The National tribune., 1909-07-08

ste Is having troubles OF us oWu' Oho
would think that with the commlttee
worried to death In making rules TO
control the tariff debate and the cor.
poration taxes they would have enough
upon their shoulders, but added to this
Is the eating question. Senator Murray
Crane, of Massachusetts,, is Chairman
of the committee. The Chairman him.
self is a little eater; but, like all Of the
Senators, he wants what he does eat
set up in the very best shape. Since
the completion of the Senate offices the
Senate has one of the finest ktchens
and dining rooms ever put under a roof.
After the kitchen was completed IL COST
$40, 900 to fit it up. Beside that there
are two finely appointed rooms TO pe
reserved for dining rooms for Senators,
two rooms for cafes and kltchen
which occupies about half dozen. All
this splendor is behind locked doors.
No one has been found yet who wants
to shoulder the costly luxury of run
ming kitchens and dining rooms OF TINS
character THE Refectory" at the Sen
ate end of the old Capitol Building is
running behind at the rate of $500 per
week this hot weather, and any caterer
who stares that sort of deficit in the
face is not falling over himself to take
the magnificent new cafe and run it as
it should be run. Many will be sur
prised to know that United States Sem
ators have not enormous appetites, nor
are they given to luXuries A dish of
fruit with some ice cream or just plain
cream and possibly crackers and cup
of something to drink, milk, tea or
coffee, baked apple and a cereal of
some kind go to make up the lunches
to which United States Senators treat
themselves and friends. Very few of
them care for highly-spiced foods or
the rich roasts or made meat dishes,
and as for pie or pastry of any kind
they pass it in disgust in hot weather.
When wines and other liquors were
sold in the Capitol the restaurant made
plenty of money, but now that the
liquors are banished from the Capitol
they have to depend upon the sale of
foods TO make their money, and they
can't make it. This goes to show why it
is that saloons can afford to set up a
free lunch to sell glass of beer The
beer goes, and the lunch good deal of
the time gets the go-by.
President Taft, being himself man
of something like 500 pounds avoirdu-
pois, has a good deal of sympathy for
the officers of the Army and Navy, who
run to girth of belt and love for big
easy chairs. Mr.. Roosevelt when Presi-
dent, being a young man and of ath-
letic build. albeit he was a little stogy,
insisted that Army and Naval officers
should be able to run, ride and row,
walk, leap and jump, regardless of
years and avoirdupois. There has al
ways been a sneaking notion that the
rules which We're devised for these fat
men were carefully planned to elimi-
nate them from the service, and not FOR
the purpose of making them athletic.
AT any rate, President Roosevelt was
able to get rid of good many officers
in both arms of the service whom he
didn't like, thru their inability to take
up test rides.
President Taft, however. has modi-
fed these rules, and the first Taft order
has just been issued by the War De-
partment. 1t provides that for officers
of 62 or more years the test shall be
reduced in severity.
An incredible story comes from Co
lumbus, o., that Webb Hayes. the son
of the President, who used to race thru
the White House while his father was
the head of the Nation, wants to change
his name; change the spelling of it.
mind you. He writes his name "Hayse,"
don't you know, and it is said to be his
intention of going before the proper
courts to have his name legally
military and civil history by a man
whose personal character was without
blenist. Tho his incumbency of the
White House did not make for bril-
Iiancy, II was a clean Administration.
and such as a son might well be proud
of. And now that son wants to get
away from the name. Well, well!
"You may fire when you are ready,
Gridley" Do you remember the quiet
words of the quiet commander of the
Olympia at the opening of the battle OF
Manila Bay? The CAPTAIN is gone,
Capt. Gridley-went in his prime. and
his old mother is left. Not many know
that but she is well known here in
Washington. Mrs. Gridley is tall and
thin, with smoothly-banded hair now
turning rapidly white. Mrs. Gridley is
now Sc years old, and was employed IT
the Interior Department, where she af-
fixed the seals to every patent that Is
issued, but i'll health has forced hei
resignation. She is right active yet
however. Mrs. Gridley is proud of th'
fame of her son, and has been for som,
time collecting a fund for tablet Il
his memory in the chapel in Annapolis
She will write the inscription herself
and will unvail the tablet. Admira
Dewey, who was with Gridley on the
bridge of the Olympia, and who gav'
the famous order, you may fire wher
YOU are ready, Gridley," will attent
the unvailing, together with many Off
GERS who were with the victoriou
American squadron in the Philippines
Mrs. Gridley was nurse in the civi
war, and in recognition of her Servic
her son was appointed to Annapolis
| Mrs. Larz Anderson was the larges
subscriber to the tablet fund.
Five years ago an unknown dono
let Commissioner Macfarland kno,
| that he would be responsible for tn
purchase of all the ice that would b
needed by the sick babies of the ind
gent poor of Washington. and eac
year since he has made the same dona
ton. He has come forward again thl
Summer The designation "he" ma
be improper, but nobody has eve
known who this specially philanthropi
parsonage might be. The ice is dis
tributed under the direction of Mr.. vii
son, Secretary of the Board of Char
ties.
A statement prepared by Secretar
Wilson shows that $4,000 pounds of ic
were distributed in 1903 and in 100.
10000 pounds in 1905, $4,000 pound
in 1906. and $4,000 pounds in 1907 an
1908.
Blue denim fatigue clothing of I'll
style issued by the Quartermaster's d.
partment to enlisted men of the Goa
Artillery Corps, except blue denim hat
has been adopted for use in all arms (
the Military Service. Brown canv;
fafjpue clothing will be no longer mani