The National tribune., 1909-08-12

of giving away all that money you have
won the Srander you Will feel, and il
YOU are careful you can go to bed
without realizing it ISN'T true. and in
the morning you will be 30 busy tina,
you won't mind. That's what l cal
good Summer recreation.
OF course. it was todbe expected tha,
there would be a renewal of sentimeni
over the restoration of jeff Uavis's
name on the tablet on Cabin John
Bridge. The latestH eruption comes
from Mrs. Kate Walker Beham. of New
Orleans. Being woman of wealth
she entered into negotiations with Jas
B. Horn, of Mississippi, Tor the IS tools
used by him in cutting the name on the
tablet. 1t will be remembered that tc
cut the name of the President Of The
Southern Coufederacy the name of Lin
coin had to be chiseled off. so that both
names might be rechise!ed on !ht
stone. DR.. Samuel L. Lewis, Chairman
of the Memorial Committee, purchased
these tools for Mrs Beham. One Won
ders a little why Horn did not present
them to Mrs. Behanl, who is President
of the Southern Memorial Association
and who desires to prcsehe these tools
II that organization. Horn, being q
retired stone contractor, declared that
he had lived in line hope that some day
the name would be cut into the stone
and that it would be his privilege to dc
the job. He declared that he wou!d
have done it for nothing rather than
not to have secured the right 10 do the
holy" work. Just the sane, when il
took Horn a week or two longer than
he expected he Idised a kick, and want
ed to be paid more money for 1t. Ger
tainly a man endow ed with such pa
rf re have
sented the tools to the Memorial Asso-
citation himself.
The royal Italian cruiser Eturia has
been anchoring out in the Potomac fol
the last several days, while the little
brown sailors in their natty white uni
forms with blue sailor collars and cuffs
have practically taken possession OF
the town. They are very nice blue
Jackets" and so they think have been
treated very nicely By Washington. bar
ring that they talk Italian and Wash
ington talks straight United States.
They managed to make themselves un-
derstood, however, going everywhere
and seeing everything. The officers of
the Eturia were given an elaborate
luncheon at the Metropolitan Club by
Lieut.. Campterio, the Naval Attache of
the italian Embassy, who is holding
is abroad.
The story comes to US from Beverly
that Mrs Taft has at last dismissed her
French hairdresser. Mrs. Taft has soft
brown hair that is a little tinged with
gray, and has generally disdained rats,
puffs and curls and arranged her hair
very simply. As the First Lady of the
Land she thought that possibly she
ought to pay more attention to her
coiffure, and so engaged the French
maid, who came and did up her hair
for her. She gave up the plan. conclud-
ing that the style in which she has worn
her hair in the last 20 years will be suf-
fciently attractive for the next four in
the White House. -.+.
Mrs. Roosevelt tried the same thing.
but while Mrs. Taft's hair seems to fall
into naturally graceful lineswhen left to
itself, Mrs. Roosevelt's never did. She
tried the French hairdresser, and, dis
with the results. fired her.
But it must be confessed that the
homemade" efforts, of Mrs. Roosevelt
with regard to her hair were not to be
at all.
Apropos of Mrs. Roosevelt, she and
the children are having a good time
in Italy at Porto MauriZio, where Mrs.
Roosevelt, with Ethel, Archie and Quen-
tin, are visiting her sister, Miss Carow,
at her beautiful villa. Almost pictur-
esque concert was given by a musical
society of the town in the public gar
dens in honor of Mrs. Roosevelt. A
crowd gathered to do honor
to the wife of the former President of
the United States, and when she en-
tered there was loud cheering. 1t is
expected that the Roosevelts will go to
Paris for September and October, and
then return to Miss Carow's villa for
the month of November, where they
will await the return of Mr.. Roosevelt
from the wilds of Africa. Mrs. Roose-
welt receives no one but close personal
friends, and both she and Miss Ethel
are dressing very plainly, affording a
to the women and officers, who
indulge in all kinds of seaside finery.
Miss Elsie Kettler, of this city, was
rendered farewell reception last week,
and this week starts on her way to the
Far East, where she will devote her
the features of the reception was a
wonder bag" Of generous proportions.
In this bag were 365 articles donated
by friends and no two alike, and each
article tied in a separate package. Miss
Kettler is supposed to take from the
bag one of these packages each day
during the year, so that she will have
a new surprise and O. new friend to
think of as each package is opened.
1t looks as IL the registry fee would
be raised. 1t appears that the Registry
of the Post Office Department
Is not on a self-sustaining basis, and
Postmaster-General Hitchcock has ap-
pointed a committee to consider the
registry system and make recommends
tons toward the idea of making It pay
its own way. The committee appointed
Charles H. Mcbride, Assist
ant Superintendent Railway Mail Ser
vice, New York; George L. Wood, As
sistant Superintendent Division of Sal
aries and Allowances, and Henry D.
Temple, Assistant Superintendent Divi-
sion of Registered Mail. This special
will cooperate with the
appointed year and a half
ago on Standardization of forms. The
Postmaster-General il authorized to
make the registry fee as high as 90
cents, but it is not probable that it will
be increased beyond that figure.
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The boulevard which is to connect
and Baltimore, and which
has been in process of construction for
over three years, Is now approaching
1t will be finished in the
course of a few months. AT a meeting
Of the Maryland State, Geological Sur
vey the chief engineer was authorized
to improve the old Washington pike in
Baltimore County and complete the
work on the Washington-Baltim
boulevard at Laurel, using a portion of
next years appropriations for this pur-
pose. Its cost will be about a quarter