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Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
THE WHITE HOUSE CHINA

some instances the history of val uable piece was not remembered or recorded at all. When stock wss taken 1t was found that a number of the administrations had left no souve- mfrs of their tableware. Mrs. Baker found china of only seven dining sets. those of Lincoln and farer presidents. Apparently old White House china had not been regarded with any eye to its historic importance.
 President Washington set a prece- dent in this connection when he held a sale on moving from the executive mansion in New York to Philadel- phia. All the furniture and china that in his estimation were "decayed" were sold at auction. After that, White House sales of broken lots of china and of damaged ware were custom ary. Second hand dealers wep the chief attendants at these sales. That things sold cheap is attested to by such stories as the one that a cracked Lincoln pitcher sold for $40.
 Gradually antique dealers saw pos
 abilities in White House china. and in the copying of it. So many stores in Washington were selling "authen- tic" White House piates by Mrs. Roosevelt's' time that she put a stop
 to the Whita House china sales.
 The design of the Roosevelt state dining set was patented so that il
 could not, like other historic sets. be copied in cheap ware for general sale.
 This copying became a nuisance in the time of President Hayes. when the
 most elaborate dinner set ever made for the White House was designed
 This was a pictorial set, each piece
 hao orfr nr a mi hird
 or fish The idea was to represent the flora or fauna of every state. The china was of beautiful quality and the designs were artistic, but when | they were copied in cheap china and | sold the Hayes dishes lost the indi- viduality which was their main charm With White House china designs SC | much copied that many people owned
 articles they honestly thought gen. uine; with the historic White House 1 china scattered to the ends of the country by sales; and with no syste-
 matic records kept of the articles left l in the Executive Mansion. you car
 see how making a collection of china used by the presidents could easily take IS years.
 Luckily. presidential souvenir! have been treasured in the families o l the presidents, and their descendant: have been generous in turning ovel 1 some of their relics to the govern l ment. It may be said here that noth- 1 ing has been. or will be. bought fol 1 this china collection. Everything I that was not taken from White House i cabinets and china closets has beer i donated or loaned.
 Descendants of every president. ex cept those of President Johnson wht cannot be located, have been con
 suited by Mrs. Baker and they hav' ! identified as authentic the pieces o
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
china representing their ancestors.
 Interest of Presidsnts' Wives

The mistresses of the White House of late years have been eager to see the china collection established. As f;.r back as Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Harrison, cabinet to hold historic White House china was talked of. Finally Mrs. Roosevelt started the collection and had two cabinets made and placed Tn a corridor for the first exhibits At the same time she asked Mrs Baker to select the most worthy souvenirs in the White House and to catalogue them. The first Mrs. Wilson planned a special room for the presidential china exhibit It remained for the second Mrs. Wilson actually to have the room prepared and to install the collection which by that time had become really impress sive.
 The china of the presidents is per- haps more a souvenir of the first ladies of the land than of their hts- bands. From the home loving Mar tha Washington all down the line. the china closet has been largely the pride of the feminine occupants of the mansion. Often it's contents rep sented their tastes rather than those of their husbands. There is in the collection. for instance. one of the Harrison plates with its corn and ! eoldenrod decoration reminiscent oi Mrs. Harrison's love fo. goidcnrod and her desire that it should become | the national flower.
 | On the other hand, there is Gin cinnatf plate of the Washingtors which is certainly reminiscent of the general. and of his founding of the Order Of the Cincinnati. In his time l it was a popular custom to use al I -t -4, stnf< ~F 1 sonal use. and Washington had a din.
 ing set made with the figure of Jus. tice bearing the badge of the Gin cinnati as its design.
 Both Washington and Jefferson | sent to Paris to obtain such things a. ] ornaments and silverware. Wash ington's friend. Gouverneur Morris | suggests in a letter that the Presiden l may think him extrayagant for hi 1 purchases. His excuse was: T thin.
 it of great importance to fix the tast'
 of the country properly. and I thirl
 your example will go very far in tha | respect"
 A Prize Piece
 One of the most interesting objects
 ia the china collection is a fruit dist l which has long been in the Whit, | House and is now identified as one O | the Madison dishes. very probsbi, | one saved by the level headed
 Madame Dolly when the Capital wa
 attacked by the British.
 I The dish is very elaborate. It il
 set on a pedestal formed by figures of the three graces. The decorations
 in blue and gold match exactly thos'
 on the Madison table china. An em
 ploye of the White House remem'
 bered seeing the dish in use in Lin
 coln's time. Later it disappeared
 and Mrs Harrison found it in th
 attic in three pieces and had it neatl, ! repaired.
 The identity and historic associa
 tions connected with each article il the china collection has been ar , ranged on a series of cards by Mrs } Baker. Colonel Sherrill. superinten l dent of buildings and grounds. tn official custodian of the White Hous , china. plans to post the cards on revolving catalogue case in the cen ' ter of the exhibit room so that wis l itors can conveniently study the isI
 toric china of the presidents
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
ABOUT THE STATE

dismissed yesterday. Mir. Leslie stated. The engineer came down from Mt Lennon yesterday morning and registered at the Tusonia. He left this morning for his headquarters at Albuquerque.-Star.
 Deny Rumors
 MIAMI-Alarmist rumors that the Miami Copper company was to close down at an early date were branded as inaccurate by General Manager F. w. Maclennan this afternoon. when questioned bysa Bulletin reporter Bulletin.
 Rain Hurts Road
 MIAMI-Julius Milton. who has just returned from Pleasant Valley says considerable rain has fallen in that section of the county and all though it was of a steady, gentle nature it damaged the government constructed Pleasant Valley road. Ii is badly washed in places he said Mir. Milton has a force of county road builders at work repairing the road.-Silver Belt.
 To Drill We'll
 LES-Capitalixed at $500, ,ooo a company is to be organized by No gales and Santa Cruz county busi- nessmen for the purpose of puttins down a test well in the Santa Crui oil fields. to definitely determine whether oil exists in this section 1T paying quantities.
 Excellent indications point to oi in this vicinity, and the test well vii undoubtedly prove the field" Al ready oil sands and oil are reportee to have been found in the county Herald.
 Foreign Markets Good NOGALES-During a recent inter view granted to a New York pape Walter Douglas. president of tn Phelps Dodge corporation, declares | the most favorable aspect of tn market is a steady foreign demand although domestic buying is at tn lowest rate in many years. German. and Japan, he said. are the principa purchasers of the metal.--Patagonia
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
"REALIsMp IN GERMANY

Tn Germany the academic youth has a pro- nounced dislike for the realism, so-caled which dominated Germany in the pre-war period and to shocked the world from 1914 on. There is an unms- takable tendency toward transcendentasm toward religion. toward mysticism. There is too, meaningless anti-Semitism fury against the flag of the republic intolerance of opposing opinions, lack in many directions of goodwill. indisposition to realize the feelings and thoughts the socialist -laborers Nevertheless, the great of students has had part in the unpleasant public manifesto tons which added to the disorder the large cities and especially of Berlin within the past months Most of them have been busy laboratories and with their books, working more industriousy than has student body in all history. in spite of usual deprivatons and hardshps
 In this conclusion s to the student body in gen. eral, including those the high schools the pro- fessors of the Berlin university their undergraduates. The youth that returned from the often broken physically, had forgotten much of it's learning and had to be gen. consideration at the examinations; but it was eager Not much for learning per to be put in the way of earning living. There was little of the pleasure the clostered halls In it's place fierce desire to be ready for the battle of life This may have been partly the character of the student body. Here were not alone the aristocrats and wealthy sons the gentry heirs tradesmen but the children of paid mechanics There students than before.-Charles J. Rosebault in the New York Times.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21

There was melon raid near Phoenix Sunday night that ought to be a warning and lesson to every boy in Phoenix, as well as their parents. Some children are not taught the rights of property as they should be taught. Parents do wrong to treat melon stealing or any kind of stealing as a joke. The three men-they were not boys-who went back from their raid Sunday night sadder but wiser men, two of them to spend the night in jail and the third in a hospital, found it to be dangerous pastime. The man who raised the melons, laboring day and night to do so, often irrigating at two or three o'clock in the morning. would naturally be indignant when aroused from his first nap by his faithful dog to find someone going over his patch with a flashlight selecting his most choice melons. What wonder that he, as he gave chase over the uneven ground. gun in hand, should shoot lower than he intended and thus pepper one of the marauders in the back with fine shot? If man or boy should so out and steal a steer from a rancher. that had not cost. him half the labor to raise as the melons cost him, that
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
Ry Erederic J. haskin

WASHINGTON, D. C., July H. China used by the presidents. from a Canton porcelain plate belonging to George Washington down to pieces of the Wilson state dining set, Is now on exhibit at the White House.
 A room in the executive mansion off the ground floor corridor has been set aside as collection room and fitted with colonial cabinets. Here, on shelves lined with ivory coloreI vel vet ,are 236 pieces of historic glass, silverware and china, souvenirs of ev- cry president up to MT. Harding, with the one exception of Andrew Johnson. As President Johnson is known to have duplicated the Lin- coin china for his use. he may be said in a way to be represented by some of the Lincoln souvenirs.
 It is too soon for the present exec utive and his wife to add their con tribution to the porcelain fall of fame Mrs. Harding has not yet selected any china for the White House. Ev- cry presidents wife buys small sets of china or odd pieces for family use but it is not likely that a new state set will be needed for several years anyway, as the Wilson set was bought only in 1918 The set used before that was bought in 1903 by Mrs Roosevelt and contained about 1,20( pieces. It stood 15 years of hard service, but White House china, liks any other, gets clipped and sets are broken.
 Mrs. Wilson had seen an exhibit oi American made china and determined to order from New Jersey pottery Several presidents wives before this 1cvI, xx-n1rid ha a TlQn1nrrafi thing to buy homemade china. but nothing comparable to the we'll knowr foreign makes could be found. Ina America has finally been able to pro- duce china that is at no disadvantage beside Haviland, Wedgewood Sevre. and Canton is shown by the Wilson set which was made by Lenox a Trenton, N J.. a number of samples of which stand near the foreigi makes in the White House collection room.
 The Wilson set replaced the Roose welt china in wartime, when little for maj entertaining was being done. La ter. MT Wilson's illness made bij White House dinners impossible. s that the set is still practically new
 Collecting the Old China
 Finding authe ltic souvenirs iron the table of every president has bee no easy task. It was not even eas. to identify the china Tn the Whit House. The work was begun in 19O: when Mrs. Abby Gum Baker, wh has for some years been interested i historic Washington. began to catalo the White House ware.
 Up to that time old punch bowl. platters and other antiques in tn White House closets were but vague ly associated with past presidents. l
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
THURSDAY MORNING. JULY sl. 1921.
Preterts are not aUanting Ulen one scishes to use them. -Goldoni.
Director Dawes

If director of the budget General Charles G. Dawes at the end fiscal year has saved sl12.ooo.ooo he will paid keep siderably more The sum is small 1t is true. in parison with the estimated the year-only about three per cent of it. The greater benefit though will have been the putting of the country business basis and paving of the way for future savings.
 better than General Dawes could not have been selected for this post His mind burdened with economic theories. He stands on the solid ground of experience. AS life long and prominent figure in the banking world comptroller of the currency. if he introduce business methods into national expenditures that may be down of the things humanly impossible.
 It is true that General Dawes cannot compel con- gress to do anything prevent it from doing any thing. But just now the people paying penance for years of official extravagance in temper to support the directors efforts at and those efforts should be thwarted by independent and ordinate branch of the government the people would be appraised of it in language picturesque and per haps lurid {. When General Dawes is wearied noyed he said to find expression either in music in speech unheard in the Sunday schools. He is an adept in both.
 As to the department and. bureau heads. the di- rector through the president. has them under his thumb. He has signifed to them that appropria- tion by law does that all the money set aside is be expended and he has intimated them that deficiency bills needless legislation.
 An evil of our wasteful system has been the in evtable decrease of efficiency That is certain suit the employment help than necessary and 1t notorious that Washington and government al agencies outside of Washington been employe- ridden That was especially during the war and is yet. The director to Top off than 31s,ooo.ooo from the expenditure of the risk bureau: sso.ooooOc from the treasury department: s16.0oo.ooo from the interior department and on down the line.s
 All this will we suppose be accomplished by the cutting of much dead wood. contributing to . livelier growth of the trunk and branches of the service thus freed.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21

man or boy would be in line for the pen or reform school.
 Then why treat melon stealing as a joke and thus encourage a boy to steal them. and then perhaps steal more than melons?
 No boy would be denied a melon on this ranch who would ask. for one as he should do.
 The greatest crop we are raising after all. is just boys" or children, and they should receive proper care and instruction.
 A RANcHER-s WIFE.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21

We do not want to prejudge the case but 1t ap- pears to that Major Bruce Campbell in the cir cumstances will have a hard time to convince the country that he did receive money from Mrs Bergdoll for sinister purpose
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21

Barnes the banks had aided in production but they could not be parties enabling the producer to gamble lin futures" The proposed legislation is to enable the farmer gamble but to realize just profits from honest endeavor.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21

The wife of missing dentist suspected of der and flight collect his life insurance, had iden- tified headless body found in the wreckage of his automobile his and that a supposed victim. The wife says. she knows the body by it's curves We know wives who have lived long with their husbands and never got onto their curves"
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21

The cantaloupe season. we are informed will officially end today. the weather bureau be notified that it may turn the faucet on
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21

Of every eight persons in the United States one is foreign born accor ding figures issued by the census bureau.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
AFRICAN CHILDREN LIKE SALT

In some parts of Africa children will eat salt preference to sugar.
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The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-12
FdUOrdbIe Economic
 Conditions Bringing
 Pulp MiIis t0 Atasku

miner, or prospector may take from the Alaskan national forests free of charge 10000 board feet of green or 70 cords of dry timber each year, provided it is needed for personal use and Is not sold.
 The Chugach forest has granted each year since 1916 free use Der init to the Alaskan engineering con- mission for construction timbers to be cut between Seward and Knik Arm. In 1916 the commission cut IL. 363,77O board feet of national fores timber to be used in railroad con- struct1on work. In 1917 over seven million feet. During 1918 and 1919 shortage of labor seriously inter- fered with construction work on the railroad, but in spite of this over five million feet of free timber was grant ed each year. Since the close of the fiscal year 1919, more than ten and one-half million feet of free timber has been furnished for this work. This timber has consisted not only of sawtimber but of such material as piling, bridge timber, ties, and telephone poles. The latest permit issued for this purpose, in Septem- Der, 1920 covered 2,50O,0OO feet of sawtimber, 120,OOO railroad ties, and 100000 linear feet of piling.
 The national forests of Alaska have thus for the past fifteen years been helping in the local development of Alaska by furnishing supply of lumber for its industries and for government use in building a railroad which is going to mean greater things for that country.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-12

| AlieIican fOreStry, magazine published in Washington, D. C., by the American Forestry Assoication, which includes In It's membership most of the big wood-using indus tries, Inducements associations. and professional foresters of the United States and Canada, carries three page illustrated article on the Alas. Kan national forests in it's January is- sue' from which the following is quoted:
 The national forests of Alaska are playing an increasingly important role in the development of that rich storehouse of the nation. Within a few years they will probably play the leading role. The timber resources of the Tongass and Chugach forests have served local development ever since the administration of these for. ests was taken over by the forest service in 1905 Now a larger form Of development is in prospect. It's effect on the economic upbuilding of the territory is bound to be of an almost revolutionary character.
 Within the past few months a 100,- OO0,OOO foot pulp timber sale has been consumated by the forest ser vice. The forest service has been offering timber for sale on the Alas kan national forests ever since 1t took over these forests in 19O5 The many sawmills in Alaska have been buying and saving government tim Der since 1905. Not only has this lumber supplied the material for local uses, such as canneries, residences, stores, boats and boxes, but the high est grade of Sitka spruce was shipped out for airplane stock during the war, and Sitka spruce is now being shipped to eastern markets.
 The total of 444 million board feet of timber cut from the Alaskan na- tional forests In the past fifteen years covered large number of in dividual sales, advertised end Of fered to the highest bidder as re- quired by federal law. For no single year was the cut less than two mill lion board feet, and the average was nearly 30 million. Two and a half million board feet were cut in 1905, fifteen million in 1909, and 45 million in 1914. The peak of 47,900,000 feet was reached in 1918. With one pulp sale of 100 million feet already made, the amount sold from the Alaskan forests for the present year will un- doubtedly run we'll over 150 million feet. If a second large pulp sale, now pending, is made the total gov ernment stumpage sold from the Alaskan national forest free of Alaskan national forest in 1920 will exceed one billion eight hundred mill lion board feet.
 Pulp mills are coming to Alaska be- cause of economic conditions, such as the scarcity and high price of pulp material in the eastern centers; not because of any radical changes in for est service regulations.
 . Any bona fide settler, resident.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-12

II you change your address, do not notify the carrier boy-report your new address to the office.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-12

Professional kodak finishing. Scar borough. Agency at Cordova drug store.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-12

Cordova Jazz Orchestra dance at Eagle Hall Saturday night.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-21
Y. ". c. H. NOTES

A special Christmas service FOR
the SIS staff members and employees
OF the association was held in the
study rooms Tuesday morning al 9
O'Clock. Talks on the work OF the
association and on cooperation
among employees were heard. Ar
rangements were also discussed for
the annual Christmas breakfast Of
the star. board mem berss trustees
committeeman and chairmen, 20 be
held Friday morning. Dec so. IN the
building More than 100 are ex-
pected 10 attend.
An additional rs full-lenEth
lockers. TO accommodate the many
attending bankquets and big meet
ings held in theb uilding during the
year, have been ordered by Sec'y
Danner
Members OF the South Bend Real
tors association held their weekly
luncheon IN the banquet rooms Tues
day noon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-21
Y. w. C.. A. NOTES

One of a number of parties scAed-
uled for the week at the Y. w. c. A,
was the entertainment given by the
Avakhea club of the Girls Reserve
for their friends and the Girl Re-
serve members Of the Orphans
Home. Miss Catherine Coonley. ad
visor 10 the club, was in charge OF
the affair which was attended by
70 girls. Games. contests, refresh
ments, and the exchange OF gifts
were the features OF the afternoon
Monday night the Quadrangle club
OF the Industrial Federation enter
tanned all the children at the Or
phans' Home. at the home. About 175
children enjoyed the antics OF the
Santa Claus who was a part OF the