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loon months I was duly ushercd into Inc
ranks Of responsibility ny being duiy MAJ
riod # is still less than two years since
cot this Christmas trophy on christmas
right. and / have been married for more
Than a third Of that time. Natural!' |
nlaco 2 great deal Of store bv this par
ticuIar Christmas present II is strong
argument I'm favor Of the Christmas custom
and the virtues Of the small exchange OIL
,irts that accompany il. II TINS eHect cou'o
he had ON a man .of my yoars-so many
,rat decline to mention the number
,,rat milht not he the effect upon the
,oinecr and moro easily Influenced Ike
tho Postmaster General"
chief John =. Wilkie Of tho Secret Scr
vice and the customs agents is an IN
,cteratc smoker OF pipes. I'm that Fcspeo
re is not unlike one Sherlock Holmes OF
whom me- is alleged 10 be the American pro
totype.
Il rs then not q surprise when chief WI
kie asserts that the, most appreciated
3 Christmas present he over received was
large calabash pipe, which was presente'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-10
PINCHOT'S RED SLED.

Il believe the Christmas present mat
loved best Of any that have come 10 me
throughout my life" said Clifford Flnchot'
former Chief Forester Of the United states
and father OF conservation. came ""'h
I was about ten years old, and II was
nothing more or loss than a good, strong
rcd sled. It was given TO me by my
father and was n thing that had been
waited and longed for during two or three
wears previous. But red seds are danger
Gus things for small boys to operate, and
,hcre IS the possible emergency Of crash
ing into a curb or p tree when going
down some long hill at the rate Of thirty
miles an hour.
$50 as youngster ! had been denied
this sled for years and years. Yet it had
always stuck I'm the back OF my head and
II had been with eyes Of untold envy that
I had watched the bigger boys go career
! ing about on their steel shod cteeds OF
/ gravity It was probable because OF TINS
long period Of anticipation that the sled
was so highly appreciated when II came.
Fortune miled that first Christmas OF the
sled. for the SHOWS We're deep and per
sistent The sled worked overtime
through the months that followed and the
iov Of the outside that It had tendency
70 develop may have had something to do
with the career that the man chose Wh"n
he came 20 maturity.
conservation? No. do not soc how
conservation could he construed az a
Christmas present from Uncle sam Tho
policv of conservation was not Greeted
nor given forth all at one time. but will
tell Won an interesting story as &" how
that policy got its name II was after tho
forest police had been developing for ss'-
oral years. and Mr. Roosevelt, Mr.. Priv
and ! were beginning TO realize that the
uyotoc,ion of the forests for the benefit
Of posteritv dovetaled into the scheme of
projecting SCORES Of other resources with
tho eve also upon the ultimate future
Price and / were talking 1t over. We had
come TO believe that all thcs" things
sbould he combined under one great
policy.
But what shall VIC call this big POI
,icy?' I asked Price
Conservation said Price.
: That is large and very unusua
word said ! and nobody will appreciate
!, iis meaning.
"Rut in tho end. and after thrashin
the question out for months. we decide
o that conservation was the one term tina
suited the idea we had in mind. To MI
Price belongs the credit 70" naming IN
movement. At that time the word con
. sorvation was very unusual and under
: stod bv few people. Its development int
a household word has com" with the de
velopment Of the movement
John Barrett the energetic head OF TN
: pan-American Union. once received
a Christmas present under CONDITIONS va
i we're most tragic. and because Of thos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-10

cor of the shoulders that are conscious VI
tho punch that is tucked away in theIn'
The Postmaster General is man OF un-
boundcd capacity for work. He has worked
long hours in government departments Tor
ffteen wears past. Yet his health is WIN
,ut a flaw. He attributes this continued
Good health to his carly life out Of doors
and he laws the outdoor programme 10 lhe
credit Of a natural history present 'h''
was given him one christmas.
Rack Of the most appreciated christmas
present that WAS ever received ny III
harvey w. Wiley, chief chemist lot inc
recruitment Of Agriculture and pure 1000
exponent. there is a romance. TINS present
came only tto years ago, and to It Is AZ
,ributcd the conversion of the CHIEF chemist
fron, tho ranks Of the decided old bachelors
IN those Of the benedicts. Or. whey 'e'S
the story himself and exhibits the magic
working present. ,-,..,.,
eft was Just two years ago TINS Oh.'S'-
mas" says Dr. Wiley, that ! col my oe9,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-10

the spanish Senate: while a third aunt
The nfauta Amelia. married 10 Prince
tGalbert ~ bavaria. was renowned
tlrouehout her lrter years for her eN-
trayaearc.s or speech, and especially Of
condurt. which caused her on one occa-
sion to upset the entire performance at
the ROYAL Opora at Munich by insisting
ON sitting ON the balustrade OF the royal
box with her feet dangling over the
heads Of the people i'm the orchestra
stalls below. and in imminent ddrger OF
umbliug down Oh their heads.
hnotbcr wayward Princess was Pau
lire of Wurtcmbcrg. daughter OF that
Duke Eugene Of Wurtembcre, who, mad
ne lived. would be at the present
moment the next heir to the throne "l
that kingdom. Tirins of the trammels
of ROYALTY. she insisted upon ronouncihS
her prerogatiyes immuniues ara status
as a princess Of the blood. obtained
from her cousin. the late Kins Charles
the lowest rank Of petty nobility ana
as Pauline won Kirbach married the
late Dr. Willim. who until his Gea'h' JuS'
i, wear ago was in practice as ply 81
/ clan ~ Bresau. she. like the Ihiah'a
/ EulsIie. is a pronounced champion 81 'he
! ,,use az female emancipation. IN con-
nection with which she has ''h''|e!
some note as q platform speaker anu
even as sreUbinder while her '''''"
ton with The Socialist e'ein'"' ~
Eroslau il "a source Of distress to hei
relatives among The reigning houses oI
Wurtemberg and of other So''e'S'
states IF the German CONFEDERATION
II vas only the other day that ole
Princess Charlotte Of SchWail/'o'N
sondershauscn celebrated her ninety
nth birthday at her pretty 'o"hu'
goat. half way between Bern" ana FIJI
borrc. i'm Switzerland where she ma
lived i'm the closest retirement ever s'h''
tho death in 1861 Of her husband h7ro'
John dc Jud. When she INSISTED W
wedding him nine years previously ~
was merely "A Swiss Alpine Eul"' wiz
had saved her life at tn" peru 81 III
own in some mountaineering 'Npcu'u'"
The rcigninc Prince Of Schwarllpuls
who had already got past oeihS SUI
prised at anything she did in Inc Way
eccentricity. gave not only his conseh
to the match. hut even baronetcy L
the bridegroom on the condltl"h INA
the couple established their residehc
elsewhere than in Germany. Inc mar
rage turned out most happily anu vi
Princess, now the oldest member o
European royalty still monrns ne
baronized guide and husband VINO
entombed in the park Of her SW's
chateau.
Anothe, princess who has gwen II
. end of trouble To her royal relatives
p the unconventionality of her ways an
, bv the independence of her behavior an
utterances IL Princess Letltia Bona
parte. only sister of the freh'h iii
periaIist pretender. and widow OF Kin
- Humbert's brother Amadeus DUKE
= Aostl. consequenuy an aunt Oh VIZ"
f Emmanuel Ill. The women u VI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-10
Even Princesses of the Blood
Have Often Astonished
and Dismayed Titled
Relatives by Freaks
of Conduct.
of Conduct.

Copyright. 1911. by the Brentwood Company
Women are always difficult to man
age. Especially is this the case when
they are Of royal or imperial birth. Ac-
customed from their very cradle to q.
Is. srsater amount Of adulation than
falls a. the share of their sisters oc-
cupying an inferior position in the social
scale, they are spoiled 10 excess and are
taught by their encourage 10 believe
that everything they do or say is worthy
OF admiration, that they are superior 10
all others in comeliness. elegance and
cleverness and that even the most eX-
travagant Of their caprices are com
mendable as an indication Of originality
and independence Of character.
With this bringing ny there is little
else TO keep them within the bounds Of
conventionality than the laws Of court
etiquette and the so-Caiied statutes Of
the sovereign families 90 which they be-
long either by birth or by marriage.
often they find these laws and these
EldlultH tAAl FillflH 10 hTpillfs hNe w
gin by resenting the tyranny thereof in
silence and frequently end by publicly
emancipating themselves therefrom boy
come coup d'etat
Scientists insist that there always
comes a time 10 men when even the
ultra respectable and pious are tempted
% break loose for period from the
'rsmmels Of their surroundings. II is
he same. and perhaps more so, with
women There comes 4 moment. ] am
told. when the most devout get imbueo
with a .ongins to. jeter leur bonnet par
dsssus le moulin" 90, hurl their bonnet
over the mild. not necessarily in any
question: bic manner, but 10 free them
selves temporarily from the more OF
less imaginary. shackles Of their exist
ence. Princesses Of the blood are not
exempt from this lore spoiled when
they are young, and less accustomed to
contradiction and 10 discipline than or
dinary women, they feel more free To
follow their own devices. And that is
WHY the Amounted Of the Lord have SO
much trouble in keeping the women OF
lheir respective families within bounds
The Infanta Euahe. whose interviews
eefying the authority Of her nephew
Alfonso XIII, and whose declarations
o. emancipation from the thraldom OF
lis court nave been cabled 10 America
On almost every day during the week
"hicn has just come 60 a close. IS the
~nT' '"siancc OF d princess VI the
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ia him no longer ago than iast VI
h, his associates In the Treasury peP''
mont. This pipe is 50 large Of bow' 'n'' -
requires filling only once In nan od'
smokes as lightly ~ cigarette anu
svoc,iy as an ancient necrschaum.
lilo viii tell the interviewer that the'e
T. nothing doing in the way OF s'o'E'
The special agents arc really but ma
chine and consequently Of no great inter
est or course. there are few oil 'ne'n
who watch tho great jewelry shops OF
Paris. and these are men OF pois"' WIZ
speak all the languages and do s'cle'''
Yes. there is network of such agents
that extend throughout Europ" ana arouh'
the world for that matter. and tack onto
the force that watches all the ports ana
and All the markets on this side. certain
lv. II there were no agents a. IN" ports
smueglcrs would be able to market thcir
goods. The agents watch the markets.
too closely. The calabash pipe Is gong
an tho time. and pretty soon the inter
viewer has yarn Of the most intricate
network Of wires that radiatc arounh inc
world from the quiet man who Is back
Of n. Bat Christmas presents? Yes ire
old pipc was the best one ever.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-10

,c,,vr,sht 1911. by William Anterior Du PuyD
T THE approach OF Christmas the
~ most vital question in the mind oil
"A the multitude Is the manner of pres
an, that must be purchased for Tom, DICK
and Harry. In that connection it may give
she prospective purchaser a valuable tip TO
know lust what were the presents tfat
have been most appreciated that have come
70 number of their friends of the pubic
nrints. Cabinet officers. members Of Con-
rress. the initiators of great national move
n,ents. are no more or less men of aver
age likes and dislikes than are the rest ot
ms They have been boys that were niue
different from other boys. They nave
homes. most of them have children Inc
things that pleased them when they were
bows will please the boys OF To-Day IhlngS
that have pleased them as men viii please
other men So may the presents that nave
meant most TO Them he handed to the men
and boys Of the present Christmas. So may
the people who arc puzzled over the present
emergency have the question solved for
them.
The official position that demands the CEN
fro Of the stage when a selection ~ men IL
hoinr made who src most I'm the eye of the
,r5.ic is that of the Presidency or course.
tho President is never TO be quoted. hut 1t
comes from \ source very near 10 him. from
an authority that is not to he questioned
that his one hest present has been Pauline
tho bis Holstcin cow that was given to
him Iv Senator Stephenson, of Niscon-
sin. and that has been furnishing tho milk
supply of the White House and taking
prizes At dairy shows tho country over
ever since. Yet Holstein cows do not
make convenient packages for Christmas
presents as q general proposition, so it is
wise 20 hasten from tho most appreciated
present that the President nas received 10
those Of some Of his associates in official
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-10
NAGBL'S BEST PRESENTS.

The most appreciated Christmas pres
ents I have ever received said Secre-
tarv Charles Nagel Of the Department Of
Commerce and Labor. have been the pres
ents that my children have first made
with their own hands and presented 10 me.
I would not like TO boil the answer down
10 one present II probably would not he
possible 20 reduce it to one present for the
simple reason that ] have five children
and each Of them has bestowed upon me
this sort OF gift
"I think the present that the giver makes
with his own hands is always more highly
appreciated than a similar present that has
been bought There ia no question Of a
sacrifice OF time and energy upon it..
There is no question Of its conta ning some
proportion o. tho individuality Of the giver.
.Ir addition TO this there rs The added
charm 10 rfesent that has reen made b.
o child To accomplish the same result re-
ouires e. nlyau Greater expenditure Of energy
or tho part Of a child than grown rerson
The child has rot been trained to tho per-
r-~was.s ~ tasks So when one own
CE.l[ aapies itself and manufactures a
rrs.-r- FOR Us father there is little qucs-
r1r aI ,ho amount of appreciation that
rU attach thereto"
1-- NareIs fsmily ls one of tho most
..-a,n,e fu Washington. D, is made zap Of
r.s children. .o0o Of whom mas as yet
rn tho family roof TIC eldest daughter
.rr.t.-tvo There Jr' 'vo younger girls.
-,.,.rsu and siNtocu. respectively, who are
a'-s,rln- school ju Washington. Then
.-r-s trc only hoy iu inc family who is
.~-'r. .rals old There is one little girl
still Younger. With this family gathered
.rot '.n there is little doubt that the
-rretarr of Commerce and Labor will have
ristr doing during the Christmas season.
II F., likewise a good guess TO suppose that
no uU get his share Of the presents Of
homo manufacture. although the days ~
tho FIRST present arc passed.
Postmaster General Frank n. Hitchcock,
-ra bachelor Of President Tafts Cabinet
ard iScwiso its athlete, tells OF an carly
Christmas present that had much 10 do
with his tendency toward an outdoor life.
but on which. no alleges there is no re-
eronsihilitv fer his bachelorho)d.
70 al happened at about that period of
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"Ou this occasion fourd tho ring in
my piece of cake. Here 70 is on my watcn
chain. have worn il over since. II IS a
perfectly good baby ring. ! was not merely
an old bachelor at this time but had
mover for moment considered matrimon|
Under these circumstances there is strong
argument ir favor OF tho Nirtj" "t inc
ring in the wedding cake, for within the
wear was engaged 10 he married. in four
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present. VAS attending wedding and
was officiating a. hest man. During the
wedding supper, such as go often Follows
these events, a wedding cake was To he
cut IN such cakes il is no uncommon Gus
tom 10 sccretc q ring. and it is a firm be-
lief on the part ot everybody that the per-
son getting this ring in the division Of the
cake will he the next individual to fall vic
tim to Cupid.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-09
Y. w. c. A. MEETINGS.

New York, June "a number of
important sectional conferences for
student, city, rural and Industrial
branches of the Young Womens Chris
tian Association will be held this sum-
mer, beginning today with the conven-
ing of the Southern General Confer
ence at Asheville, n. c. This meeting
will continue ten days and is expected
to result in a great revival of interest
in Y. w. C. A. work in the Southern
states. Leading officials of the general
association from this and other cities
will address the convention.
The Southwestern General Confer
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would probably aggregate 10 per cent
of the daily wage, while the average
percentage required to indemnify for
unemployment due to lack of work
would probably reach about 10 per
cent. This huge and apparently pro-
hibitive expense should not, however,
deter us from taking action now. 1t
should on the contrary, incite lis to
immediate and vigorous measures. 1t
would disclose how vast the waste in
cident to present social and industrial
conditions is, and when the extent of
that waste shall have been determined
and made clear to our people, long
step forward will have been taken on
the road to improvement and result
ing social economy"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-09
WASTE Of AMERICAN
INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM
Louis D. Brandeis Advocates Work
ngmen's Insurance as the Best
Means of Social Efficiency
LBv Associated Press.l

Boston, Mass, June 9.-The huge
waste of the present industrial system
in America was heavily scored by Mr..
Louis D. Brandeis, of this city, in an
address on "Workingmen's Insurance,
the Road to Social Efficiency" before
the National Conference of Charities
and Correction here last evening.
Mr.. Brandeis said in part
Throughout the civilized world a
developing sense of social responsible
ity has compelled the community to
support in some manner its needy
members whatsoever the cause of
their inability to support themselves.
In granting this aid we are passing
from sporadic, emotional charity to
charity, and from mere re-
lief to preventive measures We have
TO learn that financial dependence
among the wage earners is due in a
large part to sickness, accident, in
approximation or unemploy-
ment, or to the premature death of
he bread winner of the family Con
ingencies like these, referred to in
Individual cases as misfortune, are
low recognized as ordinary incidents
If the lives of the wage earners, and !
must be met by comprehensive sys-
EN- of workingmen's insurance.
American democracy rests upon
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! interest and taxes as a current daily
charge. which continues, although his
plant is shut down or operating at
less than full capacity; but the cost
to the employer of carrying an unused
plant is not as great relatively as the
cost to the employee of carrying him
self and family while unemployed.
What sum would be required an
nually to provide an adequate system
of workingmen's insurance can not be
determined from existing data. The
cost would obviously vary greatly in
different occupations and different
communities. An amount equal to 10
per cent of current wages would go
far toward relieving in many indus
tries the distress now incident to sick
ness, accident, invalidity, premature
death, superannuation and unemploy-
ment of the wage Garner. But it is
certain that the proceeds of even so
large a charge as 10 per cent of the
average daily wage would, under pres
ent conditions, afford mere alienation
of and not indemnity for the losses
now attendant upon those contingent
cies in the life of the workingman.
The cost of providing complete indem-
nifty would probably reach an amount
equal to % per cent of the average
laily wage, for the premiums requisite |
% securing indemnity from losses in
,ident to sickness, accident, invalidity,
premature death or approximation !
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Public opinion in all civilized ma
tons is growing more and more in
sistent for the settlement of interna-
tional disputes by arbitration instead
OF by war, and for the reduction of
large ornaments, the expense of main
tanning which is the heaviest burden
the taxpayers have to bear, in addi-
ton to the destruction and suffering
incident to war. And public opinion
will prevail, in spite of the war lords
and the selfish interests that make
merchandise of human misery.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-09

the basis of the free citizen. Polite
ally an American workingman is free
so far as laws can make him So
but is he really free, can any man be
really free who is constantly in dan
ger of becoming dependent for mere
subsistence upon somebody and some.
thing else than his own exertion and
conduct? Men are not free while
financially dependent upon the will of
other individuals. Financial depend
ence is consistent with freedom only
where the claim to support rests upon
right and not upon favor
"The cost attending freedom is
usually high and the cost of providing
to the workingman, as essential to
freedom, a comprehensive and ade-
quate system of insurance will prove
to be no exception to this general rule.
Few intelligent property owners omit
to insure against fire. Everybody
recognizes the fire insurance premium
as current expense, and yet the
chance of loss by fire is very slight
as compared with the chance of loss
to man by sickness, accident or pre-
mature death. Every intelligent man
ufacturer makes in some form a reg
llar charge for depreciation of ma
and plant, and yet the depre-
citation of a man through invalidity
md approximation is no less certain
md frequently more severe than the |
of machinery. Every In
elligent manufacturer recognizes rent, /
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The house set an example of econ
omy and public opinion throughout
the country has forced the senate to
follow suit. The personal wants of the
senators-and the employees of the
senate and their friends ARE not to
be provided for at the public expense.
The democratic majority in the house
deserves well of the country for in
augurating this reform.
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The days are rather too warm for
perfect comfort, but this intensity pre-
pares us the more thoroughly to enjoy
the delicious GOODNESS of the nights
If there was never anything to make
us uncomfortable we couldn't appre-
ciate comfort.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-09

Church bells, overhead wires and
lawn fences are condemned by en-
lightened modern public opinion and
their entire abolition is decreed. They
belong to a less cultured era-one
that had less appreciation of beauty,
symmetry and harmony than the one
that is dawning.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-09

Colonel Roosevelt says he would re-
gard it as calamity if the repub-
licans should nominate him for presi-
dent next year, but doesn't say
whether he or his party would be the
victim. It certainly would not be
calamitous to the democrats.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-09

Judge Gary seems to be telling the
truth in the steel trust investigation,
and it is the reverse of creditable to
Roosevelt and Root. If the facts are
as the witness testifies both the big
RS deliberately violated the law.
Roosevelt never did have much re-
spect for any law that stood in the
way of what he wanted to do.
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OF course Roosevelt will support
Taft. Failing to do so would be re-
pudiating his own handiwork He can
not shirk the responsibility of having
put Taft where he is.