The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-16
A SUBTLE SENSE
OF SADNESS


Dead Issue.
Washington, D. G., April le.-A subtle
sonse Of sadness peryades the new tennis
court in the White House grounds.
No court could have been made more
perfect. The net Il huti the squares
within tie white chalk Lines are as math-
ematically correct as they can be. NO
/ fairer environment could have been 81
lected for if-not even Versailles itself
where the hahltues Of The court q the
Grand monafque played the same game
lin setting 20 splendid tnat france Wehi
bankrupt IA creating ~
The new White House court lies under
the shade Of the Budding eiins Inc
spring bfeezes watt across II the soft
fragrance al Che magnolia blossoms ana
the lulbng music 81 the FLASHING founs
| tain nearby. Tho robins run across me
green turf ard the squirrels seampef about
without fear Of molestatioH. The pie
ture 4 one 81 perfect perfect peace
but peace with sadness.
Nainly does Captain Archibald Butt
with liss0me figure clad in snowy HAN
nels. invade the domain Of profound e.
lrenitv IN an effort to evoke the glory
Of the DAYS that were. Beekman Win
tlrop, assistant secretary Of the navy.
land Anbassador JusAeraud. members q
i that Informal cabinet which i now but
Il memory. struggle to reviyify the fad.
ing tradition that traced parallel IN
j the triumphs Of statccraft and the vic
tories of the tennis court. Even the un-
I trammeled energy 81 Charlie Taft, who
sometimes diyerts his attention from
more hoyish pursuits 20 whale the bali
over The fence or into the fountain, lifts
but momentarily the impalpable veil Of
melancholy sadness which drops its folds
all the more closely after this burst Of
/ juvenile activity
The White House tennis court that
was has been ohiterated, the tennis cab
met is scattered to The four winds Of
heaven almost as bad a. that-and
ii seems that efforts TO organize another
will be ia vain OF that old cabinet but
few familiar faces are left. BerSman
| Winthrop, Ambassador Iusserand and
Lawrence O. Murray are left behind.
lGiford Pinchot. Jimmy Garfield, Phillips
and the Others perhaps they still play
tennis. but She eyes Of the political world
are no longer centcfed upon the score.
That day il past. and The guiding spirit
IS far away Ia other lands.
The old court. which was sacrificed to
provide for the addition TO the executive
offices. was no such dream Of creation as
the present eouft II was q mere rect
angle Of clay and it was surrounded by
green canvas walls. which Slapped unpo
etically n The wind And how different
the attitude Of the players who galloped
about under cover Of that canvas screenf
One could catch a glimpse now and then
81 stooky figure clad IN shapeless
sweatpr 0r Az elongated anatomy that
ressmhled the qnoHdam chief forester,
clad IN garments stained with yellow
mud. There was no serenity. On the
contrary there were prunts, expletiyes,
and the sound Of the swish Of balls. De-
easionallv a mild whoop and boisterous
laughter would Indicate that somebody
HAD in al probability been hit IN the
eye.
when the old court was destroyed d.
reeiions were given that a new one
should BE- made IN its place. This was
dome last fall An 3rmy IF workmsn
I graded the ground. and arFay eugineefs
brought their arumen into play, 70 make
Iit IS perfect as possible.
How successful they were was seen
during the early days Of spring. There
are the maRuolias, the squirrels. the rob.
ira, and the fountain There "A THE shade
Of the stately bopghs overhead There
is everything that q soul could wish
bat the air Of sadness cannot be dispelled
and Il seems that the birds viii be using
tattered net before long to build their
nests for the summer,
Tennis il dad at the Waite House
When George w. Cufeton. who livea
lup IN the northern corner 81 Georgia
I in Dade county. To be exact-pinned his
faith to 1 United States internsi revenue
stamp authorizing him ID make whiskey,
and proceeded 10 do So, be got himself
/ the state IF Georqia and even the federal
government itself into a peck 81 trouble.
/ He and two federal revenue agents were
landed in Jail the state Of Georgia defied
i the national government to release them,
ana fol the last six months there has
been bitter legnl warfare, which has
only Just been terminated
The whole controversy would have
1 been avoided h the first place il Cureton
and SOME Of the others involved had
realized that TIE United States does not
license anybody 70 "a into the liquor
or tobacco business The license must
come from the state or district in which
the business Is to De carried on. The
national government merely insists that
those who engage IN tho business must
/ nav 4 tax to Uncle sam for the priYi
/ lege
Nor does it make any difference to the
national government whether or not
those who want to pay such tax live
/ in a prohibition district 1t Is always
ready to sell the stamps, which show
that tax has been paid and which guar
antees that there viii be no federal IN
/ terfefence IN one town IN the dry
state Of Kansas over one hundred such
stamps were sold last year and in the
state Of Maine 80 a stronghold Of
prohibition lover 600 But Cureton's
ease. ii the prohibition state Of Georgia
was peculiar one.
Living up IN tho hills. with sparse
bit thirsty community around him. sep
arated by many miles from the places
which cater to the desires Of the bihu
lousy incurred 1WetoH caheeNed the
idea that there was good living, II not
fortune to be obtained b. establishing
stir and selling its products to his
neighbors.
Being wise Ia his generation and hav
ing knowedQa of THE implacable fashion
IN which the revenue men, VIII dog
down anyone who tries to rim that kind
Of business illicitly Cureten decided that