Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-25

Il will be interesting, therefore, for
The average man and woman to read
m official list as II IL now applied
Under the administration of Presl-
dent Roosevelt. This list of relative
rank was prepared by the State De-
partment and was furnished to the
White House for the guidance of the
master of ceremonies there, who is
colonel in the regular Army, only at
ter II had been carefully gone over
by President and Mrs. Roosevelt and
thoroughly discussed by the Cabinet.
Rank
Here is the official list of our
American official aristocracy:
/. The President.
2. The Vice President.
3. Ambassadors.
4. Secretary of State.
s. Foreign Ministers and Charge
d'Affaires.
6. Secretary of the Treasury.
Z. Secretary of War.
s. Attorney General.
.. Postmaster General.
10. Secretary of the Navy.
II. Secretary of the Interior.
II. Secretary of Agriculture.
10. Secretary of Commerce and La
Dor.
IA. Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court.
Is. Associate Justices.
l6. Governors of States in the or
der of admission of the State
to the Union.
II. President pro tempore OF the
Senate.
IS. Senators.
10. Speaker of the House.
20. Representatives in Congress.
81. General commanding the army.
22. Admiral of the Navy.
20. Assistant Secretaries in the
same order as heads of depart
ments.
"a. Heads of independent govern
ment commissions and other
bodies, chiefs or bureau and
other officials, following long
rule OF established rank, bas-
ed on relative Importance and
date OF creation of service,
without regard to official age
of incumbent.
How Women Are Affected
Taking the list as basis, women
in each group must call first on all
those above them, and those in high
est rank make personal calls on only
a few grades below themselves, leav-
ing cards on the rest or ignoring
them entirely. No woman leaves a
card on woman who ranks above
her, and those who neglect to follow
out these extraordinary rules are
soon forced to obey them by the In
exorable operation Of the rules them
ielves, and by the desire every wife
has to further the political prospects
of her husband.
And the curious thing about 1t all
Is that, as we have no hereditary oil
permanent social class, n woman who
Is near the top of the list today may
be at the foot of the table or outside
ON the sidewalk tomorrow.
Social Aids 0verworked
No small contribution to the gay
city at the White House is made b!
young officers of both branches o.
the service, who are known as tn
Presidents social aids"
1t is their business to assist at re
ceptions and other entertainments
At formal banquets 1t is their fire
quent duty to act as beaux for un
married girls who may happen to b.
invited. Selected with reference L
their agreeableness and good looks
they are sure to be regarded with ia
yor by appreciative damsels. o
course, It Is not surprising that, II
view of the exceptional social pres
tige incidentally accruing, such as
signments should be sought eagerly
Mr.. Roosevelt, with an eye Away
for the picturesque, hit upon tn
notion of employing as his social aid
young officers who We're the sons o
grandsons of men famous In our mil
itary history. Repeatedly in publi
speeches he has referred to the fac
that descendants OF great warrior
who fought on both sides of the Civ
War have been chosen by him fo
service in this intimate kind of per
sonal relation.
Thus Ulysses s. Grant thirt
young Phil Sheridan, Lieutenan
Macarthur and Fitzhugh Lee, son G
the Confederate cavalry commander
did duty at the White House. Blu
'they soon tired OF the eternal roun