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her husbands premiership, leads the cab
met circle-capituiated to the extent of
issuing a statement that the ladies OF
that coterie intend. as far as possible.
there are i35 representatives, old.timers
in Washington society are wondering how
the women of the cabinet will get quar-
ter way round this circle within the short
social season, which lasts only from
December to Lent.
But the petticoat war between the
Senate and cabinet had meantime
broken out. The wives of the staid and
self atisfied Senate have borne a chip
upon their shoulders ever since the
passage of the law of succession,
which removed the Senate from the
line of succession to the presidency in
the event that the President should
die while there was no Vice President.
Formerly the ranking member of the
Senate its president pro tempore-
was in the line of succession to the
presidency. as was the Speaker of the
House, but by the law of succession
Congress took itself out of the line
of succession and put the cabinet in it's
place.
This has been the basis of the sub
sequent claim that the cabinet out
ranks the Senate. However. the cabi-
net itself has not forced these claims. To
this day it has required its wives to pay
first cans upon the wives Of senators.
Fear of senatorial power over our
husbands has prevented our open re-
volt" said a cabinet wife, of several
administrations back, commenting on
this concession. THE demand by the
wives of senators that we call upon
them first is a species of social black
mail to which we are compelled to
submit
Why. then, do the matrons of the Sen
ate circle now declare social warfare
against the cabinet circle? Not on ac-
count of a tirst-call grievance, but be-
cause. they claim that at public APP
pearances and official functions cabinet
members and their wives have been
placed by the masters of ceremonies be
fore senators and their spouses. So the
Senate's wives. in Amazonian phalanx,
have just now sent their general to
whack her scimitar three times upon the
tent of Mrs. Bryan and demand prece-
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Mrs cHANp CLAl21L,
LEADER Or TIE FCUsE Circle

no remonstrance. At the same time the
other wives of the cabinet will be left
five hundred and thirty odd rungs Of
the ladder below Mrs. Bryan.
The Senate, because of the unique pow
ers which it claims has disputed the So
cial rank of every high functionary in
Washington except the President and
Vice President, and upon the basis Of its
claim that the creature cannot be
greater than the creator" it is to be
wondered that it did not claim prece-
dence over President John Quincy
Adams because he was elected by Con-
gress rather than by the people. not to
mention Vice President Richard Johnson,
who came to office by the same route.
a bitter petticoat war resulted some
years ago from claims of senators that
they preceded the Chief Justice and the
other members Of the highest tribunal of
the land--Which can undo what even the
great Senate does. But in this encounter
the Senate capitulated. Then came an
other feud between the Senate matrons
and those of the foreign diplomatic corps
resident in Washington. Many old-timers
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remember a scene made at a fashionable
function, when a prominent senator's
wife raised loud uproar because her
host escorted to the dining room not her
self, but the wife Of the ranking foreign
diplomat present.
One matron of the Senate circle who
is not taking the present squabble very
much to heart is Mrs. Robert NJ. La Fol-
lette. wife of the republican senator from
Wisconsin. She opines, like Thomas
Jefferson, that in a democracy like
ours there is no place for precedence
But Senator Bacon. although leader Of
the Jeffersonian party, says that for
senators to 'forego all distinctions of
rank is limp rssible in the official cir
cles of Washington" where they will
prefer not to be present at any func-
ton, public or private. where this proper
rank is not recognized and accorded to
them
What "Jeffersonian simplicity" did to
the order of precedence more than a
century ago would put an end to all OF
these petticoat wars of the present time
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Well
Teddy to the Rescue.

AT tango tea in New York an actor
"A came a nasty cropper while dancing
with pretty chorus girl.
Lew Field. Fastening forward, lifted the
actor from the floor. Then he said. trying
to soothe the chorus girls unspeakable
rage:
.If Shocks here had only been soldier
I might have come to his rescue like
Teddy.
TEDDY, at a state ball, saw one OF his
veteran Rough Riders fall and drag his
partner down with him. Teddy helped
the lady to her feet.
Madam he said. this is the second
time have seen the captain fall. The
first time was at San Juan
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Onions Are Cheaper.

MFRS. HETTY GREEN on her seventy
4vA eighth birthday anniversary told a
reporter that she put more faith in onions
than in doctors. An onion was her
recipe for colds. coughs. insomnia, nerves
and many other maladies.
IAN onion she added. lis a better
friend to your pocketbook than a doctor,
too.
"A young lady was studying to be
nurse. and she said one day to a popular
surgeon:
".What did you operate on Mr. Socis
foro
For $1,000 the surgeon answered.
The young nurse smiled.
mo she said; l mean what did he
have
Three Thousand dollars was the sur
oeon s reply
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ment snow is banked around 1t until a
regular icy citadel is formed to Withstand
the cold. Then come the long hours
with nothing to do. AS child L, or
course. did not mind, for l had my doil
and kitten.
The strange seasons bring about the
long days and nights. 1t seems like
another planet. The moonlight plays
peculiar tricks with shadows upon the
snow. Distances are lessened or length
ened, so that one is sometimes deceived
into making dangerous false steps, when
out upon the ice.
Our chief recreation was sliding. To
illustrate just how treacherous and
tricky the light can be, one night I went
out sliding in charge of a young officer in
the party who saw that 1 was kept out
Of mischief. We went sliding along, with
him ahead, when suddenly he disappeared
over what seemed, as We approached, a
slight mound in the ice. l followed quick
ly to see where he had gone. Before I
knew it had tumbled into deep hollow,
three or four yards below, right on his
back The distances never turn out what
they seem; one is liable to mistake a
Gus crevasse.
I'VE did eventually meet father on that
trip. It was late during our stay and oh,
so Unexpectedly. Late one night he came.
We were all in bed, l just doing off and
mother not yet asleep. All of sudden
we heard a step on the deck above, and
mother said at once, Marie, that's your
father!' Then we heard the steward
opening the door of the outside room to
fathers raps, letting him in and caution
ing him all the while to be careful not to
bump into the stove.
II hardly know why he was so particu-
lar to impress him not to bump into the
stove, but l suppose his excitement at
seeing father took this strange form. At
any rate. we We're all excited. And it
was as much of a surprise for dad for
us. He did not know it was our ship he
was stumbling into.
:; y
Il shall never forget how he looked
that night. Our sitting room aboard ship
was about the size of an average city
house parlor But dad seemed to fill
every inch of its space-all dressed in
white bearskins, he was immense. Father
is tall. anyway. and the fur made him
look absolutely huge. OF course. We
were overjoyed to see him; it was Won
derful to learn that he was well and
alive. Strange to say. that day was his
birthday. He did not know it until We
told him, for he had forgotten.
LAS it is a custom in our family to
always bake a birthday cake for each
member, whether he is at home or not,
we had his ready to welcome him. We
little thought he would eat it with u.s.
Miss Peary has a wonderful fund of in
formation relating to these Arctic trips.
She could talk for hours and never re-
peat herself. She tells them with a di-
rectness and power that any girl might
envy. She is a charming young woman,
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team of dogs and a sledge He took me
with him on his first trip, when he
demonstrated that he was full
fiedged man, capable of controlling the
dogs. The Eskimos think that Il boy is
man when he can drive team of
dogs. no matter how young he is. Its
somewhat similar feeling to that
which recognizes an American boy as d
man when he puts on long trousers.
Vow. driving a team of dogs in the
snoWland is not as easy as it sounds. for
there the driver holds no reins, but con-
trolls his dogs with whip and keeps
them in check with that. These whips
are quite short, but the lash is long
enough to reach the farthest dog, three or
four yards away. By clever twist of
this lash the driver is able to convey his
directions to each dog. 1t is little wonder
that the Eskimo boys are proud when
they are able to master team, for it is
a real feat.
when 1 made that trip with my little
friend he was able to manage his lash
SO well that every time he swung it be-
hind him the end coiled around my
neck. But was having too good a time
to mind, and it really didn't hurt any
way, one is always so bundled up in that
part of the world.
My other Eskimo friend was girl.
She was about my age and l have no
doubt that she has married a number of
times by now. They marry and remarry
many times in those regions. As soon as
an Eskimo is tired of mis- mate he takes
another, and so on through the years.
There is no need for a divorce law among
them. In fact, they have no laws of any
kind.
1.-THE purest socialistic state exists as
far the management of their property
and resources goes. If two hunters go
out together and one is successful but the
other Is not. then it is a matter of course
that the lucky one must share his game
with the other. There is feeling of
mine and thine Each for all is Il
well established fact among them.
This is true, too, Of their houses. They
build cluster of hutS and when they
start off for other districts these houses
are left for the other tribesmen who
come after. 1t is a popular fallacy that
Eskimos live only in the snow huts called
igloos They have their tents not unlike
the Indian teepee, also.
All along the march, father had the
men stop every night and build igloos for
the party. 1t seems a great waste of
energy and time to a person not ac-
quainted with the climate. but every one
there would freeze if forced to sleep out
in the open all night.
The natives have long knives made
from walrus' tusks and sharpened. With
these they cut square blocks of ice. They
pile them up in the shape of an inverted
cup until they are all finished but the
top. The block for this place is cut ex-
actly to fit. and their exquisite skill al
ways measures it.carefully enough to fit
without a fault This block is dropped
right into position 1t settles with an
almost metallic click.
Entrance to their igloos is gained
through a tunnel removed some distance
away. one crawls to get inside If the
party intends to remain at Its hating
place for a long time the entrance is
removed still further by long passage
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One cabinet Office to which the Sen
ate might, "as proper courtesy" yield
precedence, Mr. Bacon comedies, is that
of Secretary of State, now filled by Will
liam Jennings Bryan. This is because
the premier of the cabinet is the i'm
mediate representative of the President
in foreign relations, and because his
Office existed under the confederation
before the adoption of the Constitution
and the creation Of the presidency.
A new order of precedence for home
officials. according to Mr.. Bacon's no
tons, therefore. would be: President,
Vice President. Supreme Court, Secre-
tary of State, Senate, House of Repre-
sentatives and cabinet.
This innovation would place Mrs.
William Jennings Bryan upon the
social ladder above the wives of the
entire Congress, including Mrs. Champ
Clark. consort of the Speaker. a lady
so amiable that she will probably make
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tall and well built. Perhaps the vigorous
training of her early youth was foun-
dation for physical strength that the
vagaries of a temperate climate can
not shatter.
Continuing with the polar tale she
said: THE only way to get the correct
time in the north during the long days
or nights when the moon or sun shines
for weeks at time is by watch or
clock. No natural signs are present TO
guide one. Father always carries at
least three or four watches with MN.
He keeps them next to his skin SO that
the heat of his body will keep them from
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freezing. 1t is, of course, necessary for
him to have the exact time when he
makes observations.
About Greenland?' She concluded.
How mistaken people are about Green
land. 1t is not by any means snowy
field, entirely barren of vegetation. The
Danish missionaries and Eskimos constl-
tute the greater part of its population.
Its vegetation is Stunted. of course, trees
are dwarfed, and bushes run to vines.
But the flowers are beautiful. A yellow
poppy like the California poppy is eN-
quisite. Mother has made quite col
lection of Greenland's flowers
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Anecdotes Concerning
Well Mm0wm People
Things Have Improved.

A WELL known politician. at a dinner
\ in Washington, said of commercial
honesty:
Commercial honesty is improving.
When man lies to You and cheats you.
1t no longer excuses him to say, 'Caveat
emptor'-'Its business'-and shrug and
smile.
In fact he ended. things have now
so much improved that if some multimii-
lionaires We're to lose their fortunes the
same way they gained them. they'd in
sist on somebody going TO Jail"
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The Senate women have found an
eager and Jealous champion in the per-
son of the widowed Senator Bacon of
Georgia, chairman Of the committee on
foreign relations, which deals. among
other matters. with usages pertaining to
our polite intercourse with foreign courts.
So the declaration OF war has been in
dited by Senator Bacon. In 1t he has
banished any fear which ofticialdom may
have fostered that the United States
Senate thinks ill of itself and Is wont to
hold it's light under a bushel. The sena-
tor. in his declaration, first calls atten-
ton to the Fundamental and controlling
fact that the Constitution of the United
States creates no offices except that Of
the presidency and vice presidency, the
Supreme Court and the Congress, COM
posed of the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives. All other offices Of the
United States. excepting only three above
mentioned. have been created by act of
Congress-" wrote the senator, with the
cabinet especially in mind.
1T is a plain proposition he added,
that the creature cannot be greater than
the creator" And he pointed out that
Congress can at any time abolish any of
these offices and create another In its
stead.
The social rank of the cabinet wives
has been disputed not only by the ma
irons of the Senate, but by those of
the Supreme Court, and so yexed has
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Whether the Vice President ranks the
Chief Justice is a question still debated
in some drawing rooms of the capital,
and cautious hosts do not invite these
two officials to the same dinner. for fear
Of a dispute, which can never he arbi-
trated. Others also hesitate to dine to-
pether the Chief Justice and Secretary
of State.
OF course. it goes without saving that
the wife of each high official shares his
social rank, according to this patchwork
precedence code.
Now how do the wives of our hiShest
officials stand on the social ladder
The first lady in the land is indisputa-
bly, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
The second lady in the land is Mrs.
Thomas r. Marshall, wife of the Vice
President.
The third lady in the land is Nine
Jusserand, the wife of the French am
bassador and dean of the diplomatic
corps. This is the view of the Depart
ment of State. which, Senator Bacon ad-
mits, adjusts such matters. But accord
ing to the congressional view this rank
should be given to Mrs. Edward Douglass
White, wife of the Chief Justice, which
lady the State Department ranks AFTER
the ambassadors wives.
Next comes Mrs. William Jennings
BRYAN and after her-in the State Depart
ment's yiew-the other ladies of the cabi-
net but according to the Senate's view.
the wives of senators.
The first lady of the Senate circle Is
Mrs Henry Cabot Lodge. wife Of the
senior senator possessed of a wife living.
CThis honor would go to the wife OF the
president pro tempore, Senator Clarke OF
Arkansas, had he Wife,
The first lady of the House of Repre-
sentatives circle is Mrs. Champ Clark,
wife of the Speaker.
New Year day is always day of social
Judgment in Washington. 1t is then that
the Presidents master of ceremonies
lines up officialdom and gives each his
rank in the order of precedence. Perhaps
it was dread of this ordeal that prompted
the President to abandon his New Year
levee this year. But he was only postpon-
ing the inevitable.
Copyright 1914, by John Elfreth Watkins)
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way, where the dogs are kept and pro-
tected from the cold.
s. ::
'Eskimos worship the parsonage whom
We consider generally as the devil, Miss
Peary said, and it is most difficult to
convey to them the real idea of Christi
anity. Their answers to our story of
the one good and loving God is most
discouragng. Their argument is some
thing like this: If your God is SO for
giving and compassionate, ne will always
be so, no matter what We do. There is
nothing to fear from him. But the devil.
who is mischievous and liable to harm
us, is the We should try to keep In
a good humor with prayers and offerings.
They carry this idea of worshiping him
to an extreme.
They actually persuade themselves he
is real parsonage who follows them
mysteriously about. Why, l have often
been out -sleighing with Eskimos who
would suddenly stop as though listening,
chuckle, shake their heads and walk on.
When asked what they have heard, they
would say, That was the devil. didn't
you hear him talking? In all matters
of religion they seem to have the child
like. imaginative attitude OF some or our
southern negroes"
On her first trip. made in company
with her mother and party. Miss Peary
says they remained far into the winter
because they did not find any trace OF
her father, as they had expected to do.
The natives gave us no encourage
ment," she declared. "In fact. they were
always ready and eager to convince US
that father was lost and dead. In all
those days of anxious waiting I never
remember seeing my mother unnerved
or worn out. You know. I think my
mother is very wonderful person.. she
added, with a laugh. 1T Is surely not
~,,st l. NAY1n NM nfh
to month for a loved one. with only fore
bodngs instead OF sympathy, and to try
to hope against hope that somewhere in
that great snowy field father was really
alive Mother did that. l was too little
to understand then. but it's easy now t.
realize how brave she was.
1--WE had an experience during that
trip that nearly proved our undoing. We
We're anchored in an unknown bay one
night and our captain left a lone man
on watch. while the rest of us went
below to sleep. This man slept also. The
first thing knew mother was calling
Marie! Hurry! Get up! Something's
the matter with the ship We were
hustled ashore-just in time, the captain
said-and with us some OF our stores
1t was lucky We got out when we did.
for the ship had keeled over and was
slanted until she was standing almost
completely on one side. The stores on
the submerged part Of the ship were
ruined. and with them many of our
clothes.
st remember we had to set to work
to make new ones. and queer looking
things they were, too-Inade OF mattress
ticking. That was the only material we
had. There wasn't very much style to
them, but in the Arctic country one
doesn't care anything for appearances.
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Significant.

A actress. commenting at tea IN
"A New York on the engagement to his
mothers French maid of young man
belonging to a rich old Knickerbocker
family, said:
Marriages Of that type are seldom
happy. They turn out like the boot
makers"
Smiling. she resumed:
"A retired bootmaker. who had mar
ried his servant as his second spouse. was
once asked by a friend how he WAS get
ing on. His significant reply was:
.Soles make stiff uppers.'
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x X
The original order of precedence was
established by Washington after many
solemn consultations with Adams.
Madison, Jay and Hamilton. the latter's
advice prevailing. Adams conscientious
ly observed the code adopted by his
illustrious predecessor. but jefferson up
set it with a vandalism comparable
only to that Of the proverbial bull in
the china shop. Branding 1t as "aristo-
cratic foppery," he laid aside the order
of precedence. ruling that all federal
officials should be regarded as equal
when brought together in society. He
instructed that his guests should take
their places in the order Of their ar
rival at the White House. To his re-
ceptions every one was admitted. Many
officials, denied preference in line, alb
scented themselves And Dolly Madison.
hostess Of the widowed Jefferson. be-
cause she was the wife of the Secre-
tary of State, was more than glad to
revive the order of precedence when
Monticello. But Jackson again threw
the White House open to all corners in
the order of first come. first served, and
riots ensued. the state parlors being
code was again invoked. and all subse-
quent official hosts and hostesses have
been glad to seek safe shelter beneath it.
However, the strict order of precedence
came to be interpreted differently by
different official hosts and hostesses.
This was so especially after the old
powers of Europe began to deem us
worthy of ambassadors rather than
mere ministers. And thus until this
day you will find the President at White
House entertainments giving the am
bassadors precedence over the Supreme
Court. but the Congress. at all cere-
monies at the Capitol, giving the Su-
preme Court precedence over the am
basSadorS.
:. ::
Sometimes two great powers are upon
the eve of destroying each other merely
because two silly ladies have squabbled.
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Corporation Foot Balls.

KHAYOR mitchell of New York was
4vA praising a commuter who. by con-
tinual complaints. had improved the rail-
way service Of his district.
I'VE are apt to call the kicker a crank
and a nuisance" said Mr.. Mitchell But
it's the kicker who gets things done for
the community"
He smiled and ended:
They who never kick are but too
apt to become foot balls"
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WHY the Eskimos
Called Her ''Snow
Baby Her Little
Playmate koodloodtoo
Making an Igloo-
Religion of the 'Es-
kimo - Ship Keeled
Over - Other Arctic
Experiences.