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,Abalibt LOX, A GEYSER JUDITH BASIN TIMES **Sitt...tat &UM* 11,11V**44. Illiconirifte**A• Cl\ V . A'1.720 eif.k7.1 4- 1 .719.621`crae..Y' 4 By EDWARD B. CLARK. 4Stany Correspondent Western Newspaper union.) N APRIL. 1913, just one month after Woodrow Wilson had taken the oath of office as president of the United States, the Gridiron club of Wash- ington gave a dinner at which Mr. Wilson and most of the members of his cabinet were guests. The Grid- ironers put on a \skit\ which repre- sented the return of hardy \pill\ Bryan to the coast as keeper of the Demo- cratic lighthouse. There were coast guardsmen in the skit in plenty, and among them was \Bill\ McAdoo, always ready to do service in behalf of humanity, and particularly In behalf of the good Democratic ship, Baltimore Platform, which was trying to make harbor laden with a precious cargo of party legislation. Most of the coast guardsmen were gathered In , the lighthouse, circling about their returned -leader and friend, big Bill Bryan, - who had come- back once more to his work as keeper. The door of the lighthouse - Was thrown open 'and - In breezed a tall, lanky coast guardsman wrapped in a pea jacket When the newly \blown in\ one brought his face out gradually from the folds of a huge muffler, the coast guardsmen cried in welcoming unison, \Why it's Bill McAdoo!\ Later one guardsman said to another, \How did Bill McAdoo get there; did he come in on the lifeboat?\ The answer was. \No. Bill got there through the tunnel.\ So it Is that when men speak of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and his career, which has landed him in the second cabinet office of govern. ment, they are apt to say that \Bill 'got there' through the tunnel.\ Does not everybody know what is meant by Bill \getting there\ through the tunnel? If any- one be so unknowing let it be said at once that it was William Gibbs McAdoo, now the secretary of the treasury, who undertook the gigantic work of constructing tunnels under the Hudson river, through which railroads were run to connect the terminals and cities of the Jersey side with the business and shopping districts of Manhattan. This tunnel project of Mr. McAdoo was at first said to be a dream. It had been* suggested and some attempts had been mate to put it in form and substance before the present secretary of the treasury looked on the scheme, said it was good and that it could be put through. He put it through and the work was such a BUCCC88 that men now say that Mr. McAdoo \'got there' through the tunnel.\ He's Often Criticized. It probably is not entirely fair to Uncle Sam's secretary of the treasury to say that the tunnel was responsible for his success. Mr McAdoo's friends would rather have It put that Mr. McAdoo was responsible for the tunnel's success and that the same energy and other things which enter Into an able man's make-up were responsible for his \getting there\ with the tunnel and wiab the other, things which he has undertaken, and also responsible for his \getting there\ when their thoughts dwell on the president's cabinet Perhaps no man in Mr. Wilson's cabinet has been the target tor so many shafts of criticism and so many bouquets of praise as this lanky gen- tleman with the Roman nose who looks after the interests of 'Uncle Sam's strongbox. Men who do not believe In his financial theories and some of his legislative endeavors Ray that he may be able to build a tunnel, but that he has not in him the elements of greatness as a financier and that his- tory will not make a second Alexander Hamilton out of him Other men, lots of them, take issue. The legislation which established a federal et 11AcAdoo E BUILT TN GREAT TUN- NELS UNDER THE HUDSON RIVER AT NEW YORK CITY AFTER OTHERS FAILED. 'TIS SAID THIS FEAT REALLY GOT HIM THE PLACE IN PRESI- DENT WILSON'S CABINET AS SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. ,N40***ACOO IL u*Ot R1.000 cccf000 -41 ,i/P --- , ri z zer\ .YoF.rFif-zetir - > reserve board and virtually a new financial system for the United States is of too recent enactment to need any particular comment. The new plan has been in operation for some time and judgment is being passed upon it according to the views of men. Mr. McAdoo has worked about as hard on his various plans for what he thinks to be the bet- terment of financial and commercial conditions as any man can. Concerning Some \In-laws.\ William Gibbs McAdoo is a son-in-law of Wood- row Wilson. Perhaps if the history of the United States was searched another similar case could be found, but, so far as present memory goes, this is the first time that a chief executive has had In his cabinet the husband of his daughter. When the engagement of the secretary of the treasury to the daughter of the president was announced. Rome people said. \It is all over with Mr. McAdoo as secretary of the treasury.\ Other people asked why, and then the answer came, perhaps naturally enough. \'In-laws' never can get along together.\ There seems to be no indication that the \in- law\ relationship existing between the secretary of the treasury and the president of the United States is going to interfere at all with the serenity of their relations. Woodrow Wilson, it is known, believes implicitly in Mr. McAdoo's judgment in matters governmental. Had an Eye on McAdoo. Washington hears occasionally that the presi- dent, when he was a college professor, had his attention drawn to Mr. McAdoo at the tunnel pe- riod of the latter's life The word is that the president thought that a man who could take up a scheme which had been pronounced visionary and make it of force and effect was a man who could do pretty nearly anything that he chose to do. So there may be HOMO foundation, after all. in one way for the occasional statement with refer. ence to the secretary's position in the cabinet that \Bill 'got there' through the tunnel.\ One thing which might seem of minor impor- tance Mr. McAdoo has accomplished in the treas- ury department while he has been engaged with things of seemingly much greater importance. He has succeeded in securing for himself several hours of each day in which to give study to fed eral matters, hours in which he can be certain that he will not be interrupted by callers. no mat- ter how high their estate, politically or legisla tively Soon after Mr. McAdoo became secretary of the treasury placards were put into all the elevators of the building announcing that It would be impos- sible for the secretary to receive visitors until after one o'clock each day, because, and this fact was set forth in print, the early hours of the day must be given entirely to the government's treas- ury busines's. Politicians Are Displeased. The effect of this placard on senators and rep- resentatives was notable. They looked at it and It is to be feared that some few of them who were on their way to the secretary's office swore under their breath, and perhaps had something to say about the impertinence of a new secretary who would keep at bay the legislative chieftains until his own good time for seeing them. However, most of the politicians and most of the legislators have accepted Mr. McAdoo's dic- tum, and as it is just about as easy to talk to a man in the afternoon as it is In the morning. things are going along smoothly and the secretary now has full opportunity to think on merchant marine, federal reserve and other matters of high national moment before the luncheon hour. The intimate acquaintance betweep Woodrow Wilson and his son-in-law secretary of the treas- ury began when Mr. Watson. entered political life in New Jersey. It has been said that Mr. Wilson looked on the tunnet - operations of -Mr.-McAdoo with a deep, a scholarly and very likely a practical interest, but no close personal relationships were established between the two until Woodrow Wil• son became governor of New Jersey, He Watched Wilson. Now it may be that William Gibbs McAdoo was interested in Woodrow Wilson's career as an edu- cator, but if so he never has dwelt upon the fact in public. The truth is probably that Mr. McAdoo. taking an interest in New Jersey politics because of his own experience in getting the legislation necessary to connect up his tunnels with that ratite, made him look with curiosity and perhaps concern on the course which the educator was to follow as governor of the state \across the North river.\ At any rate, Mr. McAdoo approved of Mr Wilson's course as governor of New Jersey and the two men became close friends The one is now in the cabinet of the other and is also his son -In-law. Mr. McAdoo le -something of a writer and he IP much more than a fairly forceful public speaker He cannot turn out the chiseled and polished phrases that come out of his father-in-law's work shop, but he does a pretty good job occasionally Here Is what he said once about dealings with newscaper men: \To be frank, truthful and honest with the news papers is obviously the part of wisdom. There are only two things a reporter Is afraid of—a scoop and a 'con game.' Don't be responsible for either Concerning corporations and their dealings with the public Mr McAdoo once said . \Public Opin ion, Esq., must become a member, and a respected one, of every corporation board of directors in this country.\ Native of Georgia. William Gibbs McAdoo has been twi^e married His first wife died some years ago There are six children living, the fruits of the first marriage. Something over a - year ago Mr McAdoo married the youngest daughter of Woodrow Wilson. A child was born recently to this union and thereby the president of the United States became for the second time a grandfather, for an elder daughter. Mrs Sayre, bad presented him with a grandchild some little time earlier. The secretary of the treasury Is a southern man having been born in Georgia In 1863 His boyhood home lay in the track of General Sherman's army Ills early years were spent in poverty, a fact which the secretary does not seem to deplore In the least, for he said recently in a speech that to t a b n eile po ve v s eri th y. that \character Is produced and (level m oil to the highest degree by hardship. sufferim d Prevailing Styles in Furs Looking through the displays of the furriers, for styles in neckpieces and muffs which are representative of the season, one concludes that fur sets, to be alluring, need not run after strange gods of fashion. For in neckwear the flat scarf or muffler of fur, or the pelt of the animal, lined and provided with a fastening, or the short high collar, seem to about cover the variety of the best sellers. In muffs there is somewhat greater diversity, but the moderately large, almost round muff, the smaller round muff and the barrel -shaped model in- clude the majority of all. They some- times are finished with tails, but often- er without, and they are smaller than for several seasons. Otherwise there is no decided change in styles. But, for those who insist upon novelty, there are the \small furs\ of fashion. This is the name given to wide bands, or collars, for the neck, that are just long enough to encircle it comfort- ably, and as wide as they can be worn, with small, round muffs to match. And fur usually appears in the turbans or hats worn with these sets. Some of the collars are attached to very narrow capes or collarettes, and there are wide cravats of fur which entwine the neck with one end slipped under a slide made of the fur and extending over the shoulder to the back. It is the fad to fasten these neckpieces, and others, at the back. Even the scarf with long ends is worn muffler fash- ion, with a knot at the left back and ends hanging over the shoulder and floating behind. To be muffled up in the furpiece, be it ever so small, is the effect to strive for. As neckpieces and muffs are small and only a touch of fur is needed on the hat to match, these sets are beau- tifully adapted to the tailored suit. Seal, squirrel, chinchilla, kolinsky, cony and beaver are liked for them. and very attractive sets are made of several fur -fabrics. The latter aro not at all difficult to make at home and so inexpense that one may indulge In an extra set for the sake of change or to spare the set made of real fur. Gilt Is Popular. Gowns are trimmed with gilt, and evening wraps are sometimes literally sprayed With R. The new silks of the season are chiefly glorious metal bro- cades, silks interwoven with gold, sil- ver or iridescent metal threads. These metal brocade are used alone or in combination with other silks, as one prefers. Gilt braids will be used in limited quantity upon suits displaying mili- tary tendencies. In short, the dress season is a glittering one. Silken Underbodices 11111111111111111-1111111111111M11 1111111 1 As an ally to the diaphanous blouse —which continues to triumph in the face of winter—the underbodice of wash silk and lace is evidently des- tined to divide aonors with it. It is equally soft and attractive, and has only made its entry on a career of use- fulness that is to grow in importance. Washable silks and satins, crepe de chine and some new silk weaves are used, with lingerie laces, to make these underbodices. They launder as easily as cotton or linen fabrics and are just as durable. With these prac- tical attributes in their favor, and the elegance and beauty lent by the silk, to recommend them, it is safe to anticipate their appeal to women. Two of the most popular underbod- ices are shown In the picture above, both very simple in construction. Val Insertion and edging is used in com- bination with silk and with ribbon for making them. In one of them the bodice is formed by sewing alternating rows of lace and wash ribbon together with machine stitching. In the others a yoke is made of rows of the inser- tion, machine stitched together and edged with narrow lace, and having a wide band of thin silk set on to it. When bodices of this kind are made at home the edges of the lace inser- tion may be whipped together by hand with a little better effect than Is pos- sible in machine stitching. White and light pink silks are used with cream -colored lace for making His majority of silk and lace bodices, but they are sometimes made in a light shade of the color In the blouse with 11.11111,U111111B1U111111111111111 which they are worn, or exactly to match it. Some of the prettiest mod- els have narrow insertions of val or cluny lace let in to the silk in fig- ures, and are finished with narrow lace headings and edging. Lingerie ribbon is run through the beading and used In rosettes and bows for orna mentation. Gloves With Frills. New silk gloves for wear with long- sleeved coats and frocks have tiny frills in contrasting color at the top, the little frill running down the wrist. which fastens with snaps. White gloves have navy blue or black frills on gloves In the new sand and putty shades and in a pale champagne tint which is very fashionable. The frills on these new gloves are made of the woven silk fabric of the glove platted In the tiniest of side plaits. Steel a Feature. Steel Is to be a feature In winter mil finery. Not only are steel buckles used, but also the most delightful or- naments of steel, which suggest the jeweler's art, so lightly are the beads strung together. For instance, an or- nament of steel may be finished with a steel tassel which has hardly more weight than one of silk. These orna- ments are especially pretty combined with fur or used to catch up the flar- ing brim of the hat.
