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Temper and Temperance
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By CLARA INEZ DEACON
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T needs no inUnthte
knowlcdgo of state
craft to lot orio know
that foreign govern
ments, whon othor
things are equal
among candidates, aro
careful to Boloct aa
tholr mlnlatora or am
bansadors to tho
United Btatos men
who know something
about condition! In
thlH great democracy,
olthor through provl
ous subordinate sorv-
Ico horo In tho diplo
matic corps, or, as Bomoono has put it,
through tho medium of marriage, for
an .astonishingly, great number of. the
foreigners accredited to Undo Sam's
capital aro tho happy hunbanda of
American wlvna.
u ono or two- cases In which tho
wly.cs of the diplomats aro not of
ArjiarJc&ti birth, they nro of American
education, and thla has been truo in
many inatnncea of the helpmeets of
th men who havo como from tho
Orient to represent tholr nowly awak
ened countries in n land whore liberty
has lived for something over a con
tury.
Tako tt all In ail tho forolgn colony
In Washington Is Interesting, not only
In Its work, but in Us porsonnol, oCl
lal and family. Daron Uchlda, the
Japanese ambassador, whs chosen
for his post in part at least because
onco upon a tlmo he had served in a
junior capacity as an nttacho of his
K'.vprnment's legation in tho Ameri
ca casual, Morqover, his wlfo, tho
llMrontws' flchlda, received her entire
education In tho United States. Sho
la h graduato of Bryn Mawr, and it Is
ratlvor. the Usual thing for her to leave
Washington and Rocioty and" dlplo
malic domands behind her tOispond a
f.W days oach month undor Iho hos
Xdtfible roof of her nlma mator
Tiore aro seven inoraborB of tho
Japanese embassy in Washington but
only one besides tho ambassador im-
wlth tilm his wife. Madamo Kolshlro Matsul, tho
wlfo of tho counselor of tho ombussy, roBldos with
lier hiJHbahd at tho cnpitnl. Tlioro aro said to
be somo "now womon" la Japan and It may bo
tliot when tho Uaronoss Uchlda and Madame
Matsul roturn to their natlvo country thoy may
look upon tho now movomont among tholr ststorB
R ono not wholly to bo condointiod, ovon in an
rteM land whoro woman's subjection to tholr
lord and innstor, tnan, la supposed to bo complete
There two JapnncBo womon have taken an ex
traordinary interest in tho woman's suffrage move
ment and moreover thoy nro koonly nllvo to every
thing which portnliis to tho higher education of
womon. Tho Pennsylvania oducution of Madamo
Uchlda Rfivo hor something moro than what tho
world is accustomed to call book learning.
Only rocently tho minister frum Belgium to tho
United Btatos, tho Count do BulBHorot, Was troiis
ferrod to his country's legation nt St. Petersburg.
The count and countess, his wifo, lived In tho
.American capital for a long time and here tt was
-that their daughter was born, an ovotit which was
fcause for (front rejoicing, tor provlous to tho
-jtVrJvarrir the "little girl 'the' llulssoretu had boon
Wwwed only with boys, of whom thoro wore live
t help lck the trunkH (ho othpr dny far tho Jour
aiey to tho capital of tho czar's empire.
I Tho CountesH do Hulssorot la an American Sho
Is the daughter of aonornt Story of California,
"wkoso ratully for a great mauy years resided In
Washington. Count do llutosorot has bocn'suc
cocded ns Uotglnn minlntor by Mr. K. Ilnvenlth,
wlib comes to Washington from Persia. Mr.
'Jlavotjlth Is also married lo an American woman
who, tirlor to lior wedding, wnH Miss Holon
-'foMlke, ilnughlor ot tho lato Charles Ffautko of
'Wushlngton. Mr. Iiavonlth ut ono tlmo was a
junior attacho ot tho legation In Washington and
liofo he met. wooed pud married MIbb Ffoulke.
Mi'scema" ilka a string of coincidences, but tho
fact that throo Rotglnn ministers In succession
hove had American wlvos Is much moro than mere
coincidence. Tho predecessor ot tho Count do
Mulsscrot was the Daron Monchour, whoso wlfo
alro la nn Alnorlcan, tho daughter of Uonoral
I'owoll Clayton, former United StatoB minlsior to
MexJeo. tlaron Monchour has been twice married,
hi Hrst wife, like his socond, being an Amortcan
wtotnan.
There arc many reasons advancod for tho se
lection ot diplomats with American wives tor thu
American service, hut tho underlying reason un
doubtedly Ib that with nn Amortcan wife a dlplo
rout mora quickly guts In touch with Amortcan
molhotiB, manners and habit ot thought ami thoro
by at onco becomos bt grontor sorvlco to his gov
ernment. Mr. Jules Jussorand, the French ambassador to
tho XMtod States, probably 'Is moro familiar with
tho American spirit than uny othor man now rep
resenting n fqrolgn government in Washington,
unions It bo Jnmos Bryco, tho British ambassador,
of whom it Is only nocossary to Bay that ho
wrote "The A'orIcan Commonwealth," In order
to glv6 ono an understanding ot how closely this
ftuhjoct ot King Ucorgo has studied American po
litical nnd economic conditions.
Fiauco Is a roiniblo nnd thoro nro no hotter
Republicans than Juleu Jussorand. Ho bus a kcou
sb im
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nonso ot humor. It was
not long ago that Amor
lean gonoroslty .and
patriotism moved somo
citizens to prosont to
Franco n stntutu ot
George Washington.
Thla statute, erected In
n city of Franco, con
fronts u statuto bt tho
"Grand Monarch" Louis
XIV. Now Louis, as
tho world knows, wns
n groat boltovor In tho
divine right ot kings,
whllo George Washing
ton wns the American who did n good donl toward
shattering faith In tho God-given right ot mou
nrchs to rule ns thoy would.
Mr. Jussorand's observations oil tho probnble
thoughts ot Louts XIV. as he gazes day aftor day
into tho countenance ot Gcorgo Washington, are
well worth publication, .
Tho French nmbassudor's wife would havo boon
an American wore It not for tho fact that hor
American parents choBo Franco ns tholr long
abiding plucq nnd thoro In tho capital city Mad
ame Jussornud wns born. To nil Intends nnd pur
poses sho 1b an Amorlcan, Hor father was C. T.
Richards of MoBton.
If tho Idea otlll persists In somo places that
tho sending of ambassadors who havo Amorlcan
wlvos to Washington is merely accidental, lot it
bo said that tho prosont minister from Spain,
Honor do Htano, has nn Amortcan wire, nnd hla
prodocessor, tho Due d'Arcos, nlso led nn Aracrl
can woman to the nltnr, Sonorn do Illnno be Tor o
her marriage was MIsb Alice Ward. Sho lived
wlh hor grnndmothor, Mrs. John Wnrd, on Con
necticut avenuo In this city. Sonor Hlano at tho
time of his marriago was, ir ho will rorglvo th
expression, an underling in his country's lega
tion. He left hero with his wife to accept a higher .
post abroad and finally ho was made the Spanish
minister to Franco. Now ho Is back In tho natlvo
city of hla wlfo as tho head ot nn embassy in
which onco ho was n subordinate '
Tho American spirit scorns to tako hold ot for
eigners ns soon ns thoy reach this country. Tho
ambassadors, mlnlstera and nttachos who havo
young children, almost Invariably sond them to
tho public schools, to tho dismay ot tho proceptors
and precoptrossos of tho private schools which
nro attended by tho children of many rl,ch Amer
icans, who tor somo reason seem to prefer tho
private Institutions of learning to those which aro
equlppod and managed by tho public.
The minister from Costn Rica is Senor Don
Joaquin Ber
nardo Calvo.
Ho has a big
family which,
with tho min
ister himself,
roprdsents a
small country,
thriving how
ovor tt Is said,
even though
its geographic
al limits are
not widely ex
tondod. The
Calvo family
Is one aft
or Theodore
R o o s o v clt'a
heart. Thoro
aro twelve
children in It.
From father
and mother
down to tho
youngest child,
a little girl
tour years old,
ovory member
of this Costa
Rlcan family
plays somo kind of a musical In
strument. They havo a family
orchestra with tho father loading
at tho almost daily performance.
Tho violin, tho violoncello, the harp,
guitar, tho flute, Iho flagoolet, the
drum, tho piano, and tho mandolin,
all working together mnnngo to got
Into n harmony llko unto that
which marks tho Calvo relations.
Every ono of tho Calvo progeny
either has had or is gottlng an
American public school education,
ono of tho boyB by special permis
sion ot tho United States govern
ment, having been given nn oppor
tunity to perfect himself In mili
tary sclenco nt West Point.
Mr. Chnng Yin Tang is tho
minister nt Washington. Mr. 'Chang
Chlnoso
brought with him to Washington his wife, Mad
nmo Rhnne. and threo dntightors. His son, Mr.
Henry Chnng, was sont to this country years tn
advanco of tho coming of his parents tn ordor to
porfect himself In Amortcan ways and to acquire
an Amortcan education. Ho Is nt present study
ing at tho Goorgo Washington unhorslty. Not
long ago thoro was n wedding at tho Chlnoso
legation, tho groom being Mr. Henry K. Chang
and tho bride Miss Isabel Tong. Miss Tang, now
Mrs. Chnng, 1b tho daughter ot Ton Shon Yl, who
was Bont as n special ambassador by Chlnn to
this country two yenrs ngo to thnnk tho United
States for tho romlBslon ot tho Doxer Indomnlty.
When Minister Chang camo to Washington, ho
brought with him in addition to his family, two
daughters of his friend, Mr. Tong. Young Mr.
Chnng promptly fell In love with Miss Tong nnd
as has boen Omld thoy recently wore woddod nt
tho lcgntlorunnd tho wedding Is declared by thoBo
who wero bidden to seo It to have been ono ot
tho most picturesque and BumptuouB coromonios
over performed in America.
John Titus whlled away tho first
Sunday afternoon of his vacation on
tho porch of the llttlo cottage where
ho was n paying guest Tho greatest
excitement of the still afternoon in
tho primitive Maine village seemed
to be tha passing of country lads
with tholr lasstos In tho family buck
board. For a tlmo John Titus was
interested, but presently, his' hand
korchiof thrown across his face for
protection from flies and tholr Ilk,
ho dropped off into a peaceful Blum
ber.
Softly tho strains ot music began
to Issuo from tho windows of the
houso next door. An old-time organ
was being played in accompaniment
to a woman's voice, f AtJlrstlt seemed
to tho .dozing man that he was dream
ing, but as the strains became more
familiar he romovod the handkerchief
from his face and Bat up.
"No It can't be," ho said, almost
audibly. Then ho turned In the direc
tion of the sound and listened atten
tively,
"Father, dear father, como borne
with mo now," ran the song, "the
clock In the steeple strikes three."
Tho young man slapped his knee
vigorously, "Am I awake?" he asked
himself. "Or can it bo that somo
ono really sings that song yet? It
It seems Incredible."
But tho voice ran on even to the In
cident of "poor brothor Benny." Then
tho slngor, evidently loving to hear
hor own volco, bogan again at the
beginning and sang tho old song ovor
to its melancholy ond.
Aftor a while, though tho voice that
sang was unusually sweet. It began
to got on John Titus's nerves and he
paced tho porch.
"I suppose she will sing 'Where Is
My Wandering Boy Tonight" when
Stenographic Work Is a Good Developer
-f.4.44K-$--l
(Copyright, toll, br Auoclattd Liunrr FretO
"Tho demand for strictly first-class stenogra
phers," said n man acquainted with the business,
"is greater than tho supply. In this profession, as
in ovory othor, whllo thoro la apt to bo an ovor
supply of thoso leas woll equlppod, thoro Is al
ways room at tho top. But a man should not bo
satisfied eveu there.
"There uro stenographers who look on stenogra
phy ns jOn end, who uro content It thoy can .got
on In that; where ns it should bo looked on ns a
moans to an ond. Tho stenographer can't know
too much, no study or rendtng comes amiss to
hlmj t ho wero possessed ot nil knowledge ho
would somo dny find it nil useful to him in his
profession; but ho dooBn't want to Btop nt thnt.
"It ho hns tho knowledge nnd If ho nlso has
tact and good sonso nnd downright ability ns
Woll ns a really export knowledge of stenography
ho will some day find himself in tho employ ot a
man of affairs nnd getting not only good pay but
gotting besides n knowledge ot business that Is
Buro to be vastly moro profitable to him.
"A stenographor in tho employ of such n man
soon comes to havo moro roal knowlodgo of tho
business than tho bookkooper or tho cashlor or
th6 manager. Ho knows it from tho Inside and
from the top and If ho proves to bo a man ot dis
cretion and sound Judgmont as woll as ability he
is moro nnd more trustod; and nB his ability
comes to bo moro and moro clearly shown he
finds himself in duo tlmo a partnor or a mnnngor,
promoted to a higher post because at bucu n post
hla ability can bo employed to still gronter ad
vantage. "It ts a fine thing to Jjo a really expert stenogra
pher, but tho man with tho brainB and ability for
that should havo an Ideal, an ambition tor higher
worth still, us In fact many Btich stenographers
do have, nn ambition that sooner or later thoy
ronllzo. Soina of tho biggest men In business bo
gan llfo ns stenographers,"
i
Whlled Away the Afternoon.
oho has had enough ot this," bo soliloquized.
And as If by a mental message
received across tho garden, tho old
organ began tho very song ho had
dreaded.
"This is too much," ho said, as" he
went Indoors and sought quiet in tho
cottago parlor. His temper was ris
ing. "Mr. Titus," began a voice in tho
doorway whon ho was bocomlng In
terested in a magazine, "1 wonder If
ydu wouldn't liko to escort me to
night. My brothor unfortunately can
not go and well, I thought perhaps
you would seo that I got safoly to
church and back."
Mlsa Patlonco Parsons was tho
splnstor of tho household ot which
Titus was a temporary member, and
ho could not refuso so small a roqueBt
from a woman whoso Joys In llfo hnd
boen bo evidently tow.
"I'll be only too glad, Miss Par
sous," ho sold, smiling bravely.
Miss Parsons stepped In nnd beamed
down upon him. "I am suro you'll
enjoy tho meeting It's tho Boml-an-nual
tempcranco meeting of our
church, nnd wo havo special speakers
and stereoptlcon vlows for this even
ing," sho oald enthusiastically.
Titus groanod Inwardly. Then
suddenly everything bocamo clear to
him and ha know that ho muBt Bit
through all tho versos of "Fnther,
dear father," ngaln. The person noxt
door had boon practicing for the
meeting.
Too courteous to show his dlspleas
uro, Titus told tho spinster that he
would no doubt llnd It a most In
teresting evening.
Then ensued n dissertation by Miss
Parsons on temperance. Sho exhib
ited proudly her white ribbon.
Tea time cut Bhort Miss Parsons'
remarks, and afterward sho, escorted
by hor young friend, found her way
to tho protty vlllago church at tho
foot of tho hill.
Pretty girls with tholr Sunday
boaux wero strolling toward tho vino
covered building from every direction
nnd Titus nnd Miss Parsons found
themselves In the midst ot a crowd of
young pooplo at tho church doors.
Though, far from Interested, TltUa
listened attentively to tho speakers
and took part In tho protty sorvlco ol
tho church. Ho even ral3od his splen
did tenor volco to Its best pitch and
Joined In tho hymns of tho evening.
At last the organ struck up tho tune
ho had been dreading, but- whon he
looked up to see who was to sing the
song who it was that he had listened
to that afternoon with such irritable
patience ho was takon back. Stand
ing on the platform by tho side, ot the
great sheet on which wero' being
thrown tho stereoptlcon views stood a'
beautiful girl. Titus rubbed his oyes
and looked agatn. Yes beautiful was
hardly the word; sho was far more
than that. No wonder her voice had
sounded sweet in the aftornoon.
The girl stood there and sang until
thero was hardly a dry eye Jn tho
room, and with ovory vorso that-Bho
sang Titus fell more deeply a stavo to
her charms. Sho wsb so simple so
good--so different from girls he knew
back, in the city.
Then a happy thought came to him
she lived next door. Perhaps ho
might moet her even on tho morrow.
The rest ot tho mooting was any
thing but long to htm. He feasted
his eyes on the girl and was sorry when.
tno little mlalster had pronounced his
final benediction, and he, with Miss.
Parsons, was being elbowed about by
tho dopartlng crowds.
On tho way home ho asked about
tho girl who had sung.
"That is Miss Truo," his companion,
told him. "She is at homo for her
vacation and we begged hor to sing for
us tonight Sho Is studying music In
tho city."
"Sho has a wonderful volco," Tltus
said, trying to koep his own tones'
from sounding too enthusiastic.
"I'll toll her you think so," Miss
ParsonB laughed.
Miss Parsons told everything she,
heard, so Tltus had learned In his
few days' residence In tho houso.
When thoy roached homo he heard
voices on the porch next door. , Thoro'
was laughing,' and Tltus wished ho
might Join the gay party. Ho heard
tho rippling notes of tho girl's volco
and all night ho dreamod of thorn.
It waaat breakfast tho noxt morn
ing that ho again ventured to speak
ot her.
"Oh, hero she comes, now," cried,
Miss Parsons. "Sho's bringing over
the eggs. I'll tell her what you said,"
tho Bplnster giggled. Having beon,
deprived of romanco In her own life,
sho immediately scented tho begin
ning ot ono here. '
"I did enjoy your voice," Tltus
found himself saying, after he had;
acknowledged tho Introduction.
The girl laughed. "You save your
self," Bho Bald, with a reproving
finger raised toward him; "you say
my volco. Can yov. honestly say you
enjoyed the song?" sho askod. ,
Tltus Jolnod hor laughter. "As
you sang it yes," ho admitted.!
"Though I didn't think any ono in tho'
world ovor sang it any moro." t
"Did you ovor -cry over it when'
you wore llttlo?" sho asked. !
"I did," John Tltus confessed.
"Then wo'ro oven, aren't wo? Wo,
havo something in common with '"
ho thought sho was going to say)
"oach other," but sho continued "thej
wholo world."
After a halt nour tho girl, asked
Titus how long, ho Intended to re-j-mnln
In the little village.
"For a month," ho told her quickly,
though only that aftornoon ho had
decided that it was too slow and un
interesting to spend oven anothor
weok in.
When tho month was up ho took
homo with him tho promiso of
Margery Truo to be his wife. .
New Kind of Snake 8tory.
The subject was snakes, aud C. J.
Young of Tnlbott avenue remarked:
"Rattlesnakes aro by no means ex
tinct in Indiana. "Wo havo two well-'
defined species, tho prairie or swamp
rattler, a short, thick snake, and tho
rattler that makes his homo In tho
weeds or among tho rocks and is
longer, slcndorer nnd more nctive.
Thero nro yet mnny rattlers in tho
pralrio lands of this stnto and Illinois.
"A good many years ago I paid a
visit to a rclatlvo In Illinois. Ho was
breaking up somo now prairie ground
nnd was plowing with oxen. Tho
placo was nllve with rattlers. Ho
had protected tho logs of his oxen
with sheepskins with tho wool turned,
oui, ana no naa proieciea nis own
legs. In the same manner. When a
rattler would strlko ho would hang by
his hooked tooth caught In tho wool.
Ho carried a club attached to tho
plow and no snnko over got nway."
Indianapolis Nowa.
Population of Europe.
Census returns show that tho dens
ity of population ot ISuropoan coun
tries Is as follows: Belgium, C42 in
habitants per Bquare mlto; Knglnnd,
t)57; Netherlands, 451; Germany, aoo;
Italy, 30G; Austria, 241; Switzerland,
220; Franco, 202; Russia In ISuropo,
15)4; Denmark, 171; Hungary, 103;
Turkey In Europo, IBB; Sorvla, 160;
Portugal, 148; Scotland and Ireland,
137; Greoco, 132; Roumanln, 177, nnd
Spain, 101.
World'Ss Longest Aqueduct,
Tho longest aqueduct on earth is
now undor construction for Los An
golos. It will bring about 260,000,000
gallons of water per day from tao
Storms. 240 miles across desorts
through tunnels (one of them five
miles long), dipping into tho canons
by siphons.
