The National tribune., 1911-04-13

| used by any Other women, put tney
had Pageant of Protest" at a matt
nee of the Woman's Suffrage Party in
New York, in which Mrs. Butterw nth
| tried to make up like Susan B. An
| thony, wearing that wonderful velvet
gown, and other women impersonated
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Julia Ward
Howe and DR.. Lucy Stone Blackwell.
wearing their laces. We can all re-
member Miss Anthony's velvet gown
and it did not look bit out OF place
on her, either. She had a wonderful
| pair of shoulders, the trimmest Kind Of
a waist and an altogether girliSh figure.
| This velvet gown was made as recep-
ton gown for Miss Anthony when she
was abroad, and it was worn IN several
of the courts of Europe, and worn well.
1t must be admitted that it was cX-
! tremely becoming to Miss Anthony.
| who, tho she was a Quaker, dearly
| loved bright colors. We are wondering
what has been done with that bealti-
full red silk shawl, with its long, grace
fuT fringe, which Miss Anthony used
to wear at all times and on all occa-
sions, and without it it seemed as tho
Hamlet was left out of the scene. She
wore it with all the grace of a Spanish
senorita.
Somebody is always and eternally
kicking at what they call revision of
in any Of our wars. Sometimes this
kicking is done without rhyme or rea-
son, but surely no one would kick on
the Strengthening up of the record of
James S. Sweat, of York, s. c. Com
rade Sweat is now SO years of age, very
much alive and enjoying good health,
and yet for GA years he has been upon
the records in the War Department as
dead. He served in the war :.gainst
Mexico in Co. F, Sd u. S. Dragons,
John S. Sitgreaves Captain, and
was reported to have died in camp
near Meir, Mexico. Some time ago
Comrade Sweat applied for a pension
as a Mexican War veteran. and then
ascertained that he was officially dead;
He enlisted the services Of Representa-
tive Finley. of the Fifth South Carolina
District, to help the War Department
to realization of the fact that he was
very much alive. Mr.. Sweat declared
in his affidavit that he was Ill at Meir.
but did not die as reported, rejoincd
the company and was mustered ont ut
Jefferson Barracks, Mo, July 1, 1S4S.
He gave the names of the officers of
his regiment, and upon examination of
the Army rolls the names of those Off
GERS were found. Mr.. Swears right to
a pension has been thoroly established.
and after having been officially dead
since Dec. %, 1917, he is now>~pfIicially
diiNS anu SHJoJ iiS his pChSio'i'
Representative VIM. McCredic, who
was retired from the House by his conf
stituents. away up in the Northwestern
State of Washington, has at least one
thing that he is prouder of than having
served in Congress. Mr.. McCredic is
one of the baseball magnates out West,
and when a friend undertook 10 SYM
pathize with him on his retirement
from Congress ne said that he did not
feel bit bad about it, and added:
Congress or no Congress, / shall go
thru life knowing that j pitched the
first drop curve in the West. No man.
no constitutional amendment. no cleo
ton can ever rob me Of that" And,
come tc think % it. it is worth while
TO have something like that TO congrat-
ulate ones self on.
Senator and Mrs. Chauncey Depew
have gone to their home in New York,
where they will spend few Spring
weeks. Then they will HE themselves
away to Europe. and it is more than
likely that the Depews will in Il meas
urc be expatrlaseJ for lie rest of their
lives. as Mrs. Depew is much fonder ~
Paris than she is If New York.
Five of the most expert horsemen
of the cavalry service of the United
GtdttS have Dccu StiStltu " represent
the United States Army in the compe-
tition at the international horse show
at Olympia, near London, in connec-
ton with the coronation ceremonies in
June next. These horsemen are: Capt
George Vidmer, of the 11th Cavalry. ut
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga; Capt Guy "
Henry 18th Cavalry, at West Point;
First Lieutenant Gordon Johnson, 7th
Cavalry, at Fort Raney, Kans.; Second
Lieutenant A. r. Chaffee, Jr., 18TH Cav
airy, at Fort Myer, Va, and Second
Lieutenant E. NJ. Graham, 10th Cavalry,
at Riley, Kans. They are undergoing
a severe course of training and instruc-
ton at the Cavalry Post at Fort Myer,
Va. The mounts of these men have
been chosen from the six thorobred
horses recently purchased in Virginia
by a syndicate of New York horsemen
for use at the London horse show.
The men are all of the most perfect
physical proportions and noted for
their agility and perfection as horse
men. There is no doubt at all that
they will bear off honors. even when
they get among the horsemen of the
world.
Another landmark is disappearing
The Violet" made historic by the
hunting trips of former President
Cleveland, is for sale, and it is likely
that she VIII pass into commercial SER
vice, and the most cruel part of 1t is
that she is to be sold for a mere song
Some 20 years ago the Violet was con-
sidered 4 remarkably fine little craft
and was used by the Lighthouse Ser
vice in the interior waters OF North
Carolina. When President Cleveland
wanted recreation he took his gun and
other hunting traps. went aboard the
Violet and made "trip on her to the
Currituck and Albemarle Sounds
where he would fish and hunt for a
week In those days Congress was not
generous enough to provide for the
travelling expenses of the President,
and Mr.. Cleveland always paid all of
his own expenses. These trips never
cost the Government a cent, as the
Violet always attended to her usual
duties on the trips.
If you can get a really good story,
the proper caper is to pin It on Uncle
Joe Cannon, late Speaker of the House
of Representatives. but mind you, ii
must be real good story or he won't
father it. One that is going the
rounds. with the late Speaker as its
subject. is really quite worthy of him
The other day a woman whose youth
,is so long in the past that she could
right easily be termed a veteran of
the Mexican War, and whose face at
best was long ways off from being
suffrage question. At that particular