El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-10
For the Better Half !
Written for the HpRALD.

There is slight reaction this win
ter in the theaters against the vaude-
vile. social problem and demi monde
plays. in favor of standard. clean.
wholesome plays. Sothern is playing
a splendidly staged. thoughtful Hamlet
and Richard Mansfield has put Henry
v on with gorgeous scenes and in
finite accuracy of detail and a careful
reading. and midsummer night
dream is being played Sarah lie
Moyne presented Browning's In Bal
cony'' in New York with Otis Skinner
as Norbert and Eleanor Robson as
Constance. Tho play developes the
complete idea of the poem and set 1t in
"A beautiful scene with an Italian bal
cony. garden and lake shimmering in
the moonlight. Mrs. lie Moyne who is
gaining a very secure holding as an
Interpreter OF thoughtful parts. brings
out the love. fear. self delusion. anger
jealousy and revenge of the queen with
infinite shades of meaning.
Gossip has been very busy brewing
trouble between Anna Gould and her
French count and has kept up lively
rumor of a probable divorce as "A result
of the counts enormous debt which his
wife could not pay and the Gould's in
America had TO raise. Friends of the
CastelIanes deny emphatically that
there is any trouble and assert that
the counts five million dollar debt rep
resents the perfectly innocent expendi-
lures OF a million francs for a yacht;
another million for charity bazaar
building to- replace the one that burned
a few years ago: ten million for their
new castle 10000 for antiquities in
which purchase they were grossly
swindIed by the Jews. they claim: and
million. besides the big sums he spent
in conducting an anti-Dreyfus cam
paign.
The author OF Elizabeth and Her
German Garden has not positively To-
Gated yet though every possible Eng
Iishwoman in Germany has been sug-
gested. The Princess Henry of Prussia
sister-in-law OF the Kaiser. has been
frequently challenged about the book
and has received many letters of admi-
ration Of her as the author but she
denies positively that she wrote il. be
sides she mas only one baby and the
Elizabeth of the book has three. The
Princess Henry of Plesse. one Of the
beauties OF Europe. an Englishwoman
by birth was one of the first guesses.
She is said to have the castle by the
Baltic and the garden and is said to
have wit enough to have written the
book. but she has sent an emphatic
note OF denial of the authorship, to the
books publishers. The Countess Ar
MIN is another one upon whom the
honor of the books authorship has
been thrust She is also an English
woman and her man OF wrath pos
sesses a castle by the Baltic. but she
also denies the honor. So the author
ship is still riddle unless the Prin-
cess Henry OF Plesse. or the Countess
Arnim for some reason best known to
n1irers of the book would be sorry TO
think it pure iction-its delight con-
sists in certain, frank. diary record
of her days and their thoughts and
one wants the author to be some
sprightly English lady welded to a
Man of Wrath" of a German noble |
m.in and having three babies. the April
baby. the May baby and the June baby |
as adjuncts to the difficulties OF her
sarden-exactly as it is in the book.
The women OF four states. Colorado. |
Idaho. Wyoming and Utah cast presi- |
Dental ballots last Tuesday.
The Daughters OF the American Rev |
oIution took a particularly personal |
interest in the results of the election |
as it practically decided for them who |
should be their next presiding officer |
The daughters have custom of elect |
ing To- the chief executive Office of their |
association some lady of the presiden- |
tial family. if not the presidents or |
vice presidents wife or daughter or sis
ter-the wife of some member OF the |
cabinet. Mrs. Harrison. General Har-
rison's first wife. was the first Dresi- 1
dent. Mrs. Adlai Stevenson served |
long and popular term of Office and |
Mrs Daniel Manning has been promi-
nent in the society from the first Mrs |