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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
NEBRASKA CASE.

Extract from President Roosevelt's
recent message.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03

pitable householders in the diplomatic
corps. For the past two years they have
resided in the mansion made famous
during the long reign of Mrs. Charles
Warren Fairbanks, as one Of the leading
hostesses of the senatorial set. This house.
on the corner Of 18th ano Massachusetts
avenue. and In the heart of the most
aristOcratic residence section, is filled
with interesting curios of the ministers
varied career and dwelling in alien lands.
The silver. which Is massive and typical
of the stately banquets which are given
in Spanish houses. has come down in an
unbroken line from Spanish ancestors who
came with the original landed proprietors
from CASTLE Sonora Portela dispenses
a gracious though unobtrusive hospital
ity throughout the season. Her family
consists of two sons. Senior Julian de
Portela, who has Leen for several years
a member of his fathers staff in Wash
ington and Lieut.. Manuel de Portela
formerly military attache at the legation,
but recently transferred to Paris. Both
sons. like their mother, are talented must
clans. and their entertainments were
among the most successful at the capital
Both are unmarried and their presence
In the home made it rallying place
for the younger of the Latins.
x X
Sonora de Portela is one Of the most
distinguished-lookin women in official
society and she is always superbly gown
ed She possesses jewels and fine toilets
galore and in every assemblage of Vanity
Fair she may be counted among the cor
rectly CARRIED, distinction quite infre-
quentiy bestowed on the donnas from the
south. AS a friendly critic once noted
The South American woman always
wears beautiful clothes from the point of
view of her own countrymen, but not al
ways from the point Of view of the North
American. Sonora Portela has resided in
all the great capitals of Europe and
In Paris, and she has learned the phi
osophy of dress from Alpha to Omega
In her home she combines the exquisite
grace of the Latin with some of the re-
serve of the Anglo-Saxon, and she has
achieved the reputation of being one of
the entirely successful hostesses in the
diplomatic set.
Senior and Sonora de Portela are both
equally noted for their clever way of
Selling on the salient points in American
life. They are keen observers of people
and events, a talent which greatly en-
hances their desirability as dinner guests.
country and know its geography and ma
terial development better than most Of
the natives. Several times Senior de Por-
tela has gone to New York to observe
elections, and he is interchangeable in his
attendance at the debates of Congress.
The sonora takes more interest in public
affairs than most Latin women, but still
her tastes are entirely domestic and in
the domain Of music and literature. She
can relate entertaining anecdotes, and one
which went the rounds last winter was
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4 ARGENTINA

minor parks-Parquc Cristobal Colon es-
peCially, where the pageant is full OF
beauty and color during the long summer
evenings, when the entire population is
there en- fete Those who dwell In South
America are panied that our neighbors
to the north know so little about us and
visit our countries SO rarely. Every
American goes to Europe many MAKE
frequent pilgrimagcs to the orient, but
few travel toward the equator.
I'm Washington the idea of South
America is a vast uninh tbited domain on
whicl/th sun pours ceaseleSsly for three
hundred of the total number of days IN
the year. Now, we might as well think
that America is lonely waste of Ice and
snow because a part of the hemisphere
lies within the range Of the arctic circle
We live mostly i'll a zone as temperate III
the south as the greater part or the
United States is in the north and we
have the advantage of altitude. In 1910
the country celebrates the centennial OF
it's liberty, which is dated officially from
May %. 1910, when the natives or Wat
was then called the province OF the Rlo
de la Plata demanded the resignation of
the Spanish viceroy. AS the United
States DID III 1876. we will commemorate
this signal event by one of the greatest
expositions ever planned in the south 1t
will be in d paramount sense railroad
exposition and the projectors are evolving
ideas vast those which marked the
worlds fairs of Chicago and st. Louis.
x
The Argentine congress has already
appropriated six million dollars and every
effort will be made to prevail on our
northern neighbors to take advantage of
improved facilities and lesser rates of
transportation and come down and get
acquainted with us. Travelling in the
main is much more advanced than in
many parts of Europe and added to COM
fort is the inducement of seeing the gor-
geous vegetation of the south, mountains
on which every variety of cactus blooms
as thickly and as regularly set as as
paragus in its bed, every shade of eX-
uuisite blossoms with lovely birds and
glorious butterflies adding to the ANNA
ton of the scene.
Our social life is at its height in the
summer and may probably be reckoned
from the amenities which follow the Lent
en- seclusion. Like all Latins, we love the
open air, and in the promenade We meet
our acquaintances and sup together our
iced coffee and eat confections in the
gardens ard the al fresco cafes. We visit
our friends frequently and they visit us.
and the season IS filed to overiowinS
with pleasant functions, from which all
stiffness and Formally are eliminated.
Many have country homes and the inter-
course there is delightful, but not differ
ent from country life the civilized world
over In TIE country regions are many
curious customs which strangers seem
to enjoy. Being region rich In minerals,
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camp life furnishes an enjoyable chapter
for the visitor.
Tea drinking at the Argentina camp
has furnished theme for many graceful
sketches by English and American visit
ors. and, indeed. it might be placed apart
from this pleasant dissipation as under
stood in the European or oriental sense.
Tea. or It's substitute. is called 'yeha
mate The mate tree is diligently Gull
tivated. Its younger branches or shoots
are taken off, dried and prepared for
brewing. Mate tea is stirrup cup
and a welcome. and it is the first thing
offered the stranger when he visits a
camp. The manner of drinking is curious
for those seeing it the first time. The
mate cups or bowls are made of pottery
and are very generous in size. At the
side of each receptacle is inserted long
wooden or silver tube. according to the
fortune of the host. and from this the con-
tents of the bowl are drawn into .he
mouth. The tubes are always new for
guest even in the lowliest household.
and II they are made of silver 1t requires
considerable outlay to provide mate Or
dinarily. With it is eaten sweet bread
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Then She Hurried Back.

IRVING BERLIN. the author OF MY
Wife's Gone to the Country" said at
a recent dinner in New York:
"A true happening was the inspiration
of this song.
'In July Brooklyn woman set out for
Ocean Grove, and on her arrival discov-
cred that her watch, small affair, was
missing. She thought 1t had probably
dropped on the thick; soft dining room
rug. SO she wired to the maid at home:
Let me know If you find anything on
rug in dining ROOM
"A few days later she got from the
maid letter. saying:
Dear Madam: was to let you know
if / found anything on the dining room
rug. This is what / found this morning:
Three champagne corks, eighteen cigar
butts, five cigarette ends. four blue chips.
thirty-six burned matches and one pink
satin slipper
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She Was Inquisitive.

xfT ADY DE BATHE-our old friend.
l. Mrs. Langtry-is bringing out a
novel and a volume of MEMOIRS SAID
Chicago publisher. Both books should be
witty.
Lady de Battle is a very witty person.
Her wit is audacious. I'll never forget
a specimen of it that enlivened Michi-
gan avenue dinner party on her last
American tour.
LADY de Battle during dinner said to
woman Seated near her:
WHO is that fat man over there with
the curious blue 'face?'
THAT is my husband the woman an
swered her voice tremuIouS with rage.
".Oh, how fortunate" said Lady de
Bathe. You're the very person I wanted
to meet Now tell me, is he blue all
over?'"
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My blood congilled in my veins to look
at him: whenever he laughed l sneeZed.
He wore Artick overshoes when he talk
ed If the Other Explorers had did this,
maybe more folks would believe him.
AS I intruded in, Hon. Peary was col-
versing with Hon. VIM. Jenny Bryan.
Hon. Bryan was saying.
"A little frost cannot discourage a
brave heart
So I knew they must be dis-cusir..,
Politics.
Hon. Polish Sir 1 commence hold
ing my teeth so they would make less
chatter. II notice your name in morning
paper
prince, 1 am surprised at nothing, "
say he, because he wasn't.
81 read from the news print 1 corrode
EDWARDS. that many Scientists accuse
you of being first human Person to dish
cover that Pole. Are you certainly sure
that no great man in history never done
this athletick event previously TO you?'
Slight nervusness for Hon. Peary.
''Hush it, he snagger. leading Hon
Bryan to door & coming back on tap
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about the acknowledged politeness of the
Spanish under any and all circumstances.
:: !;
Sonora Portela claims that her country
men are among the most punctilious in
the world as far as the amenities arc con-
cerned, and that no combination of cir
cumstances can make Argentina gen.
tIeman forget his good breeding. For eX-
ample, there is d story which caused mer-
riment in every part OF the known world
where the genus repeater f1ourshed.' 1t
was at the polls in a crowded Buenos
Aires district, when a man made his ap-
pearance to vote. The guardian of the
lay scowIed at him darkly. and then.
standing up. he solemnly delivered HIM
self of this utterance:
''Hombre! to forget that one who has
been here once before is possible but you
have been here twice already. Absent
mindedness sends with the second time.
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THAT SHIP

it seen a iceburg it wanted to eat it up.
1t had so much steam it nearly exploded
1t was continually forgetting it was a
ship & trying to walk on shore like a
ottomobile.'
THAT were deliciousy similar to Hon.
Roosevelt l snagger.
That boat was determined we must
get to Pole or burst. If we had return
ed back without it, we never should Of
dared to look the Roosevelt in the face
"How unfortunate it might be IL your
ship had been named from some other
famous mani
~ should hesitate to depart on such
a dangerous pisk-nick in ship called
the Alton B. Parker he promote.
1 arose up to part off because I could
hear Gen. kuropatkin talking outside III
Russian.
MANY persons shall feel peeved to you
because you no bring that Pole for
Smithsonian Institoot or some other pub
lick tomb 1 shake with hand.
1--WE nearly fetched that Pole to n. "
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Therefore. amigo. do me the favor to take
the sunshine of your presence out of this
place and let 1t shine i'll some other place
henceforth.'
The Argentina minister and his family
have recently returned from a pleasant
summer outing on the north shore of
Massachusetts. They established head
quarters at 4,Iagnolia. but they made fire.
quent visits to the adjacent resorts along
the shore. Several times the minister
was entertained at MISUNDERSTANDING
Sea, and Sonora Portela visited the sum-
mer capitals when engagements at Mag
nolia did not detain her. Senior Portela
Is one OF the directing forces of the bu-
reau of South American republics, and
he has been delegate to two of the three
Pan American congresses which have been
held. He and his wife enjoy a close
friendship with the present chief ex-
ecutive. with the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Knox and with Senator and Mrs.
Root.
copyright, 1909. by Margaret B. Downing)
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CHE Is a Woman of Dis
- tinguished Appearance
and Attractive Personality
Buenos Aires, Her Native
City, Is the Second Latin
City of the World, Being
Next to Paris in Size and I'm
portance-Senora de Portela
as the Wife of One of the
Most Renowned Latin-Ameri-
can Publicists Holds a Con-
spicuous Position in the
Diplomatic World.
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NneCdOfe8 COncelninU
Well-knOWn peODIp

they arrested lot of people, then sud-
denly they resigned
why are you resigning?' the superin-
tendent asked
THE older of the two men answered
respectfully:
We are going to start a police sta
ton of our own. sir. Boris here will
make the arrests, and l will do the fin
ing"
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and attractive personality. lie mas helo
almost every position of honor in his
country except that of chief executive
and. in addition. he has been one OF the
most prolific writers on political and eco
nomic affairs and was for years one or
the chief editorial writer's on the greatest
of South American dailies, La Prensa.
Sonora de Portela as the wife of SUCH
an eminent man has been a conspicuous
social hgure not only in Buenos Aires,
but also in the various European capitals
10 which her husband was accredited be-
fore coming to Washington. The daugh-
ter of aristocratic and wealthy parents.
she was sp,endidly prepared for the lofty
station which she now holds. Her edu-
cation was conducted after the method
which holds among the Lctins. First she
studied at home and then went to Paris
for finishing course in languages and
music The Latin American women resi-
dent in Washington are among the most
accomplished in galaxy which includes
the flower of American womanhOod and
some of the most illustrious of older civ
ilizations. But the I.atins have more mu-
sicians, artists and women who have won
fame in the domain of letters. and Sonora
de Portela can claim more than ordinary
distinction in two of these divisions She
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Name, if any" say Hon. Office Ladd,
arriving up to me.
IT am Prince Kuni of Japan ! deploy
deceptively, because l knew folks must
be pretty high to get inside that Peary
house.
When Gen. kuropatkin hear this he
say. War is hell, but this is heller Of
flee Laid, how long must a war-scared
Russian be KEEP waiting to see this Pole?'
Remain i'm line & keep your voice
closed olicute that official child de-
parting away in direction of Peary. All
look wistfully to him. Pretty soonly Boy
retreat back & say. Hon. Peary must
be happy to see Prince Kuni of Japan
elope forward with cheerful feet.
When / pass inside Hon. kuropatkin,
Philander =. Knocks & others hiss at
me with jalus expressions like thew
should wish TO hit me with their hats
] promenade into room In farthest
North corner of this compartment on =
steam radyiator sat the Hero what had
nailed the Star Stripe Banner to the icy
end of the geography where he had left
his toes but never got cold feet. Yet he
arc the coolest hero I have ever met
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Were Il But Possible!

COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION
~ ROBERT WATCHORN said recently
of an immigrant:
He was a bad case. He was AS ig
norant of government as the two Polish
policemen were.
Two new policemen were once put on
the Warsaw force. They did good work,
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Only once he renounce. 1T was on
the morn Of April, 1st when we was slid
ing down the both Parallel. Arora BoraX,
most intellectual of them Lapp dogs. was
leading puler on the sleighs OF sud
denly I am aware that Hon. Compass
have got another frozen spell so l COM
pose my lips to whistle signal for them
alast, when l tempt to do I dishcover
that my whistle was also frosted solid,
SO no noise could be made. Them dog
gies continued going wrong for 3 days
and I could not tell them what to do. un-
til Hon. Matt Hansen, talented Pullman
eskimo thawed me out with hot tea. This
show by what slender wires great events
oftenly hangs
Didn't Hon. Cook leave you none OF
them mammals to lead to Pole?" ! re-
quesh-
"Arora Borax. my faithful pointer, re-
manned with me til April 6; after that it
were unnecessary to know where North
was. Arora was a smart Canaan. For 40
days & 40 nights she KEEP her nose close
to the ice-pack. smelling North like
hound after rabbit. On the morn
OF April poor Rory trotted SO fast we
was obliged to fasten our mittens to her
tail to keep up with her. Then, of sud
denly. with a patriotick yellup. she stop
& ramm her head into the glaciers SO
hard that she poked out her brain. BY
actual tape-measure this were the exact
locus of the North Pole.'
Did that faithful mammal crack its
skull on a mysterious brass tube marked
'Fred?'" manipulate.
mo dog of mine would be foolish
enough to do that he dib with refrig-
Grated expression.
Permit me to poke one more disgust
ing question: I negotiate. when folks
get married or lynched or sent to Con-
gress they always gets peculiar sensa-
tions. What thrillish feel did you get
when you realized you had arrived at
lastly:'
ITO tell you truthy, explain this
great Detective. when l was there /
wished / was somewhere else Getting ,
into the Artick Rejuns is like getting in
to Newport or any other cold & brutal
experience. Large expense to equip ex-
petitions. Several years of hope, frost,
lack Of human companionship wildly
dashes. patient waits e. sorrowful re-
treats back home to. get more money & :
try again. At lastly. on successful day, ,
by souper human efforts e. constant diet
IF raw dogs. at lastly you arrive to coun- 9
try where everything is fat & frozen &
& unfit for folks with warm
hearts & willing stumacks to live IN
Then you realize you are There. Such i.
Circles is full of peculiar gran
er. But they are not SO coy as Peoria" ,
DO you blame the success of your T
lip to expensive groceries, pianolas &
.cientif1ck tools you took along?' / ask =
How could any expedition fail to get
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, Soonly as ! read
by news-print that
Hon. Peary had
made a dash for
Spread Eagle Is
land to join bis
-Artick family cir
Gle, I am deter
mined to do so
also. Therefore l
purchase carfare
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couldn't afford to pay duty on such eA
pensive goods
"Some others persons might find II
there / explain.
quite probly they might pop out
this Peary. First thing ! know Hon.
Cook will be signing his name to ii &
dragging it into Brooklyn
So / part off & leave Hon. kuropatkin
talking like a firecracker.
Outside l seen 1900 Persons remain
ing in line awaiting to do so. Hon. Jon
Jonsen tcolored) were yet standing there
patiently. When he seen me he yall with
voice
please, Mr. Boss, what will North
Pole be good for next?'
ut will be scene of the most Scientific
Fight in history I report
Snakes of living, must we so all that
distance he collapse like prune.
Hoping you are the same
Yours truly
HASHIMURA TOGO.
Copyright, 1909 by the Associated Literary
Press
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IIASHIMURA Holds His
/ ! Teeth to Keep Them
From Making Less Chatter
While He Foxes Disgusting
Questions About Cook
Book and Other Artick Sub
iects at Hon. Robt. Eskimo
Peary.
Spread Eagle Island, Maine.
To Editor Sunday Star, who are sifh
Gently wise about Artick excursions t
know a Pole from a Swede.
Dearest Sir:
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n the coterie Of
l. a in American
diplomats, the min
lister from Argen-
tina is an impress
sive figure, not only
because he repre-
sents one of the
m o s t progressive
and opulent of the
southern republics.
but because Of his
distinguished career
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Baron Munchausen.' report Pealy
weeping few icesickles.
But Hon. Doc Cook" l commence.
Restrain from mentioning his name. "
collide that great Snow Man. For a
Arctic person | have been Cooked too
much. What did that man want to start
there for? Did the North Pole advertise
for Cook? Too many Cooks spoil the
Pole
Now he are going to write a Cook
Book" / snuggest.
He make no answer to my reply.
'Hon. Peary," 1 resume, kindly realize
what you have been & done! You have
opened the Ice Box of the World. Did
you not bring back many strange &
curo Specimens what has been in stor-
age there since Zero 3. CO
Il brung back delicious quantities of
curios. both mammal & vegetable" pro-
clam this Peary-hlan. but the strangest
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is a pianiste of rare talent and can play
on all those stringed instruments which
seem peculiarly adapted for the graceful
grande dame of CaStilian blood She
Yields versatile and forceful pen, and
many OF her sketches have appeared In
Argentina magazines and papers.
81 have resided in Washington for al
most five years" said the sonora re-
Gently, and of course. find it beauti-
full and fascinating city. But my own
capital city, Buenos Aires, is one of the
most interesting cities in the world, and
to enumerate all the reasons why would
be to become didactic. indeed. We are
proud that it is the greatest city south
of the equator, that OF all the Latin cities
of the world Paris alone has larger
population or vaster commercial interests,
and finally'that Of all the municipalities
of the world New York and Chicago
alone ARE growing more rapidly as to
inhabitants or International Importance.
The population is nearing 10000. Bue-
nos Aires has the most sumptuous opera
house on the western hemisphere. 1t
was erected by the government at the
cost of S10OO0.O 900. We have also the
handsomest and largest clubhouse on this
side of the world, the Jockey Club house
at Palmero Park.
WIN q Guy hiIlCI! - lcGplIiC Ioi " dIb,
as 1t were on seven league boots. Buenos
Aires is losing some things which the
patriotic deniZenS regret, that pic
turesqueness which belongs alone TO the
old Spanish urban architecture. The
patio is becoming a thing of the past
and the low dwelling with the graceful
iron network before the windows Is dis
appearing before the modern cOnce option
of stately mansion. Particularly Is this
true in the business section. and Skyscrap-
ers with their perpetualiy running lifts
now take the place of low, broad build
ings with their inner court filled with
towering trees and the fountains.
Our avenues and business thorough
fares are broad and eXcellently planned,
and in our great parks one may enjoy
himself to the utmost. Our most beauti-
full park is the Palmero, which ranks
among the largest and most admirably
MANNED in the world. 1t IS over one
thousand acres in extent ard contains
besides the grand promenade and drive
a superb collection of exotics. several
large artificial lakes and one of the pest
geological parks In existence. The 90
tanical gardens. OF which the denizen OF
the city Is very proud. are entirely dis
tinct from the park, although adjoining
it. Here one may spend a pleasant day
admiring the variety of cactus, the sio-
rioUs accitee. which reach mammoth
height and beautiful Towering myrtles,
which are as large as oaks in the north
ern countries. Then there are many