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The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Miss Newberry Will Forego
Gayties of Capital for
Two Weeks.
CHARMING ADDITION
TO CABINET CIRCLE
Is the Daughter of New Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs.
NeWbeTTy.

Miss Carol Newberry, daughter OF tns
new Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs.
Truman Il Newberry. Is a charming
addition 70 the Cabinet circle, making
the third girl in that set, the other two
being Miss Alice Meyer and Miss Julia
Meyer. daughters OF the Postmaster
General and Ms Meyer
Miss Newberry made her debut IN
Washington society last season ana has
been prominently identified with the
gayeties OF the younger and Official cir-
cles ever since.
Miss Newberry VIII leave the Capital
this week with her mother Tor their
home. in Detroit. where they viii be
Joined for the Christmas holidays by
her twin brothers, Barnes and Phelps
Newberry. The Secretary VIII 70 70
Detroit for Christmas Day, returning
70 Washington Immediately afterwards.
Miss NewberTy viii also probably re-
turn IN time for Miss Ethel RoOseTelt'a 3
debut daEce, Monday evening, Deem
Der s.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

IitchfeId- Sampson and IItchfeId are
Harvard men OF the classes Of 81 and
'99. respectively.
They expect 10 meet the Presidents
party on their return 10 the African
coast. They have spent months in prep
aration for this trip. but have kept the
matter secret until now
We plan 10 reach AIonbasa in the
early part OF February" said Dominick.
From there We viii take the Uganda
railroad direct to Nairobe. This in a
general way is the route the President
VIII follow. although Il, is not selected
with any refeTerce TO his coming trip. %
At Nairobe the party VIII probably be
Joined By its caravan. with which IL Will
proceed toward the interior.
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Miss Hatch Presented

MISS LaLLA E-ESEuLe1
One OF the largest debutante teas oc
the season was that 5eslerday o. Miss
Harriet Hatch. daughter OF Judge and
Mrs Hatch. VINO have taken the James
K. Barbour residence, on Rhode Island
avenue, for the season.
The entire lower floor Of the house
was filed with palms, an. the quantities
Of flowers sent TO the debu-aute. and an
orchestra played throughout the after
noon.
Mrs Hatch and Miss Hatch were as
sisted IN receiving by Mrs Weeks. wife
Of Representative Weeks; Mrs. Dalzeu,
wife OF Representative DaIZeIl; Mrs.
John ". Foster, Mrs J. Franklin Bel.
Mrs. 4. a Darlington, and Mrs. ". G.
Langfirr
Mrs Hatch wore a beautiful d1rectoire
gown OF golden brown. satin and Miss
Hatch wore a directoire gown of white
chiffon Cloth. Her bouquet was a shower
OF orchlls, sent from Der schoolmaJes at
BriarcliH- he-HUGson, where she at
tended school
Miss Eleanor Terry and Miss Mar
jorie Ide presided ar the daintiiy ap-
pointed tea table, and others assisting
were Mss Carol New berry. daughter OF
the Secretary Of the Navy; Miss Mar
jorie AIeshire. daughter Of Brigadier
General Alesaire, and her house guest
Miss Niche Miss Maitland Marshall.
Miss Dorothy LanEftt. Miss Katherine
Weeks, Miss Valerie Pa5elford, and
Miss Katherine Leech.
Judge and Mrs. Hatch VIII be dinner
hosts tomorrow evening IN honor OF
Governor Frear. OF II. .waii. and De
cember % Miss Hatch viii entertain AZ
a large luncheon for young people.
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Seen and Heard
around Capital
La FOIIette's Timekeeper.

10 ~N~@NNNN @~A-ANhSSR~
When Senator La Toilette is on his
lecture tours during the summers, he
always takes Ills son Bob" along as
general manager. 1t IS Bob's duty to
provide the necessary ice water which
The fighting Senator imbibes in great
quantities, and to call his father or
when he has spoken long enough. For
Senator La Toilette generally speaks
three or four hours, and would re per-
fectly willing TO go on couple more.
Along about II o'clock each night, when
he sees some OF the audience looking
sleepy, Bob generally gets close to his
father and tells him to quit The Sen
atOr looks at his watch and tells The
boy to sit down. After ten or fifteen
minutes more Bob again calls time.
TEis, too, is not generally needed The
third and last -'caH down comes about
u:30 and even Senator La Toilette
knows It is better not to provoke young
Bob any further. and ne quits.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Either WaY About

Vice President-elect Jim Sherman. NJ
New York. still sunny and serene.
strolled out from the Executive office
the other morning and stopped to talk
70 the newspaper men. As he ended
his conversation, which hasn't anything
to do with this story, one OF the cor
respondents called his attention to the
fact that his stickpin was loose, ano
suggested that he adjust It or it might
slip out.
why" said Mr.. sherman, 'ebccause
I'm talking ~ newspaper men or be-
cause I'm going to leave them"
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
KEEP THE GINGER IN THE
PURE FOOD LAW!

The Pure Food and Drug act touches
directly every household IN the nation.
Whisky does not. But the principle
bound up in the tenacious controversy
over Whisky shall be whisky" involves
the very life of the law.
IS. So it is good to read d direct denial
of the report that the President has
reopened the whole subject. The story
was that he has selected the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue and one of
the officers of the Agricultural De-
-partment to take up the existing regu-
lations and revise them with the Sec
retary of Agriculture. As matter of
fact, he has no more than asked the
two officials first named to brief some
information on one phase Of the subject
submitted by agents of the rectifers of
whisky.
Above everything, the President has
not reopened the main question-shall
a commodity labeled as straight" !" thai
Is to say, unadulterated and uncom-
pounded, be anything but straight ?"
At the instance of DR.. Wiley, that
query has been answered with Il loud
r NO" Any other answer would have
jeopardized the whole act. Yet 1t re-
quired the Chief of the Bureau Of
. Chemistry, the Attorney General, the
entire Cabinet, and three Federal courts
TO make it.
What the reetifiers seek now Is a re-
vision of the regulations governing
compounded" and limitation" whisky.
? To the outsider those regulations would
~ seem to be already sufficiently consid-
crate. If the product contains 33ls per
cent of whisky, and the remainder is
a distilled liquor artiicialIy favored
and colored, it is a compound" If
the proportion of whisky is less than
~ 3315 per cent it is an imitation This
was the distinction adopted after an
exhaustive inquiry by the Attorney
General, based upon information col
lected with great pains from the Bu-
reau of Chemistry and counsel for the
Tectifers. The new committee Is to
consider this aspect of the subject alone.
The temptation is to say that these
- are incidentaIs to the act and of com
parative unimportance. They are in
cidental, but they are not unimportant.
What the spirit of the new law requires
is this: ...-
That the label shall inform the pur-
chaser as clearly as possible exactly
what he buys.
This is the only test of label. But
this Is not the test borne in mind by
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
if he says-as he is made to say in
published interviews-that the object
of this new inquiry is to "see if the
regulations cannot be made less OBJ
iectionable to the trade" If that is to
be the object in enforcing this law
which touches directly every household
in the nation, if there Is to be any OBJ
ject beyond letting the label tell out
right, then it is a matter Of only a
few more constructions, a little more
trouble-making, before the Pure Food
and Drug Act Is as hollow as the
criminal punishment clauses Of the acts
for the control of corporations.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

ordinates to defend themselves on the
stand and be cross examined by attor-
neys hired to make trouble. If so, that
somebody has never looked on at such
hearing. The Building Inspector must
be heard, of course; the subordinates
must be heard, too; and the torneys
must be heard. But aftervard, not
all the time
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Other Fellow Won.

Governor Hoke Smith Of Georgia, was
promenading the fourth floor OF the
New Willard recently talking to an ac-
Quaintance, when some person who
wanted something or other butted in.
renlarking with large expansive smile
and a hearty air:
We'll, governor. I'm glad to see you.
I certainly was glad to hear OF your
reelection That was fine"
Yes" said Governor Hoke, with a
wry look, 'it was fine, only I wasn't
reelected"
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

lars from the Gas Monopoly publicity
bureau. They have been lied TO with a
bedazzling industry about what the
people of Washington want. They have
been flooded with copies of the Gas
Trust organ, containing false accounts
of the proceedings of public meetings.
But it has done no good.
Everything now indicates that the
ooe-man propaganda of the Gas Trust
and its tools Will be dropped just as
quietly as possible and forgotten with
such Promptitude as may be. 1t is not
going to menace the effort for improve
mcnt of relations between the town and
the franchised corporations 1t will
not sidetrack the real business of the
session. The Gas Monopoly has been
effectively rebulled. 1t will have to
figure out a new scheme TO mislead the
public and Congress, and start anew.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
WANTS wIFE-AND PROPERTY

UNIONTOWN. Pa. Dec. 18.-The anx-
iety Of William A Stone, coal operator,
Of this city, 10 bring his wife back is
due, il is learned, to the fact that all or
his property, estimated at $3.50 600. Is in
his wife's name. It is alleged that she
eloped with Emery Martin, formerly a
soldier in the Tenth Regiment P n G.
who also has disappeared
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
FIFTY DAsH IRON BALCONY.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-A balcony rail-
ing in the Golden Rule vaudeville
house, at rs Rivington street, gave way
during performance last night and
dashed fifty men and women headIong
upon the audience on the floor below.
Thirteen persons were injured, but
Zone fatally Panic reigned in the
show place.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
cannOn's Cherry cobbler.

Speaker Cannon was on speaking
tour through Nebraska four years ago,
and when he reached Lincoln. Senator
Burkett had prepared a dinner in his
honor, and had invited the leading peo-
pie Of the city. But Uncle Joe" aad
also been invited TO a spread TO be
given by some newspaper men who
we're on the train with him SO he
lodged the Senator and was safely err
sconced in an easy chair on the top
floor OF the Linden Hotel. while the
night clerk had been bribed TO know
nothing about him. Senator Burzett
searched the town over fOr-hfs guest,
but could not find him, and he had to
return TO his waiting guests and eat
the dinner without Uncle Joe"
Il never expected TO drink a cherry
cobhler as good as that outside OF
Washington Uncle joe colIfded 10
the boys who were entertaining him.
There is a fellow In Washington who
can make famous cnerry cobblers, but
your man here has got him beat a
mile"
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
AdmiraIs Needed.

Rear Admiral RobIey D. Evans.
White House caller recently, was told
by a newspaper man when he came
out from the Presidents office that Con
gress has been called UpoT to create
the rank Of Vice Admiral IN the Navy.
ais that So" remarked che old sea-
fighter, ST hope to God they do. They
need them badly enough.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

The President is having a large guam
tity OF special ammunition prepafed.
One lot comes from a Connecticut fac
tory. and is for killing lions; the other
lot is being prepared by Chief WillIie.
and IS intended for Congressman
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Senator Jef Davis. who was reported
10 have promised the people Of
Arkansas that he would walk up the
middle aisle Of the United States Senate
and pull the whislcers Of the Vice Presi-
dent reached Washington this year
without a word OF mention from the
newspapers.
He didn't do the STUNT he was re-
ported 10 have promised 70 90, and
since then he has ceased to be an OBJ
Ject Of interest
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

The ladies viii have to go hipless all
next summer, according To the newest
fashion ukase; but it is explained that
the saving in grocery and meat bills-ln-
cident to the efforts to starve into the
new shape win be fully offset by the
expense Of massage, special gymnastics.
etc.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

English crank went to call on Marie
CoreIh, and she had him arrested.
Marie evidently doesn't care about be-
ing in congeniaI company.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Scotch-Insh.

Senator owen did considerable stump
speaking last fan, and he was usually
advertised as an Indian. He always
prefaced his remarks with the state
nent that by the Constitution and
laws Of the United States I am a mem
Der OF the Cherokee tribe. but by the
grace Of God am Scotch-Irishnan. -
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
One on Roosevelt.

One on Roosevelt.
When Senator Norris Brown Of Ne
braska introduced Prof. COndra. Of the
State University OF Nebraska, TO Presf-
dent Roosevelt last Saturday. the Pres
ident mentioned Prof. Ross, an ernineD.
writer on economics who used TO be al
Nebraska. The President declared thai
Ross was too radical. and that he hac
been trying TO make him more con
servative
What? You make anyone conserva-
uve2 asked Senator Brown in surprise
This remark called out a laugh from
all who were within hearing distance
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Pennsylvania supreme Judge replied 70
Rooseveit's STRUCTURES o.. the courts; but
really. since those Archoold letters came
out, the Penns y.vania supreme court
hasn't been regarded as above the posi-
hiIItY OF some preiulice.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Ellis VIII move
into their new home on Sheridan circle
tomorrow morning. They have occupied
the house, 1858 Pennsylvania avenus,
during the building Of their own home.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Mrs. John Lindsay 8Iorehead enter
tertained a company at dinner last
evening IN honor Of the Secretary oR
War and Mrs. Luke z Wright.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

They are appealing 70 the women in
Pennsylvania u smash the political ma
chine. Wen, tSsy ought to do quite as
we'll as the men have done, anyhow.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

More peope have served IN Cabinet
positions Under Theodore Roosevelt
than under any other President in the
country's history: yet IL is sOlemnly de-
clared that Mr. Taft can't find enough
Cabinet material. There's one differ
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Make Debut.

Make Debut
Miss Gladys Wright and Miss Claire
Wright, two charming buds OF the sea
SON. made their debut yesterday after
noon from 4 TO Z o'clocl, at q large tea
in the nome Of their parents. Justice
and Mrs. u. r. Wright. 2y32 Sixteenth
street.
The house was beautifully decorated
with palms and ferns and the floral
tributes sent 70 the debutanteE.
Mrs Wright wore an imported cos
tune OF manipulated chiffon. with
rose design Miss Gladys Wright wore
a dainty dtrectoire gown OF soft satin,
and carried lilies Of the valley, and Miss
Claire Wright wore a sirllar gown OF
" hiUe satin with touches or silver, and
carried American Beauty roses
Those assisting Mrs. Wright and her
daughters IN doing the honors Of the
Afternoon were Mrs. Dan Thew Wright,
ST., who came oE from Cincinnati for
the tea, and who wore a gown OF black
lace; Mrs Joseph Benson Foraker and
Mrs william r Day. the latter two
presiding al the table. Mrs Gould, wife
If Justice Gould. Mrs. Wade H Ellis,
and Mrs. NIcBUrney-
Among the young girls assisting we're
Miss Darlington. Miss Sutherland.
Baroness Marie Won Paumgarten, Mi IS
Caroline Shepard, Miss Katharine Ga
baUgh, Miss Woodward, Miss Gibson,
Miss Orsser, Miss Bessie Johnson. Miss
la Wynne. Miss Mildred F'earn, Miss
Marjorie Aleshire, Miss Niche, and
Miss Alice Wright, q younger sister OF
the debutantes.
After the tea Justice and Mrs. Wright
entertained a small company OF young
people at dinner ard Ira Johnson. OF
Baltimore. gave a box party ~ the New
National Theater-
Mrs. Clark s. Bishop. OF New London.
Conn. is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. ".
w. Greenwel, in her home on East
Capitol street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rupertus an
nounce the marriage Of their daughter.
Mary Louisa. TO Harry E Armstrong.
| December 9. 1903. The ceremony took
place in the parsonage Of the ConcOrdia
Church. the Rev. Paul A. MenzeI per
forming the ceremony.
Mrs. Gilbert NJ. Hustled viii be host
ess at a tea Thursday afternoon, for
the benefit Of the Episcopal Eye. Ear
and Throat Hospital Mrs. Edward
ROOme, Mrs HUste.i, daughter, Mrs
c. s. BUndy, Mrs. A-thur s. Browne.
Mrs s c. COrnwell, Mrs Randolph D.
Hopkins, and q number Of others Will
assist An excellent musical program
Will be given during the afternoon.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Noncheur Dinner

Baroness Monch eur. vie Of tre Bel
gian minister, was hostess at dinner
last evening, complimentary 70 Miss
Joel Harris. OF New Orleans. who Is
visiting Miss Frederica Morgan
The guests invited 10 meet Miss Har-
RS were the Viscount and Viscountess
de Nartel, Miss NabUCO. daughter OF
the Brazilian ambassador; Miss Lager
crantz, daughter Of the Swedish minis
ter; Miss Fredsrica Morgan. Baroness
Marguerite Noncheur. VIscoUnt de
Chambrun, Signor Centaro, Of the Ital-
ian embassy; SignOr Cora, OF the Ital-
ian embassy; NIr- Janssens, OF the Bel
gian legation; Lieut. Sherman Miles,
and Mr.. Angel AIsa-a, of the Mexican
embassy
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Miss Roosevelt Dances.

Miss Roosevelt Dances.
Miss Roosevelt, who viii be formal
ly presented al large dance for yorng
people IN the East Room Of the White
House, December 5, will also have three
other smaller and more informal dances
given her in the East Room during
the winter. The dates Mrs. Roosevelt
has selected for these delightful forms
OF entertainment for her daughter are
January and 2, and February 3
Mrs. Fremont, wife OF Captain John
c Fremont, Z. S ", formerly naval
attache Of the American embassy n
Paris, has returned 10 Washington and
has opened her residence, z119 r street,
for the seassn- Mrs. Fremont viii be
Al home Saturdays in January
The Brazilian Ambassador and Nine
Nabuco wiz entertain ar their usual
Sunday evening dinner tonight
Last evening they entertained a din
ner company, complimentary 20 Prof
and Nine. Ferrero. Of Italy The other
guests were TIE Italian Ambassador
and Baroness Mayor des Planches. the
Chilean Minister and Nine Cruz, the
Danish Minister and Countess Won
8IoItke. the Second Secretary OF the
Brazilian Embassy and Nine. Cher
mont, and the counselor Of the en-
5assy, Mr.. DO AmaraL
N and Mrs Charles Darwin Penne-
baker entertained at dinner last evec-
ing IN honor Of their house guests, LIrs.
George D. Shadburne, OF san Francisco
and Ms Allen V Mckay, OF Kentucky.
The guests invited 10 meet them were
Mr. and Mrs Eugene Jones, 1Ir. and
Ms Charles Francis Carusi, Miss
Young, Miss Cassin. Miss Pennebaker,
James Orme. Eohn Cassin, George Eas-
terday. John Smith. and Dr.. Snowden.
The table decorations were OF ferns and
pink roses
Ms Robert GilmOur Amies has is
sued cards for q musicale Wednesday,
December 2, from 20 O'Clock, in. her
home. 1881 Columbia road
Hiss Pulitzer. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer. OF New York, IS
spending several days n Washington,
the guest OF M and Mrs John r Nc
Lean, VINO entertained al a large
luncheon today AZ Friendship.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Ten men are reported killed and a
large number injured in a Panama ex-
plosion. 1t was a dynamite explosion.
not hot air
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

The only really important thing about
the news item which tells OF dog hay-
ing a birthday party. is the fact that II
didn't take place at Newport
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Statesmen in doubt whether they
really want to rebuke the President will
do well TO read the descriptions OF the
elephant guns he has recently acquired,
nominalIy for shooting in Africa.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reid Riley, Of
the Sheridan. who have gone for an ex-
tended visit in California. are a. the
St Francis Hotel. in San Francisco
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Miss Marion Leutze. daughter OF Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Leutze, was hostess.
at tea yesterday afternoon. compliment
tary to her house guest, Miss Margaret
Breckenridge
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Cards have been issued announcing
the marriage OF c. Victor Craigen TO
Miss Esteue Henri ShipIey, Of winston,
\. c., December l. 1893.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Benefit Night.


The Pennington Society has taken
the New National Theater for the first
performance Of The Girls Of Gotten
burg" Monday evening, Lecember IS
for the benefit Of the Visiting Nurses
association.
A large committee of prominent So
ciety women IS interested in the az
fair, aid amrng those VINO have taken
box s OF tickets are the Postmaster
General ans Ms Meyer, the Secretary
OF the Navy and Ms Newberry, the
Secretary IT the Interior and Mrs. Gar
f',id. the Secretary OF Commerce and
Labor av.G -drs. Straus, Mrs. John Hay,
Mrs Joseph Sanger. the Misses Sedgley,
Mrs Tiffany Dyer, Mrs Charles Henry
Butter, Mrs. StUrgis, Mrs Usher. Mrs
John Var Genssalaer, Mrs NJ Gray
ZaHnski, Mrs RUeben Clark, Mrs. HOI-
Iyday, Ms. John Dunlop. Mrs. William
PheIcs EJ.a, Mrs. A z Bates. Mrs
A. II. Snow, Ms MCGOWAN. Mrs Rich
ard Ea--rly, Ms Hennen Jennings,
Mrs. Juiia- James, Miss Kibbey, and
Miss Narssrst T Johnson
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Give Luncheon.


The Italiea Ambassador and baroness
Mayor des PIanches gave a luncheon
today in is0--Or Of their house guests.
Prof. and Nine Ferrero, who Will leave
Washington later IN the afternoon
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Miss Ethel Roosevelt. daughter Of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt. was the
honor guest oE Lieut. Semmes Read and
Lieutenant Rowclif, at dinner on board
the MayfoYer last evening.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Only one more week 81 which 10 do
timely shopping. Get out and do II!
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

The Secretary OF Commerce and Labor
and Mrs. SJraUs entertained a luncheon
company today including Mr. and Mrs
Worthington Ford and Andrew 3.
White.
Secretary straus entertained a stag
company at luncheon yesterday.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Judgment Was Poor.


William Hayward, Of Nebraska sec
retary to the Republican national com
nittee, had little idea OF how Nebraska
was going TO vote last November. He
kept telling the people at headquarters
in Chicago that Nebraska was perfect
ly safe. They always thought he told
this Just to keep up his own courage
He assured senator Dixon that If Ms
souri, gave Taft one vote majority. Ne
brasils would give him 6OOo0
Representative Walter l. Smith Of
Iowa made Just one speech in Nebraska
last fall He spoke at Fremont in Judge
Boyd's district. Meeting Boyd yester-
day at the Capitol, Smith asked him
how he came out IN Fremont, after
cOndoling with him over his defeat.
why, my vote fell away the worst
in Fremont Of any place in the dis
trict," replied the Nebraskan. If you
had made another speech there, I would
not have had a vote
''I want to know just one thing" re-
piled Smith Did YOU make a speecI
IN Fremont after I did?"
Itswas almost 'twenty-three" for Con
gresham George W Norris of Ne
braska this year. His final matorii =
figured out to be twenty-five votes ana
for a long time. his friends thought l.,
was defeated. His opponent, Fred ".
Ashton Of Grand Island, has threatened
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Mrs. Clark s. Bishop, OF New London.
Conn. is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. ".
W. GreenweH, in her home on East
Capitol street.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Ms Robert GilmOur Amies has is
sued cards for q musicale Wednesday,
December 3, from 20 O'Clock, in her
home. 1897 Columbia road