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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-05-10

Secretary and Treasurer-hiss Florence III
Richardson.
Chandler Swift, who injured his hip
by fall on the ice some three months
ago, and has not recovered the use of il,
vent to the Maine General Hospital last
week for examination. He was informed
that there was break in the bone,
which had begun to knit little, and
that il was not now advisable to give 1t
any surgical treatment, but allow the
healing process to continue as fast as ii
will. He is now able to get about on
cruteheS with considerable difficulty.
dis condition, he is assured, will i'm
prove, but certain degree of the injury
will DO permanent.
For the second time this year fire
alarm was blown at IL o'clock Friday
forenoon, but the fire was even less
serious than the other. The north
chimney at Hotel Andrews was burning
out, and though considerable smoke
came out into the house, there was M
fire outside the chimney. A number OF
the firemen quickly gathered, and sever
al extinguishers and other apparatus
were brought in, but there was no occa'
sion for their use, and the excitement
was quickly over. A few years since
some damage was done to the house
from fire in this same chimney.
Friday was a gala night with Lumley
Castle, Knights OF the Holy Grail, wher
the castle was visited bv the degree team
OF lpomeon Castle, No. 124, of Lewiston
The Merlin Of Ipomeon Castle, Edwin l.
Goss, and nine members. were the visit
ors. Sixteen boys took the degree oil
Esquire, aud fifteen that OF Knight, thu
visiting degree team doing the work
The work was followed by banquet a
the Methodist vestry, at which A sa
down. Alton G. Wheeler, Esq acted a
postmaster for the postprandials, AND
{ there were responses from most of th'
! visitors and several Of the Paris boys.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01

Water for rrigatng the trees gardens, ETC., has al
y ready been provided and CITY WATER MAINS
;. are to be laid this year.
Z A street line DIRECT to Highland Park is
sured at early date. Telephone and electric light
= connections will be made soon asked for
. A visit to Highland Park will CONVINCE you of its
= PRESENT VALUE and its FUTURE PROS
y PECTS. The Improvement work is in full swing
and homes being built. Opening prices still
prevail.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01

- In Highland Park ALL streets being brought to
- the permanent grade established by the city eng
The elevations from the street grade are ideal
- Streets in large portion Of the tract being
YPI CURBED and all Of them being PARKED
R Parking strips provided for along the sidewalks
u FIVE-FOOT cement sidewalks are being laid il
- front of EVERY LOT and shade trees are being
planted on BOTH SIDES of ALL streets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-11

Some Of them have to make railroad
journeys to distant parts of the United
KINGDOM or Ireland. They reach their
destinations on Christmas eve, often
pretty late. and they stay up all night
and soregather with the old folks and
the rest of the kinsmen; have Christmas
dinner with their people, and by the time
darkness begins to fall on Christmas day
they're hiking for the trains that carry
them to the steamships that sail away on
the day after Christmas for New York.
But the chaps who have to go through
with this sort Of an annual yule scamper
enjoy It keenly, despite the rushing
about. and they keep right on doing 1t
year after year.
Then. as passengers on these same
steamers that sail from here to reach the
other side on Christmas eve. are slews of
American folks who rush over to spend
Christmas, and Christmas only tfor the
lack OF time), with relatives living in
Great Britain. They go through the same
rushing tactics as the Britishers and
lrisl1ers. and get back for business the
day after New Year.
During the course OF an afternoon prowl
on the water front the other day, by the
way, came across various stacks OF bun
dled-up Christmas trees lying on steam
ship docks. l wondered wherefore. 1 had
general awareness that we've enough
Christmas trees on this side of the pond
to more than supply the demand, so these
Christmas trees couldn't have been re-
ceived from abroad: and knew also that
there are plenty of Christmas trees on
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ter Of cost. But the dome has given the
superintendent no little trouble and cause
for worry. AS every schoolboy knows.
iron expands and contracts under the in
fiuence Of atmospheric temperature. The
expansion in the Capitol dome is consld-
cradle and it creates a serious difficulty
as to the manner of controlling leakage
Of water.
The dome is made Of plates Of iron riv-
eted together. When the sun causes the
iron plates to expand the joints separate
and, Of course, they are not then water
tight. How to prevent leakage has been
a problem. and no better device has been
found than to cover the joints with can
vas which is coated thickiy with paint.
This, Of course, has to be watched con-
stantly. and it must be often renewed.
II the dome were of marble this eXpan-
sion and contraction would be reduced to
a minimum. Then there is the question
of deterioration from oxidation. Thel
dome must be painted every year or TWO
or it would be attacked by rust and i'll
time would be all eaten away. A marble
dome would be practically impervious to
the elements. To replace the iron dome
with one CT marble would cost S41o, O0j;
the base would cost S65O00O. and the
foundations and other work would cost
$4,000; in all, 81 $4,000.
Then there is the question of facing
portion of. the Capitol with marble
The building is constructed of sandstone
which is attacked by the atmospheric
conditions in Washington and is rapidly
disintegrated by the moisture in the air.
The newer portions of the building we're
covered with marble. and the old part.
which is not so faced. has to be painted
regularly. The larger portion OF It is now
covered with many thichresses OF paint.
1t is suggested that this part of the build
ing should be faced with marble. To re-
produce the east front in marble without
any changes would cost. it is estimated,
a matter Of only $t6J, 900, but on account
Of the rise in the cost of materials and
wages and the excess of cost in perform
ing the actual work over the estimates,
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His Choice.

H0NE of your countrymen.' said Miss
~ Ellen Terry at luncheon in New
York, spoke very bitterly the other day
about the divorce habit among the rich.
He said that some children in Newport
have five and six fathers. He was right.
A child with five fathers is unfortunate -
Miss Terry smiled.
But these children she said, ito
whom the gentleman referred do not re-
alize their misfortune while they are
children, for they see very little of their
fashionable mothers and fathers. 1 heard
story about lonely little Newport boy
whose mother called him to her and said
Robert, your father and / are going
to separate. With which of us do you
wish to remain
THE boy hesitated. his mother waited
anxiously, and then he replied:
'With-with the chauffeur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-11
The Good Old Times.

DHILlP SNOWDEN. the socialist mem
Der of parliament, said at a recent
dinner in New York:
THE men who combat socialism all
misunderstood it-all talk like Lord
LanSdowne.
Lord Lansdowne, when the liberal can
didates got to offering voters old age PEN
sions, labor insurance and the like. re-
marked:
In my young days the candidate used
to go round and say: Elect me and I'll
give you keg of beer and your wife will
get silk Dress That was the expensive
way. Today they say. Lord This and the
Earl Of That have got the property. Elect
me. and I'll give it to YOU They do 1t
on the cheap now.
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added i'm the plans on each side Of the
main pediment, broadening it SO that it
vii, dominate the two pediments Of the
Senate and House wings. Ry thus NOV
ing the wall easterly twelve feet ten
inches there will be added on the main
floor to the east Of Statuary Hall, a
series of alcoves which can be used, IL ID
suggested. to advantage for the addi-
east of the Supreme Court there will be
added a similar series of aIcoves, back of
the present screen. for retiring or robinG
rooms for the judges. Similar alcoves
would also be obtained In both cases on
the floor above. and they could be reach
ed from the central portion OF the build
ing. These changes would In no way
affect any of the internal arrangements
In the basement there would be an addi-
tion to the size of a number of rooms.
including the law library under the Su-
preme Court. There would also be two
spacious rooms on either side Of the main
entrance, with windows opening on the
portico.
This plan is called scheme A, but an
alternative scheme is presented called
scheme 3. in order to show the least OBJ
jectionable manner in which additional
while retaining to the greatest possible
extent the present architectural beauty
and simplicity of the east front. The
architects explain this scheme az fol-
lows:
In scheme B the central portion has
been projected thirty-two feet six inches
easterly from the walls of the Supreme
Court and Statuary Hail. adding to the
building fourteen spacious and well light
ed rooms on each floor. seven on each
side of the main entrance. These rooms
are approached by a corridor Of ample
width connecting with both the Senate
and House wings, the rotunda and other
important circuiations of the building
This corridor, besides giving the senators
and representatives direct access to their
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respective committee rooms. also provides
a new communication from one end Of
the Capitol to the other, which would be
both private and convenient
In order to obtain this through corridor
and at the same time avoid the deep
recessed courts which would then exist
between the Senate wing and the central
building. on the one hand, and the House
wing and the central building, on the
other. entirely new sections are indie sted
on the plan. Each Of these new sections
connecting the central building with the
Senate and House wings would contain
four additional large rooms on each floor
opening into a court. supplying light from
the east TO the present passages con-
Meeting the main building with the Senate
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Hampered.

BARNEY OLDFIELD, at the dinner in
u honor of his victory over Jack john
son at Sheepshead Bay, told number
of automobile stories.
But my best story said the famous
racer, 'is about taxicab chauffeur This
chap was discharged for reckless driv-
ing. and so he became a motorman on a
trolley line.
LAS he was grumbling over his fallen
fortunes, friend said:
"'Oh, what's the matter with you?
Can't YOU run over people just as much
as ever?'
Yes the ex-chauffeur replied, but
formerly I could pick and choose
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Congress May Remodel the Dome Of the Capitol and Rebuild Its Fronts
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the pediuent of the eastern end OF the
House wing with q group of statuary at
a cost Of $4,000. and the model by the
sculptor, Paul Bartlett, has been &C
cepted.
The estimates for the work outlined
are $S.125OOO. Allowing for the Increased
cost Of everything. and the tendency OF
work to exceed the estimates, It may be
s5.OOO.OOO. But II ought to oe done say
those who claim to know. and Congress
will have to face the problem.
Few people realize how the sandstone
Of the Capitol has been disintegrating
under the influence Of the weather. In
fact. the exterior has been treated to
many coats of paira to preserve it. The
magnificent dome. so greatly admired. is
makeshift, and is not even properly
supported on its foundations. 1t, too.
has been preserved by paint. But some
day 1t will have to be replaced.
Up to date 1t is estimated that the
Capitol has cost the nation S15.0OO0OO, and
this estimate is doubtless safe and con-
sentative. That is not an excessive
amount when it is considered how rich
this nation Is, and that some state cap
Ion of every one. the Capitol Is a mag
nifcent building. imposing and grand. It's
lines evoke general admiration. The out
growth Of gradual evolution, as 1t is.
the Capitol yet presents a surprisingly
harmonious whole. and is accounted one
of the notable public buildings of the
world
But the building has some flaws The
come projects over the east wall, and,
apparently. 1t has poor support on that
side. The. susceptible sensibilities Of
architects have long been wounded by
this feature. and the superintendent Of
the Capitol building and grounds, Elliott
T. Woods, has long been urging that the
defect be remedied. In fact, ii is said
that Mr.. Woods was the first to discover
this flaw In construction. He liz also In
favor of the other changes mentioned
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time when the dome will begin to suffer
from the effects Of the elements. perhaps
beyond the possibility OF repair
The architects. after explaining tn.
necessity for reconstructine the dome
tell how it may be done as follows:
1T might he done IN three sections.
Section 1: All the work from the foun-
dations up to the base OF the dome: ths Z
is to say. the main roof lire Of the build :
ing. involving foundations and construct
i've masonry. Section .: All the work
from the base OF the dome up to the
spherical part. involving the removal Of
the iron covering and the replacement
thereof with masonry faced with marble
similar to the portions Of the building
which are now constructed Of this ma
terial Section 3: All the work of thu
spherical part OF the dome with the
cupola and statue. and the replacement
thereof with masonry and marble We
consider II entirely possible to undertake
this work In three divisions in the order
indicated above, and to construct each
section without disturbing the remaining
sections"
Persons familiar with the Capitol are
likely to ask what would happen to the
fescoes In the dome.
They would not be disturbed. As the
architects point out. the inner dome could
be preserved. and a temporary roof BRO
Vided between the inner and outer domes.
so that the iron covering OF the outer
dome could be removed and q stone dome
put in place without disturbing the In
terror. AS the report says: 1T Is sur
prising. on examining this plan. to ind
how little the interior ARRANGEMENT OF
the Capitol would have to be modified In
order to make the work under section I
possible Beyond some slight changes ~
the staircases to the north and south OF
the east entrances, and a change I'm the
two courts in the library wing. nothing
that Is essential either from a practical.
constructional or decorative point of View
would be disturbed
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me to write and ask yor
for small piece Of your
Inauguration gown. This most interesting
sample will be incorporated in a pillow
and raffled off. AS the object is strictly
charitable, we have no hesitancy in max.
ing the request, feeling sure that you viii
be gratified in being allowed to contribute
to our success.
This to the wife Of the President Of the
United States. And the woman who
wrote that letter has never ceased to
wonder over the formal, polite refusal
she received from Miss Letternlan, private
secretary, tactician, minister plenipoten-
tiary and envoy extraordinary of diplo-
macy to Mrs. Taft The substance OF
this particular refusal and a fair dupli-
cate Of ten thousand other refusals fol-
low:
Mrs. Taft regrets that she is unable to
comply with the request made by the
committee Of the Somerville Guild, but
sincerely wishes you success in your un-
dertaking."
Every day in the week. every week OF
the month and every month OF the year
color. perfumed and natural, and with
thousands Of different requests and oddi-
ties. pour into the private office of Mrs.
Taft Her mail rivals that Of the chief
executive and it keeps her personal Sec
rotary and a staff Of stenographers and
typewriters busy acknowledging them.
= =
If Mrs. Taft complied with one-tenti1
OF the requests made for scraps and
samples of her wardrobe, she would her
self be destitute.
Mrs. Taft's mail is interesting as we'll
as prodigious. The letters include con-
CALCULATIONS, appeals for help, letters
from home and foreign missionary So
cieties, requests for testimonials of tooth
paste and Washing-powder. compliment
tary tickets to church suppers at Kala-
maZoo or Rehoboth Beach. Hundreds and
hundreds Of photographs of the presiden-
tlal FAMILY that the senders desire auto
graphed and returned-never by any
chance inclosing return postage; mile
upon mile Of souvenir postal cards:
Quantities of begging letters, some for
money and some for wifely intercession
Win the resident on behalf OF we'll
beloved but maynard son; offers from
business men and women requesting the
privilege OF booting or glowing the Pres
idents wife or daughter-in the interests
or advertising, Of course; boxes Of we'd
ding cake and samples OF bonbons and
chocoiates-aH of the latter being
promptly confiscated. al there Is al.
ways the chance that some crank or
anarchist has taken the precaution to
load" the dainties with poison. There
are endless requests for rules on efi-
quette, reaching all the way from barn
dances to funerals. Never-to-be num-
bered pictures Of infants, long o-e-, I'M
ones. thin ones. fat ones. hGme,y o.. :,
pretty ones, some laughing, some cry
ing, dressed and undressed. but each and
every one invariably named ''f1sien'' or:
William according to the gender.
1t Is only fair to say that however weird
or triflipg these communications or pic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-11

ELLIOTT WOODS.
Superintendent Of Capitol and Grounds.
&425. 900. For some reason the long flight
Of steps on the west side Of the Capitol
was built Of buestone Besides being In
harmonious. this stone shows a marked
disposition to scale and break away in
fakes. It would cost $4,000 10 repla &C
these steps. but the work Is strongly ad-
vocated.
The improvements outlined above have
been considered In a tentative way for
years. A joint commission OF the Senate
and House on the extension and compile
tion Of the Capitol took this matter up
and authorized a New York firm to sub
NIT a report on it. The report was sub
mitted as long ago as December 81, 1904.
From the report the figures quoted were
taken When the matter Is placed before
Congress this winter the report will be
referred to, and its recommendations will
be given due weight.
Thomas L. Walter. the architect OF
the Capitol in the sixties, submitted plans
calling for the extension of the center
building on the east to the line of the
new wings. In his report he called this
IAN architectural necessity The pres
ent-day experts do not agree with Mr..
the highest praise, But they suggest that
he was influenced, perhaps under pressure
from Congress, by the desire to secure
increased accommodations within the
building. and that he would have sug-
gested a somewhat different treatment
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holder of the box Is furnished the secre.
tary, who notifies the holder that the
President of the United States desires
the box. In almost every case the box
Warded with a note Of thanks.
Ii there are no house guests at the
mansion Miss Letterman sees TO II tina
those asked to accompany Mr.. and Mrs
TAFT have not recently been guests Il
Is one method of signally hoporinR the
invited one and unless the friendship or
circumstances are particularly compel
ling the guest is hardly favored twice IN
one season.
The social secretary must be acquaint
ed with some curious things. For in
stance, she must know the living from
the dead. If Mr.. Smith Is separated from
his wife 1t would be obviously uncom-
Portable to send reception invitation
requesting the company OF Mr.. and Mrs.
III Mrs. Senator Brown is lately de-
ceased it would be extremely bad form
to request her company along with Sen
ator Browns at an afternoon function
Petty jealousies that are rampant I'm the
diplomatic corps. either because OF per
sonal Misunderstanding or by reason Of
strained diplomatic relations between
-,
be met with the greatest amount Of tacl
and extreme caution. Ambassador "A"
cannot and must not be seated next to
Ambassador ''B'' because the countries
that they represent are engaged in civil
strife. SO Ambassador b. must be seat
ed to the left of Ambassador CO., and
as that seat gives Ambassador &c" q
slight precedence over Ambassador ID.
matters begin to assume a hectic com
plexion.
Mrs. Taft, like Mrs. Roosevelt will some
times consent to name q doll for some
charity. The last year Mrs. Roosevelt
was the chatelaine Of the Executive Man
sion such request WAS made by the
board OF lady managers OF an Albany
hospital. who contemplated giving a prs.
tentious fair. One Of the board member.
was a personal friend OF Mrs Roosevelt
and when she asked the wife OF the
President to name large doll Mrs
written on one OF her cards and securely
sealed in a small envelope. The doll was
placed In q conspicuous position with the
name envelope attached to one Of It's
hands. The guessing at % cents a guess
went gaily on. and finally the time came
to announce the name of the doll and
reward the correct guessee. With a good
deal Of ceremony and much interest the
name OF MARY Elizabeth was read out
to the crowd. There was q good deal "
laughter because of tine fact that the
friend had neglected to state to Mrs.
Roosevelt that the dolly was q man.
child. elegantly and correctly attfred IN
evening clothes.
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the existing masonry. the entire colon
made OF the dome. with it's surbase ant
cornices. is. in fact. suspended and over
hangs its real support. The dome. there
fore. pretends. TO be supported directly
and seems TO be OF masonry. while II Il
really of iron. The seams OF all this iro a
work are constantly parting. owing IN
expansion and contraction. The superin-
tendent of the Capitol informs us that in
order TO prevent the elements from al
lacking the dome many eNpedients 20
covering these seams have been resortei
To. but the only method which has me
with even partial success has been tho
use Of canvas and paint. II IS obvious.
therefore. that IL Is only "A question OF
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Island. and not few of them live in
Connecticut. But the effect of the aban-
donment of New York by these wealthy
social fgurantes in favor of their country
homes already has been pronounced upon
the last few social seasons. Now the
social season of New York really has
come to mean, to a great extent. the
Long Island season. The people of the
400, an extremely large and important
contingent of them, keep their country
homes open and entertain Their Elm all dur
ing the season on most lavish scale.
leading the openair life. giving guests the
advantages of winter sports and that sort
of thing. and the former splendor of the
New York city season now has been con-
verified into a sort of continuous season of
splendiferous house parties down on Long
Island
This is the sort of thing that was pre-
dicted dozen years ago by students of
conditions who We're derided for even in
timating that such thing ever could be-
But it could be-. can be and is.
CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
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Clarence Cullen's New York Letter

Scotchmen and Irishmen living in New
York who make it the rule of their lives
to spend Christmas day at their homes
overseas. The great majority of them,
on account of business demands, are COM
PEELED to make rush job of it. But they
don't mind that They go anyhow. The
majority of them, SO d steamship agent
told me recently, actually spend but the
one day. and that Christmas. at their old
homes; they have no time for more pro-
lonsed stays. The steamers. as q rule,
get them to Liverpool or Southampton on
the morning of the day before Christmas.