The National tribune., 1909-02-18

sire is carried is positively sinful. Just
a 1.-THE of the attention lavished on a
woody little bunch of dog if turned to
caring for some motherless child
would make the world a lot better The
rides in the carriage that are given to
dogs. that need an airing" would help
some poor little invalid to life and
| health. The love of the dog is all
right, but let the dog stay out doors;
that is where he belongs, and it is
where he would rather be. Mrs. Alice
| Roosevelt Longworth had a very fine
toy spaniel. named Manchu. which she
| used to take everywhere with her, and
which she took on her bridal tour to
Europe. but she has now given Manchu
| to a friend. One reason given for the
banishment of the dog is that it does
not fit in with an automobile. 1t
| made fine carriage companion Sit
ting on the coachman'S scat or beside
My Lady, but in an automobile Mr.. Dog
loses his balance and is liable to go
spinning out into space and spread
dog all alosg the highway unless the
canine passenger is strapped down.
There are baskets made for his dogship
to take auto rides in. but they take up
room and are not pretty to look at, and
one feels as though taking bird in a
cage when Juggling dog along after
that fashion. So it really looks as
though the dog as lap pet is about
to be banished. At least the "swagger''
ing up their dogs.
Many of the Navy women who went
from Washington to Fort Monroe when
the fleet weighed anchor, fourteen
months ago. to bid Godspeed on it's
long journey, will go again to Hamp-
ton Roads to welcome it home.
Mrs Roosevelt has r,laced tho Sylnb
at the disposal of the wives of the Ad-
miralS and officers in command of the
fleet, who will go down to meet the
majestic procession as it comes through
the capes. The exodus from Washing
ton, which will begin on Monday, will
not become general until the end of the
week.
And is all Prof Wiley's good work
to &C for naught?
Pending a review of the referee
boards findings as to the harnllessneSS
of benzoate of soda. the Department
of Agriculture has ruled that the pre-
servative may be used at the rate of
one-tenth of one per cent. This amount
is regarded as certainly wholesome. 1t
Is likely that the amount permitted
will be increased when the findings of
the referee board are reviewed
This was the statement of an official
OF authority in the Agriculture Depart
ment. Discussing the matter, he said:
These eminent specialists are as
much a part of the Department organi-
Zaton-While they are at wOrk-aS
the regular chemists. They are merely |
part of the misunderstanding sys-
TEN, by which il is sought TO make the |
Departments findings as accurate as |
possible. Their findings are recognized |
as authoritative in proportion TO the |
weight of evidence adduced, and they |
will be accepted and acted on accord /
ingly."
John Albaugh is dead. Everybody |
who has ever been in Washington in |
the last three-quarters of a century |
must know John Albaugh. He was
an actor and then theatrical manager.
He built several of the opera houses in
Washington and Baltimore. He died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Frank Henderson, in Jersey City.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth now
belongs to the ancient and accepted" |
order of stone mssons and bricklayers |
Up in Grand Rapids. Mich, where she |
went to assist her husband in laying |
the cornerstone of the new Grand Rap |
ids Federal building. Bricklayers and |
Stonemasons Union No. ] issued her |
union card so that she might be able |
to do the work laid out for her.
Mr.. Taft was pleased with the Canal. |
Yes'm, very much pleased, thank |
you-but just the same he ordered a |
tremendous change in its width. Four !
and one-half miles OF the Canal will be |
widened to 900 feet from 200 feet. This |
will mean an added excavation of 49,
000, 900 cubic yards at cost of s1.0S a !
yard, or cost of S14,000.000 more |
than first counted upon. My, oh my. |
but that Canal project does expand on |
a fellow!
Senior Quesada is the Cuban Minister |
to the United States. He is born diplo- |
mat, though it has taken people a long |
time to find il out. He is not SO very |
big, but rather handsome in a dark |
way, with charming manners. and can |
be as eloquently silent at the proper |
time as any man living. In all the |
many vicissitudes since Cuba threw off |
the yoke of Spain, and he became her |
representative here, Senor Quesada has |
been right iii the forefront, doing eX- |
actly the right thing for his little coun- |
try, and never making mistakes. Time |
was when he hung on the ragged edge |
of the Diplomatic Corps, and was nei- |
ther fish, flesh nor good red herring. |
automatically speaking, simply be-
cause he was not considered at all. |
Gradually, however, he has gained in |
favor at the White House and among |
his diplomatic confreres until he is a |
much liked and valued man. With the |
change down in Cuba a new man was