The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 28, 1905, Page 10

a served in the private which is located in the n ner of the V e House. T ing room where are served all the great a Denquets given at the Presidential Man- @ion, is spacious and imposing but lacking in that coziness and cheer which is essential to a Christmas feast and so the Xmas dinner party, which numbers perhaps fourteen to sixteen persons is served with the traditional yule-tide delicacies in the family or private dining room, Colored Waiters at the White House. The scene of the President's Christ: mas dinner is the sma st room on the main floor of the White House, Q@lthough it is fully twice as large as the dining room in the average private The room is residence in the land. Where the Turkey } 35 Cooked, President's Private k Dining Room in the Colonial style with white walls and woodwork and is furnished with rare old pieces of mahogany furniture most of Which were discovered by Mrs. Roosevelt in out-of-the-way local- ities in Virginia and Maryland. The dinner is served by colored waitgrs aud the table is laid with Mrs, Roose- velt’s new china—delicate ware taste fully ornamented with a Colonial pat- tern in gold, each piece bearing a tiny representation of the seal of the United States in colors, The dinner is prepared “in the re- fitted White House kitchens, which are located in the basement directly below the private dining room. ‘There are two Kitchens, one about 25 by 40 feet dn size and, opening from it, a smaller kitchen of about one-half the size, Or- dinari.) tue equipment of the smaller or fatuiiy kitchen is sufficient for the preparauon of the dinner for a select party at the Executive Mansion, but at Christmas the great hooded range in the larger tiled kitchen is brought into use for the roasting of the thirty- pound Christmas turkey, sent by Hor- ace Vose, the Rhode Island farmer who thirty-five vears past has sent each epecimen of the the President’s a magnificent of fowls for hiistmas dinner. Gobbiers from Far and Wide. the Presi Christmas es not cost hi ' 1 pays the w Indeed, House ¢€ es who have @ band in prepar 1 almost all of the “goodies” which grace the fes- tive board are do od by admiring friends of the Pres t, Not only does Horace Vose send a_ prize-winning turkey, but gobblers that rival it in size come from poultry isers in other sec- tions of the country, and there are denations of cranberries from Cape Cod, a parcel of the famous “Roosevelt potatoes” sent by the farm hands on the President's estate at Oyster Bay and other delicacies sent by ‘neighbors’ far and near. Such marketing as is necessary to fill out the menu for the President’s Christmas dinner is done by Henry Pinckney, @ colored man who holds the position of White House Steward and draws a salary of $1,800 a year from the government for managing the domestic affairs at the White House. A day or two before Christmas Steward Pinck- ney sets out in the unpretentious vehicle which serves as the President’s private market wagon and makes the round of the markets—for the White House patronage is not confined to any one merchant. In preparation for the Christmas dinner it is presumably not necessary to purchase any coffee, sugar, salt or other staples, for all such sup- plies for the Presidential mansion are purchased in quantity and kept in a storeroom adjoining the kitchen, which looks like a full-fledged grocery store, All in all, the White House Christ- mas festival comes pretty near being a counterpart of the old-time, old- fashioned institution of our forcfa- thers. It is well on toward 8.30 o’clock ‘ere the last piece fof mince pie has disap- peared, and then the.entire party, from the President to Quentin, the youngest occupant of the White House, makes @ bee line for the big East Room, where a rousing frolic winds up the holiday, THE DESERT GROUSE. KNOWN 4S ZHE SAG , COCK OF THE PAINS, A TYP- ICAL AMERICAN BIRD. Is the Largest of the Grouses and Feeds Mostly.on Sage—Has a Hand- js some Coat of Plumes and Makes a Savory Roast. ¥ grouse is a representa- It is, of course, d heroic as the eagle so wide an ken, but for se is typically bird is more famil- dwellers in ‘i-arid r ons of the , and sportsmen, as the “sage hen, ad, as a matter of course, where there are sage Lens there are sage cocks. Often the bird is referred to as the prairie chicken, but the ref- erence is inaccurate. It is a game rd of great beauty. It was named Cock of the Plains” by Lewis and Clark who, though perhaps not the first whites to make the acquaiatance of this bird, at least were the first white men to identify it as a distinct ornithological species and to pause long enough in the ardous business of exploration to give it a name. Found Throughout the Arid Region. It is seen in all the arid and semi- arid parts of the land where it has 3 is not s as the ¢ not been exterminated, and js very common in those great dry stretches of the continent where man has not crowded it to death and where the sage brush grows. To say that this bird has its home in the droughty re- gions of the United States is to say how extensively it is distributed, for everybody who knows anything about the country, knows how vast is that empire laid down on the early maps as “desert”. The word desert as ap- plied to the unwatered reaches of the west is misleading. On those des- erts there is plenty of vegetation and animal life. Though in many places water is scarce, life may be easily sus- tained in these American deserts, Ir- rigation shows how fertile these lands are wher the water is poured on. All over dry lands grows that wild shrub, called by botanists but which everybody else brush, Feeds Mostly on Sage. No doubt it belongs to the same family as does the garden s: artemisia, halls sage ze of the HEN AND), must have oyed and t rt grouse is ne western world : in size only by the g |Europe—the capercailzie. It is very superior in size and strength to the |}common prairie hen or the pinnated grouse, usually welghing twice or thrice as much as that bird. It will | measure two or three feet from tip of wing to tip. Living in a‘gray Tand, nature has provided for the protec- tion of the bird by making it also gray. It is curious now nature looks jafter its creatures by making their jcolor, as @ rule, harmonize with the landscape, In grouse-land tuere is a great deal of alkali in the soil and over that grows the gray-green shrub- bery. The sage grouse seeks Its safe- ty in concealment rather than in flight. ded se of Hanasome Though not Brilliant. Though the general color effect of the grouse is gray yet it has markings of white and black. A large black patch underneath the bird's body is a feat- ure of the desert grouse. On his shoulders he wears epauletts of white. The reason for these white — shoul- ders is that in browsing through the sage brush all his days the y gray feathers are worn off, expo: the tine white nether feathers. The grouse, though not a_ high- flyer and not so agile on the wing as his eastern cousin, possesses great leg power, He is active and speedy as a runner, rather quick to take fright and is an expert in losing himself among the brush. li should not be under- stood that these birds do not rise from cover. They often do, Hunters seek so to frighten the birds that they will rise. It is not difficult shooting then, The grouse of the desert has that general grouse trait he “whirr’. When he rises it is said that he whirrs louder than the eastern grouse. When thoroughly roused to his task he is a pretty strong flyer and can go a mile at a stretch, alternately sailing and flapping. The flesh of the desert grouse Is good when not too sagey. The young birds, when feeding on grass-hoppers, are unsurpassed for tenderness and flavor. The older birds, as with all the other feathered tribes, are not so tender as the young. When feeding exclusively on sage their flesh is strongly impregnated with the flavor of shrub, somewhat Sapaeaney 80, One is reminded of the taste of par- tridge meat when that bird has been feeding on resinous buds in the au- tumn. — “ He Trusted Rockefeller. Dr. Gustav C, E. Weber, of Cleve- land, Ohio, recently consul at Nurem- burg is one of the pioneer doctors of his city. Years ago he was visited by a young man who required a surgical operation, but explained that he was only getting fifty dollars a month and would have to pay by installment. Weber said he would risk it and it took the youth about a year to pay up, The lad wasJohn D. Rockefeller, and only a short time ago he sent for Weber, asking for medical advice, there having been a recurrence of the trouble for which Weber had operated forty years ago. Weber made an examina- tion and told Mr, Rockefeller that any medical student could do it and that he himself was out of practice. Rocke- feller opened a drawer, counted out $500, and handing the roll to Weber remarked, “It does not take so long to pay the bill this time.” Weber de- clined the money, saying he wished no tee fora friendly visit. ‘Take it,” said Rockefeller, “and give to some poor medical student, who is struggling for his education.” Weber remarked in telling the story that he couldn’t think of any struggling medical student just then and——, but what was the ail- ment that required a surgical opera- tion? The extent of the government irri- gation problem is indicated by a rec- ent schedule issund by the Reclama- tion Service of the Interior Depart- ment, showing that the work of re claiming the desert is well under way. At this time the government plan in various stages of progress requiring the expenditure of $32,870,000, which will supply water for the irrigation of 1,839,000 acres of land, the expense being $17.50 per acre. Other govern- ment reports estimate that there are about 600,000,000 acres of so-called arid land, whose chief products are sage brush and cactus, This amounts to more than one-third of the United States, and out of w.ich might be carved four countries the size of France, four more as large as Ger- many and two states large as New York, Private enterprise has reclaim- ed about 10,000,000 of this domain, which is to-day the backbone of the West. The enormous possibilities of the government irrigation work is THE FIRST COMPLETED GOVERNMENT IRRIGATION CANAL. shown by the various expert estimates which place the additional area which can be irrigated at from 75,000,000 to 100,000,000 acres. The government plan as provided for in the irrigation law is to store the flood waters of the western rivers, reclaiming this land as fast as possible} but the settlers who take the land are required to pay back to the government the cost of the construction of each project, so that the actual expense to the gov- ernment will all be paid. The final estimates of the possibilities of in- creased population are one person to each irrigated acre, so that there seems a future population for the West as great or greater than the to- tal population of the country to-day. Ten or twenty acres, in the more hizh- ly developed irrigation sections of the West is stated to be sufficient for the support of a family, owing to the fact that under irrigation numerous and-sure crops can be raiscJ. In the Southwest, three or four crops are grown on the same land ench year. CATHOLIC DIVORCES, FATICAN ANNULS MARRIAGES IN CERTAIN CASES.—ATTOR- NEYS OF ST. PETER. son of English Eari as Chief Lackey eign Gossip. It {if it can be proved to its entire satis- faction that one or the other of the} parties to the alliance was not a free agent in the matter. -One of the most notable cases of annulment of a prince- ly marriage, on grounds such as these, was the dissolution some years ago of the reigning the marriage bonds of \P ce of Monaco and his first wife, |! Mary Hamilton. At the same time the Vatican pronounced the mar- riage null and void it also pronounced that her son was, word, legitimate, Princess Mary, whose mother was a princess of the reigning honse of Batlen and whose father was the English Duke of Hamilton, was forced by her kinsman and guardian, POPE PIUS X, the late £ ror Napoleon, to give her hand in mariage to Albert of Monaco, The lattcr showed himself a singularly neglectful and unkind husband, and her life at Monte Carlo became so intoler- able that she took to flight, carrying her infant child with her, She sought refuge at Florence, where the Italian police, acting on behalf of the Prince, made a sensational attempt to take the boy away from her. The plot was frus- trated by the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, who took mother and infant under her protection and defied the Italian authorities to cross the thres- hold of her residence, Princess Mary, after that, married Count Tassilo Fes- tetics of Tulna, one of the magnates of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who occupied an excellent position at the Court of Vienna, Prince Albert of Monaco married again, the next Prin- cess of Monaco being an American girl, a daughter of a New Orleans banker, Michael Heine,- His second matri- monial venture, however, turned out as urfortunate as the first, a divorce breaking the ties between them. One most important factor in defend- ing the rights of the Roman Catholic Church, and adding to the perfection of its wonderful and thorough-working machine, is the order or society of “The Attorneys of St, Peter.” It is safe to say that nine out of ten people in this country have never heard of this order of legal counsellors of the Vatican, which, in this country, is rep- resented by some of the brightest legal minds. It is composed of eminent Roman Catholic lawyers in different parts of the world, with branches in the various great capitals. The order was founded by Pius IX., and the first of the statutes of the order indicates its object, restricting, as it does, the membership to those members of the legal profession who have given ade- quate proofs of their unselfish devotion to the interests of the Church, espe- cially in legal matters. The only in- si@Mia of the order is a medallion show- ing a violet cross on a white enameled ground, I believe | am correct in say- ing that Cardinal Rampolla has charge of the order, Our Ambassador at the Court of St. James, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, has at last appointed his chief lackey. He is the Hon. William Walsh. The post bestowed upon the Hon. Walsh is that of contr.jler of Mr. Reid's house- hold, an office quite unknown in this democratic country of ours, but which exists ininy aristocratic families al establish- ments, frum the King's down. In in in England and in all roy: reality, the comptroller is a species of upper s tut, ranking several de- grees higher than a. chief butler, whose business it is to see that all domestic matters run smoothly. Mr. Reid is the first American ambassa- dor to employ such a fuuctionary, but no other American ambassador to the Court of St. James has lived in 80 much style as Mr Reid maintains. As that is what Americans seem to ex- pect of their representatives abroad nowadays, when they pay for it out of their own pockets, Mr. Reid is really to be congratulated on his suc- cess in obtaining the services of the son of a belted earl as his chief lackey. The Hon. Walsh is the third son of Lord Ormathwaite. Third sons of peers are usually no t well off. The Hon. Walsh is to be com- ‘The Newest and Best_ STRAP ‘Locks LYNCH PERFECTION YALE PRINCIPLE Ambassador Whitelaw Reid appoints | chester House; the mar —The Tipping Question.—Other f or- is stated on authority that the | Vatican will always annul a marriage n every sense of the | one and if ambit plenty of spare time around for a better jc he is comfortably do | Park Lane, which A has taken as his Lor The Hon. Walsh is married to IL Churchill, the youngest sister of the | Duke of Marlborough. Though she can hardly be called youthful, she is several years younger than her fiance. | As far as pedigree counts for any- | thing, however, the Hon. Walsh is no} } bad match for her, for he can boast} ducal blood, too. | If the Duke of Devonshire’s rule against any of his servants accepting “tips” could be successfully introduced in this country all would be weil, There are @ few of the old nobility of Eng- }land who set a laudable example of prohibiting their servanis accepting gratuities from visitors or guests, The Duke of Devonshire, for instance, makes it an inflexible. rule that no servant of his shall take a tip. When, however, a party of Americaus recent- ly visited Chatsworth, the Duke's Der- byshire seat, and were entertained to luncheon and shown over the beautiful grounds by the Duko’s steward, the leaders of the party thought the usual “shell out” must be the climax of the day's enjoyment. The party consisted of four menu and three women, and among them $35 was subscribed. With commendable discretion the money was not offered to the steward, who, of course, is above accepting recognition of the kind, but to an underfootman, who eaw the party to and from the Tailway station, But the footman pointed out that it was against the Tules of the Duke's establishment to accept gratuities “in money.” That seemed to suggest a way of getting around the rule, The next day various articles of jewelry reached the stew- ard from London with the request that they be distributed among the staff at his discretion, The leaders of the party were Edmund H, Abbott, of New York, | and Alexander Cattanach, of Salem, Mass.,, and both had introductions from Sir Thomas Lipton. The Duke and Duchess were not in residence at Chatsworth at the time of the visit, but the latter sent one of her maids specially up from London to look after the ladies, The beauties of Matlock, Buxton and Bakewell were fully ex- plored before they returned to town. Van Calava, Sanne octane to be| h-Spencer- } Humor of King Edward. Returned tourists: who have been in touch with the nobility in Europe bring back a few good stories of King Edward. One tale runs like this: The King was driving alone in a dog cart near one of his country palaces one day and caught up with an old @h woman, who was trudging to the vil- lage to sell her wares. She did not recognize the king and asked him for a lift. He responded graciously and helped her into the cart. As they drove along she begged him to buy her fish pleading poverty and a big family at home. The king said he had plenty of fish at home and would not buy any. However, he would give her his portrait which he thought would be just as good as buying her fish. “Ye are a fine looking man, but your Portrait would not buy shoes for the children,” said the old woman, “Oh, I think it will help you,” he responded, and handed her a sovereign which has on one side his profile, ‘When she saw that she was riding with the king and spilled her fish, The king handed her another coin and dropped her. out at her destination, At another time when he was Prince and attending a theatre, a fire broke out near by and every one helped to quench the blaze The Prince in evening dress, worked with the others in passing buckets of water. A big pompous man was stand- ing by doing nothing. “Why don't you help?” asked the Prince. The pompous man swelled up and remarked, “I am a gentleman, sir, and do no such menial tasks.” “Don’t let that hurt you,” responded the Prince. “I am only the Prince of Wales.” a ee Cost of Discovering America, The great extent and value of Queen Isabel's jewel bag, the proceeds of which fitted out Columbus, {s more or less of a myth. But in these days, when millionatre yachtsmen spend a hundred thousand dollars for a little racing yacht and think nothing of it, the ex- pense of Columbus's whole fleet seems entirely insignificant. The sum of £3,000 covered the whole outlay neces- sary to secure and equip the three ves- sels, while the Great Admiral’s galary was $300 per annum. The two other commanders were paid $200 each, and the wages of the crew were $2.50 a month. Of course, moné$ in those days was worth a great deal more than now, and there were not very many places in America at that time where the sailors cared to ask for “shore leave,” so that their wages were a clear .aving. 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