The National tribune., 1910-10-20

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marine officer gave a quiet order. and
from so rifles came three volleys, one
after another. followed by the sad, sweet
notes of taps" played by the ships
bugler. Then, after a short pause.
Capt. Rodgers stepped up to the great
basket. and picked out a beautiful full
fringed purple aster. and, walking with
it to the port rail. dropped it into the
placid-looking Hudson, which had re-
fused to yield up the dead seamen. One
by one, according to rank, the officers
of the New Hampshire walked up to
the basket, picked out carnation or
astcr, and dropped it silently into the
river. 1t was a tragic moment when
the time for Midshipman Chevalier to
do this arrived 1t was he who had
command of the lanch at the time Of
the accident, it will be remembered.
He was as pale as the flower he held
i'll his hand, but his face wore the stern
expression of the American naval Off
GER. When each officer had dropped
his flower overheard. the men, one
after another. stepped to the basket,
rather awkwardly, it must be confess
ed, picked out their flower, which they
added to those already dropped in
memory of their comrades When the
ceremony "dS over, the TlNbI all
that part of the ship was covered with
the beautiful purple and white bios
SONS, which slowly drifted down with
the tide.
THAT aviation pays If you happen to
be lucky, is shown in the case of
Mr.. Claude Grahame-White. Mr..
White is an Englishman only 28 years
years of age. and is said to have made
fully s250.0OO out of his flights. After
leaving school, Mr.. White became a
machinist, and while working at his
trade was always making hites and
sending things up on their t.ils. until
be finally made a man-lifting Kite. Mr..
White was hardly known outside his
town before the London Manchester
hight, year ago, which, tho not entire
ly successful. showed him to be so
daring and intelligent that his fame and
fortune were made. Since then this
brilliant aviator has been prominently
before the public. his every flight DEM
onstrating something new in air navi-
cation. He aims at speed rather than
distance, and at the Boston Aviation
Meet, held in September, won the prize
Of $4,000 for swiftness making the
flight to Boston Light at the rate of
mile minute. Altogether. Mr.. White
won 1000 in prizes at the Boston
ton pays II you happen to be a
Grahame- White.
TT IS really amusing to hear the wom-
en- who have returned from Eu-
rope this Autumn talk about Col
lector Loeb. There is no term too op-
probious to apply to him. Arrogant off,
cial upstart," sJthe very mildest Their
accounts of the indignities to which
they were subjected, after having de-
clared every single thing 1 bought"
would 4move the hardest heart. Still,
adamant in this syrespect Collector .oeb
continues his rigorous course. The
Duveens, of New York, known the
world over as art dealers. are his latest
victims. Their entire Fifth avenue es-
tablishment was seized the other day
and the only member of the firm, Ben
Jamin Duveen, nplaced Under arrest
They are charged with having defraud-
ed the Government by false invoices of
more than $1,000,000. For instance,
the value of three vases invoiced at
S1,1O7 was really $4,000. It would not
be at all surprising if some mistakes
were made by the inspectors and by
Mr.. Loeb himself. These officers may
be over-Zealous and unduly suspicious
IN some cases. Miss Frances Alexan-
der, who came in the other day and
who did not declare the opal necklace
given her by friend, which she had
carried out of the country and brought
back several times without ever paving
duty. had the necklace taken away from
her by the customs officials. To the
untutored mind this does not seem
right. Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt paid
$1,000 on her As big trunks a week
or so ago. without whimper. It took
the inspectors five hours to examine
the trunks, while six of Mrs. Wander
bits servants stood around and saw
that the delicate dresses, ETC., were
properly handled
AH EANWHILE it Is said that all the
W American women on the other
side think about is ways and
means of cheating the customs officials.
In greeting countrywoman either in
Paris, London, no matter where over
there, or on the hOmebound steamer,
such woman I:aages at once into the
subject nearest her heart and saws,
How are you going to get your things
in?" instead of inquiring il her friend
had seen this wonderful picture. or
that wOrld-famed cathedral. In the
pensions and hotels abroad a group of
American women sitting together means
one thing-a swapping of clever tricks
to cheat their Government. One woman
had brought lot of American dress
lh5S oNtI Wltn neT To sew on
the costumes ordered from the Paris
dressmakers, which she generously
shared with her countrywomen. An
other confessed to bringing across with
her the oldest and worst-lookine trunks
she possessed, as a new trunk was a
dead give-away." Another showed the
pest way OF sewing stockings and gloves
between Innings and facing, which has
to be done very neatly indeed to DEFY
detection, and a sweet, young thing
just out of school, told of how she ex-
pected to get three new chiffon gowns
IN as one by taclsing them together
belt to belt. sleeve within sleeve, one
gaTnlture over another. These gowns
had cost her a cool $1,000. but she in
tended to declare them as one worth
$3.50, and had no doubt whatever of
successfully fooling the custom house
inspector.
as 200.