The National tribune., 1909-10-14

iurable thing to take, but the way the
president was to take this did not sui
ihim in the least. The thoughtful peo
lple of Glenwood had prepared spe-
lcially-constructed bathing suit for the
President, and dozen or so for othel
members of the party, and the pro
gram was that the President was II
lpatter down into the pool on one side
while the multitude watched from the
Iother side. The President positively
tdeclined this courtesy, and reluctantly
the people of Glenwood Springs gave
Iup their promised Presidential pleas
lure.
We had a real, sure-enough royal
prince with us recently, even ii he was
I"dark-complected." He was Prince
Kuni, official representative of the EN-
lperor of Japan to the Hudson-F'ulton
celebration in New York. He was taken
in charge on his arrival in Washington
by representatives of the Secretary of
State and Secretary of the Navy, and
1.-THE way they rushed that poor little
Prince around was sure sin He went
everywhere that he ought to go, and
did the proper thing at the right time
on all occasions. He gave a dinner at
the New Willard, where he entertained
a small party of Government officials
| and some other friends, and, of course,
made little talk, and in that talk he
had occasion to remark how rapidly
Americans did things, and the fine man
ner in which they were done. He said
| that he had had one round of pleasure
since he set foot on American soil, and
| that his visit to the United States was
| one of the finest things he had ever
experienced. Prince Kuni is short, even
for Jap. and so stout that he would
| roll almost as well one way as another.
He dresses very plainly and talks but
| little. Like all of his countrymen who
pay official visits to the United States,
| he took time to go to Mount Vernon,
where he placed a magnificent wreath
| of flowers on the tomb of our WASH
| inston. Then he was hustled off to New
York. and is probably now just begin
ming to digest all of the information
obtained while in the National Capital.
Mrs Taft is now sure of fame, if
never before. Albert e. Johnson, of
Brockton, Mass, has asked Mrs. Taft
| TO permit him to name brand-new
dahlia after her. This dahlia is de-
scribed by Mr.. johnson as royal purple.
and he enthusiastically declared that
there is no more beautiful flower in
existence to-day than this. Mr.. john
son has worked for years to bring
forth this royal purple flower, and he
says that it is so exquisite in coloring
and SO perfect in form that 1t fully
deserves to bear the name of the First
Lady of the Land. Mr.. johnson is an
old bachelor and grocer by occupation
and florist by choice, and in the rear
of his bachelor home in Brockton he
has about 1,500 dahlias in full bloom
now. of every color, species and variety.
/ His back yard gives the impression of
| a hlnnrhiner rainhnU The 6a hli1 fc the
only flower in it. He says that if Mrs.
Taft should happen to refuse him to
! name his flower after her ii VIII be
known only as the Royal Purple. as it
| is worthy of bearing the name of the
Presidents wife and not that of any
other woman.
| 1t is announced by Col Cecil A. Lyon,
of Sherman, Tex, Republican leader in
the Lone Star State and a personal
friend of the former President, that
he has planned to write the history of
Texas. II is said that former President
Roosevelt has been thinking of this for
a long time, and has collected a trunk
| full of data Mr.. Lyon gays that Roose-
+, Welt decided to write this history be-
cause of his great admiration of famous
old Texan characters like Crockett,
Houston and Austin. Mr.. Lyon says
that Col. Roosevelt will go to Texas
next Spring, following his African trip,
and will stay at Damsite, his ranch.
|
Hon Whitelaw Reid, our great Amer
lean ambassador to Great Britain, was
called TO Manchester England, last
week to receive high honors. viscount
Morley, Chancellor of the University
| nf Manchester, one of the greatest in
| stitutions of learning in the Brit sh do
| main, conferred upon ambassador Reid
the honorary degree of LID. One
of the outrageous things that the wo-
men of sensibi,ity in this country can
not understand Is that gang of wo-
men calling themselves "suffragets" fre-e
quently interrupted Lord Morley's
speech. 1t doesn't seem possible that
a decent, self-respecting woman would
be guilty of commit ting such an act in
! attempting to obtain something which
has got to come to her by the votes of
men. 1t is absolutely indecent
|
Mr. Lee McClung, the Treasurer OF
Yale University, has been appointed
Treasurer of the United States to sue
ceed Chas. II. Treat, will take the office
| the 1st of November. Mr.. McClung's
home is in Knoxville. Tenn, and he
was, previous to his entrance into Yale
College, connected with the Southern
Railway. Mr.. McClung is a Republic
4 Il
varsity in the class of '92 as B. A
| During his college career he was fam
/ Gus as Captain of the Yale football
team. In 1894 he was appointed Pay
master of the st. Paul & Duluth Rail-
road Company, and in 1901 became as
,,sistant to the Vice President of the
Southern Railroad, with headquarters
here in Washington. He has been Treas
urer of the Yale University since De-
| cember, 1904.
Miss Alice Bleck, Secretary to Mrs.
Taft. has returned to Washington and
resumed her duties at the White House
Miss Bleck only took short vacation
this Summer, after Mrs. Taft went to
Beverly, remaining at the White House
to attend to matters there. NJ IS Bleck
is not bit like Miss Isabel Hagner,
and has no ambition for social honors.
She shuns notoriety, and is strictly
Secretary to the Presidents wife" Miss
Bieck Is woman of fine family Her
mother was a Miss Sorrel, q daughter
of Gen. Sorrel. Chief of Staff of Gen.
Longstreet in the Confederate army
Her father, of course. was a German.
They passed much of their time abroad,
living for the greater part of their alb
Isence at Alexandria, Egypt. Miss Bleck
lspeaks German fluently, and has a good
working knowledge of French and
iSpanish, and because of this was an
pointed to a position in the Bureau of
American Republics, where Mrs Taft
became acquainted with her.