The National tribune., 1907-04-25

peats his instructions. The plan has
been found to work excellently in all
ordinary cases, and saves the doctor
the tremendous mental strain of at
tempting to carry in his mind all his
different cases.
John d. Rockefeller is wisely doing
everything in his power to keep the
health he was So many years trying To
capture. He is now IS years Of age.
and realizes he can stand no trifiing
with the laws of nature. On all pleas
ant days. and some that are not par
ticularly so. he is seen knocking golf
balls over his course, and is particularly
pleased when his opponent is n profess
sional player. Mr.. Rockefeller is con-
WINGED that the water-cure treatment he
took at the Lakewood Hotel was largely
instrumental in curing him of his bug
bear. indigestion, and he has made ar
rangements to have an apparatus in
stalled at his own house, so he can con-
tinue the treatment.
Pretty Miss Mathilde Van Rensselaer,.
scion Of that proud old Dutch family
who helped make the early history of
New York, and who has apparently un-
til recently been content to fulfill her
supposed destiny by being simply pretty
and charming, has broken away from
the bounds of society and joined the
ranks of the breadwinners as a real
estate broker. At the end of the last
social season, in which Miss Van Rens-
selaer was a decided belle, she made up
her mind that she would no longer pur-
sue the aimless life of society, and be-
gan study of the real estate business.
which seemed to appeal to her more
strongly than anything else. This taste
may have been an inheritance, as her
forefathers were great land owners, and
lNr- &oxN l. l. lty,rr Nf
real estate. She has linked her for
tunes with those of a well-known New
York firm, and her extensive acquaint-
ance among the 400 will probably bring
her much business.
Malmaison, where the unhappy Jo-
sephine retired after her divorce from
Napoleon and which was purchased by
the wealthy Partisan, NJ. Osaris, has
been given by him to the French people
as a Napoleonic museum. NJ. Osaris
spent a large amount of money in re-
storing this beautiful and interesting
castle, and succeeded in getting possess
sion of much of the original fittings and
furniture. The Prussians and Commun-
lists had left many cruel mark by their
pillage and vandalism on Malmaison,
but these have been largely obliterated
by noted artists. The charming gardens
where Josephine spent so many hours,
sadly musing on the days of her great
ness when all Europe was at the feet
of Napoleon and she herself the beloved
Empress of the French people, are said
to be much as they were in those re-
mote days. NJ. Osaris has recently died.
For 81 long years Miss Jennie E. Car
roll, who died recently In Wyoming,
never spoke to a man. In the tender
days of her youth she had passed thru
the extremely trying experience of hav-
ing her young affections trifled with by
one of the sterner sex. and from the day
she discovered his perfidy she made a
VOW never to speak to a man again. In
her later years circumstances made it
desirable that she should share the
home of her married sister, who lived
in Wyoming, but before she consented
to do SO she exacted a solemn promise
from her sister that nothing would ever
be done to induce her to speak to her
sisters husband. For Is years she lived
with her sister. but the husband never
got as much as good morning" from
her, Before her death she asked that
no member of the despised sex should
be permitted to attend her funeral, and
no men were present.
A great scandal was unearthed In
Paris the other day when the widow
of M. Thomas, the architect Of the Ecole
des Beaux Arts. tried to raise money by
selling some of the treasures of his Ii
brary. These volumes were found to be-
long to the Ecole, and it was then dis
covered that his country mansion was
filled with old books and works of art
which he had stolen from different pub
lie buildings. NJ. Thomas was one of
the best known figures in Paris society,
entertaining lavishly and reported
wealthy. He was particularly fond of
music, and always had box at the
opera. In his profession he was very
popular and had won a high reputation.
and he was an officer Of the Legion Of
Honor.
1t will be interesting news to the COM
rades that Gen. James Grant Wilson,
we'll known as soldier and writer, is
about to marry the widow of Rear
Admiral John W. A. Nicholson. The
marriage Is to take place at the brides
home in New York, May 16, and to be
very quiet. Gen. Nelson A. Miles will
be the best man. Gen. Wilson is now
Is years old. and nearly 20 years older
than his prospective bride. He was
born in Scotland, the son of William w.
wilson, a noted Scotch poet and pub
Usher and was brought to Poughkeep-
sic, N. Y, in his youth. In 1857 he
went to Chicago and founded the Rec
ord, the first literary journal in the
Northwest. In 1862 he went into the
army as Major Of the 18th Ill. Cav, was
promoted to Colonel and brevetted a
Brigadier-General. He has lived in New
York most of the time since the war.
It is difficult to keep up with the art
purchase of ]. Pierpont Morgan. He
seems to be constantly running away,
after overriding the German Emperor
or some one else, with Van Dykes.
priceless tapestries Or other rare and
costly art treasures. Now he has ac-
quired the Poreboom collection, for
which he paid the modest sum of ST.
200, 900. The collection comprises fur
niture, pictures, brasses and ancient en-
cravings, and is at present in Dutch
house at Anderlecht. An exact imita-
ton of this house is to be built in New
York, and upon it's completion the col
lection will be brought over and placed
in it.
Listen, oh, daughters of Eve, to the
intoxicating words of d. G.. Calthrop, of
London. Mr.. Calthrop says that there
are no ugly women to be found any,
where; a very, very few may possibly
be plain, but the rest are all beautiful,
if you only look at them rightly. And
Mr.. Calthrop says moreover, that it lies
within the power of every plain woman
to become beautiful and of every beau
tiful woman to become more so. He