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8 THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS AND TIMES: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1916. The WEEKLY FREE THESS. 3 cents per copy, to cents for six month. $1.04 per year, nostnge paid. Advertisement rind subscriptions re ceived at the of fire, 1S9 College itreet. Full Advertising rates sent on applica tion. Accounts cannot he opened for subserlp tlons. "Subscribers will plenso remit with order. Names arc not entered until pay ment is received, and all papers arc stop ped at the end of the. time pnld for. Remittance at the risk of the subscriber unless made by vectored letter, or by check or postal order payable, to the. pub lishers. The date when the subscription expires Is on the nddress-lnbcl of each paper, the change r,f which to a subequent date becomes a receipt for remittance. No other receipt Is snt unless requested. The receipt of the paper Is n sufficient receipt for the first subscription. When a change of address Is desired, both the old and new addresses should be Riven Terms St.OO n Yenr. In Advance. DAILY hy mnll ?l.00 n yenr In nilvnnce. IIATH IN CANADAi DAII.T SM.OO n yenr In nilvnnce. WEEKLY 32.00 n yenr In nilvnnce. FHEI3 PHESS ASSOCIATION" i fnlillshrrH. Ilnrllnuti'ii, Vt. EL'nLl.N'OTON, THURSDAY, NOV. 11, WANTED. When you want nnythl.it ndvcrtlsa In the new special column of this paper. Some bargain nro offered thero this week which It will pay you to read about. See pane two. This paper has more thnn 25,000 readers every week and one. cent a word will reach them all. By the way, can anybody tell just where tho "Weeks presidential boom wont down following the election of McCall as governor of tho Bay State? If GO0.000 allies have landed at Salonlra, as claimed by Berlin authorities, thoy have stolon a march on the public, but not upon the lynx-eyed enemy. With tho capture of Nlsh. the tempor ary Serbian capital, the Teutonic and Bulgarian forces have pained possession of about half of the territory of Serbia. Whether this will mean more toward the determination of tho final issue than the taklns of Belgian territory remains to bo shown by tho logic of events. THE LATEST NOTE TO OH EAT I1RITAIN After inexcusable delay and the work ins of Inestimable Injury to American commerce, the Wilson administration has at last reached the point of pro testing In unequivocal terms against tho British order-in-council, Issued on March 11, which virtually blockades neutral ports as well as Interferes with all ' neutral commerce, no matter what us character. Secretary Lansing has sent a not to the British government In which ho de clares that the so-called blockade insti tuted by the allies Is "ineffective, illegal and indefensible." England Is warned that tho American government can not eubmlt to the curtailment of Its neutral rights and that It ran not with com placcno suffer further subordination of its rights and Interests. Inasmuch as eight months have elapsed plnce Kngland as tho chief naval power among tho allies issued notice of a blockade which has been made to Inter fere with our commerce with neutral European countries, it Is somewhat late In tho day to make up our minds that tho Inexcusable encroachment 'on our rights can no longer be tolerated. If wo could be assured that the admin istration would insist upon Immediate cessation of this unwarranted Interfer ence with our commerce, wo might overlook the intolerable delay in de manding the recognition of American rights and the freedom of the commerce of the people of tho United States from unwarranted interference. What wo have to fear Is the continuation of this Interminable argument Instead of an ex press order to England to "Stop It." Tho recent seizure of an American uhlp in passage from one port to an other without cargo is but ono Illustra tion of tho lengths to which tho British war vessels have gono in encroaching on our marlno rights. In other Instances phips have been seized and dctalnod for months without recourse. In many cases a delay of several months amounts to practical confiscation of a cargo, and experiences of this kind servo to etop American commerce to a dis couraging degreo. Now it would bo easily possible to continue this formal change of courte ously worded diplomatic notes until doomsday, nnd thus enable tho British In tho meantlmo to do their worst with our commerce. What tho people wnnt Is the prompt rotation of British intcr lerence with our trade with neutral ports. Thero Is nothing in international law to warrant such Interference, nnd tho way to stop It Is to ceaso quibbling, and Insist that England respect our rights "Now." TUB WILSON AMI IIIIYAN DIVISION. President Wilson and former Secre tary Bryan have again como to tho parting of tho ways. This time th0 lino of cleavage Is In the direction of prepar ation for national defence, whereas their first open break came In connection with tho ndinlnlatratlon's attitude toward Germany. It will bo recalled that Uryan Bald Wilson's policy would lead In tho direction of war. When this prophecy wan disproved by tho logic of events, Bryan claimed his resignation forced tho President to modify tho ad ministration's demands upon Germany. Former Secretary Bryan In substance ileclarcs tho Wilson defence program to bo a dopartilro from traditions both of the country nnd of tho party; that It Is a mcnaco to tho nation's peace and (safety, and that It is a challenge to tho MANN'S WARNING AND KEEPING FAITH WITH VOTERS Somebody in Montpelior is trying to show through cor respondence in Massachusetts papers that the recent verdict on woman suffrage in the large eastern States is likely to affect the vote on the direct primary in Vermont next March. It is a wonder this rainbow chasing center did not also send out the statement that the vote on woman suffrage might also lead to the repeal of the Australian secret ballot in Ver mont, for the one would be about as germane to the subject as the other. A little oligarchy inside the Republican party in Ver mont seems to act on the supposition that it can go on trying to fool the people in connection with this direct primary, without detection, not realizing that the people arc fairly wise already to the way in which undesirable features have been loaded on to the direct primary precisely as objection able provisions were heaped on the original secret ballot in the Legislature, and that some of those who all along posed as friends of nominations directly by the people are the very ones who had the effrontery to call for an extra session of the Legislature with all the attending expense to pass a direct primary. Now it is barely possible that the people of Vermont can be juggled with in this manner without damage to our party, but wo doubt it. We had sounded a warning against some things that were being done through the New Haven ma chine in Vermont previous to 1912, and the ease with which a host of republicans in this State became progressives in that year indicates that party lines never rested so lightly upon the members of all political parties as a whole as at the present time. Congressman James R. Mann, the republican leader on the floor of the national House of Representatives, is wiser in hifj generation than some of the two by four politicians of Vermont who think they can do almost any outrageous stunt in the name of the party and still keep the party in control of the government. In the light of the recent elec tions Congressman Mann says: "We have got to do our best." The New York Times sums up his statement as follows : "Into the happy, innocent, prattling parade of the favor ite sons, the Little Lord Fauntleroys of the Republican party, there bursts a grown-up person, and their pretty, piping little flutings are drowned out by a bass voice one of the few bass voices that the Republican party has heard in recent years. It emerges from the sturdy lungs of James R. Mann, one of the few men in public life who acts invariably as if he believed that common sense is a better political asset than taffy. If that virile voice does not wake the party up from its dream and make it stop its favorite-son nonsense, take serious thought to itself, and send its crop of Little Rollo favorite sons about their business, it has another lesson to learn in 1916 like the one it learned in 1912. The Republican party, its House leader harshly informs it, has no 'walk-away' and 'cannot win with a two-spot.' Mr. Mann being an Illinoisan, he selects the Illinois favorite son, Senator Sherman, as an example of what he means, but his description is inclusive of the whole score or more of favorite sons. There was a boom for Mann himself, and he himself squelched it. 'The bee never got into my bonnet,' he truth fully says. He is not talking for Illinois, but for the party in the nation, whose official leader in the House he is. "He has seen many presidents at close range. In ordi nary times, he soys, it does not take rare wisdom or states manship to be a president; 'but when the next president is elected he must be a leader of men and the leader of the na tion.' These are not ordinary times. 'What we ought to do is to be trying to find the man who will make the best president for the country. Astonishing doctrine; not to find the best candidate, but the best president; we happen to be living in a time when that really is the right politics, for once. "Beneath this blast of icy common sense the little or chestra of favorite sons shrivels away into murmurs. 'This is not the silly season,' says Mann of Chicago: 'we have got to do our best.' He specifies, as examples of the kind of men he means, men who are not 'two-spots,' such names as Roosevelt and Root, adding, however, that Roosevelt is 'ineligible at t,his time.' Listening to this true talk from the one republican on whom Uncle Joe Cannon's horse-sense seems to have descended, one wonders whether the Repub lican party has wisdom enough left to listen to him, and whether the favorite sons have enough civic spirit and de sire for party success to pack up their tea-things and their Teddy bf;ars and subside into a becoming and patriotic silence." That statement is as true of issues as of men. Repub licans between now and November, 191G, will be judged by the issues they champion in State and nation. If the re publicans in different States and jn Congress go back upon the pledges they made in national and State platforms, the people will have every right to conclude they can not be trusted to carry out future pledges, and vote accordingly. The republican organization of Vermont has repeatedly promised the people of this State an opportunity to make their own nominations direct without the interposition of proxies, and personally conducted delegations and controlled conventions and all that sort of indirect paraphernalia. The issue whether Vermont should have direct nomina tions was submitted to the voters in a referendum in a form calculated to confuse the voters and prevent them from re turning a majority in favor, yet to the surprise of the per petrators of this political trick, a majority of the voters of Vermont passing upon the issue favored direct nomina tions. Instead of obeying this and the pledge of the party to provide direct nominations the majority in the last Leg islature were led to put before the people another refer endum so framed that its details might cumber the broad principle involved and lead to the rejection of the direct primary at the polls next March. Manifestly if by any trick a majority of the voters could be induced to reject this particular measure, the perpetrators of the trick could claim forever after that the people had shown they did not want direct nominations, whereas the vote would really mean they did not want some of the ob jectionable features in this particular bill. The result of a "no" vote on the direct primary referen dum measure next March would in all human probability mean the postponement of any hope of reform in that direc tion for a decade to come, whereas the adoption of this meas ure would ensure retention of the principle and the elimina tion of objectionable features by succeeding legislators precisely as was tho case with the secret ballot in Vermont. Congressman Mann's warning to republicans, that we must put our best foot forward, applies to Vermont as well as to every other State, and more particularly to Vermont than to some of the States which have already complied. If Vermont republicans want to help win a national victory in November, 1916, it will behoove them to act in March, 1916, and from that time on as though they wanted to win, and not expect to be able to overcome in November defiance flaunted in the eyes of the people a few months previous to the national struggle. spirit of Christianity, which teaches us to lulluenco others by example rather than by exciting fear. Ilryun is both right nnd wrong. Ho Is correct as regards both party and nation when ho holds that Wilson's defence proposition Is a departure from tradi tions. Tho nttltudo of tho Democratic party over slnrc the Civil War has been that of uncompromising opposition to anything approaching a largo standing army. In this respect tho Democratic party's position has como to bo that of the nation. Bryan Is correct, therefore, also when ho says tho President's de fence plan is a reversal of our national policy. It goes without saying that Bryan will havo a largo following ,ln oppos Ing tho President's plan as tending to endanger tho peace and safety of tho nation. Somo of tho democratic leaders lu Congress hnvn already Indicated their llsagrecmont with tho President ns ro ,uids ilefeuco, and ns tho war clouds generated by tho controversy with Gor many dlsslpato Into thin air, thero will bn u recurrence of national dlslncllna tlon to favor nny policy suggestive of militarism. On tho other hand, If Bryan would havo uh understand that ho opposes any preparation wlintover for defence ho Is completely out of touch with public sen tlmont of tho pcoplo of tho United States ng a whole. Whllo few would favor President Wilson's supposod pro gram of nn nrmy of half a million men, there Is a distinct sentiment In favor of an nrmy larger than our present force. Tho people, ns n rule, have groat j fnith In tho possibilities of tho National Guard, to supplement tho regular nrmy. Whllo tho republicans havo been com mitted by Onrdner et al to tho adoption of better dofonco measures, tho party, ns a whole, wilt bo fairly certain to stop short of tho lengths to which tho admin istration speakers havo led tho coun try to believe tho President would go In that direction. Tho chances are that President Wilson and his advisors will represent ono extremo and Bryan tho other. Ilepubllcnns, as a rule, will fol low a mlddlo-of-tho-road course In deal ing with tho nrmy, placing supremo em phasis on the possession of a powerful fleet ns a first lino of national dofonco. POSSIBILITIES OP VKIIMONT FIltllT cui.TiJiti:. Ono of the most successful crops of Vermont farms to-day, considering tho expenditure of tlmo and labor and money Involved, Is without question our harvest of fruit. Our people In many Instances aro coming to rcallzo this, and tho results aro shown In tho tremendous strides taken In this State during tho past few yearn In connccUon with the Improvement of our applo crop and the marketing thereof. Many people aro discouraged becauso so long a period Is required to grow nn orchard, holding that one generation must work for the next. True, you can not set out an apple treo one year and harvest a barrel of apples from It tho following year. It Is possible, how ever, for pcoplo to start an apple orchard and enjoy tho fruit themselves. City Clerk Grandy of Burlington Is bonstlng these days of enjoying a largo harvest of fruit from apple trees ho set out not so many years ago, and ho has old fruit In good condition when It is tlmo to begin picking now apples. A host of people throughout the State can tell of similar experiences. For a long tlmo Vermont produced apples, but the great majority of our people had no Idea how to sell their product, so that Vermont apples went begging. An excellent hint of tho trans formation which has taken place In this connection Is furnished by the Bcnnlng' ton Banner, which says: "The value of advertising Is Illus trated In the demand for Vormont apples In nnd around Boston as the result of the showing made by Vermont apple growers at the New England exhibit two weeks ago. It was pleasing to Ver mont patriotism to have Vermont apples with the leading place at this exhibit, and It is even more gratifying to Ver mont business Instinct to find that 'there Is an ample market for Vormont fruit so near at hand ready to take tho sur plus apples as soon as It Is shown that they aro of the highest quality. It costs little moro to grow a high grade of apples than It docs to raise an inferior crop while the Incomo from tho bettor quality is easily twice as much as It Is from fruit of mediocre standard." Somo Idea how those gratifying results were brought about Is furnished by a letter from George 1). Aiken of Putney to Walter 11. Crockett of the Vermont publicity bureau. We are sure every prospective fruit grower In Vermont will profit from some of the suggestions made. Mr. Aiken says that during one eve ning nlono E.000 Vermont apples were distributed at the Boston exhibition, nnd the following morning the news papers had generous descriptions of tho Vermont fruit exhibit and praise for the Green Mountain npples. As might be expected the excellent Impression made by Vermont npples In creased not only tho demand for Green Mountain fruit, but also for the Green Mountain farms that can produco such splendid fruit. Mr. Aiken says he talked with tho secretary of a Boston concern who wanted a Vermont farm, nnd he thinks it safe to say that Ver mont has already gained six new resi dent families as a result of the advertis ing done in connection with tho fruit show in Boston. An element which helps to make theso lands more attrac tive Is Vermont's legislation In relation to the exemption of orchards. Tho fruit growers of Vermont have every reason for gratification in tho fact that tho Green Mountain State won moro prize money than Maine, Now Hampshire or Connecticut. Out of five leading varieties Vermont won first prizes on nil but ono. Tho possibilities of fruit culture in Vermont aro well Illustrated by the experience of Darrow and Aiken. In IMS they bought nn old pasturo and bogan thereon varlogatcd fruit culture. They now havo fifteen acres of red raspberries, four acres of blackherrlos, ono nnd one-hulf acres of currants and gooseberries, four acres of Btrawbcrries nnd half nn aero of cherries, beside other fruit. In 1911 this old pasturo rented for $1.00 per acre. in 1915 tho two-year rasp berries produced $300 per acre. Whllo the berry bushes wore In process of de velopment cabbages were grown ns an Inter-cmp. h ,loiJS not requlro much figuring to realize the handsomo profit which this old pasturo is being mndo to produco for tho energetic and Intelli gent men who hnvo converted It Into a vorlnbhi K0ld mlno, nnd better, for the example, cap bo followed by others with further rovenuo for Vermont as a result. Somo people complain of lack of mar ket, but this problem Is solved In two ways by publicity for fruit and tho working up )t surplus fruit Into a Jam kitchen, mo that berries can bo put up fresh from tho field. A ready market is found for all fresh fruit as a rule. jbut after a storm tho berries are too soft to ship nnd accordingly are con verted Into Jam. It Is worth noting In this connection that It Is posslblo to havo berries of sono kind during tho great part of tho summer soason. Theso lnistlors begin their strawborry Beason about Jun0 15 and market that fruit for a month. Raspberries aro marketed from July 5 to August 20; blackberries from July 25 to September 25; currants and goose berries from Juno 25 to August 10, and fall strawberries from August 15 until snow comes. Wo havo R-ono Into this varied industry at somo length, because It, affords still anothor wny In addition to thoso already cited in thoso columns how Vermont farms can bo made to pay a handsome profit. In tho meantlmo tho demand for Vermont farms from outside tho State shows that Green Mountain soli nnd cllmato make a combination that can not bo oxccllod anywhere. FURS FOR 'FIRST SQUAW.' Indiana Scouring Forests for Fitting Tribute to Mrs. Gnlt. Tho Blackfoot Indians, of tho Glacier I National Park reservation, northeastern Montana, aro preparing to honor Mrs. Norman Gait, ftancco of President Wil son, and a descendant of Pocahontas, by n,i11ln nu hn. .t-A,1.1 1r.tr writ ,.'V. . .,,11, t ' n.n. ........ probably be the most elaborate assortment 1 of furs ever given to a Blngle person. This t Bet of furs, embracing skins from 48 ani- mats. Is tho Indians' Idea of the proper material for tho making of a cloak for a squaw of a nation's chlof-cspeclally slnco inai squaw is 10 do mo nrei naving re.u Indian blood ever to live In the big White Tepee at Washington. This collection of furs will not bo com plete until tho last of November or the first week In December, It Is thought. The best Indian huntors of the reservation Modiclno Owl, Wolf Plume, Lnzy Boy, Fish Wolf Hobo and Two Guns White Calf, Included are now scouring the mountain country that lies lust south of the Canadian border In quest of tho beat furs to bo hod. They already havo bag- Bed flno specimens of Rocky mountain goat. Ble Horn sheet), elk. four kinds of bear, a moose, weasel, mink and marton. of the moro valuable pieces of .ctlon of furs that are to be sent . . . . .L , . . lext first lnriv of the land taw Somo the collection to tho next first lady of the land have been In tho possession of tho Blackfoot 1 Yet such wns the respect he had at chlef for a half century. Notablo among tnlned In tho community that Miss these is a whlto buffalo skln-a calf buf- Saxton's neighbors thought she, wns do- . ,.. ... . . . . ....... Incr wnll nnil Tin mm mforrn.1 tr vnnni, iaio. j-nero is a legena connocieu wun . . . . mis rare SKin, wnicn is enensnou Dy tho Blackfoots. Chief Three Bear,, hn, refused repeatedly fabulous offers from fur collectors for this particular skin. When tho collection Is completed ar rangements will bo made with tho interior department for Chief Thrco Bears, now ! vears old. tn 00 to Wn.hlnnn with hlu precious bundle of furs and make his presentation to Mrs. Gait. Accord- Ing to Indian custom, the presentation will be made a week or so before the date sot for the marriage, "so tho distin guished squaw will havo time to prepare her trousseau." Whllo It is not at all likely Mrs. Gait will follow out tho Idea of the Indians in using these furs to make into ono gor geous cloak, thero will bo enough fur in the collection to trim all the dresses she will caro to wear during tho next few wlnters-nrovldcd tho oresont styles con - tlnue. Philadelphia Public Ledger. rOHTIlAIT OK A FIUEND. He used to think that Fame would somo day find him. Although ho had no boasting In his heart. He put nil airs and self-conceit behind him, And modestly he played his llttlo part. And Fame, who has so many orders listed. And every order plainly labeled "Rush," Alas; she never dreamed the man ex isted; Sho missed him altogether In the crush. Ho used to think that politics might call him, He used to say the office sought tho man; And, waiting for his fellows to Install him In honor na a leader of tho clan. Faithful, he did his duty ns ho found It, Each humble, task with smiling face ho met. And frankly, there's no way to get around it, 1 He hasn't been elected mayor yet. He always had a quiet thought that riches In tlmo would wing their fickle way to him; He understood thero might, of course, be hitches, 60 patiently he waited Fortune's whim. "I vow," said he, "until she fills my plate up, To wear the chains of Want without a clank," And when they come to settle his estate UP, They'll find he has four dollars In the bank. Fame, Fortune, Honors, one and all have mlBsed him; He may, I fear, havo steered a course unwise. Another plan, and nothing could resist hlm- It pays to seek. It pays to advertise. Still, when I see the host of friends that love him, Tho happiness that ever waits his call, The well earned peace, that, sheltering broods above him, I guess the man's a winner, aftor nil. U H. nubbins In Newark News. when pricks wKitF. mniiEn. Thoso who think tho present day prices aro high will be intereated to know that present conditions nro not so bad that they could not bo much worse. An old bill of sale which was made out In Rich mond, Va,, during tho year ISfE shows prices on the common commodities of life which seem nlmost stnggering. Tho bill was found in tho walls of tho old customs house In this city at tho time It was razed. A list of a few of tho prices follows: Eight pillow caacs nt S each, VA; one crlh nnd mattress, $73; ono crepo dress, $100; one cottngo bedstead, )1X; ono cot tage washstand, $76; for repairing, re seating nnd varnishing ono rocker. $50; ono mahogany press. $f0; one-halt gal lon turpentine, $10; one lint Iron, $5; 0110 pair white blankets, $125. liATK IN I.EAIlNINfl. (From tho Atlanta Constitution.) Greeco Is coming to rcallzo that he who hesitates Is bossed. VIC, lll'F.KTA IIAS.NT. (From tho Washington Star.) it may provo unfortunate In a number of ways thnt the officers Interned nt Nor folk lat wanderlust ect the bettor of tli", HEIRESSES OF WHITE HOUSE Example of George Washington Not Often Followed. Pew President neve neen Itleh Mrn nail Their Wivrn llnve Selilmn Brought Them Forttiiien Wil son More Fortunate. Tho $300,000 fortuno of Mrs. Norman PVIIIh t)ntllr,l Mnll ,.l... I.. ... 1- .1... I , ..... , u.., ,n lij iju mi, j next "First Lady of the t,and," although smalt ns fortunes aro accounted at tho present dev. would hnvn speinod lnri?i, to thu former mistresses of the Whlto House, for very few of them were heir esses. Most of them, however, were In better pecuniary circumstances than tholr husbands at the time of marriage, for, whllo two-thirds of the presidents worn born In poverty, tho majority of their wives were tho daughters of men In relatively comfortablo circumstances nnd of unquestioned standing In their com munities. Tho presidents havo been fortunate In their matrimonial choices, finding gentle women of sterling character, pleasing personality and somo social advantages. I (ieoriTO Wnfthlnrrtnn In mnrrv nc .1 Breat heiress, set a precedent which few whom ho had a slight acquaintance t)f his successors havo followed. Tho I whether bo might como to his room to pretty, bright-eyed, llttlo Virginia widow, 1 see 11 review of the troops. "Certainly," MrHi custls. whose lands, slaves dollars ! cptltrtl tho clerk. "May I bring my an,, mansions were Inherited from both i wife?" "Vcs." "I havo two daughters; her husband and her father, was tho'mnv thf'v come?" "By all nnans" A Kr(atcst "catch" of her day, and young Washington was greatly envied when he. , persuaded her to say "yes." This mnrrlngo enabled him to hold bis own nmong the plutocrats of the tlmo and to be freo from any financial wor rlcs. unit senior nr so years. The president who, next to George i Washington, married most advantageous- ,5' from n financial point of view, was William McKlnlcy. When ho married the favorite daugh- tor of rlch banker. James A. Sax ton, ho had barely entered upon tho ' Practice of law. and was possessed of J " VlM except Intelligence, energy, nml r nmrt.r ciiarncicr. MAfflnW no n fnriimr. i,M,r t,i. ' a tt more valuable than money was her father' temrnt. "You are the only man i nave ever Known to wnom I would give my daughter." Mrs. McKlnley's long Invalidism null! Ilca 10 11 Brefu pxlent u, '"""enco tnut I her Private resources might have ex- orcl!,eJ th tu use "luring tho I ro"r nrm "ne-iiair years sno lived tliore, ' ' ro" JU"a ,,a'"er' lne iorKi Kui uu uctumu iiiu seL-unu win; ui it ;inu nero is one no lens as an actual President John Tyler, more than 31 years happening: "An old-time bluejacket was her senior, eight months before the close charged with extracting food from a of his term, was an heiress, and this lazaretto outside of meal hour.'. The cap fact hod no llttlo Influence on the so- tain, upon questioning the man, seemed clal Innovations with which sho startled unable at first to glean any Information, our ancestors. I After a few moments of thoughtful sl- The 24-year-old "First Lady" had been 1 lenco on tho man's part, however, he re educated abroad, and she attempted to plied: 'Captain. I ain't took no food out- , ' , ' , " "7 " ," - ' .... r."""""" h . headdress which imitated a crown, and surrounding herself with a group of maids of honor. DOLLY MADISON'S 10-YEAR REIGN. Mrs. Washington, whose wealth could havo added most to the splendors of tho White House, never occupied the man- slon, ns it was finished only four months before the expiration of John Adams's term, and Mrs. Adams was its first chatelaine. It wns then referred to as "the Tal- ace," and each president was expected to provide for its maintenance and pay for Its hospitalities out of his salary of $2J,000 a year. At this rate few presi dents left the White House ns well off financially as they entered It. So meagre wcro the appropriations for tho "caro and maintenance" of the Whlto Houso during tho first half of the 19th century that several presidents departed from It deeply In debt'and nearly all died poor. The history of the first 10 years of tho White Houso Is practically a biography of Mrs. Dolly Madison, the handsomo young widow whom tho bachelor James Madison married long nfter his friends had regarded him as confirmed In his single blessedness, Tho first eight years she was the offi cial hostess for the elderly widower. President Thomas Jefferson, her hus band being a member of his cabinet. Jefferson wns rich nnd his patriotic prodigality assisted her In uniting tho warring social factions of the "Capital in the Wilderness," ns Washington was then called. Mrs. Madison's experience as hostess for Jefferson was her social education nnd the Whlto Houso was her training school, nnd during Madison's own ad ministration his wealth likewise helped greatly In oiling tho wheels of tho char lot of state. "Queen Dolly's" beauty, charm and wit wero tho only wealth sho brought her husband, ns sho was In circum stances actually straitened when Madi son married her. SEVERAL WIFE-MADE MEN. Several of tho presidents In the days of their youth and poverty wedded girls no better off than themselves, who not only shared with cour.ago their hus band's small beginnings, but assisted them to rise. Among theso self-mado men who wero nlso to a large extont wife-mado men wero John Adams, Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln might so bo placed In this list. However, most of tho presidents had attained to a position of modest com- Hnoul(, ieP1 yollr . 0 )0 p,ars, fort before marrying women who wero , VmlnK Ho,,eful-WoII. I tried that plan, real helpmates In effects to further tho bllt M , stnra turnCfl mo ,, ' r alms of their husband s lives, and shar- nml to offor eart U) a cd their satisfaction In seeing clrcum- momber of tho chorus.-Rlchmund Timcs stnnces Improve as tho years passed. ! r)jSj,atch. Such was the Into Mrs. Wilson, who ' was, like her husband, tho child of a minister. Mrs. Taft nnd Mrs. Rooseve't nro women of this type, nnd so wero tho wives of Harrison, Garfield, Hayes, Grant, Pierce and Polk. Miss1 Florencu Folsom, although of a family classed as comfortably well off, wns not nn heiress when she becamn tho wlfo of President Clovelnnd, her gunrd Inn nnd her father's law partner. Sim stepped from tho schoolroom Into tho most difficult position In American social life, and In splto of her youth, filled It so ably thnt sho won universal admiration and esteem. Although few of tho wives of tho presi dents havo been heiresses, qulto a num ber of their daughters-in-law, daughters anil nieces havo had that advantage Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Inherited sovoral largo legacies from tho family of her mother, who was MIbs Leo of Boston. Bbe was given an ollowanco for her dress by her grandmother, Mrs. Jjr.o, which was far greater than that at tho disposal of the averugo married woman In society, 1'ow girls of 1!) have found themselves In hucIi coinpleto financial llidepi ndence. Miss Harriet Lane, th(, nlcco of tho buchelor President, Buchanan, was heir ess to a fortune which for thoso times was very gicat when she acted ns host ess at the Whllo House. Mls.i Lane had been educated abroad, and whllo her undo was minister to England she acted ai, his hostess, win ning tho especial admiration of Queen Victoria. Miss Lano spent a largo por tion of her private fortune In tho hospi talities of tho White House. Her position was more onerous than that of any other "First Lady" slnco Martha Washington, not only becauso ., . . . . .. . iu mo niimoor ut united states officials whom her uncle was compelled to re ceive, hut because his circle of acquaint ances In foreign lands was so great that, unofficially, h constantly entertained tho notables of other countries. In this U never spared expense and both ho and Miss Lano drew heavily on their financial resources. In 11C0 Mis Lano was hostess of the Prlnco of Wales who later became Edward VII. Later In tho same year Miss Lano was hostess of tho first Japanese embassy to tho United States. Boston Globe. THE STORY TELLER. WHY HE WAS GENEROUS. An Ingenuous clerk In the British Ad miralty was a&kcd by a gentleman with second time tho gentleman called to ask wnettier a row nlecey mignt hi. nrtriea to tho band. To this the cloik cheerfully assented. "Wo cannot bo sufficiently Krateftil to you," said the gentleman. "for enabling us to havo so good a view of the review." "I am afraid," answered, tho clerk, "that you and your family will not see very much of It, for my room looks out Into a back yard, Phila delphia Star. ON THE SPOT. A youngster wont Into a merchant's 1 husy, otflco amI not Klng Immediate at- J h? c ; " i m in xi nuro 1 ou do, eh, slid the merchant. "And why aro you In such a hurry?" "Got tn hurry," replied tha youngster. "Left school yesterday and haven't struck anything yet. I can't wasto (imp ,..,,1 if , . ,1,i,in 111; 1 . "me .Hid u i u got nothing I 11 bo moving nn Tnr, nni,. i.. T ! , ? ? onls F0 .l ' . S .L l0nR ... 1 ' r " rt"S hen can boss. r , , " ' Don't have to come, was the quirk reply. "I'm here now and would havo been to work before this It you'd said so "Bos ton Transcript. , -.ii- l l 1 nu.iuu, 11. isjvxtrj. Aiimirai t ittcner is a proline story tell- , ' captain, ne continued, "-'.. eren 1 no iooq in It. 1 looked In and. captain. I met a cock roach coming outer It with tears in his eyes.' "New York Globe. CAUSE FOR CONGRATULATION. Ho was a renter .and at least every other season he was occupying a different farm. By a, friend's advice he had mov- ed the year belore Into an entirely new field, a dozen miles from his usual haunts, !in,j nn( not been seen for several montlis. when the friend did see him at last, it wns nt(. ,y accident, business taking him Into the old man's, neighborhood. The farmer balled him from tho cornfield and came out to the fence. "Hello1." said the friend. "Is this your farm?" "Yes; nnd I Jlst come over to tell you, sir. that I'll be ready tn pay part of that claim of your'n before long." "You must bn doing well." " I think I'm doln' fust rate, and I'm powerful obliged to you, sir. for headln' me this way." "I am always glad to help If I can " "I kn'owed that, sir, and that's why I come away over here so far from home. It's kinder .strange to me, but as long 1 ns I am doln" nt well as I am, I am goin' to stand It." "Are you making any money"" Tho old man's face brightened per ceptibly. "No, I ain't sir," he replied hopefully, "lui' I'm losln' It slower'n I ever done In my life before Argonaut. OUR KALEIDOSCOPE. PRACTICAL SOLACE. ThanksgMng day Its Joys will spread Before us, with a genial thrill. Although the dove of peaco has fled Wo have tho turkey with us still. Washington Star. SOUNDS REASONABLE. Pllk Several patients who had St. Vitus' danco escaped from tho Insane asylum. Bilk-How? Pilk-Why, they broke Into n ballroom where tho late dances wero being done, nnd no one could tell them from tho guests. Exchange. IN SUSPENSE. Johnny Pa, whnt is a "quandary?" Father It's what a man gets into when ho tells his wife a He and doesn't 1 know whether she believes It or not. Judge. NEXT BEST. Stern Pnrent-Hnvo I not always told VOU that VOII Hhntllil nlm lili-h thnt f.n I QUITE TRUE. J Wife Mrs. Brooks snys society Is hol low that thero Isn't anything in It Husband Well, there Isn't anything In anything nowadays, my dear, If you don't put Kimcthlng In it. Judge. A BREACH. Blnks Young Mr. Fllghhlgh Is certain ly a mini of promise Jlnks-So I hear. I understand Miss Butterfly Is suing him for fifty thousand. Judge. SAVED HIM TROUBLE. Professor You should study harder nnd try to take a degree. Freshman Wasto of time. When the governor dies nnd I Inherit his millions, I'll endow a university and they'll give mo moro degrees thnn I'll know what to do with. Boston Transcript,