The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-02-25

spent three years importing from Eng
land the woodwork that ornaments
the interior. and some years ago q
northern architect offered $4,000 for
the woodwork of the drawing room
alone"
Jefferson stopped at the old man
sion, and Lafayette also was a guest
there. When the Revolution began
the British feet came up the Potomac.
but left Gunston hall untouched. al
though 1t was intended at first to de-
stroy It, for warfare Of that day gave
little heed to the sacredness of private
property.
Army and Navy Reception.
The great army and navy reception
given by the president of the United
States will be held shortly at the
White House. 1t Is an evening affair.
and is probably the most picturesque
event of the social season In WASH
ington, and In writing this, forgetful-
ness has not come to the great diplo-
matte reception IN which there are in
evidence many brilliant and strange
court costumes.
The army and navy reception has
hundreds Of guests, every man among
them being arrayed In uniform. Ad-
miral Dewey leads the line Of naval Of
fcers, and Lieutenant General Nelson
A. Miles, that of the army officers. One
striking and altogether pleasant fea-
ture of the presidents army and navy
reception is that there never is any
trouble over precedence.
When the diplomatic reception In
held the persons In charge are on
thorns for fear that some diplomat will
get into line In front Of the man who
ranks him and who therefore will be
sure to raise row within day or
two and threaten all kinds of things
because his government through him
has been sighted. At the army and
navy reception there is no such trou-
BILE. The rank of every officer is
known. He knows 1t himself, and he
takes care that he gets into his right
place in the line, which Is led by a
lieutenant general and which is ended
by the youngest lieutenant in the arm
les of the United States.
To Erect Legation Buildings.
In recent dispatches from Wash
ington 1t was told how the ad-
ministration and the state depart
ment were anxious to apply the civil
service rules to the consular service
in order that 1t might be lifted entire
ly from the field of politics and that
incompetents who might have congress
sional influence back of them could not
be appointed to consular office. 1t was
also told how it was the hope eventual
ly that men entering the foreign serv-
ice might make 1t life work and rise
through the various grades until even
tually they could take ambassadorial
posts, posts now closed to all men ex-
cept those Of immense wealth because
of the comparative smallness of the
salary and the great expense to which
ministers and ambassadors are put to
keep up appearances. ~
After ten years fight, the house Of
representatives finally has passed
bill appropriating money to erect resi-
dences with Office quarters attached
for our embassies. legations and con-
sular officers abroad. This means that
In the future ambassadors, ministers
and others will not have to pay huge
rental sums out of their own pockets,
and It may be possible that the high
American representative Of the future
will be able to keep up appearances
and live within his salary, a condition
which will bring with 1t an opportu-
nifty for the presidents of the United
States to give men of ability, but who
happen to be poor, an opportunity to
take places in the highest diplomatic
service of the government.
Longworth's Work Unselfish.
Some years ago in congress when
Representative Longworth of Ohio,
rich man and the son-in-law of former
President Theodore Roosevelt, entered
the field on behalf Of an appropriation
bill to build ambassadorial residences,
II was said at once that Mr.. Long
worth himself had ambitions to serve
his country abroad and that he was
taking a popular means of securing
representative heard this he denied
all ambition to go abroad and 1t is be-
lieved that he declined one fine offer
of a foreign post.
He kept at his work and was aided
by two other rich men in the house,
each of whom, with Mr.. Longworth.
said that the real reason for their
championship of the bill was that they
did not think that wealth alone should
govern in the appointment Of ambas-
sailors and that II the foreign repre-
sentatives were given houses to live
in and were saved rental expenses,
capable men of limited means would
be glad to represent the United States
in some places where this country fire.
quently is represented by wealth rath-
er than by ability.
Colonel George w. Cocktails. build
er of the Panama canal, has been In
Washington for few days. When
several civilian engineers, one after
the other, had left the Panama canal
service the army authorities got tired
of designations and came to the con-
clusion that IL the canal was to be