The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-09

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
The National Red Cross Society has
received from the Christian Herald of
| New York something over $4,000 TO
be used in relief work in Shanghai.
China, where the Chinese are starving
by the thousands. The Red Cross So
ciety had already received $1,000, max
ing $15,0O0>in all. 1t is said that about
100000 famine refugees are living in
mud novels on swampy land, practi-
cally foodless, without clothing, and
sleeping in mud and water. A terrible
epidemic is feared. The American Ma
tional Red Cross, of which President
Taft and Miss Mabel Boardman are
the two heads, will forward any con-
tributionS that are sent to Washington
for this famine relief.
} For a long time-in fact. presumably
| forever-there has been rivalry between
France and Germany in every way. This
has cropped out in Washington, where
ambassadors homes are being erected
by both of those nations. Ground has
been purchased by both the German
and the French ambassadors in swell
part of the city, on which to erect the
buildings, and Berlin and Paris have
been secured for architects to submit
the plans and specifications. The two
Governments are needing these embas-
sadorial homes mighty bad, but the
thing has been dribbling along for the
last four or five years. France wants
to build a very ornate mansion, but is
afraid to go ahead with 1t lest Ger
many shall build handsomer one,
which Germany is determined to do,
and SO the German and French Embas-
sailors are forced to live very meanly.
considering. and it does not look just
now as tho there would be any i'm
provement in this condition. 1t is mere
" matter of skill between France and
Germany in their efforts to surpass each
other.
The very latest shade now is Helen
| Rose" 1t is a very rich shade of pc
| tunia rose, almost the color of the
American Beauty rose, and this particu-
| lar color was selected by Miss Taft for
her coming-out gown. She is very
! sensible girl about her clothes, and has
worn this effective costume at number
of big affairs, and has popularized that
particular shade, which harmonizes
beautifully with her bronze-red hair
and the complexion that goes with 1T.
1t will be remembered that Miss Alice
Roosevelt had for the gown that she
wore the night her father was inaugu-
rated bright blue, which afterwards
obtained great vogue as Alice blue"
This is now cast little in the shade by
the Helen rose, but one is really just as
pretty as the other on girl with the
right hair and complexion.
Washington has another leper sus-
pect His name is Enucteco Popalabay.
He is a Filipino, and was in the en-
ploy of a former officer in Washington.
when he suddenly developed an I'M
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days the family for which he was work.
ing reported him to the health officers.
and his case was at once diagnosed as
leprosy. He is now confined to quar-
tiers in the house that was so hand
somely constructed and fitted up for
Early, declared to be a leper. and kept
in Washington until he positively de-
clined to stay here any longer. The
Filipino is in luck. He will be fed and
clothed, receiving the very best medical
attention, until Summer, when he will
probably be sent to New York, where
they will turn him loose.
Hon. George S. Nixon, just elected a
United States Senator from Nevada, has
a unique honor. The Governor of the
State is a Republican. Senator Nixon
is a Republican. and he was chosen
United States Senator by Democratic
Legislature. 1t is said that when Sem
ator Nixon and his Democratic oppo-
nent went into the primaries with their
respective demands for Endorsement to
the United tates Senate they agreed
between them that whoever obtained
the majority of votes in the primaries
should be United States Senator. re-
CARELESS of the political complexion of
the Legislature. 1t was regarded at
that time that the Legislature would be
Republican, but it was not. A strong
7 ~ S,ylN, ola God
The Legislature, however, carried out
the pledges of the two candidates, and
have elected Republican, altho they
had it within their power to elect a
Democrat.
Now we have "Mena" attacking the
Peary North Pole episode. 'Mena" is
an Eskimo boy, the only one of the
Peary party of Eskimos who escaped
death years ago and who accompanied
Peary on his 1909 journey. "Mena"
writes to friend, one Royal A. Staun-
ton Cobbleskill, n. Y. and it has been
dumped into the anti-Peary camp:
Il know you will expect something
about Cook. Well, Bob, l have gone
to the bottom of the matter, and no.
body up here believes that Feary got
much farther than when he left his
party. His name up here is hated for
his cruelty. Cook made great trip
north. he mas nothing IN the way OF
proofs here that l can find. l believe
that he went as far as anyone. but the
pole is yet to be found. Cook is loved
by all, and every Eskimo speaks well of
him, and hopes that he had the honor
over Peary. Has he? l will know all
soon, and will let you know. Come up
here, and / will show you how to find
the North Pole. / will make you King.
Then IL you want me, l will go back to
New York with you. l will wait for you
here but come before / am frozen in
the igloo with the crows head pointing
west"
The President and Mrs. Taft are
both of them extremely fond of the
theater They manage to get in at
least one night at the theater every
week. They are great ySt-nighterS,
and 1t is almost sure that the Flag and
the Presidents picture will be in evil
dence in the Presidents box at some
one of the three big theaterS of Wash
ington on Monday night. Sometimes
Mrs. Taft attends matinee, and some
times she is accompanied by the Mill
tary Aid to the theater during the
week She is always surrounded by a
beSy of young people or else by MEM
beers of the diplomatic or official circles
of Washington.
Washington was treated to regular
Younger and James boys holdup the
other night in one of the big hotels on
Pennsylvania avenue up close to the
Capitol. A number of young men were
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