The National tribune., 1908-08-27

for many years. Gen. Miles's sister wa
a Mrs. Mary ]. Merriam, of Leominstel
Mass.
The District Democrats had feas
one night last week. They tanned tn
canned oratory," and up to now no
body has suffered from ptomaine pois
oning. The phonograph repeated to tn
Iaudience speeches by William J. Brya1
on political and other subjects. Their
were about 200 persons present, and I
all Of them the resonant voice of tn
Nebraskan was distinctly audible
The Bryan selections were in the or
der named: Immortality" from hi
Chautauqua lecture, which he calls 9TH
Prince of Peace" his dissertation ol
, publicity of campaign contributions, :
| speech on election of United States Sen
ators by direct vote of the people. ant
a homily on the iniquity of the trusts
Each of these mechanically reproduced
selections from the talks and writing.
of the Democratic Presidential nomi.
nee was wildly applauded, and the
audience was further entertained b,
interlarded musical pieces.
The instrument is called by its manu-
facturers an auxetophone 1t is the
IlarSest-sizcd gramophone made, and
was purchased by the District of CO.
lumbia Democratic Association. by au-
thorization of the Democratic National
7 Committee, at cost of $500 The in
strument is 70 be used thruout the
campaign in Maryland. Virginia. Della
ware and West Virginia, as we'll as in
| the District of Columbia
The trees in the District of Columbia
| have been the victims of many pests
this Summer, but the last is the worst,
| and hundreds of trees are dying.
new kind of caterpillar has arrived and
| it is a terror, each nest averaging a
quart of the wrigglers. There is not
enough of a force to keep the trees of
the District in good shape. anyhow. 1t
is positive crime the way the trees
are manglcd by the tree butchers. The
tree doctor says that The doesn't know
anything about this NEW pest, and so
it will probably eat itself out and kill
most Of the trees that it feeds upon.
He was told some time ago by some
tree lovers that a new pest was at work
made the discovery that whole streets
were afflicted with the pest, and now it
is too late.
Gov. Haskell. of Oklahoma, is up to
snuff. He is editor of paper down in
Oklahoma way. and he had a beauty
contest or something to that effect, and
II III MS SeHulHp ~
women, half of them half-Indian, on a
tour of the East. and they have just
rounded up Washington. They are very
pretty, quite vivacious: and, my good
ness, how they can talk And their talk
is political-Haskell for President in
1912, and there you are. Gov. Haskell
evidently intends to head off his friend.
Mr.. Bryan, for the fourth nomination.
have been enacted in the Turkish Lega-I
ton in this city the last two weeks The
startling changes over the water in
Turkey made corresponding changes
here. The Turkish Minister. Mehmed
Bey, was deposed in the twinkling of
an eye, as it were, and another Turk
put in his place, somebody who was
loafing around New York in some sort
of Turkish governmental capacity. Meh-
med Bey was nothing to speak of as a
LOCKER" but as sure as you live his
successor was as MISUNDERSTANDING al
gent as ever wore red fez and lied
diplomatically. The Turkish LegationI
has never been place for women to
go. Until Mehmed Bey no woman of
caste has ever lived at the Turkish
Legation; but that isn't saying thatl
there have been no women about the
Legation. AS most of the Turkish Min
lSIerS naVa Deen DaCnclOrS, OF at leaSl
men who would not bring their wives
to this country. IT can be easily guessed
that the Turkish Legation is mighty
fine place for gentlemen only"
When Mehmed Bey came he brought
with him. his wife and several children: |
there wasn't any sign of race suicide
there. and two children have arrived
since the Beys came to Washington, ii |
ig said hpan Thought preyinnG
to this tremendous innovation that no
Turkish lady" could possibly come to
this country and preserve her dignity,
for our customs are not those of the
Turks. Mehmed Bey managed it, how
ever. and his charming wife-or may
be it WIS his mother, or the two of
reception last Winter. 1t
was the very strictest kind of a hen
party, for il a man had ever looked
upon the face of Mrs. Mehmed Bey
somebody would have had to die, and
1t probably wouldn't have been the wife
of the Turkish Minister. As the little
lady or ladies can't speak a single word
of English, small daughter had to act
as interpreter, which she did beautiful
ly, and the reception was a delightful
one The table was set with all the
delicacies imaginable. and Turkish
sweets are adorable. But that was the
first and the last time that the ladies
Of the Legation appeared. They could
not be permitted to attend a reception
at the White House or anywhere else,
for no man must look upon their faces.
Despite the fact that Mehmed BeyI
isn't good to look at. he has been very
well liked. and when the other man,
"Munji Bey"-but no relation, UNDER
there was real regret Nowl
he is going, says he never meant to
stay, anyhow, and a new man is COM
ing right on from the Orient, who is
friend TO the people in power over
there at this time. There may be
else at the helm by the time
the stranger arrives. but that's his fu-
neral, you know. Kaizim Bey is the
new man. and it is said that he has
money to burn. 1t is said that Mehmed
Ali Bey had not a dollar to his name
when he pulled up stakes and left for
he land of the star and crescent. He
vas also under cloud, because it was
said that his father, another "Bey," or
of the kind. a very powerful
'clansman." who is being hunted by the
present powers in Turkey, had come to
and sought refuge in his
sons house at the Turkish Legation.
Some people tried real hard to get upl
an excitement about it. but the weather
was really so very warm that it died
down the excitement
Mrs. NJ A. Gibbons, of Washington,
while on a visit to Saratoga, n. Y, was
given a reception on the occasion ofl
her 93d birthday anniversary, which oc-
Cured last week. One of her guests
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