The National tribune., 1911-04-13
Phil Sheridan Corps Entertains.

Of housework.
Phil Sheridan Corps Entertains.
Phil Sheridan Corps, of the Depart
ment of Potomac. w. r. c., gave its
fourth annual banquet to the members
of Phil Sheridan Post last week in its
Corps rooms in Grand Army Hall. The
hall was never more beautifully deco
rated, and it's decorations were moth
ing but flags" The walls were literal
~ lined with them, and the platform
was set with palms and ferns. The
table for distinguished guests was set
upon the platform. with covers for Is.
and extended across the end of the
hall. Two rows of tables extended the
length of the hall, at which sat nearly
200 guests. The tables glittered with
snowy linen, cut glass and silver, and
were richly decorated with flowers. The
banquet was informal and family af-
fair, but it was great big and mos'
enjoyable family gathering.
Mrs. Isabella BontZ, President of the
Corps. made q most charming toast
mistress. Mrs. Agnes L. Keeler, De-
partment President. who is a charm
ingly cultured woman, recited by spe-
cial request Bret Harte's Last Review
with pathetic expression and delightful
dclineation. Comrade I. d. Williamson,
Commander of the Post. responded to
that toast. Col. John McElroy respond
ed to a toast '"The Woman's Relief
Corps by dramatically reciting Thos
b. Reeds poem. The Brave at Home, "
and said that the Relief Corps most
faithfully represented that poem. He
then recited that there are 165, ,000
members of the great organization, and
that they have raised over S3,50O,G G0G
for the relief of veterans and their wild
ows since its organization. Past Com
mander Charles s. Garrett gave a toast
to the Corps. and said that the Post
had improved greatly since the Corps
was organized. Emil \. Lang. son OF
a veteran. sang. He is delightfully."- OBJ
!iging. and is known as the sweet
singer" of the Department of Potomac.
No gathering of the G.. a. r. is COM
plete without Mr.. Lang.
Mrs. Isabel WorrelI Ball. known as
the mother of Phil Sheridan Corps,
which she instituted while President of
the Department. responded with toast
to her child. closing with that dainty
tribute to Tom Moore:
Here's a smile for these that love US,
And a sigh for those that hate.
But whatever skies above us,
Here's heart for any fate"
The banquet closed after three hours
of solid enjoyment with grand chorus
of Marching Thru Georgia" led by
Mr.. Lang and Mrs. Ball.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, Dean of
the George Washington College of Law,
has been highly honOred in the Feb
ruary number of La Femme, published
in Paris. The magazine prints an arti-
Gle of Mrs Mussey's on Marriage and
Divorce in the United States" The ed
itor takes occasion to say about the
article that both the editors and the
are under obligatio to Mrs.
Mussey and her translator. Nine. Rich
ard Nogaret. for the valuable original
article on the state of laws as to mar
riage and divorce in the 46 States
which form the American Union, with
the possibility of taking into account
for comparison some reforms that it
would be desirable to introduce into the
French law on divorce. some proposals
of amendment which have been made
even to-day, of which some would bring
a regrettable increase in the instability
OF marriage, instability from which we
suffer in France, as they also suffer on
the other side of the ocean,
Former Representative. Henry Bacon
of the old Sixth Massachu-
sets District. died last week at the
home of his son in Wakefield Mr.
Lowering was first elected to Congress
as a Democrat in 1882. and served two
terms. He was United States Marshal
for Massachusetts, under President
Cleveland, and served in the War of
the Rebellion, losing a leg at the bat
tie of Winchester. Sept. f9, 1864. He
was born in 1S41.
The United States is certainly mighty
stingy about some things. The Justices
of the Supreme Court of the United
States are housed about like the sub
half in New York. They have
one little bit of a robing room which
IS across the corridor from the Supreme
Court room. and very few accommoda-
lions of any other character None
Of them have Offices, and so are obliged
TO do all of their work in their own
homes. For years and years an at
tempt has been made every session of
Congress to construct an office building
for the members of the Supreme Court
and to house the Supreme Court itself,
but this has never yet been made pos
sible. In the last session of Congress
the matter was very strongly agitated
by Senators Bacon and Bailey, but it is
not yet an accomplished fact. Then
both Senators urged that some pro-
vision be made for the members of the
Supreme Court in the Capitol building
proper. Senator Bailey offered to give
mp his room in the old library space
il those occupying offices in the same
part of the Capitol would do the same
The retirement of several Senators who
had offices in this old library space
makes it possible now to secure them
for the Supreme Court Justices, and
it is more than probable that this will
be done and the officers of the highest
legal tribunal in the world will have
adequate accommodations, tho that is
hardly correct, for they will never
have adequate accommodations until
they have a building all to themselves.
Adm Ballou Capron died at his home
m Saltwater. r. l.. March II. Until
Second Rhode Island District in Con-
in 1841, enlisted as a Sergeant in the
I'd Rhode Island in May, 1861. He was
almost Immediately promoted to Ser
He was commissioned
in September, 1861, and or
1ered on detached service in the Signal
Corps in December He served in the
Signal Corps until the end of the war,
having been commissioned First Lieu
-enant in the Signal Corps, u. S. A,
March 3, 1863. He received promotion
20 rank of Captain and Major by bre-
vet. He was elected a representative
IN the General Assembly of Rhode
Island in 1887, and reelected every
year until 1892, and was Speaker of
The House in 1891 and 1892 He was
elected to the 55th Congress and served