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Show WRITERS GAMBLE ON ARRIVAL OF CABINET WASHINGTON". l'b. S. When Thomas Braliuny, chief clerk nt thc white house executive office, reached hla dusk today to-day he found a slip boa ring In irregular order Ihe names of the various members mem-bers of the cabinet, fie was mystified until, on Investigation, ho discovered that tho slip was a record of a "cabinet "cabi-net day gamble." Indulged In by thc newspaper" correspondents, who on Tuesdays Tues-days and Fridays, il developed, have been In the habit of making wagers among themselves on the order In which the cabinet members will arrive. .Mr. Brahany'o find Indicated that tho cabinet members nrrlved yesterday In the following order: Wilson. 1: Nagcl, 2; Wlckeraham, 5: MacVeagh. -I; Hitchcock. f; Fisher, G; Stlmson. 7, and Meyr. 3. Secretary Knox was' mlnslng. The hour of meeting for the cabinet is fixed at 11 o'clock on Tuesdays and Fridays, but President Taft very seldom appeared on time lo open the conference with his official family. It Is generally twentv or thirty minutes after the hour when "he takes his place nt the head of the big table In the conferencn room. As a result the hard worked cabinet mem-bfer.1 mem-bfer.1 lake Lhelr time in getting to the whitn house and their arrival Is Irregular. Irregu-lar. This makes the betting all the more Interesting- |