The National tribune., 1910-02-10

hllONI " ltiC Ilt SuNNINu
E. P. Hanna, who died about si2
| months ago.
That there is objection to the crea
| ton by Congress of hereditary order:
developed in the Senate last weel
when Mr.. BuIkeley attempted to hav,
passed q bill incorporating the De
, scendants of Signers." to which de-
scendants of sgners of the Declaration
of Independence would be eligible.
Mr. Lodge said undoubtedly the rails
ing of the hereditary principle would
lead to debate and therefore it could
not be taken up under the unanimous
consent rule.
Two thousand young cherry trees, tho
gift of the Japanese Government to the
city of Washington, were reduced t
ashes a the propagatng gardens of the
Department of Agriculture last week
} Experts of the Department, in eXamin-
ing the trees, found that they were
, hopelessly diseased, and contained a
/ number of new insect pests that it was
, thought unwise to turn loose in this
country.
| The Japanese Consul in New York
, has Informed Secretary Wilson that his
Government will send another consign-
ment of cherry trees as gift to the city
{ of Washington.
At the ball given by the Daughters of
the Confederacy one night last week.
and while one Of the SWEETEST balls
of the whole season in Washington,
President Taft occupied box. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Taft and several
other ladies of his household, and
watched the dancers from his box with
a great deal of interest. He later went
upon the floor and invited Mrs. Pierce
Horn to take a round in a waltz with
| him, which she did. Mrs. Pierce Horn
| is a very beautiful daughter of the
South and dances exquisitely. The Pres
ident of the United States while a very
large man. is sing Ilarly light upon his
feet, and made a fine partner for the
! lady so signally singled out by him for
the honor, Receptions at the White
| House this Winter have all ended up
with an informal dance, in which Pres
ident Taft has borne his part manful-
ly. There is just mere suggestion
that the President finds dancing very
good exercise.
Estimates made by officials of the
Post Office Department indicate that
| 300, 900, 900 one-cent coins annually are
taken by the rural letter carriers from
letter boxes for the payment of post
| age on mail matter deposited
Complaints against the practice have
become so widespread that the Post
Office has issued instructions to all
| Postmasters at rural delivery offices
that after Feb. Is rural letter carriers
will not be required to take loose coins
from mail boxes for the purchase of
| stamps or money orders. The Depart
ment, it is explained, has been forced
| to adopt this measure on account of
the enormous extent to which the prac-
| tice has grown, and the resulting de-
lays in the collection and delivery of
mail.
Mrs. BeIva A Lockwood, whose head
is as full of ideas as a new egg is full
of meat, has just developed new one.
She wants to aid the striking shirt
waist girls, and has asked the Pres-
| dent to assist her. She addressed a let
ter to President Taft, in which she
suggested that the Nobel Peace Prize
Fund, awarded to President Roosevelt
a year or so ago. be used in assisting
these striking girls and women who
have been out Of work for about six
weeks. In her letter she declared that
despite the assistance given to them
! by their fellOw-unionists, they are suf-
fering for the neceSsaries of life. She
! thinks that this prize money which
was a large sum awarded to Mr. Roose-
welt in recognition of his services, but
which he did not accept, ought to be
used by the Industrial Peace Commit
tee for the purpose of assisting these
women who are fighting for a princi-
| pie. Up to the present day the PreSi-
| dent has made no reply to Mrs. Lock-
wood, and it is not at all likely that
! she will get the money.
A new statue of Lee is to be made
| for the Gettysburg Battlefield Monu-
ment. which is to be a tribute to the
| Confederate soldiers who fell on that
/ field. F. VIM. Selves, of Washington,
/ will be the designer of the monument.
Mr.. Seives's design will represent Gen
Lee on Traveller, his famous charger.
and will be surrounded by soldiers of
various branches of the service. The
plans for the proposed statue of Lee
read like replica of those for the
statue of Gen. Sherman in front of the
! Treasury Department, at the head of
/ pennsylvania avenue. 1t is suggested
that Virginia could save a whole lot of
| money and an unnecessary display of
bad blood and i'll temper if she would
take the statue of Lee, that stands in
the Hall of Horrors unaccepted by
Congress. and put it up on the Gettys-
burg battlefield. No one would think
of objecting about it there, as it nat
urally belongs there, and it is unnat-
urally placed under the dome of the
Capitol.
An aeroplane arrived at the White
| House one morning last week. 1t was
not man-carrying machine, but an
exact reproduction of the Curtiss ma
chine which won the Gordon Bennett
cup at Rheims. France, last Summer
| The model aeroplane was presented
to President Taft for his son Charlie,
who is now at school. The President
expressed his interest in the progress
| that was being made in the conquest
of the air, and promised to give the
machine to Charlie.
The machine was presented by E
|ail Church, Of Brooklyn, who built the
model The scale is one inch to the
foot. Last November the model was on
exhibition in Boston, and last week IL
was shown at the auto-aero show at
Convention Hall.
The proposal TO erect q memorial
to the American Indian in the form of
statue in New York Harbor, costing
! 100000, was before the Library Com
mittee of the House a few days ago.
The money would be supplied by
Rodman Wanamaker and others. A
bill by Representative Goulden au-
thorizes the erection of the statue, and
provides for the appointment OF COM
mlttee TO select site and design. Sew
eral members of the New York delega-
ton in the House and other parties
from New York and Philadelphia ap-
peared before the committee and smoke
, for the project. The site generally rec
commended for the erection of the statue
az FsaHrg IL,