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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1918]
COLONEL HOUSE—CONUNDRUM
We wonder if the American peopli
will ever arrive at a satisfactory esti
mate of the silent Texan whose chiei
distinction is his ability to counsel th«
President and command his complete
confidence. This is a remarkable
achievement in itself, something thal
no other mortal has ever attained
Many attempts have been made tc
measure the man's character and call
ber, but the enterprise baffles the
keenest students of human nature. The
cautious Colonel positively refuses to
be portrayed in his true colors. His
sphink-like silence is his chief charac
teristic, and he is not at all sociable
with curious-minded people.
Senator Penrose doesn’t like his
style and didn’t mince words in saying
so the other day on the uoor of the
senate. He hurt J. Ham Lewis’ feel
ings by referring to the President’s
personal representative as a "Texas
lobbyist.” and inquiring whether he
was a bogus colonel or came by his
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Hint Colonel House once served on a
Texas governor’s stair, the senator
from Pennsylvania then indulged in a
delicious bit of sarcasm. He was of
the opinion that, in view of his mili
tary address, the colonel should show
more aptitude to go over the top and
less inclination to keep under cover.
Doubtless the Pennsylvanian had in
'mind that the silent intercourse and
secret transactions which Colonel
House is conducting with our allies is
not in keeping with the President’s
promise of “pitiless publicity,” and
his declaration in favor of “open-air
diplomacy.” At that, there was a
sharp point to what he said.
"Which reminds us that some of the
-colonel’s admirers have been rather
-extravagant in their estimate of his
super-statesmanship. We are tempted
"to quote one of these absurcr utter
■ ances. According to a certain hero
'worshipper, Colonel House is “mys
terious, inexplicable, fascinating. . . . j
a kind of modern Machiavelli . . .
a John Hay, raised to the nth power.
A character that would have
Intrigued Balzac or Daudet, and kept
"Victor Hugo guessing.” That’s going
tome, but the press agent is only get
tin warmed up. He oes on to say:
“The best informed publicists of
"Europe have been astonished at his
knowledge of modern history. . . .
He has the kind of ability that cre
ates multimillionaires.” He is, brieuy
speaking, “horsey but bookish, unam
bitious but soaring, dyspectic but ath
letic. practical but dreamy, mysteri
ous but not secretive, diplomatic but
frank—in short, a personage to aston
ish his own generation and tantalize
posterity.”
Now we know what sort of a man is
Colonel House. If we are to believe
but a small portion of what this en
thusiastic publicist tells us, we have
here the most mysterious man of all
the ages. The information is astound
ing. It recalls that other celebrated
character of fiction of whom the poet
wrote:
“And still they gazed; and still the
wonder grew—
That one small lead could carry all
he knew.”
No wonder the Texas wizard has
captivated the President with his mr
merous charms and capabilities. Out
belief is that he Is a dangerous mar
to have running around loose; he it
liable to hypnotize all of us if we don’1
watch ourselves. *■ For years oui
European friend shave troubled them
selves trying to determine the tru<
American type. They need look ni
■further; we have found the man—th<
crowning glory of the race. For doei
■not this same writer remind us tha
“no other country, you know, boasts o
its power to beget a type of supermai
■who is both idealistic and practical.
All we can add to this remarkabl
pen portrait is to congratulate Presl
dent WllBon upon obtaining the exclt
slve services of such-an extraordlnar;
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TURNING ON THE LIGHT
Affairs at Washington have assume
an ugly aspect. Somebody threw i
spark into the tinder-box of partlaai
ship, and Immediately bad blood bega
to boil. The political feud thus ei
m gendered threatens to arrest for a tim
■- our progress in the war. This phas
of the controversy is most unfortunati
Otherwise it may result in much goo<
Everybody has been keyed up to a hig
j , pitch for some nine months now, an
0 it may relieve the pressure somewha
- if they are all allowed to blow oft
little steam. Also the chances ar
- that in the long run the country wi]
j benefit, now that the lid has been prie
p! open and the plain people afforded
•- glimpse of what is really going on ir
) side the mysterious box.
, The storm has been brewing for
long time, but it probably would no
. have burst so suddenly and with sucl
strength had the administration takei
more kindly to well-meaning inquirie
and honest criticism. The whole dil
Acuity arises, in our opinion, over th<
1 pronounced disposition of the Pres!
■ dent and his associates to keep con
' gress and the people in the dark con
i cerning the war activities. Resent
ment has long been harbored, and thif
feeling of grievance was fanned int<
a flame when the President and Sena
tor Stone presumed to scold those whc
sincerely questioned the administra
tion’s stereotyped assurances that af
fairs were in excellent shape.
The issue, of course, turns around
the efficiency of the war organization,
but in reality involves the right of in
quiry into the conduct of public af
fairs, as well as that of honest criti
cism, which, after all, constitutes noth
ing more or less than the right of free
speech. The arrogance with which the
censorship has been exercised has
amounted almost to official insolence.
The people have suffered its absurdi
ties and cruelties most patiently, be
lieving it to be their patriotic duty to
submit. But in addition to this abuse,
auu in uxrecL contravention of Ameri
can tradition and custom, the citizens
have been tricked into believing that
any expression of unfavorable opinion
of the conduct of affairs at Washing
ton—even though the statement be
truthful and the criticism well in
tended—constituted lese majesty in an
aggravated degree. That this propa
ganda has a political significance, and
that it has been directly encouraged
by men high in the councils of the ad
ministration, is no longer to be doubt
ed. And it is not too much to say that
this is the source of most of the evils
that now beset the President’s war
program.
So far as we are able to see, Presi
dent Wilson has no just ground for
complaint against congress or the
country. They have cheerfully re
sponded to every demand he made,
and up to the present have been will
ing to take his word that everything
was going along all right. It is only
natural, however, that they should de
sire to know something more about
their affairs; that they should want to
know how their boys in the camps and
at the front are getting along—
whether they are being properly sup
plied and cared for—and how the huge
sums of money that they have raised
for the government is being spent.
Moreover, this is their right, and con
gress is but voicing their sentiments
when It undertakes to gather the in
formation as best it can with the
means at its command.
Whether the present upheaval will
result in a shake-up of the war organ
ization is purely a matter of specula
tion. But be that as it may, the ad
ministration is bound to have its ears
| opened to the fact that henceforth, if
it fiopea to make any substantial prog
; ress in waging the war, it will have
! to abandon its inconsiderate policy of
keeping the people altogether in the
dark.
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THE INCOME TAX.
| Just to remind you that you will
have to get your income tax return off
cn the next boat or subject yourself
, to a fine. If you are a single man and
! have received more than $1000 in sal
! ary or wages during the past year,
j you must make a return and swear to
I it before a notary or other officer au
i thorized to administer an oath. If you
1 are married and supporting your wife
j you need not make ou the return un
': less you have received more than $2,
•jooo income during the past year. Bui
i, if you are subject to tax, better gel
busy or the Internal Revenue man wil
i get you.
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MOVE TO HOTELS.
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• On account of the severe winte
’ .weather at Juneau the past month
> many families closed their homes am
- moved to the hotels there.
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r NEW DEPUTY MARSHAL,
Harry R- Brown, of Knik, who wa
appointed Deputy Marshal at Talkeei
na the first of the year, he left At
1 chorege for his place of duty after tw
t weeks visit in town. He takes th
- place made vacant by the reslgnatio
i of Marshal Healey.
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: DAME FASHION’S LATEST
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a Margaret Mason)
B The designing young designers
j Are designing through and throug
j And they even have temerity
^ To have designs on you.
They have shut up all the factories
i the offices and shops. On theaters am
t restaurants they've even put the stops
i to save the coal so precious, am
i they’ve even dimmed the lights so th
3 one-time dazzling Great White Wa;
. is Stygian these nights,
s They ve stopped our eating sugai
- they’ve stopped our eating meat an<
. wheat stuffs till our diet is a thing fa
. from complete.
But though the busy government I
stopping all they can to stop th
, brash designers seems beyond th<
power of man. So the busy young dc
signers keep designing right aloni
pretty things for that third charmei
that is neither wine nor song.
The novelties they’re turning ou
quite take your breath away, and afte:
that they take your cash if you’ve
some left today. To have your hai
upon your head and also in your hand
you think perhaps a magic feat and
hard to understand. But really it’e
quite simple when you are in the know
for one hat makes a knitting bag and
. one a smart chapeau. The set I saw
was of mixed straw trimmed in ma
genta silk, and galy colored fruits and
flowers likewise of silken ilk. A puffed
silk crown adorned the hat you wore
upon your head. To make the hand
bag, round the brim deep silk was
shirred Instead. This hatty set will
be the talk, no doubt, of many a town.
The head hat’s worn all right-side up
the hand hat upside down.
Hop sacking in a gingham check cf
navy blue and white makes up a strik
ing novelty that’s really very bright
it is a set of hat and bag combination
rife but this cute bag’s an apron too.
It leads a double life. The back piece
fastens o'er the front with sonsy frill
of blue and draws up with two navy
strings like all good bags should do.
But when you lift this back flap up It
fastens round the waist and makes an
apron pocketed where knitting may be
placed. The hat a simple sailor shape
is covered with the check and on Ijpth
hat and apron bag Is crewel fruit, by
heck.
Hop sacking skirts are ala£ye*v)x^
with coats of velveteen. Some with
lapels and pocket flaps, hopsacking
faced, I’ve seen.
And apropos of skirts, my dears, I
saw a novelty so charming and origin
al it quite appealed to me. It was a
parasol with tips and handle ivory
white and covered witn a Chinese
skirt, a truly gorgeous sight, and yet
withall in best of taste. It’s fitted
panels shone with rarest hand em
broidery In blues and golden tone.
Of course a bag made of a skirt ac
companied it as well for if you see one
thing with out a bag to match—do tell.
My little son a satchel has to take
his books to school. It’s made of bur
lap, on one side is a design in crewel.
Well in the smartest of the shops upon
Fifth Avenue there is a bag identical
exposed to modish view. It differs only
in it’s size and what it’s made to carry
for knitting and not learning it holds
I more necessary. The yarn design upon
I it's side looks like a plat de jour upon
a meatless, wheatless day. It’s fruits
I you may bo sure. A burlap hat to
t If im la vai*nD,1 -jn,1 tho
same designs it has upon itself and
I've designs, oh shame, upon my small
son’s school book bag I really do adore
it, so if he misses it some day he'll
know where to look for it.
Some shiny hats of oilcloth, black
are novel things oh very. Some
wreaths of tiny flowers show anc
some peach, plum and cherry. While
some in turban shape, self trimmed
are all of oilcloth shiny with swaggei
perky standing loops. These turbans
all are tiny.
So burlap, oilcloth, sacking now de
signers greatly prize from ordinary
things like these they make somt
smart suprise.
For common sugar, coal, wheat, fats
now everybody sighs. War and de
signers teach us slowly not to <Jes
pise.
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, foot fireproof safe, three National caal
l registers. Adress Prospector, Valdez
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ARCHWAY OF CRUTCHES AT MILITARY WEDDING
' Th1ii!S pn,e,of tl‘? unusual of wedding pictures, for instead of the usual archway of swords under which an
officer and his bride customarily pass. Lieut. J. H. Budd of the British forces and his bride are passing under an arch
way of crutches as they leave the church after the wedding ceremony.
GERALDINE FARRAR
IN GREAT PICTURE
Geraldine Farrar as the Immortal
1 Maid of Orleans will be seen tonight
' at the Empress theater in the most
brilliant photoplay ever projected on
l an Alaskan screen.
"Joan the Woman," the title of the
production is beyond all question
spectacular and brilliant in concep
tion and execution.
I The story Is woven around the in
t splratlon for personal sacrifice upon
the field of battle given to a modern
soldier by a dream in which the heroic
actions of the immortal Maid of
Orleans, ba,k in the days of the fif
teenth century, are visualized by the
soldiers.
The scenes depicted on the screen
of the battles in which thousands of
French nobles and knights uhder the
leadership of Joan d'Arc, robed in
white are truly magnificent. The tak
ing of the fortress of Orleans by
French knights is one of the most
spectacular scenes ever projected up
on the motion picture screen. The
sight of the humble peasant maid at
the royal court of Charles, the weak
minded king of France, is portrayed
in brilliant fashion.
The finale of the drama is the
burning at the stake of the Maid as
a reward for the saving of France from
the hands of her enemies.
With the dream stamped upon his
memory the soldier makes the su
preme Bcriflce and gives his life tor
his country. Admission 50 cents, chil
dren 25 cents. g
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which is conducted by Fred Handy,
has been thoroughly renovated and is
popular among the travelmg public.
When in Chitina stop at the Overland.
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