The National tribune., 1909-03-04

Prof. Carroll D. Wright, former Com
missioner of Labor and for the past few
years President of Clark College, Wor-
ceSter. Mass, has paid the final debt OF
nature. He has been suffering from q
complete physical and mental break
down induced by rheumatism and COM
plications Prof. Wright was tre-
mendous power for good while Com
missioner of Labor, and did for the
labor world what Prof. Wiley has done
for the physical man. Both were re-
formers in their work and did startling
things, bringing much opprobrium on
themselves at first but it was soon
learned in both cases that the men
stood SO high above those who created
a cabal that it was useless to fire spit
balls at them. They never stuck. The
world loses good man in the death OF
Prof. Wright.
President Roosevelt has accepted as
d present for the White House for all
time one of the Alost beautiful rugs
ever made to hang on a wall. You
couldn't possibly put the thing on the
floor, for il is studded with precious
stones. such as diamonds. rubies and
other hard" gems. The rug was pre-
sented by Mr.. W. II. Topakyan, of Ar
menia, and is an expression of the love
which the donors have for the Ameri-
can people. The rug measures four and
one-half by six and one-half feet. II is
of the richest silks, woven by hand, the
background being old ivory in color,
and is exactly alike on both sides. 1t
is wonderful thing, and at present or
naments the Executive Offices of the
President, stretched upon a handsome
frame so that it looks like a screen. The
President accepted the magnificent
present. in the name of the American
people. and the rug will remain in the
White House The President is not per-
nAited to accept the smallest present
while he is President. About the only
thing that can be done with the rug is
to put it in plate-glass case. 1t would
undoubtedly be subject to the hands of
petty thieves unless il is securely put
away from vandal touch.
The last grand reception of the
Roosevelt regime has been given, and
it was almost the most brilliant of the
long line given by President Roosevelt
In the last seven years. The last of
the yearly series is always that to the
Army and Navy. Last Thursday night
the White House was especially deco
rated for these two arms of the service
with flags of the Army and Navy and
Of the Secretary of War and the Navy.
There was greater prefusion of flowers
than usual also. Mrs. Roosevelt wore
a striped white satin and no ornaments.
Miss Ethel were trained white satin
and no ornaments. Mrs. Alice Roose-
velt-Longworth wore one of her most
magnificent gowns rich yellow satin,
trimmed with gold embroidery. Ali of
these gowns We're more or less .Diree-
tefre, but fell enough short OF it to
be wearable. The average gown that is
dubbed .-Directofre'' has to have a few
notifications, for unless this were
brought about by trimming or under
skirts the wearers would come under
ban same as show bills have. The real
dress of that period was more sugges-
tive than the altogether" and there
are society women who make a daring
drive at exactly that style.
Statesmen" are notoriously short on
proper pronunciation of certain words.
wfen. as matter of fact. they should
know very well how to pronounce them.
Government is a word thar, if spelled
as most members of Congress pro-
nounce il, would be spelled -Guvment."
Now, isn't IT silly to think that men
who use the word 100 times day, per-
haps, can't pronounce 1t. Them" usual
Iy comes out a cross between "'em'
and cum" Ing is usually in the
''g'' being silent to all intents and pur-
poses They say 90 'Emerica," or "ku'
nunciation better. Governor" is
"Guvnr" Horse is ''hoss." "Are" is
''air." and that is simply abominable
1t is impossible to print the clip they
give to necessarily" but II is good
deal like "necsarly." Possibility" be-
comes possibility" with the ''i' very
much clipped at the end. 1t is all very
bad. and one feels like recommending
lessons in pronunciation.
Representative Mccall, of Massachu-
ketts, has decided that he prefers the
Congressional arena to slow death in
the chair of the President of Dart
mouth He had a call to the Presi-
dency OF the great college, and at first
considered il with a view to accepting
He has finally and emphatically de-
cIined. however. He says that he has
decided to remain in Congress to repre-
sent the most tolerant and generous"
of all constituencies. "A man like Rep
resentative Mccall would soon die of
dry rot in an inactive position.
The great columns of the Treasury
Building are all in place but ore, and
the street is being cleared for Inaugural
tion. The fact that the last column Is
still in the freight yards, where 1t has
been for months, has brought tardy
The Government inspectors told the
contractors so while the column was
lying in the quarry, and rejected it,
The contractors brought the column to
Washington, however, and but for the
Instructions of Secretary Cortelyou
would have pug II in place, having riv-
eted the crack together. Secretary Cor
teIyou rejected the column after its ar
rival. on the statement of the Govern
ment inspectors at the quarries. The
huge column has already cost the con-
tractors a mint OF money, something
over $4,000. and is costing in penalty
many thousands week right now. The
work should have been completed
months ago, but more time was secured
by the contractors. Now the time is
long overdue and the work long behind
contract.
Poor Queen Lii It is so hard for her
10 forget that she is not a Queen. and
10 remember that she is only a lonely
old woman, shorn of all her riches and
mover She has just been sued by her
physicjan for the sum of $1,000. He
Is a DR.. Charles English. He, says that
he was to receive $500 a month for
services. $3.50 a month for expenses and
$4,000 bonus at the expiration OF his
contract with Mrs. Dominis. He says
that he went with her to Hawaii, and
that while there she imposed upon him
such conditions that he could not live
mn to them and he had 10 return to the
limited States, and that he only re-
ceiyed $500 in all from the dusI1y- Mrs.
Dominis. Common folks live quite long