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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-
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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