The National tribune., 1910-06-30


uemen' could do just about as they
pleased and never receive reprimand of
any kind, but that is not true now.
John Garfield, son of former Secretary
of the Interior and grandson of former
President Garfield, has been expelled
from the Horace Taft School at Water
town, Conn. He and three other youths,
Horace Crocker, of San Francisco,
Frank Andrews and John Dunn, both of
New York, were expelled at the same
time. Young Garfield would have grad
uated last week He was also SubSti-
tute pitcher on the ball team, of which
Andrews was the regular pitcher The
cause for their being expelled were the
pranks they played on Flag Day There
is beautiful granite memorial shaft IN
the center of the town, erected to the
sons of Connecticut who were in the
war of the rebellion. These irreverent
young men decorated the shaft with
their school colors and flags and ever
greens. 1t was an outrageous thing to
do, and the brother of President Taft
who is principal of the school, did the
right thing in eXpelling them Cubs of
boys have to be taught some time. or
another that they have got to assume
virtues IL they have not them already.
Archie Roosevelt, the next TO the
youngest and mentally the most active
of former President Roosevelt's chill
dren. is the only one of the six to ever
take prize of any description at
school. None of the Roosevelt children
took naturally to books. Archie was
awarded the Mrs. Lyman c. Josephs
prize for excellence in mathematics at
the annual graduation exercises at the
Groton School, where he has been in
attendance for the past year. Archie
was not there at the time that the prize
was awarded to him, as he was in at
tendance his hrOthar'o in
New York.
We are to have another royal visitor.
This time the Sultan of Sulu. The Sui
tan of Sulu claims descent from Dyak
Borneo, Chief Paguian Tindig who,
early in the 18th century, conquered
the Sulu archipelago, founded the sui
tanate. and opened the way for the in
PRODUCTION therein of the religion of
Mahomet. This sultanate. politically
regarded as an integral part of the
philippines. came into the possession of
the United States as the result of the
Spanish-American War. The authority
of the Sultan is nominal bu- the devo-
ton of his subjects is unqualified
The Sultan was perfectly infatuated
with Miss Alice Roosevelt when she
visited him in 1905 in company with
President Taft. and she was honored by
the offer of his hand and his kingdom
her the Sultana of the Sulu Archipela-
60, and insisted that his people were
unanimous in the desire tina. she should /
remain among them. She did not, how /
ever.
Mrs. Mary Ledwith, the nurse who /
cared for Theodore Roosevelt Jr, Eth /
el, Kermit, Archibald and Quentin, and .
fed and dressed them in years gone by,
IS coming back home to stay The
Rooseyelts regard her as one of them,
and treat her as such.
Altho Mrs. Ledwith is now IS wears /
old, she is still sprightly, and to-day was
one of the happiest of the guests at the
Observation-Disclosures wedding IN New
York. For the last 3 months. while
the Colonel has been hunting lions and
stalking Kings. Mrs. Ledwith has been
living with her sister i'll New York. Be
fore that she had been with the family
in the White House. Now that the head .
of the family has returned she will join
them once more, and expects to stay
with them until her long and busy life I
draws to an end.
L. A. Blake, of Tulsa, okla. was in
the city last week, talked very enter (
tainingiy of the defiance of Gov Has
kell and the change of Capitals in the 4
state represented By the last star on !,
the Flag He declares that real estate
IN Oklahoma City, which has been es-
tabiished by Gov. Haskell as the new II
capital of the State in defiance of the Il
courts, is now held at outrageous prices Il
by spectators, and the people are find
ing out that mushroom growth is not
without its inconvenience. Mr. Blake ,
then said:
The marvellous growth of Oklahoma
Clty-something for which even the op-
tlmlsuc Westerners We're unprepared-l
has attracted a host of men, who are
buying land in promising districts. snd
frankly announce their intention to hold
II until prices have gone way up Al
ready the business and residential quar-
ters show the effects of this evil There
are long, bare strips of land held for
purposes right in the midst /,
of the logical center of trade and traffic |.
ana the prices placed upon them. are
prohibitiye. OF course, the result is an
unsightly outlook from an artistic point
OF view, and citizens are alarmed that
development may be retarded. Certain
is the city's growth will not follow its
normal and natural course if the real
estate sharks are allowed to have their
way. is
THE little opera bouffe INDUCED in
by Guthrie and Oklahoma City as to the
honor of being the Capital of the State {
Is. OF course the paramount political is
sue out there at present. While prob
aDy majority OF the people are in A!
favor of transferring the Legislature !
from Guthrie TO the States metropoIis S
the sober, conservative citizenship has c
been outraged by the manner in which a
1T was done. 6
''As a matter of fact. Gov. Haskell 10 s
rapidly losing out in his home state l
He commands only a fraction of the
support which formerly was his. Has
kell is shrewd and has so far succeeded {
In eyading the many accusations {
brought against him; but, in nv onin- I
Jon, ne can never again be elected Gov I
ernor" ID
Altho Miss Helen Taft has not had a
real coming-out party and it is NOT ex~l
pected that she will for a year vet she
has already taken her place at her faith
er's side at the head of the White House :
table. Mrs. Tafts health only permits
the most simple indulgence in social !
pleasures, and she very largely confines
herself to outdoor social functions I
When Prince and Princess Fushini tho
japanese royal couple were here thev
were entertained at a magnificent han J.
quet at the White House, and Mrs Tai, 1
being unable to appear, Miss Taft took {
her place at the head Of her fathers
table with all the dignity of a grown
up. She wore on that evening her very
hfst groWn-up gown; that is, her dress !
Iouched the floor and trailed just a lit
tie II was Of white, low neck, and for
Ihe hrst time she had her hair done I'D
py hairdresser, and had put on all the