Garber Sentinel. (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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WASHINGTON.—The leaders in ihe
insurgent movement against the
rules of the house of representatives
must have been desperately in need of
recruits when they tackled Represen-
tative Walter Brownlow of Tennessee
and tried to make him a convert to
their way of thinking.
The committee explained Its mission,
Mr. Brownlow listening courteously
the while. Finally, when the explana-
tions had all been made and the three
members of the committee were com-
pletely out of arguments and breath,
Mr. Brownlow spoke for the first time.
"You eay," quoth be, "that this IS a
movement to reform and liberalize the
rules of the bouse of representa-
tives r
"It Is," the committee agreed, with
unanimity and eagerness.
"Well, then." Bald Mr. Brownlow,
"you can't expect me to take much In-
terest In this fight, for I have never
read them. I don't know what they are.
A SNUB inflicted years ago upon an
American couple who were spend-
ing their honeymoon abroad has been
paid for at last. Slight as the affair
seemed at the moment. It has devel-
oped enough Importance to lose Henry
White, ambassador at Paris, his post
in spite of bis long experience in vari-
ous Important capitals of Europe and
bis other claims to notice.
It was back in 1886 that William
Howard Taft and his bride, a pair of
comparatively unimportant but blissful
Newlyweds, were dolug their honey-
moon In Europe. In the course of their
rainbow rambles they came to Vienna,
where Diplomat White was then secre-
tary of legation. There was some af-
ternoon function of the unimportant
sort coming off within a day or so,
which was given some degree of Inter-
est by the fact that royalty would be
the center thereof. Mrs. Newlywed
was Just dying to see royalty; Mr.
Newlywed promised that his bride
should see all the royalty that was to
be visible on the afternoon in ques-
tion. He asked Secretary White to see
about securing admission cards. The
request might have been fulfilled by
the sllightest hint from the legation
secretary to the proper official. But
Mr. White was not In that mood.
On the morning of the day for the
function Secretary White sent the fol-
lowing little note to Mr. Newlywed:
"I am sorry to inform you that I
was unable t6 accomplish what you
asked. The affair Is very exclusive.
The number of invitations is limited
and they have been ordered sent only
to persons of importance and distinc-
tion. I Inclose, however, tickets to the
museum, and trust that Mrs. Taft ind
yourself will spend a pleasant after-
noon."
One of the first clouds had appeared
in the Taft honeymoon, and the new
wife's disappointment was deep. The
letter still remains in the Taft mem-
ory and archives, and it Is the all-im-
portant document In the case of Am-
bassador Henry White.
To Build on Noted Tennis Court Ground
r<T (tic
THE White House tennis court Is
doomed.
President Tgft, who does not care
anything about tennis anyhow, has
told the men who are to add to the
executive building that he will not
atand for a two-story structure, but
that if more room is needed in the
building it can be spread out to the
•outh. To the south Is the famous
•pot where Mr. Roosevelt battled with
Ills tennis cabinet.
The architect who designed the of-
fice building, Mr. McKIm of New York,
made it as Inconspicuous as possible,
that It might not interfere with the
White House proper. Congress, how-
ever, added $10,000 to the cost of the
office building that its foundations and
walls might be made strong enough
to bear the weight of another story,
or several of them if necessary, In the
future. Now the congress has appro-
priated 140,000 to add to the capacity
of the executive offices.
Mr. Taft, remembering the points
made by architects in the past, al-
though not of an esthetic nature him-
self. has sacrificed the tennis court
and ordered an extension on the
ground floor.
Enormous Increase in Legislation
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LEGISLATION by congress has In-
creased almost Incredibly during
the last decade. Thousands of meas-
ures are Introduced at every session,
but the number enacted Into laws or-
dinarily is comparatively insignificant.
The development of the country's re-
sources and the Increased demands of
the people are Indicated, however, by
the Immense increase in the number of
laws passed.
"This increase," said Col. W. M. Pal-
mer, lu charge of the enrolled bills of
the senate, "has been particularly nota-
ble during the last ten years. Prior to
that time there was little variation in
the number of measures enacted into
It* by successive congresses. In the
last decade the Increase has been as-
tonishing.
"During the first and second ses-
sions of the Fifty-fifth congress 1,473
bills were passed by the house and
senate and 'messaged' to the president.
In the third session of the same con-
gress 644 measures were enacted into
laws. In the Fifty-sixth congress, 1,962
measures were passed; In the Fifty-
seventh, 2,781; In the Fifty-eighth, 4,-
041; In the Fifty-ninth, 6,940, and In
the Sixtieth, the congress which
ended on March 4. the number of bills
enacted Into law reached the great
total of 9.711."
Col. Palmer, who prepared and car-
ried to the White House all of these
bills, not one of which was ever lost
or mislaid, was appointed to the com-
mittee on enrolled bills of the senate
13 years ago from New Jersey by the
late Senator Sewell. Col. Palmer pre-
dicts that the number of measures
passed by the present congress will
exceed those of any preceding ton-
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RNINCPOINT
CHI N r. HOLDERS &L£
Tackled the Wrong Man in Tennesseean
except that they're blamed good rules
and no mistake. If you know any mem-
ber of congress who's got more for his
district since he's been In congress
than I have why Just you trot him
around. I'd like to look him over."
Whereupon the Insurgent committee
returned to headquarters and reported
to their big chief that Mr. Brownlow
was "hopeless." Mr. Brownlow's state-
ment about having done more for hiB
district probably thhn any other man
In the house Is no Joke and he wasn't
bragging when he said It. His capacity
for making congress take care of his
constituents Is a proverb Ui Tennessee.
He Isn't a man who gets up on the
floor of the house every day or so and
tears off about eight yards of purple
and gold oratory. Neither does he In-
troduce a bill a minute and wander
round the capltol waving them In the
air und demanding that he be recog-
nized at once for all of them.
No, he doesn't do these things, but
as a committee worker he is In a class
by himself. Why, it has come to be a
saying around the capltol that every
time Waiter Brownlow discovers a neg-
lected graveyard in his district he im-
mediately imbues It with historic "in-
terest and proceeds to give it to a
grateful federal government, "absolute-
ly free, gentlemen, absolutely free."
Old Snub Costs Diplomat His Post
■or mr Aftct.o-cH/ tt£ conser.
"Western Learning Taught Here" Is
now a popular sign In the streets of
many a Chinese city where, only a few
years ago, there was nothing but the
keenest opposition to the Ideas of the
"foreign barbarians." And not only
have these unauthorized teachers ap-
peared everywhere, but schools and
colleges have sprung up by hundreds,
under government auspices, giving a
modern education, and manned by Eu-
ropean or American staffs, or by na-
tive or Japanese tutors trained in Eu-
rope or America.
"The awakening of China" Is a very
real fact at last, and It has brought
Christian missionary effort in the land
to a turning point. The new govern-
ment schools and colleges charge no
fees, and they are divorced from many
of those moral and Christian influ-
ences which play so large a part In the
life of similar Institutions at home. So
there was a danger that even enlight-
ened officials and merchants might be
tempted to send their sons to these In-
stitutions, and the missionaries lost
the opportunity of Influencing those
who are destined to take a high place
In the rapidly developing public and
commercial life of their country. Al-
though the missionaries cannot afford
to offer free education In their col-
leges, the success of the Anglo-Chinese
college at Tientsin Is proof that large
numbers of far-seeing Chinese are
alive to the value of Christian sur-
roundings and Influences on a youth
during his school and college career.
It was In 1902, when Tientsin was
settling down after the "red fool fury"
of the Boxer rising of 1900 that Dr. S.
Lavington Hart, a distinguished grad-
uate of Cambridge and London univer-
sities, set about the task of establish-
ing in the city, and under the auspices
of the London Missionary society, the
self-supporting Anglo-Chinese college.
Its aim was to put within reach of
Chinese students an institution which
would give a thoroughly good English
education, as far as possible on the
lines of an English public school, ma-
king no secret of its association with
the Christian missionaries.
Many and varied are the dufflcultles
of the principal of an English college
In China. To begin with, the grouping
of the scholars Into classes Is not
made easier by the fact that some of
the younger students, from earlier con-
tact with foreigners, possess a better
acquaintance with the English lan-
guage, In which the teaching is con-
ducted, than some of those senior to
them in years. Hence arise certain
difficulties In the organization of the
classes and In the maintenance of dis-
cipline. Then "western learning" has
not yet brought acceptance of the
"western" custom of postponing mar-
riage until the bridegroom Is at least
clear of the schoolroom, with the re-
sult that more than once or twice
scholars have had to ask leave of ab-
sence In the middle of term because
they were going to be married.
In spite of these and other difficul-
ties, and in face of the growing compe-
tlon of the free government Institu-
tions, the Anglo-Chinese college has
continued to prosper. It was opened
in 1902. in a building which had an
especial interest for Dr. Lavington
Hart, seeing that it had been erected as
a memorial to his brother and for a
theological college, which ha* now
beeri removed to Pekln. At the open-
ing there were 75 students, but the
number has steadily grown, until now
there are more than 300, and the build-
ings have twice had to be enlarged.
These extensions are the only part of
the work for which money has ever
been asked, for by great sacrifices,
and the exercise of rigid economy on
the part of the principal and staff, all
the other expenses of the college have
been met from the fees of the stu-
dents. A bright student can pass
through the preparatory department
In four years, and after this the col-
lege offers a collegiate course of a
further four years. Some former stu-
dents have proceeded to English and
American schools or universities, but
others are taking advantage of the col-
lege's "post-graduate course" of spe-
cial training in chemical analysis, un-
der the vice-principal, Mr. J. B. Taylor,
M. Sc., and plans are already laid for
the establishment of courses In elec-
trical engineering and in law and eco-
nomics.
Each day's work Is begun by prayers
in the college chapel. In which the
Sunday services of the Anglo-Chinese
church are held, but no compulsion is
used to induce the students to attend
the religious services, although every
influence is brought to bear on them,
to lead them to consider the claims of
Christianity. A Christian band has
been established by the students them-
selves. and its Sunday evening meet-
ings are well attended, sometimes as
many as 50 being present, the majority
of whom are non-Christians. High tes-
timony to the value set on the teach
lng of Dr. Lavington Hart was borne
by the father, himself not a Christian,
who replied to Ills son's request for
permission to declare himself a Chris-
tian;
"I wish you." he wrote, "to follow
Dr. Hart's teaching In all things."
The esteem in which the work of the
college is held by some of the high of
flcials was shown by their contribu-
tions to the fund for extension. The
Viceroy Yuan Shih Kai was a gener
ous contributor, and one of the halls is
nomed after him, "The Viceroy Yuan *
named after him, "The Viceroy Yuan's
willing to pay fees for their sons' edu
cation at the Anglo-Chinese college,
when they could have them taught free
of charge at the government colleges.
Is the best evidence of the niche which
the Institution fills, and speaks most
eloquently of Its usefulness.
In their anxiety to reproduce the
healthy conditions of English public
school life on Chinese soil, Dr. Hart
nnd Ills colleagues have fostered the
esprit de corps of their students by
organized sports and games. At first
this was not quite understood, for one
official, who had been Invited to wit-
ness some athletic display in which his
nephew was taking part, went away
in great indignation, complaining:
"These foreigners treat the Chinese
Just like they treat their horses, ma
king them jump and run!"
Tills was only one misunderstanding
which time has removed, and If a re
generated China finds a body of Chris
tlpn leaders* ready "to take occasion
by the hand," it will be in no smab
degree due to the good work done, al
this turning-point In the history of thi
country, in the Anglo-Chinese collegt
and other similar institution*.
ThiFLESy OF THE/
Wardrobe
TH£T GUARD Or HO/VOR COMPOSED or JTUDCrtTJ
SHIRT WAIST MOTIF
PEASANT EMBROIDERY ON HEAVY
ECRU LINEN.
Mode That Is Extremely Good Ap-
pearing and Comparatively Inex-
pensive — Pronounced Colors
Are the Most in Favor.
One of the leading novelties In shirt
waists this spring will be the peasant
embroidery done in gay colors on
heavy ecru linen. It Is a very Inex-
pensive mode, for the rough Russian
linen does not come very high. One
of the most effective waists seen in
many a day was made of kitchen
toweling, the wide variety, that comes
at 18 or 20 cents a yard. The texture
has just that uneven, slightly rough-
oft
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Model for an Egyptian Blouse with an
Embroidery Motif for the Same.
ened surface that Is so artistic and
suggests the hand-woven things.
One of these waists Is shown In
the sketch, and the motif for the em-
broidery is given. These heavy linens
do not look well tucked, but the plain
front Is always becoming, for the em-
broidery takes away the flat look.
Then, too, the plait over the sleeves
NOW THE SLEEVELESS COAT.
Fashion That Appears Sure to Achieve
Much Popularity.
When the sleeveless waist first
came into fashion people thought no
one would ta4ce it up. It was brought
out by exclusive dressmakers a year
before it was given the name of jump-
er and worn by everyone.
It has already become so much a
part of our wardrobes that It would
be hard to know how we could do
without It.
Now fashion has started the sleeve-
less coat and it will probably be dis-
approved of at first, then accepted.
Whether or not it will be worn on the
street at all hours is yet a question,
but it is probable that it will universal
by August.
It is now appearing In ecclesiastical
coats which are long, straight affairs
of ribbed velvet or Ottoman silk.
These have under arm pieces, or, rath-
er, some of them have, and others
have straps that Join the front and
back pieces. The latter Is more truly
eccleslastic l.
These straight pieces have very lit-
tle curve, are cut out round at the
neck and are covered with elaborate
embroidery done In a darning stitch
or braiding design.
Under them Is worn a one-piece
frock or a boned blouse of chiffon
cloth or net in the color of skirt and
coat.
prevents any appearance of "nipping"
In the armhole. Tills plait is like the
Gibson plait that was worn a while
ago, and now appears on all the plain
fronts.
The linen should be shrunk and then
cut out. The little motif is to be
traced on the linen in rows, as Is shown
In the sketch. The effect is of a solid
piece of embroidery.
The motif may be transferred to the
linen by means of carbon paper. Place
the linen on a hard surface and use a
sharp, hard pencil. The embroidery Is
extremely simple to do. Only one kind
of stitch is necessary, just a plain
satin stitch. One does not need to be
an expert at embroidery to do this
waist, and as very heavy embroidery
thread Is used, it does not take long to
do the waist.
The colors used are barbaric red,
blue and black. The parts of the de-
sign that are darkest in the pattern
are to be black, the lightest ones blue
and the medium value red. On these
large red sections the stitches are to
be brought into the center, as the lines
indicate.
The waist may close In the back or
front, as one wishes. If it Is to close
In the back, then the embroidery will
be arranged in rows as first described.
If it Is to close in the front, then
make a two-inch box plait and em-
broider one row of motifs on it. This
makes the long center strip. The waist
may fasten under this plait with hooks
and snaps, or It may button with a
fly. The embroidery will then be con-
tinued out each side of the plait, and
the efTect will be the same as in the
whole front. The back of the waist
has no embroidery or plait. The collar
has a row of the motifs, and is fin-
ished, like the sleeves, with a frill of
ecru net.
The sleeve is a small one-seam af-
fair. This is one of the favorite mod-
els in tailored waists. Baste up the
sleeves and mark for the length, then
take out the threads and trace one
row of motifs around the hand and an-
other a few inches up from it. Do
the embroidery before the sleeve is
stitched in.
Quick Baths Are the Best Tonic.
Some women say tliat they have not
the vitality to withstand a dally bath.
That is usually the case when the
bath Is considered a bother and too
much strength is expended in the
scrubbing and rubbing.
The most beneficial bath Is the
quick one that is over within three
minutes.
Such a bath is a tonic.
It is not necessary to get Into the
tub. Merely go over the body speedi-
ly, bathing away the dust and secre-
tions of the skin, rinsing quickly and
rubbing briskly until the skin fairly
tingles.
If one is nerve tired a hot bath Just
before going to bed will act as a sooth-
ing, restful comforter.
To Clean Black Drets Goods.
Sponge black dress goods with cold
tea, all spots and stains will disappear
and It will be nicely cleaned. For a
shiny coat rub either with turpentine
or atroog coffee.
Bronze Stockings.
If you are wearing bronze slippers
be sure to get the right shade of stock-
ing. The shops now make a specialty
of the bronze stocking. It is always
wiser to get silk ones for evening
slippers, especially when they can now
be had at such reasonable prices.
ADAPTED FOR THE EVENING.
Charming Coitume Best Made Up In
Shell-Pink Silk Voile.
Shell-pink silk voile makes up a
charming dress in this style. Our
model has a panel of the material
finely tucked up front of skirt; at
each side Is a band of pearl embroid-
ered insertion. The bodice hat a
tucked front, and bretelles of the in-
sertion edged with lace, and bImitqi
composed of two frill* of lac*. A
band of the insertion edges the front
and back.
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