The Syracuse Journal, Volume 3, Number 12, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 4 August 1910 — Page 2

H 1 J- , """7 * Syracuse Journal j, — I SYRACUSE, - - IND ROBES OF ENGLISH JUDGES — I (immense Number of Frills Considered Necessary to Furnish Sufficient Dignity. In illustration of a recent article bn the judges of Old England a series ts portraits of eminent judges in cos-, fume was given in the standard- ( may be interesting to Standard readers to have a brief description of the C o bts of office actually worn by the. judicial dignitaries of the old land as (furnished us by Messrs. Ede, Son & Ravenscroft of Chancery Lane, London, E. C., the lord high chancellor, Ithe master of the rolls, and the president of the divorce division, all wear 'the same kind of full dress which is as follows: Full court suit of velvet, ■ consisting of coat, waistcoat and (breeches, black silk stockings, shoes With gilt buckles, black damask robe ( trimmed with gold. The costume also i Comprises full bottomed wig and I court hat, lace frills, ruffles, bands and I hagwig ; The lord chief justice of England i wears a full court suit of black cloth,. but. the buckles on his shoes are steel ( and not gilt. He wears moreover a ! scarlet cloth robe with hood and ■ mantle trimmed with ermine with i scarf tippet; girdle, bands, full-bot- ! tomed wig and hat complete the cosI tume. . The recorder of London’s full dress ; is a court suit of velvet as above de- ' senbed, with steel buckles on shoes, lace frills, ruffles, plain bands, fullbottomed wig.—London -Standard. Firehook Brings Death. An engine firehook that he carried ’over his shoulder caused the death i by electric ‘ shock of Charles E. Spayde, a fireman on the NAv Haven i railroad, near New York city. Spayde, I whose home was in New Haven, was I firing on a freight train bound for { Boston. Passing \|hbqugh New I- Rochelle the firehook he had been using tumbled out of the engine. The train was running very slowly and he leaped off and picked up the rod. i Climbing on a car he walked toward the tender, carrying the rod on his shoulder. He forgot about the over- ( bead wires, heavily charged. The rod i touched one of them and the current shot through his body, killing him instantly. He rolled from the car to the tracks and the train cut off his legs. Railroad men who ran up found his clothing on fire, ignited by the electricity: The coroner found the upper part of Spayde’s body had been burned almost black. ' > . Once Enough. “I am not an inquisitive man,” said ‘.he minister* “but there is one'thing I would like to know. Why do people R’ho marry more than once never get .he minister who tied the first knot to tie the second or third or fourth? “I have married enough couples to jarn for me the title of marrying parson. Many of those .people were promnent enough socially to get their do-; ngs recorded' in the newspapers and* learn through that medium that a, airly large percentage of them marry igain. But they never ask me to jffictate. “Why don’t they? bidn’t 1 bring Ihem good luck the first titne? Has ‘.heir experience prejudiced them against me personally, or is there a superstition that prevents a matt being married twice by the same minister? “Even members of my own congregation who marry again seek a strange minister. Why?” A Woman's Gracious Act. An Italian woman trudged out of Central Park early one day carrying a baby, while three little toddlers hung to her skirts, says the New York Sun. Having slept in the park all night with the children, she was on, her way home to Cherry street, four miles away—and the sun beat down on the plaza hot enough to melt the asphalt A handsomely dressed woman looked from her motor at the sight, when she stopped the chauffeur and stepped out. She listened to the story and then called a taxicab, into which the five were huddled. The driver held his hand out and received $3 and the Cherry street address/ As he started up the poor Italian looked, seemingly in a daze at the woman before her. *“Graci!” faintly whispered the astonished mother. Helpful. The little Quaker sat behind two ladies of the 1 four hundred at the opera. “I am cold,” complained one, so that he could hear. He leaned forward and touched her gently on the shoulder. “I think,” said he, “that what thee; needs is another necklace.” A Sense of Danger. “I see they have been using kerosene to rid these swamps of mosquitoes.” “Yasslr,” replied Uncle Rasberry. “An’ I specks dat’ll terrify ’em some. I feels kind of oneasy myse’f every time I sees a lightning bug staht in. dat direction.” Next Time. Stella —Did your father pay your bills? I Bella —Yes; merely said he would .veto them next time.

I HANDLING WHITE HOIJMfc Bi JISITORTI - EDWARD 13. CLARK. ■ —?

IITTLE BY LITTLE President Taft has come into direct line with one of the Roosevelt policies, and he will follow it In the future as he has been following it for some weeks. It will be the rule at the summer capital at Beverly, Mass., T”t7\ ~ as it is today the fixed rule of P roced ure in the White House. The Roosevelt policy which President Taft, finally has adopted as h* s own is tbe method receiving visitors ■which was in B «| f° rce during the colonel’s tenure of office. It is possible that President Taft never will be able to ' adopt the Roosevelt policy of getting rid of his • visitors, because the two men are constitutionally different in at least one respect It must be said, however, that the Roosevelt plan of receiving guests has dene a good deal to save the tempers of White House visitors and the time of Mr. Taft. As everybody knows, an addition was made to the White House offices some time ago. In the Roosevelt days callers went Into the cabinet room and from there either were ushered into the adjoining room, where the president sat, or waited while Mr. Roosevelt came out and j made a circuit of the cabinet room, speaking to i one caller after another and getting through with i his work quickly and yet without giving offense, j Now President Taft has a circular room all I to himself, and while the visitors are allowed the two big rooms outside, it is from these rooms they find there way to the president’s presence, being let in eight or ten at a time, and not one at a time, as was the case when Mr. Taft first took office. The president has adopted the Roosevelt method of passing from visitor to visitor learning the wants of each and trying as best he can to suit each caller and to get rid of him as quickly as courtesy will permit President Taft, however, is so good natured and is so humanly inter-

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'I ■ | ested in matters not connected with politics of legislation; that of his own volition he lingers . long frequently with individual visitors, and so j while the method of reception hastens things in 1 a measure it cannot offset the delay that comes , from the president’s, apparent desire to have every guest put into good humor and to leave him “with a smile in his heart.” -At the outset of th». Taft administration vlsi itors saw him one at* a time and the one who j was talking to him did not feel the spur of haste which is how felt by the presence In the room { ’jf half a' dozen or a dozen other visitors, all eagerly waiting their turn and occasionally shifting uneasily In their seats because of the time that the bne who has the president's ear Is ta- . king Up. ; i President Roosevelt, just as President Taft, was humanly interested in a‘ great many things which did not affect public matter. For instance, , If a well-known sportsman called Mr. Roosevelt , would perhaps talk to him for half an hour about ■ big game shooting or the best way to reach the haunts of some wild creature which the colonel never had had tlie pleasure of meeting at the j end of the gun. One of President Taft’s hobbies ( is baseball, and eyety league team that visits ■ Washington calls at the White House, where its members talk of curves, Inshoots, drop balls and the best way to place hits, to the man who, weary ’ of railroad legislation and tariff talk. Is willing . in spirit to get on the diamond for a few minutes. President Taft’s good nature Is proverbial. During the late spring and early summer In Washington school children literally by the thousands poured Into the capital. It seems that in some cities the children of the high schools give entertainments during the winter and charge admission thereto. The money that is thus obtained is used to pay the expenses of the pupils to Washington. In cases where the children's parents are able to bear the expenses of the trip the money is used to pay the expenses of boys and girls who otherwise could not undertake the journey. One day at the White House there appeared a delegation of 450 school children. The president had a number of appointments with senators and representatives and with prominent men from a distance. Notwithstanding this he told,his secretary that the door should be thrown open and that the school children should be admitted. He not only made them a speech, but he shook hands with each one and had a word beyond the perfunctory “Glad to see you,” to say to each pupil as he or she went by. The story of the welcome which the 450 children had went abroad and for days the president’s mornings were busy with the work of welcoming the pupils of schools from all the eastern states. The children always are accompanied by several teachers, who chaperon them and make preparations for their sightseeing. As soon as they reach Washington the represents,tlvo in congress, from the district or districts In which the schools are situated are called upon,

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and the congressmen in nearly every case lead the way to the presence of the president. The wonder is if the country knows how much hard work goes on in the White House, not only in the president’s office, but in all the adjoining offices. If anyone envies the private secretary his position perhaps he would throw envy to the winds after watching Charles Dyer Norton go through one day’s labor. The assistant secretary works just as hard as does the Chief secretary and in the office communicating with’ the room of these two hard-working men is a room filled with stenographers and clerks hard at work. There is one White House clerk who has s most painstaking job. Invitations to the semipublic White House receptions of course are engraved, but as the name of each person invited must appear on the engraved ticket of admission which accompanies the invitation, one line of the ticket must be left blank because the engraving of 4,000 individual names, one to go on each card, would be an endless task and a tremendous expense. It is the duty of one of the clerks to fill in the names and to do it so that the writing shall look as though it were engraved. This he does in away that deceives the ordinary eyesight A card of admission to one of the White House receptions looks as if it were all the work of the engraver, so fine is the handicraft of the man who fills in the vacant line with the tracing of his ordinary pen. About a year and a half ago the clerk who did this engraving died and it became necessary to find some one to take his place. It was supposed that this would be a hopeless task, or that at the best the services of a man must be obtained who after long practise might be able to accomplish what his predecessor so successfully had done. To the surprise of everybody the first cards of invitation that went out were just as deceptive as far as engraving and handwriting were concerned as were those that had gone from desk of the man who for years had labored at the task and had arrived at a perfection which it was supposed no one without months of practise could reach. One of President Taft’s dally tasks is to sign the commissions of officers th* army and navy, and of men appointed tc -lous positions in civil

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life. Os course commissions are for the most part engraved, but there are names and dates to be filled in and these are written deftly and then the pile of parchment is laid on the desk before the president, who frequently in a seemingly automatic way signs his name to commission after commission while carrying on with some visitor at his elbow a conversation relating perhaps to intricate matters of state. The White House officials, secretaries and clerks have to concern themselves with all kinds of matters. Secretary Norton is the recipient of letters from people all over the United States, who write to the president upon the most trivial affairs. When one takes into consideration the fact that hundreds of persons who have really legitimate business with the White House either call or write every day, It can be seen at once that the secretary’s hands, time and mind are well filled. There are certain orders of rank which have to be respected, and in a democracy it is pretty hard work to convince the ordinary citizen that any man has the right of precedence. As far as precedent is concerned the president’s audiences are governed by the supposed importance of the visitor’s official business. For instance, if a senator is waiting to see the president and a cabinet officer happens to come in the member of the president’s official family always will see President Taft first unless he ’says specifically that his business is of little importance and expresses a willingness that the senator shall get to the president ahead of him. A newspaper man With whom President Taft has" had frequently personal relations for some years went to the White House one morning and told Mr. Taft that he would like to see him alone for a minute if he could, and so the president took him into a side room and closed the door. They staid together talking for fifteen minutes and then the newspaper man went out into the president’s main office, leaving the president behind him to write a letter in seclusion. Oh entering the president’s 'office the caller met a senator who had been waiting for fifteen minutes. The senator is a jovial soul and with mock solemnity of spirit he bowed low to the newspaper man. “Would you mind going back to ask the president,” said the senator, "if now that he has completed his affairs of state with a newspaper correspondent he will consent to see an humble senator of the United States?*’ The ambassadors and ministers representing foreign countries in Washington are great sticklers for precedence and every known means has to be taken to prevent giving them offense. It is almost Impossible for any human being except one or two of the state department officials, to keep rigid track of the rank of the diplomats and the attaches at all the foreign legations in Washington. So it occasionally happens that some second assistant secretary of the legation of the king of the cannibal islands is allowed to get into a room ahead of the first assistant secretary of the legation of the king of ballyhoo, and then there are black looks which if they could be put into words would be tantamount to a declaration of war against the United States. The American officials in Washington life are not above being piqued if a junior gets in ahead of a senior, though troubles of this kind are eon. fined as far as Americans are concerned almost wholly to social offenses, for senators, representatives, supreme court judges and the rest have finally made up their minds that at the White House one must take hie changes of precedence.

pSYMBOLISM DID NOT APPEAL Belinda Rejects Proposal of Charlie f to Be Joined Together Like Hands of Clock. "Charlie,* sorrowfully sighed the young lady in the parlor of the concrete house, on Washington avenue, "It is nearly 12 o’clock.” "Yes, Belinda,” was the breathing response of her poetical companion, who was sitting on the sofa beside her. “the minute hand is drawing closer and closer to the hour hand, and when the time of midnight is chimed the two hands will be even as one. Oh, darling Belinda,” he continued, as he literally simulated the action of the minute hand, “may not the coming together of those two i hands be symbolical of us?” She broke away and stood firmly on her feet. “No, Charles Henry Smith,” she retorted, angrily,, “those twq hands will remain as one but a single secondhand then the minute hand will divorce itself and.go on its way alone. No, Mr. Smith, a minute hand that doesn’t stick isn’t the kind of symbolI ism I want!” I ; All Signs Favored It. It was the first anniversary of their . matrimonial career. "Henry,” said Mrs. Peckem, "did you really expect me to accept you the night you proposed?” “I had every reason to believe you : would, my dear,” replied Henry. “On J my way to your house I walked un- ; der a ladder, saw the new moon over , my left shoulder, a black cat crossed i my path and I heard a dog howl three j t.mes.” The Place for Him. “That French count the Simpkins I girl married is coming over to this l country to go in business. He can’t I live in France—his creditors are so ! annoying.” I “Going into business! Why, they ! told me he didn’t know enough to put up an umbrella when it rains. What in the world caq he do?” “Why, old Simpkins is trying to get him a continuous job at the courthouse —doing jury duty.” Went the Limit. ’ His wife had been doing a shopping stunt. “How much did you spend today?” asked her husband. “Fifty-four dollars and" nineteen cents,” she replied. “Oh, was that all?” he queried somewhat irodically. “Yes,” answered the other half of the matrimonial combine with an injured air; “that was all I had.” Appreciation. Smith had just finished his fifth cup of coffee when the landlady remarked: “Mr. Smith, you must be very fond of coffee.” "It would seem so,” he replied, “when I am willing to drink so much water to get such a little taste?” — Cornell Widow. Used Unlawfully. Rector —Greaser has been arrested by thd government for using a form of simplified spelling in his advertisements. Italls —I don’t see why such use should be unlawful. Rector—BUt he spelled “oleomargarine” butter. M The Pity of It. one of the saddest things of life.’* Kiiat is? 1 ’ j “The fact that the wife can’t think of anything new for dinner, and the husband, wliile dissatisfied, can’t suggest anything.” Best He Could Do. Noble Sportsman—Whatever ft is I’ve shot, it makes a most unearthly row. Keeper—Jes; poor Bill ain’t got a jnusical voice, ’as ’e? But I heard him say he was going to take singing lessons. —Tit-Bits. yNo Reason To. Mrs. do you think pf such a thing? Mrs. Jabber tells me that our neighbor, Highboy, does not believe that one must suffer for Obe’s sins.” Mr. Nagg—No wonder—Highboy isn't a married man. It’s Size. “The theme relied as a book and now it fails as a play. Yet the central idea is good.” “Quite right I think you could boll it down into an anecdote and get ten dollars for it” Scared by the Cooking. Little Willie—Say, pa, when poverty ■ comes in at the door, what window does love fly out of? Pa—lt probably flies out of the di-ning-room window, my son. Enterprise. Newsboy (to newcomer, as he turns ground from signing hotel register)— Extra! Extra! All about your arrival and which hotel you’re stopping at!”— Harper’s Bazar. Profitable Peaks. “The Swiss ought to be very proud of the Alps, as nature’s handiwork.” “No doubt, but they ought to be a great deal prouder of the way they make the Alps pay." * A Painful Fact. It takes a lot of waiting to bob up precisely at the moment a certain girl {comes along. 1 ■

PROBLEM WAS EASILY SOLVED Amusing Story of American Girl Being Presented at European Royal Court. An amusing story is being told in „ social circles in London about a young American woman who was anxious to be presented at a certain European : court Os course, the high officials' had to make inquiries about her soi cial status in her own country, and pronounced their veto, says the New , York Herald. It could not be done, i The daughter of a man who sold boots i and shoes could not be received by his rpajesty at a royal court The girl j was in great distress, and promptly . ; cabled home to her father. Next day * > she received the following reply: "Nonsense. It’s pot selling. Am i simply giving them away. See adver- ’ tlsement.” ! The cablegram she duly presented • In the proper quarter, and, although - the ending did not seem quite clear to . the official mind, it was held to solve t the difficulty. So she was presented - at court as the daughter of, an American gentleman who was noted as a great philanthropist. r - Gentle Reminder. They were nearing the corner phar- I 1 macy. a i "Soda water is a luxury,” remarked the young man. ? i “A great luxury,” assented the preti ty girl with rising interest. - “And do you think soda-water foun—r tains should be taxed?” . 1 “I do, indeed, George, to their utj most capacity.” And after she had consumed four ice-cream fizzes at ten per George was sorry he had spoken. i ; Jollying Him Along. “Somehow,” said the genial railrohd i official as he seated himself beside the traveler; “there are some things that lead you to appreciate our won- , derful improvements for their convenience and comfort.” ■ “Oh, don’t worry,” laughed the -1 jolly traveler, “there are some things about your road that are always in the public eye.” “I am glad to hear that. And would you mind naming them?” “The cinders, sir; the cinders.” Demanded by the Trade. “Papa, how often have I told you not to say, ‘I seen you—’ ” “Now, ye look a-here, Maggie,” Interrupted Uncle Charlie Seaver, laying down his knife and fork, “maybe you will make your livin’ by good grammar and higher eddercation; but your ma and me, We’re jest obliged to take in summer boarders, and they demand th’ dialect if they pay our rates. So what I say goes, see, wheth, er she’s grammatlc or not.” —Puck. . Perhaps He Gives it to Her. “Your husband’s business is growing and making more money for him right along, is it not?” “No, he is losing more and morq w (money every day.” “You astonish me! You must surely be mistaken?" “No, I’m not; every time I ask him for a dollar he tells me how he is losing money.” The First Year. v “Remember, my boy, that the first year of married life is always the hardest” 4 ‘“That so?” ' -4 “Yes, It will take you all that time f to give dinner parties to the relatives an 4 friends believe they ought to lie Invited to test your wife’s cook-. 1 in «” j.;' Their Desperation. ' Worthington—*Do the subscribers tc Turgler’s Weekly seeiii to appreciate the paper?' 3 Slappers—Well, they held a ffisefr r ing a few days ago and agreed' to offer Turgler SSOO if hqfl I would stop sending the publication tow I them: ■ ...... —■ . —I A Good Guesser. • V Short—l say, old, man, caii you let me have five dollars a few days’? f 1 Marks— Sure." Here you are. i Short—By the way, do you k.*dw « ; why I always come to you for a loan? i Marks—No; I give It up. Short—That’s it, exactly. The Elevator Man’s Joke, Hobbs—l guess the elevator ieAout ♦ of orde£ What is that sign on .the door? Dobbs —Thd elevator man must be' a bit of a wag. It says: “Please pardon me for not rising.” y . Latest Role. "Why do yqu save those old rubbef shoes?” “They are for hungry arctic explorers,” replied Mrs. Housekeep. , “Been a good many of ’em along this l 1 routs." j, / Unrest. “Is Mr. Bliggins at home on horseback?” “I should think so,” replied Miss' Cayenne. “He seems equally uncom- * sortable in either place.” Just Like a Woman. “You would never shed tears over me!” “Oh, you never can tell; I shed tears over an onion this morning.” Effective Methods. Wunder—Stayler is successful as a collector of bad debts. Waring—That’s because he takes a tent? with him and camps out in front of the debtor's door.