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DRESS OF AERzCAN DzPLOAZy HIS ALYy CAUSED TROUBLE

tinsel. a sword and cooked hat, the invention
of Dutch tailor in Paris borrowed chiefly from
the livery of subordinate attache of legation
of one of the petty powers OIL the Continent"
Sanford, reSentful at the disregard CT a practice
he thought he had firmly established declined
to accompany his superior in Office to the BALL
He wrote to Secretary Marcy regarding the
ignoring of instructions by our Minister. But
Mason reported to the Department CT State he
was satisfied, upon inquiry, that a uniform
would be more acceptable than simple apparel,
and his action was approved by Marcy. Sam
ford, believing his position was intolerable, re-
signed.
Until 1867 each American Minister was free
to carry out the spirit of Marcy's circular as
best suited his tastes and the sentiment of the
foreign court. Charles Sumner. United States
Senator from Massachusetts,, then originated
the idea of sending orders to our diplomats to
abandon any foreign hveries they might have
worn. He introduced into the Senate the fol-
lowing joint resolution That all persons In
the diplomatic service of the United States are
prohibited from wearing any uniform or of
fetal costume not previously authorized by Con-
gress." This became a law.
FORMER Ambassadors Harvey and HouRhton
appeared at court functions in London in
knee breeches. But Dawes forewarned the lord
chamberlain as to his sartorial convictions, de-
claring he would not add to the gayety of ma
tons by donning knee breeches
When James Russell Lowell was Minister to
Spain, to the royal palace in Madrid on q fete
day. he went in evening clothes. On state occa-
sions the royal stairway, famous for its arehi-
tectural beauty, was lined on each side at every
step with the royal guard in gold uniform On
each landing stood a tall halberdier holding a
huge medieval battleax. Lowell was preceded
by the Minister of a small country in. Central
America who was Respondent in a gold en-
broidered uniform and jeweled sword. He
was a retired Spanish merchant who performs
gratuitously the light duties of his pest because
Of its social privileges. The treasury of this
little country had become somewhat depleted
so his services representative abroad had been
accepted.
At each landing of the stairway this brilliant
figure was Saluted by the halberdier with a
heavy whack of the battleax on the marble
floor. But when the American Minister, in his
plain black suit and wearing nc insignia indi-
eating his Office, passed the landings no atten-
ton was paid to him. Having seen and heard
the salutes to the diplomats who had preceded
him, his patriotism, his humor and possibly his
ire were aroused. AT the last floor he asked
the wielder of the battleax in Spanish, do you
know who amp" The haberdier disclaimeC
any knowledge of his identity
We'll" exclaimed diplomat and man Of
letters, Il am the Minister plenipotentiary of
the United States of America, the greatest Ma
ton on earth, and if you don't whack the next
time pass you will forget you at Christmas"
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out Of the water so We could photograph it
and weigh it If possible, but none was to be
had Finally, with the aid of several. volun-
teers and some tinbers we hauled it upon the
end of the boat, and were able to make some
pictures. Old-timers estimated its weight at
between $500 and $500 pounds, with most
Of them figuring it roughly at ton.
While only three of the sea beasts had been
captured in the last score of years. several
fishermen had fought them. Wallace Cas-
well, ST., the father of our skipper told of a
desperate battle with one.
"They are different from any other animals"
he said. ''They propel themselves something
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canoe with an cupboard motor. One time it
came up under the boat, belly upward, and
tapped its wings around the sides as if it
were trying to sink me. The wings wouldn't
quite reach the gunwales but 1 wasn't sure
for while whether I was going to kill the
devfish or it kill me-
You had it easy, after Wally socked the
harpoon into this fellows vitals, for the harder
he fought the quicker he killed himself But
my harpoon in the other ones wing only made
him madden and kept him fighting harder.
He finally broke the half-inch rope and got
away, still carrying my harpoon. But I
wouldn't say that was sorry to see him 60"
Copyright, 1929
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some question. Our first diplo-
matte representatives abroad were less harassed
about their garb than were succeeding ones.
They were free to wear what they considered
the most fitting court attire. But since those
times many diplomats, Secretaries of State
and members of Congress have struggled with
the matter
BENJAMIN Franklin, one of most success
full representatives abroad, did not concern him.
self about his apparel. Twenty-Five years were
spen: by him diplomat in Great Britain
and France, where he battled with the most
adToit minds. In appearing before the privy
council in London he suit of spotted
Manchester velvet, which often was mentioned
in accounts Of his service as having been donned
on other important occasions. His mission did
not make him popular in Great Britain. He
eXcoriated by the attorney general and by
o,ncrs called IAN uncouth person"
AT the ceremony of signing the treaty OF all
lance with France in 1878, Franklin wore the
same velvet suit. After securing recognition by
France of American independence, he APP
pointed minister to that country, and was in
vited to appear at the court of Louis XVI. On
that occasion he was dressed in "a suit of plain
black velvet with the usual snowy ruffies at
wrist and bosom, white silk stockings and silver
buckles" He wore no sword. chapeau or wig.
Court etiquette had prescribed wig, but his
white hair flowed loose over his shoulders In
stead of being shocked, the French people
seemed pleased at this exhibition of republican,
ism He was hatteringly compared to sturdy
democrat from the age of Cato" He had
ordered wig, however, and the hairdresser
brought it on the morning of the state function
After several attempts to get it on Franklins
head the hairdresser dashed it to the floor in
a fit of Gallo temperament.
us the wig too small?" placdy inquired our
able representative.
No, monsieur" shouted the man. with vigor-
gestures. Your head is too big"
WHEN John Adams arrived in Paris to join
cur peace commissioners he visited the
tailor and the wigmaker before calling OH
Franklin, his colleague. In 1875, in an official
communication to John Jay, Secretary of State
giving an account of the preparations for his
mission TO Great Britain, he reported he
informed he must get to London in time fer the
Kings birthday, and that he must take from
Paris "a fine new coat ready made, for that it
a rule of etiquette there for everybody who
went to court to have new clothes and very rich
ones and that my family must be intro duced TO
the Queen. hope, sir, you will not
think this is an immateTial trifing matter,
when you consider that the simple circum-
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like bat tapping their wings in the water
as a bird would in the air. And it is said that
they can reach out with fippers and haul in
whole school of small fish, or rake up a good
bed of oysters.
"They kill their larger prey by wrapping
their great wings around it, and dropping to
the bottom of the sea. There they can crush
it at their leisure, or, if it is animal drown it.
IT ran into one four or five years ago and
harpooned it, but my aim was bad and the
spear caught it in the wing And you know
there's limit to their strength. This one
carried me for a merry chase. towing my
fishing boat around the Gulf like it would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03
BY MARION E. USHER.

TOW an American diplomat should
be attired when appearing at a
~ foreign court on other impor-
tant occasions was long trouble
some question. Our first diplo-
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The deUilfsh had come to the surface,
looking like huge rock bobbing up
from the bottom Of the sea. CGs1OeH
threaU the hGrpOOn.
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Lauds Admiral Billiards.
Order Under Dry Law
Prom the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Admiral Billiards. order that Coast
Guard vessels shall not fire upon pas
senger ships plying on the Chesapeake
Bay reflects sense and good Judgment
from an official who must be harassed
by the improprieties Of his subordinates.
1t is to be hoped that the admirais or
der will hold. III spite of the rash state
ment of Seymour Lowman. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury that lit does
not make any difference what kind OF
boat it is" the Coast Guard will fire as
it pleaseS. With public opinion aroused
by the President Warfield incident. 1t
will be notable if the sanity of Admiral
Billiard does not prevail over the rash
ness Of Mr.. Lowman.
Thus for the moment at least the
right" claimed by Comdr. Kerr of the
Coast Guard to fire upon passenger
ships suspected of carrying liquor be-
comes an academic matter. 1t Is not
too late, however, to challenge the
existence of that right under any de-
cent standard. The President Wartield
had on board Negroes automobile con-
tanning quantity of whisky. We en-
phatically deny that such a c!rcum-
stance juStifles Coast Guard cutter
in firing upon a coaStwise ship The
Coast Guard may have the power 70 do
so under the law; but 1t cannot claim.
for it does not have, the right to In
convenience peaceful passengers. terrify
women and children and conceivsbly
cause serious injury to innocent persons.
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Sees Hoover Urging U. S.
Entry i'm World Court

From the Detroit News.
The Hoover administration Is going
TO make serious attempt to put the
United States into the World Court.
This is evident from President Hoover
inaugural speech and from the confer
ences which Elihu Root is holding with
Aristide BRAND.
Mr.. Root is in Europe at the invita-
ton OF the League powers, who wish to
make more definite the statute on
which the World Court is based. If
that statute can be reworded in such a
way as to meet or remove the Senate's
reservations defining the conditions
under which the United States Is willing
to enter the court, the way to adhesion
will again be opened.
In his inaugural President Hoover,
speaking of the World Court, said:
1.-THE way should, and I believe will be
found, by which we may take our proper
place in movement SO fundamental to
the progress of peace" It is evident
that he is fully acquainted with Mr.
Roots mission, and hopes for It's sue
cess y
If the court statute can be revised
in such way as to make an American
objection bar to the consideration of
an advisory opinion on a question in
which this country is interested, the
greatest obstacle to our entering the
court will be removed. 1t is this for
which the President evidently hopes,
and it is this which Mr. Root Is evil
IDENTIFY trying to urge upon European
statesmen,
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Youth Will Be Served
By Elders i'm Cabinet

From the Toronto. Canada. Daily Star.
The New York Sun suggests that in
the matter of United States cabinets
youth will be served-by its elders. "
In the new cabinet the youngest. Sec
rotary Hyde, is 81. Mr.. Mitchell and
DR.. Wilbur are Sd. Secretary Davis Is
SIS. Mr.. Brown is 60. Col. Stimson and
Mr.. Lamont are 81. Mr.. Good and Mr..
Adams are 81. Secretary Mellon Is IA.
The average is SO years.
The Canadian cabinet contains
younger men than these, and none SO
old as Secretary Mellon. Half dozen
are under 50-Mr. Cannon, AZ; Mr.
Cunning, 43: Mr.. Rinfret, 46; Col
Ralston, AZ; Mr.. Malcolm. 48: Mr..
Cardin, 40. Six more are In their fifties--
Mr.. Lapointe, So; Mr.. Euler, SO;
Premier King and Mr.. Heenan, Sd; Mr..
Elliott, Sc; DR.. j. II. King, 81. Six are
in their sixties-Mr. Stewart, so: Mr..
Veniot, 65; Senator Dandurand. 81: Mr..
Forke, 68; Mr.. Robb and Mr.. Mother
well, SO.
These are the ages of a cabinet which
has been In Office for some time,
whereas the United States cabinet Is
newly formed 1t is evident that "they
catch them younger" In Canada. Pre-
mier King had Just turned Al when
he assumed Office in December OF 1921.
Mr.. Meighan had just turned AS when
Sir Robert Borden's mantle Tell upon
him in 1920. Mr.. Bennett, however, Is
58-and it looks as though he Will still
have to wait awhile.
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Brookhart and his subcommittee In
their findings he is likely to file a mi
nority report with the Senate.
The opportunity for dickering by
Southern Republican political leaders
according to Senator Brookhart, comes
after the examinations for positions
have been held and three persons are
certified by the Civil Service Commits
sion as being qualified for appointment.
In the South, he maintains, this has
too often opened the way to the coll
lection of money by INSCRIPTIONS poll
ticians from candidates for office.
An executive order Of the character
proposed by Senator Brookhart, 1t Is be-
lieved, would have to be effective IN all
parts of the country as well as IN the
South. This would take away much Of
the patronage now handled by members
of Congress from the North and the
West and the East But this does not
dismay the Iowa Senator. He believes
that members Of Congress would be bet
ter off If they did not have to make
recommendations for Federal office. In
deed, it has always been a question as to
whether a member Of the Senate or
House gained more friends or enemies
by distributing the patronage plums in
his State or district. For every man
given an appointment there is usually
a number Of disappointed and disgrun-
tied applicants.
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Senator Brookhart's Solution,

The patronage snarl in the South
which has been causing much dis
cussion In recent days, could be ironed
out to large extent, in the opinion of
Senator Smith w. Brookhart of Iowa,
by the issuance of an executive order
by President Hoover to the effect that
the candidate for post Office appoint
ment passing the highest examination
be given the position.
The Iowa Senator points out that
this would do away with the certifica-
ton of three candidates for each Office
by the Civil Service Commission, which
opens the way for political influence
finally to select the appointee.
Senator Brookhart is head Of the sub
committee Of the Senate committee on
post Offices and post roads. which has
been investigating the alleged sale of
post Office jobs In Georgia, Mississippi.
Texas and other Southern States. He
hopes to be able to make report to
the Senate when it convenes In April
and the indications are that the report
will be full of spice and ginger. His re-
port will 60 first to the full commit
tee, and If approved by that body then
to the Senate. In the event the full
committee does not uphold Senator
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U. S. Shipping Failing
To Hold Its Place
From the Waterloo Tribune.

From the Waterloo Tribune.
From first to seventh place in the
shipping of the world is the position the
United States is in. Only last year this
country was in third place.
The war ended with British shipping
shattered, except that between the
island and its colonies. German ship
ping had departed from the seas. The
United States had built many hundreds
of ships, had acquired others as prizes
Of war and in American hearts came
the glad cry, 1.-THE American flag is
back on the sea and into every port in
the world'
But since the war the United States
merchant marine tonnage has been
steadily reduced, while other nations
have been steadily increasing their tom
mage. World new tonnage last year
amounted to 2,699,000 tons and the
United States produced only 3la per
cent Of the worlds total In 1923 We
we placed in the waters in 1927.
Go back to 1919 and the United
States launched 4,075 900 tons of ship
ping, or 81 per cent of the worlds total
But in 1919 we were still building for
the war-building ships faster than
they could be destroyed. And no nation
could compete with us in shipbuilding.
Before the Civil War the United
State was the leading maritime Nation
The war stopped building. While the
war was on, the steamship came into
being. We were not organized to build
steamships. We had the idea, anyway.
that wind was cheaper than coal and
steam. Before we knew it we were out
ranked in shipbuilding and shipping.
What the Civil War did to this coun-
try, the World War did to Great Britain
and Germany. We had our chance then
to build and to maintain supremacy on
the seas.
But here, In 1927, Germany, in spite
Of all her troubles, was back In the ship
building and shipping business. Great
Britain recovered more quickly than
anybody thought she could She bent
her efforts to recovery because she knew
the value of her merchant marine. In
1927 Great Britain was first and Ger
many second, with the United States
third. For 1928, we find Holland, Dem
mark. Sweden and Japan out ahead
of us.
How lonesome the American traveller
used to be in trip abroad when he
never saw an American fiag How
happy he was when he saw the Ameri-
can flag in about every port he visited
How proud he was to see the Stars and
Stripes flying in the midst of flags of
other nations!
From indications the American trav-
eler abroad will soon be lonesome again.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACETELL.

The first garden casualty of 1929 ap-
peared in the form of a long rip on the
left hand, caused by a rose thorn Whlcf
lived up to It's traditions.
Inanimate things have their tradi-
tons, too. Rocks and hills and thorns
20 through their various duties, as i'm
planted in them in the beginning, and
such usage constitutes their traditions
1t is the duty of rose thorn to prick
just as 1t is the duty of dog to bark al
an intruder. He who curses the thorn
or orders the dog to cease barking, Is at,
tempting to work against the eternal
principle.
Thorns that will not stick, dogs which
will not bark-these are not living up to
the traditions of their race-traditions
which constitute an unwritten body OF
law older than the pyramids, and many
times as enduring.
X X y X
There will be garden casualties from
now on. as the lure of the land creeps
into the blood of those who ordinarily
pay no attention to it.
Not every one Is by nature farmer
but almost every one, given the OPP
portunity, enjoys digging around in the
earth.
Just how deep he shall dig, or how
long. depends mostly on inclination, be-
ing one of those matters of taste on
which no two persons are said to agree.
In amateur gardening there can be
no nice judgments fixed; he who gardens
for the fun of 1t does as he pleases.
II he gardens well, that is his BUSH
ness; II he gardens poorly, that also is
his personal business.
Whether he garden we'll or badly
however, the chances are 10 to l that
he will cut his hands. or get some dirt
in his eye, or fall down (please observe
we refrain from the rest of it), or In
some other manner cut or infringe the
virgin beauty of precious cuticle.
For who would garden in gloves?
The proverbial cat in mittens is nc
more clumsy creature than the gar
dener, male or female, who sallies
forth in early Spring wearing a nice
heavy pair of canvas or leather gloves
Especially during the first days OF
Spring one wants to get right down to
earth Nothing quite takes the place OF
feeling the moist soil trickle through
the fingers.
In pruning rosebushes, which should
be done by this time. gloves are per-
Missile.
After getting a few neat scratches,
the amateur Is inclined to think that
any one who does not wear gloves
while monkeying around rosebushes is
something of fool.
Rose thorns can deliver as neat cut
as any natural article-cuts much re-
sembling the long raking scratches
10 fy u1Ury fnn1rat
Since rosebushes are constantly ex-
posed to the winds. there is no telling
what inimical substances may have
fallen upon them.
There is peculiar necessity for care
full attention to all such garden cuts,
since the deadly tetanus germs are
supposed to Turk In soil.
Scorn of slight cuts is simply fool
ishness: many a person has come to
his end by such an attitude.
With the exercise of ordinary eau
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Tammany's Faction Troubles.

Tammanys turmoil, due to the resig-
nation Of Judge Olvany as leader last
week, without the slightest advance no
tice, is not lessening with the passing
of few days. Rather is it increas-
ing, for. while at first there seemed to
be likelihood of speedy selection of
a new leader, In the person of former
Justice Maloney, now faction has raised
its ugly head and there is discord where,
in consonance with the traditions of the
Hall, there should be harmony.
Faction forms, 1t seems, along Smith
and anti-Smith lines. 1t forms, likewise,
along the lines of friendlineSs and OPP
position to Mayor Walker, who now
after some flirting with the question
has made known his desire to be re-
nominated. It forms, likewise, along q
new and somewhat peculiar line-favor
for and opposition to a lawyer in the
leadership. Judge Olvany may be sue
Ceeded by professional because Of
the feeling Of a large element In Tam.
many that too many "pickings" have
gone to the legal-professional chief.
The anti-Smith faction occupies per.
haps the strangest position of all. A
few months ago Tammany was mailing
the governor candidate for the presi.
dency as the proudest product OF TIT
Hall. To the eye of the country their
was no division of sentiment regardini
him On the part of the great politica
organization OF Manhattan and tn
Bronx. But on election day something
happened which suggested that all wa
not well within the ranks. Smith car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
Soldiers Eager to End
Spanish Rebellion
,rom the Kalamaznn Gazette.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette.
Prompt and decisive action by the
civil and military authorities has nipped
in the bud what apparently was in
tended to be widespread revolt on the
part Of various units in the Spanish
army. According to reports from
Madrid, the covert act" of the uprising
the mutiny of the 1st Artillery Regi-
ment at Ciudad Real-was ended with
out bloodshed when squadron of gov
eminent airplanes flew over the revolt
area and dropped proclamations from
Premier Primo de Rivera, promising
that only the ringleaders would be pun
ished If the soldiers would surrender at
once. 1t Is evident that the soldiers in
the ranks were glad to accept these
peace overtures, for the premier has
already given the Spanish Assembly for
NAL assurance that the disorders have
been completely quashed. Minor mutt
MES in the military posts at Corunna,
Barcelona and Valencia apparently
have made no Roadway at all.
The utter collapse of this latest revo-
lutionary movement suggests that the
movement itself was poorly organized or
that 1t did not have sufficient support.
AOiCAbAA ObcCANCAC 11CCCoSd4A J 1IIlu ~
difficult to determine, with any degree
of certainty, the extent of revolutionary
sentiment in Spain. Reports of anti
government plots in various sections of
the country have been heard time and
again since Primo de Rivera established
himself as dictator six years ago, but
thus far the premier has managed to
keep his power mistaken. 1t Is gen.
orally understood, however. that dis
satisfaction with the Rivera regime has
been growing considerably during the
last year or two, and that it has been
manifested far more openly than 1t was
during the early years of the Dictator
ship. The Spanish premier never has
displayed such frank autocracy as that
characterizing the administration of his
professional colleague" in Italy, but he
has not hesitated to violate many of the
personal liberties and immunities which
his countrymen hold SO dear.
1t remains to be seen how seriously
Rivera will take this latest uprising.