The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-07-02

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full houses. They may be as old as the
Pyramids. for aught anybody living
1 knows.
| Many things are being recalled .,
| Washingtonians about the Clevelands
now that the late Chief Executive j:
gone. Mr.. Cleveland was desperately
afraid of assassination. The killing Of
/ Garfield made a profound impression
| upon him, and he did everything in hi:
power to ward off the possibility of such
a thing happening to him. He had 6
| special squad of detectives in plair
clothes always at the White House. ant
| they remained with him at all times
President Cleveland seldom went out
side the White House except in hi
| carriage. He never took a walk a:
most of the Presidents do. and did no
take horseback exercise. He would no
permit anybody to stand on the White
House portico while he was getting il
| or out of his carriage, except those EN-
ployes of the White House whom hi
| knew. 1t was when President Cleve'
land was going to take the train thai
the most trouble was experienced. He
simply would not pass thru the station
where Garfield was shot. and so alb.
! horred the memorial that was placed
| in the wall above the spot where Gar
| field fell that the Pennsylvania Rail
| road Company was forced to take the
| tribute of marble and bronze out OF
| the wall, and it was deposited in the
! Smithsonian Institution When Mr.
| Cleveland wanted to lea .e the city by
train the White House carriage was
driven down back of the station in the
Smithsonian grounds, and then the
driver took the carriage across thu net
work of tracks with a bumpty- mr
that was something awful. The ar
riage was held there, surrounded by
plain clothes men, until the train pulled
out into the yards, and then il was
stopped for the President to get in
There were a lot of little two by four
sentry boxes stuck up around the White
House grounds by his order. and at
night each was occupied by a police
men. They were all taken out when
Mckinley came in.
The Clevelands never had much use
for newspaper people, and Mrs. Cleye-
land carried this idea out to the very
end. Four newspaper correspondents
were invited to the house to witness
the ceremonies incident to the burial
of the late President, and their cards
were issued to them. At the last mo-
ment Mrs. Cleveland changed her mind,
and declared that not a single news
paper man should be admitted. These
four represented the great newspapers
of the country. While in Washington
Mrs. Cleveland pushed her prejudice
against newspaper people so far in pro-
tecting her children from their gaze
that the most scandalous stories Were
sent broadcast about the children. rot
word of which was true. for I myself
saw the children often-Ruth, Esther
and Maricn-and while they were not
pretty little children. Ruth at least
grew to be a pretty girl, and I secured
one of the only two photographs ever
given to the public of Ruth when she
was about six years old. To have furth-
err privacy the Clevelands closed the
gates of the back part of the White
House grounds, which had been a pc
destrian thorOfare for always. The
closing of the grounds made 1t most in
convenient for people who worked in
the Departments beyond the White
House, because if they could not pass
thru the White House grounds they
had to make a quarter of a mile de-
tour to go around, and that meant a
great deal to many Of them. The or
der went out because people would stop
at the fence which divided the house
grounds from the back yard. so to
speak, and get glimpses of the chill
dren as they played in the yard with
their nurses.
It was bound to come. the "order of
the Chefakat." you know, for the Sultan
gives it freely. But there are degrees
of the Order. and this time, for the
first time the jewel is given of the
highest class in the United States
There are probably half hundred Of
the third degree jewels worn by wo-
men in the United States. Almost every
.ItI.
is presented with the jewel of the third
degree. Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs Alice
acknowledgements were the recip-
tents of the highest order this time. II
is called ''the Grand Gordon of the Or
der of the Nichan-I-C hefakat" given
rniv to women, and is the highest
homer that can be conferred by the
Sultan. The insignia is a sun, sur
founded by a laurel wreath. and a star
pendant 1t is full jeweled. This first
degree is conferred by the Sultan only
Upon women of reigning families, the
nobility. or people Of high official rank.
The order is used to fasten at the side
anf upon the shoulder q wide sash of
bright pink and white ribbon manu-
&c ured especially for the Jewel. It
+" not at all likely that either of the
les will ever wear The sash. but the
Jewel could be worn effectively on state
occasions.
The new Municipal .erculosis Hos
pital. an institution which is regarded
as the best equipped of it's kind in the
country. was opened last week.
The structure is of brick and is four
stories. 1t is situated in the center of
a 35-acre tract. high and healthful, and
is set off with trees. shrubbery and
gardens. It has accommodations for
100 patients, who will be from the in
dgent class. BY the first of the week
40 patients will be under treatment at
the institution.
The fourth floor of the wings is left
open on each side for outdoor patients
while the bath and dressing rooms are
on the upper part of the central tower
The wards are high above the ground,
and they will get plenty of fresh air
and be free from dampness.
On the first floor is the dispensary
diet Kitchen examination room. dark
room for X-ray work. linen closets. iso-
lation room for serious cases, nurses
rooms. baths, two large wards and sun
parlors The third floor has dressin
rooms for the open-air wards, fop
north by windows. In the basement
are storerooms, scullery. cold-storage
plant, kitchen. heating plant, coal bins.
rooms for the dlsinfection of clothing
and bedding, and dining rooms.
A movement has already been start
ed to erect monument in Essex Coun-
ty, n. J., where President Cleveland
was born. 1t is desired to make this
a National monument. and the people
of the country will be asked to con-