The National tribune., 1906-12-27

and has lately been enjoying himself
t greatly knocking golf balls about oil
, his links at Pocantico Hills, employing
t at caddies the Italians who are workine
/ on his big estate. This change of worl
: has been much to the taste of the Ital
: ianS, who have Caught on to the rig.
ors of the game with wonderful quick.
/ ness as they followed the ball of the
) great Standard Oil king, and sometimes
when Mr.. Rockefeller has had no one
else to play with he has challenged
them. All this presents Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter in quite rev and altogether pleas
ing light. Apropos of the suits pending
against his company, Mr.. Rockefeller
!, says, of course he shall go to court II
summoned, as the courts must be re-
spected and the laws of the country
upheld. He says We are spending en-
l tirely too much money and not laying
up for the rainy day" as we should
i Young John has been giving more eX-
i cellent advice to those who sit at his
i feet of a Sunday hungrily imbibing his
| Solomonic utterances, and he warned
them in most impressive manner re-
Gently against the pitfall of beauty in
| the selection of wife. He laid it down
as an irrefutable fact that in order to
be "happy, tho married. a man must
select for his life partner a woman
| with plenty of common sense and of
ideas and tastes similar to his own.
The Duke Of Marlborough has been
unmanly enough to pour a highly-col-
ored version of his domestic troubles
not only in King Edwards ears, but
| into others less royal, perhaps, but more
eager. Reports of this have come to
the Duchess, only widening, of course,
| the breach between them. Like our
| friend Boni, the Duke is beginning 10
| feel very keenly the separation from
the Duchess's pocketbook, which is evi-
| denced by the reported lease of Blein-
helm to Whitelaw Reid, the American
Embassador. 1t seems to be generally
believed at present that the Duchess
will not apply for y divorce, as she does
| not wish to jeopardize her position in
| London society to that extent, realizing
that as n divorced women she could
never be received at court. A complete
separation is what she desires, and the
legal papers securing this will probably
be signed after Christmas. 1t is said
| she wishes to sell Sunderland House,
which in richness and splendOr rivals
| Buckingham Palace itself, and to take
a smaller, less pretentious house. She
has hosts of friends in London society,
who will always believe that the Duke
| is entirely responsible for the present
unfortunate state of things.
1t is complained that Mr.. Carnegie's
gift of 100000 900 to the Scottish uni
versities has done more harm than
good. 1t seems under the provisions of
| the bequest any Scottish student may
apply for money from the trust fund,
and this has been carried so far that
even some colored students have re-
ceived aid. Naturally, this privilege has
been greatly abused, and some of the
| students have thrown away in reckless
extravaganza the money sent them by
| their parents, carefully conccaling from
them the fact that they were receiving
| help from the fund. 1t Is also affirmed
| that the professors, aware that the
boys have this extra money, nave raised
the fees of the tutors, and have become
| lax in the performance of their duties.
| In short, the effect on all, students and
professors, has been generally demoral-
| izing, and has tended to lower the
| standards Of the universities. Mr.. Car
| negie has lately become very much in
terested in the aeroplane of Miss E. T..
Todd, of New York City, the first wo
man to enter the field of aerial naviga-
! ton, and to try conclusions with Santos
Dumont and Prof. Langley. Miss Todd's
machine has attracted a great deal of
attention at the show in Grand Central
Palace, and Mr.. Carnegie has spent sew
eral hours daily in going over it with
the inventor. 1t differs from many of
the flying machines. inasnluch as it
does not rely upon balloon to float 1t.
On the bottom of the machine are
pneumatic wheels. 1t is started on
these wheels, which gives 1t an impetus,
the fans then catch the air, and the
machine is lifted from the ground and
scars in the blue ether like bird. That
most birds, especially the larger ones,
take little run on the ground before
starting to fly Is well known, and it is
this idea which Miss Todd has made
the foundation of her invention. 1t is
said that Mr.. Carnegie has so much
faith in its success that he is willing to
pay the expenses of practical test of
the machine.
1t would esem as if Mrs Florence
Maybrick might have something TO say
on prison life which would be both in
structive and entertaining. At all
events she will soon appear upon the
lecture platform to enlighten the public
on that all-important subject. Mrs.
Maybrick, it will be remembered, is the
American woman who married the
Englishman and who was tried by an
English court over Is years ago and
convicted of the murder OF her hus-
band by poisoning. During her long
imprisonment, which lasted till two
years ago, many attempts were made
by distinguished persons believing in
and released, among the number being
the well-known American writer, "Gaii
Hamilton" or Miss Dodge. who was the
cousin of Mrs. James G.. Blaine, wife of
the famous Maine statesman.
All Americans are delighted to know
that Nine. Anna Gould has emerged
with flying colors from 13 of the 15
creditors suits brought against her for
Count Bonis debts. In suits brought by
two art dealers the court thought she
should be held responsible, as the arti-
cles purchased We're mostly still in her
possession, but from the payment of
the debts contracted, as claimed by the
Count, for their mutual benefit, she was
entirely freed the court maintaining
that she had more than done her part
under the maII!age contract. During
her entire married life the whole of
her income was collected by her hus-
band and spent by him as he saw fit. |
From the date of their marriage to the |
granting of the divorce Count Boni de |
Castelane spent $S,000,000 of the Gould
fortune.
Old age Is supposed to bring its COM |
pensations in the way of a gentle, peace |
full Indifference to many of the things
which greatly disturbed us when the |
hey-day was in the blood. Old grudges |
and old hurts become forgotten or for
given, and a sweet and generous char
ity takes the place of hard feelings and