The National tribune., 1908-11-12

IWO OF NreH. IiHSdnS 9 SrdUQuauSus
ters live in Washington, and they re.
Gently asked the War Department to
permit the remains of the General ana
his wife to be inferred in Arlington.
which permission was readily granted.
Five generations followed the remains
of the distinguished patriot to their last
resting place in beautiful Arlington.
and military flonors were accorded
him. President Roosevelt sent a wreath
or flowers and White House Aid to
represent him
In the near future a monument win
be erected over the grave. Gen. Lin
gan Is the only army officer who fought
in the Colonial. Continental and Revo-
iutionary Wars that is buried in the
National Cemetery.
Say. they do have some good laws II,
Austria, and one of them Is that after
the Government has found a place for
man who is ''hoofing" It looking for
job, fie cannot leave that Job unless
he gives satisfactory reason for 30
doing. and leaving Is liable to land him
In the pen for three years. Franz Leo.
pold Hitler, banker of Vienna, Is in
washington, and was commenting on
tHe army OF Unemployed
For centuries the Austrian Govern
ment has recognized the fact" said the
Viennese financier. 'that a man, thru
no fault OF his own. may be unem.
pioyed. and that, at the same time,
there may be many willing and eager
to give him employment The state
has recognized it as ats duty to bring
the two together.
For this purpose every small town
1an a acA0
bureau" added Mr. Hitler "rhe Iarg.
er towns have several, which are COM
nected with one another by telephone
In nearly every town there Is also q
government workshop, and In the viii
lage government farm also under the
labor department Any man or woman
who is out of work may go TO the near
est bureau and learn in the course Of
Few minutes what chances he or she
mas or finding job on that day. Those
In need of employees register at the
nearest bureau, and their desires are
telephoned thruout the district II no
place offers, the work seeker may spend
the day in the waiting room of the
bureau or be sent to the government
workshop or farm, as the case may be,
where he works for his board and lodg-
ing until he is Informed that q place Is
waiting for him.
when once a place has been found
for the worker he may not leave IL
for another without presenting satis-
factory reasons to the district superin-
tendent For the itinerant laborer if
he be respectable man, Austria pre-
sents great advantages. When one ar
riVes in town one makes his way to
the bureau and registers. II there IS
no work for him ready at hand, he is
provided with good supper, bath.
and comfortable bed. If work still
be not forthcoming, he may either con-
tlnue his journey to the next town or
be assigned to the workshop or farm.
IN Austria, fdleness. at the expense Of
society, Is considered a crime The
maximum sentence for 1oaf1ng or beg
girg Is three years in the worlkhouse.
The duration Of the sentence, however,
may be lessened the moment the pris-
oner satisfies the authorities that he
has mended his ways"
General Estrada Palma, patriot, and
first President Of the Cuban Republic,
is dead. President Palma was born
in Cuba. his mother being a wealthy
and very beautiful Spanish woman with
large estates in Spain. This beautiful
mother was seized by Spain during one
of the early revolts of the Cubans, and
General Palma, then child, looked
AAAS aeSS uPou ucT IaCe DIS Sfle lay Qea0.
starved because she would not submit
to Spain. With boyish rage he swore
to avenge her death. and himself be-
came revolutionist, forfeiting all
rights to his mothers wealth.
AT the time of the insurrectien Of
1858, which resulted in the "ten years.
war;" Palma Joined Gems. Mazo and
Cespedes, the two famous Cuban patri-
OTIS. and did much for the cause of
Cuban liberty at that time. ~.
he was a representative in the Cham-
Der of Deputies in the Provisional Gov
ernment. later on was Secretary of
State, and then became President.
In all the fighting of that time he
was in the thick of it. and soon became
one OF the favorite Cuban patriots
Gen. Palma was forced to leave Cuba
during the last insurrection, and came
to Washington, where he was a close
advisor of President Mckinley He was
little bit Of man, all dried up, but
his brains were not bit dried. He
was impulsive. but a pretty good Gen.
eral after all. Because OF a revolt
against his Presidency in Cuba he had
retired to private life.
The President had a visit. one day
last week from half a dozen Chinese
kids, foundlings brought here. from the
Rescue Home in San Francisco by Miss
L dnlile 6- LAWS, the superintendent.
The eldest of the lot is only IL. They
are a bright group of youngsters, and
delighted the President by singing
America" for him. the oldest boy be-
ing the leader. He said to the Presi.
dent in excellent English, when r was
in San Francisco I shouted for Bryan.
but now I am with you. I say, sHurraf
for Taft" and that also pleased the
President.
Then there Is another menace. The
who do your washing wear your
clothes! Yes, indeedy; wear them and ,
tell you so. Laws, miss" I heard one
black diamond say to a friend of mine,
you sutt'nly is mighty prodigal of yo'
clothes. Them shut waises wasn't soiled
none. and yo' skuts is white nuff to eat
supper on. I JUS wo' one of them suits
and my fren the otha, and we look
some scrum'tus, we did, to the pahty
1own the rivuh." And, sure enough, il
S common thing for the "washlady''
20 put on the little-soiled clothing and
get a wear out of it before she washes
md irons 1t for her patron. You will
see these colored washladies on the
street in perfectly stunning garbage,
md the next week see the same outfit
IN swell society woman who "has
Known Aunty Niobe'' since she was
'apa'S slave but seems TO he blind IN