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THE COLUMBIAN.
Ul,OO..iSHURG, PA.
THUIiSDAY, JANUAUY 0,
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
(Special Correspondence,)
Washington, I). C, Jan. 7, 1908
The results of the so-called riding
tests of mounted officers of the ar
my have been made public and the
report is not only interesting, but
like the late Artemus Ward's Kan
garoo, is "amoosinV It shows
that a large proportion of the "Coi-
nels" have failed to measure up to
fhe requirements, and, unless the
President changes his mind on the
subject, will be marked for retire
ment. This, of course, will make
opportunity for a lot of promotions,
and may have a wholesome effect
upon the personnel of the force. A
good many of the Generals and
Colonels of the army have been liv
ing luxurious lives in Washington
and elsewhere and would probably
have tough time of it if suddenly
called into active field service.
There is another side to the ones
tion, however. (Juite a number of
the Generals and Colocels of the
army have been and are still serv
ing on details in the -arious bn
reaus of the War Department' and
are required to mount nothing more
fractious than a high stool and
"sit" nothing more difficult to
manage than an office chair. Of
ficers who have grown corpulent as
well as gray in the service could
perform such service just as well as
the "lithe and willowy" young
sters who wear corsets and lead the
German in the post ball rooms or
at society funclious at the capital.
The retirement of the seniors and
promotion ot the juniors, in obedi
ence to the President's whim prom
ises, therefore, to be an unnecessa
ry and expensive luxury.
The htKiioroJs aspect of the af
fair, moreover, is revealed when
considered from another viewpoint.
A Colonel on the retired list gets a
salary of about $2,500 a year with
absolutely nothing to do. Most of
them are fairly well off and such
an annuity, supplemented with
their other sources of revenue will
enable them to live the aristocratic
life of "retired gentlemen," as
completely as if they had been
"born in the purple" aud inherited
dukedoms and barouies. It is not
altogether surprising, therefore,
that some Colonels who can sit a
horse like a centaur, should have
failed iu the horseback test or de
clined to enter the competition.
They have 110 chance of reachiug
much higher rank and have sons in
the service who may be advanced
by their retirement.
In other words it is broadly sus
pected that a good many of the
failures to meet the horseback test
were by design. A colonel in the
army at the age of fifty-five, for
example, has little chauce of pro
motion unless he happens to be a
Presidential favorite, under the
regulations which retire him at the
lge of sixty-three. But lots of
them at that age have plenty of
ability and ginger to acquire sue-1
cess in business or professional life,
ff they resign from the army to
take advantage of other opportuni
ties, they forfeit the chance ol a re
ared officer's pay in their old age.
ilut the crazy notion of President
Xoosevelt, of retiring them at any
ige in the event of failure to meet
his idens in equestrianism, gave
chance to kill two birds with one
tone.
Roosevelt is really a wonder.
Everybody laughs at him and yet
no man in or out of Congress has
che temerity to antagonize him. In
nis recent faux paux in the naval
affair there was ample opportunity
:o make him beg for mercy. I
have authentic information that he
has since admitted that Surgeon
General Rixey deceived him with
respect to the deliverance of The
Hague tribunal on the equipment
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of hospital ships. He offered to
compromise, subsequently, and one
of his friends, a man high up in
official life urged the acceptance of
the proposition for the reason, as
he stated it, that it "would enable
the President to save his face."
But it didn't enable Brownson to
recover the salary he forfeited by
resigning.
Congress will do little this week
because it will require a week's
time to get down to work after the
sixteen days recess. For that mat
ter it is the intention to do as little
as possible during the session.
G. D. II.
CANNON CALL HOUSE.
.'in Old Colonial Mansion on
the
Schuylkill ftiver.
Although It lies on tho west brink
of the Schuylkill, 110:13 ol tiio eld
timers in "tho Neck" were unfamiliar
with the traditions o" the (J.mrion
U...1 House, v.hlh stands Domo dis
tance from I'eni-oae Kerry roud aud
'uoui. halt or Uiiuc-g.i:ailt;is ol a nille
wi'-st of tho l'uii'uea Ferry b.'idija.
The house is notable for the wl.u'.ow
in iij chir.ii-.cy, vhk-h certainly is
unusual, it hn lecii explained that
:he window was not part ol tho or
isinal plan of the house, but was cut
i:Uo the chimney . Icr a convenient
lookout for offers of the Continen
tal Army at the tir.ie of the Itevolu.
tion. Tho house in near the river,
nw. i.ic from t.ie junction with the
Delaware, and at the time of the Rev
olution there was nothing to prevent
a cler view of the stream for a great
distance, a3 most of the ground iu tna
vicinity Is lov and the fort was built
on very low land.
While Col. William Bradford, tho
printer and newspaper publisher, was
in command of the fort near tho
house, known during the Revolution
as Mud Fort and later as Fort Mifflin,
the fortification was attacked by tho
British in force. This was at tho
battle of Red Bank, in October, 1776.
During the attack on the fort, it is
said, a cannon ball ploughed its way
through the walls of the house, and
although the family wa3 at dinner at
the time in the room through which
the shot passed no one was injured.
There is still to be seen in the walls
of the old mansion the place where
the shot entered.
On the old map of Scull & Heap,
published in 1750, the house is shown
lying in the township of Kingsessing,
on what is called Carpenter's Island.
It Is called Blakeley's housa and was
thr onl yone in the vicinity. Tho
date of the building is not readily
ascertained, but from the character of
the brick employed in its construction
it Is evidently of great age, dating
from the early years of the eighteenth
century. In the days before 1850 tho
house was to be approached only
from the east eMo of the Schuylkill
by means of the rope ferry at this
;:r!nt. Then the bride was erected
and, taking its name from the family
In the neighborhood, the Penroses,
who had the monopoly of the ferry,
the road was" called Penrose Ferry
road and the bridco given the name
of tho ferry. In recent years the
South western trolley line has brought
th Cannon Ball House into clover
to'-ch with the city proper. Philadel
phia Ledger.
The richest woman in Omt Britain
is Mies Emily Charott? Tnlbot, who
owns two rmpnlfVont estates which
inherited from her father, worth
about $7,000,000. Another rich wom
an is Miss Alhe de Rothschild, who
is very charitable and has a great
hobby for gardening.
Birds, when perched on trees or
bushes, are natural weathercocks, us
they invariably turn their heads to
the wind.
The finger of Bcnrn may be depend
ed upon to come to the point
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THE COLUMBIAN,
OUR 8LAVIC FELLOW CITIZENS,
Attitude of the Dohemlans and Poles
In American Politics.
American politics are for tho most
part quite n much a matter of purely
local interest as Polish or Croatian
j.oiities could possibly l Since tho
days of the anti.sla.ery movement,
which enlisted tho generous sympa
thies of tho old generation, of liberal
immigrants, our politics have involv
ed few questions of general interest
apart from soma of our present bo
clal economic issues. The educated
European remains on the outside of
American life quite as mucu because
it is provincial as because he Is. Con
sequently, unless he Is made over
Into a complete American, the for
eipner is likely to take part in our
politics only as a matter of business,
which Is to say corruptly. Among
the simple minded yet shrewd fellows
nt the bottom this is often quits
naively and innocently the case- A
librarian who is a good friend of tho
various nationalities wh0 work In her
town asked the Poles who were com
ing in and out of the library on one
election day what they were voting
for. They replied cheerfully, pleas
ed that she took an interest In their
affairs and that they had so good a
market tD report, "For $2." The
whole situation Is one which natur
ally lends itself to logrolling and
poliiical trading. When there are
groups of men with their full numer
ical share of political power with no
irse to which they want to put It
and full of clannish feeling it is very
easy for a leader of their own kind
to "vote" them as a unit. If he In bid
for by the offer of some petty o ""co
It gratifies not only him but his wuole
group who feel themselves vicariously
honored in his person.
While the conviction that Ameri
can politics are corrupt draws In
some men it keeps others out. A a a
Slavic minister said to ma: My poo
pic are not interested in politics they
say 'Das 1st mehr Geldsache.' "
As to political affiliations both par
ties count Slavs as members. In tho
niitehellum days tho slavery issue,
tended to draw Bohemians and i-oles
both of whom supplied gallant sol
diers to the Union, into the Republi
can ranks. It is Interesting to find
th.it the Poles voted for Grant in
15 72, tho first election in which they
were notaVly interested, not only be
cusa of his war record iut because
lv- reooprnlzed tho French republic
d'irii-.g the Prussian war, while his
o-poncnt, Greeby, was supposed to
have favored Austria in Italy and Ger
mnny in Alsice-I.crralne. Another
rcFnn for Republicanism has ben
tho simple and intelligible ono that
th Irish were Democrats. On the
oiher hand, in Chlct-go both Bohom
lars and Poles are said to be "nor
mally Democrats," nnd the explana
tion in the ca?e of the Bohern'-ns
1 that Republicanism infant the r.d
mlnistratlon end that Bohemians vera
readily led by then past experience
to .loin tho opposition. How far Slavs
in this country are naturalized it is
Impossible to say, the census ficu-es
on the subject being unusable in this
case. In Hadley, Mass., where forty
seven Poles own property" and 123
more pay a poll tax, only two are
naturalized, and I Judeu that tho
Americans were far from cTrslrim to
have more become voters. The policy
of the more enlightened Slavic lead
ers, on the contrary, is to urge citi
zenship, and one at least of the na
tional societies requires It.
In many places their vote 13 an Im
portant consideration. In the Illinois
St.oto campaign In 1906 both Republi
cans and Democrats nominated a Pole
for the office of State Trer.fliirer. Ona
cf these nominees had already serv
ed In Chicago as Alderman and as
City attorney. A number of Pnle.3
have sat in State Legislatures, both
as Representatives, and in one in
stance at least In the Sonata, nnd a
W!seon3ln Bohemian's d!ik In tho
Hottno was reserved for him on his
election rs a sort of farr.lly perquis
ite, or rather as a courteous recog
nition of the servhe of his father and
brother, vho hd preceded him in
oiP.ce- Charities.
How Thny Eeat the Glover,
The "Drapers' Record" has been
putting its finger on a weak spot In
feminine nonesty, to which It has giv
en the Ingenious name of "glovo nail
ing." It appears that a good many ladles
will put on a pair of gloves and wear
them for a whole evening, by which
time the "bloom" has quite been tak
en off them and then they will dis
cover somo defect, on the strength
of which they will demand a new pair
from the unfortunate manufacturer.
No doubt something of this kind
not infrequently happens, and no
doubt, also, the real cause of the troi
ble often lies, as they suggest In tho
fact that a lady who owns a six and
a quarter hand Insists on endeavor
ing to thrust It Into a five three quar
ter glove.
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Tho MOST COMrOMTJfBLM aapasidar mad lor saaa, youth or boy
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BLOOMSBURf
I A GIllL'S ClIAItlTV VAfliE 1 1
Iiicl(:.iinl!y They l.'nrt 11 Oivr.l .:.
cf I 1111.
Recently a totcrlc of tfrh, ! ear
ing of n poor family lift cU-stir.; .
on tho c:e:;th of tho father, d'-i,-r-itiir.otl
to liriji the m in Eor.i" ii,y,
fir.a'ly flecldlua; to have an evenii;;;
of variety entortalnnient. One ;irl
was anked to give some Imitatl-uib,
which the did very cleverly; hit
other snnp;, nnd two or three of tin
boys nnd girls did n very clever tithe
off from one of the comic opi'iaj
which was not at r.ll Lard mid afford
ed a great deal of enjoyment. At
tho end they had a serito of tab
leaux which they called "The Amer
ican Girl." The first was an Indhiu.
A very dark girl was chosen for th!.
and her costunio was made from an
old potato bag. Tho edges were all
frayed and It was tied loorcly around
tho waist. Under this she htid put
a white shirt waist, with tho nwk
turned in and the sk-evos t-.irmv! m
She left her hair looco cud tied a
band of ribbon, on which she h'u!
glued some turkey feathers, around
bor forehead, and with the aid of
many beads and bracelets tho effect
was most rcall.itic. The nt tab
leau was "Tho Puritan Mal.l." Tula
was very simply done. Thn t,l-!
had a gray dress, which k!u f.irt er!
in at the neck, and pluned on a 'ker
chief. She made a poko cap of white
lawn and she made n :no?t attractive
little Puritan. This wr.s folio.- ea
by tho girl of the Revolutionary
times, and after that ca.;io tho twen
tieth century girl, with a tennis
racket In ono hand an:! n olf sMek
In the other, unl nt the end they
made one tableau of nil groupa-l to
gether. The eiitertaiinr.fat jrove,
most successful and the girls weiv
delighted to find, on adding up lite,
money, that they had ninde ni-j. tj
dollars, although they had oj;ly
charged fifty cents ndmlsMon, ph.!
Incidentally they had hnd a go:,d
deal more than ninety dollars' worth
of fun.
Silk and Sntin for Garnitures.
It is not surprising to find ninny
handsome dresses embellished with
stitched bands of soft satin and ilk,
s'neo these fabrics are sched
uled among tho leading gar
nitures for the Esasou Black
and white combinations have alvi.B
an appealing charm nnd a splendid
effect is gained in this gown of white
French challis, stitched with banda
of Cluny lace and black satin. Tho
Ekirt is laid In plaits all around the
figure and the lace and satin ur
1 ranged at tho bottom In simple,
though fetching fashion. At the
waist Is a suggestion of the Empire
modes, which are rtradually dyln.'j
out, except for girdles, vests, etc.
The ehort-waisted girdle la of black
eatin touched with cords of tho pal
est pink satin.
Falling over tae girdles the blouso
is trimmed with Cluny luce, applied
at the front and forming the yoko.
Filet is mixed with tho Cluny in tho
brctelle effect and is stitched on
either side with three rows of black
BCtin.
I Tho newest house gowns of toft,
silky fabrics have all of the skirts
friling in clinging folds under slight
ly abbreviated waists. With this
are worn bodices softly plaited and
trimmed sparsely, though effectively
with tho laces ot fashion. A stitch
ed trimming about the bottom of a
skirt lends it weight, and weight is
an Important need of the thin, semi
transparent skirt.
Bean the 9 m 1,3,8 ml
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V mm
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