Show I 1 dat al 71 0 how the chief justice finally fic darned a tined entrance washington it was tho the voice of the chief justice of tho united states there ano matt no response sPon so tho rho chief justice stood before tb tha q huge bronto barred birj door doors 1 ot of the pan 1 building the chief justice malted in dig pilled silence for th the doors to bo be swung BW UOK open but tho the doore doors did not move they were locked and double bolted it ns as nine at night F A chril chill breeze blow up across the Y arll from the tile river fan tanning ning the tile swallow talla tails of the chief justices evening coat alt all ho tile associate justices as of iho the Sup retno court stood silently behind ler tho chief justice watching their chief chlof hole hopefully fully it was absolutely imperative that they gain entrance for they ere to give a re rocert ceolon lon in talat that very building to the members of the american bar asso association cl atlon and th the 0 reception was as scheduled to begin in a few minutes the chief justice merely shouted open up somebody snickered but nobody answer answered anaw erod od tho the summons sur omoo th the 0 associate justices grew uneasy and shifted from foot to toot inside through the bare of the big bronze doors was a scene of liblit and cheer men blen in evening garb stood chatting gayly awaiting the arrival of the tile supreme court the hoof justice looked about tor for a knocker there was none ho ito peeped lure bre and there for a door bell abere was none suddenly he discovered be he held a cane in his hand he lie raised the cane once again his order rang out in the night air open up bangt hangi bangi bangell it was iss the ferrule ot 0 the chief justices cane ag against alnet that valuable plate glass instantly there was vas a commotion inside no less than halt half a dozen uniformed servants dashed toward tho the door to savo save that plate hut but the chief justice did not see the commotion and his cano loudly against tho the plate glass until til it seemed the tile glass surely must yield and shatter into bits then the glass door doors were swung open the bolts on the tile bronze doors wide the great bronze brone doors to admit were ere shot locks were turned and swung the chief justice of the united states president wilson has supplanted niagara falls englishmen on meeting an american for it customary OR many years vas F FOR tourist for the alist time to open the conversation with from america eh h you must bo very proud of your niagara falls this war considered quite the proper thing and highly complimentary enot since niagara falls was mas the only VE omy thing that england did not havo which excelled anything america had in the Britis hers bers opinion ed kenna former missourian Missour lan and a former vice president of the santa re III railroad but a resident of prance france an and d p england for the past 14 years tells a new now one on the englishman kenna henna Is a neighbor of in sussex and the two are great friends kenna and kipling were in conversation one day irith america and americans for or the theme something said by kipling who has bas a fondness for both led kenna to remark yes for years and years you englishmen in the preliminaries following an introduction to an american would ask that question about niagara falls say on being introduced to an Ax nerlin you must be very proud of your woodrow wilson eh what woodrow wilson seems to have succeeded niagara falls in your estimation just as easy as burying a politician said taft PRESIDENT WILLIAM 11 TAFT proved the other day that h he F FORMER has lost none of his physical strength in the time he hns has br boon en away from washington mr taft was vms honored by the chevy chase club which pur pup chased an oak tree to be planted by ja s the de former chief executive the tre tree wae was five feet tan tall and required ired 2 V s rf laree large space for tho the roots but mr taft caw IA f handled the spade with ense and it took him less than I 1 ive minutes minute to level the ground after the oak had been placed in position its as easy as bury p a politician he declared declare 4 as he smoothed the earth admiringly after the talc task 9 bad aa been completed mr air tatt taft thacker the ra members embers ot of the club for the tho honor they had bestowed bec bet towed upon him 1 and declared ho he waa vas happy upon his return to tot washington to find that he be bad not been forgotten by bis his associates while here the chevy chase club he said ie is doing a vast amount of work for which vilich it is not riven credit his ills remark that the grounds offer oler a safety calv politicians who cannot give expression to their suddon emotions in iu PUL u places 1 brought a chorus of laughter chief little f bears promises to remain neutral IV HE secretary at of the interior has ban received a letter from latue bears the T THE chief of a roving band of 0 indiana known throughout tb abo tar west ai as the rocky mountain boys in which he elves oven to the federal golem nent ment that hia his forces will remain absolutely sol neutral during the present var in europe newspapers are not dellva red regularly in tho thu neighbor hoods which little bears frequents and it seems evident that somebody with high ability in descriptive lin must have told him aboul the quantity and quality of the fighting f aw pow going on little bear has a lo 10 1 f sk cal reputation as a man unafraid of W anybody in the world bui but it 11 appears abl t that he 14 1 not ignorant Igno raut of tho the limitations of his own forces he must have been thoroughly impressed with the scale of the european war for or he lost no time la in sending his bin letter to washington it Is said that secretary lane immediately submitted the communication ion to president wilson who ashod that little bear bears be thanked tor for his patriots patriot ln AtU attitude tude that roving band of north nt rth american indians should ba bo so deeply impressed by the kind of llight fighting Ing which goes on day after day on the european battad grounds Is pretty strong evidence that tha ordinary noncombatant ily ing ling in Waa hington for instance had has rull full justification air his attitude of blank dismay at the enormity of the field A 4 2 |