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' GEOMCMA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10, 10M. . ■ _
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announcement.
I. • It has bteft c»MWy raptetetf and
tNI indeed guMiahed in certain papers
throughout the Mate that The
■lolanta JoUteM haa bought the At
fonts Daily Mww*. Thia statament la
The Journal haa done no
Ifoch thing. TM Jtefrii! hot mad* ho
<«Ontract whatever with the Atlanta
Wily News of any Oharacter. or with
atty of rta tfrekMldui or With any
Individual conneetad with IL
•- | The facto are that romeos the
sßockholdere at the Daily New*
nought, several days ago, certain In
dividual*. who happened to be part
awnem of The Journal, with a preposi
tion to sell to them individually a part'
of its machinery and mechanical equip
ment. with 0 v»«w to The Newa sue
’ pending pubiieaNOA
r The Journal it reliably Informed to
day that tM reaapn for the offer of
Mie was that the financial supporters
of that paper had found its publication
after a fair teat of Its op
portunities. e*en though It had been
managed by O»en of the best news
paper ability. . .
A trade for the machinery was
arranged on this basis, after several
days’ conference between these indi
viduals, which in no way involved the
Mie of the Mock of The News.
The Journal, however, io not In
volved or concerned in the trade id
pay way whatever. It has not pur
chased, and done not intend to pur
chase any part of ths good will of The
Npws. er any of its franchtoes, nor will I
there be any kind of consolidation of
the two papers.
The Journal /haa no need to buy
any other newspaper property, as its
peculation for September of this year
was 38,431, with three papers published
ifr Atlanta, whereas for September of
last year it waa 30.884 with only two
papers published In thia city, and its
equipment is already mnch superior to
any other southern newspaper.
The advertising patronage of The
Journal ia greater than it ever waa be
fore. and the service it Is giving to its
advertising patrons ia entirety satis
factory to them, and it feels that it has
their good will, a% well aa the greatest
subscription list of any dally news
paper ever published in the southern
Mate*
\The management of The Journal
will remain exactly as it is without the
slightest change, and it will continue
Its policy of doing all in its power to
build up this section and this city, and
will in the future as in thg past supply
the people with all the news without
bias or colorjng of any.kind-
7Of course The Journal’s advertising
rate card and its subscription rates
will remain exactly as they are. ♦
• THE COTTAGE PLAN FAVORED. ’
- On the day of the destruction ot the
•ofdlers’ homfe The Journal tn urging the
todnediate rebuilding of the home sug
gested the advantages of the cottage plan
«*»|r that of a single structure, as before,
vrs are glad to know that a majority of
the trustee* favor the idee of a group of
cottages, a general dining hall and an ad-
building, of office. Instead of
one general building for all purposes.
We believe that the home could thus be
■side more comfortable, there attractive.
Safer from destruction by fire and In ev
ery way an improvement on what It was
before, handsome as the former struc
ture was. ■
The trustees have abundant room for
a quadrangle of buildings on any scale
they may see fit to adopt.
The cottage plan could be worked up
beautifully and we beheve would be found
more satMfactory hi every way than any
other The veterans could be grouped
mage congenially by separating them in
a number of cottages than by mossing
them in one buiMibg and the consideration
otpreater safety Is a very strong one. It
would be easy to afford better fire pro
tection to comparatively small buOdings.
well spaced out. than eoald possibly be
given to one great structure
If the home had been built originally on
the cottage plan it would not have been
tottJly destroyed last Monday. Prepara-
Ue«s for the rebuilding of the home are
praceeding moot hopefully. The iaturance
money. d.SCO. has been increased by eub-
to the amount of about M.OM,
and every day the fund receives addltloht
frotn all parts of the state. •
The trustees have resolved th issue
gs Address todhv people of Georgia asking
for subscriptions to the fund which it is
ddNred to carry up to MO.Cd6. »
There is less than to be raised
m the whole, of this great state for a
saass which is near to the heart of Geor-
Tb doubt that this wiU be done and dene
right early is to oast upon Georgia such a
-W.*tctior. as stiebas never deserved. ’
JAPAN’! GRaND OLD MAN.
Mie man who has more than any other
it <o with the transformation of Japan
from a comparatively Insignificant and
country into a great power is now
in the United -States. Count Ito must be
racked among the great statesmen of this
filtration- 1
U may be 'Mild without exaggeration
rfrat with the<&vption of Bismarck ho
ngAfr statesman during the •’Mt 38 years
ran accomplished so much for the exten
of hfcs coi{qt|>-V power ban 1* eie- j
■ frUpn in- the scale of nations. '
welded together its tjuaai-lndepend
ent provinces and made united Germany
the first power in Continental Europe.
When Count Ito began his work Japan
waa considered hardly more in interna
tional affairs than China is today. Now
Japan is nniversaily recognised as a
power to be reckoned with whenever
euestfons arise affecting the orient.
Japan's greet statesman began many
years agd the study of Western civillsa
t!o' and government. Me vieited England
10 company with Count laonye hnd learn-.
ed much that has proved of immense ben
efit to him and his country. He is the au
thor of a new constitutional order of
things tn Japan and undertook the task
at a time when its accomplishment seem
ed to almost every one else very difficult,
if not actunlty impossible. He has held
constantly the confidence of the mikado.
Whom he converted to his great ideas.
Count Ito has had the mikmfo’o unfail
ing aid in prosecuting his great tchemea.
He has. in fact, aa prime minister, pres
ident Os the house of peers and president
Os the privy council, for years past borne
a great part of the burden of Japan’s gov
ernment. ' ’ ’’
In IMB. Rt the request of the mikado.
Ctrtnt Ito formed a cabinet and con
structed the governmental policy which
tea roeulted In giving Japan • place at
the table of the great natft.w He has
succeeded th liberalising Japan’s govern
ment. and thus making it exceedingly
popular with the fftasbes. He ha* encoun
tered the stubborn opposition of both ths
extreme conservative and the radical ele
ments, but has. over come both. He haa
been described a* having the combined
powers of oriental and occidental states
manship. Japan, mainly through his W
forta, has become possessed of a mode*
army, a powerful navy. « general system
of public education, a gold standard cur
rency and many other elements of
strength and progress. He tea HteraUy
uplifted his country .to a position which
nobody dreamed ten years ago it cotfid
possibly occupy at least, not for genera
tions to come.
Count Ito will make a good long stay
in this country, visiting every section ot
It and making a study of Its Institutions
and policies. That he will learn much by
Oils experience is certain, for he has Won
derful faculties of observation and adap
tation.
The relations between the United States
and Japan are very cordial and whertwr
mir distinguished vteltor may go in this
country he will bo received with treat
consideration.
ALABAMA’S NEW CONSTITUTION.
The frfefids of the proposed new Ala
bama constitution on Which the peoplh of
Alabama are te pass next month are ton
fident that it will be adopted, but they are
endeavoring to arouse the voters in all
parts of the state to Its hearty support.
Al! the leading Alabama newspapers ad
vocate Its adoption. Even the Montgom
ery Journal has taken this line, although
it has been the especial champion bf ex-
Governor Johnston, who is opposed to
the new eomrtitutlon.
Governor Jelks han taken the stump and
Thursday made an effective plea for rati
fication to a large popular assemblage tn
Huntsville.
The Montgomery Advertiser says: “Ths
more the new constitution !• «»fi ths
better it is liked.”
The committee which is managing the
campaign tor the ratification of the eon
stltution hk* Issued ah address setting
forth its many points and urging the peo
ple to vote for It.
It makes a very strong argument for
ratification and we are reliably informed
that the new constitution will be adopted
by a decided majority.
AMERICANS ALL.
Bishop Candiet In his admirable lecture
at Grand opera house Friday night, ar
gued In favor of. a ‘ liberal Immigration
policy, but said that, wherever they may
come from, all men after they have made
this country thieir home, should be AtnerU
cana.
He said they should subordinate always
concerns 1n Berlin, in Dublin, in Paris and
all other centers of politics to the affairs
and Interests of this country.
This sentiment waa liberally applauded.
Il expresses the right view of the respon
sibilities and duties of all who come to
■share.the benefit*«nd take advantage* of
the opportunities of our. tavernthent. '
Al* who join ua ia this spirit are tearttly
wekbkie; those Who come In any ether
spirit are not wanted. ..
A BRITISH VIEW OF HIM.
While there is no more independent and
self-sufficient people than ours to be
found any where, we would not be human
if we did nqt desire and value the gopd
opinion ot others.
A*d Stere is no nation whose friendship
ia s* valuable to us at Is th*t of Great
Britata. It is gratifying,- therefore, to
know that reprewntattve exponents of
British public opinion hold a high esti
mate of our new president and have con
fidence in hto character and abHlty.
The London Spectator, wifich is notably
. .cordial in Hs feelings toward the United
States, says.
“Ms. Roosevelt is fgr mote like the men
bf'th* fttst three decades of the republic
than the convention-made presidents of
modern tliq e9 » When we say he is an
4>ld-fteh»oned American we meaa thaj; he
belongs to that etrong. vigorous, hutßbri
latfve type which has always existed in
American and always been apparent
onougk w.iiWM aqd ifi peivfifo Mfo,
thengb of lets It has bean sunhjrW ,ul> '
THB SEMI-WEEKLY .lOOENAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1901
merged in poUUcs. He ia essentially one
of those men who know exactly whet
they want and mean to Set It.”
The Spectator takes no stock in the the
ory that President Roosevelt i* a aort of
Hotspur, spoiling for a row. TMe idea
Wils suggested more In this Country than
wnywher* else, but there 1s no reasonable
foundation for tt, and since the accesalosi
of Mr. Roosevelt to the presidency its
fallacy has been exposed in the light of
his former record, as well as his later ut
terances.
The Spectator considers President
Roosevelt “a man of foofleration” and to
sustain this correct view cltas his mes
sages and acts as governor ot.New York.,
his writings and speeches on the tariff,-
the trust* and Other public questions.
It adds: "Bren in the case of imperial
ism and a vigorous foreign policy Mr.
Roosevelt has never gtfoe to extremes.”
The Spectator finds In President Roose
velt a striking resemblance to Lord Pal
merston. one of the greatest and most
’successful of England'* prime ministers.
It says:
“Os course, no tiro men are ever quite
alike, but impulsiveness combined with
an abstract moderation ot view, and au
thoritativeness coupled with a strict
recognition of law and constitutional
right, undoubtedly belong to both Char
acters.”
This is a very high .estimate qf the
Ident, but we dn not think It Ik more than
* fafr analysis of Ms striking cterantes
tsflcs.
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AN IMMENSE IMPROVEMENT.
Convincing proof of the effect of several
yeara* prosperity and ptesent fovorable
oondltfori* In the south is seen in the fact
that the south has to borrow much less
money than usual this year for moving
Rs crops. This to, of course, bacause she
has much more money of her own than
she his formerly had at thft season.: '
In the fall of last yqar New Orleans
drew from the north H,05,W0, but this
year with a cotton crop ot nearly tan and
a hAlf million baits going to market, with
New Orteans aa Rs chief port, the bank
ers of that city have hU to ffily
lAaw.OM. Them wiM probably be calls for
-mere currency for the. business centers
of the south, but it is a foregone conclu
sion that the eeuth will need lees assW
tance of this kind than sne has bebn com
pelled to ask In a long time.
The south has mor* money, better bank
ing faoHltlee and more cordial relations
between the people and the banks than
at any former period. This is a very hap
py condition and we may reasonably ex
pect it to become still better.
AN AGE OF~RAPID RISES.
We live in a time when men rise from
small beginnings to positions of great
honor and power with almost incredible
rapidity, and we live In a country where
the instances of swift success are the
most numerous. ? ,
The present president of. the United
State* was a college boy a little more
than twenty years ago and in the interim
h*s filled many placet o{ high trust and
responsibility and become f*mous in sev
eral lines of effort.
It seems but yesterday to those who
have watched hia career when a Georgia
boy left borne to accept a position as
rogman in the engineer corps of’the Bal
timore and OJilo railroad. Me lias been
at the head of that big tfystem and id
now president of the greatest railroad
aysteih in the south, th* Southern. Which
is reaching out for Immense importance
in the west also.
Nbt many years have passed since *
braytny, determined, bigh-hcarted Geor
gia youth was ploughing the slopes of
Cobb county, twenty mtlCs above Atlanta.
He Is now an honored and influential sen
ator of the United States.
Who woqld llbve predicted even five
years ago that w*ry little Fred Funston
on a Kansas farm would at th!* time be a
fuH fledged Brigadier in th« Unit-,
ed States army?
The present governor of New York, one
of tac ablest and best chief executives the
Empire State has had since Samuel J.
TfMen. fifteen years ago was the driver
of an Ice wagon>
The president of the greatest business
corporation ever formed, ona that has a
billion dollars of capital and controls the
steel trade of half the world. Is barely
pist thirty and Was a poOr boy.
Hundreds of men now conspicuous in
affaire have come up from insignificance
and eame with a rush that would make
disay any head not set and held vary
firmly on the level.
The a*W fleet vice president of the great
Louisville and Nashville railroad, Walker
D. Hines, Is a striking Illustration of a
rapid rise. Ten years ago he held a lit
tle clerkship with the company, of which
he is flow thh toicond highest and
Its head men probably did not know that
any such man was anywhere about them.
Well did Emerson say: “America is but
another naipe for opportunity.”.,
It Is reported on what seems tb be- goofl.
authority that Sanford B. Dole, governor
of Hawaii, has been asked by the admin
istration at Washington to resign.
In other word*. Pole haa bpen deposed,
and for good reason. He |e an adventurer
who went to Hawaii some ten dr twelve
years ago. With the aid of a few other
bold and ambitious Americans he formed
the conspiracy which succeeded in over
throwing the monarchy and placing Dole
at the.held «f a bo-eai!ed fopublfo.
The success of the scheme was made
possible by the aid of a United States
man-of-war that happened to be at Hono
lulu and which, for some unexplained
reason, placed «s marine* as Dole's ner
vlce.
The attempt to annex Hawaii by treaty
failed because the requisite two-thirds
vote could not be obtained in the sen
ate. Congress then proceeded to annex
the country by a resolution which Presi
dent McKinley approved;
’ Dole was appointed governor under the
forth of government Which Wat estab
lished by tire United States for Hawaii
and seems to have been more of an au
tocrat than the head of a republic, as
HpwStl Ik called.
H* ha* never Had the regard ox. confi
dence of the masses of the people and his
UDpopulgritjf has Increased sfoadlb’.
His candidate for dalegxt* to cobgreah
TAXES ARE MUCH TOO '
PEOPLE SHOULD HA VE RELIEF
■ .
' CARTERSVILLE, G*„ Oct. 5. 1901.
To The Atlanta Journal.
I suppose the most interesting subject
before the people of Georgia today is the
fact that the tax collector soon begins
hi* rounds and' when his rfrunds are made
. then execution is to be Issued. For the
legislature to appropriate funds is a very
e,aay matter; for the comjn<> n people to
pay tlielr taxes a very hard matter.
They say taxes and death Are two things
that rtiu*t be met. one as imperative as
: the other, and it is going to be easier Cor
some people to die this winter than to pay
f their takes. Up In Bartow the natives
are boyrUng. A levy of *5 on the thousand
additional to the’other heavy levies, runs
our» taxes up apoye the high water mark
to th* danger I nevet was a cham
pion df'pensions. 'I am not a fool about
public Cchoqla. Th* two things together
have About swamipCd old Georgia as Well
a* *orhe other Ctates I know. I believe
the legislature ought t<J enact a law -re
quiring the list qf pensioners in each
county so be published in t,he county pa
per. I think th* best way to kill, that
pension bill Is to let the people know
the names of some who are drawing .pen
sions. W’hen you pull the money out .of
the pocket of tht poor man to put fnto
the potket of a mart who 1* far bettor off
financially than the poor man, then you
outrage the principles of honesty, to say
nothing bf charity. I heard some negroes
talking during the Spanish-American war
about going Ihto the Army. They said
they didn’t Want to fight, but that if they
would join the army they would not have
. to work any the balance of their lives,
that they would draw a pension.
FktrlotUm is running at a mighty low
Obb when pensions furnish the motive for
service to one’s country. George Wash
ington led as valiant an army from L*X
ingtoh to Yorktown as the world ever
knew, and so far as my knowledge goes
they never drew a pension until after the
war between the states and it became
common to pension everything that had
pat on bfoe <W washed and rubbed up an
Old gun. The Ude set* now towards ap
propriations. The governor has just an
nounced that Georgia in spite of heavy
taxes on the people is *138.000 short. I
was dubbed a false prophet and a fool
When I said to the people of Georgia ten
years ago that tqe legislature would be
appropriating *1,500.000 to public schools
in less than & decade. I am in favor of
education, gentlemen. though 1 some
times feel like the old hardshell brother
down In Brooks, who said that these edu
cated preachers didn’t amount to much,
that It Is throwing time and money away
to educate a preacher.' He said there Is
our •'pasture'' Who preaches to us, and he
■never went to school a £ay in his life and
he can preach two hours.
In spite of the finest medical colleges
and the most thoroughly equipped physi
cians, graweyards gfow in sixe and the
ravage* of disease* are killing their
thousand*. Tn spite of law schools and
educated lawyers defending their clients,
was defeated by the notorious Gibson/ fa
vorite of the deposed queen, although the
power, patronage.and threats of the Dole
administration were used to secure his
election. j,-':’
It is said that t>ole is Kv£n weaker now
than he was. at the time of this failure.
Complaints ot Irts administration have
gone up to Washington in increasing vol
ume. It appears that he has not only
failed to carry out the spirit of the terms
of annexation; but has violated time and
Hine ugktn the plainest promises of re
form. ,
The administration at Washington
seems to have realised that it should no
longer folbfate and this daring find
tricky usurper will be made to give way
to some rnati who, it is hoped, will be
more' satisfactory both to the people of
Rawa.lT and our government.
President Diaz, of Mexico, is said to
work 16 hours a day. But, then, Diaz gets
16 hours pay.
Isn't it about time the original Roose
velt men Were holding a convention and
passing resolutions?
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It 1* reliably Stated that there are* no
lri*h anarchists. And what a blessed
thing It is that there are not.
Atlanta will soon be able to get even
with those Georgia legislators. They will
have to arrive at the union depot.
That suggestion of an annex to the state
capital was evidently made on the idea
that mor* room is needed for that grow
ing treasury deficit.
From recent developments concerning
German tooting in it would seem
that Prince Chtin ought to have added to
his apology ah expression of regret that
China didn't have anything more for,the
Kaiser's soldier* to steal.
The Cuban tariff Is to be .so lowered *»
to “encourage the development of the
Island resources.” The rates on railread
material have already been cut one-half.
BUt Ish't this rather one-slrfed reciprocity
wljh. the tarl ff still on?
reflections of a bachelor.
T
. ■/ New York, Press.
All is not old twat embittsvs.
Marrigkrn *r© not always unhappy.
Mee Wwk tor.,their Hvln**, women earn
them.’
Penitence nearly always peeks between the
ftnirvrs which It holds to its face.
Politicians have more taet than highway
men; highwaymen haye more sincerity.
Engaged people ate always in other people's
way, but m>t W much a* 'other people are In
their way.- .''
Any summer girl. U wiling to comprotnifie
by reiunflng the yoling mah’s heart and keep
ing the ring. ' »
The time that a man te moat In love with
a woman in aU th*lr, live* te five minute*
before he propose* td her.
The first thing the woman who means to
get ip to society • does is-to *all one corner of
t*e Rltoken tht butler * pantry.
A woman s baby c*n fail dpwn and bt *mp
itself hard without if*, befnk a calamity, but
if she hears another Woman has caled that
baby ugly, that’s a national disaster.
The woman who sheds the most tears in the
theatre wbeve th* heroine is pursued by wick
ed slarsler is the one who pulverizes the repu
tation of her nearest neighbor the next day.
/ -V pointed paragraphs.
I. Chicago News.
Some men who have dollar* lack sense.
What they need Is change.
There te plenty of space to let in the Im
menee room fox improvement.
Love rtiky hot be blind at the start, but it
is never able to see its finish.
Few meh have enough self-confidence to en
able them to ignore their own mistakes.
When two women are bitter enemies there is
always some rnna -fit the bottom of it.
Lots of worry and trouble te brought on by
fidvice that te supposed to prevent it.
Stamettmes ft is a man's dinner that dis
agrees with him and sometimes it'* his wife.
Lots ot people are about half-way betweon
what you think they are and what they pre
tend to be. ■ .
Lb* aiam has si larger niputh in proportion
th hA-fii*e than a mfe. yet the clam neve*
talks about his neighbors.
Lots, ot people who imagiue ths*, ara per
taining angt ls in disguise are sadder but wiser
wh»a ft te um* to unmaak.
Georgia'* penitentiary is full, as is trute
in other states. In spite of educated
preachers and men thoroughly equipped
for the tninlstry,.the church Itself 18 mov
ing st a poor dying rate, and sinner*
stalking abroad msre fleargyefiLtteA the
sinners of Hodbrn andT Gomorrah. ’ In sprtb
of the education of the young men there
fire more drunkards and gamblers and
debauchees and dudes among them today
than there were In the most Illiterate days
of America in proportion to numbers.
Liberal appropriations by the legislature
of the state and congress of the nation
to the contrary notwithstanding, things
do not go rigljt, find to drag thefie ehor
inous sums out of the people and squan
der them among those who could do bet
ter without it is sowing seed Which Will
bring a harvest by and by that Will sicken
the sight and vofoit the stomach.
We had a public meeting In OUr tov* l sbe
other day to protest against tht tak levied
by the couhty commissioners. They made
Rome howl. I’m hot a-klcking. a* the
fellbw said who had both legs cut off by
the train, but sometimes I enjpy seeing it
done. I woufd like to see the per capita
wealth of the last members of the legis
lature in cold figures. T am Inclined to
the opinion that the gang that make our
laws would show Up very poor on the tai
books of their respectiye counties, espe
cially those 'members whp are So vocifer
ous on liberal apjpropriatlons. Os courte.
If I expected to rph for any office I would
do like thousands of sensible fellows do.
say nothing on these subjects, for .th*
multitude Is going the other Wfiy.
Somehow or other these latter* which I
Write for The Journal,wfal be preserved
and the generation or two that follows
may read them. They mfiy not think I
had any more sente than the average fel
low of today, but they will think there
Was otje fellpw who talked out In meeting
and said his. say. You may talk about
jtlst apportionments and equitable assess
ments on corporations as well a* Individ
ual*. but, gentlemen, that’s cutting
arobnfl m tfle branches of the trefc. Yba
have got to go dbwn tq the tap root of
the tree and quit appropriating public
money for private end*. Let every man
take care of his qwn kids or go out of the
kid business, one or the otherT
It, may be a nohle charity for the state
tq build a Soldiers’ home, a,nd if u be
burned down let public contribution* be
liberal to rebuild it and take car* of the
old and the infirm. Thfiy ought to be
taken, care of, but this promlacuou* Bend
ing out of hundreds of thousands of mon
ey collected by th* stale officials from an
unwilling people to distribute as a bounty
fund i« going to take the. whole thing
Into water too deep to wade and too swift
to do much effective swimming In. The
present administration promised the peo
ple relief, but the promises at politicians
are like pie crust, perhaps, mad* to be
broken. A billion dollar congress, a tw*
million dollar legislature. Walk up. gen
tlemen, and plank down your money be
tween this , and the first day o< January,
or tax 11. fax will be issuod and the sher
iff will be crying your property in front
of the courthouse tq the highest bidder;
but the only relief i* for the people to
take intelligent, patriotic action at the
poll*. Elect a man to do what they want
•done to legislature: I* he don't Mo it;
consign him to infamy and try another,
«nd-”tf at first yow-don't succeed, try, try
again.” • . , .... ,
What 1 have written may be tfte wall
of a sore head; it may be the feeling* of a
traitor; It may be the vaporings of a tnan
whose liver 1* out of fix. If it 1». Jet these
words go by like the breeze of a summer
evening. If there 1* anything tn them,
say so and act so. and relief 1* ahegd.
Adopt old Alex Stephens’ motto: "So *oon
as I found I was tn the wrong road I
made it the rule of my life to turn right
about and get in the right road.’’
Yours, hoping for better day*,
. - , SAM P. JONEB. |
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PRESIDENTS FA.MIL Y OF NINE
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mST LIVE IN SEVEN ROOMS
Thfire 1* a growing demand that the
white house at Washington be at onOe re
modeled and enlarged. It has bfebn well
said that ' the president of the United
States is the only official connected with
the government who la required to Hye
over his ehop. or, more properly sneak
ing. live in his office, for, I* well
known, the white house 1* more an execu
tive office building than a .residence.
But the worst of It ie it is too small for
either purpose, and this ha* been true
for many years. , 1
Built more than a century ago. when
the nation was yn«ng. It suffice*>w«li
enough for the flfot thtee-qtikrterß of a
century, but with the eqormous growth
of populntlbn ahd the expansion of pub
lic business, it >an no torrgar sefve the
double purpose of a presidential residence
and the executive offices. V,
Either the building must be enlarged or
another must be erected to serve as a
residence or for the public office.
All the presidents have been reluctant
to call attention to their cramped condi
tion in the white hoqse, but the first Mrs.
Harrison, while mlstres* of the white;
house, drew plans for the enlargement
of . the mansion, but that ended it, al
though the plans were extremely beauti
ful and had the additional advantage of
preserving all of the featiirts of the pres
ent, historical mansion.
Now that- the size of President Roose
velt’s family—a wife and six children—
makes the white house too small for the
accommodation of eyen hip own house
hold, it is possible that something will be
done. There is a growing Idea that there
ought to be a presidential residence apart
from the official residence. The great
publipl receptions and other functions
could be given at the "Pfilace,” as the
white house was first palled, but the t>res-
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:: Designers of the Yachts.
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Indianapolis News.
The, average landsman can scarcely
frfe the afraln uhder which tfte designer*
of ntep.ty-footera, or America’* cqp W>-
testants, .labor. , them rest* the re
sponsibility of success. •Pt defeat, and
their mental worry begin* from t" e ti“} e
the keel of the challenger, or defender Is
laid urttll the test race has been, sailed
.Theirs is the hardest task of all and. if
successful, praise is meted out to them
after owner and skipper of the victor have
had their fill.
Twice during 'the season Nat Herres
hoff. designer, of the Columbia and Crm
i Stltutton has- aft- but broken down and
Saturday aftern.oon Sir Thomas Llptote
said this wtould necessarily be hl* I*’’
attempt to lift the hup. a® neither Wat
son. designer of the Shamrock 11, or Fife,
builder of the Shamrock I. would under
take the responsibility of building anoth
er challenger. Mr. Watson fs on the point
of'• a collapse. He was sent up in the
cotmtrv Saturday to rest tfbtll tomorrow
and before leaving said It ftit that the
Strain of the last four wf -ks had taken
flv* ve<rs-off hi* Iffe.' 1
Cantain Nat HtifrtfiWSff, designer of the
Columbia, was a pupil atd assistant of
Edward Burgess, the greatest of ill
American yaeht builder*. Re was a «lo*e
observer, and the khowledire secured In
the Burgess shipyard was transmitted to
' bis brother. Jolih Hferresbbff. who, be
coming blind at an early age.' had hl*
other fatuities highly developed. After
the death of Burgess- the HerrewhoffS
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jdent 1 s faintly should live In greater rb-1
It is beTleved that Frfeslddnt Roosevelt
favors plan, and .It I* to V« 4 ho**d
that congress, of its own motion, will take
the subject up at the hex! sCMlon and ap
propriate a sufficient sum for a suitable
presidential mansion.
A Washington correspondent in telling
of the cramped condition of the Roose
velt famttv in the whfte hotmo. «ayw:
Mr* Roosevelt can sympathise with the
housewife who has wrestled with the
problem of stowing a family of nine in a
seven-room flat, the family, as At pres
ent constituted, completely tills the pri
vate portion of the white - house, and
Teddy, Jr., hasn’t arrived. When he
ebmes he must be taken care of and to
provide an apartlnent for him either the
library or the ftnrtey and sitting room
mn'st be saertficid.' \ .. ','7 ‘t i
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epeaed .th&lr ahiprard dt the
first cup defender built by them was the
V’lgflaht, which eaMfy- defeiated the Val
kyrte tr designed by Mt7 Watson. Yhfi
two ship builders we(e again pitted
figatAst each other Ip the construction of
the Defender, and th<£ Valkyrie 111. Tte
Mext Herreshqff boat » the Coiumhlg,
Which defeated the Shamrock I. ft ha«
Been saiiLand yrlth®nt contradiction, that
the Vigilant, .Defender and Colqmfcta
;Were creation* of Johp HerreShbff. And
[ tltet Captain -Nae slniply Jlje
■ aye* to enable h:s bmiher to illustrate Jiis
d’lapL This’ may tfe frue or not, but it is
,a fact that Nat HerfeShuff designed the
Constitution, which, after repeated trials
and favored In ever? way. and havjng
tha gpod will of every member 0T th* cup
committee of the New York Yacht club,,l
was finally turned down, and the Cdlum-.1
bia. the defender of two years Agb, se- I
lected to meet the Shamrock IL
The building of cup challengers Is no
new experience for George L. Watson. Hi*
first attempt was thb Thistle, vjhich was
built from, hi* design in 1887. Mr..W*t»>n
was then tw&ity-rilu* years old. His father
wks a and wheh nlqeteep yrars
0)d, George L, Watsbri wa* otopej ot *
tinall yard- In 1886, the year before the
Thistle was built, he formed a partnership
with his father. Mr- Watson’* next at
tempt *t building a cua challenger was
thOalgytfe I. In Two yfegYs later.
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Th* big house at Oyster Bay, wham
the Roosevelt family hwu.Hvid or the
house which Mr, Roosevelt tea*a£ hate
when he expected to spend font years in
Washington as., vtae president, contain
twice as much r*om urn the living apart*
ments in the whiter heuke. - t v ■
It is being Jocosely suggested that we
either hhia*gd the White h-msr or elect
presidents with smaller families. One
horn of the dilemma wht soon have to be
seised. The white hOtfte now te ho !aiop
than it was « century ago. ilthough the
increasing demands of the pubWc ser
vice have turned most of H* robins !nm
offices. The Roosevelt family is erhtnpad
as it hover was beforfe. There is berSiy
room for all di them. Such a thing fra a
guest t'hantber Is unknown. It there
should be 'Heltons they twill probably
asked to stop ai; the village Inh, Uh thh
European plan, and take their tnebls with
the family. Or maybe the children could
be sent to some of the neighbors. " . . ‘
Mrs. Kdosev»it is now endeavoring to
solve the problem that confronts her. To
find rooms for al) of her ls by no
means a simple matter. There are but *
few apartments at her disposal, and
doubling up is absolutely necessary.
Just now the situation inst so »*■
rious. but as soon as the RocseveU farm
fly shall be here la full numbers the diffi
culty must be met.
Three of the Rposeveit Child rep are a*»
tending the Washington schools today.
Kermit goes to Preston sehool. Ethel to
the Cathedral school and Archie to the
Force public school. •■ He is just old
enough to enter the first grade Theodore.
Jr.. is attending school in Massachusetts
and Miss Alice, the eldest, is put of
school arid ready for society. Quentin
Isn’t thinking about his school days yek
He’s too young. ’•■•••? ■ tt
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tar the swiftest challenger, aver sent
across, but waa miserably handled in the
races. Mr. Wgtson had d?
With the buildingof the Shamrock
which proved sucty. a. disappointment- to
Sir T/3ana£sl>ip!ton. IhprUy A{Ur ..%#«•-
turti of Sir Thomas Lipton to England two.
rears ago he gent tor, Watson
and asked him It ba i4sWf ; build * wM
that could lift the cup. Mr. Watson said
be thought he could, bqt wished to experi
ment a little. For he next six months
he studied the Herresbott dgslgps closely
ahd then reported that he thought he
had solved the prpbUm ox. a successful
yacht; u-j' j - • i
It Is said that Sir Ihomas Upton,ln
ordering the Shamrock 11, said: “Watson,
I have npt money to burn, but if you can
make the Shamrock II one minute taster,
forg,e your plates with five-pound uana
notes.'
Charade. . »
My first is in less, but not in mjpre;
My second in flow, also tn pour;
My thrid is in tong, but not In short:
My fourth is in game, but not in sport;
MV fifth ts tn food, but not in c-rtnx;
My sixth ie in close, but not n. tHnk;
My seventh i» in loos*, but hot in tight; 1
• My eighth is in peaceful, but novtn fight;.
My ninth ts in odd. but not in same;.,.
My tenth is'in walk, hut not in lame; w
My whole Is the naipe of a poet
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