THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , FRIDAY , JUNE 30 , 1911.
Parramatta a Fine Old
Colonial Mansion With and Official Life Golf
Beautiful Gardens Links For President
TAFT'S "Hummer
PRESIDENT " is ready for him
on the cool north shore of Mas-
Bachusctts , at Beverly. Spick
Bud span , lusldo and out , renovated ,
altered , replenished , it is really a
White lIoiiBO , because there it stands
nmld its groves , painted whlto to the
last Inch , the line twenty-two room co
lonial mansion , Parramatta , which the
Henry W. I'eabody estate rented for
the president's HBO this summer. Ilero
howill spend the busiest vacation of
his busy life.
This newest homo for the president
la n splendid place , in reality a beau
tiful park in which are sot groves ,
gardens , a golf links , a teeming trout
brook and acres of velvety lawn. But
its chief glory Is Its superb frontage
on the rolling Atlantic.
Precious little chance , however , will
Mr. Taft have to enjoy its beauties
and its comforts. lie is not going
there until congress adjourns that is ,
ho has said bo but perhaps ho may
change his mind. With the tariff and
reciprocity pending , It will bo far along
In hot weather before Mr. Tnft will
get n chance to enjoy n vacation.
Even then ho will have mighty llttlo
time for leisure with so many other
questions pending. And , more , oven
hero ho cannot escape officialdom.
Only five miles nway will bo the em
bassies of four of the powers France ,
Germany , Itussin and Italy nt Man-
chester-by-the-Sen. Ten minutes by
motor Is Manchester's distance. It Is
easy to sec , then , that Mr. Taft can't
glvo himself over wholly to sport and
llttlo social affairs.
Official and Social Life.
All the alterations suggested when
Mr. Tnft took the place have been
completed. Not ono was for greater
comfort All were designed for the
express purpose of facilitating the
transaction of public business. Dad
the president desired only n place for
pleasure and comfort there would not
have been need for n single change.
But Mr. Taft desired that Mrs. Taft
nnd his family be cut off entirely from
the official elde of his life , nnd this has
been done.
A separate entrance has been cut
through to the president's private office
and reception room on one side of the
.house , leaving tbo main entrance for
the family and a third entrance for
tradespeople nnd sen-ants. This office
entrance has been sheltered by an im
posing colonial porte-cochere
The grounds have been lighted by
electricity , and there arc electric sig
nals at various points to assist the
guards In kccrKhg the estate clear of
undesirable nnd uninvited callers.
On the estate there are two big barns
and a nine room cottage , the latter
close to the main house. The barns
have been transformed Into garages
for the dozen machines required for
official and family use. The cottage ,
Just across the shaded road known as
Corning street , will be used for sleepIng -
Ing and eating quarters for the secret
service men and for a waiting room
for chauffeurs and personal attendants
of the president's callers. The execu
tive offices will be In Beverly proper ,
on the main village street , as they
have been for the past two years when
President Tnft dwelt in the Evnns villa
on Burgess Point
Easy to Keep Out Cranks.
This place Is half a mile to the south
ol Pnrramatta. When he leased the
latter lat > t autumn Mr. Taft said bethought
thought his new home the most attrac
tive all round home on the north shore
nnd fnr more adapted to his needs than
the old one. Among other things , it
was hard to keep out undesirables at
the Evans place , and there were sev
eral amioylng contretemps when the
president's guards held up visitors to
Mrs. Evans , who continued to occupy
THE GLORY OF SAUSAGE.
Prussian's Aim la to Evolve a New
Brand of "Wurst. "
Whllo in this country one may pur
chase many varieties of sausages , it is
to Westphalia , Prussia , that wo must
look for the sausage In all its glory ,
Bays Harper's Weekly. There , it is
said , a trader will name you no fewer
than -100 different kinds , and they pre
sent n bewildering array of divers
substances In their composition.
At a German sausage exhibition held
not so long ago nt Berne , in Switzer
land , there were displayed 1.7S5 kinds
of sausage from various countries. It
is said that n good German would
rather invent a new sausage than any
thing else. At any rate , there is told
the story of the young Prussian who ,
though he had received an expensive
training as a chemist , shut himself
up in his laboratory and , instead of
devising a new dye , safety match , mo
tor engine , explosive , aeroplane or pho
tographic lens , took pork , veal , olives ,
pepper , fennel , old wine , cheese , ap
ples , cinnamon and herrings' roes and
from them evolved a wonderful and
totally original "wurst , " the best of
its kind Flo has amassed a consider
able fortune from Its sale.
"Store news" has much much in
deed to do with home-making , nnd
with family welfare. Store-news Is
home-news.
another mansion on her Burgess Point
estate. At Porrninattn the veranda
commands n view of the approaches on
three sides of the estate. It will bean
an easy matter to keep out cranks nnd
the importunate.
The house is in the best colonial
style. The design was taken by the
architect from several of Salem's ad
mirable old mansions , with the result
that it is beautiful In a characteristi
cally austere manner. Beyond the
spacious entrance hall which leads
from the front door on the veranda is
the living room , and beyond that on
the ground floor is the drawing room , '
now converted into the president's ox-
ccutivo office. This connects with a
small room to be used ao a waiting
room for official callers. It was hero
that the private business entrance was
cut through so that the living room
and the main entrance , together with
all the rest of the house , may be shut
off for the undisturbed use of the Taft
family. The otllce as well as the liv
ing room , dining room and a window
of the library looks out upon the ocean
nnd the rugged coast , which President
Taft says appeals to him so strongly.
On the second floor are flvo very
largo bedrooms , nnd ono of these over
looking the ocean has been fitted up
for Mrs. Taft On account of her re
cent illness she is expected to go
down to Parrnmatta with the family
BOUQO weeks before the president can
leave Washington. The president's
chamber Is also on the ocean side of
the house , while the other rooms on
the second floor look out upon n pleas
ing prospect of trees and water where
the trout brook runs across the mead
ow. On the third floor are flvo more
bedrooms , and there nro of course
many pantries , servants' rooms nnd
bathrooms In the bouse.
As for the grounds , there are few
along all this stretch of shore from
Nahant to Ilockport that can be com
pared with them. They were the bobby
of the late Henry W. Peabody , mil
lionaire merchant nnd traveler. The
name Parramatta he took from that of
a town and river in New South Wales ,
because he found a strong resem
blance between the scenery ot the
Beverly coast nnd that of the antipo
dean Island. Here on a tract of six
ty-five acres be set out to realize his
ideas of beauty In garden and wood
land. That was twenty years ago ,
and up to the time of his death In 1008
ho added each season to the treasures
of bis gardens. The Japanese garden ,
for example , Mr. Peabody created out
of a bit of swamp near the brook , and
in converting it Into the present won
der place be brought over half n dozen
Japanese gardeners to care for the
planting and acclimatizing of the flow
ers and shrubs ho procured from the
orient
Where President Shines.
The golf links over the meadow and
rising knolls within the sweep of the
ocean breeze has been laid out for
nine holes. The nine are sufficiently
difficult to suit a player of President
Taft's rating. Although he will un
doubtedly continue to motor over of a
morning to the unsurpassed Myopia
links , as he has done for the past two
summers , these home links at Parra
matta wilt give him a chance to keep
up his form at odd moments In the
day Then , too , if be wants n friendly
game with some visiting celebrity the
home links will offer on opportunity
for the contest to bo held privately.
The tees , approaches and bunkers have
all been put into shape , and the course
runs up hillocks and dowp dales ,
through hedges and shrubbery , across
fields and over walls , all of it capable
of being made entirely private.
The other essentials of a gentle
man's country place are all hero the
greenhouses , the barns , the vegetable
garden. These have been prepared
with care this year.
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24 LIVING CHILDREN.
Thirteen Singles , Four Doubles and
Ono Triple Clondcaux's Score.
August Clondcnux , aged forty-two ,
an expert glassworker of Ford City ,
Pa. , is en route to Belgium , his native
land , accompanied by his wife and
twenty-four children.
Incidentally ho also takes with him
a comfortable fortune mode in the
glass Industry In the Allegheny valley.
Clondeaux and his wife came to this
country twenty-one years ago , a short
time after their marriage.
Clondeaux Is n great admirer of base
ball and described bis family and de
parture as follows :
"Tho score Is 21 to 0" ( he meant non
of the children had died ) , "thirteen
Blngles , four two baggers and a triple.
Now we male a home run. "
Woman Deputy District Attorney.
George M. Brown , district attorney ,
has appointed Miss Mabel Albright as
deputy district attorney of Douglas
county , Ore. Miss Albright for the
present will have complete charge of
prosecutions of juvenile offenders.
Miss Albright Is the only woman hold
ing the position of deputy district at
torney in Oregon.
You learn "vnlxies" through reading
the ads , nnd through buying advertis
ed things. And that Is business edu
cation in its tiuest eense.
JOININGJIIE ARMY
There arc many opportunities open
to the tnun who enllsta in the United
States army and wears the uniform
of Uncle Sam vrltb honor to himself
nnd his country. The pny IB good , the
food la good , nnd the chances for ad
vancement nru numerous. It is up to
tbo Individual man himself to make
good and to take advantage of the
situation.
Writing in the Columbian Magazine
on army affairs , Edward Marshall In
discussing the status of the enlisted
man says :
Summarized , this In what man
who thinks of marching for his Uncle
Samuel as an enlisted man has to con
sider :
On flrst enlistment the soldier for
Old Glory nowadays gets $15 u month ,
far better pay , for Instance , than the
average clerk's , for board , lodging and
clothing arc furnished by the govern
ment If bo qualifies as marksman
bo adds | 2 to his pay ; If as a sharp
shooter ho gets $3 In addition ; If as
an expert ritlcmau a full third more.
Thus he may at once get ? 20 monthly
cash and found U be is able and keeps
busy.
If he cnllsto ns a musician he gets
$21 monthly to start off with , the
highest "rookie's" pay. In the signal
corps , the hospital corps and the en
gineers' corps first class privates get
$18 monthly , and second class privates
get $10.
Upon enlistment every man is allow
ed $83.70 for his uniforms , etc. , and
afterward $13.1 twlco annually. At
least one-half the men save money on
their clothing allowance , which Is more
than ample. Privates' pay increases
$3 a month for each three year en
listment. An expert rifleman whenever
never gets to be a petty officer , there
fore , can run his pay up , with good
conduct and Intelligence , to $85 a
month and all his necessaries "found"
In five enlistments covering fifteen
years.
Noncommissioned officers arc tnkcn
from the ranks on recommendation of
their company or troop commanders
and are often given their posts upon
their flrst enlistments. These men are
really well paid. A sergeant major Is
allotted to each regiment He receives
$ -55 monthly when ho is appointed and
$4 additional per month each time he
re-cnllsts. Iteglmcutal commissary ser
geants , regimental quartermaster's ser
geants and the three battalion ser
geants In each regiment get the same
high pay. Each company has a flrst
sergeant at $4S , with an increase of
$4 upon re-enlistments ; a second ser
geant at $30 , with $3 increase for each
re-enlistment ; a corporal at $18 , with
$3 each for re-enlistments. The gov
ernment acts as banker for the sol
diers , too , if they desire to have It , nnd
noncommissioned officers have left the
Bcrvico with as much as $20,000 , saved
not one , but many. If be sticks tight
to the service for full thirty years a
noncommissioned officer Is entitled to
retirement on pay ranging from one-
half to three-quarters of bis service
pay. Seventy dollars monthly is not
unusual pay for a "noncom" to retire
on. And every year of service seen
outside the United States counts as
two years at a home post A man ,
therefore , after fifteen years of service
in the Islands may retire on his half
pny.
pny.Tho
The food the "noncoms" and the
other enlisted men are given Is whole
some and well cooked , the medical at
tendance free nnd able , post and garrison
risen schools have been provided at
all posts for the primary branches ,
and at several posts trade schools
hnvo been established. A worthy
man , no mutter where he may bo sta
tioned , is almost certain to get trans
fer to a "school post" if ho nsks for
it. Cooking , baking , blacksmlthlng ,
veterinary surgery , electricnl nnd sta
tionary engineering , all are taught at
these trade schools , as well as many
other things. Thus a boy who has
bed little chance to get an education
may , after he has joined the army ,
get a very good one.
There seems to bo but one thing
which army life does not offer to the
enlisted man. But that ono thing is
home.
In its degree Indeed the life of the
enlisted man now offers more Induce
ments than the life of the West Point-
er. The commissioned officer's pay is
small when his expenses and. the ef
fort he must make to get commission
ed are considered , and , furthermore ,
the noncommissioned officer Is not so
subject to political influences as the
West Pointer , who gives him his com
mands.
Oysters as Rat Traps.
Catching nits with oyster shells is
the unique method employed by some
pearler * round about Itroome. Western
Australia. They leave a large oyster
on the floor ot the cabin at night It
opens for a breath of fresh air. and
the smell ot fresh meat attracts the
rats. When the rodent thinks he'll
try a little supper , the oyster sudden
ly decides that he doesn't like fresh
air. Nst morning the shell Is pried
open and the dead rat thrown over
board.
Woodmen Rates Unchanged ,
Buffalo , X. Y. , June 24. The move
ment to have this year's camp of the
Modern Woodmen of America increase
the number of yearly assessments
from ten to twelve was defeated , the
entire question of rates being referred
to a special session to bo held nt Chicago
cage next January. A report of the
sanitarium committee recommending
an appropriation by the executive
council of the money necessary to
complete and maintain the Woodmen's
sanitarium for incipient tuberculosis
at Colorado Springs was adopted.
Seven members of the bonrd of aud
itors were placed on a salaiy basis.
Xo change was made In salaries of
head camp ofilcers.
Atkinson Beats Stuart.
Atkinson , Neb. , Juno 21. Special to
The News : In an exciting game of
Steele , Pirates' Young Pitcher
Manager Clarke Believes He Will Develop Into Ono of
the Best In the Game
Photo by American Presi Association
baseball yesterday Atkinson won from
Stuart G to 7. The featuio of the
game was the pitching of Johnson nnd
the batting of Corey of Atkinson , get
ting ono homo run , one two bagger
and two singles out of five times up.
Batteries : Atkinson , Melnor and
Rnymer ; Stuart , Johnson and Shank.
Atkinson plays the Sioux City won
ders , n colored team , here Sunday.
For Register of Deeds.
Madison , Xeb. , June 24. Special to
The News : J. W. Jones has filed as
candidate for register of deeds sub
ject to the approval of the democratic
primary. Mr. Jones Is now engaged
in driving a rural delivery mail route
leading north from Madison.
Pierce Piano Recital.
Pierce , Neb. , June 24. Special to
The News : Mrs. Edith Ulrich gave n
delightful post-graduate piano recital
last night. She was assisted by Miss
Louise Edinger of Plainview and by
her brother , Leonard Nelson.
Chlcaaoans Die From Heat.
Chicago , June 24. The weather
forecast gives no promise of relief
from the heat wave. Three deaths
were attributed directly to the heat ,
while the prostrations numbered fifty ,
according to the police records. A
large number were cared for at their
homes.
SPITBALLS DON'T BOTHER
SWEENEY.
"I don't find that the spltbnll
bothers the catcher any in
throwing to bases , " says Ed
Sweeney , catcher of the New
York Americans. "It depends
somewhat on the pitcher , but
Russell Pord wets only a small
spot on the ball , and the chances
are small that the catcher's fin
gers will take hold on the wet
spot
"There have been times when
I have got hold of the wet spot
and bad no idea where I was go
ing to throw the ball , yet made
perfect throws. But I throw the
bnll with the whole hand Instead
of with two lingers and In that
| way gominlly avoid getting In
> trouble tliroupu the bnll slipping
off the lingers "
Well married , n man Is winged ; 111
mntwl. be IH shackled Heechrr.
Mrs. M. L. Freeman ,
Neligli , Neb. . June 24. Special to
The news : Mrs. M. L. Freeman , a
pioneer of Antelope county , died at
3 o'clock this morning after a lingering
illness of almost a year. She is sur
vived by n husband , two sons Minor
and Jess and a daughter , Fannie. No
arrangements have been made for the
funeral. The family has lived hero
thirty-three years.
Luke Reeves.
Madison , Neb. , June 24. Special to
The News : Luke Reeves of Ernerlck
died after a lingering Illness extending
back four or live years , during which
time he lias been an Invalid. Mr ,
Reeves had passed his "Otli year. Ho
came to this country in the early sev
enties. Ho leaves to mourn his depar
ture a widow , six sons and two daugh
ters John nnd Tliomns , residing at
Aiiisworth ; Clmrles nt Alliance , nnd
Richnid , William , Albert nnd Ellen nt
the old home nt Emerlck , nnd Mrs.
Hor'roeks , wife of the Emerick mer
chant. The deceased is an uncle of
the Reeves boys of this city. The
funeral services were held at 11
o'clock today , Juno 24 , at the Meth
odist Episcopal church , Emerick.
BOAT CREW ROBS A BOAT.
Five Stewards Are Put Under Arrest
by the Government.
New York , June 24. A wireless
message received from the transport
Kilpntrick enrouto from Galveston to
this port gave the information that
the vessel had been looted of govern
ment property by members of the
crew. This was followed by another
message stating that flvo stewards
were put under arrest and placed in
the boat's brig.
Upon this information assistant
United State's Attorney Gruber ob
tained warrants for the arrest of the
suspects and on the arrival of the
Kilpatrick today the stewards were
taken in custody.
GOLF IN THE SOUTH.
The Garve Was Played In Charleston
as Early as 1768.
Golf was played In Charleston at
tar back as 17bS In tin- City < 5a/ette
or Dally Advertiser ol Sept. 27. I Till ,
appears the ( ollowlng notice :
"Anniversary ot the South Carolina
Colt null will bi > held at Williams
coffee bouse on I'liun-diiy. 'Jlitli tnst.
v lien members are requested to at
tend at il o'clock precisely , that the
business ot the club may be transact
ed before dinner. "
For several years following may be
found calls for the anniversary meet
ings to be held at "the clubhouse on
Harlcstou's green , " a tract of laud
south of Boundary ( now Calhoun )
bireet , between ttie present IA _
and Ruik'dge btreots.
The fact that it was the anniversary
meeting In 1791 would show that the
club had been organized before that
date , but unfortunately the file of
newspapers In the Charleston library
Is not complete for some years just
prior , and one tin ( Is no earlier notices
of meetings or mention of the club.
But In the same journal of Sept 18 ,
17b8 , there is an advertisement of an
auction sale of a farm on Charleston
Neck , between three and four miles
from the city , adjoining Cocbran's
shipyard , bounding in part on Ship
yard creek , which , after describing the
different items ot property included In
the sale , states that "there is lately
erected that pleasing and genteel
amusement , the golf baan. " This cer
tainly Indicates that golf was one of
the local amusements of that day.
The word "Imuu" ( English-Dutch
dictionary ! means path , walk , way ,
etc. , and golf , according to the Ency
clopaedia Brltatitilca , is derived from
the Dnuli "kolf. " a club , and the
game Is doubtless of Dutch origin and
introduced Into Scotland about 1450.
Charleston News und Courier.
Too Many Numbers.
"You Inn.turgottfu your unmeT
said tht > kind policeman
"Yes , " tutu tlio victim of aphasia
"You see , I overtaxed my memory try
Ing to remember my name and tnj
house numbt'i and my telephone num
her and my automobile number am )
tbo number of my dog's license all at
once.-Washington Star.
Norfolk Girl Weds.
Madison , Neb. . Juno 21. Special to
The News : Mnrrlngo license weio is
sued to Jewell Glenn Good of Creston
nnd Miss Ella M. Buckemlorf of Nor
folk , nnd to Carl L. E. Wldorgren and
Miss Mlnnlo Elvirn Anderson , loth of
Newman Grove.
Stovail , Naps1 Young Leader
First Baseman Who Succeeded McGuirc Making Good
ns Manager of the Cleveland Team
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Photo by American Press Association.
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Photo by American Press Association.
Making It Worse.
Willie had Just received a se\erv
spanking. "Now. sir , " haiii his fii . -r
"you go straight over into the ci rut-
there and bit down. "
A fcemlhumorous thousht struck Wli
lie. Ho stopi i > d bowling , and a btiei p
Ish grin overspread his face , "dee
pn , " he remarked , "isn't that surter
rubbln' It liT'-EscImn e.
St. Valentine.
The Hth ot February la a day sa
cred to St Valentine. It was a verj
odd notion , alluded to by Shakespeare ,
that on this day birds begin to cou
ple , Hence , perhaps , arose the cus
torn of sending on this day letters con
talnlng professions of love and affec
tion. Noah Webster.
Ho Lost Out.
"Tes , sir , be wuz afraid o' the bonus
bustln' on him , an' no bo burled uJs
money 1"
"Has he got It yctr
"No ; he forgot to blaze the tree whar
it wuz , an' the man who owned tbo
land put up a sign , 'No TrospasMnK on
These Grounds. ' " IMttsburg Dispatch
Among the Fliers.
"I took a tiler In Wall street. "
"And the result V"
"Sumo old nvlatkni tievn fiw
start anil all ut u suddou u tearfui
bumpifhuiiKv. : .
Wiisti. out fresli tears ovur oia
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