Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-27

ton to the Purtanic race in Ireland.
He declares that the general conception
Is that Ireland Is entirely inhabited by
race Of fun-loying, irresponsible, UNI
stable people q race. In fact who love
to drink and to gamble, who are witty
and clever. but never IN earnest. He
adr its that many Of these accusations
might justly lie against the people.
Peggy ONeal was greatly SLAM
dered," writes The historian, Parton
"and when she was about TO enter the
social circle IN Washington the ladies
cried, Horrible to contemplate. For
hid Il, decency Forbid it, Gene. Jack
son'" The general. then president OF
the nited states defended Peggy o.
Neal. and In letter In Peggy's defense
to the Rev. Or. Ely of Philadelphia, the
president wrote as follows: 1T puts
me In mind Of tale circulated her'V
the other day-that | was seized with
spasms In the stomach which would
have Occasioned my death. but for the
Immediate assistance of Dr. Henderson
who saved me- Now, the truth Is !
had no spasms, nor had ! ever seen or
heard OF DR.. Henderson before. But
FAihl AiAH A1it was ANAA anu DTlANNf1s
When a friends OF mine contradloted It
the reply was, I have II from the mouth
Of Or. Henderson himself. Il must he
true Unless | am mistaken, when the
facts connected with this attempt to
blast the reputation OF Peggy O'Neal
are brought TO light II will be found TO
have few parallel cases" In the novel,
Peggy O'Neal, Andrew Jackson, the
v.YnaaAauN nd De ha.
Mss Josephine Daskam. whose Me-
moirs Of Baby, I'm Harper's Bazaar, has
made such a hit is described by an
acquaintance as follows. "She rs tall,
slender, and chic, Her dusky crown
OF hair, her black eyes set far apart,
denOtng the reflective temperament
nor olive, colorless complexion. hint that
she might have been born In one of the
pcninsHlas jutting into the Medlterran-
can But this Is only misleading, ac-
cidcrtal resemblance, She was born In
the Nutmeg state. in the town Of STAN
ford, and has lived there all her life.
She talks as she Writes-crisply often
bitingly; and her yiyacity and dark col
oring, as well as the name, that Is
corruption OF D'Aseam, are proof OF the
strong Huguenot strain In her blood"
/. Frank Baum has written and pub.
lished more books of fairy tales than
any author OF ancient or modern times
and, especially In America, his name is
known In every household where there
are children old enough 10 read or TO be
read to- II il rather surprising that
an American, and a Chicago man at
That should hold the worlds fairy tale
record, but II Is, nevertheless true, Mr..
Baum's new book for this year is an
nounccd by his publishers, the Bobbs-
Merrill company, under the attractive
title Of THE Enchanted Island OF Yew.
II is said to contain even more novel
IDEAS than the authors famous wiz
ard Of o."
a fund Of $4,000 IS being raised FOR
memorial to the late Charles Waldo
Haskins. whose excellent book, House
hold Accounts, was published by Harp
er & Brothers just after the authors
recent death, The fund win he used
for the endowment OF professorship In
the School Of Commerce. Accounts. and
Finance OF New York University. to be
known as the Charles Waldo Haskins
ProfessorshIp OF Auditing and History
Of Accountancy. Ten thousand dollars
Of the fund has already been sub
scribed.
Madame Sarah Grand is very
young-looking step.daughter. Her step
son, Mr, Haldane MacFall, has a baby
daughter whose own mother is dead;
and as they all live together at Madame
Grand's beautiful English country