The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-29
GOSSIP FROM ABROAD
COUNTESS MAK.MEsBURY ANs-
 WERs IMPORTANT QUESTION.

WERs IMPORTANT QUESTION. Is Society Deteriorahnge-Freedom
 of Modern eirl-Gorged With
 Amusements-Bride 6 Widow of
 Six Husbands in Six Years.
 Is society deteriorating? Is tho question Res aSs ps sassn countess of Mamss bury in & most interesting paper Her Ladyship. after pointing out that there is much less heavy gambling and drink 'The great curse of our day is that we are all gorged with amusements SO that those of us who give themselves up to this pursuit are shortly assailed by des- plating cloud of boredom which is only another word for surfeit. Our dinners are too long, too hot, too gorgeous, too large. and, therefore. usually. too deadly were perfect in every detail they could not continue to amuse a person who dimes out every night of his life. Still. with all their faults. they must be less fntoiera- ble than those interminable feasts of roast beef, cygnet, or pea-chick at which our grandfathers sat. hanked by bottles of port and brown sherry. from In the afternoon till they were carried to bed or.
 
 presence of the ladies'" The Countess also deplores the rush of modern life: Formerly the great dining days for the London world were Wednesdays and Sat urdays, these days being free from House of Commons duties; but now the former only remains to the giver or eater Of din- ners. Saturday Is devoted to hop, skip following Monday" The Countess con- clusion Is that: Good and bad flourish together in the worlds great field" but that on the whole the good predominates over the bad. She is inclined, however. to believe that the freedom of the modern girl has not made her happier. 'The charmed we'll of mystery which made Of for prizes. whose society could scarcely be enjoyed in fullness, has dropped from eur lovely, athletic, accomplished, but prosaic young women, whom ambulance classes of something of the tender freshness which dilated the eye and finished the cheeks of their ancestresses
 A Female Bluebeard.
 The Spanish journals relate the perhaps unparalleled matrimonial experience of young Spanish woman named Isabella Ca poral, who in six years has lost by death Six husbands, and now awaits in modest patience her wedding day with seventh. In 1884 Senorina Isabel. then young girl of 21. emigrated to New Orleans, and soon married a theatrical manager named Freeman, wh0 died in a few months from yellow fever during starring tour. In order the better to conduct the company his widow, after a few weeks, married cns of the actors, a Spaniard named Hany, who was fatally stabbed on their wedding night while trying to mediate a. brawl in the boarding house. Three weeks later another of the actors led her blushing to the altar. He was a Mexican named Lopez with whom the offended laws of his country had a crow to pluck Arrested. he sought escape by leapins from a train, was killed. and for the third time in twelve months poor Isabel became a widow. Very soon, however. an American named Knight, but the Gu ban war consigned him to an untimely grave and Isabel to the arms of fifth husband in the person of South Caro- lima lumber merchant, who was killed among his own timber. About the sixth husband there are not many details, but he met his end untimely, like his prede- cessors-in a steamboat accident. Stand ing Hike Niobe, all tears" Isabel is for the moment a widow for the sixth time. But she is young, possesses small oow- ", and a business man in Charleston, greatly daring, has implored her to name the seventh wedding day.
 New American Vicereinep
 Our next Viceroy will probably be the young Duke of Marlborough, writes a Dublin correspondent Earl Cadogan nas been resigning ever since he LOOK the relns of office here, but circumstances Rave been continually occurring to prevent this resolve being executed He wished to re- tire last year, but the impending visit of the Prince and prinGess tbas occurrsnea oI mns Later the death of Queen Victoria stood in the way of resignation, ana now It ls understood that the King wishes Lord Cadogan to retain his position until he | (the King) Is enabled to fulfill bis promise regarding his visit to Ireland, which will probably be in April of next year. Twen- | ty-ive years ago the granoIstnea Ter oI v,n tne roy of Ireland. and & most popular one too. No doubt the memory or that nota- ble reign will cause the young Duke to make every effort to gain the affections of the Irish people. The Duchess of MarIborough-a daughter of MT. w. K. Vanderbilt-would be likely to take well in Ireland, though 1t will De sometnlns new to have an American Lady Lieu The Harvest Bell.
 A quaint but dying custom dating rom the Middle Ages which still obtains In few English country parishes IS that or evening The time varies in different localities For instance. at Drifield, in Yorkshire the bell rings at 5 in the morn ing while at Willingham, in Cambridge abIre if rings at T. and the times, too, vary In the evening. Authorities difer as to the origin of the custom some antl- ouaries holding that the morning ana 1Sere SeId earlier and later Tn harvest tS were hence the cleaners bell 9th ITS | rnain+ajn the use of the bell is that all aiaaners may have fair start, Slo one be- | inor aIiowed in the fields kefore' or after l ha11l-rinping: in fact, that the custom is | siroiiar to the signal given to the cnllec- | tors of vrack in the ChanneI @lapos, ovs}ono sanctioned there by an old Nor nan law The ringer was formerly paid | hxs a nortion of corn from each crop. put | oS DS S,,noant ia now usually made by money. |
 Milton's Pretty Box"
 c,ba,font St Giles, the location of a sreebold tsporting estate of about lSl acres known as Pollard wood, wmch IS to be sold soon, is BucklnghamsS,nlre village indeby associated Wltn lcss Nliltol, st The bhnd poet retired there in l665 from t, he iaa,,,a which was then raging in I Iite to "A pretty box" which Ge,aIo 6>oIIot frisnd had hired for him. Here ~ aH'tabad paradise Lost" and planned, ne, die 'iia t, part wrote Paradise Regained" &IiI.at,s s house IS q plain half-timber, nnIIo fronted cottage, with a little gar San hafore 1t The porch, shown in some oId angrayings has been removed. Mil tnn,s Fame is inscribed over the door toIt H,.,ttar nIace of pilgrimage near Chal- font is the Friends burial srouno Stt, at 2or- don, u,brra The remains Vf William Iai, panr S' ,bc founder of Pennsy1 an8a- ~ie in t..t, Sa.,as '"' %o record marks the spot, out yer Ell tndicatps the place as being o,,ita close to the door of the chapel.
 A Bold American.
 A. American can boast of being the first to cycle across St' Mark 5 oquare at tyi " et G " 5,bicb feat he accomplished un- s'. seliiSga ~ ga,s',itt4s a f-w weeks ago. Every ,5 ieI @ u,ill to s,e the astonishing sight of ] Douy ld' r,rine across the fine granite |