The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-14
The Rus on Which Marie hntoinstts
Last Prayed.
TnI PRESIDENTS RUG COLLECTION.
He Picks Up Cane Heads. and Callers Are
Net Safe with Finely Carved Ones
David D. Hill Buys Fowls and
Elihu Root Cannot Control.

fnA n impossible TO rest. They must De
Am And doing. and so keeping the great
machine. the brain. fun OF material. for
the most part. they allow themselves 10
develop a hobby. which they ride Win
much enjoyment
One would think That 50 great man
nm Chauncoy NJ. Depew, who has ac-
bnaintances more numerous than the
Premier OF England. and who VISITS lot
eigu countries every summer 10 De r.
ceived by nobility, would be content WI"
human interests and not desire others
Yet our Chauncey Is busy all summer
as busy as busy can be-not with soclai
duties. but on self-imposcd task-the
gathering OF rugs.
IN an Inventory Of DR. Depew's rugs
were 10 be taken II would read Ike the
advertising list OF a rug auction, TOT lie
has them from every country, OF every
size and every description. and procured
al ali costs lie has n nice little square
silk ,,,g. ,lron which Marie AntOinette
IS aid 10 have murmured her last pray
or to Heaven. before putting her pretty
neck under the guillotine, and he owns
hong woody strip, with crimson bOiuer-
ing. upon which Napoleon paced rest
lessly the night he decided 10 meet ms
Waterloo. Rugs that have been honoreu
with the footsteps of yachins queens
have been taken from the cabins OF the
craft and presented to the genial Chaun-
cey upon the close Of his vacation TIP
abroad. And owners of those little pri-
yste palaces on wheels special cars
have been proud 10 say: Let me add 10
your rug collection by giving You thls
drawing-room Daghestan.'
III Dcpew tells a story Of Turk, Nav
ehomi Gel. who sent I'm his card AT the
Grand Central Office. Tell Dr. Dopew
Eat ] saw him at zee Worlds fair'
ne said TO Secretary Du Val.
.Great Scotti mutterod Chauncey.
"Hcre Is one of those foreigners that
entertained me in the Turkish House. in
chicago. and / am running 70 catch the
laxt dinner train to Peekskill. Id take
lin home. but, oh, my. ne offered me
his abode mis- h3rem. and all that u
contained And my establishment is Just
a simple little American home' Oh, dear!
Show him I'M
The Turk entered, bowling to the
ground. Or Dopew saluted him in his
best Oriental manner 80 very sorry,
80 extremely mortified he said, apollo
eeticalH, "but the fact Is | have an i'm
portant engagement. Could YOU, would
you. meet me tomorrow at dinner
Tanks. Tanks" exclaimed the de-
lighted Turk bowling double again, IAN
zen / sell you zee choicest rugs L have in
my bundle In zee hali!'
MRS BOOTH sErs PEOPLE CUT UP.
Mrs Maude Ballington Booth takes
few vacations. but such time as she al
lows herself is spent in the very oldest
occupation ever invented by woman for
n Summer holiday. All during her va
cation hours she busies herself with a
pastime TO which she Is passionately de-
voted-the gathering Of books on surgery.
IT is said that she has the finest collec-
ton of surgical works to be found outside
the great libraries. She chooses those
OF simple terms and seeks TO perfect her
self In them. When she has opportunity
she visits opera ting-room and is guest
at the Presbyterian Hospital and other
famous operating institutions. Her book.
"Antisepiic Christianity" was the direct
outcome Of hints CLEANED from operating
tables, and she was assisted not little
by DIR. McCosh. son OF the late Presi-
dent OF Princeton. During vacations
che revels in surgery Of all kinds, prac-
teal and printed, and is the only example
on record of a very pretty woman who
enjoys mussing In very disagreeable
tcenes.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher has fad
which works with her. both winter md
summer. but which she now. alas. has
small funds for gratifying, although she
does occasionally fan a victim TO its
fascinations This is for the buying of
opals. Henry Ward Beecher loved those
stones. Instead OF thinking them I'M
lucky. he got lgreat inspiration from
them. and he was always marching homo
with a new opal for Mrs Boecher snusly
tucked away in his pocket. Sometimes
he did not dare to give it to her, If
grocery bills were pressing at that mo-
ment.
Mrs. Beccher grew TO share his fond
ness for them Now she is never with
out one of the great shining gems at
throat or finger. She gazes at them in
the shop windows. handles them over
tho jewellers counters. carcsscs them
fciadly and walks sadly away 10 revisit
her favorites again and again. II she
over buys she does not tell It, for the
larder Is never too comfortably full nor
the carriage drives as numerous as they
should be for one of her failing strength.
s'Bui. dear me-" says Mrs Beccher
people never do quite as they ought"
BoSSrR's SKELETON FEET.
Robert Bonner's fayorite summer en-
ployment is the collection Of bones
bones OF a horses foot Mr Bonner.
when he stopped the literary hobby
sprang TO the equine one. catching IL on
the fly and riding 1t fun pace from the
start And he claims that he excels in
this even as ne did in his brilliant mag
azine enterprise. His main point Of IN
terest Is the working of the feet OF
horses and he devOtes all the summer
20 carrying on his experiments. Winters.
be has other interests.
Every horse that dies on his stud farm
II deprived OF it's hoofs. so that the mas
ter can dissect and study them, and he
buys up all the old horses feet there
aDcuts. He has countless skeletons Of
hoofs In his study. and he always car
ries a couple in his pocket When tired
he sits down and plays with them.
THAT bone is what lifts up the heel
That one fits fiat into the hoof; that one
must be level on both sides or the horse
Will be lame" is the way his talk runs
lie spent a delightful vacation with Le-
land Stanford at the Palo Alto stock
farms IN California, and came home
with horses feet that stll adorn his
library walls. lie may be signing these
pretty summer days 10 disscct the feet
Of Maud $. but of that he says nothing
Mrs. Elihu Root laughs when asked
what Mr. Root enjoys collecting. for eX-
United States Disirict-Attorney Root is
man Of fances n ever there was one
'Nfr. Root hkas-bustS" laughs Mrs
Root. "lIe has bust OF Cicero which
he calls his inspiration. He brought II
fnom somewhere on one OF his vaca-
lions. lie gathers busts everywhere. In
summer ne Is sure 10 be on the look
out for a bust. When he writes he makes
a selection OF the proper bust. places 1t
before him looks an H. pl.fs his Don 10