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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1909)
USE HOTEL SAFES a i f MANY SEEM TO PREFER THEM TOf DEPOSIT VAULTS. 7 hi JC7Z Bust LJ " ?0m- is i '$ ir OTUU LTT.TT V V V Si" kT y 'fcL 'ikfeflC ft f r" t 5A -,. - clei K"--0.. sjl -i &' I r: : it ?A Va ". 7 m i a wr 3 4 r! feJ ftfl I & 8 1 M W2I ffAROMS DtT 1LLALOBAK, THE NEW SPANISH MINISTER- IU2 flrBt dn of the year is dt- cidcdly thu busiest iliiy ot llio twelvemonth for the for eign (llplomntn stationed in America. Thu odil part of it is that tin) manifold duties which mako January 1st the most crowded interval on thu calendar aro almost wholly in the nature ot so cial obligations rather than business tasks. Moreover, the responsibilities of this busy day rest equally heavy upon the envoys of the vari ous foreign powers that is, tho ambassadors and ministers nnd upon the secretaries, coun selors and attaches who mako up tho olllclal staffs of these dignitaries Even the women of the olilclal foreign colony the wives nnd daughters of tho diplomats ol high nnd low degiee share in the feverish nctlvlty of the dawning year. Indeed, their participation begins weeks In advance with frequent visits to the dressmakers, for, one anu all, these fair foreigners must have stri king new gowns for the momentous occasion. Tho explanation of this display ot energy on the part of a class of poople who ordinarily lead tho most leisurely exlstenco Imngluublo Is found In tho fact that New Vcar's day of each year murks the opening of tho official social season at Washington. It Is a day ot receiving nnd calling nnd dining (all in tho most formal way), for every body in national olllclal circles from the president down to the least Impor tant public official, but tho social mcr-rygo-'round, spins at a more lively gait for the diplomats than for any o( tho othor participants in Undo Sam's great annual dress parade. Not only do they hnvo to go more differ ent places in carrying out the day's program, but they have to do moro dressing than any of the other colebrl ties, not even excepting the high o Ul cers of tho United StatcB army and navy, who don their full dress uni forms for this occnslon. Indeed, It is the chore of getting togged out In their gaudiest raiment that compels tho diplomats to arlso soiiiowhat earlier than usual on Now Year morning. Official etlnuetto pre ecrlbes that each foreign representa tive shaM uppcar in lull diplomatic uniform or court dress on this sign ificant occasion Now bo It known, It lis no slight undertaking to put on such garb. Tho avorngo diplomat, nc niKtnnied as ho Is to fastidious dress ing, finds It pretty nearly as formid able a job as tho average American workman or farmer regards the donning of a dress suit. Tho diplomat's viewpoint will bo tho bettor ap preciated when It Is explained that not a few of these costly broadcloth uniforms aro bo i heavily encrusted with gold laco and other or Inaments that they are well nigh Btlff enough to stand alone. It Is a twentieth century coat of armor, bo to speak. In many Instances high boots are nn Item of tho court dress and usual ly a heavy helmot or fur turban and a long cloak that reaches to tho feet aro Included In tho costurao. Finally, tho diplomat, of any standing, covera tho ontlro fiont of his coat with the glittering Insignia of royal orders and Jeweled decorations each several times as largo as tho oruinary uaugu mm uuuuis m mo aggregate, considerable weight to the trappings of state. With tho tlmo-consumlng preludo of dressing out or tho way. tho diplomats, more gorgeously earbed than nny operatic chorus, aro ready for tho first fo'-mal function of tho day. This Is tho president's reception at tho Whlto Houbo. The foreigners, ull of whom hnvo carriages or automobiles (rented for this busy day, If they do not already possess them), must leave home 1 for the presidential mansion about 10:30 o'clock for they aro to have tho honor of be , tho' first persons received by tho preBlcVnt i niter he haB greeted his cabinet, and they must ' h in their duly assigned places iu tho waiting ino cro tho presidential party at 11 o'clock ' Xirn descends tho grand stairway and takes RtatloD in tho niuo parlor for tho recoptlon. it rd nnd fast rules must bo observed as to thr, order In which tho diplomats fllo past tho president. There are two divisions. First tho ntnliassadors. each accompnnlod by nil tho mombera of his staff and their wives, and then ho Sisters, each similarly attended. Places in each division aro assigned In accordance with tho length of time each envoy has ropro rented his government at Washington. That Is. statesmen who have beer, hero for years take precedence over the newcomers. At tho head ot tho lino wnlks tho nmbasBa ,mr who by virtue of the most lengthy sorvlco 1 1 Washington is the dean of tho diplomatic corns This post ol prestige is now hold by ' naron Mayor den Planches of Italy. Tho for elgTrs aro Introduced to the president by the secretary of state, who has tho boat of his cab Set colleagues In that ho Is thus temporarily in the limelight After tho White House rccepttou tho dlplo- HtWUn "ItWOR Uk.rt MAHVtttJ, M.AN Of-' Oil DIPLOMATIC CVHWi CITY OF 4000JB. C. FOUND lie elige of a kt f.,000 warn old have been Ti'iiinl in llabv Ionia 1" II" F'ctiih expedition which has inat.-i return home for a few minutes' test, and then a lit tle before 12 o'clock they set out for tho residence of tho secietnry of state. Here, at noon, an elaborate repast Is served. Tho average Ainorl can citizen would declare It a luncheon, but In social-diplomatic iihuge It Is a breakfast. Considerably inoio than 200 persons aro expected at this breakfast, so that it can bo seen that It tucs tho house keeping arrangements even in a mansion such as tho U)0,000 dwelling of Pulton- M 1 H"TJ?,l rw . rtfft, fc IrA ' iJ J'J M im f . ,- -j l fe-J A i$M 1 y iU KXnDKKHH HERJIM DE LAGERCRANT7.,.VNfJTER OF SWEDEN AND MS 3ECKTAKY gfpn K KErTO 3fci s&m ft?'. KT,L - 1 A2iw.-W ' s N jZ iH 53? VSA ' rn-z 7Z t TTOMFoFsECaETARV Of 'jrATE" 'KNOX . .... -. ..-,. ... - AlurDT THF rtBFOT "DIPLOMATI BREAKFAST" K JRVD ON NEW YJFflRJ DAY der Knox. Then, too, the same Importance at taches as at tho White House, to who goes first, so that servants havo to be carefully drilled and tho utmost care exercised lost some lesser dlplomnt receive more honor than Is his due, while some greater luminary is cor respondingly slighted. Tho entire afternoon of New Year's day the diplomats devoto to making ceremonial calls. Almost all tho prominent hostesses In Wash Ington, except tho wlfo of the president, hold receptions on this eventful afternoon. Most of the diplomats go llrst to the homo ot tho vice president, then "down the lino" of cabinet homes in tho older of their onictal standing; after which they pay their respects at the resi dence of tho speaker of the house of repre sentatives, nnd then follows Indiscriminate calling upon tho wives of senators, represent atives, army nnd navy olllcers and othor otll clal nostesses who are keeping open house. K cry where they meet other diplomats and public olllcluls of all grades, for calling Is gen eral at tho seat of government on tho first dny of the year. In accordance with tho Yankee Idea, only tho men of tho American households go calling on New Year's afternoon, but tho diplomats are in almost every Instance accom panlod by tho Indies of their households. It is past sundown when this round of calling Is concluded, but (hat does not end tho day for tho tired diplomats. Most of them havo been Invited to tho ceremonial dinners that, In grent numbers, closo tho day In Washington, hence they must hurry homo and chnngo to evening attire in order to greet yet anothor hostess be fore 8 o'clock. Va VTXco& WQi A RUSKJN STORY In 1858, when Ituskln was In his fortloth year, ho was asked by a friend to glvo some lessons in drawing to a child named Hose ha Toucho whoso numo Indeed was French, but whoso family were IrUh, There sprang up be tween ftuskln and this young girl a very charm ing friendship, which, of course, at the time could be nothing but a friendship. They wrote each other lotters and exchanged drawings nnd then for awhllo they did not meet. Ton years passod by beforo they saw each other, Mcanwhllo tho chUd whom ho had re membered as a blue-eyed, saucy, clever little blondo with ripe, red lips and hair like fine spuu gold, had become a very lovely young woman of 1R yeuis. They resumed their old ac uualntnnce, but In u very different way. Though Ituskln was nearly GO. ho gavo to Hobo La Toucho an adoration and a passion such as he had novor felt before. On her sldo sho no long er thought of him ns "very ugly," but was sin gularly drawn to him, despite tho difference In their years. Tho two met often. They took long strolls together In tho pleasant fields of Surrey, and at last Huskin begged her to niuke him happy and to be his wife. Oddly enough, however, she hesitated, not because ho was so much old er than herscuf, but becauBo ho had ceased to bo what sho regarded as "a true believer." Some of the things that ho had written shocked her as being almost atheistic. Sho waB her self, underneath all her gayety of manner, a rigid and uncompromising Piotestant. Sho used phrnsos from tho lllblc In her ordlnnry tnllt and when she spoke of marriage with .John Huskin sho said thnt sho could not endure to be "yoked with an unbeliever." Yet her heart was torn at tho thought ot sending him nway; and so for several years their Intimacy continued, ho pleading with her and striving hard to mako her seo that lovo was everything. Sho, on the other hand, read over thoso passages of tho Old Testament which seemed to bar all compromise. At last, In 1S72, when she was 24 and ho wnB C'J, sho gavo him her llnal answer. Sho would not marry him unless he could believe as sho did. His honesty forbado him to do ceivo hor by a pretonded conversion, and so they parted, never to seo each other again. How deeply sho was affected is shown by tho fact that sho soon fell 111. Sho grew worso and worso, until at lust It was (julto certain that she could not live. Then Ituskln wrote to her and begged that ho might seo her. She answered with a note in which sho reebly traced tho words: "You may come If you can toll me that you lovo flod moro than you lovo me." When Huskin read this his vory soul was racked with agony and ho cried out: "No, no then I cannot come to hor; for I love her oven moro than God!" When sho died, as buo did Boon aftor, tho light or his life went out for Huskin. Mun-sey's been at work for several years on the Bllo of tho Homan Susa, tho Shu shun of the Illblo and later tho cap ital of the ISinpororrt Darius nnd Art- axerxes. ..,.. According to details furnished to .i. T,u,iuii World, a mound marking tho slto ot tho city has been exca vated by M. lu Morgan uud wnfl found to murk the slto of tho ancient Klamlto ncropollB or tho city, ina excavations havo produced most as tonlshlng results. Hero the explor er found superimposed, ono abovo tho othor. tho romalnB of three cities tho oldest dating back to U. C. 4000. and below these tho signs of older bottlomontB of prehistoric till OH Tho recent discoveries show that far moro than a thousand years prl or to II. C. 1800 tho city was occu pied by the Dabylonlans. and that most of tho kings or that country set up their monuments In It. When tho powerful Semitic dynasty of Baby lonian kings contemporary with tho ago of Abrahnm was overthrown, tho i.in.nin n-calncd their Independ ence and retained It until U. C. G49. when tho city waa sacked by Aaaur banlpal, king of Assyria, who de stroyed tho palaces and temples. Explorations Bhow that the chief ...... ,.r nf Hie ancient city, aB of all those of the ancient east, was tho temple of o city "!. caso th0 B0d Sulll,na,t, which stood upon the acropolis. An oxp ora Hon ol io foundations revealed the records of Sea king of Chaldea, II. C. 2800. Fortunate y considerable Information as to the nature of tho sacred cdlllco and its precincts Is pre Bervcd by uu Interebtlng monument, which was discovered in tho ruins In tho center of tho modol aro tho Hgurns of two nudo men, ono holding a water Jar. These, no doubt, aro tho king and prloat performing tho ceremonies of lustxntlon, or coromonlal pu rification, which nro a great featuro of tho ori ental temples and ftciuent!y mentioned in tho religious Inscriptions. Valuables Aro Kept In These Recep tnclea by Quests for Years at n Time Some Notable In- stnncea of Fact. A woman walked up to the counter of a fashionable hotel ami asked for a .package of valuables which was In tho wife. "If I had not wanted one particular thing I suppose I should huo left tho package where It was for another three ears," alio said to the clerk. "Yen." salil the clerk In answer to o question afler the woiur.ii left, "that packet had leally been In our safe fnn three eais. Vh, we han all sorts of valuable papers, Jewelry and oven inoue thai aie entrusted to our Ueop-f lug for yeniH ul a time. People scum to prefer a hotel safe to a safely de posit vault. One reason, perhaps, Is itlmt It costs nothing. Another is that, tho standard of hotel eletks has im proved. "It Is astonlHhlng tho amount of jewelry I hat people keep In hotel, sufeii. or course, tho owners have originally idopped In the hotel, tiiii they go awn, IcaUng their valuables, and I hao known ituch peniotm to ln gone as much as two ears and never jiuike an Inquiry about their property In that time. i "To show j on how much eonlldenco people hae In hotels and their em ployes, I might mention that the other day a man canio In hero ami put four $1,000 bills In an envelope, wrote his name on tho latter and asked mo to put It In the safe. Not long ago u. twin actually did the same thing with seven $10,000 bills." The clerks of several other hotels talked In a similar strain without any outside suggestion. 'Tit bet I have handled more than a million dollars' worth of jewelry to day," said ono. "Look here," and ho opened the safe and piled bW or eight big Jewelry cases on the counter, but hurlcdly put them back. "In ono or thoso 1 know there Is over $200.00 worth, and what I showed you was only a few of what tho safe contains." Up at u big hotel near tho park tho employes are greatly concerned about tho freedom with which a wealthy for eign woman who Is stopping there dis plays her Jewels. Every ovenlng Hho wears a ropo of poarls that goes onco around her neck and then falls to her knees, to which Is attached a lorg nette. Everybody who has seen tho Jowoln has exclaimed at their size and perfect mntchlme. nnd wealthy natrons of tho house who havo sold as well as bought Jewels say tho necklace Is worth not a cent lesn than $200,000. Tho owner went tho other day Into ono of tho big Jewelry houses and business was Immediately suspended while every body crowded ubout to admire thu necklace. How It Started. Now, when Jacob had given the "savory kid soup" to Isaac, and tho; latter, pleased with the gift, had given to his son tho much-sought-after pator nal blessing, lo, Esau stuck his headj through tho tent flap and did pour, molten words upon tho trick which had scabbed him or his birthrlght.'i Anil alter soma hours, when his an ger was wollnlgh spent, he shot tho topic sentence straight: "Why did you do It?" Then did Iuaao call htm near and look Into his face. Also did Isaac smack his lips and point to tho re mains of tho repast and say: "I love my Esau, but oh, you kid!" Whereupon Noah, who happened to. bo strolling by, carefully tucked tho ijeat Into oiled paper and did put It Into tho ark, whence, with much odor and moro odium, It was brought forth by humorists bouio 4,000 years later. St. iouls Republic. Primitive Mills in Drazil. Vice-consul Do Young, writing from Santos, calls attention to tho Bmnll corn grliidlng ma chines iu Hrazll: . . "In tho Interior ot Hrazll a primitive meuiou of producing comment by pounding Instead of grinding is practiced. Tho Instrument known us n 'mojollo' works automatically, and consists of a tree trunk balanced on tho bank of a stream, ono end of tho trunk being hollowod out to form a largo cup, whllo tho othor end Is in tho form of n postlo. Water filling the cup depresses that end or tho log, whoreupon the water runs out and the othor end falls back to its original position, tho pestlo striking tho corn. Somo modern corn grinders have recent ly been introduced, but thero la a good Hold lor a very small und inexpensive grinder to tako tho plnco of tho 'mojollo' In tho Interior, where Hour iiiIHb aro rare and each family grind.) Its own corn." -, Onion as Tale-Teller. i . '(. c t Thorn' a divorce. . . ? Tla a very Bad affair. An onion is at tho bottom of It. Of yoro hubby was fond of onions. Ho ato, nnd nto, and wlfoy Btood It Then ho foil In lovo with a festivo maiden. No moro onions for him, much to Ills wlfo's surprlBo. Tho moro she thought or It, tho moro sho wondered ut tho change. Not only did ho desert tho orodoua onions presently ho deserted altogether. ' Museum In a Prison. Paris Ib to havo yot another mu seum of tho revolution. It Ib to bo fitted up In tho Conclergorio prison, nnd tho two apnitmonts devoted to It aro to bo tho Sallo des Olrondlns and tho cell occupied by Mario Antlonotte. This cell Is to bo lltted and furnished exactly as It wus when the unhappy queen awaited her fate In It, and a number of uuthentic relics aro uvnll nblo. Among fnem aro Included tho queen's velvet-seated armchair, tho jamp by tho light ut which sho wrnlo her last letter, and the simple blank woodon crucifix which sho kissed on hor depnrture to the place of exccu-( tlou. A credit of 1,000 francs has boon voted for tho purposes of tho museum by tho Paris municipal council Queer Use for Food. Tho baked potato merchant Iu a comparatively modern Institution In 'tho London BtreotB, tho first potato can having mado Its nppoarauco, ac cording to Henry Mayhew, about tho, ryear 1840, says tho London Chronlclo. Fiftoim yoar3 later, when Mayhew,' published his "London Labor anu th London Poor," ho estimated that thero wcro 200 hot-potato vendors iu Lon don, each soiling on an averago flOO halfponny potatoes a day. "In cold wcathor," addB Mayhow, "tho pota toes aro frequently bought to wornr tho hands. Indood, an eminent divine classed thorn, In a public spooclu among tho boBt of modern Improvo-j meats, as forming an excellont med ium for diffusing worrath Into the Bystom by being held In tho Kiovoifc J hanuV '