The National tribune., 1910-04-28

Senator j. p. MeCumber, of North
Dakota. who has been in the hospital
undergoing an operation somewhat Sc
rious in character, is now reported to be
in very excellent condition and rapidly
returning to health.
Senator w P Frye, of Maine, who
injured his foot some time ago ana
who has necessarily been out of the
Senate Chamber for the last two or
three weeks, is now able to be there at
least portion of the day.
You wouldn't believe what funny
mix-up there sometimes IS IN the rec
egnition of names over the telephone.
The United States Senate is particularly
unfortunate in this respect. and funny
complications often arise. For instance,
Senator Dolliver, Senator Oliver and
Senator Talliaferro, pronounced "Toili-
yer" get their telephone messages Woe
fully mixed up, as over the phone the
names all sound alike, and so you have
to run the gamut of the alphabet before
YOU can get the names Strengthened out.
Then, Senator Root and Senator Smoot
also get mixed on the telephone, and
one is just as apt to get called for as
the other, and 1t is usually the other
one who is wanted. Again, Senator
Rayner and Senator Painter get the
irhyming possibilities of their names
mixed up. OF course, there is no rec
ord of anybody taking advantage of the
fact that he had gotten the wrong man
on the telephone, but it can very read
lily be seen that If Senator Dolliver, of
Iowa, is called and Senator Talliaferro,
Aof Florida, answers and becomes the
repository of Republican secrets things
might get balled up badly.
The Handsomest Man.
"I believe the President is the hand
soonest man in public life" said Robert
T. Aitkin, the sculptor, who has been in
Washington to make model for bust
of President Taft for the artists fair
fund. Mr. Aitkin is very proud of the
wax figure which he has made and
which is the first bust of President Taft
and also the only one modelled entirely
son the Presidents private desk at the
white House. The bust was made while
the President was working, and Mr..
+Aftls:n invented a collapsible box which
enabled him to let the model down on
any part of the desk, so that he might
view the President from any position as
he attended to his official duties. Mr..
1Aitkin says:
"Some people will say he is too
heavy. but after you have been with
him few minutes you forget his weight
entirely. He impresses you merely as a
tbig man You are only aware of the
EDI MS lace anu the cOunleEDdl-
zancfng firmness of his features.
Il have studied the faces of all the
men who called upon him daily, par
ticularly the Cabinet officers the Sena-
tors and Representatives, and found
none that compared with his.
Mr. Taft is very difficult man to
model. It is so easy to .burlesuue and
7earieature him, without producing the
real man. His forehead and eyebrows,
with the little sag above the eyes, is
full of force and determination. He has
the prominent bulges that denote per-
ception. The tremendous power latent
in these characteristics is not hard to
express in marble.
The difficulty comes in showing the
gentieness of his eyes. They are eyes
of great depth and of unusual kindness
and candor. Yet it was his eyes that
convinced me he had even more force
than Roosevelt, were he ever called
upon to show it at crisis"
And all this on the Return from
Elba." 1t is positively "heartrending"
The manner in which the artist did
the modelling is really interesting. 1.-THE
President" he says, sat on one side of
the long desk, with his back to the
light from the four windows, and his
secretary, Mr.. Carpenter, opposite The
light was bad handicap, and I was
forced to work from every anglo of the
desk. Often Mr.. Carpenter gave up his
seat that / might get better view, but
IN general the work of the Office went
on as If were not there.
The necessity of adjusting the posi-
ton Of the wax to the position of the
Presidents face. instead of adjusting
the subjects face to the position of the
moeel, was another handicap, but this
was overcome by a simple mechanism
which allowed me to tilt and slant the
model whenever the President changed
the position of his head. The result
was that L practically had a continuous
sitting for SIX days while the President
went on with his Office routine, dictat-
ing. receiving callers and comforting,
without giving much time to the usual
posing"
The President has agreed to go to
New York to open the fair on May 9.
Senator Guggenhein. of Colorado
who is said to be one of the richest men
an the world and one of seven broth
ers. each of whom lays claim to this
title, very seldom SAYS anything in the
Senate Chamber or anywhere else for
that matter. He is a very quiet very
approachable and very genial sort of a
gentleman; but the other day he made
speech in the United States Senate.
and thereby nearly gave his confreres
heart failure altho it was only about a
dozen words. He was asked to present
the Colorado women for suffrage, which
he did with the following speech: "wo
man suffrage is in favor and has given
satisfaction in Colorado"
In the District Supreme Court there
are ID applications for naturalization
filed by Italians. 1t is evident from This
italian immigration is larger than that
of other countries
Germany, ireland and Russia, includ-
ing Finland. have 13 candidates each.
ENGLAND Scotland do
seven applicants; there are six from
Syria, Greece and Armenia, respective-
ly. while Hungary. Austria, Neither
lands, Peru and Switzerland is each rep
resented with one The total aliens
seeking citizenship are ~.
Thirteen of the applicants have been
residents in this country over 20 years
The majority of them are Irish There
are 15 candidates who have lived I'm the
United States over 10 years, and 45 have
resided here five years or less. OF the
IT applicants, SO arrived in this country
by way of New York the rest coming in
thru the ports of Baltimore, PhiIadeI-
phia and Boston.
This Congress is on record as having
been called upon to mourn the death
of more of its members during a given
period than any other Congress. These
members of the House have died dur
ing the session of the 61st Congress:
Representative James Matthew Griggs
VIM. C Lowering, David Albough' De
Afmond, James Breck Perkins, Francis