steamship Oceanic sailed for Europe
with full cabin list last Thursday, in
cluding Mrs Elizabeth B. Custer, the
widow of Gen. George A. Custer Mrs.
Custer said she was to tour Europe with
he party of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Y. Law
renee, who were taking an autom o6ile
over for the trip. She had been givin',
all her time of late to assisting Edw.nl
=. Potter, the sculptor, in the designingl
IF an equestrian statue of Gen. Custer,
she stated. The statue Is to be erected
1t Monroe. Mich.
The most valuable collection of birds
eggs IN North America, formerly thel
of the late DR.. w. L. Ralph,
Of Utica, n. Y, and presented by his
widow to the Smithsonian Institution in
has arrived in the city.
L contains 5000 specimens, includingl
he eggs of practically all North Amer
can birds, and many of them are ex-
rare. On several specimens the
.olors are SO delicate that they would
'ade If exposed to the light.
DIR. Ralph was formerly connectedI
With the Smithsonian Institution, being
n charge of some of its most Important
work.
The House was decidedly surprised
he other day when a man wildly wav-
ng flag from his seat opposite the /.
Speaker in the galleries asked the I.
to stand by it. OF course, he !
vas crazy as a loon, and was imme-i
lately hustled into the corridor, but
veil, might there not have been some !
method in his madness? Does CongressI
Ilways stand by the flag?
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt /,
.ook a weekend trip to Pine Knot, :
Mrs. Roosevelt's shack down among thel 7
Virginia hills. They were not accom- :
,anied by the children, and went strict !
y for rest but John Burroughs, the ]
naturalist, went down with them. The y
PRESIDENT does not expect to get much 2
est from now till Congress quits for :
he Summer. The time for hiking into /;
he political fields afar is put off from :
lay to day, and it is whispered low that 9
may be the middle Of June before h
-. a lsx.N..