The National tribune., 1910-01-06
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cradle by the letters from really pa
rtrotic people fired at him for calling
Dixie" patriotic" air. He has re
ceived hundreds of letters which threat
en- all kinds of dire punishment fol
| calling Dixie a patriotic air, and Mr.
| ionneck is so horribly assailed that he
doing everything that he can to sup
press all further mention of his book
which when ii came out attracted much
attention and received many press no.
ices. AS Il matter of fact, Mr.. Som
neck, living in Washington. has arrived
| at the conclusion from hearing Dixie
| applauded on all occasions and all times
and in all places and the demands made
upon him for copies of 1t and a history
of it, and all that sort of thing from
south of Mason and DiXons line. that
Washington and the States Immediately
surrounding it comprise the whole great
| country.
Nothing on earth can ever make
Dixie" popular with any but the light
footed, jig-dancing people of the coun-
try. The air is impossible for either
singing or whistling. because of the
wide range of the notes, its words are
filthy. and the everlasting reason why
| it can never become popular in the
North is that the Confederate veterans
| and the Daughters of the Confederacy
| and the Sons of the Confederacy have
adopted Dixie" as their National air.
| 1t will be noticed that they thus draw
the dividing line between the North and
the South in this emphatic manner The
Star Spangled Banner" and America
are not good enough for them. They
must have a National air. Of their
own, altho this is supposed to be
united country, with one flag, one Ian
guage and one National air.
Mr.. Sonnecl has simply made little
s-ta oil Ttn fxr. ,Nf
this country yet lies north of Mason and
DiXon's line.
Col. James G.. Payne, the Auditor of
the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia for more than so years and
a distinguished member of the Wash
ington bar died at his home last week,
aged 76 years. He was a member of
the Loyal Legion and high Mason.
He was commissioned as First Lieutr1-
ant and Quartermaster in the 145th Pa.
in 1862, and had a brilliant military
career, in which he distinguished him
self as a fearless and capable officer.
He was made a Captain in the Commits
sary Department in "a, and from that
date until the end of the war held a
series of important posts and most of
the time was stationed in Washington.
Toward the end of the war he had
charge of transportation toward the
south of troops and supplies He was
honorably discharged in 1867.
Charles s. Voorhees,, son of tho late
Senator Voorhees,, of Indiana, died at
his home in Spokane, Wash. last week.
He was twice elected a Delegate in
Congress from Washington Territory as
Democrat. In his second term he was
largely responsible for the passage of
the Statehood bill, by which in 1889
Washington was admitted to the Union.
Admiral Dewey celebrated the 72d
anniversary of his birth Dec. 26. He
remained quietly at home. but his
friends could not refrain from calling
upon him to offer their congratulations.
He received hundreds of letters and
kilograms from friends all over the
country. Until last year Admiral Dewey
since his return from the Spanish
American War, has given a dinner at
his home and gathered about him the
officers and men who helped him wipe
out the Spanish fleet He was too i'll to
give the dinner last year. and as he is
not very strong his friends decided for
him that it was inadvisable that the
entertainment be given this year.
Huntington Wilson, Assistant Secre-
tary of State, has been confined to his
bed with a severe cold. His condition
is not serious, and he will probably be
about his duties in few days.
Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks, wife of
former Vice President Fairbanks and
for four years President-GeneraIo of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
has been for nearly a year touring
abroad. A great many pretty things
have been sent back to her friends by
Mrs. Fairbanks, but nothing sweeter
than some rare bulbs which she Dur-
chased in historic environments in
Italy. These bulbs are of particularly
lovely narcissus, which thrives wonder
fully in glass bowls filled with water, !
hlling the entire house with fragrance ,
when in bloom. Mrs. Fairbanks sent |
these bulbs from Campo Santo, and |
some of them have the most exquisite |
colors in cyclamen entirely unknown |
on this side. The story of these bulbs !
is that when earth was brought from |
the Holy Land to fill in the cemetery at |
Campo Santo, Pisa, these bulbs were |
found. |
There has been great cry raised be- !
cause the lanching of the Utah, the |
most powerful battleship in the U. s. |
Navy, which took place in the New |
York shipbuilding yard, occurred on |
the lGOth birthday anniversary of Brig |
ham Young.
Christmas was celebrated at the Chi |
nese Legation by an Oriental wedding |
in high life. The bride was Miss Isabel |
Tong, the second daughter of Tong |
the Special ambassador, who |
was sent by China last year, and the |
groom was Henry Chang, only son of |
the new Minister. Chang Yin Tang, who |
only arrived in Washington last week. |
The wedding was remarkably pretty |
and decidedly Oriental in all its fea- |
lures. The colossal Chinese vases and |
Eastern jars of great worth which dec
crate the Chinese Legation and are of |
all sizes and forms, were filed with |
flowers, pink roses. carnations, bego-
mas and pink azclias, and palms and |
smilax lined the halls and stairs There !
were very few guests hidden, most of |
these being of the staff of the Chinese |
Legation and a number of Chinese |
friends of the Minister from New York
and San Francisco. Gen. John w. Fos- |
ter and Mrs. Foster were the only |
present. They were all |
dressed in the most wonderful Oriental |
silks and satins There were six brides |
maids, four of them in pale blue and |
two in pink. The bride was elegantly |
gowned, the upper garment being of |
brilliant red, richly embroidered in gold |
and many gay silks. Her skirt was of |