Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-01-25

About ninetonthf Of ne fiplnm o. /
Washington ave ur.s'ugfHu Uf hinI
that they are aud Tile umoulH I.
the same thing. aud large part q !
Them urc ull'd uua those Nat haven
anything ln front OF their names bav,
string Of rear titles 90 make up
The diplomatic reception Nar ~
tended hy more people than have brct
az the White House on any occasion
Tor years. except Of course on the oc
caslon Of the New Years day recep
ton when the latch string hangs Out
20 the world
military Attaches . Fine Lot
Most Of the military attaches o' tie
European governments do not need
ramlncations Of uniform and equip
ment TO make them physically present
able IN fact. n some Of the English
men. Russians and Germans would
take 90 some twenty or thirty pounds
u decorations, strip % eighteen or
twenty yards Of fur lining and take a
reef or two IN their sashes-=ihose Of
them Who wear sasbcs they would
appear 10 a more militant advantage
Fully the half OF them are magnin.
cent specimens of manhood II must
be that some ~ the countries pick
their men because Of their physical
fitness
There vas a ihrong ~ Japanese o.
ncials IN the White House on the
night Of the diplomatic reception
They are small men. but they ar. Of
perfect carriage and. as an American
officer said recently. they always
have a ready look There IL no les.
son iu geniali'y which the Japaeuse
have not learned Al any rate. this
statement is true Of the Japanese Of.
hcIals They are fayorites 10 Wash.
lngtun life Il IL said OF them that
II il impossible not 20 like them. even
though prejudice and determination
try TO have their own way IN the mat
ter
Won't Shovel Away Snow.
The Capital has had mere than
rs share ~ snow in the last
week or two The streets are IN
fearful condition and no one al
iCmpts to clean as much as a path
along the sidewalk abutting on his
property The snow comes and lies
and there Il STAYS until the sun melts
Il The government insists that
property holders keep their sidewalks
and their payoments free from dirt
and the city ordinarily IL beautifully
clean. but as for snow aud ice with
heir attendant slipping dangers con.
sress does not seem 20 care Whit
Washington Is governed by con
rress Congress IS rs mayor and re
CITY council In some ways Wash.
irg'on is well governed IN other ways
n isn't Every winter there u q long
drawu.ou' row IN the senate and some
times 90 The house over The matter Of
law 20 force the people 20 remove
the snow from the sidewalks In front
90 their residences The Law has never
passed once IL vas upon the dis
trlct statute books. hu, # was wiped
oar never apparently 10 be restored
Tn. rasgr, 4. ,hs. after a srowstorm
. 70 Washington sidewalks are f. fear.
/ ful state Only the most public spirit
"a citizens clean their sidewalks The
res, o. the people wade through their
own snow and their reighbors snow
and urefcr the discomfort Of Il an 20
the Two minutes. e1ertiou which g.
would take 10 shovel the snow from
their walks
Visitors 10 the state war and navy
aena-rmert building miss the models
of the biz ships which once stood 70
the halvsvs There are one or two
models sun In existence bit they are
~ tho smaller c,rrhua,s and they lack
,ta interest which attaches 10 the htg
,.-rs,a5 vessels With their guns
,,hi.h ayrr I'm mode. form arc '-oVu.
ne ard savage looking enough
No i,afHry persrralgv has been
,,,e9o as N vhy III. models Of the
shi,s have been sent into the closet
T. nay he cha, the authorities did not
caro- 20 have them !nspertod al close
range nv representatives OF foreign
Governments
Army unlforrr Exhibit.
- h. hallway nj the army mart o.
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