The National tribune., 1908-04-16

The Miss Sigsbee who is doing a
vaudeville stunt On the stage, and who
lets it be understood that she is a
niece of Admiral Sigsbee, isn't; and
there you have the word with the bark
on, for the Admiral says that he has no
niece upon the stage.
The other day typical stage "Reu-
benz blew into the Capitol He was
there, whiskers, han, hat, carpetbag
and ALL He corfded to the Capitol pe-
lice, who spotted him at once, that he
had not been in the Capitol in so years,
and things had changed some since he
was there; that he came from One
Hundred, w. Va, and that he had
brought his fiddle to play for the boys,
as he did when he was "hyar befo.
The police took him to room in the
basement, and the old man tuned up
and went at it regular Arkansaw Trav-
eler style, drawing a crowd at once.
Then he was fired into the folding room
to get him away from the crowd, but
his hoedowns and jigs got into the feet
of the folders, and a regular riot was
instituted in about two minutes. Then
the police gently led the old fellow away
eff the Capitol Grounds. He was
Reuben all right, too.
There was gale of fun in the House
when the Agricultural bill was under
consideration over an amendment Of
fered by Burleson, of Texas, who de-
sired an appropriation to investigate
and prevent the ravages of miStletoe.
The House Immediately took up the
sentimental side of the mistletoe, and
piled BurieSon with sentimental queS-
tions until he was well-nigh out of pa
tience. But he courteously and labori-
ously explained how the mistletoe raw
aged the forests of Texas, and that he
hoped to make the forests of the future
secure. Then Mr.. Gaines, of Tennessee,
asked, ''Will the gentleman give up the
memories of the past for the forests of
the future?" A howl of laughter went
up, and the amendment went into limbo.
1t is stated for a fact, however, that
mistletoe is a serious menace to the
forests of the South
Representative Heflin's attempts at
chivalry are likely TO cost him a pretty
penny before he gets thru. Lundy, the
negro whom he shot up some, has sued
for $40, 600 damages, and it is stated by
those who profess to know that Nc
Creary, the white bystander whom Hef-
lin shot, will sue for $4,000. 1t has
been stated, too, that McCreary is in a
serious condition and may not recover.
ity for the statement that Representa- |
tive Hefiin is not recorded as ever hav
ing asked for authority to carry a re-
volver or any other kind of firearms. !
Representative Heflin accounted for his
having a pistol on him on the street
cars by saying that since he introduced
the "Jim Grow bill for the District in l
Congress he had been threatened by the |
Hegros of the District, and had obtained |
permission TO carry gun. This Of
fense against the laws of the District is !
considered pretty stiff.
Senator Smith. ef Maryland, who sue
ceeded the late Senator Whyte, is one
of the handsomest men in the House
of Lords" His hair and mustache are
snow white. and he has a very strong
face. lighted by fine dark eyes He is
SO years old, just 20 years younger than
the man whom he succeeded.
Mrs. Roosevelt and her children had |
a glorious trip down the Mississippi, en-
tirely devoid of troublesome incident. |
The visit to New Orleans was prolonged
two days beyond the expectations be-
cause of the many gracious hospitaIities |
extended to bef. She went shopping in |
the old French quarters, visited the his
terie spots, and was entertained socially
by many people of quality"
As rapidly as possible the ':star" let
ters have been answered by sending out
to each one who sent a stamped self-ad-
dressed envelope two patterns One was
folded twice, and the third fold indi-
Gated by creasing. and then pinned so I
that it could be seen just how the folds |
are made. The other pattern was fully
folded and partly cut to show how the |
cutting is done. 1t is quite impossible /
amateur how to fold, and experience
has shown that a printed cut of the |
folds is not always satisfactory. Those
who care to experiment with the star
will find that it can be folded four diff
ferent ways to cut with one slash of
the scissors. Be very careful in un-
folding your pattern; in fact, it will be
best to leave the uncut one folded and
pinned, and to study its folds in that
way until you learn how to do il, and |
then you can do it with your eyes shut
Take piece of paper in shape like note
paper, rather longer than wide. Fold it |
in half Iengthwise. Hold so that the
fold is down. Pick up the lower right
hand corner and fold it over and up so /
that the fold is almost V-shaped. the
corner that you have folded up stick
ing little above the upper edge. Now.
remember this: That fold is a little
over one-third and not quite wide
enough for one-half way up. If you
fold it half way over ii will make six
pointed star. But If you fold IL not quite /
half way over the five-pointed star will /
be the result If the other folds are cor
rectly made. Next catch the lower left
hand corner of the folded sheet and lay
IL clear over the other fold, so that the /
lower point of the first fold and the
second fold form a neat point at the
bottom and the lower edge of the sec
ond fold lies neatly and evenly along
the edge of the first fold. where il IS
folded over the outside edge of the fold
Then you viii see that you have a wide,
uneven V. Now, fold the two outside /
edges together, making sharp point
at the bottom and matching the two
halves of the V evenly at the outside /
edges. With the lips of the folds held
to your right. point from you, cut to
the left. but toward the point of the " |
If you want nice fat star do not cut
very close toward the point. But If
you want a long. hungry pointed star,
cut pretty well in toward the point
The directions sound clumsy but 7
can't make them any palmer in print.
and as you have the star before you,
YOU can easily work It out by sitting
down with some old newspapers and |
cutting under the directions until You
have succeeded in getting a five-pointed |
star. After time you will tumble nat |
ufally into the other ways of cutting |
but of all of them this seems 10 me to |
be the very easiest way. You can have |
no idea how delightfully."- you can enter