Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-22

Washington. The crow6 OF attend
ants was tremendous and It was a
gloriously bedecked and bedizened
gathering.
The diplomats are a picturesque lot
| and in the main their wives and their
sisters and their daughters are beau
tiful. something which cannot be said
for all of the diplomatic husbands.
brothers and fathers, II one looks
above the always beautiful uniforms
About nine-tenths of the diplomats in
Washington are aristocrats, or think
that they are. and this amounts to
the same thing. and large part of
them are titled. and those that haven't
anything in front of their names have
string of rear titles to make up.
Most of the military attaches of the
European governments do not need
ramifications of uniform and equip.
ment to make them physically present
able. In fact. If some of the English
men, Russians and Germans would
take off some twenty or thirty pounds
of decorations, strip off eighteen or
twenty yards of fur lining and take
reef or two in their sashes-ttose of
them who wear sashes-they would
appear to more militant advantage
Fully the half of them are magnifi.
cent specimens of manhood 1t must
be that some of the countries pick
their men because OF their physical
| fitness
There was a throng of Japanese of.
ficials in the White House on the
night of the diplomatic reception
They are small men. but they are of
perfect carriage, and. as an American
officer said recently. they always
have ready look" There is no les
son in geniality which the Japaense
have not learned AT any rate. this
statement is true of the Japanese of.
fcials. They are favortes in Wash.
ington life. 1t Is said of them that
it is impossible not to 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 more than
its share of snow in the last
week or two The streets are in
a fearful condition and no one at
tempts to clean as much as a path
along the sidewalk abutting on his
property. The snow comes and lies
and there it stays until the sun melts
it. The government insists that
property holders keep their sidewalks
and their pavements free from dirt
and the city ordinarily is beautifully
clean. but as for snow and ice. with
their attendant slipping dangers. con-
gress does not seem to care whit.
Washington is governed by con.
gress. Congress is it's mayor and its
city council. In some ways Wash.
ington is well governed; in other ways
it isn't Every winter there is long
drawn-out row in the senate. and some
times in the house, over the matter OF
a law to force the people to remove
the snow from the sidewalks In front
Of their residences. The law has never
passed. Once 1t was upon the dis
trict statute books, but 1t was wiped
out never apparently to be restored.
The result is that after snowstorm
in Washington sidewalks are In fear
full state Only the most public-spirit.
ed citizens clean their sidewalks. The
rest of the people wade through their
own snow and their neighbors' snow
and prefer the discomfort Of 1t all to
! the two minutes exertion which II
, would take to shovel the snow from
, their walks.
Visitors to the state. war and navy
department building miss the models
! Of the big ships which once stood ir
the Railways. There are one or two
t models still in existence. but they are
] of the smaller gunboats and they laci
. the interest which attaches to the biz
t turreted vessels with their gun'
which. even in model form. are frown
Q ing and savage looking enough.
No inquiry personally has beef
9 made as to why the models OF tn,
I ships have been sent into the closet
!. 1t may be that the authorities did no
!, care to have them inspected at clos
Z range by representatives OF foreigl
y governments
In the hallway of the army part %
3 the state. war and navy building ther
e are wax figures OF men clothed on
y after the other In the uniforms OF tn
Z service since revolutionary days
u These wax figures are pretty wei
. done. inasmuch as they are not ghastl
II looking. nor "shuddery." as. are som
Of the wax figures that one sees i
e store windows.
IS BY far the most picturesque Of tn
Is uniforms are those which were wor
y in the revolutionary days. OF course
Is the uniforms shown In the war depar