The National tribune., 1907-03-07

understand it; he had asked for no in
: crease. and said he could do no better
, work for $50 than he had done at $50.
He worried so much over the matter
that he finally became insane.
Bernhardt, the French actress. has
been appointed professor in the Con-
servatory of Music and Defamation In
I Paris, which will make her eligible to
receive the cross of the Legion of
Honor, which she came so near getting
while ago.
\ decided damper was put on the
Dramatic Festival given in Ottawa re-
Gently by the illness and subsequent
death of Lady Victoria Grenfell. Earl
Gray's daughter. The amateur dra-
I matte clubs from all over the Dominion.
including the musical organizations,
were invited to meet in Ottawa to COM
/ pete Tor His Excellency's trophy Three
I Americans were invited by the Earl to
be the judges-Langdon Mitchell, the
dramatist, son of DIR. Weir Mitchell;
i Geo. w. Chadwick, the well-known
{! composer. and Kate Douglas Wiggin.
| Preparations for very grand time had
been made with several brilliant func-
tions at Government House. but the
! unfortunate Illness of the Lady Vic
toria prevented all this.
People who have prematurely white
| or gray hair are just now in the hight
OF the fashion, we are told. Some man
4 with white-haired love determined
| gallantly to make it the fashion, It is
supposed, at all events the black-haired.
red-haired and blond-haired girl must
step to the background for while, and
! let the prematurely white or gray
haired woman have the front of the
stage.
! Mr.. George w. Vanderbilt has sold
his magnificent private car, said to be
the most expensive one ever manufac-
tured, to one of his millionaire friends
| Of course, no one else could indulge in
a little luxury of that sort Ever since
| the death of President Spencer. who
met such tragic death while travel
ing in his private car a while ago, Mr.
| Vanderbilt has felt somewhat nervous
| about using his. Mr.. Vanderbilt has
been cutting down expenses on his big
| Bfltmore estate lately, reducing them
about one-third. 1t is said, but this is
not supposed to Indicate that he is
short of money. Mr.. Alfred Vanderbilt
| has returned from England whittier he
went to make arrangements for enter
| ing his horses in the International horse
show to be given in London In June
and predicts that the show will be q
tremendous success. Someone has said
| that this success will be entirely owing
to Mr.. Vanderbilt's generosity, as few
!
| to go into that sort of thing
| Whitelaw Reid. ambassador to Eng
| land. took a bad cold on the steamer on
his way back after his recent visit to
this country, from which he has not
| yet recovered. He pulled himself to-
| gether with considerable effort in order
20 attend the opening of Parliament,
but was unable to be present at the
! important political receptions given the
. n ~ -
second levee are out, and he has been
commanded to attend a full-dress
banquet at Buckingham early in March,
but his physician says he must go away,
and as soon as he is able to travel ne
will do SO.
Mrs. Waldorf Astor certainly did us
proud the other night at the last court
reception given by King Edward and
Queen Alexandra She wore a gown
of embroidered silk net, upon which
was draped a 'f1ounce of priceless old |
had given her. This lace met the band
of ermine which went around the bot
tom of the skirt With this she wore
a blue velvet bolero, embroidered in
Empire design and fastened in the back
by a glorious diamond buckle of tho
same period. All this gorgeousness,
however was nothing as compared with
the diamonds which flashed from her
Empress Josephine fan 1--WE all know
Josephine's penchant for pretty, eX-i
pensive things), from her silver shoes,
from her crown, her deep collar, and
her necklet. Her famous Sanci dia-
mond gave forth the light of a small
sun, and excited the attention of the
entire royal receiving party. AS she
gracefully made her curtsy, and backed
away from the royal presence, they
! turned their eyes to follow her, for in
deed she was a stunning sight. She
was one of the very few commanded
to join their majesties at supper.
The negros of Baltimore seem to be
getting along very well in the world
They have been moving into the fash
ionable localities, thereby causing a de-
probation In real estate in those locali-
ties, in many cases driving out the
white residents * negro Methodist
congregation has lately offered $9O,0O0I
for some church property.
Someone who was in Berlin this VIM
ter just after a snow storm tells of the
amusing way in which the authorities
went to work to get rid of the snow |
especially along the car tracks, which
prevented the running of the trans
The amount of snow was unusual for
Berlin, and nobody seemed to know
what to do. Finally a gang of men
were organized who were directed to
remove the snow. The most absurdly |
inadequate implements were employed
for this purpose, one man actually get
ting down on his knees and using
tooth brush. No one in the whole city
seemed to have any sense about ii.
A clever device for drawing the dol
lars from the pocketbooks of the rich
is the golden slipper-heel, a fad lately
adopted by fashionable women. These
are made of % karat gold in graceful,
openwork designs, and intended to be
slipped over the heels of the satin or
silk slippers, which are the color of
the gown worn. On pretty, patriciaII
feet. peeping in and out from beneath
the lace ruffies of milady's petticoat, the
effect of the delicate color Of the gown
cleaning thru the shining gold tracery
of the design is most fascinating, and
"carking care" falls, like water from
ducks back, from the shoulders of the
happy possessor of pair of these
heels.
Dr. Albert c. Lawson, speaking for
Colgate University of Hamilton NJ Y,
says that institution will not accept one
dollar of John d. Rockefeller's $32,-I
900. 900 which he has lately given for
educational purposes. Neither" says
Mr.. Lawson, will any Baptist college
in the Fast take any of it, altho Mr..
Rockefeller Is himself a Baptist" On
the other hand, the Legal Aid Society
have expressed much gratitude for the