The National tribune., 1911-04-20

The War Department has at last
placed its veto on the vanity of coquet-
tish women. 1t has been very much or
fad for women to beg from their
friends in the National Guard brass
buttons from their uniforms, and these
Were cut off and given away until very
often the uniforms of the very noted
National Guardsmen would be almost
buttonless, and then the Government
woGld have to supply the buttons. The
Division of Military Affairs of the War
Department has issued bulletin, IN
which it states that the buttons cannot
be dropped when worn ,out-the Ma
fional Guardsmen usually reported that
their buttons were worn out when they
asked for new ones to replace those
given away-but that with boot laces
and breeches laces the buttons are con-
Sidered a permanent part of the uni
form, and must be reported when lost
or become unserviceable. In other
words, when the National Guardsmen
demand new buttons they have got to
teturn the old buttons, and. of course.
they cannot do this if they are serving
as nat pins, cuff pins or stick pins on
some fair woman.
The police of the District of Column
bia have started a crusade against the
theatrical bills and posters bringing be-
fore the youth of the District pictorial
representations of attempts to commit
crime: Not only is this a good thing,
as ii tends to lessen the opportunity to
Sitiate the 100 vivid imagination of
youth. but it also does away with most
horribly inartistic advertisements on
dead walls and old fences.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, dean Of
the Washington College Of Law and
the only woman dean of college in
the world, has been appointed a dele
gate 10 the International Council OF
Women, which meets in Stockholm next
Eeptember. Mrs. Mussey has also been
requested to prepare q synopsis of the
laws in the different States as to wo-
men voting. The Executive Committee
of the National Council of Women is to
report on the legal position of woman
in the different countries, showing her
Felative position in political affairs. as
s=sA ss in personal and property rights.
Tt is we'll known that ptomaine pois-
oning will develop more rapidly in fish
than almost any other substance when
aaken into the human stomach. Four
teen tremendous consignments of shad
Were condemned by the inspectors the
other day and carted off for fertilizer,
because the shad was suspected of be-
ing spoiled. The flesh of decayed fish
is one of the most dangerous agencies
of ptomaine poisoning, and already sew
traced directly to oysters and fish
There is no doubt at all that the pure
food law, If properly enforced, will go
q fJHg way toward removing from the
people of the United States the Slur
that we are a Nation of dyspeptics. At
The same time that the pure-food au-
thorities seized the fish they destroyed
2,009 cans of tomatoes that were
spoiled, but were on sale in several
stores; also condemned barrel or so
of fake lithia water, and in the Center
Market pitched out 80 packages of
cheese. confscated on the ground that
- It had been manufactured from milk
from which so per cent OF the fats had
been removed.
The late Senator Hansbrough-that
is. he is late a Senator" but is still
Mr." Hansbrough-has been guilty Of
perpetrating a novel. and that isn't the
worst of it, it is political novel-that
IS a novel in which love and politics
are mingled, with politics predominant
ing. The title of his novel is The
Second Amendment" The scenes in II
are laid in Washington, New Mexico,
New York, Chicago, st. Louis and at
the Capital of a Western State where
some remarkable things take place in
the primary election system. Mr.. Hans
brough's story is said to be most de-
lighIful and thoroly pleasant to read.
from Richard Brinsley Sheridan. which
almost tells the story or the novel. 1t
Is as follows:
Believe not each accusing tongue as
most weak mortals do, but still believe
that story wrong which ought not to be
true"
it is safe TO say that this novel will
be one of the best sellers. for a time at
least.
Mrs Taft has been one OF the inter-
ested spectators among the throngs that
have visited the Capitol during the ex-
traordinary session of Congress, and
she is frequently in the Presidents seat
both in the House and in the Senate.
She is often accompanied by her son.
Charley Taft.
]. o. Manson. Chief of the Division
of Accounts of the Treasury Depart
ment. says that it will not be long until
gold coins will be available only as
Christmas and birthday presents. He
states that the gold coin Of the United
States is being withdrawn from circu-
lation very rapidly. The cause of this,
Mr.. Manson says, is that the people of
the country are taking advantage OF
the law authorizing the issue of gold
certificates by the Treasury Depart
mcnt and are using gold coin for
Christmas birthday and other anni-
NSiSdIs pISStHtS
President Taft is an heir. He hasn't
'heired" very much, but his cousin
died IL New Haven, Conn, a few weeks
ago. and left a 81, 900 estate, which will
be divided between the President and
his brother, Charles.
Representative E. T. Taylor. Demo-
crat, of Colorado, sprang as at one sin
gle bound right into the flashlights of
notoriety. He has served in one whole
Congress without raising any excite
ment at all, but on the second day of
-5ihe extraordinary session of the G2d
Congress his one little bill has brought
him right spang to the front This bill
provides that the name Of Pennsylvania
avenue, the most famous avenue in the
world, be changed to Lincoln avenue
for the perpetuatiOn of the name of
President Lincoln. OF course, it is a
ridiculous notion, and viii not be con-
sidered for an instant by anyone. In
the first place, ii falls so many million
times short of being adequate recogni-
tion OF Lincoln'S name. and, in the sec
ond place il would destroy the signifi-
canoe of one of the distinctive avenues
known all over the civilized world, and
fall perfectly fiat as a memorial to
Lincoln. OF course, no one paid any
attention to the bill, so there is no use
discussing it. Senator Shelby NJ. Gull
lom dismisses the bill with the sue