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even by the queen of Italy. Five Italians
living at Budapest. and SiSnor Falconi. a
member of the company of Tina oil Lo-
renzo, and her cousin, at once sent their
seconds to Pazmandy to challenge him for
the insult offered their beautiful country
woman. The actress herself was SO Sc
deserved attack that she was unable to
appear for several days, and the per
formances for the rest of the week had
to be abandoned on account OF her an
sence.
The duel between Pazmandy and Ar
mando Falconi took place. but 1t Will %
the tns,, ri Z one : ya fought ana1 ros t Fashion dtnic after T shs
first exchange Of shots: Falcon mad the
first shot. but failed to hit the hungarian.
who DISCHARGED his pistol INTO the ne ar Fai Cont
PaZmandy then stepped forward and made
q speech in French. congratuiating ms an,
reSuesting him to hand a letter to Signor-
ina di Lorenzo, in which he requested her
forgiveness for an error caused by mlsln-
formation coming from the office OF the
where she was then starring.
He had heard the story in the presence
of the manager of that house from inc
never intended to hurt or insult an estima-
be lady. and offered a formal apology.
which he cold not have done. however: ne
fore the duel had been 8 witn1ut m
curing the odium Of cowardice. The az
fair will not end there. however. ior inc
actress has instituted Legal proceeaLnsS
against the origtnators ana propasatofs v.
the Islander about her.
Signora Tina d Lorenzo has but recently
returned from Russia, where ner aPpsaos,
ances have been but q continuous series OF
triumphs. Her leading, man is Signos fta.
VIC Ando, well known In the United STATES
since his appearance there N snppo,o
in America. Signorina di Lorenzo VIII ap.
pear this season in most of the great Sitiss
Of the European continent no;ns ade lid COM
ment throughout the press.
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weighing the New baby.

TIL story of a young and devoted faith
er. The baby was his first. and he want
ed to weigh it. -
Its a bumper" he exclaimed "heio
are the scales?" -
The domestic hunted up an old-fashioned
pair. and the proud young father assumed
charge of the operation.
ri try 1t at eight pounds" he SAID.
sliding the weight along the beam at tnat
figure.
more than that"
He slid the weight along several notches
b George!" he said. "She weighs
more than, ten OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
thirteen-fourteen! Is it possibie?""
He set the baby and the scales down ana
rested himself.
biggest baby I ever saw" he painted.
resuming the weighing process. Fifteen
and a half-sixteen: This thing WON'T
weigh her. See. sixteen Is the last notch,
and she jerks it up like a feather! Go and
get a big pair of scales at some neighbors.
I'll bet a tenner that she weighs over
twenty pounds. Mile" he shouted. rush
ing into the next room, shes the big
Gest baby in this c~ountry-weighs over
sixteen pounds"
What did you weigh her on?" inquired
the young mother.
ION the old scales In the kitchen"
1.-The figures on those are only. ounces"
she replied. quietly. Bring me the baby,
John"
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Club Women in New York.

New York Letter: The women OF New
York have organized themselves into clubs
for the study of art. of children, for the
development of literature and the advance
ment of literature and the advancement of
philanthropy: clubs for women of me stage.
political clubs, suffrage clubs. class clubs
for women of leisure, who desire to enjoy
the pleasures of life Il la man. In fact,
nearly all kinds of clubs into whic it is
have a Judgment In the metropolis. One of
the newest, however, is Il club of trained
nurses. This unique institution has a house
OF its own. where every opportunity is af-
forded the member to develop the do
mestic side of their natures while waiting
for a call. The Nurses Club is now self
sustaining. The usual remuneration of the
nurses of this club is SIS a week, but they
will not refuse to attend an urgent case il
the person desiring their service is too
lar with physicians on account Of this com
Eendable feature of its constitution.
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OLD DUEL OYER AN ACTRESS
OF TINA DI LORENZO
CALLED OUT AT BUDAPEST.
Took 1t All Back After He Had
Escaped LUXURY and Said That He
Never Intended to Injure
That Estimnble Lady.

A most sensational incident occurred AZ
Budapest the other day when Tina dt
Lcrenzo, the handsome Italian traSedi-
enne, who is playing n short engagement
at the Hungarian capital. was assaiied IN
the Magyarorszay. one OF the principal
daily papers. in an article from the pen
of Dyonis de Pazmandy, a former repre-
sentative in the Hungarian parliament.
This gentleman announced to the world
at large that the young actress. who Is
not more than "A years old, had been a
~favorite of the sultan, and that she had
been an inmate of the harem for a num-
Der of years.
This article excited considerable a;ten-
ton, of course. since SiSnoCina di Lorenzo
is a member of one of the most aristo-
cratic families Of Naples: had enjoyed a
blameless reputation and was Well re.
ceived in the best circles of society, ard
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gramme. Sometimes her work goes reluc-
family, and sometimes she is mastered and
possessed by it. and 1t leaves her nervously
exhausted, as well as deSorientee regarding
everyday affairs. After writing her Deer
field massacre. story. which the Messrs. Har-
per are now bringing out in q new collec-
to make herself realize that she was not
living in the time and place of the story:
she really believed that the story-her story
was true.
or course she would get out of such OBJ
sessions OF genius anyway. but 1t is prob
able that she Is helped out of them the
sooner by her strong sense of humor. to
constantly appealing. She wrote not long
ago to a friend: well, l nave had one
thing to be thankful for l~ately-the rooster
that lived next door. that didn't know how
to crow. but crowed all the same every
three minutes. has been executed and
cooked. So there are always mercies. if
We only see them"
At Home in Boston.
Naturally. Miss Wilkins is almost as
much at home in Boston as she Is in Ran
dolph; I think she feels more at home
there. Some people may find that hard to
believe. because at Boston she goes In
neither for Browning nor Ibsen. and she is
without a fad: but 1t is nevertheless true.
You cannot discover about Miss Wilkins
home a vestige of the influence of any hob
by-unless it is possibly her chatting dish:
she has a beautiful time with that, and so
do her friends. Views" she has none, in
the strenuous Rostonian sense; good. solid
principles she has in plenty. AS between
Boston and Randolph, l am sure that one
thing that makes her prefer the latter as a
place of residence is the possibility. of ly-
ing there in a way to one side of her lit
erary reputation. She Is not at all fond of
the strong light that beats upon author
ship but when she is in Boston she is con-
tinually getting into it. as a matter Of
course. In Randolph she lives with a fam
lily of excellent people who lave known her
ever since she was Il child. and to whom,
though they rejoice with perfect happiness
over her success. she Is always the girl
whom they knew before she made that
success. She is more like a daughter and
n sister in this household than anything
else. and she accepts the relation with the
completest loyalty and devotion. She has
wha people call literary society," well
within her reach If she feels the want of
retirement here without solitude. and. with
it, it certainly need not be too much with
her at Randolph,
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GETTING ACQUAINTED.
How the New Children Made Their
Way Among the Neigh
hOra.

bOrB.
The little girl who lived at No.. II had had
her small nose fattened against the win
dow pane most of the morning watching
the new people move in next door. says
the New York Evening World.
The new people had children. but the lit
tie girl In No. II hesitated about extend
ing the freedom of the neighborhood to the
appointments about the children who lived
next door that she was very wary about
making any further acquaintance: They
were always horrid. Ike the children ths,r aoI IN
Mary. or Ella, or some commonplace
name like that. and they were afraid to
hear abon. costs and did not love fairies,
So the little girl in No. II had a species
of neighborly initiation which she tried on
all newcomers to see II they were worthy
of cultivation. This initiation was so ter
rible that no children had yet been found
who could stand the whole of the thirty
three degrees without shrieking for their
mothers or nurses.
superiority that the little girl in No. Il took
up her station in the backyard and pre-
pared for the. inquisition. The new chill
Haunting their dolls through the knotholes
in the fence. The dolls in question had on
rubbers. real rubbers. and the grand high
prieSteSs Of neighborly torture felt per-
Sonally insulted because her dolls had only
shoes.
Going up to the largest knothole the little
Sill III ANo L 0 iuu IA &c V"s" oehSA
than the last. then she ran her tongue out
and retired. But the aggravating new chill
dren Just pulled their chairs up to the
fence and looked in at the old resident.
as If she had been a matinee. The old resi-
dent then went back to the knothole and
made what is known as a Brownie face.
The new children returned 1t with a
Brownie face still more awful. because they
could cross their eyes and the old resi-
dent could not.
They glared at each other for some min
utes, then the old resident bethought her
self of something real terrible. Among her
possessions was a bottle of laundry blue.
purloined from the cook and kept for some
hour of deadly need. Taking the bottle of
blue and two trusted kittens she blued
their faces and then her own. and the trio
presented themselves at the knothole. The
new children were startled for a moment;
in Nc. II could stand anything but that.
She tried very hard not to cry. but IT
was most humiliating to have met her
match.
Say" said one Of the new children. I'VE
none of us amt afraid Of anything. II you
lend US those blue kittens well lend you
our dolls with real rubbers." And the
friendship was cemented.
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ure to and entertaining friends. 1t is
open house with her all the year round.
1t is her wont every summer to make up a
house party for her summer place at
One Thousand Dripping Springs or.
as her young friends call it., ''Bonny
Glen" located some five miles from Hot
of pleasure from arrival to departure.
Colonel Wilmington is the daughter
of Major ALI Wilmington, one of Hot
Springs most prominent citizens: q
granddaughter of Colonel Hiram Whit
tington, one of Arkansas pioneers, who
settled in Little Rock in 1896. and estab-
lished the Little Rock Gazette. which pa
per is still in existence. In 1882 he moved
to Hot Springs. He was selected to rep
resent in the general assembly what was
then the Western district of Arkansas. and
prominent in framing the new consti-
tuition of the state.
In her full Uniform of a colonel Miss
Wilmington will be a prominent feature
at the state encampment. to be held at
Little Rock in July.
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grown instructive, and is as unconscious az

grown instructive, and is as unconscious as
1t Is accurate.
A Bit From "Jerome."
= to the southwark of the house In
which Miss Wilkins was born there rises
q big, picturesque granite ledge. quite a
hill in itself. which is or was called the
Great Rock. Thanked by some houses with
a new suburban look, it seems to bulge
out of the earth with an intention to be out
of place-to be a kind of cosrnic anachro-
nism in Randolph. However. a few years
ago it doubtless fitted into the landscape
well enough: and from the sunny side of
it Miss Wilkins nourished her imaginative
childhood. To this extent that charming
bit at the opening of Jerome Is autobi-
o%graphic:
Edwards house was a great rock ledge: on
the southern side of 1t was a famous hiding
place for a boy on a windy spring day.
There was a hollow in the rock for a
space as tall as Jerome, and the ledge ex-
tended itself out beyond 1t like a sheltering
granite wing to the westward. . . He
lay there basking Ike some little animal
AT the side of the gentle hill at the left
a file of blooming peach trees looked as il
they were moving down the slope. to some
tmperious march music of the spring"
There are. in spite of the changes l have
noted. n good many surviving traces of a
more picturesque and gentle time in Ran
dolph. An old and fortress-like stone house
lust across the way from her fathers house
was well calculated to haunt her fancy:
and further down the street stands n fine
old mansion. with gardens and lawns. winch
preserves the true flavor of colonial ele-
gance. 1t is no wonder that we see such
places cropping out in Mis- Wilkins stories.
And yet her formative period was not spent
in Randolph. but in Brattleboro-which also
has its old-time flavor. So far as local in
fuences have affected her work. I fancy
that those of Southern Vermont have pre-
ponderated.
Work Really Done by spurts.
This work of Miss Wilkins goes on plac-
idly enough, but not in any way that is
systematic enough to distress us. She speaks
of a stint Of a thousand words a day. but
she has the artists susceptibility to times
and moods. and her work is really done by
spurts. She is not one of those fortunate
ones who can say, 60 to! / will sleep from
10 until 6. and then be fresh for my
work" Sleep with her has to be wooed
with subtle arts, n will follow no pro-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-20
On Catching Cold,

Certain experiments which have recently
been made tend to rehabilitate cold" In its
nave shown that exposure to cold lowers
the resistance of the body to infection, and
made it clear that in regard to various dis
eases which are known to be caused by
micro-organisms. and especially In regard
about with US and not suffer, and yet that
exposure to cold may at once enable the NIL
crobes to take root. Recent demonstrations
of the presence of the pneumococcus in the
lungs of healthy animals. and the fact that
exposing such animals to a thorough chill
i've. and makes it probable that In many
of the ailments which result from catch
ing cold a current infection from without
is not necessary. The healthier and clean
er the man. both inside and out, the more
no doubt will he be able to bear the ex-
posture without Ill consequences; but for
charged with infective heterogeneous. q
mere chill" may evidently set up disease.
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MISS WILKINS AT home.
LIFE OF THE POPULAR NOVELIST AS
TOLL BY MIR. CHAMBERLAIN.
How She Works and How She Finds
Material for Her Stories-What
Effect Home surroundings
Have Upon Her Work.
Joseph Edgar chamberlin. In the Critic.

Joseph Edgar Chamberlin. In the Critic.
There is a curious delusion current about
Miss Wilkins. which undoubtedly grows out
Of the determination of most people to
make all writer's as much as possible like
their books. 1 have heard people, who
really knew better. insist that Miss Wilkins
must be a countrytied little person. look
ing and acting as If she had just stepped
out of her own stories. This notion may
claim to derive some color. perhaps. from
the fact that she lives in the village where
she was born, and in an old house of YER
nacular New England architecture. with
its side toward the road n its front door
in the middle of this side, with a north
parlor and a south parlor. and a flower gar
den in front of the house. There is not
much more to sustain the delusion. Miss
wilkins tastes are only slightly rustic. 1t
Is a long time since Randolph, which is not
so far out of Boston as the northern
boundary of Greater New York is from the
Battery, ceased to be a real New England
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-20
A TYPICAL AMERICAN GIRL.
HELEN GOULD, EARNEST, BRAINY
AND CULTURED.
How II Daughter of Jay Gould, One
of the Richest Women In the
World, Spends Her Time
and Money. .
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
1 expect to pass through this life but
once; any good, therefore, that I can do.
let me do ii now; let me not neglect it. or
defer it, for 1 shall not pass this way
again.
One day last week two ladies came into
Delmonico's for luncheon.
One was a gentle-faced, elderly woman,
with snowy hair. dressed plainly in black.
The other-a young lady-was of delicate
frame. with tiny hands and feet, an ex-
quisitely clear-cut profile, dark hair. gray
eyes with black lashes and brows, and a
dazzling and perfectly natural complexion.
This young woman was dressed in a vio-
let cloth gown of perfect cut and finish.
On her small. well-shaped head she wore
a close toque of purple velvet trimmed with
violets. Over her shoulders was thrown a
ape of Persian lamb trimmed with chin
chilla. Nothing marred the perfection of
quiet elegance displayed in her toilette.
As these two ladies took their seats there
was a languid. well-bred ripple of interest
throughout the room, and from a table
close by the writer heard a man say:
There is the most remarkable young wom-
an in New York society to-day"
The elder of the two ladies was Mrs
Russell Sage.
The younger was Miss Helen Gould.
Since the passing of Jay Gould his eldest
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doubly interesting from the fact that she
has chosen every book in it herself and has
arranged them to suit her own fancy; She
is very fond of poetry. She has a fun set
white and gold. Histories, art books, en-
cyclopedias. STANDARD PHILOSOPHERS make up
this realm of study. Mrs. Russell Sage Is
perhaps Miss Gould's most intimate friend,
and Mrs. Sage is a deep student. These
ladies spend hours together in study and
research.
She has taken a full course of law especial
~ designed for business women. To a close
friend she said hat she had studied law In
order to be able to understand and manage
her own affairs.
The eminent authorities who taught and
examined Miss Gould say that her mind
percentage was unusually high.
Helen Gould Is known to have been the
favorite of her father. She is to-day de-
voted TO his memory, and says to her
friends that he was the best man she ever
knew.
Devotion to Her Father.
1t is known that he was the most indul-
gent of fathers, a companion and friend TO
his child. not a stern. forbidding parent.
Miss Gould during his life preferred his
companionship to that of all others. and
he turned to her always from the fever of
his life, as the desert traveller turns to a
draught of pure water.
Is it not possible Helen Gould compares
the men she meets with the man VINO TO
her represented all that was good, lofty
and noble in life?
Miss Gould said to a friend laughingly:
"All my beauX are cranks.' She has been
annoyed and threatened by adventures and
lunatics.
Her life is so full of affairs of moment
she has no time to consider matrimony:
1t is a well known fact that the Count de
Castellane paid court first to Miss Helen
Gould. Receiving no encouragement, he
turnei to the younger daughter.
Mis- Gould is an intensely patriotic young
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Some Amusing Hibernici.m..

Sir Boyle Roche is best known to fame
as the man who smelt a rat, saw him
floating in the air and nipped him in the
bud; but n writer in the current Cornhill
the same eminent source. For example.
discoursing on the relations between En-
gland and Ireland, Sir Boyle declared that
wishes TO diminish the brotherly affections
of the two sister countries" This Is, how
ever. no better than the benevolent wish
of the governor of Georgia. in his speech
at the last Atlanta exposition, that the oc-
casion might be an entering wedge which
would bring about a more perfect unity be-
tween North and South.
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Decided to Wed Mr.. Dukkatx.

From Pearsvn's Weekly
Why. Ethel, what are you doing with
that big medical work in your lap?"
Well, ArabeIla, you'd never guess, I am
quite sure"
"You are not going to make q physician
of yourself. are you?'
Not at all. l am trying to find out
which of my two suitors l love enough to
marry. What do you think of that?"
How can a cyclopedia OF medicine help
you?"
well. it's this way. Mr.. spondulicks is
81 years of age. He is worth eco, 900, and
has consumption. Mr.. Dukkats is 65 years
old. He is worth E100.0 00. and has incipient
govt. 1 thought. perhaps. this medical
book would help me TO make up my mind.
! have about decided that 1 love Mr.. Duk-
kats the better. Which would you love?"
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Mark and the Maiden.

From the Criterion.
At an evening party in London a gushing
young thing was introduced to Mark
Twain.
"Oh Mr.. Clemens," she said. Now
please do tell me! I've been thinking of
taking up writing. but I am so afraid of
that dreadful writer's cramp-did you ever
have it?r
II did, madam"
And what did you take for it,"
"Beefsteak."
Just fawncy. But how and where did
you apply it,
.'Broiied and internally" said Clemens,
g@ravely: - can't arswer for its being a
had, all right"
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From the New York Herald.
The works of Mrs. Cadwallader-Guild. q
scuiptress and a native Of Boston. are at
tracing a good deal of attention in Ger
many at present. She has gained her
greatest success in Berlin. She enjoys the
patronage of the Princess Helene Won
Sachsen-Altenburg. a bust Of whom she
recently designed and placed on exhibition.
The German government has awarded
Mrs. Cadwallader-Guild several lucrative
orders. Through the influence of Won
Stephen. the secretary of state, h OBJ
tanned the contract to design the two
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statues Post" and "Telegraphie" on the
new postoffice building in Magdeburg. She
has also executed a bust of Joachim for
Robert Won Mendelssohn. of Berlin.
Mrs. Cadwailader-Guild is termed an au-
todidactic sculptress. She completed her
first statue, 1t is said. without having re-
ceived any technical INSTRUCTION. ana her
later works were accomplished without
the aid of teachers or instructors. She
has had works to the number Of 80 on
public exhibition in Berlin. where she has
a studio. Her designs were also exhibited
at the German kunstverein. In Bremen.
and at Books, in Hamburg.
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SHE IS A COLONEL.
Miss Wilmington, of Hot Springs,
Has Been Commissioned an OF.
ffcer by Governor Jones'

Miss Emma W. Wilmington NJ Hot
Springs, Ark. has been commissioned a
colonel in the Arkansas militia by Gov
ernor Jones of that state. This is The
third time in the history of this country
that the honor has fallen upon a woman,
and the first in Arkansas.
Colonel Wilmington is sponsor of Com
pany A, Third infantry. located at Hot
Springs; she is a military enthusiast proud
or her company and of the title she holds.
society belle at the Springs" AS a hostess
she has no superior in the South, and she
Is never so happy as when giving pleas