The National tribune., 1909-11-04

| remedy for catarrh, catarrhal head
Iaches, catarrhal deafness. asthma, bron-
chitis, colds and all catarrhal complica.
| tionS. He will also send you free ar
| illustrated booklet. Write him imme
diatey.
will not be possible to improve condi-
| tions until more room and sanitary
plumbing and ventilation is given. The
prospects are that Congress will give
the District of Columbia new Jail.
Mrs Happy c. Van Wyck Benner
wife of Fernando Wall Benner, of New
York, has brought suit for divorce
against her husband. Mrs. Van Benner
has had a rather remarkable career for
so young a woman. She was once en-
gagged to marry a Mr.. Frank Mitchell
a young Southern gentleman, when her
| father was United States Senator from
Nebraska. She was a great favorite at
| that time, and had a number of suit
ors, including Mitchell and Benner, the
man she married. She was"at the altar
in the New York Avenue Presbyterian
church, and Radcliff, one of the most
eminent divines in the country, had just
asked her before a church full of peo-
| pie: DO you take this man to be your
welded husband for better or worse 2"
when Mrs. Van Benner with an explo-
sive No" hiked out of the church on
the dead run. The reason that she
gave for doing this was that she had
given consent to marry Mitchell and
that she was really in love with Ben
ner. Now it seems that she has re-
pented of her marriage with Bonner.
The ashes of Mrs. ]. Addison Hayes,
daughter of the late Jefferson Davis,
I
federacy, have been brought from Col
orado Springs, and now repose beside
those of her father and mother in Hol-
lywood cemetery, in Richmond, Va. 1t
will be remembered that Mrs. Hayes
died on July IS, 1909, and her body was
cremated in Denver. The urn contain
ing her ashes was accompanied to Rich
mond by her husband and their son,
Jefferson Iayes-Davis, whose name
was changed by authority of the Colo
RADIO Legislature TO perpetuate the Da-
Wis name, and the other children of Mr..
and Mrs. Hayes.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Stewart has been authorized to send
out instructions to postal officials that
there is no prohibition against candy
being sent in the mails if it is properly
packed. The Postoffice Department has
learned that postmasters thruoat the
country have been refusing tc receive
packages containing candy because of
the fact that an order had been issued
prohibiting the carriage thru the mails
of fruit preserved with sugar. of
course most of such fruit would be
drippy stuff and would be apt to run
all over the mail, and this was taken to
include candy, but it doesn't
An aged woman died last week in the
person of Mrs. Sarah SwartZeu, of
Pennsylvania Dutch extraction She
passed away on her Goth birthday sur
rounded by her six children and eight
grandchildren.
Japan never fails to do the proper
and the gracious thing. Every body Of
japanese tourists that comes to Wash
lngton makes the tomb of our first
President the mecca of their Journey
to this section of the country, where
they usually carry very handsome flow
ers to place upon the marble sepulcher.
The japanese commissioners who are
here studying the American financial
and educational systems, made a trip
to Newport, r. J., for the express pur-
pose of paying tribute to the memory
of Commodore Matthew G. Perry, by
laying upon his grave a laurel wreath
1t will be remembered that Commodore
Perry first opened up Japan to the COM
merce of the world, and first gained
friendly access to that tight little island.
Mrs. Taft's Condition.
Mrs. Taft. wife of the President, is
having nice, quiet time in the coun-
try with her sister, Mrs. More, who
VIII probably remain with her most of
the Winter. Mrs. Taft's nervous COL
lapse was complete, and for a time
much more serious than the country
had any knowledge of. She has to be
extremely careful now and sees only
a few Intimate personal friends. She
walks good deal, however, has several
times been shopping here in Washing
ton, drives to the speedway to hear the
concert, goes to the theater OCCASION
ally, and very often takes drive in her
beautiful motor car. She walks every
SUNDAY morning across Lafayette Square
10 81. John's Episcopal church, the
great society church of Washington, of
which she is communicant of course
there are great many callers at the
White House, but they leave their
cards and go away, as Mrs. Taft is re-
ceiving no calls at all at the present
time. 1t is quite a serious question vet
as to whether she will be able to take
part In the functions of the Winter sea-
son at the White House.
Washington has an Oldest woman.
She is Aunt Betsy Smith, who came to
washington w at the close of the war of
the rebellion. She was Is years old ar
the time of the outbreak of the war in
1917 and can remember many incl
uehts OF that period. She has three
times changed hands as wedding gift
10 mother, daughter, and granddaugh-
ter OF her old mistress. She Is now I12
years old and tho not able to walk is
otherwise pretty spry and is taken care
OF by her daughter, who is really al
most as old as she ought to be.
VIM. III. Gallinger, son of Jacob TT
Gallinger, United States Senator from
New Hampshire, and Chairman of the
Waterways Commission, dropped dead
of heart disease at the home of his
aunt in New York City one day last
week. Mr.. Gallinger was only SO wears
OF age. had been student at Harvard.
and had acted as secretary to his father
Tor q great many years. His mother.
the wife of the Senator, died of heart
disease in February of 1907 In the lobby
Of the Beiasco Theater here iu WASH
ington.
They are telling a pretty good story
on senai-society woman of Washing
ton who desn't like to pay her bills,
particularly those for household ex-
penses. She had run up NV good
sized milk bill which the M dealer
was unable to collect. as she was not at
nome when he called to present the
blu. When tho time had run around