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ing to equal the superb seamanship Stew
art displayed in this engagement. As the
battle began the moon arose. At times
the moonlight was SO bright that the sea
was radiant. Then the moon would go
behind a cloud and there would be COM
parative darkness. There was a fair
breeze. and the ships were easy to handle
The three warships formed a triangle
which ordinarily would seem to favor the
two attacking ships, but Stewart worked
port and starboard batteries alternately.
giving the Levant a broadside and then
the Cyane another, and swinging the Con-
stitution about SO that neither of the
British vessels was able to rake him. The
Levant suffered so severely in the first
part of the battle that she was compelled
to draw away. This enabled Stewart to
concentrate his fire on the Cyane. He
smothered her with broadsides until she
surrendered. Putting a prize crew aboard
the Cyane, he went in pursuit Of the l.e-
want She had repaired her damage and
had calamity returned to the combat, but
it was no use. Unable to withstand the
fire of the Constitution, she tried to run
away, but Stewart went in pursuit and at
10 pm. she gave up.
On the Constitution there were three
killed and twelve wounded. On the Brit
ish ships there were nineteen killed and
forty-two wounded.
In the cabin of the Constitution the
captains of the Levant and the Cyane
were bitter in reproaehng each other for
the defeat. One thought the other was
al fault, and declared that victory woula
have been theirs had they supported each
other properly. The two men quarreied
until it seemed they would come to blows
Stewart sat and listened to them until
he got tired. Then he said: Gentlemen.
cease this pickering If you wish I'll
put the two OF you back on your ship
and we'll fight the battle over again.
They looked at Stewart. So far as they
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leaders in the Latina American corps dur
ing his term in Washington. Gen Rem
gifo was drowned in steamboat dis
aster on the Magdalene river. Nj. Eugene
Thiebaut was for many years chancellor
and first secretary of the French en-
bassy. He served during the war with
Spain. and his fine manipulation of the
affairs of that country. which were es-
pecially committed to his care, received
recognition from the French foreign Of
flee and the personal thanks of the late
Secretary Hay and his predecessor, Judge
Day. NJ. Thiebaut figures in that great
historical canvas painted for the United
States by NJ. Chartran and presented 20
the White House by President Loupet
This canvas hangs in the White Rouse
and il was one of President Mckinley
favorite paintings in the large collection
which now adorns the presidential home.
1t is called the Signing of the Protocol.
and Is executed in the French master
happiest style.
Many, and among them Mrs. Mckinley
and the late Senator Hanna. thought the
portrait of Mckinley the best he ever
had taken Jules Cambon, then ambassa-
dor from France, with Judge Day, the
assistant secretaries of state. including
David Jayne Hill. now ambassador to
Berlin, and Herbert PIERCE, now minister
to Norway, together with NJ. Cambon' S
staff, al appear prominently on the can
vas At the personal request of President
Mckinley, NJ. Chartran copied his great
original in the White House. and this
copy hangs in the grand salon of the for
eign office in the Louvre in Paris. Nine
Rengifo and NJ Thiebaut were married in
Washington about eight years ago, and
they have resided abroad almost con-
stantly since that time, Mr.. Thiebaut
was for several years connected with the
foreign Office. holding position which
has no counterpart in the American De-
partment Of State. namely, ''chef in cabi-
net" or chief councillor Of the council OF
ministers. with headquarters in the min
istry Of state
II have been to Washington onl,
about once in every four years since
left 1t eight years ago. but even this Ions
period keeps me In touch with my home
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Easter Feast Of Flowers IN Buenos Aires Says Minister'S Wife

type may still be seen. and the country 10
so magnificent and the scenery so varied
that ii appeals 10 all who desire the
unique well as the picturesque.
Argentina is rather fiat country ana
is given mostly to grazing. Still II i
great in extent and almost every sort OF
industry and agriculture may be inspect-
ed. The railroads are excellent and there
is every facility for travel. even good
hotels in the wildernesses OF ranches The
great mesas. or tablelands, afford an
unbrOken prospect for hundreds OF miles'
and to those who are used to the ratne'
circumscribed area of Europe II seems
marvellous. But for an American, even
such vast ranges of grazing land as At
eentina can show are not astonishing -
for food, we have everything that - sooo
and wholesome and much that : de
licious- Fruit is excellent, so well flaNo'
ed and SO exquisite both to the sight an
to the palate. We have servant prop
lem. but not so acutely as my friends ~
Washington point the difficulty here. nus
one common error is to imagine 'n7
climate OF all South America as tropica:;
the people as languishing under tori,n
sun. tanning themselves and swinging -
hammock all day. Nothing Is laf'"
frcm the truth. The climate is not 2.
different from that of the Atlantic sIs,
in the north temperate zone. The propL
are energetic and entirely wideaNaso
siestas than the average American WON
an. To judge from the pace which ho ,ss
in Washington. no one suspects NJ
womankind any more than the men
having leisure for a siesta JILL .,.r
reigns in Buenos Aires, as in every olne,
Latin country, as queen OF the home. q
the partner of man, but whose ave. Tss
tons are all of the gentler nature. ns
woman question is not an issue. lho .re,e
the women are power IN the
sense"
Nine Thiebaut has been feteo ai me
beyond the limit of her endurance a"est
her visit to washington She is the gus
Of her sisters Mrs. Mccartney ana ~ nd
Irwin, in their home in 18th street. .,.,er
after a brief visit to her youngest the
Nine. Barbour. who is superior o, on
Convent Of the Sacred Heart IN run inin NJ.
phia, she will sail for Havre TO jo" her
Thiebaut for a months visit 10
French kinSpeople.
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British to divide. Luckily for him the
Acasta, the fastest OF the British ships.
and then the other two Britishers went
in pursuit of the Levant which they
thought. because OF her false ports. was
a heavy frigate. The Levant put about
and returned 10 Porto Praya. where the
British squadron opened fire on her
When they discovered she was the Ie-
want and not a big American frigate
they were disguised. Meanwhile the Con-
stitution and the Cyane were on their
way across the Atlantic.
Stewart arrived in New York in Nav
and got magnificent reception. gold
medal and the thanks of the nation were
bestowed upon him by Congress. A few
years later he raised his broad pennant
as commodore and went TO Europe in the
line-of-battle ship Franklin. There was
no better ship or better sailor on the
seas in that day than the Franklin and
her commander. When he returned after
emperors and kings had been his guests
on the warship. he went to live on his
estate near Bordentown. which he called
Montpelier. but which came to be known
later. as he. too, came to be known, as
"Old Ironsides.''
X
There he had for a neighbor Joseph
Bonaparte. once King of Naples and once
King of Spain. and now an exile. They
Sol " Dc great cHuIHS. Every FOuTtn OF
July they celebrated the nations birth
day together at Bonaparte Hall. The
commodore wore full uniform. BY his
side hung his full dress sword. a mag
nificent Toledo blade. There had been
a gold hilt to that superb sword but 1t
was shot away in the fight with the Cy-
ane and the Levant. and the armorer OF
the Constitution had fashioned a rude
iron one on il, and SO the commodore
wore it.
The land could not hold Charles Stew
art long. Back to sea he would go. He
was commissioner of the navy for four
years. a position practically the same as
Secretary of the Navy today. There
was a movement I'm the early +0s 10 nomI-
nate him for the presidency, but he
sauelched il.
May u. 1879. his daughter Della mar
ried Charles Henry Parnell, and she be-
came the mother of Charles Stewart Par
nell who will be ranked by historians
perhaps as the greatest leader the Irish
people ever have had.
Of the American navy. In 1SN lie was
flag officer. In 1862 he was commissioned
rear admiral. November Is. 1881 in his
ninety-second year. old Ironsides" died
For seventy lone years he was in the
service of the United States and he was
on waiting orders when he died
Copyright 1910. he Richard SpilIancD
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bride he asked her what he should bring
back to her. "a frigate." she replied.
''Ill bring you two" he declared.
From the prophecies Stewart made on
filled the sailors got to look upon him
with superstitious awe. They were off the
coast of Portugal two months after leav-
.nS Boston and the men were restless
because the trip had been marked by only
a few unimportant captures, when stew
art addressed the crew and told them TO
be patient. You'll have fight within
twenty-four hours" he announced. Then
turning to them again as he started 10
go away he added, you'll have two
fights
Thereupon he gave orders for change
in the course of the ship. He pointed
the Constitution for a spot in the Atlantic
sixty miles southwest What possessed
him to direct the vessel to that particular
point he never could explain. He simply
had what racetrack follower would call
a ''hunch,' and when he got to the spot
he sought he sighted the British frigate
Cyane Soon after the >Cyane came into
view the Constitution alone sighted the
sloop of war Levant. The Levant looked
TO be about the same size as the Con-
stitution, but she was not She had false
gun ports painted amidships. and it was
not until the action was we'll under way
that Stewart realized her true dimensions.
Il
In tonnage and in gun fire the Levant
and Cyane were a little heavier than the
Constitution. This advantage should have
told decidedly in contest where two yes
sells were fighting one. Upon Stewart de-
volved the duty of Keeping the two either
so busy or SO separated that they could
not concentrate their fire on him.
For several hours the warships ma
neuvered. the captains jockeying with
rare skill. 1t was late in the afternoon
when they began maneuvering, and 1t was
night before the battle began. Students OF
naval warfare declare that there is notn-
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craf, that never was the enemy able to
deliver broadside. He has been terlnea
the luckiest if not the greatest OF the
commodores of that glorious lSl2 perloa'
but 10 skill more than to luck his success
NAV be ascribed. He never lost snip
AMI he never lost fight. His fame rests
largely on one contest-that between the
Constitution and the Levant and Cyane'
but that one fight was classic.
II is strange that the two greatest
fights of the war of 1912, the one on land
and the other on sea. should have beeh
fought after the treaty of peace had been
sirred. 1t was a month after jackson
had crushed the British at New Orleans
tba: Stewart captured the Levant and
the Cyane.
Stewart was born in Philadelphia July
IS ITS. His parents were irish ana ne
was only two years Old when ms Iather
died. His mother, lett with IouT sifat
children, had bitter struggle to provide
for her little ones. When he was eleven
years old Stewart went to sea as a CABIN
boy BY the time he was twenty he was
in command of clipper ship. But the
merchant marine had less fascination Tor
him than the navy. March 9. 119s, he
was commissioned lieutenant and as
signed TO the frigate United States He
had as shipmates Decatur. Somers ana
other men destined to win high honors In
the service.
II was not until 1900, when he got COM
mand of the Experiment, that he began
TO show what stuff he was made OF. NO
vessel in the West Indies was more &C
tive in chasing French privateers than
was Stewards little schooner. He cap
tured the Deux Amis and did II so bril-
liantIy that he won the communication OF
Congress. He had a fine faculty for
handling men. He was a martinez, not
headed and imperfous at times ana
stickler for the rigid carrying out OF ms
orders, but he had SO many lovable quai1-
ties that his men were devoted to him. II
he insisted upon others obeying his orders
ne was none the less obedlent to the or
ders of his superiors. Once he got orders
To sail The order was peremptory. His
vessel was without a mainmast and he
sailed He lowed his mainmast and
Joined the fleet hen, when opportunity
offered he stepped the mast.
In our war with Tripoli he was second
in command to Commodore Preble. and
he had plenty of action, but to Decatur
went most of the glory of that eXpedi-
ton for his dash into the harbor OF
rripoli when he burned the Phiiadelphia'
the most bold and daring act OF the
age" as Lord Nelson termed it, over
Swallowed everything else. Stewart, too,
had hand in that thrilling affair. he,
in the Siren. accompanied Decatur, WHO
was in the Intrepid While Decatur en-
tered the harbor Stewart waited outside.
prepared to go in and rescue Decatur
if the attack failed, or pick him up IN
the event of success. In the entry IN
Prebes log equal credit for the success
Of the remarkable attack Is given TO
Stewart and Decatur. but really it all
belonged to Decatur for Stewards part
only Was that of supporting his brother
officer.
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could discover. he was serious in his
Offer They ceased reproaching each
other and began to wonder what sort
of individual this was they had been
fighting.
Stewart took the Levant and Cyane into
Porto Praya. The day after he reached
there a British squadron arrived off the
harbor. There was light fog, and some
of the British prisoners were the first
to discover the squadron. They tried to
keep the fact from the Americans. but
one of the British midshipmens indis-
Greet remarks was heard by lieutenant
of the Constitution, and word was sent
at once to Stewart. The captain was
shaving.
Beat to quarters and make ready to
go out and attack said the captain.
continuing his shaving.
The order was obeyed. Then the lieu
tenant discovered two more ships APP
preaching. He ran to the captains cabin
Cut the cables and signal the prizes
to do the same and follow us out the
captain ordered. He finished shaving.
got into his uniform and went on deck.
So admirable was the discipline of the
Constitution that within fourteen minutes
the Constitution. under full SAIL was
standing out of the roads. ready to fight
or run.
The Constitution and her prizes passed
within gunshot of the British squadron,
which was made up of the Acasta. the
Leander and tine Newcastle, each of
which was about a match for the Consti-
tuition. The identity of the Americans
was disclosed TO those on the incoming
warships by some of the British prison
ers. who had been landed by Stewart and
who had manned a battery on shore and
opened fire on Stewar, vessels as they
passed out.
ates, sienaled the Cyane and Levant 10
take different courses so as TO force the
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environment. | simply live to make these
visits. for no matter what ties one makes
outside, the air of the native land is the
sweetest YOU can breathe. l grew to love
Paris. Life is varied, SO complete, so
satisfying. ] have been living in Buenos
Aires about four years and it seems quite
like home. The people are charming. as
all Latins are, and they add to the grac &c
the broadness of the new world ideas of
hospitality and the obligations to the
stranger within the gate. Just now the
city, and. indeed. the entire country. IS
exposition which will open May 20.
and which marks the first centenary
of Argentina independence. I am COM
PEELED to curtail my visit TO Washington
very reluctantly. because must meet my
husband in Paris and sail for Buenos
Aires in order to be present at the open
ing of the fete. 1t will be marked by
some magnificent fetes. principally
naval review, to which all the nations
holding friendly intercourse with Argen-
tina will send warships. The grand har-
Dor Will be fitting receptacle for this
vast display. and il will no doubt be one
of the most impressive features or the
celebration.
France is sending a great art collec-
ton and the United States will be repre-
scented in every department OF commerce
agriculture and general industrial devel-
opment Socially the affair will be bril-
liant and epoch making. For some years
the Hamburg-American company has
been running special steamships to Buenos
Aires, and several thousand American
tourists annually visit that city and the
surrounding ones. With the attraction Of
a great exposition and the prospect OF
unlimited gayety for four months. the
number of visitors from the northern re-
public will be trebled. South America Is
rapidly becoming the scene of travel fol
Americans and Europeans alike. The
cities. it is true. are losing their Spanish
cast, and. like many of the cities of Eu
rope, are getting to resemble each other
But in the rural districts the old Spanish
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By Margaret B. Downing.

ASTER in BuenoS
Aires" remarked
Nine. Thiebaut,
wife of the French
minister 10 the Ar
gentine Republic.
who Is spending a
few weeks In her
home city, Wash
ington, lis in every
sense a feast OF
flowers. Ali ac-
auaintances in that
81.
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was Miss Regina Barbour, daughter of the
late James L. Barbour of this city and
she is the sister of two we'll known WASH
ington women, Mrs. D. P. Mccartney and
Mrs. William Irwin, wife Of Commander
Irwin. Her brother. James L. Barbour.
jr.. resides in Washington, and he and his
wife are also prominent socially. Nine.
Thiebaut was educated in the Convent OF
the Sacred Heart at Manhattanville, New
York. and In Paris. She married first
Gen. Julio Rengifo. minister from CO.
lombia, and was among the prominent
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fighter and good seaman though he was,
he was not good judge of men. He
had lot of youths commanders OF
the vessels in his squadron Decatur
Stewart twenty-five They're given
me a lot of schoolboy captains" the
commodore complained. Little did he
realize that each and every one of the
schoolboys was his equal if not his SUI
perior in every department of sea war
fare.
Stewart first got his name as lucky
captain in 1913, when he was appointed
to command the great frigate Constella-
ton, sister ship to the Constitution. Out
of Annapolis he sailed one day bound
for Norfolk. and then for the open sea.
He was high with hope when he anchor
ed at night off Norfolk, but, alas, when
morning dawned five British warships
cising every art which he could en-
ploy. he endeavored to slip past the
blockading squadron. but when he be-
gan to have hopes of success the wind
failed. To save his ship now seemed
doubtful, indeed. The British squadron
blocked the way and gradually tight
ened the net. Stewards only hope was
in retreat. Putting out his boats, he
laboriously lowed the frgate up toward
Norfolk. The tide was falling, and when
the Constellation reached what now is
Fort Monroe she stuck in the mud. The
British commanders. knowing there was
10 way out for the frigate, and not be-
lieving it possible for her to get through
the crooked channel to Norfolk felt sure
of her capture. But they did not know
Charles Stewart. When the tide rose
and lifted the Constellation out of the
mud that night he sent pilot ahead to
mark the channel with a light. Hour
after hour he towed the frigate.
:.
li-ht o. n
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sons The official social season begins
May % which is the national holiday.
the day which corresponds in Argentina 10
the Fourth of July in our history. Every
thing in Latin sosiety has dash of mill
tary and ecclesiastical pOmp which gives
a charm and color entirely lacking in the
north. May - is always usnered ~ by
big military display before the president.
The chief executive Of Argentina resides
in fine residence called the Pink House
instead of the White House as with us.
II is a splendid palace of pale pink stucco
surrounded by roomy verandas and by
handsomely laid out grounds. The gal
Ieries are allotted to different grades of
society. the state officers, the diplomatic
corps, the legislative bodies, in word,
all society, is given place in one of the
verandas of the presidents house and
here we watch the Magnificent parade and
afterward are entertained in the mansion
The official season lasts through'the sum-
mer and il Is as gay, comparatively
speaking, as in Paris. Every moment
there is something to give pleasure-to ex-
cite the interest.
Dancing Is not so popular in Buenos
Aires as one would suppose. The young
girls do not seem to care for that form
of diversion so much American girls.
They prefer theconcerts, the CONVERSE
ziones, afternoon fetes and the great ma
tional enjoyment Of driving. There are
dinners galore, card parties and musicals
and the general program is followed in
what is known as the social realm in all
four continents Argentina has brilliant
diplomatic corps, and according to cour-
tesy the papal internuncio. at present
Mgr. Aquiles Locatelli. Is always the
dean. He makes an impressive figure in
his flowing purple and crimson robe, and
he may be seen at all the stately func-
tions given by the president or his cabi-
net. He likewise gives his own banquets.
and one may meet there the amiable prel-
ates of the Argentina hierarchy, together
with many Of the old noblesse still resi-
dent in Buenos Aires or the surrounding
estates"
Nine. Thiebaut may be counted among
the charming young matrons who have
gone from their native land to promote
its prestige among foreign countries. She
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y a day of wonder
full ships and re-
markable 8 a ! ] o r
men, Charles Stew
art gave an exhibit
ton Of sea.manship
unequaled In naval
warfare. With one
ship he fought two.
and not only did
he capture the two,
but so cleverly did
he handle his own
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testy man was old Prebe. Good
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When the light was reached it was eA-
tnguished and the pilot sent ahead 10
mark the next stage of the journey.
throughout the long winter night Stew
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expenses of the county government, il
must huve been stolen bodily in other
years.
And this also is true example Of
the way the. church administrations do
things, They collect enormous reve-
nues, waste or graft the money, and
hold out their hands for more
With an American sdministrati in
county affairs. the county will receive
benefits according to the taxation that
is collected. Just as the public have
received such valuable considerations
in Salt Lake City, It is up TO the peo-
pie of the county, including the city,
TO say whether 1t is not time that there
should be a change IN the county ad-
so that the people viii re.
ceivo constant benefit and progress in
better roads and other public improve
ments, and in the fostering of a spirit
of American enterprise such as has
been sadly lacking heretofore in Salt
Lake county outside of the city. The
people of the county at large begin to
see what Americanism has done for this
city. 1t is up TO them to say whether
they do not want some of those bene-
fits for themselves