Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-03-15

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and made it possible not only for her to
take his courses, but also to study at
the Arnold Arboretum. As there are no
schools for landscape gardening, Pro-
fessor Sargent assisted Miss Jones in
planning out practical course, which
combined surveying, road building and
mineralogy, in addition to an exhaus-
tive course on horticulture and fores-
try.
Miss Jones' method is to assume com
plete charge of the grounds after con
sulting with the architect as to the 10
cation of the house. Her most recent
success was the planning and laying
out of Chiltern, the new country home
of Edgar Scott at Bar Harbor Her
plan is to direct her energies toward
assisting nature She advances the
cardinal idea of having everything in
keeping with the natural surroundings.
In this one instance at least Miss Jones
accomplished this to perfection. turn
ing wild woodlands and swamps into
enchanting bowers and terraced lawns.
Among the new society women who
will grace the coming season in Wash
ington is Miss Edith Root, daughter of
Elihu Root, secretary of war
Mrs. Ira e. Tut is the founder and
manager of an electric plant at Long
Branch, Cal
One of the strange features of the
recent election in New York was a
family feud which lost one man job
worth 100000 a year, while his own
nephew won from him a bet of $40 900
on his defeat When Alderman Nc
Garry, one of the Democratic leaders
of Brooklyn, died some time ago, he
left fortune Of $1,000,0O0, a widow
and two ambitious sons. After his
death the boys and their mother
agreed that they would control the
politics of the ward wherein the for
mer alderman had been the leader.
John Morrissey Gray, a brother of Mrs.
McGarry, objected to this and es-
sayed to be the leader himself The
political forces. ignoring the McGarrys,
nominated Gray for a lucrative office.
Then began contest in which a wo-
mans wit and tact proved more than a
match for the political managers.
Mrs. McGarry organized a campaign
against her brother, personally direct
ing the fight, generously unIoosening
her purse strings and opening her
handsomes residence as political head
quarters. AS result Gray. was de-
feated, all his colleagues on the Demo
cratic ticket being elected by large
majorities. and Mrs McGarry triumph
ed as political leader.
There recently arrived in this coun-
try the Countess Adeline Schimmel-
mann, who is known as the royal mis-
sionary. She goes around the world on
her yacht Duen on self imposed task
Of relieving misery wherever she hnds
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South Dakota has a 'girl campaign
er" in the person of Miss Hattie Rose
Laube, daughter of well known west
ern inventor, who has made many po-
litical addresses. Politically she is a
| Republican. but one of her warmest
friends is United States Senator w. A.
Clark, a Democrat, the Montana copper
king and multimillionaire.
One of the very few women who hold
justices of the peace commissions from
the governor of a state is Mrs. Louisa
j. Cabel. an attractive widow of Low
! ell, Me. Mrs. Cabel not only holds
court with becoming judicial dignity.
but prosecutes pension claims, man
ages a farm and conducts an express
business.
Miss Nellie Tully, bright young wo-
man who went to Colorado few years
ago. was recently elected treasurer OF
San Juan county, in that state.
Mary E. Triyett- Haight, wife of At
torney Charles V. Haight of Norwood,
| Ills, is one of the early pioneers in the