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experts had reduced the whole fabric
of expenditures to scientific basis.
Never before was it known how much
the government expended or expected to
eXpend in travel expenses in any one
year" said Mr.. Norton, recently, just be-
fore he resigned as private secretary to
the President.
Travel expenses are buried away in
miscellaneous and contingent accounts.
where they cannot be reached and cannot
be analyZed. The very fact that SO much
as S12,OOO,0OO goes into travel expenses
arouses curiosity; and although the in
quiry has hardly begun. it has already
been discovered than in many we'll run bu
reauS the government gets the benefits of
the lowest mileage rates, while in one of
the greatest departments a system of
transportation orders results in that de-
partment paying 10 per cent more for a
trip from Washington to New York and
return than IN individual would have to
pay"
Here is the key to the whole situation.
The waste of money, If there has been
any in the matter of travel expenses to
carry on the government business has
been waste due to the complexity of
systems followed in the different depart
ments, rather than to the padding of eX-
Did you ever try to pad an expense ac-
count for the government? There is no
item for entertainment of customers;
nothing for Incidental expenses; moth
ing for "taxicabs'' or "theaters.'' To
successfully pass a padded account
through the censors Of a government bu-
reau at Washington Is feat that few
employees OF Uncle Sans establishment
can boast Of.
Most of the departments pass upon
every travel account at least four times
before 1t Is finally approved and the bill
paid. There are bureaus in these de-
partments where much travelling occurs.
equipped with all the latest passenger
fare tariffs and with the rates of the
Pullman company between all points.
When an expense account comes in the
items for tickets are carefully checked up
on these rate sheets. When the rate
clerk finally approves the expense state
ment it is proof that the charges for the
tickets and Pullman have agreed exactly
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bassador, has a bright yellow coach. with
the Italian coat Of arms and servants in
yellow liveries white wigs and pink
stockings. Others who have great car
riages for court functions are the Mar
quis of Lansdowne, Lord Farquhar. the
Marquis of Londonderry. Lady Tweed
dale. the Earl of Lonsdale, Lord Galway
and Earl Fitzwil1iam.
Writing of coats Of arms suggests
story told at the expense of Sir Thomas
Upton when he received his title--a story,
by the way, enjoyed by that worthy man
as much as by anybody else 1t was sug-
motto, and some Wag supplied one. 1t
was "Tu doces," meaning Thou tea
chest! Sir Thomas is said not to be re-
mOtely connected with the tea trade. An
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these qualities are not SO easy to obtain,
and as result there has been a notable
rush to hire for the coronation week ali
the best and tallest horses which are
owned by the livery stable keepers. There
are not many of them. all told, and the
prices for hire range from $50 to 500 a
week, and all the best horses have been
booked for some time past
X X
The biggest livery stable man in and
about London is one Thomas Tilling of
CamDerweIl "a suburb Of London), who
runs many lines of omnibuses in and
around the metropolis. Some of his omni-
bus horses, although not quite up to the
state" standard for chariots, are still of
fine, stout build and practically every one
of them has been engaged for the cere-
monies OF June next. 1t is curious side
light on English society that many of
its most shining members will go to and
from court ceremonies in carriages drawn
by eX-omnibuS horses. There is humor in
the idea, also satire, and little sadness
Anyhow, there 1t is.
These fashioned coaches and char
lots are cumbersome. heavy and uncom-
Portable vehicles, strung very high on
leather straps. and more imposing than
convenient. The kings golden state coach
is a couple of hundred years old, cost
$4,000 to build and 5000 a year to
when in motion, despite modern improve
ments and is said to create feeling of
seasickneSS in the occupants which lasts
for some time, after leaving it. Most of
the ambassadors and many OF the high
nobility have their state coaches which
are quite different from the kings, not
being gllded or decorated with painted
panels, but colored as rule with the
family or national emblems-
These coaches, complete with imposing
hammer-cloth, and sings behind for two
or three footmen in plush breaches, silk
stockings, gold-laced three-cornered hats
and bearing long slaves, cost about $40, GOO
each: but II is curious and rather typ
cal sign of the times that many old fami-
lies have given up their ancestral coaches
and put them in the hands of livery sta
BILE keepers and jobmasters, from whom
they can be hired for about $3.50 to 81 900
for the coronation ceremonies.
Il
Nevertheless. there are a good many
chariots which are still kept up in full
state. Count Albert Mensdorf-Pouily,a
cousin of the king, and the ambassador
for Austria, owns a beautiful coach, al
ways .excellently horsed. Count Bencken-
dorff, the Russian ambassador, has an
imposing vehicle, and Count Wolff-M Met
ternich, the German ambassador, with
his liveries of blue, white and silver al
ways creates a great impression. Lady
Beauchamp. the Duke of Somerset. the
Duke of Marlborough and the Turkish
ambassador all own state coaches which
are excellently turned out, both as re-
CARDS horses and servants.
The Marquis Imperiali, the Italian am
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MOTOR Car, Which Has

MOTOR Car, Which Has
lv4 Ousted the Horse From
London Society, Must Take a
Back Seat at the Great Func-
ton, and High Dignitaries
Are Now Hunting High and
Low for Horseflesh to Draw
Their State Coaches-Lon-
don Bus Horses to Be Com
Wandered for Court Service
Royal Stable Almost the
Only One Which Has Kept
Up It's Old-Time Strength
Hanoverian Ponies" Which
Only Work at Coronations
and When the King Opens
Parliament, the Last of Their
Breed in Europe.
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Up to Him.

HD R. ]. II. JOwETT believes it is the
ministers, not the congregations
fault. IL the church doesn't 60"
The speaker, a member Of the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church in New
York, smiled and continued:
'.Dr. Jowett once told me that he sided
with the old lady who always went to
sleep during sermon time.
why don't you take SNUFF during the
sermonT the minister said to her. THAI
will keep you awake
"'Why don't you put the SNUFF in your
sermon, sirT retorted the old lady"
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so he leaned out of the window and
asked a policeman, standing on the curb,
for light. The spectacle OF the little
man heavily bewigged and with his coro-
net askew having his cigar lighted for
absurd in the extreme But such incon-
sistencies are inevitable when old GUS
toms and traditions are maintained in
the midst of modern development and lat
ter-day ideas. But there is much to be
said for tradition nevertheless. because,
in England at any rate, 1t tends to MAIN
tain the national spirit. encourage patriot
ism and engender feelings of respect for
ridiculous, have yet a deep and au;hori-
tative meaning of serious and solemn
import.
Copyright in the United States by Curtis Brown
All British rights reserved)
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IL the kings
horses and all the
kings men," ac-
cording to the old
rhyme, Will not be
required Ito put
Humpty Dumpty on
the wall again" in
the third week of
June next, but they
will have all their
work cut out for
them during those
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spends q year
Can any of this enormous sum be
saved. is the question at the bottom OF
the inquiry. Can methods be revised
systems made more systematic, useless
work and expense cut out and the cost
of doing business cut down so as to save
something out of the gigantic amount
that annually goes to the support OF
Uncle Sam and his large and growing
} family?
The EXPERTS have reached their first
conclusions can be saved. II
it is only l per cent of the whole 1t
means $10,00O,OOo year-a tidy sum,
even in the present day of big figures.
If 10 per cent can be saved 1t means
an annual return to the pockets of the
American people of 81 for every man,
woman and child in the United States.
=
Senator Aldrich first drew attention to
the possibilities for economy in the gov
eminent by declaring that SSOO0OO,OOO
could be saved annually, if a competent
business man would run the government
on a business basis. But that would
mean cutting out many OF the bureaus
and cutting off many activities that are
now looked upon as important lines of
endeavor for the government to engage
in.
The experts now finishing their hrSt
year and entering upon the most i'm
port. It stage of their work, have gone
at the problem with the idea Of in
terfering with no phase of the govern
ment'S work, but of seeing that that
work Is performed with the greatest
economy of men and money, and that
the government gets 100 cents worth
Of work for every 81 spent. And as a
pleasant little curtain raiser for the
big show that is to come later, they
have poked their fingers into Uncle
Sans travelling expense account. and
have declared that it is too big. Chair
man Cleveland Of the economy commits
sion pointed il out to Secretary Nor
ton: Secretary Norton explained 1T to
President Taft. and President Taft has
taken the country into his confidence.
Think of spending $12.000,000 a year
simply for travelling expenses! Enough
TO give every one of Uncle Sans
New York to Chicago, with Pullman
fare thrown in and something left over
70 tip the porter! Enough to give the
population of a good-sized city a trip
around the world!
II was as much a surprise to the
President and his advisers to see this
bill for travel as it may have been to
the public. Appropriations have
grown so rapidly in the government
departments and they are distributed
among such a variety of subjects that
no definite idea Of the amount spent
in any one class Of service has been
possible until Mr.. Cleveland and his
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high-slung landau drawn by a couple Of
perfectly matched bays.
The great sight at the royal sta
b1es is the stud Of Hanoverian cream
ponies. which are exclusively kept to
draw the kings state coach when he
opens parliament, and they will, of
course, draw it on coronation day
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under fire. In 1908 Chairman Tawney of
the appropriations committee of the
House had a provision put into law re-
curing all departments to give a detailed
report Of their travel expenses, outside Of
the regular travel of inspectors and like
employees. The first of these reports, for
the year 1909. showed some unexpected
items. 1t was found that employees of the
Agricultural Department had been sent
out at the request of members of Con-
gress to deliver addresses on various sub
jects in their districts during the cam
paign.
"They were accompanied by the men,
bers of Congress-" said Mr.. Tawney, ION
the trips through their districts. The
member would preside at the meeting,
and the officer of the Agricultural De-
partment. in delivering the address. al
thing regarding the member. to insure his
return to Congress.
The law requiring travelling expenses
to be reported to Congress effectually
stopped this practice. Chairman Tawney,
just before his retirement this year, said
on the floor of the House that 1t had also
been used by Secretary Wilson to cut of
some Of the outside travel Of his depart
ment.
1T was only few days ago." Mr.. Taw-
ney quotes Secretary Wilson as saying TO
and wanted to take a trip to Europe for
certain investigative purposes. and l
said to them: Why, boys, you know We
must now report to Congress the cost of
all travel Of that kind, and 1t would not
look very we'll on a report Of that kind
to state the cost Of such trip
The travel of this department has UNI
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the freedom from clipping. They are
few and far between. and are kept in
exercise by being driven with four
gon or baggage wagon, which is load
ed up to the exact weight of the gild-
ed state coach. Their gorgeous mo-
rocco harness is of ella borate design
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wigs and silk stockings. These state
liveries cost nearly $500 apiece. In the
royal motor garage there are nearly a
score of cars, and the king uses them
privately a good deal, but any visit or
journey which is in the slightest degree
of non-private nature is always made
in a carriage and pair. Queen Mary has
never been particularly fond of motoring,
and in her afternoon drives in Hyde Park
she follows the example Of her mother
in-law. Queen Alexandra, and uses a
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we'll known member Of the house of
lords, little pursy, red-faced man, was
sitting in his state chariot on that oc-
casion in Victoria street, waiting his
turn in the queue; evidently getting bored
by the delay, he put cigar in his mouth.
but then found that, his robes hacking
pockets, he had forgotten his matches;
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Or nearly a year
Frederick A. Cleve-
land, an economy
expert, has been at
work under the di-
rection of President
Taft and Charles
d. Norton, until
recently his secre-
tary, investigating
the system through
which the United
States government
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RULER OF ALL THE KINGS HORSES.
Earl of Granard, King Georges master
of the horse, who il busy arranging
for the equine end of the coronation.
have not been lately much in demand. To
begin with, they must be seventeen hands
high-an unusual and difficult height;
then they must have certain dignity of
department., an air of good-breeding and
a sense of their own Importance. Speed
is. of course, a negligible quantity-five
miles an hour is ample and to spare. All
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other motto invented for a retired tobac-
conist. who had set up carriage, was
at0
X x
1t is not difficult for visitors to London
properly introduced, OF course-to get
cards to view the royal stables adjoining
Buckingham Palace. It is a most inter-
esting sight, as not only are the state
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LONDON, April 13, 1911.
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in running government affairs or to carry
out Investigations that are expected to
be of great ultimate value to the United
can be reduced is one that will probably
give President Taft's official family some
busy hours. For a single year the re-
ports of the agricultural department show
that there were $3.50 expeditions, large
and small, inside and outside of the
United States. in carrying on the work of
the department.
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"ORK Has Been Going
w On for Nearly a Year
Government Spends One Bill
lion Dollars a Year in Travel
Investigators Claim Elk
penses Can Be Cut-Experts
atWork on Expense Accounts
of Various Employees - De-
partments Where Greatest
Expense Takes Place-What
Will Be Saved-Things Uncle
Sam Pays For-Frederick A.
Cleveland the Economy Ex-
pert.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
ECZEMA BROKE OUT ON BABY

when my baby wa@ two months
old, she had eczema and rash very
badly 1 noticed thai her face and
body broke out very suddenly, thick,
and red as a coal of fire. 1 did not
know what to do. The doctor ordered
CASTLE soap and powders, but they
did no good. She would scratch, as
it itched, and she cried, and did not
sleep for more than week. One
day I saw in the paper the advertise
ment of the Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment, so l got them and
tried them at once. My baby's face
was as a cake of sores.
when l first used the Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment, l could
see a difference. In color it was red
der. l continued with them. My
baby was in a terrible condition.
used the Cuticura Remedies (Soap
and Ointment) four times a day, and
in two weeks she was quite well. The
Cuticura Remedies healed her skin
perfectly, and her skin is now pretty
and fine through using them. l also
use the Cuticura Soap today, and will
continue to, for it makes a lovely
skin. Every mother should use the
Cuticura Remedies. They are good
for all sores, and the Cuticura Soap
is also good for shampooing the hair,
for l have tried it. l tell all my
friends how the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment cured my baby of eczema
and RASH" (Signed) Mrs, Drew, 21G
w. 18th St, New York city, Aug. rs,
1910.
Cuticura Remedies are sold through
out the world Send to Potter Drug
& Chem. Corp, Boston, Mass, for
free booklet on the. skin
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
Plan Big Athletic Meet.

Plan Big Athletic Meet.
A track meet between alumni ath-
1etes and this years track team, to-
gether with baseball game between
the alumni of Chicago and those of
Milwaukee, to be held during COM
mencement week, were arranged by
the executive committee of the Alumni
association of the University of Wis
consin at its last meeting The re-
union of athletes and the athletic con-
tests are new features of alumni day
of commencement week, which has
been fixed for June 20.
Headquarters for the Alumni asso-
citation viii be maintained throughout
commencement week in Library hall.
Reunions of the classes of 81, '86, 81,
'01 and '06 are being arranged and
some of these classes have already
secured headquarters in Madison for
commencement week. Rapid progress
is being made in the collection of
funds for the establishment of an
alumni general secretaryship and the
probability is that general secretary
will be appointed before commence
ment to take charge of all alumni &C
tivities
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
FEED YOUNG GIRLS
Must Have Right Food While Growing

Great care should be taken at the
just merging into womanhood that the
diet shall contain that which is up
building and nothing harmful
At that age the structure is being
formed and if formed of a healthy,
sturdy character, health and happiness
will follow; on the other hand I'M
healthy cells may be built in and a
sick condition slowly supervene which,
If not checked, may ripen into
chronic condition and cause lifelong
suffering
A young lady says:
Coffee began to have such an effect
on my stomach few years ago that
finally quit using it. 1t brought on
headaches, pains In my muscles, and
nervousness.
81 tried to use tea in its stead, but
found its effects even worse than those
I suffered from coffee. Then for long
time I drank milk at my meals, but at
last if palIed on me- A friend came to
the rescue with the suggestion that
try Postum.
81 did so, only to find at first, that l
didn't fancy it. But had heard OF so
many persons who had been benefited
by its use that 1 persevered, and when
j had it made right-accordtng TO dl-
rections on the package found It
grateful in favour and soothing and
strengthening to my stomach. l can
find no words to express my feehng
of what owe to Postum!
"In every respect 1t has worked a
wonderful Improvement = the head
aches. nervousness, the pains In my
side and back, all the distressing
symptoms yielded to the magic power
of Postum. My brain seems also to
share in the betterment OF my phys
ical condition; it seems keener, more
alert and brighter. I am. In short, IN
better health now than for a long
while before, and I am sure owe IL
IN the use of your Postum. Name
given by Postum Company, Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Ever read the above letter. new
enc appears from time 60 Tine
are genuine, true, and huii "a
interest.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
Ace Of Oysters.

Oysters grow only during the sum-
mer and especially during the long,
warm summers at that, and are scarce
ly big enough for the mouth before
the third year. 1t is easy after look
ing over a bunch of shells to tell how
old an oyster is. A summer hump and
the winter sink come across the she'll
every year, but after the seventh or
tenth year full growth comes; then, by
looking at the sinks between the
humps it is hard to tell anything
more about Miss Oysters age. Oysters
live to be 20 years old.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
GIdeons End Convention.

GIdeons End Convention.
The tenth annual convention of the
Wisconsin Gideons came to an end
with the installation of officers at the
Presbyterian church. The officers are
as follows:
President-A. H. Van Tassel, Be-
lott.
Vice-President-R E. Thomas, Mad
ison.
Secretary and Treasurer F. G..
Hendricks, Fond du Lac.
Chaplain-A. H. Hams, Madison.
At the meeting S. E. Hill of Beloit,
in response to an address of welcome
by DR.. Edmund B. Patterson of the
Methodist church, said:
1.-The Christian Commercial Travel
ers' Association of America has been
the greatest cause of giving travelling
men a better standing before the
world"
Doctor Patterson in his address ex-
pressed the view that ministers have
as many temptations as travelling men,
the ministry being the LATEST pro-
fession in the world and the tendency
toward taking things easy was ever
to be guarded against. He added that
the Gideons are blessing wherever
they go.
A. B. T. Moore, national president
Of the order, told of the wide extent
of the convention movement among
the travelling men of the United
States and in Canada During the
program Mrs. Belle Porter Heath rem
dered two solos.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24

so bad 1 was unable to work for weeks
was thin, worn out and nervous; the
doctors admitted they could not help
me and my friends expected me to
die. AS a last hope l began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills and shortly after
passed a gravel stone. Later on sew
eral more stones passed and from then
on l improved until cured"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. \.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
Want Postmasters as censors.

Wv ant TOSlfIl6SLSTS DIS NCuSOISs
A joint resolution, sort of tail to
the corrupt practices act which has
passed the assembly, has been intro
duced in the lower house, calling on
the Wisconsin representatives in con-
gress to use their best efforts" to Sc
cure congressional legislation which
will prohibit the sending of campaign
literature in "unbroken packages" into
the state during the heat of the cam
paign.
1t is asked that all postmasters be
forced to act as censors of literature
which comes into Wisconsin during a
campaign, to see whether or not 1t
complies with the acquisitions of the
Wisconsin law, which is to be passed.
1t is Suggested" or demanded" that
the postmaster insist upon knowing
the names and addresses of persons
sending any forbidden fruit into the
state.
The fact that they are imposing a
fearful burden on the poor postmas-
tiers in asking them to look over all
the mail passing through their hands
during a Wisconsin campaign bothers
the authors of this remarkable pro-
duction not at all.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
A Strange Situation.

''Humor is a funny thing" said
Binks.
1T ought to be-" said the Philoso-
pher.
ooh, l don't mean that way" said
Binks Il mean that it is a strange
thing Now, 1 can't speak French,
but can always understand a French
joke, and 1 can speak English, but I'm
blest If can see an English joke
Most people are" said the Philo-
sopher.
Are what?" said Binks
"Blest If they can see an English
joke" said the Philosopher. TT Is a
sign of an unusually keen vision
Harper's Weekly.