THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. FEBRUARY 20 ’ 1908 5, SE 1) Senctors Bailey and Davis, Who Are OutSpoken Cham- pions of Reform In Evening Dress In Washington Tr — | ENATOR DAVIS has scru ples against donning the evening clothes are on certain state occasions, with low cut vest and spiketalled coat, but never theless he Is fond of expan- sive shirt fronts and on the floor of the senate Is conspicuous for the amount of white covering his broad he Arkan is bos om. ‘1 member 1d father chil the try in 1 went al for Mr. Ro denti could carry “Wh man, lina 7" The president moment, then the south fice “Why thought Arkansas states bewildered—"why North Caro- for a senator seemed puzzled pulled the of the executive of to ndow Ww he said, with a laugh, “1 you were Senator Overman!” While mill New was absent for a few minutes from his seat a telegram arrived for him. of Jersey ed to find him. Upon his return sev eral members told of the Hamill sta page had given ger boy, and the latter turned to the t i got excit import men ha message, and it The for ried out to look fo ' ts th m it back to e he question todd the isth 0 best Colonel! Goethals CRM favor ment eral thought Chief teve oO m- t en AY tors former Engineer % probably understood the situat better than other man who has yet tackled the prob lem “Why. when It came to know- Ing that canal problem,” sald Benrtor Balley, “the Renn tor Morgan had them all beajen He made such a study of it that he knew the per. sonal character istics of every mosquito on the Isthmus” sen on any inte & THE BAILEY STYLE, The recent refusal of Senator Jeff Davis to wear conventional evening dress to a dinner recalls the fact that Senator Balley once objected to = attire, though he some time ago walved these objections, wearing evening clothes made much talked about at this time him This was not Mr. Balley's initial pro- | nouncement, however, on the subject | of wearing apparel. It Is related that when he first went to Gainesville, a briefless young lawyer, his low eut veut, extremely long frock coat, ex tremely broad hat and immaculate whiteness of tle appealed to the risl bilities of the natives, and on one oc casion won e, men attempted to have fun to Baliey's face on the subject of his clothes, The future senator sald not a word, but, turning on his heel, went howe and got a revolver. Returning, ne served notice that he proposed to wear which | customary | { the sentiment Representative James A. Ha- | The page searched | the cloakrooms and the lobby, but fall- | ' RICHEST OF SEASON'S BRIDES. | will The wh | His abstention from | fA reception at the White House on the ground that he was principled against a Tg Sa I ~ Representative Capron, One of the New Wits of the House of Representatives. Capitol Gossip J what he pleased and inquired if it was | distinctly understood that in the fu-| ture no comments were to made. | A very satisfactory understanding was | arrived at on the spot. | .. .. . . be One of the hardest workers in con gress Is Representative Adin C. Capron of Rhode Island. He Is also a good | story teller, and his brand of anecdotes is 80 well liked that when he begins to | { relate one In the cloakroom the news | travels, and the members on the floor of the chamber rush to hear it. It was | this which caused Speaker Cannon to say to him recently: “For goodness’ sake, cut out those yarns of yours while this codification bill is up. If you per- gist in telling stories | can't keep a quorum Some time age of a party here.” ade one raveled ion to of ! to be in » where she had spent her ry plac ! gl } ‘l After congressman had dropped lors going Hae s L}4 n after spread on thick he the subject, but he had the isl and nothing was too geod for hi that “Say, old man, gressional party, an un- fair advantage of the rest of us. You never told us that your wife was from this island.” “Well, she isn't" sald coolly. “1 was refer girl” Canadians were not i¢t in on the secret sald one of the con “that Is taking before Mr ng to o Capron r servant Mrs. Anne M. Weightman Walker and Her Coming Marriage. The fact that Mrs. Anne M man Walker i Easter Penfie in Ame Wi made a lle chur memorials of her 1 about 1 of the multin » ¢h te Wi lam Welghtmai » wdelphia, and for severa leath and after that tual manager of his large business The quarrels of this wil} excited uch i the and they eniminated in a notable trial, in which Mrs. Walker's r-Inlaw, Mrs. Owen Wister, song to break the sult ended mally, abandoning contest “scrap of yellow SOL aN) ur YOArs prior event w tl relatives os attention at 1 time slate sensat the paper” was Mrs. Wister when a MRS, ANNE M. WEIGHTMAN WALKER produced In court containing state ments about her written by the dead multimililonalre and which she did uot wish given to the world Mrs. Walker has recently sald that she purposed soon giving her relatives appropriate shares: In the estate be queathed to her alone. Mr. Penfleld i» & widower about her age and wealthy, | It Is I America likely | $2,000,000, HE opening of Henry M ler's Key West the Florida East way as far as Knight's Flag extension of ratl Key | Coast | slgnalizes the success of a remarkable | engineering project, It is also a great | personal triumph for Mr. Flagler, who stuck to his pet enterprise In the face of all kinds of discourngement. It was aften predicted that live to see the railway from New York to Key West completed now running to Knight's which point passengers by steamerito key West now recognized fnsuper engineering obstacle in thie WAY om the termi West At that point, w h t H tna he would never but trains are {rom conveyed Key, are and Havana there Is or hnancia or the Rpeeay that no able plet the nu is extension to only ninet miies fron nba without bre g£ bulk en 1 This I» an important gain considers the increase io volun ; trade with the West Indies and © uli res when o to come as one of the MRS. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. Mer tr of Noted Capitalist Wid Reported i. and Engagement to a C + Vanderbilt Hungary | erest on aoe Miss ana tf Had of ’ : x1 special It marriage of Glad . ee MRS, CORNELIUS VANDERRILY Vanderbilt to Count Kzechenyl Ac conling to some accounts of the affair, | one Hungarian count wooed the daugh ter In Europe last summer while the | | other Hungarian nobleman tried to get! | Into the good graces of the mother. | Mrs. Vanderbilt inherited from her! late husband, Cornelius Vanderbilt 24, the town house on Fifth avenve, New York, and the use of the Vanferblit Newport residence, known as The Breakers. The Fifth avenue house cost the late Cornelius Vander bilt $4,000,000 and was at the time con sidered the most costly and magnificent private residence In America, It has Satin reported that Mrs. Vanderbilt Is making efforts to sell this property. Bhe was Alice Gwynne of Philadelphia. Count Hadik is one of five brothers and inherited $100,000, but Is sald to have lost it. He Is a member of the Hungarian parliament. | may commercial prestige because of the re eent opening of the extension Knight's Key. To construct rushing Lo a rallroad across the waters of the gulf of Mexico | as they pour into the Atlantic consti tutes an engineering problem the ex- act parallel of which has never been encountered before. It is complicated by the necessity of bullding a portion of the line so that the tropical storms encountered In that part of the world not ruin the work of the engl neers before it has even been given a trial In the of trains. It is about 150 from Miami to Key West, and a natural foundation for the raliroad Is provided half the distance. But in the con tion of the Florida keys ng halfway, engineer isla ids or tion of support mies than struc went over 188 tture 6 {yy or speak, | i isting fort) the Culm terco The construction work has proceeded very rapidly in spite of the n dim ountered Bi tions were begun only years ago fut it was mil coral ago thy the little the broad fiat surf any culties en iiding about ions of years ace SHOE DAY AND ITS PATRON. An Or Started Phi Sull Form of anthr “Big Tim" vinal by van shoes and t} nur there Year on account of men of about 5.000 ber ont were “BIG TIM" SULLIVAN AXD HIS “SHOE DAY." blind and Jame were placed at the head. Each applicant called out the size of the shoes he wanted. “Guess 1'll have to have No. 10 this time,” sald one old fellow in clothing that had seen better days. “I thought you wore n 3 B" putin a man who was handing out footgear. “I used to, Judge, but since | stopped parading on Fifth avenue | ain't been so proud,” replied the reciplent. It'is sald “Big Tim's" Income Is close to £100,000 and that he gives away ev. ery year at least $20,000, a | medal for courage displayed in the sav- | ing of human life, | merous occasions has been acting head { who were following It Is rather unusual for a man tn | | Buch a high office as that of first as- | | sistant secretary of state to receive a | i | It ordinarily falls! to the lot of those In humbler stations to enjoy opportunities for distinguish- | | Ing themselves through exploits evine- | { Ing bravery and physical strength. But | Robert Bacon, who is Secretary Elihu | Roots right hand man and who on nu- | of the important state departinent, has | been an athlete from boyhood and, | though now approaching middle age, is still vigorous and fond of outdoor ex ercise It was owing to this and to! the fact of his being a Harvard gradu. ate that he chanced to be one of a party In a launch the Harvard racing bouts on the Charles river last A canoe October ahead, In which were two young men, neither of whom knew how to pslzed and the two canoe ists were of Mr, compan swim AF in dang t being drowned ROBERT BACON IF YOU HAD A NECK As Long ss This Fellow and had SORE THROAT ALL THE WAY Loown, TONSILINE WOULD QUICKLY CURE IT. 5c and 50c. Ni Druggishs. THE TORSH NECO.. Canton, § | neath to admit | polish : strong solution of {| hot dip the meta] In and when clean | take it out and rub with a soft cloth. | Apply onion juice to the metal, press | the paper smoothly over it, and it will —— HOUSEHOLD NOTES. 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