The National tribune., 1907-03-07

| ing the direct testimony and eross-ex-
| animation of young Mrs. Thaw, seems
to have disappeared. and comparatively
! few are now following the case. Mrs
| Evelyn Thaw again took the stand on
| Monday of last week and was also re-
called on Tuesday. but Jerome was un-
able to trap her into making several
| admissions he very much wished her 10
make, and she herself was quick and
| clever enough to get in some explana-
| tons which greatly helped her hus-
| bands case. In various instances the
| court sustained the objections which
| Delmas made to JeromeS questions,
and while. perhaps. the weeks pro-
ceedings brOt no decided victory to the
! defense. they certainly lost no ground.
| as they did during the hrst days of
young Mrs. Thaw's cross-examinatiOn.
Jerome announced that he was thru
with her on Tuesday, and she left the
witness chair with her story practically
| mistaken and intact, having proved
/ herself to be one of the most remark
BILE witnesses ever seen in a court
room. No matter what may be thOt
OF her as a dangerous member of So
ciety, as a precocious young girl de-
termined upon pleasure at any price.
| her eyes wide open to the sin of her
| life, yet it must be admitted that the in
| teilectual cunning and ssIf-command
| ohC hiSpidsSu tIlc chtlic tiiilC
| she occupied the witness chair were
phenomenal. Looked at as witness
pure and simple. she is a most remark
able young woman, and told her
story exactly as she first told 1t,
and her reiterated assertion that
she told that story to her young
husband. both stand firm and in
tact. Extracts from a diary written
by her when a school girl of II were
hos n q hi trtt
| showed her to be an observing. think
ing girl. with. as the saying goes. her
eve teeth cut" These extracts only
emphasize the fact that she was per-
fectly aware of the pitfalls which sur
rounded her, and eminently capable Of
avoiding them had she so chosen. A.
ter Jerome finished with her he took
up the doctors. and the remainder of
the week was spent in trying to make
them admit that Thaw was now insane.
They agree that his mental equipment
is unstable. that it broke down entirely
at the time he shot White. and may do
so again. bat that at present he is men
tally all right, or as near right as he
ever was or ever can hope TO be. The
fight now is to keep Thaw out of the
insane asylum. The public is to ne
congratulated that the purely sensation
al part of the trial is over.
bth- w lliIdilf OoOtIl, tHe Hedu VI tIldl
great army which he created-the Sal
vation Army--is on his way around the
world. He is expected in America very
shortly. will then go to Canada, and
from there to the East. This grand
old man. bowed down with the weight
of 78 years. is still full of enthusiasm
for his work, and of plans for the en-
larginS of his sphere of usefulness. The
Salvation Army long ago proved itself.
and has a rxT, t6xro N
admiration of the whole world 1t has
quite recently taken up a new branch
of work, prompted to do so by the
alarming number of suicides in Eng
land, and anti-suicide bureaus have
been established by the Army in Lon
don. These bureaus are for the pur-
pose Of helping and advising the des-
nerate, unhappy souls who are con-
tempiating suicide, and an earnest in
Yitation to call at their headquarters
or to write is extended to all such By
the Salvation Army. Each bureau is i'm
charge of a man and woman with a
staff of assistants The plan in London
was successful from the very day of
the opening of the bureaus, which We're
thronged with people from all condi-
tions of life, from the grand lady who
came in her carriage to the ragged
waits of London's streets In the first
II days no fewer than 300 people were
interviewed, the greater portion Of
whom were persuaded to give life a
little longer trial. 1t was found neces-
sary to classify the applicants, and in
doing so the discovery was made that
there were four principal reasons why
people wish to shuttle off this mortal
coil. preferring to fly to ills they know
not of rather than bear those they
have. These We're found to be incura-
bic illness of any kind, the habit formed
from the use of narcotics or strong
drink, unhappy love and financial en-
barrassment or lack of employment. II
seems strange that no one has ever
tried to help this particular class of
unfortunates before AS life has grown
more complex, so has suicide grown
more common. and 1t has increased
aiarmingly in the past few years. That
ones troubles must be kept to ones
self Is almost a law, and that the soli-
tary brooding over them has too often
led to suicide is most true. In many
cases, in almost every case, if the whole
matter could be gone over calmly with
some sympathetic. sensible. practical
person. the evil would be slverted. This
work has just been taken up by the
Salvation Army in America. and bu-
reaus have been established in all the
principal cities.
The Duchess of Marlborough appears
to be looking up and enjoying herself,
mildly at least. She is still in France,
and gave a grand luncheon at Beaulieu
the other day to some Coburg, Schles-
-Holstein royalties. Several of the
Vanderbits are over there with her,
and they all so off together in their
motor cars, Iunching here, and dining
there, wherever there is celebrated
chef, and having a good time generally.
Everywhere the Duchess goes she at
tracts a great deal of attention, which
she ignores in her haughtiest, We're de
come to America in the early Summer
bringing her two boys. and that She
will spend the time quietly with the
w. X. Vanderbilts.
The Post Office Department has been
having rather a hard time getting al
proper design for the jamestown
stamps. The most natural design was
of course, a picture of our friend Poca-
hontas and Capt. John, but tho a fairly
good picture of the Captain was found
nothing in the shape of picture of the
first church ever built at jamestown
was then suggested. but as that con-
sisted simply of four polea stuck in the
ground, covered by a ships sail, the
engravers seemed to think it wouldn't
make much OF picture, so that was
also abandoned. 1t has, however, been
decided that the stamps shall depict a
water scene. with a group of people on
the shore, and q fleet of vessels near.
Tho FpoIivh harm, ,aide tbo,z raI