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his coadjutor as chief of the staff, and
later his successor.
Up to the time of his marriage, Count
Waldersee devoted himself entirely to
his military duties; under the influence
of his wife, however, he began gradu-
ally TO take All active interest in poll
tics Countess Waldersee is an Amer
lean by birth, is one Of the cIeyerest
and most audacioosly ambitious wOm-
en- in all Europe, and in the early
eighties she was one of the most at
tractiYe. Even now, although well ad-
Vanced in years, she is SingularIy
charming, at once brilliant and sympa-
thetlc. II rumOr is TO be relied upon, no
sooner was she married 70 Count Wal
derSee than she made up her mind that
he should be installed in Prince Bis
marck's place as imperial chancellor.
Be this as it may. she certainly threw
herself eagerly into every movement
that had for its object the thwarting
OF bismarck: ana she chose out his
blttereSt enemies for her special
friends Dr. StOcker, the famous court
chaplain whom Bismarck dismissed
from office, was her cOadjUtOr and ad-
wiser in all she did. AS time passed
she founded a salon, the first and last
salon Berlin has ever yet seen; and a
perfect hOtbed of Bismarck in
trigues it was, of anti-Semite intrigues.
too; for The countess hates the Jews
only one degree less bitter than she
used to hate Bismarck She has i'm
DOCu LeI nuSDdlQ, loo. WITH nGr IGei-
ings on this point; indeed, if the anti
Semitic journals are to be believed, he
is now as strong an anti-Semite as she
is, and would be the leader Of Jhe anti
Semitic party were he net a soldier.
Meanwhile the countess had gained
unbOUnded influence over the present
kaiserin, TO whom her first husband
was related; she had gained, too, the
firm friendship of the present kaiser.
then Prince William She is the only
woman, indeed, to whom his majesty
has ever been known either TO listen
with serious attention, or to appeal for
advice In those troublous days that
followed the old kaiser's death hardly
a day passed without his paying her
a yisit-he would discuss social prob
lens with her for the hour together
and whenever he appeared in public
her husband was by his side
Naturally enough, Prince Bismarck
had from the first regarded the friend
ship between Prince William and the
WalderseeS with Scant approval: he
went out of his way, indeed more than
once to treat the countess with marked
rudeness- When he took 70 hurting
sarcasmS she was one of his favorite
targets 1t was not, however. until
Prince William was kaiser that the old
chancellor realized how formidable a
rival he had Then he soon became
thoroughly alarmed; for not only did
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his majesty continue to lavish marks
Of his favor on the count, but upon
more than one occasion he turned
pOintedly from Bismarck TO him for
advice. and he insisted on taking him
with him on a long yachting expedt-
ton To make matters worse, certain
journals began to speak openly OF
Count Waldersee as the future chanceI-
lOr- This was the battle signal; during
the months that followed there vas
war to the death between Bismarck on
the one side and the Waldersees on the
other. and Bismarck carried a decree
fOrbidding soldiers to NEEDLE in poll
tics, and this. as all the world knew,
was aimed at his chief of the staff.
Officially Count WalderSee was in dis
grace, although, oddly enough, private
" he stood as high as ever in the favOF
OF his sovereign, who continued to giV
him proofs of his friendship
When Bismarck fell, it was generally
expected that Count Waldersee wouI9
step into his place at once but IL
CHANGED that, for some reason, tns
why's and WheTefOres Of which have
never been explained. the kaiser was
on none too good terms either with him
or his wife just then. According TO one
account, his majesty was annoyed with
the countess owing to some display she
had made of her influence over the
kalserin; according to another, his sus-
capabilities had been ruffied by the
tone certain journals that drew their
inspiration from the count had adopted
towards his labor programme: accord
ing to a third, he was angry with both
the count and the countess for having
brought on him the suspicion Of being
IN sympathy with anti-SemitisH-
Some anti-Semites whom he had met
at their house had boosted that he and
the 6aiSerin were at heart as stOutIy
opposed to the Jews as they We're.
Whatever be the truth of the matter,
one thing IS certain: at the autumn
rnaneuyerS that year the kaiser treated
the count with marked cOldness-nay,
upon one occasion, with pointed rude
ness. a few months later. without q
word of explanation, he removed him
from his post as chief Of the staff. and
appointed him to the command of an
army corps at Altoona. The count. who
resented the change as an insult. re-
FUSED 10 accept his new appointment.
and TO this the kaiser's reply was q
curt command to start at once for
Altoona And at Altoona the WalderSees
nave lived ever since, although they
nave long ago made their peace with
ms majesty, just as they made IL with
Bismarck before he died. Quite re-
Gently the kaiser made the count a fiel6
marshal, and at the very time when he
appointed him to the command OF the
aimed armies there were rumOrs that
ne was about to give him the chanceI-
lordship.-Pali Mall Gazette.
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The pope and all his council of cardi-
nails assent to it. Precisely the same
proceeding was gone through between
the grandfather of the present Russian
emperor and one Of the Doigorouki
family.
] say that Germany has chiefly in
dorsed this whole revolving wrong
against society; and the statement Is
based upon a conviction that OF all
snobs in the civilized world your Ger
man snob is just now the most oIen-
siYe. William II, who has just sworn
such theatrical vengeance against the
Chinese. should sympathize with them
in at least one regard-their worship
of ancestors.
remember once meeting an inferior
officer on a German ship. To a certain
feminine passenger he declared that ne
had fallen. IN love with New York
lady, he himself being a bachelor he
also stated that his inamOrata was
rich widow, and gave his new acquaint-
ance a glimpse of her photograph
why, she's charming. evidently, said
Mrs Blank, land she looks as II she
would make you a most happy man
should she consent to marry you IN
stantIy came q. solemn glance of mega
tive into the sailors eyes Marry
no, nOI'' he exclaimed -Ah, do you
suppose that I, whose family dates back
to the fifteen century. could possibly
marry an American of Yesterday L
should add, by the way, that he who
acquitted himself of this inane senti-
ment was in many other respects an
excellent fellow. never questioned
him as to how he felt on the subject of
morganatic marriages. but it seems TO
me highly probable that he would have
given them Cat least among the royal
ties and mobiles" Of his Iand), cordial
endorsement
AS everybody knows. the youngest
daughter Of Queen Victoria became the
wife of a man whose parents contracted
an alliance of this shocking sort 1t IS
said that the Princess Beatrice was de-
voutIy attached to Prince Henry of
Battenberg, and since he was a young
gentleman extremely handsome and al
tractive. this is no doubt true. More
over, though Christians are asked to
believe that there is righteousness in
visiting the sins of their fathers upon
the children born srom them, every
mortal with a thinking mind and a
clean conscience knows that 10000 such
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IMMINENT DANGER TO SILVER.

HE PRICE OF SILVER bullion is little better be-
cause OF the demand due the operations
east and to the famine conditions in India aggravated
the gold standard This demand will be increased dmn-
Sled according the of If
shall be controlled by gold standard countries using every
opportunity invariably in the cural the
men OF silver may expect upon the hnan-
cal chess board that will tumble silver quotations
closing of the Indian minis.
Silver is naturally the money of all Asatc In
1880 no would have seriously pophesied that England
would close the Indian minis. Nevertheless, three years
that very act fell like thunderbolt upon people India
he IN the Dhghtng distress and since para
Ecu he industries has than justified caaritous pre-
dlctlons of Carlisle and Blaine
here IN Utah those gentlemen who cannot remember their
Arguments OF 1890 may be able to recoec the closing of mines
ana ue financial depression 1893 gave this state months
OF gloom dark enough to daunt stoutest hearts
Inc consumption OF silver by India naturally fallen
m 10 large extent since that time gold standard has
- III otler directions Japan has changed ratio to
81 10 and Russia 23 China will be the nt ohiact;
point Whether she actually dmenbered or OetIeI co..
nenta power is assumed foreign countries acting te
e ngureheads will be only question time until the
the demand OF China, which care of the Australian
prodqSt OF silver will be sensibly diminished.
oPous boast OF the godbug has been that the
OI CIVILIZATION necessitates the gold standard Rimea
isis nave 1nPOenty witnessed boast made GOOD h IN
luou legislation il favor metal But te nderS+and
dt II IS sneak1ng peaan an act of vilanv
petuaion 49, W - Pc
Chauncey M. Depew, postprandial orator who draws
year from Uncle Sam for representing Vanderbts
III uG senate began gold speech 1906 Il anD
bot the light of experience" experience was good odp
cr gldug IN 1885, ought to be permitted svere in
1000 And that experience teaches
never voluntarily relax purpose to make m GOLD the
all else the slave Experience proves that the WORKING OFT 81
TINS purpose involves the elimination as competitive
money meta not alone the United States but likewise in
India China and other Oriental countries as fast as tbey can
De Drought within range of gold standard policy
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SUGAR-COATED EDUCATION.

INDICATIONS ARE PLENTIFUL that a reaction has set
against the advocated by the sponsors
new education Almost all the educational journals and
that class publications discussing Wig
o1ousy the limit to which the sugarcoated system Of nsruc
shall be carried From the abuses of the elective system
universities down to the plan instruction that
makes play of everything and work of nothing, the socaed
modern idea is being dsected carefully and vigorously its
merits.
The extremes represented in the colleges by those who
would make everything elective AMI the first grades of the
public schools by those who believe child should absorb
suction unconscouy from form of which shall
convey information in disguise
Close observers who have watched the results
ing their conclusions They agree that the element of dis
cpne almost wholly lacking the new" education; that
thu child mind in the early grades acquires mental fiber;
the elective system the college while it supposed
allow swing of natural ncnations often results in the
subjects because they and because
they furnish the which the forerunner of mental
strength.
The whole question should be of wide here in Utah
where the conditions peculiarly favorable the adoption
development of innovations that really valuable be
cause these same likely encourage
experiments faddsts The problem therefore, reach
the medium of practical methods which shall give education
multiplicity of subjects giving him the idea that nforma
ton alone is the chief aim of school training
Now, always, there is royal read to learning
achievement field The schools from kindergarten
university should be adapted the development of strong well
balanced and and sugacoaed pabum part
OF any curriculum that achieves such an end,
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declarations in 10000 different as
books would not shake the imr,o,1t1ea
of this avowaL Nevertheless, the on.
ton arises-Why did the Enplist soSS-
ereign, who has always put birth, 9'V
permost in all matrimonial proiao+. Ip
her children, waive the fact thai p Ut
Henry Of Battenberg was brougb+ i-l
being by a union which her own 10y 30
tudinous subjects would proDou,co
the present ruling Hanoverian boI,--
no union at all?
True, it might be said of thu
tacuIar young William Il thar 49,
about him IS elevated except the +,-
tureG hairs OF his comic mustache -
that il would be well for his realm, if -
understood the capacities and asni- --e
lions of its people half as Intelligent
as he does those of his barber b..
Francis Joseph. who is a man of 49,
intellect and considerable cornroI
sense, should surely perceive the foT,t
of Haunting before his people 81 b,.e-,-s
garity- To confer title upon the WON
an whose future cOhabitation with hi
real relative he boldly sanctioned w.
10 gid sensualism, 70 place a cOrO0ar
on the brow OF dishOnor.
But how, the civilized part Of man
2 nE
lewd social evil, much as we condemn
it2 The answer is easy. Be indefafie-
able with both written and spoken con
tempt Be anarchists in noble cause
as Lincoln. Garrison and Sumner ~-e~a
anarchists in another cause, nObIer sriII
The anarchists, whom Just now We ara
compelled to heed and 10 punish. muir
der mddly with lead and steel. Why
not destroy the mOrganatic marriage
as slavery was destroyed, by the blood.
less process Of bOycOtJing2
The monarchs of Germany. Austria
and Russia would arrest and imprISon
as a bigamisI any man of the masses
who should presume to take unto him
self z pair of wives Yet for their own
class and a limited few among their
most favored cOUrtiers they reserve the
right to pose before society as polyga-
miSts- From Germany and Austria We
should at least expect an attitude less
Ditiably medieval.
With Russia We may sill anticipate
almost any leaning toward oriental
pFOdigacy- One has only to read Count
Tolst0y's latest scathing book. ".Resur-
rection,' for the lucid understanding of
this WOful fact. Still. we are forced 70
admit that every decade helps to rem
der these audacitieS more rare. Charles
II. was the ias+ English king who dared
10 make i'is -u- innate children dukes.
and neither r" lam, Francis Joseph
nor Nichols 7r.u I'D now have the in
science thus 10 slap civilization in the
face It may take a century longer be
fore the RIOrganatic marriage is wholly
stamped out in Europe. though it ought
not, for that matter, TO take a single
year
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Che Stage Struck Girl, Ell, u,5 By u,,>o,

les and has been given leading roles in
good and successful plays.
Yet her face was grey with despon-
dency, and in her eyes there dweIt a
look akin to despair as she talked to
me OF her plans for the future
"Oh, have been offered some very
good roles, she said, by several man
ayers L am not quite sure which I
snaH accept My husband opened last
night IN New York; the play he is in
scored great success, and viii run
tnere several months Then il viii go on
the road L shall go out with some
company later. L fancy 1 will spend
a portion Of the winter in New York
But do not expect to see much of mn,
husband Yes, it is too bad. because
We are quite happy together, and the
one thing IN life we desire is a home
1 am SO very, very tired of travel
anu separation and homelessness. It is
useless 10 try and have a home when
your work is on the road. A few weeks
IN summer IS all my husband and I
see or each other. Even when We ara
IN the same cOmpany-which haDDaned
one SeaSon-we have but three ar fo,,~
hours, rarely that. of the tyvenfv-fo,1
Mhlch can be called companionsf,in
ne fehearsalS and the night and matt
nee appearances consume the time nor
gwen 20 sleep Then the travel and fhe
HCtTl me are so unpleasant I often
wish had chosen any other VOL 81
the world But l was only I6. and f,,II
or Illusions. when 1 began. YES 7 No.
had success; that is. 1 have aIVavs
peen IN demand by managers. aIyvays
received a good salary, and always
have my share Of applause and curtsi,9'
calls. e'i1 cur tain
BUT what does that amount 10 -
one has no home. and sees no bo6e -
nome IN perspective?" u
sta here Is another object lesson for the
An actor who is lannon's in -
worlds, and who is a great artist. m s~o
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q N the critical days that preceded
81 the Franco-Prussian war Count
WaIdersee was military attache in
Paris. Prince Bismarck sent him
to France for the express purpose of
spying out the nakedness of the land;
and so well did he do his work that,
in the course of a very few months. he
learned more about the true state of
the French army than either the
French emperor or his war minister
ever learned in their lives. Il speaks
well for his circumspeetion. for his
savoir vivre too, that at the very time
he was sending home to Prince Bis
marck the most damaging reports ever
penned, perhaps, by military attache,
he was exceedingly popular among the
very people whose needless ways he
was criticising. Up to the day war was
declared, indeed. he was not only the
warm personal friend of almost every
member of the French staff, but per
soma gratissima alike TO the emperor
and the empress. With the empress he
was at one time quite special favo-
rite, for he can, when he chooses, be
most amusing; and amusing Germans
are always at premium in Paris.
with regard to some of the counts pro-
ceedings at this time, and "eSpiOn"
was one of the many unpleasant cpl
thets hurled at him; but these things
troubled him not one whit, and at the
conclusion of the war he returned TO
Paris as charge d 'affaireS- The recep-
ton he met with was none too hatter-
ing, it must be confessed; the giances
cast at him sometimes as he rode about
the city would have sorely ruff1ed the
nerves of most men. He was carrying
his life in his hand, in fact, the whole
time he was there. and he knew it; and
the dangers by which he was surround
ed seemed only to give life an extra
zest, for never was he quite so nom
chalant and happy as at this time,
never quite so cOurteously-and ruth
lessIy-skillful in his dealings with
others.
Before he was ever sent to France
Count WaIdersee had already won his
spurs in the open field as a soldier; for
he had distinguished himself by his
skill as a strategfst, SIS well as by his
personal bravery, both in the Danish
war and in the Austrian. Moltke,
whose fayorite pupil he was. had
singled him out for special praise, and
had spoken of him publicly as one who
had in him the making of a great gen.
eral. 1t was at Moltke's personal re-
quest that the count was appointed first
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- HE German emperor. ysho is 50
81 fond of declaring himself a di-
49, vinely appointed deputy in the
management os civic and mill
tary affairs, may be said, thus far,
to have missed two occasions for prov
ing himself even ordinarily humane.
One of these is his entire failure to
diseountenance the loathsome and bar
barrie practice of dueling, which Eng
land and our own United States have
long ago frowned upon with becoming
disgust. OF this permitted and even
applauded evil. however. which it is al
most certain that the emperor's noble
father would totally have abolished if
his reign had not been one OF such
piteous brevity, 1 do not intend here TO
treat.
The other abomination viii surely
suffice for a limited essay, and so dis
tinct an abomination is it, so eloquent
ly does its prolonged existence cry out
against all codes of decency. that each
new dav which fails to annuI it as a
national folly and disgrace may be said
to dye blacker a blot on the present
German reign. Morganatic marriages,
like nearly all the curses which have
infested humanity, are of ancient or
igin. They are simply concubinage in
a legalized form. Caste, that satanic
energy which ranks only little lower
than slavery, religious persecution and
war. nourished and begot them.
For some reason the German reigning
hOuses-in which that of Austria should
be included-have chiefly chung to this
odious custom Only yesterday, so to
speak, an Austrian archduke, close TO
the throne. gave his left hand in a
union of this hi9sous kind. All the
aristocracy of Vienna attended his we'd
ding. On the bride was bestowed a
fine sounding title, and her position
viii hereafter rate among those of the
highest nobility. But all children born
from her will have no claim whatever
to royal dignity, and should her So
termed husband" choose, at any future
time, to marry a princess of the blood
he will be at perfect liberty to take this
step.
In other words, the laws <5f her land,
while misunderstanding polygamy, smile
at her being made the mistress of the
emperOr's kinsman. The Catholic
church, which has always held divorce
in holy horror, allows its priests to
oficiate at this blasphemous ceremony.
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ried a beautiful, brilliant and success
full actress
They command a handsome salary,
and have been able during several
years to appear in the same companies.
1ney nave played long seasons in New
York, and have then made a tour Of
the states.
Applause. admiration and a good
income from their work has been theirs
let so monoSonous has this life of
trdVeI become, so weariSOme and IN
cearable the dwelling in trunks and no.
tells, that the handsome and gifted
young woman has absolutely refused
10 pursue her career; and as there are
more than two dependent upon this
couple for support, the charming artist
whom mulutudes in all parts OF the
clVnlzed world have given curtain calls,
mas, IN the flower Of her youth and ca
Ieer stepped out of the ranks of pro
teSslonals and-Opened a fashionable
boarding house
1 so want a home" she cries. Il am
willing to work and endure all sorts OF
cares and anxieties If can only have
4 nome Life is not worth living If my
husband and I must go on eternally IN
thlS AWFUL treadmiu of a theatrical ca
reer-Wlth no fixed habitat iOn. There
are no compenSatiOnS in this life which
repay Tor the sacrifices We have been
making
Think of that, my stage-struck dam
ser ana ponder on it
All can hope to do by these words
i 70 SET some career-mad young wo-
man to thinking seriously before she
e seTS tne most arduous of professions,
20 winch she may devote her best en-
s1SleS and years with no results.
me value of life is determined by
e"o thlngs-the happiness we get out
OF II. and the influence we leave on
others.
mess one or the other is satisfac-
1Iory, NE viii be a faHure-New EeTk
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ELMOST every day some girl
~ of mouth her desire to became
an actress.
Wives with good homes impart to me
their secret regret for a lost career
/ know a beautiful old lady who has
brought a child into the world whom
thousands of people rise up end bless;
other mothers say to her, How proud
you must he 10 think you are the moth
er of such child"
Yet this woman goes into the valley
of old age with the cry on her Hps-'I
ought to have been an actress. had
the chance in my youth, and 1 was a
fool not to accept it,
She has every comfort and luxury
and attention which makes declining
years happy, and she has robust health.
Yet she believes her mission in life
has failed because she is not a retired
actress.
Not one retired actress in one thous-
and has health, luxury and peace to
crown her dying day. The great major
ity have to depend upon f-benefits'
polite form of charity-or upon public
institutions for their comforts when
they cease to be drawing cards for the
atrical managers.
wish ali these troops of stage struck
young women could have heard a
young actress conversation few
weeks ago
she went on the stage at the age of
10 she is perhaps 26 or % now She
married an actor who draws a good
salary and never lacks an engagement.
she has appeared in excellent compsn-
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oeafor Beverldge OF Indiana cites Ireland happy
ample OF the benehcent results of English imperialism and he
urges the United States to adopt the policy John Morley
tie great British statesman appears disagree with Mr.
eTdge lie says the problem in Iceland been
ably handed.7