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ACON MAGAZINE SECTION. MACON, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1000. PACT? 1 TO 4. THE M BEACON. CHILDREN OF OFFICIALS. THE T FORM ATTRACTIVE GROUP OF JUTEXUE SOCIETY AT XATIOX'S CAPITAL. Sonf Many Public Men Earn Good Salarle and Acquire Prominence by Acting as Private and ConfiUcn- , tlal Secretaries. There la much truth In the oft-re-peated obserration that the real rulers at Washington are the children who constitute the sunlight in the homes of many of the nation's highest officials and of the foreign diplomats resident in the United States as Uncle Sam's alien guestB. Moreover, there has probably never been a time when the SECRETARY TAFT'S CHILDREN IN TIIEIR PONY CART AT WASHINGTON. (veMhanglng coterie of households which g to make up the official circle it the American capital has included 10 many junior members as at present. At the bead of the list, of course, itan the young people of the White rlouBe household. Of the half dozen roung folks of the Roosevelt clan, rheodore, Jr., who is attending Har rari, Kermit, the second son, who 8 away at school, now spend compara ively little time at the White House lave at holiday seasons; but Miss Vllce, the flaxen-haired Miss Ethel and he younger boys, Archibald and Quen in, are jnuca- In evidence at the Presl iential mansion, and one and all go in or ridiag, driving and the other strenu jus athletic pursuits in which their mrenta take such delight. Vice-Presl-lent aad Mrs. Fairbanks have a family )f sons and daughters which, though ifldely scattered most of the time, Is 'eunited several times each season in Vashligton. . During Many administrations the fresideava official family has been nade u of men well advanced In rears, waeaa households included few rourig people, but in this respect the (resent Cabinet is an exception, for in i majority of the Cabinet homos young unerica 18. wen represented. Secre ary of State Root has two manly sous md a daughter, Miss Edith, who is a mum or r.,aa Alice Roosevelt. Secre ary of War Taft has two lively chil- Iren a daughter, who Is a playmate of a.net Koosevelt, and a son yet young !r, who has the reputation of being a phenomenally bright lad a prestige OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD. to the fact that when his Uovernor of the Philippines lap picked up a knowledge rent languages. er-Qeneral Cortelyou has ;ome children. The two his 1 f four Post our h. oungeat are girls with beautiful dark yes, while the eldest are boys and 'oon companions of the two sons of iommlSHloner of Corporations Garfield, . son of the martyr President and one f the closest personal friends bf Presi t Tooaevelt. Secretary of Agricul " 9 ' -'"on has several children, but j ' iter. Miss Flora, who was so rt" t in the younger social circles ' Eton during the McKinley ition, has spent the past few Paris. The American colony ch capital also Includes the v, daughters of the Secre t reasury, but the son, Earl 'ns In this country. - f many of the nation's offl i'bled to earn handBome x Uncle Sam by acting as private secretaries to their fathers. A son of Vice-President Fairbanks is as sociated in this capacity with the pre siding officer of the United States Sen ate, while Jasper Wilson, son of the Secretary of Agriculture, has served his father in such a capacity for years past. Likewise, Senator Foraker and many members of both houses of Con gress have installed their sons as their confidential assistants. ADVISES LIMIT OF HUGS. Woman Speaker Tells Girls How to Keep Best Man. "Tf o mm is nhlitred to stnn in the midst of an ecstasy lie is likely to cotv.c back again. Whereas, if lie is sated" he is likely to hug another giyl the next night. Therefore, I say if you would keep your best beau limit your Mugs. This is unqualified commendation given by Mrs. S. M. Cory, of the So ciety for Political Study of Dr. T. S. llanrahan's rules for courtship. The doctor, rector of the Sacred Heart church of West Fitchburg, Mass., out lined his ideas of the curtailment of tenderness in a sermon to young women. "Lights in the parlor," he said, "should not be turned down too low. Don't be stingy with the gas. The final lmjr should be at 10 o'clock sharp. Young men should not stay later than this hour. "I thoroughly agree," declared Mrs. Cory, "with the 10 o'clock theory on stay-at-home nights. I am a firm be liever in no chaperons, and I think the young man should take his girl out and entertain her during the period of courtship if anything in that line is to be expected of him as a husband. If he is content to sit about the house all the time it is a bad sign. "The matter of turning the lights low is largely dependent on how pretty the girl is. if she answers the description of certainly plain, I should suggest that a little softening of the illumination might be a good thing. "A mother and a father cannot too thoroughly investigate the character of the man their daughter is to marry. And right here I should like to explode the theory that a good son makes a good husband. I think, on the contrary, the good son is so wrapped up in the virtues of 'mother' that it frequently blinds him to those of his wife. "A long engagement is bound to he had. .Warmed-over sentiment is much like warmed-over potatoes flat and tasteless. The fire and spirit go out of the love-making, and there you are. Despite this opinion Mrs. Cory laughs at Dr. llanrahan's statement that he cannot see what people find to talk about when they go together for years. "Love-making, which makes the lov ers such a nuisance to others, she ex plained, "is so all-absorbing that it sup plies all conversational needs, as any body who has ever been in love can tes tify." It Was Only a Counterfeit. Jacob Riis, the sociologist, in an ad dress to a workingmcn's club, praised generosity. "I see a handful of children here," he said. "May they grow up generous. May none of them grow up into such a man as an old banker whom I know. "He is a millionaire banker, and he lives in a palace, but his heart is as hard as steel and as cold as ice. "One of his men completed, the other day, his twenty-fifth year of service. For twenty-five years this honest man had worked for the banker faithfully. Me and his chief were both poor at the beginning, . but where, in the quarter century, the banker has accumulated mil lions, the faithful, middle-aged book keeper has accumulated only a few hundreds. His salary, you see, was only $25 a week. "He didn't think the banker would re member the twenty-fifth anniversary of his engagement, but the old man did. That morning he handed the bookkeeper a scaled envelope. George, he said, to-day ends the twenty-fifth year of your work for me, and vou have worked steadily and well. In tills envelop is a memento of the occasion. 'The bookkeeper opened the envelope. trembling and eager. Within lay his em ployer's photograph. That was all. "In the face of a disappointment so bitter the poor fellow could say nothing. "Well," asked the banker, what do you think of it? '"It's just like you" said the book keeper simply. SPAIN'S KING TO WED., TBB YOUTHFUL PRIXCESS OF EXGLAXD IS TO BECOME THE SPAXISII QUEEX. She Is the Niece of this Country's Re cent Guest, Prince Louis of Batten berg Princess tna Ihe Royal Beauty of England. All eyes will be turned towardpjin next May when the youngling Al fonso XIII. will takfl'-Jig m0st beauti ful and popular, Jiir'ncess of England to no nis queo . The young girl who has at last been selected to share the throne with Al fonso is the Princess Ena of Batten,' berg, only daughter of Princess Henry, the youngest Bister of King Edward. Ever since Alfonso became King bf Spain, and even when his mother acted as Queen Regent, his picturesque personality has been the talk of two continents. Long before he reached the marriageable age, even for a king, a new bride was picked out for him every day, and to members of his suite he would often say: "Whom am I to marry to-day? The newspapers surely have found mo an other wife!" Hut now that question no longer agitates Alfonso's court, for the beau tiful Princess Ena has been chosen after a search which led the young monarch all over Europe. Country af ter country was visited, hut the fas tidious young king was often con fronted by more fastidious young prin cesses, and after he had been out on his search for a while he found that royal princesses were not so anxious to become Queen of Spain as he had thought back in his luxurious palace. When Alfonso visited England a few months ago there were dozens of young noblewomen paraded for his inspec tion, but his eyes flew to the young Princess Ena, and Alfonso, the unim MISS OLGA This English Actress Would Who Have Miss Olga Nethersole, the distln- guished English actress who is now producing in this country a new so ciety drama, "The Labyrinth," speaks with intense conviction against di vorces to families in which children have been born to the marriage. When the production of the play was first broached to Miss Nethersole she was more than willlne to produce it not alone for the excellent opportuni ties afforded her for dramatic inspira tion, but she found that it had a seri ous purpose in teaching humanity an object lesson. In fact most of the pltya which Miss Nethersole has pro duced have hidden somewhere lessons to be taught the founders of homes. "Hervieu," she said In an interview, has shown in his drama, Tbe .Laby rinth,' the indissolvable bond the child makes between husband and wife and the terrible consequences of a disrup tion of such a union. What does marriage mean," she asked, "if not parentage? The rela tionship and responsibilities, not of husband and wife, but of father and mother, are those which should ba ac cepted when a man and woman are Joined in marriage. To tear apart by law the tie which binds a couple to gether, after they have brought chil dren into the world, Is to destroy the home and to rob those children of all the influences which develop them into good citizens. Divorce Is an injustice to the offspring of marriage; it places a bnrrier between them and one of their parents oftentimes both; it warps their development; it embitters their souls, N suck desecration of pressionable, was conquered. Few monarchs have had the mete oric career of this young King of Spain, and if the Princess who is to become his consort follows out the rules which have always governed hei happy young life Alfonso will have at last found someone to keep him in the way he should go an achievement which has never heretofore been ac complished. He has frequently ridden out of the Palacedjsgv'-asoeuarrf Of even a peasant, and has gone for miles horseback riding or to atteuii some little fete which has come to his notice. Days have elapsed during which the queen mother and the entire court have searched high and low for the boy king without avail, but before the incident could be made public the young monarch would come riding back the way he had gone, happier for his boyish prank and checking remon strance with the assurance that "I am the king." The Princess Ena is regarded as the beauty of the royal household. She is but eighteen years old, ankl is the only girl in the family. Her three brothers adore her and are constantly giving her a "ripping" good time. Her elder brother, Prince Alexander, was recently in this country as a "middy" with the fleet of Prince Louis of Iiat tenlierg, his uncle. This charming young woman made her debut last February at Bucking ham Palace and created a furore. She is the favorite godchild and likely to become the printipul heiress of Em press Eugenie. Princess Ena is an enthusiastic sail or and motorist, and is the constant companion of her mother on numerous little trips in their yacht and through the beautiful country for which their home, the Isle of Wight, is noted. She is especially gifted with dramatic abil ity, and in a recent amateur produc tion given in Kensington Palace she played the part of a vivandiere with marked success. She sings and dances exceptionally well. NETHERSOLE. Refuse Divorce to Couples Children. the home should be permitted by law." "But what of the many cases in which repeated cruelty makes it impossible. for a wife to live with her husband?" was asked. "Such domestic tragedies occur, It is true, and occur with sad frequency," Miss Nethersole replied. "But even then there should be no absolute dis ruption of the marriage tie. Separa tion solves the question. Let thorn live apart, although still married, and perhaps a reconciliation will take place, and happiness come out of misery, in the end. Then the children will still have a father and mother, although they may spend most of the time with one of their parents. There will at least be no possibilities of placing them under the care of another mother or another father, by a second mar riage. A spiritual nucleus, about which the home again might unite, would still esist. "Uniformity is the first step that is needed in the formation of the divorce laws of the United States. There are different codes In almost every State, and one may be a criminal in one and not in another. Then the divorces are easily granted on too many grounds. In England there are three causes for which divorce may be secured infidel ity, cruelty and desertion. In this country there seem to be half a dozen or more, but America la ahead of France at least In one respect. There people who may have beea divorced .nrny not remarry each other. Such a law Is a eln, for in the reunion of the :pelr lies the only hope for the salva tion of the none.' FORESTRY A NECESSITY. A ItltOAD, XATIOXAL SYSTEM OF PRESERVATION AOf A FAD XOR A FASCY. The Editor of the American Lumber man Urges Irrigation and Forestry Legislation-Quotes Some Noted Authorities. "ro'ho "American Lumberman" of Dec. 2, IMS.) n rnniiitl10 American Lumber- man reprints 1 1-. Maxw'ell ex. the speech of George H . ' tho American Forest Congress at Wasr." Ington, D. C, in the early part of Jan uary, 1905. This address has much to commend it to tho business men of tho country. It was termed the sensational address of the congress: and perhaps deservedly so called be cause it sets forth in illuminated words tho necessity of inaugurating a systematic movement looking toward the rehabilitation of forest lands and the planting or treeless areas. The gentleman who delivered this able talk on forestry spoke from ex perience and close observation. He did not dillydally around with tho usual commonplace platitudes about the im portance of forestry, but by illustra tion showed for what purposes the forests were intended and the com mercial value of their importance as compared with tho recognized bulwarks of the nation. While he conceded the necessity of an army and navy to guard invasion and to protect and up hold tho rights of tho people in for eign countries ho called particular at tention to tho desirability of maintain ing an adequato forested area iu order that the commercial interests of the United States might in like manner bo preserved. Mr. Maxwell's arraignment of the national lawmakers and his comments on the shortsightedness of those in charge of business interests were time ly. While not subscribing fully and unreservedly to the views expressed the American Lumberman believes that his severe condemnation of past and present methods and practices will tiring forth good results and that ila republication will again turn public attention to the necessity of adopting laws which will correct evils in the future and provide a system of a juster administration of the public land laws. The attitudo of the public toward forestry and Irrigation is a peculiar one. Men evidently fail to recognize any personal interests in such ques tions. Some are totally indifferent; 1 othera admit tho desirability of es-l lablishing reserves but want to leave: it to those who are more directly concerned. Still others are lukewarm and, while readily admitting the bene fits of forestry and irrigation pro jects, content themselves with waiting until there is more visible likelihood: of the movement being successful. I Still another faction is made up of those who are openly opposed to all forestry schemes, many national irri-' gation projects, and government inter vention in such matters. Until within recent years the forests of the country as a whole have been controlled by private owners. The J. e. niiFiiRAt'on, Editor of tho "American Lumberman". preponderance of tho country covered with forests bad deluded the people into a belief that they were of minor importance as forests and of primary mportance as manufacturing materials. The result has been that under pri vate administration the forested areas largely, have disappeared and at the present timo little if any attention is being given to providing for a sec ond growth. In the north the fires destroy what the loggers leave and Hie Most Satisfactory light Tho Angle Lnmp Is not the only method of lighting your home but token alt tn all, it is tho mesl satisfactory. For while it Hoods your room with tho finest, softest and mrxit reitftil Hcht. i!ntT your home moro cosy ami inviiine, it requires almost as littln attention as pas or electric l'it. is as simple aad convenient to operate ns either and act ually COSti lees to burn than the ordinary troublesome old style lam". i&,VT'wX-IC''A ftOTW' ? ilj:u to rat or electrtefry, pasollne, acetylene, or any ptber method of li.htinn. j This catalog tells bow the special Angle bflrner and the shape of the glassware (see abev Illustration) give combustion 60 perfect that tho An. la Lamp never smokes or smells whether burned at full height or turned low; why the l&lo Is lighted and extinguished like gas; the advae- iace of having the under-shadow of other lamps done away with completely, also why the Aagle ..amp boras n to X less oil than any other for the same amount of light And then offers yon a 4A nova IVfnl "d It doas mora gt to yoo thi benefit 4 our tea rears experitnea irtth all llffhttnf OVIiajS m a methods. Before you fonret fc-beforctrn tura ont this leit-write for catalog "lV1 iiMwJetiTheAloUnp&o.iii.n. THE ANGLE MFG. CO., 7-0 Murray St. New York. in the central states the forests give place to farms, in some instances not even a woodlot being spared? The people of this country unquestionably have abused the privilege of doing as they please with their own property for their immediate financial better ment, with the prospect of such prac tices resulting disastrously in the fu ture. Much of the land denuded of Its timber is absolute forest land, fit for no purpose except possibly grazing, and not of the best character even for that tiso. Nature will require years to replace this protec tion so that a new forest may be brought forth, and this change never will be possible unless the woods and small growth which nature uses as a basis of tho cover shall be protected. 'T is impossible to secure the adop ,, . , --looking toward the estab- ion of law r,lstom of national hshment of a x ,,, , bc de. scope without a w.v 1)t, b u mand for the change ,.ovom,,nt'over supporters to be an impif ))ave existing customs. Few Vn," tlie fiel(j the effrontery openly to take., as aj against tho forestry movement ,.PS. fair minded people realize the nei . sity of keeping a part of the country protected by a forest cover. The claim of science that forests are necessary to protect the rainfall as an aid in this regulation generally is admitted. 3 r i I) ' eZ' f ft hf? mitr rtr Mt"ti-etf&-,'iii( Mn'1 Mil ' firY t I 4' GF.ORGE II. MAXWELL, Executive Chairman, the National Irrigation Association. On the subject the attitude of the people as a whole is this; "Yes, for estry is a mighty good thing, but I am too busy with my little affairs to take any personal interest in it and then I would not be directly benefitted in any way. Let the other fellow who is going to get some advantage from it fight for it." It is about time for the public to wake tip and begin to take notice. Mr. Maxwell's speech strikes a high note and should create sufficient noise thoroughly to awaken the sleepers. F ORES TS SHOULD 1IEPROTE CTED. An Address Before the American Forest Congress. In the American Lumberman's ex haustive report of the proceedings of the American Forest Congress, held in Washnigton, D. C, in January last, in the installment presented March 24 was given the address of George H. Maxwell, executive chairman of the National Irrigation Association. In view of the early meeting of congress Mr. Maxwell's recommen dations, which follow, are timely aad valuable. I think tho mistake we make today and always have made is in looking upon this question of forestry as in any sense a sectional question. It Is necessarily as much a national ques tion as is tho maintenance of aa army or the construction o a navy. (Ap plause.) I wish I had tho power by some telepathic process of impressing upon the mind of every man present the picture that is in my own mind as I stand hore. I crossed the Mississippi river n my Way to the west a little over two years ago on a ferryboat on which was loaded a train of overland passenger ears; and as we crossed that srreat river opposite the city of New Orleans, during one of the sreatest floods In years, tint water was almost up to the tops of the levees on both sides of the river. It was a serious question whether the city of New Orleans was not in danger; and as we landed on tho west side of tho river we looked down over the bank and saw the plan tations uway down below the level of the water and exposed to overflow and destruction any moment that artificial barrier miffht break, before we had pone twenty-fonr hours farther west the levee did break and one of those preat crevasses was formed and it practically destroyed the crop for that season over a large area; though other localities and the city of New Orleans were saved by the diminished pressure of tho flood on the adjacent levees. (Continued on next page,) uurt-aiaioeue 10 sent free on request! ex plains how this new principle applied to burning common kerosene has so completely done away with all the Emoke, odor and bother of ordinary lamps that such peoi Rockefellers, Cam wouldn't Uunk ot i people as ex-rrcs. Cleveland, tne arnecies, cookea, etc. who if using ordinary lamps, have Jioaea THE Angle Lamp for lkhtinir their homes and estates in Dreference