Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-01
NEWsY GOSSIP FROM NATIONAL CAPITOL

ment,, assured the non.combatants
that they would be repaid by their
government at Washington-but up
to the present time claims are still
unpaid and are standing against our
national credit.
He aptly says that comment Is to.
day made by some of the bankrupt
business men, nov living in Spain,
Of the lavish hospitality which they
rendered to the army Of the United
States, exerting their personal eff
farts to crafty their wants and
needs. 1t Is needless to say how charg.
rined and disappointed they must fell
at their failure to recover their lust
due. Notwithstanding the indis-
putable fact that those Spanish claims
We're favorably reported by the vail
ant heroes Of that war, Generals
Smith, Scott and Taylor, who, with
full candor and belief in their own
t%ruthfulness, assured the Spainards
OF the prompt payment by the gov.
eminent of the United States, moth
ing has as yet been done to accomp-
fish this act OF simple justice.
There isn't the shadow of an ex.
cuse for u failure to pay not only
those just claims, but also these
equally as just ones still pending for
cotton seizure, cOnfiscatiOn of mer-
chandise, Imprisonment and illegal
captures of vessels during our Civil
War, from 1861 to 1865. 1t is to our
shame as a nation that the Spanish
legation has, through every minister
appointed by the crown of Spain,
vainly %endeavored during his tenure
of office to secure q settlement of
those debts. Anyhow, there is no
excuse whatever for the government
Of our country to retain and with.
hold sacred obligations contracted in
the discharge Of duty by its military
authority in Mexico. How can we
expect to secure and retain the good
will and friendship of another ma.
ton, whose subjects We are wilfully
defrauding Of their just dues?
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Ladies all over the land who are
anxious to bask in the smiles and
sunshine of fashion will learn with
maybe some delight that in Washing
ton, the city of magnificent distances
and also splendid social functions, is
to be established a bureau of social
requirements for the management of
society functions. 1--WE have mad
male dandies by the score from LIE,
E'elle France, and also from the tight
title island, who have essayed to
teach our wealthy snobocracy how to
| Iraco IN cfr,,f ond RI fn1ly tn damon
and to "deport" themselves; but,
hitherto, we were spared from the
antics of the female arbiter of fash.
ion whose flights of fancy dazzled the
buds and debutantes Of "sassiety,"
as we'll as their motherly %chaperons
in other less favored capitals. At
last, however, the axe has fallen, and
| Washington, which has always prid.
ed itself on it's exclusive, blue-blood-
ed, diplomatic, administrative, and
social "Suckles," is bowling gracefully
to the domination of "a manageress,"
who is intent on making smooth the
domestic and social path of many Of
its matrons.
It's wonderful what a lot Of unnec-
essary things the average good
housewife doesn't know or ever sus-
pect as needful accomplishments if
she desires to shine either as an en-
tertainer, or to help her Congressional
husband to keep up with the fashion
able sets into which they are some
how jumbled. once they are fairly
launched in the national capitals So
cial whirl. From the etiquette of
%card-leaving to the formalities OF a
wedding reception; from the making
over Of ones gown to the reconstruc-
ton of ones home, female Washing
ton a now look for competent as
sistance and advice,
Banquet, wedding, or %secretarial
duties are hereafter to be taken care
of by women Of culture and distinc-
ton. 1--WE cater" says the charming
woman at the head Of this innova-
tion," to the requirements Of those
who know how, but are too often too
busy to attend to the multitude OF
odds and ends in connection with the
modern household, and we are pre-
pared to take entire charge OF en-