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New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

able to maintain average Of health without
them.
The success of one dentist who employed MS
time by practising his profession on trip
abroad has developed a demand for dentists on
board ships At home one is prone 20 contern-
plate the dentist necessary evil whom IL -
pleasant to SvOid long as may be- Al sea q
dentist would take on another aspect People
might rush to him jOyfuily What saving or
time and energy to merely Saunter from the
cabin to the dentists chair and put in a stray
hour having ones teeth examined cleaned
put in order, At home many engagements
interfere with the duty of having the feeln
looked and treated that ocean travellers
anticipating time when all this may be at
tended to voyage Others dream of a
day when ships viii keep chrOpodists TO put
sightseeing and mountain climbing.
Travellers already asking why there are
not ships aurists. eff there ships surgeons
why not ships aurist - they inquire. Surely
people are continually giving evidence that they
do not hear well on hoard ship. especially when
they are spoken to by new acquaintanceS whom
they would be unlikely ashore.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

was prior thereto a child born out of wedlock
whose fortune subsequently founded the Smith
sonian Institution Washington.
Now, one of the ancestors of the last Percy
Duke of Northumberland. namely, the third
Earl of Northumberland, had a brother Of the
name of George. vino emgrated to America and
settled in Virginia. In "Burkes Peerage'' ne is
recorded as having died g. B" in 1892 1t
would seem, however, that these two letters
were erroneous, and that. the contrary. ne
ieft legitimate sons. It matter of knowl-
edge TO the most eminent English and Ameri
can gen >alogists and to the family of the pres
ent Duke OF Northumberland in the early part
OF the nineteenth century that there We're then
living in Virginia the lineal and legitimate de-
scendants in the male line direct of this the
Hon. George Percy. who died in 1862. their an
cestry being a matter of common knowledge
throughout the South. Their descendants in
turn are living to-day. and the senior OF them
could undoubtedly, if he cared to go to the
great expense, establish his claim to the Earl
dom of northumberland as heir in the male line
direct of the Hon. George Percy, younger son
of the second Earl Of Northumberland. But
nothing that he could do would enable him TO
recover the vast Percy estates held by the
SInithson- Percy Duke of Northumberland.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
EXPERT HAIRDRESSERS.

Trained manipulators of the hair and scalp
good masSeuses and manicures are in such de-
mand upon shipboard that these women have
more work than they can well accomplish. for
every up-to-date steamer has it's staff of hair
dresSers. manicures and masseuseS- Women
sometimes feign seaSickness and give themselves
UP to the hair doctor and maSseuse. safe from
interruption the fear that any one else will
discover that their tresses require all manner
of treating, tinting and doctoring TO keep them
attractive and free from gray hairs. and that
without massage such rounded outlines OF face
and throat would not be possible. This beauty
treatment for the woman whose life tends to
induce early wrinkles is so greatly in demand
shipboard that women want to know
why beauty doctors and face specialists. in ad-
dition to the ships attendants, do not keep
offices on vessels in order that the benefits OF
their peculiar treatments may be enjoyed under
such advantageous circumstances.
Besides her skill as maid and seamstress a
ships StewardeSS IS generally d good linguist
and admirable amateur trained nurse. hair
dresser and manicurist She is called upon IN
every emergency. whether that be fastening
buttons in the back of q dress or assisting at a
hasty toilet in case of danger
The barber is another welcomed individual on
board ship. He not only has to attend 10 the
wants of men customers but he is also expected
to shampoo. treat, curl and dress women 5
tresses- So many women are accustomed TO
men hairdressers that they cry for the ships
barber if none other is to be had.
A ship lacks little save kindergarten. 1t has
not seemed to occur TO kindergarten teachers
that ships offer excellent field for their la bors
and that mothers would have more time to
spend in resting and beautifyinS themselves If
some responsible person were at hand TO take
charge of the children. The presence of kim
dergarten teacher would do much to mitigate
the trials of an ocean voyage Tor numbers OF
women and pave the way for others to enjoy its
privileges. one would be surprised at the num-
Der of women who haunt mountain resorts be-
cause. they affirm. they simply could not take
all those children to sea-
The children's ROOM fitted UP for the COM
fort OF nurses and their charges. where these
NAV froIc undisturbed and undisturbing does
not wholly offer relief to the mother who travels
without a nurse for her little ones. TO those
whom her small olive branches choose to inflct
with their attentions.
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YANKEE CLAIMS
TO PEERAGES.
MUCH PRIDE OF ANCESTRY
IN THIS COUNTRY.
america Furnishes Many Pretenders
to British Titles-Why There
Are Bogus Borons.

copyright 1907. by the Brentwood Conns,v All
rights reserved)
Few British peerages are immune from the
pretensions OF claimants. Even those of mod
erp creation. such as, for instance, that of the
late Lord Brampton. who was raised 10 the
House Of Lords recently as 1899 are made
the subject Of appeals to law, but above all to
popular sentiment, by persons who Undue them
selves and others with the conviction that they
are entitled TO the honors I'm question OF course
the more ancient the dignties and the more
those who believe that they are wrongfullv
5ebarred from the enjoyment thereof while the
Oldest peerages Of all-that is to say the English
baronies by writ and the Scottish peerages
which. like them descend through the female
line as well as through the male side Of the
house. and which. instead of being limited by
prinogeniture 10 legitimate mascule descent fall
10 what known the heirs generaI"-fur-
nish, by reason Of the complicated nature Of
their genealogies most OF the claimants to his
toric and ilustrious titles
A very large proportion of these claimants
hall from the United States. where in spite Of
the prevalence Of republican doctrines and Of the
principles Of equality, the pride Of ancestry
strongly developed as in most mon
archical countries Every white citizen Of
from European forebears 1t is perfectly nat
urai that they should like to the latter as
personages Of distinction in the Old World a
disposition for which in a great many cases
there is excellent foundation. 1t is more agree
able. especially for those who have acquired
along with wealth some social eninence, TO
imagine that they descended from mobiles
rather than from hinds.
Among their immediate ancestors. either in
America or in Europe, il is always easy to find
some bearing q name identified with the
patriciate. This becomes the basis of a claim
10 blood relationship with the aristocracy. From
that 10 e pretension to the ownership of a title,
in existence dormant, belonging to the noble
house in question there is only a step, and il
IS fortunate when persons content themselves
with the mere pretension and do not permit
themselves to be persuaded by scheming law
yers 10 waste money in efforts 10 establish the
mostly mythical rights TO the ownership Of these
titles and to the estates that are supposed to
y,ofr
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COST CT CONTESTING TITLES.

j; may safely be asserted that the cost of es-
tablishing contested title before the Commit
tee of Privileges Of the House of Lords amounts
"a a minimum of $4,000 and is likely 10
exceed 100000. Few persons can afford to
sr,end so much money on the chance of securing
dignity which carries with il no estates, and
they are not likely 70 find many persons wiihhe
70 advance money for the promotion of their in
fereets in the matter That is the reason why
so MANY claims TO British peerages remain III
,he condition of mere pretcnsions and are never
rmsfed Were il not for the expense and were
the ordinary tribunals competent to sit IN 1ucg-
mont on such matters as these, the machinery
Of the courts would be clogged with the quantity
Of suits for the recovery of coronets. since, as
] have stated above, a considerable moiety OK
the English peerages and most of the Scottsh
honors Of the same kind are held subject 10
contest.
Were it not for this question Of costs the
American Percvs might take legal steps to es-
tahlish their rights 10 the earldom of North
understand The historic house OF Percy has
ieng since become extinct in the male line in
England and the present bearer Of the name IS
the descendant Of that Hugh Snithson who.
having married the heirsss of the last Percy
Duke Of Northumberland was permitted by the
Grown to assume the ratronyn1ic and the arms
of his Wife and subsequently, IN conse-
auence OF the political influence derived from
lie possession of her vast estates, raised TO the
House CT Lords as the first Duke Of NoIthun-
seTland of the present creation 1 may add that
ais marriage sas preceded by many obstacles
and attended by much romance, and that there
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
BOOKS FROM SIBERIA.
Collection Secured for
Library of Congress.

would go in search of great library is Siberia.
Yet the greatest acquisition mentioned by the
Library of Congress in its report for the fiscal
year just published is one secured in krasnoiarsk.
r. town slightly larger than Stamford. Conn sit
uated on tho banks Of the YeueSe River at tho
point where IT is crossed by the Transsiberian Rail-
road. 1t is the private library Of Gennadius Nasi-
lievich Yudin, a gray bearded man Of that place,
who has spent small fortune and many years
acquiring 1t. It comprises than 5000 volumes.
ell relating Russia and Siberia. and. with the
exception of about l2,Oo volumes. in the Russian
language. II is believed that there is not another
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
ALL ROUTED OUT.

In the mean time the band has divided. one part
marching the boathouse wing OF Bancroft Hall.
where the second battalion IS quartered. and the
other To the arInory wing where first battalion
lives. Playing a rocking march. the two bands
pass up one corridor and down another, the first
cIassruen falling in behind them they 60
Reaching the designated place. a hasty inspection
is held and a rapid search for sbsentees made.
These are brought to the failing in place, beds
and ALL despite their oftentines strenuous cbjec-
tions
Then the two battaIions fall in behind their
bands in columns of fours, and what q spectacle
they present. Some are dressed il the regular full
dress uniforms Of every grade OF the service, from
admiral down to ensign Others modsstiy cover
their breasts WIKI medals: still others wear moth
ing but a suit OF pajamas. with perhaps belt and
a brace OF pistols TO give them wariike appear
ance Here and there be seen Paul Jones'
and Fighting Bob Evans will be seen in ogs
parade this year Even the Secretary OF the Navy
will stalk along in aI his glory.
From somewhere a mjdshipman has got q baby
carriage In 1t jumps the youngest man In the
the grandfather has the task OF pushing tho
carriage.
Forming in columns OF fours behind each section
OF the bard the two battalons halt and sing their
class song each mans around his neIghbor's
shoulder Then the band strikes up Dixie or
some other tune. and the two battalion5 march
meet each other in the main corridor. Here tbs
talions. and then the whole class. united, sings
again their class hymn
Away the parade starts again to make the round
of the corridors Singing yelling and shouting they
pass along Doors are opened along the lire OF
march and sleepy looking underclassmen in pa
janas turn the fun 1t is grotesqus
spectacle that they see. and almost indescroabie
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
DETROIT RIVER TUNNEL.
Being Built on Shore, TO Be Sunk
IN Sections Beneath Water.

4 tunnel is being constructed in a novel man
ner for the movement of railroad trains be-
tween Detroit and Windsor, Canada, beneath the
Detroit River II IS being built on shore and
will be sunk in sections into trench dredged
in the bottom. The sections. after they have
been deposited in their cradle of cement and
steel will be joined together beneath the sur
face of the water. It is TO be tunnel of two
steel tubes each of which will be slightly over
twenty-three feet in diameter They are joined
together at intervals by transverse steel dia-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
SOME BONA FIDE HEIRS.

Not but what there some bona fide heirs
10 British peerages and baronetcies in the
United States who through ignorance. through
lack of means, or through preference for the
status and privileges of American citizenship TO
nobiliary honors in the Old World, refrain from
taking any steps enforce their rights These
heirs TO be found chiefly among the de-
scendants Of those younger of the aristoc-
racy who came to this country in its early
Colonial days. either to seek a fortune in the
New World else because their room was pre-
ferred to their company at home. Page after
page Of the standard works Of reference dealing
with the British peerages and baronetcies. and
giving their geneaIogies, Will show instances OF
members thereof who mentioned having
enigrated 10 America, where all trace of them
has been lost by their family the other side
Of the Atlantic.
Before mentioning some of these instances
and referring to q of the most remarka hle
of the pretensions which have been put forward
by citizens Of the United States to nobiliary dig
mites of the United Kingdom it may be well
TO state that in the first place these claims
if proved. are always OF a somewhat barren
character, since in no case do they carry with
them the possession of the family estates. No
matter how unjust, illegal and even criminal
the origin of the usurpation of the estates may
have been the possession thereof by the usurper
for q period ranging from twenty 10 forty years,
according circumstances, establishes their
legal proprietorship thereof beyond recovery by
the lawful heir So that when lawyers either
here or in England induce people TO advance
money for the prosecution Of pretensions TO
estates which have been for more than forty
years in the possession of any one party, they
are either deliberately swindlng their clients or
else are most lamentably ignorant Of Old World
law.
Then, too. the claim 10 peerage cannot be
prosecuted in the ordinary course, but only be-
fore commission of the upper house of the
imVericl legislature, known as the Committee Of
Privileges OF the House of Lords Procedure be-
fore the latter is the most costly of any kind
litigation in the entire range of Jurisprudence
Committee OF Privileges sometimes takes
IS and years consider a case, and even
q, zen its verdict is in favor of the claimant IT
has no power to enforce the latter, but can only
recommend to the Crown to grant judgment in
accordance with its report The sovereign is
then at liberty TO comply with the terms of the
committees decision or 10 refrain from taxing
he aotsa
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of his elder brother Thomas. This Francis
created a baronet by James |. and the fam
lily is represented to-day by Sir Francis Fuller
EIiot-Drake. formerly OF the Royal Horse
Guards. and whose right to whatever is left OF
the estate of the great admiral is best shown by
the fact that he bears the arms of the naval
hero by virtue of a patent from the British
Crown. EX-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
THE EARLDoM OF HUNTINGDON.

Methodists throughout the United States have,
by reason of the munihcent role played by the
consort of the ninth Lord Huntingdon in Eng
lish and American Methodism been interested
in the pretensions put forward by a Brooklyn
furniture dealer of the name of George Plan
tagenet Hastings to the EarIdom of Huntington,
which in olden times held by Robert
Fitzooth familiar 20 old and young alike
throughout hundreds of years under the name
of Robin Hood" The tenth Earl of Hunting
don died little hundred years ago with
out male issue. the extensive estates passing
into the possession of his sister. Lady Moire,
through whom they have since come by mar
riase TO the earls of Loudoun, who hold
them.
The earldom Of Huntingdon remained in abey-
ance for about twenty years. when a claim was
put forward TO IL by a granduncle of the fur
niture dealer in Brooklyn, who based his rights
descent from Sir George Plantagenet Has
tings younger brother of the fifth earl. who
died far back 1641. The Countess of
MORA. fearing that if the claimant proved his
title the carldom he would likewise exact
possession of the estates. put up rival claim
ant to the peerage. paying all his expenses in
connection with the establishment of his pre-
tensions the stipulation that he should leave
her in undisturbed enjoyment of the estates. AS
she was one Of the greatest social powers in
London at the time and her husband, Lord
Moira, perhaps the most influential member of
the committee of privileges of the House of
Lords. which had to sit in Judgment the
question. it is not astonishing that the COM
mittee should have pronounced in favor of Lady
Moira's candidate a descendant from the
second Earl of Huntingdon and against the rival
claimant, who based his application de-
scent from the fifth earl That is why the
present Earl OF Huntingdon has of the
Huntingdon estates. and is more or less de-
pendent his rich wife's fortune. The de-
feated claimant, completely ruined. emigrated 10
America and settled in Brooklyn, where his
heirs. now well to do. have, it is said recently
placed their interests in the hands of lawyers
with the object of establishing their rights
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

collection SO ample and well balanced in its
particular field to be found outside of Russia. The
library is many times larger than any other
lating TO Russia in the United States the next
largest being the Joel Sumner Smith collection at
Nrnln ain 600 Volumes
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

the later awakening under the influence OF West
Europe.
In pure literature the collection texts includes
the best edition of every important Russian writer
Even the arts fairly represented, especially
notable being a set of the Rovnski publications
perhaps the most complete in existence"
It is said that NJ. Yudn possesses a collection of
autographs numbering hundreds of thousands
These were not acquired by the library.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
THE DAILY NEWS.

Few. undertake a sea voyage now with the
idea of enjoying complete rest. Life on board
ship is full of incident and occupation as life
on shore The voyager merely derives such rest
as may be afforded by change Of occupation and
scene.
There time and that not so long ago.
when overworked business men heaved a sigh
of relief as their ships swung out into the
stream Thank heaven, / won't see a news
paper for week." they would exclaim.
Human nature has been tritely and truly
likened to the weathercoCk. which veers with
every wind that blows. That is what makes
human nature interesting psychologists assert.
The business man is human Instead of sigh
Ing with relief from daily news he now grumbIes
II the ships newspaper doesn't contain his usual
breakfast serial Of stock quotations and Wall
Street gossip. He Is just as anxious to send
some afterthought business 10 his partner
by wireless as is the lover en- route to his
adored one eager 10 the weird little mech
anism splutter Sizzle and send out in fiery flash
the information that she loves him lust as de-
voted1y as ever and will be true to him till he
reaches her As that will be in about five days
her constancy isn't nearly much a strain to the
maiden OF to-day as il was to her grandmother
who often had three or four weeks in which to
change her mind as to the object OF her affec-
tions and frequently availed herself of such op
portunites.
atlantic steamers lifts Nowadays pas
sengers slide up and down between decks In
comfortable cor elevatorsIto give them the Amer
can name Formerly all the sliding done in
rough weather and without premeditation
So well provided with taiors. who press and
repair clothing. are modern ships that busy
men dream Of time when the number of these
viii be augmented. that in the future a man
may he measured for suit of clothes upon
embarkfng and don them before leaving the
ship.
Women fare even better than men AT sea
Between tailor and stewardesses there is little
that may not be accomplished in the way OF
finishing off. furnishing up pressing and putting
into generally fresh condition such portions OF
their wardrobes may be slowed away in
staterOoms. Few travellers without the ex-
perience of having boxes come from dreSsnak-
ers hours after trunks have gone their way.
TO be met with no more until the ocean has beer
traversed. On the vessel maids and steward
esseS wipe away the indignant tears and sOothe
the outraged feelings OF women in this predlca-
r1eT
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Here's Ia the class of nineteen nine.
And here's 10 the mSu Of nineteen ten

Here's In the Of nineteen nine.
md he 10 Of nineteen
And the plehes of nineteen eleven
wish all a merry, merry Christmas tirne
BY the time the parade is it is time to dress
for breakfast formation. According to another
time honored custom all the cadet officers take
their places in ranks and the smallest 'pIebe' in
each company acts company commander. while
the largest acts the first petty officer and calls
the roll. After breakfast the mdshpmen have 20
clean their rooms. and then they are free until
chapel formation. at 10 O'Clock The brigade
marches to chapel. and when the services
the members are allowed to do what they want to
until dinner formation
Those who have invitations dine in Annapolis
at the homes of officers in the yard allowed
to do so. and generally only few midshipmen go
into the mess hall 10 partake of the roast turkey.
plum duff and other delicacies that are provided
for them there
From dinner formation until supper formation
the middies have nothing to do All OF them have
TO be present at supper formation. but again
those of the upper classes who have invitations
may fall out when the order is given TO march
into the mess hall and may take supper with their
friends There is study hour Christmas night.
but the day the usual routine work is started
again. Christmas is forgotten. AMI the 1ii1dies
bend every energy prepare Cor the coming semi
annual examinations. which prove fatal to many
q would-be naval officer.
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SPIRIT OF YULETIDE.

The spirit of good will. the spirit OF the YuIe-
tide fairly radiates from the senior cIsssmen. and
as they pass down the corridors again and again
fhey sing this song: