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The New National Museum.
Interest in the Smithsonian institute has been im Teased
, since Theodore Roosevelt has associated himself with its
ixpeditionto Africa, and a large proportion of the fut.irc
risitora to Washington will wish to see the specimens of
ig game which the ex-persident has secured for the nat
ional museum. 4
But the museum's attractions have not been ignored in
the past by the American people for whose instruction and
amusement they are gathered together from all parts of
the earth. Nearly 1,000,000 persons enter the building an
nually and now that a new and attractive structure ha?
provided to house the collections, there will naturally be
more callers than formerly.
The new building, which will soon be occupied was t. r . ,t
ed at a cost of $3,500,000 and is larger than any other
eminent building in Washington except the Capitol. It
of granite and is four stories high with a frontage of 5 J.
feet and a depth of HG5 feet. The ceiling of the rotunda
127 feet above the floor.
Though there is a total floor space of ten acres, it will all
be occupied the moment that the building is completed.
The old museum' building and the Smtihsoniau institute;
biulding will be used for the purpose of hosing a vast col.
lection representing the arts and industries. Congress will
sometime provide a new home for these exhibits.
Hie fact is, the museum has been cramped for quarters
for many years. By 1886 the old buildings were. completely
full and since then the directors have had to store great
quantities of specimens and exhibits in quarters provided
for that purpose. The shops and laboratories have been
established in rented quarters. When the new museum
is in order there will still be reserve collections in storage
, which would go far, so it is said, towards stocking a second
building like the one soon to be erected.
It may appear to some people that in view of this cmbat
rassmcnt of riches there was no need of the present expe
dition to Africa. With all its collections however, the hil.
seum lacked specimens of the rapidly disappearing an
imals of the dark continent.
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To Reorganize The Navy.
It is stated that Secretary Meyer has secured the full
approval of his naval reorganization plans from President
Taft. The plan will be the chief feature of the next report
to be submitted by the Secretary of the Navy to cougress.
Theodore Roosevelt desired to bring about this reform,
which logically follows the reorganization of the army bv
ElihuKoot.
But various things have conspired to delay action. Con
gressmen view the plan with some misgivings. TheyTseTe
that they are threatened with the loss of certain privileges."
It is possible to raise the cry that the reorganizaion of the
navy is just a scheme' by which the executive branch of the
government seeks to increase its power at the expense of
the legislative branch.
But no power, would be taken from congress by the new
navp plan, for congress would contiuue to control the ap-
propriation by winch the navy is manipulated. The orly
thing that congress would lose is the chance to interfere
in the matters of detail. At present each bureau chicw has
to make his own plea before the committees o nnaval af
faire and there is a fine opportunity for congressmen with,
friends who have things to sell to the navy to influence
the bureau unduly.
4 4 See that my f riends get contracts , " a congressman may
say to a bureau chief, 44and T will help you to get the ap
propriation fro which you ,isk." Or this understanding
Vl " cv" luut. ujiiWit nnviliina )oiu? said at nil.
Such a situnTtv.it vsptnins il ..art ifie extraordinary cv
pensivencss of our naval establishment as compared 'with
that of England. Reorganization will doubtless result in
great economies and.it ought to mean greater effectiveness
too. The seperate bureaus do not always work in harmony.
The new plan contemplates doing away with the independ-
nt bureaus and vesting the direction of the navy in the
;eneral board of which Admiral Dewey is still the chief.
The government has been severely criticized or keeping
ip the present number of naval yards some of which are
.lmost useless on account of their lack of facilities for dock
Eg the new battleships. It is supposed that Secretary Mey
:r will recommend that the number of navy yards be cut
rom about a score to about six or seven, aere is sure to
e lively opposition to this measure on the part of congress
nen fro instates which woul dlose naval stations if the
dan were approved.
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Old Newspapers.
The St. Louis Republic has just issued a pamphlet con
aining brief historical sketches of newspapers in this-coun
ry, a hundred years or more old. There are 82 of them in
he list. Pennsylvania has 19; New York, 15: Ohio, 9; and
nassacnusetts, (. me oldest papers are the Philadelphia
-forth American and the. Saturday Evening Post, both of
f hich were founded in 1728. Two German papers are in the
ist: The Reading Adler and the Lancaster Valksfreund
md Baebachter.
Germany, Sweden, Holland, England, France and Scot-
and nil claim to Viavp oMov npwananopa than this COHHTY
Hie 'Frankfort Journal was established in 1615; the Ant
verp Nieuwe Tijdinghen in 1616; the London Weekly
Jews in 1G22; the Paris Gazette de France in 1631, and the
Stockholm Post och Inrikes Tidende in 1643. But it is only
mtural that the older countries should have the older news
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Vftut Pretty Pictures Only.
Members of the Women's Press Assn.nntirm nf TWn
have adopted a resolution against the cartooning of the
womeu. xi is an ngnt, tney say, to make fun of men in
drawings of this kind, but when it comes to women, the
case is different. There is some eround. no doubt for
protest the Texas ladies make. Some of the comic artists
have been a little rough with the members of the gentler
sex. But if women want a 44wider sphere" thev will have
to take things'somewhat as they come, just as the men do.
men who get into the limelight of publicity have to take
. n lit
unsure as wen as raise, ana tney cannot prevent the illus
trators from having a little fun with them, thmio-ii t.w io
the libel law if the cartoonist goes too far with them.
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To dare the fierce banco in its lair is the nnrnos of ihn
expedition with Col. Theodore Roosevelt at its head which
left Nairobi today for Entebbe in Uganda. The former pros
mem; aiso expects to bag a tew giant pigs and mav add
a hon or two to his death list of the kings of the jungles
while on this trip. The party will reach Entebbe on Mon
day and will establish camn and Commence stnlkino' rrnmn
about Wednesday. :
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