THE YALE EXPOSITOR. FRIDAY. MAR. 2. 191 1.
CM
LDREN
LEADNj OFFICIAL'
v
IIR past decade baa wit
nessed a most decided
change In what might
be termed the status
of children as a class
In the higher official
circles of the nation.
Time was, and not so
many years ago, eith
er, when t here were
cnmnarativelv few
children of an age that entitled them
to be classed as young people In the
households of Uncle Sam's best-paid
servants. If there were Junior mem
bers of such households, they were
for the most part grandchildren or
cousins or nephews and nieces. Tho
result of this state of affairs was that
the Juveniles, neither collectively nor
Individually, were much of a factor
In the social activities of officialdom,
and very few of the entertainments
tn this sphere were planned espe
cially for the benefit of the younger
contingent of the community.
But, as has been said, the past half
core of years has seen gradual
charge of conditions that has made
"the Juveniles and the unmarried
young men and young women an ele
ment to be reckoned with. The ex
planation of the new state of affairs
is to be found, of course, in the cap
ture by younger men of a large
proportion of the most exalted posi
tions in the executive, legislative and
Judicial branches of the government.
No longer need a public man be a
grandfather ere he Is deemed to have
arrived at the years of discretion nec
essary to warrant the nation in en-'
trusting its most momentous affairs
to him. Something of this same
leaning in favor of younger men has
even been manifested on the part of
many of the leading . foreign govern
ments that send envoys to act as ac
credited resident representatives at
Washington.
The natural sequel of thi3 invasion
of young blood in our governing cir
cles is that the elders have been in
dulging in forms of entertainment
less staid and solemn than those ot
some years back why, President
Taft himself delights to trip the light
fantastic toe and the juniors of offl-
C-WyVi O VT II
S'l'ir" "1 ; MS ""fit I
-mwJM'iffM h '0 .. I
r i
r. x
ft T7 yiS V 1
claldom have had all sorts of parties planned
with especial reference to their well-known pro
pensities. The White House furnishes an apt
criterion as to the revolution la sentiment that
las taken place. Prior to the Roosevelt admin
istration there had been In many years only a
few periods when there were present in the ex
ecutive mansion children of age to Influence the
social program. Indeed the children of the Grant
and Hayes families were about the only, young
sters to liven up the old mansion since the days
of the Civil war.
With the arrival of Theodore Roosevelt, accom
panied by his half a dozen strenuous children,
however, time-honored traditions had a shake
up In favor of the fads of young hearts and young
heads, and this policy haa been pursued during
the Taft regime, although the present chief mag
istrate has a brood only half as numerous as
that of his predecessor. A noticeable exempli
fication of the revision that has taken place in
the social calendar is found in the prominent
place that young people's dances have occupied
of late years on the winter entertainment pro
gram at the White House. And In summer the
tourist may see Juvenile baseball games in prog
ress in the president's back yard, to say nothing
of the comings and goings of youthful riders on
horse or bicycle; roller skating on the asphalt
about the mansion; and mild "Joy riding" in a
natty electric phaeton.
What has been true of the White House has
been true In an equal degree of the cabinet
liomes. It is safe to say that the homes of tha
members of the president's official family have
during the past ten years sheltered more young
people In their teens (or Just out of them) than
In any other similar Interval in the entire history
of the country. And, today there is a liberal
representation of this Junior element in the cab
inet community. Secretary of State Knox may
be said to have but recently graduated from the
class of "dependant fathers" when his youngest
Aon eloped with a pretty Rhode Island girl, al
though the youthful looking premier has been a
grandfather for several years past. Secretary
Nngel of the department of commerce and labor
has several children, including a very attractive
daughter, and Secretary of the Navy Meyer has
two daughters who always dress exactly alike,
after the fashion of twins. There are also young
people In the family of Secretary of the Interior
.Ualllnger.
Jn the "near cabinet" circle mad up of th
households of the members of the "little cabinet,"
as the assistant secretaries of the departments,
the assistant postmaster general, etc., are dubbed,
there are a number of young folks. Secretary
to the President Norton, vvho might be placed in
this category, If, lndeed,v4ie is not entitled to
rank a3 the equal of the cabinet members them
selves, his children of the Interesting age, and
so have Assistant Postmaster General Stewart
and other of the proxies of the cabinet members.
Children have even invaded the conservative
supreme court circles In formidable numbers.
Time was when the thought of young people
in the homes of the aged and dignified members '
of the nation's highest tribunal seemed almost in
congruous, but as In other spheres of govern
mental activity this Is an age of younger men
on the supreme court bench, and this has created
a supreme court community with a number of
Junior members. Mr. Justice Hughes, who came,
so near to winning the coveted appointment of
chief Justice, has perhaps the most Interesting
family, consisting of three daughters and one son,
but Mr. Justice Day has several sens who yet
rank as young men, though they have left the
paternal roof, and there are grandchildren In sev
eral of the supremo court households who have
all the privileges claimed by closer kin. .
Probably the most interesting family in that
section of officialdom made up of the households
of the members of the United States senate Is
that of Senator La Follette, the insurgent leader.
There are two manly sons and two very beautl-
ful daughters, the eldest of whom has already
demonstrated her inheritance of her father's
marked histrionic ability. Senator La Follette Is
the chum and companion of his children to a de
gree that is almost Ideal. Senators Smoot, Dick
and .Tillman are other rvearers of the toga whose
children have become fairly well known to news
paper readers through the publication of charac
teristic anecdotes, and there are a number of oth
er members of the upper house of congress who
are kept youthful by their energetic offspring.
Among the families of the members of the
house of representatives children are so numer
ous as to render it impracticable to attempt a de
tailed roster. The recent elections which turned
the control of the house over to the Democrats
will likely serve to bring a couple of children
into the limelight the son and daughter of
Champ Clark of Missouri who is the fortunate
man who has been selected to succeed "Uncl
Joe" Cannoo as speaker. Speaker Cannon has
no young children of his own. but
he has had with him In his Wash
ington home much of the time the
two sweet-mannered daughters of a
married daughter, and since the vet
eran legislator makes his home ia
summer with this daughter at Dan
ville, III., he has enjoyed the com
panionship of these girls as continu
ously as he could expect to enjoy
the society of young children of his
own.
Gen I?onard Wood the new head
of the United States army, furnish
es another example of a man at
taining an exalted post at an unusu
ally early age. He and Mrs. Wood'
have three children. The sons,
Ieonard, Jr.. and Osborn, are of
about the age to enter college, but
the dainty daughter of the family,
named for her mother, Louise Con-dlt-Smith
Wood, is but ten years of
age. Some of the children of pub
lie men In whom the people of the
nation take the greatest Interest are
the little sons of daughters of former
national officials now deceased,
rromlnent in this category is Miss
Klizabeth Harrison, only child of the late exr-PresI-dent
by his second marriage and the youngest liv
ing daughter of an American president. Other fa
therless young folks for whom the people at large
feel a strong regard are the children of the late
Grover Cleveland and the, children of the late
United States Senator Dolliver of Iowa, perhaps
the ablest of all the leaders of the "Progressives"
in congress. ....
In our "official foreign colony.' made up of tho
families of the men of different nationalities who
are sent by their respective government to act
as diplomatic representatives in the United States,
there are many children. Moreover, inasmuch as
the foreign envoys have in many Instances mar
ried American wives, It naturally follows that the
children of such unions are half American. This
Is true of the children of the minister of Belgium
and Countess de Hulsseret and Countess Lulse AJex
andra von Pernstorff, only daughter of the German
ambassador and his Yankee consort. And. by the
way, it Is of interest in this connection that the
young countess is to be married this coming spring
to one of her father's secretaries, the Count
Pourtales, who also has an American mother.
Ilaron ilengelmuller, the ambassador of Austria
Hungary, and present dean of the diplomatic corps
(although, if he confirms current gossip, he may
reiign ore this reaches the eyes of our readers),
has a very pretty little daughter in her early teens
who has spent virtually her entire life in the
United States, her father having been stationed
here continuously for some 16 years. The minis
ter from Costa Rica and Senora Calvo head an
other family that has tarried long enough in this
republic to feel perfectly at home. Alike to most
of the Latin-American households, the CalTo fam
ily Includes a number of children, and these young
people are very talented in music and have form
ed an orchestra within their, family circle.
Senor de la Barra. the Mexican ambassador,
whose wife died a little over a year ago, and who
is about to marry his slster-in law, has two hand
some boys aged 11 and 13 years, who are being ed
ucated in American schools, and the Chinese min
ister has daughters who are acquiring a Yankee
education In the seclusion of their own home by
the aid. of an American governess, naron Rosen,
the Russian ambassador, has a pretty daughter, and
there is also an attractive daughter of the "bud"
age in the household of Marchese Susanl Canfal
onlerl, the new ambassador of Italy.
THE COURAGE OF LIFE.
The two virtues that help us along most in life
are trust and courage. Apart from the tragedies
invited by sin and violence and Belf-indulgence, a
large part of our trouble comes from anxiety, dis
trust, apprehension. It was not all frivolity that
dictated the answer of a young girl, who, being
urged to prepare herself for a profession or a def.
inlte work, responded: "I'm not going to look
ahead and worry. I can do a lot of useful things:
I can mend, and make salad, and amuse children,
and bo pat'nt and economical, and help people to
enjoy themselves, and I don't believe nice girls
starve." Courage and faith are always assets.
Kven If life goes back upon them and falls to come
up to expectations, the practice of these virtues is
Just that much to the good, and we have at least
not lived in the evil moment until It arrived. Har
per's Weekly.
ELIJAH: TAKEN UP
TO HEAVEN
Swtdap Scfcl LmsmIm Mar. 5, 2911'
SpciUr-Atrand for This Paper
LESSON TEXT-I Klnaja 8:1-18. Mem
ory veraea 11. 13;
OOLDBN TKXT 'Enoch walked with
God: and lit wai not; for God took htm."
-On. 5;2;
TIMK Probably about B. C. 900. all
yeara after tha affair of Naboth'a vine
yard, our last lmnoa (Aasyrlan SA7) tha
Ud yar of tha divided kingdom.
PLACE Arroaa tlie Jordan, opposite
Jericho, from whence Elijah was translated!
Elijah's public life extended over not
more than 20 years. The first 14
were strenuous and heroic, with crises
ltke thunderstorms. The Methodist
minister, who was complained of for
shouting so loud In his pulpit, replied:
"I am not singing lullabies; I am
blasting rocks." Elijah was blasting
rocks.
But for the last six years since the
vision of tSod, Elijah had been work
ing more on the plan of "the still small
voice." Once only did his fierce "woe
unto you" blaze forth, when King
Ahazlah, Ahab's son, sought aid from
Baal instead of the God of Israel. He
bad been training his successor Ellsha
who was full of Elijah's spirit of re
ligion, but manifested it in gentler
ways. Moreover, Elijah was the head
of the several schools of the prophets,
where he' could train and confirm the
members in their work of living and
teaching the true religion, thus quiet
ly undermining idolatry.
Elijah went with Elisha. as Piul took
Mark with him on his first missionary
journey. Elisha was Elijah's attend
ant and companion, student and friend.
Of these years it is recorded only that
the young man "ministered'' to Elijah,
"and poured water on his hands." And
Elijah said unto Elisha. Tarry here, I
pray thee. Elijah, Elisha, and even
the sons of the prophets, evidently
knew that Elijah's departure was at
hand.
Elijah's last Journey was clear
ly laid out for him. Its object was
two-fold; a natural desire on the part
of the great leader to revisit the
scenes so dear to blm. and his pur
pose to fix upon his disciples' minds
the principles and precepts he held
most important. Last words are best
remembered, and the sight of the
sturdy old man still able to make on
foot a Journey of more than 30
miles, his kindling glances, his ring
ing voice, must have remained with
them a precious memory, nerving them
to greater boldness in the cause of Je
hovah.
And 50 sons of the prophets went,
and stood to view afar off. The ab
rupt heights behind the town command
ed an extensive view of the river, the
nearest bend of which was five miles
away. With a delicate sense of pro
priety, tho young men kept at a dis
tance, but it was fitting they should be
witnesses of the scene, to testify aft
erwards throughout the land to Eli
jah! s favor with God and to the real
ity of immortality. For similar rea
sons the 11 witnessed the ascension of
our Lord.
Elijah said: "Ask what I shall do
for thee, before I be taken away from
thee." So God asked Solomon at the
beginning of his reign. This was
Elijah's last opportunity to do any
thing for his friend and successor,
and he wanted to make an expression
to him of his fatherly love.
Ellsha's answer was: "Let a double
portion of thy spirit be upon me." The
"double portion" was the portion of
the eldest son according to Jewish
law he received a double share of the
inheritance. Elisha did not ask to be
come an Elijah, but to succeed him.
He wanted the same spirit of God
which had mado Elijah so 'powerful, so
useful. What he wished was the
virtues of his friend. He was spired
with an irresistible desire to posse.-..
those glorious characteristics of devo
tion to duty, courage in danger, loy
alty to God. This is tho longing of
all noble souls, to catch and retain
something of the spirit of heroes and
saints. It was not a request of pride,
or it would not have been granted.
There appeared a chariot of fire and
horses of fire. It was a glorious body
guard; but Elijah did not go up in a
chariot, he went up by a whirlwind
into heaven. The marvelous effects
of electric light through prisms and
fountains, might give us some Idea of
the scene. It was In this ascent, as
in the ascension of Christ, that his
physical body was changed Into a glo
rious spiritual body.
And Elisha saw It. The ascension
of Elijah, which was the feign given
him by which he might know that" he
was to succeed to hl3 master's office.
And he cried, "My father, my father."
Elijah had been a father to him, in his
care and training, in love, and in
legacy. It wa3 the cry of orphanhood.
These words, too, may fairly be con
strued as suggesting an aspect of Eli
jah's character which Is generally
overlooked. Those who are most ter
rible in their denunciations of sin are
oftsn the fullest of tenderness and
love.
Elijah was not dead. He lived In the
record of his life. He lived In the ef
fects of his life. He lived in Ellsha's
work. He with Moses, returning to
speak with Jesus on the Mount of
Transfiguration, gives a new proof
that dying is only transferring our
existence to another field of serv;
where all we have gained In this life
will find ample scope. We are not to
be forever harping and singing, except
as our lives are songs, and our hearts
make music. But there as here we
shall "all be ministering spirits sent
forth to do service for then who shall
te heirs of aivatlea."
A Frequtnt 8paker.
A member for a northern constit
uency, who was one day reproached
by a disappointed supporter for never
opening his mouth in the house, repu
diated the accusation with indignation.
Not a day passed, he declared, but
that he said something; and it was
reported in the papers, too. In con
firmation of his statement he " pro
duced the report of the last debate,
and pointed triumphantly to the
"Hear, hears," with which certain
speeches were punctuated. "That's
me," he said. Tit-Bit. - - .
ALFALFA CLOVER.
SaTzer'a atrain of hardy, luxuriant Alfal
fa Clover growa everywhere and brings
front two to five rousing crops annually.
It's the vigorous, healthy kind planted by
Ex-Gov. Hoard of Wisconsin and thous
and of other miecessful farmers through
out the U. S. We are the largest growers
of clover, grasses, seed oat. wheat, rye,
rye, barley, potatoes, etc., in America.
J-'or 10c in stamps we mail you:
1 Tkt. Luxuriant hardy Alfalfa Clover.
1 Pkt. Billion Grass the 10 Ton wonder.
I Pkt. Silver King Barley 173 Bu per A.
1 Pkt. Bonanza Oats-Sworn yield 239 Bu.
per A. winning 4 l'arms in 1910.
1 Pkt. Spi'ltz the cereal hay marvel.
And 5 or more other packages farm seed
novelties or rarities, together with our big
catalog, bristling with seed truths all for
but loe in stamps, or send 2.1c and we add
n big package famous French bean coffee!
.lohn A. Salzer Seed Co., 182 South 8th St.,
I.a Crosse, Wia.
The Final Settlement.
"A verdict for $10,000 isn't bo bad."
said the junior partner. "How much
shall we give our client?"
"Oh, give him $50," answered the
senior partner. "But hold!"
"Well?"
"Don't be hasty. Promise to give
him $50."
COULD NOT STAND SUFFERING
FROM SKIN ERUPTION
"I have been using Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment for the past
three months and I am glad to say
that they cured" me of a most annoy
ing skin eruption. It began by my no
ticing red blotches appearing on my
face and scalp. Although they were
rather disfiguring, I did not think any
thing of them until they began to get
scaly and dry and to itch and burn
until I could not stand the suffering.
Then I began to use a different soap,
thinking that my old kind might be
hurting me, but that didn't seem to do
any good. I went to two different dec
tors but neither seemed to relieve me
any. I lost many nights' sleep in con
tinual scratching, sometimes scratch
ing till I drew the blood on my face
and head. Then I started in to use
the Cuticura Remedies and In two
months I was entirely relieved of that
awful pest. I am so delighted over
my cure by Cuticura Remedies that I
shall be glad to tell anybody about
it." (Signed) O. M; Macfarland. 221
West 115th St., New York City, Oct. 5,
1910.
Cuticura Soap (25c) and Cuticura
Ointment (50c) are sold throughout
the world. Send to Potter Drug &
Cheni. Corp., sole props., 135 Colum
bus Ave., Boston, for free book on
skin and. scalp diseases and their
treatment.
Advantages.
"You must have found the arctic cir
cle very unpleasant."
, "Yes," replied the arctic explorer;
"but it has Its advantages. The cli
mate is disagreeable, but the people
aren't .always worrying you about
proofs."
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTOIUA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
Jn Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
And many a man never realizes the
value of his home until he has occa
lon to collect the fire insurance.
The ocean is crossed In love by a
number of bridal parties.
THAT .
AWFUL
BACKACHE
Cured by Lydia E Pinknam's
Vegetable Compound
Morton's Gap, Kentucky. "I suf
fered two years with female disorders.
my health was very
bad and I had a
continual backacho
which was simply
awful. I could not
stand oa my feet
loner enough to coot
a meal's victuals
without my baci
nearly klllincr me.
and I would havo
such dragon? sen.
sations 1 could
hardlr bear it. I
bad soreness in each side, could not
Btand tight clothing, and was Irregular.
I was completely run down. On ad
vice I took Lydia E. IMnkham's Vege
table Compound and Liver Mils and
am enjoying good health. It is now
more than two years and I have not
had an acho or pain since I do all my
own work, washing and everything,
and never have the backache any more.
I think your medicine is grand and I
praise it to all my neighbors. If you
think my testimony will help others
you may publish it." Mrs. Ollih
Woodall, Morton's Gap, Kentucky.
Backache is a symptom of organio
weakness or derangement. If you
have backache don't neglect it. To
get permanent relielf you must reach
the root of the trouble. Nothing we
know of will do this so surely as Lydia
K. Pinkham's Compound.
"Write to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass., for special advice.
Your letter will bo absolutely
confidential, and the advice free.
X.TTf'tm
mm
if iff i' n .
Hurry Ends
in Indigestion
Use your teeth on your food or your
stomach will suffer. Quick lunches,
hurried eating, bolting food, are sure
to end, sooner or later, in some
form of indigestion, more or les3
troublesome.
&eeciotn
quickly relieve the distress caused
by hurried eating. They act direct
ly on the stomach nerves and actu
ally help the food to digest and
assimilate. They are particularly
good for nervous dyspepsia, bloat
ing, hiccoughs, bitter taste in the
mouth, and flatulence. With rea
sonable care in eating, Beecham'3
Pills will soon
Put an End to
Stomach Ills
Sold Everywhere. Ia box 10c. end 25c
AMI
Or THl BEST KrtCDlCIISiC
COUGHS & COLDS
IF YOU HAVE A SICKLY
' YOUNGSTER TRY THIS FREE-
Th family with younff children that ia
without sickness In the house now and
then ia rare, and so It Is Important that
the head of the house should know what
to do In the little emergencies that arise.
A child with a serious ailment needs a
doctor, It Is true, but In the majority of
Instances, as any doctor knows, the child
suffers from some intestinal trouble,
usually constipation.
There la no sense In giving It a pill or
a remedy containing an opiate, nor Is
flushing of the bowels to be always rec
ommended. Uather give It a small dose
of a mild, gentle laxative tonic like Dr.
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which, by clean
ing out the bowels and strengthening the
little stomach muscles, will lniraediatr.ly
correct the trouble.
Thla la not alone our opinion, but that
of Mrs. N. II. Mead of Kreeport. Kans..
whose granddaughter has been taking It
successfully and of Mrs. J. IV Whitin
of Iena. Wis., who Rives It to her children
and takes It herself. It Is sold In fifty
cent and ono dollar bottles, at every
drug store, but If you want to. test It In
your family before you buy It- send youf
address to Dr. Caldwell and- ho will for
ward a supply freo of charge.
For the freo sample address Dr. TV R.
Caldwell. 201 Caldwell building; Monti
cello, III.
Miss Bangs and Miss Whiton's
School for Girls'
TVrnnV EAST ACCESS of all parts of th city, and of lh rreat libraries
and museums. Opportunity given for attendance at Dubllo. atertainmont of
educational and artistic value.
THOUOUUH AND CONSERVATIVE TRAININO. moraL Intellectual and
physical, with expert supervision In very department, thus Insuring definite
and certain, results.
FACULTY LARGE, each teacher a specialist; and pupils assured, the Indi
vidual attention adapted to thflr respective needs.
PRIMARY, PREPARATORY AND ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS; also a
untrue department known as the UPPER HOUSE, for graduate and special
students desiring to spend the winter In New York in a congenial social atmos-
rihere, under the most favorable conditions for culture of social graces ajid foe
ritelllgnt advancement. The UPPER HOUSE U In a large degree fro from
the ordinary restrictions of a school.
REST ADVANTAOEH of New XotK available for the study of Mvulc Art.
Elocution. Languages and Dauclng.
PHYSICAL EXERCISES. Special attention given with the object of promot
ing health, grace and ease of motion and repose of manner. The gymnastic ex-en-lses
are In charge of a graduate ot lr. Sargent, of Cambridge, Maas. BUM
MER CAMP in New Hampshire. w
THE bUCCESS OF THE SCHOOL has been so pronounced that U baa re
ceived the highest commendation of the leading educators of the country as
wpII as of the highest official of the IT. 8. Oovernment; Miss Hangs and Miss
Whlton refer by permission to the presidents of ten colleens and universities
and to President and Mrs. Taft. Ex-Vice-President and Mrs. Fairbanks Jx
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, and the Chief Justice.