The National tribune., 1910-10-27

At a meeting of the District Bar AS
tsociation recently a resolution wa:
unanimously adopted that the Justice:
of the District Supreme Court wear silk
gowns similar to those adopted by the
Court of Appeals Maybe men are not
as well pleased with their present style
of garb as they let on. Whenever they
get a chance to add a color tone OF
cover up their somewhat redundant
lines they seem very swift to do so.
Postmaster-G General Hitchcock says
/, that before the close of another fiscal
year the Federal Postal Establishment
will become self-sustaining, and that
this will be accomplished without cur
failing in the slightest the service rem
Idered or lessening in any respect its efli-
iciency. Mr.. Hitchcock is also convinced
that penny postage for first-class letters
is not by any manner of means an iri-
descent dream. He is almost prepared
to say that ofe-cent postage is now in
sight as a practical business PROPOSE
ton.
BY the retirement on account of ago
of Capt U. S. G. White, Robert F..
lPeary, Civil Engineer, will be promoted
to the rank of Captain in the corps Of
Civil Engineers of the Navy. He sue
ceedS by right of precedence in appoint
ment, having been appointed a Civil
Engineer Oct. 26. 1875. Capt. Peary is
listed in the Navy Register as having
had Is years of shore duty and II years
unemployed. He has been most of these
| unemployed" years commanding per-
sonal expeditions and explorations.
When the Tafts first went to Beverly
| there was great glee among the swell
residential set as it was thought that
they would add much to the high enter
tanning social ranks of that city of
wealth. But they did not. President
Taft is not that sort of a man. He is
not a rich man himself-in fact, would
be poor man but for his Presidential
salary-and he never did have any
leanfngs toward social snobs. Lady"
and Lord" as titles mean absolutely
nothing to President Taft. He judges
by character only. And now it is stated
that one reason why the Tafts are not
able to find cottage to suit them is
that the social colony wants there peo-
pie who have automobiles by the dozen,
airshipS to burn and yachts to blow up.
In other words, they want in the social
colony people with money to scatter to
the four Winds and they are not caring
for official position or much of anything
else, and 1t is stated that this is the Sc
cret of the refusal of the Evans cottage
A thrill of horror ran thru the Off
cial section of Washington the other
day when it was brought to the notice
of Health Officer woodward that a SER
want in one of the foreign legations was
afflicted with what was designated as
leprosy. The man was taken to the
hospital, where he has been under the
scrutiny of several physicians. 1t was
thought necessary to quarantine him,
tho 1t is not decided whether Washing
ton mas another case of leprosy or not
The death of Larkin Goldsmith Meade
at his home in Florence, Italy, calls to
mind the statue of Ethan Allen in the
National Capitol, of which he is the
sculptor. He was a native of Chester
field, n. H, and rs years of age. He
was for time attached to the United
states Consulate in Venice, where his
brother-in-law, VIM. D. Howells, was
Consul. A great many examples Of his
art are scattered around over the Unit
ed States, that of Ethan Allen being
considered among the best, and is
among one Of his earlier efforts. 1t is
a rather spirited-looking piece of work,
but, after all, is like most of the mar
bles in Statuary Hall, somewhat com
monplace. AT the time of his death he
was professore correspondence DELI
Academia di Belle Arti
NHeFc is lie At!"
When the frollicky little monarch of
Portugal had to flee before the ur,ris-
ing insurgents he left one of his most
loyal subjects here in Washington up in |
the air, and he has been wondering
ever since whore he is at. Senior de |
Alte, known as Viscount de AIte. is. or
was, the regularly accredited Minister |
to Washington from Portugal He is |
a gentleman as well as a diplomat, one !
not always following the other unfor- !
tunatcly. and has been very well liked. |
in Washington. but he would |
give something pretty right now to |
know whether he is diplomat or lust |
a plain gentleman of leisure. Since fat |
little Manuel was deposed Viscount ,Ie |
Alto has not presumed to run I'D the
Portuguese flag over his legation. He
has comportcd himself in the safest
sanest and most conservative manner
II has not been possible to find a flaw
IN his compartment or department since
he found himself diplomat without a .
He does not know whether he
is mister senior" or "Viscount"
POSSIBLY he may BE- all three. as the
pruning knife of the Republicans has
not yet Topped off any of his titles. Pre-
those of the nobiliary will be
discarded if the Republic stands. At
the same time IL is not going to be a |.
Republic, as we know Republic; but
that is not matter to discuss here.
Senior de Alte has not resigned his
post, for, as he has been perfectly ac- L
ceptable to all parties concerned and L
as Portugal, Republic or Monarchy. |.
wants a representative in the United L
states and has a very good man on the
ground, thoroly established and ac-
quainted with the ins and outs, ii would /
be right good diplomacy to leave him
here. The Portuguese Minister-we are
going to call him that until 1t is de-
rlared that he is not--has been consist
entity out whenever newspaper peo-
pie have called upon him, and, in fact.
he has not been officially in" since the
iare-up ia Portugal. In fact. the policy /
Of lying low or sitting tight, lust as Il
you care to put it, is the diplomatic one /
which Senior de Alte has found to hest
1t the situation. Ii
A former resident of Portugal was
recently talking to a newspaper woman
n a little Italian fruit store about the
conditions in Portugal He was irving
20 explain the situation to the Amer
.an woman, who could talk only United
states, and to the fruit vendor, who ,
,ouid talk no Portuguese and mighty {:
title United States. The Portuguess Il
'eemed to understand things pretty
veil, but his understanding spoke yery h
arge!y from gesture. He did manage ,
o say, however, that Queen AmeIie. Il
whose name is not Amelie and never
vas, was too naughty and dictatorIaI j
and not very well liked, and that her /,
at little son was lazy sensual OVER !