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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1910)
P- &ir 'J'W i a : - L! Mi LEADING MISTAKES IN LIFE i H uf- " III Hill 47lVk s VvYvKl JtJIL I eboi wm j i BTESySfv iv M pr f?'rw. HW1 ,4VW'"' tov V T l&r i . rii i I M ITTLK BYLITTl.K President Taft 1ms conic Into direct lino with one of the Roosevelt policies, and ho will follow It In tho future aa ho 1ms been following It for some weeks. It will bo tho rulo tit tho BUtnmor capital lit Hcverly. Musa.. ns It la todnv tho fixed rulo of procedure In tho White House The Roosevelt policy which President Tuft iltully has adopt cd ns his own Is tho method of receiving visitors which mh In force during the colonel's tenure of oillco It is possible that I'res ldent Tiitt nover will bo uhlo to adopt tho Hooscvoll polley of gel tins riil of his isltors, because the two men are constitutionally different In nt least one respect. It must ho said, however, that tho Roosevelt plan of recoiling quests has dono u good deal to save tho tempers of Whlto House visitant and tho time of Mr Taft. As everybody knows, an addition was mado to tho Whlto House offices some tlmo ago. In the Roosevelt days cnllers went Into the cablnot room tuid from thero either wero ushered Into the adjoining room, whero tho president sat. or waited whllo Mr. Roosevelt came out and mado n circuit of the cabinet room, speaking to one caller after another and getting through with Iii3 work quickly and yet without giving offense. Now Presldont Tatt has n circulur room all to himself, and whllo tho visitors nro allowed the two big rooms outside, It Is from these rooms they find there way to the president's presence, being let In eight or tun at a time, and not ono at n time, ns was the casn wbon Mr Taft first took office. Tho president has adopted the Roosevelt method of passing from visitor to visitor learn ing tho wants of each und trying as best ho can to suit each caller and to get rid of him as quick ly as courtesy will permit President Taft, how ever, Is so good natured and la so humanly Inter- ''sr-njSS'iS:' $? sh $ ift& 4, k3: ?"- S a WW Mvrre: ffocte fe? ii:K& ,3Ht aviik Afi, Th. mm m A- l fO fcffc BhKflKtf mwm' ? Balcony Plays Star Part In Por tugal's Wooing. i ? i. sw 'JVJ &&" GZ&CZjFJ Auerai; jsaefM.ey ro r rjefjszrvrl & V5V. ViVw: A. filPC a plfZCOxX WJSTSSP wSjfSir?'' y" w rS E30R . Girl Lowers Cord and Draws Up Ad mirer's Note It Parents Ap prove He la Permitted to Call. Lisbon. Mnrrlnge, as in tho lives ol many, Is certainly tho moat Important event In that of tho Portuguese woman, and, what is more, In the early days of courtBhlp It In nttondrd with some romance, for thero Is less Of business and moio of tomiince In tho wn of tho Portuguese lover Thin Is how the Portuguese cavalier conducts his affairs do cocur: If he sees u pretty girl In tho street with whom ho would like to becomo nc qualnted, ho follows her. He follows her in tho faco of all difficulties chaperons and duennas right to her door, and ho notes the address. Next day ho comes again and If tho young lady approves of him she will most certainly bo on the look out, but sometimes bard fato, an an gry guai dlan or a stem pnrent pre. vents her, and then the gallant youth is kept waiting. So If during a ramblo through Por tugal you should notice a young man loitering at the corner of tho street or gazing Intently at a house, you must not Imagine that ho Is medita ting a burglary or anything so des perate, hut know that ho Is merely n harmless and amorous youth gazing nt tho windows of his lady love. llo sure If there Is a way she will not keep him waiting long, for tho Portuguese girl Js a past master in tho art of Intrlguo. Soon she loans over the balcony ami Hiuiles at him, and tho happy youth, thus encouraged, ties a note, In which Writer Has Recorded Ten, of Which Most of Us Assuredly Have Our Sh.ire. Home of us may bo glad to bu (old that there nre only ton life m' lakes, for there seem to be ho many more, but a recent wrltor has catalogued them. Perhaps those me only the ton lending ones from which the smaller errors arise. Let's look over the lint and sou how many of them are ours: First, to net up our own Btandard of right and wrong and Judge people ac cordingly; second, to mciisuro the en joyment of olhura by our own. I bird, to expect uniformity of opinion in this world: fourth, to look for Judgment and experience in youth; llflli, to en deliver to mold till dispositions alike, sixth, to look for perfection in our own notions; seventh, to worry our selves and others with what cannot bo remedied; eighth, to refuse to yield in Immaterial matters; ninth, to re fuso to alleviate, so far a It lies In our power, all which needs allevia tion; tenth, to refuso to mnko ullow unco for tho lnllrmltlcs of others. S . ivtk ' l xc&'rvA IJ"Wt ml m VJ ib'VCflS iMHbtI 2Bm lJ.wi JJ ifar.L.Ty-M . ;. TtffMtvmniMi, 2l '' I 8 fWWBBS wxmxamm Jpje'Z?&l7,2MZn7TJ Ar&uS jP&SCSALTG- OFfYCr k m ,, xiPJ -yv&w wssr7& jvocr-e csted in matters not connected with politics or legislation that of his own volition ho lingers long frequently with individual visitors, and so whllo tho method of reception hastens things in a measuro It cannot offset tho delay that comes from tho president's apparent desire to uavo every gucat put Into good humor and to leavo him "with a smllo In hla heart." At the outset of the Taft administration vis itors saw him ono at a timo and tho ono who was talking to him did not feel the spur of hasto which Is now folt by the presence in tho room of half a dozen or a dozen other visitors, all eagorl waiting their turn und occasionally shift ing uneasily In their seats becauso of tho timo that tho ono who has tho president's ear is ta king up. Presldont Roosevelt, Just as President Taft, was humanly Interested In a groat many things which did not affect public matter For instance, if a well-known Bportsman nailed Mr Roosevelt would perhaps talk to him for half an hour about big game ahootlng or the best way to reach the haiintB of somo wild oroaturo which tho colonel never had hnd the pleasure of meeting at tlio end of tho gun. Ono of President Taft's hobbles Is baseball, and cvory league team that visits Washington calls at the Whlto House, where Ita members tnlk of curves, lushoota, drop balls und the best way to place hits, to tho man who, weary of railroad legislation and tariff talk, Is willing in spirit to get on tho diamond for a few minutes. President Tnft's good nature Is proverbial. During tho lato spring and early summor In Washington school children literally by tho thou sands poured Into tho capital. It seems that In somo cities tho children of tho high hchools give entertalnmonts during the wititer and chargu admission thereto. Tho money that Is thus ob tained la used to pay the expenses of the pupils to Washington. In casea whero tho children's parents nro ablo to bear tho expenses of tho trip the monoy Is used to pay tho exponses of boys und girls who otherwise could not undertuko tho Journoy. One day at tho Whlto Houao thero appeared a delegation of 450 school children. The prosldont had a number of appointments with sonatora and representatives and with prominent men from a distance. Notwithstanding this ho told hla secre tary that tho door should be thrown open and that the school children ahould be admitted. Ho not only mado them a 6pecch, but he shook handa with each ono nud had a word beyond the per- functory "Olad to ace you," to say to each pupil aa ho or eho went by. Tho etory of tho welcome which tho 150 chil dren had went abroad and for daya tho presi dent's mornings wero buay with tho work ot wel coming tho pupils of echoola from all tho eaetorn statCB. Tho children alwaya nro accompanied by several teachers, who chaperon thorn and malto preparations for their sightseeing. Aa soon as they reach Washington tho representa tive In congresB from tho district or districts In whIMi tho schools aro iituated are called upon, sssrn '"' Sornrczs- on zwb Jeceenvey vc? s&ns jjecrzosbrssr and tho congressmen In nearly evoiy case lead the waj to the presence of the president. Tho wondor Ib if the country knows how much hard work goes on In tho White House, not only In the president's office, but In all tho adjoining offices. If anyone envies tho private secrPtnry his position perhaps he would throw envy to the winds after watching Charles Dyer Norton go through one day's labor. The assistant secretary works Just ns hard as does the chief secretary and In tho offlce communicating with the room of theso two hard-working men is n room tilled with stenographers and dorks hard at work There la one White House clerk who has a most iJalnstaklng Job Invitations to tho semi public White IIouso receptions of course nro en graved, but us tho name of each person invited must appear en tho engraved ticket of admission which accompanies the invitation, ono line of tho ticket must be loft blank because tho engra ving of 4,000 Individual names, ono to go on each card, would bo an endless task and a tremendous ejcpoiiH. It is the duty of ono of tho olerkB to fill In tlic nameB and to do It uo that tho writing shall look as though it were engraved. This ho doos In a way that decolves tlio ordinary eye sight. A card of admission to one of tho Whlto Houao recoptions looks ns If it wero nil tho work of the engraver, so lino la the handicraft of the man who fills In the vacant line with tho tracing of his ordinary pen. About a year and a half ugo the clerk who did tills engraving died and It became- necessary to find somo ono to tnko hla place. It was supposed that this would bo n hopeless task, or that at tho best the BorvlceB of a man must be obtnlned who after long practlso might bo ablo to accomplish what his predecessor so successfully hnd done. To tho surprise of everybody tho first cards of invitation that went out wero Just as deceptive ns far as engraving and handwriting wero concerned as wero thoso that had gone from tho desk of tho man who for years hnd laborod at tho task and had arrived nt n perfection which it wna supposed no ono without months of practlso could reach. Ono of Presldont Taft'B dally tasks Is to sign tho commissions of offlcors of tho army and navy, and of men appointed to various positions in civil "AtMo jrjyf-'" ty C-Uss. wvj r, -j A uc life. Of course comnilBhlons nro for tho most part engraved, but thero nre names and dates to bo illlcd In and those aro written deftly and then tho pllo of pnrchniont Is lnhl on the desk beforo tho president, who frequently In a seemingly au tomatic way signs his nanio to commission nftor commission whllo carrjlng on with some visitor nt his elbow a conversation lelrtlng perhaps to intricate matters of state. The White Houso officials, secretin lea ami clerks have to concern themselves with all kinds of mntters. Secretary Norton Is the recipient of lettera from people nil over the United Stutes, who write to tlio president upon the most trivial affairs. When ono Inkcs into consideration tho fact that hundreds or persons who have really logltl mato business with the Whlto Houso either cnll or wrlto every day, it can be seen nt onco that tho secretary's hands, timo und mind nro well filled. There nro certain orders of rnnk which have to bo respected, and In a domocracy It Is pretty hrird work to convince tho ordinary citi zen that any man has tho right or precedence. As far as precedent is concerned tho president's audiences aro governed by tho supposed impor tance or tho visitor's official business. For In stance, ir u senator Is waiting to see tho presi dent and a cabinet officer happens to come In tho member or tho president's official family al ways will see President Taft first unless ho says specifically tbnt his business Is ot llttlo Impor tnnco and expresses a willingness that tho sen ator shall get to tho president ahead of him. A newspaper man with whom President Taft has had frequently pcrsonnl relutlons ror somo years went to tho Whlto House ono morning and told Mr. Taft Hint ho would Uko to sco him alouo for a minute if ho could, ami so tho prosldcnt took htm into a side room and closed tho door. They staid together talking for fifteen minutes and then tho newspaper nitin went out Into tho president's main ofllco, leaving tho president bo hind him to write a letter In seclusion. On entering tho president's ofllco tho caller met a senator who had been waiting for flftoen minutes. Tho senator la a Jovial soul and with mock solemnity of spirit ho bowed low to tho newspaper man. "Would you mind going back to ask tho presi dent," snld tho senator, "if now that ho has com pleted his affairs of stato with a newspaper cor respondent ho will consent to seo an humblo senator of tho United Statos?" Tho ambassadors and ministers representing foreign countries In Washington aro groat stick lers for precodonco and every known moans has to bo taken to prevent giving thorn offenso. It la almost Impossible- for any human bolng oxcopt ono or two or tlio stato department officials, to keep rigid track of tho rnnk of tho diplomats and tho nttnehes at all tho foreign legations in Wash ington. So It occasionally happens that somo second assistant secretary of tho legation of tho king ot tho cannibal Islands la nllnwed to get into a room ahead of tho first as8lstant secretary of tho legation of tho king of ballyhoo, and then thero aro black looks which If thoy could bo put Into words would bo tantamount to a declaration or wur against the United States. Tho American officials In Washington life nro not nbovo being piqued If a Junior guts in ahead or a senior, though troubles or this kind nro con fined na far ns Amorlcana aro concernod almost wholly to Boclnl offonscs, for sonatora, represen tatives, supremo court Judges and tho rost havo finally mado up their minds that at tho Whlto Houao ono mtiat tako his chung'ta of precodonco. D) 0 ft"-. nml ilSl mk 8 EPIDEMIC OF ITCH IN WELSH VILLAGE "In Dowlala, South Wall's, about, tir teen yeura ago, families wero Htrlck tn wholesale by n illseaso known iih the Itch. Ucllevo me. it bt tho most terrible dlsenso or its kind that. I know or, mi It itch en all through your body and makes your life an Inferno. Sleep la out or the question mid you fool ns If n million mosquitoes worn attacking you nt tho samu tlmo. ( knew a dozen families thut wero so affected. "Tho doctors did their best, but their remedies woro or no nvnll what ever. Then tho fnmlllcit tried n drug gist who wnB noted fur ami wldo for hla remarkable euros. People canm to him from all parts of tho country for treatment, hut his medicine mado matters still worse, mi u last resort they wero advised by i friend to uso tho Cutlcura Remedies. I am glad to tell you tbnt after n few days treat ment with Cutlcura Soap, Ointment nnd Resolvent, tho effect wan wonder ful nud tho result wua a perfect euro In nil cases. "I may add that my threo brothers, thrco sisters, myself nnd nil our fam ilies hnvo been users or tho Cutlcura Remedies for fifteen yenrn. Thomaw Hugh, 1C50 West Huron St., Chicago. 111., Juno 29, 1909." TOO SHORT A TIME. Soon She Leans Over the Balcony and ' Smiles at Him. ho dcclnrea his undying passion, to the cord which the fair lady has drop ped from tho balcony. Tho next day iho young man, buoyed with hope, comes again, but this timo ha Is bold er, for ho rlnga nt the door. U tho Inquiries which tho lady's parents will doubtless havo mado provo satlsractory, ho Is- ndmltted to mako the ncqualntnnco ot tho young lady and her family, and then should ho please and tho lady's rather bo pro- pared to glvo tho necessary dot, wed ding bells will end this llttlo romance. Onco married, the death knell or ro mance nnd all elso Is often sounded Tor the Portuguese brldo. Mnrrlod often when yet n child, alio has the caren of wlfoliood and motherhood thrust upon her. For, unlike her sisters or France, mnrriago does not spell her emanci pation, her freedom from tho cha peron. Tho brldo of todny has no more freedom than tho maiden or yes terday; without husband or chuperon she may not walk nbroad. A Jealous husband will often keep her ns closoly guarded as though alio hnd taken the veil. The lives, therefore, of tho Portu guese women nro often as barren nnd devoid of Interest ns thoso of tho women In tho rnr east. Certainly among the rising generation thero Is a growing unrest, a yearning far cul ture, a vnguo Idea that thero Is a world somewhere- beyond Portugal, but tho lives or many aro orten ns hedged In as their own back gardens. In fact, to inanj- their house nnd family, their klnlor or orange grovo, represent thoir whole world tho only world thoy know. It la no unusual thing to find a Portuguese woman v,o haB boon willingly inenrcoruted far scvornl yoars. One lady or my no qunlntanco told mo alio had not been beyond tlio garden for four yoara. "And you aro not bored?" I ox claimed in astonishment. "You dc not want to go out?" "If 1 should go out," alio ropllod lr her pretty broken Kngllsh, "I rest nol till I am returned; far who known what may happen In my absenco?" "Go out," sho continued with o shrug or her plump shoulders, "fat what for should I go .out? Hero J havo my children, my husband, m homo; what more can 1 want?" What Indeed? About the balcony a whole booh might be written. X W r( Wise Why did that woman's club disband? Sharpo Tho majority adopted n resolution limiting tho time of oaoh member for speaking on any topic to two hours. A Dreamer. "You any your boy JobIi la a dream er?" said tho lltorary lady. "Does ho wrlto poetry or romances?" "Oh," lcpllcd Farmor Corntossol, "ho don't wrlto anything. Dot ho Jes' nntcherally rofuseH to got up till 'J o'clock." Why He Believes Her. Evangeline Rachol uevor can tell anything without exaggerating It. John That'B why I bellovo hor when sho tolls her ago. Remember, girls, that pinning a $17 hat on a 17 cent head doesn't lucroaso tho vnluo of tho head. Tho fallow who buries tho hatchet may still havo a knlfo up his Bleovo. There's vitality, snap and "go" In a breakfast of Grape-Nuts and cream. Why? Because nature stores up In wheat and barley The Potassium Phosphate In such form as to Nourish brain and nerves. The food expert who originated Grape-Nuts Retained this valuable Element in the food. "There's a Reason" Read the famous little bookr "The Road to Welivllle," Found in Packages. rOSTtm GBUKAL COMPANY, Limited. Battle Greek, Michigan. P. V. c