The National tribune., 1907-07-04

Lieut.-Col. ChaS. G. Ayres, 14th u. S.
who has been brot into prominenc
lately thru that little cadet overcoat'
affair of his wife's is probably in for
court-martial. The Army regulation
require an officer to be called to accoun
Tor criticisms or aspersions upon hi
fellow officers or the military estab
lishment, and Col. Ayres, since Mrs
Ayers's banishment from West Point
has freed his mind very thoroly will
regard TO the part Secretary Taft ant
other officers played in the matter
Newspaper clippings of statements
made by him in interviews, etc, Were
collected and sent this military gentle
man with an official order that he eithel
confirm or deny them, but the clipping:
We're returned to the War Department
by Col. Ayrer with the remark that "ht
had nothing to say" Such action j:
= without precedent, it is said, and has
occasioned no little talk among Army
people. The case is now in the hands
of Col. Galbraith, who as soon as he
returns from Chicago, where he now is
viii have a thoro investigation made oi
the affair Col. Ayres does not seem to
be any too popular with his fellow Off
GERS. He is considered a brave man
but like his wife is lacking in tact and
does not get along well with his asso-
ciates. He has been several times tried
by courts-martial upon charges similar
in character TO these which are now
brot against him. Mrs. Ayres and the
young lady daughter who figured SO
prominently in the "overcoat' incident
are still at Highland Falls The public
has been considerably amused by what
Mrs. Ayres has had to say with regard
to her extremely patrician BIRTH claim
ing, as she does. TO be. a direct descend
ant of Lord Fairfax, of Virginia. From
not particularly reliable authority
comes a story which, if true, proves how
utterly unfounded is such claim. AS
the story goes the father of Mrs. Ayres
was a founding, picked up near or on
the estate of Lord Fairfax and given
his name by those who took the child
and bret him up. OF course this may
not be true, but it is firmly believed by
many who claim to know all about Mrs.
Ayres's family.
Charles Dana Gibson, the artist whose
"Gibson eirl'' has made him famous the
world over, and who gave up his work
in this country some months ago to
study art in Paris, has returned to
America for a brief visit. Mr.. Gibson
has been connected with Life" for
years, and the large, middle picture Of
that publication, generally his work
was looked forward to with keen inter-
est each week by great number of his
enthusiastic admirers. His finished and
witty Satires On fashionable New York
society place him among the very first
artists of the present day in that par
ticular line. Some of his characters
have become as well known as the
characters in fiction, and the fortunes
Of the Pipp family, for instance, poor,
hopelessly plebeian Mr.. Pipp. ambi-
fious. ample, managing Mr.. Pipp, and
the handsome marriageable Pipp girls,
were followed by thousands with the
liveliest interest. Mr.. Gibson gave up 4
most successful career in black and
white for a season of study in colors,
and feels confident that he will succeed
in his new line of work. He has been
spending some time among the peasant
ry of the South of France and was sur
prised to find that these country peo-
pie knew Mr. Roosevelt well. Many of
them who did not know the name of
their own Pre1ident, We're perfectly IA
iniliar with the name and many of the
ucts of Americas Chief Executive.
Dan R. Hanna, son of the late Mark
Hanna, has found matrimony pretty
experience Twice Mr.. Han
ma. hope beating high in his manly
breast, has led a blushing bride to the
hymeneal altar. promising solemnly to
forsake all others apd cleave only to
her. But the Goddess of Discord be-
came early member of his domestic
and thru her blasting influence
the knot which bound the Hannas i'm
both instances was severed. 1t is eSti-
mated that Mr.. Hanna's two divorces
have cost him more than s500.00O. To
his first wife he gave 100000 as ali
mony, besides being forced to support
the three children until they are of age
His second wife received S250.000. to-
gether with the home in which they
ItrTx.I n7r,zN Q Il,
been obliged to pay all the expenses of
both suits, each wife employing lawyers
whose charges are known TO be high.
In spite of all his past experience, how
ever, Mr.. Hanna is determined to try
it again, and il is reported that he will
wed at once the divorced wife of Frank
Skelly. clerk of the Hollenden Hotel, of
Cleveland, Ohio. On account of Mr.
Hanna's reputation as divorcee some
difficulty has been experienced by him
in finding clergyman to perform the
sacred ceremony, so il is rumored that
an officer of the Salvation Army will
officiate in that capacity. In spite of
Mr.. Rockefeller and others who insist
that the world is growing better, the
trial marriage" idea certainly seems to
be gaining ground People marrying
in good faith, but who find after living
together that they are wholly unsuited
10 each other. or if circumstances 1e-
velop which make il clearly best for
them to separate, should be given a di-
yorce if they desire it. But it assuredly
is most pernicious to allow a man or
woman to go on indefinitely getting di-
vorces, and the law should not per-
NIT it.
During the past year a Swiss doctor
c. j. Jung. has invented a simple, inno-
cent-looking instrument which promises
TO be a powerful factor in preventing
crime as well as of the greatest Use in
treating nervous diseases. 1t is called
the Electric Psychometer," or cleo
trio measurer of the soul, and with its
finger of light" gliding over a scale of
figures leaving the tell-tale line behind
it reminds one of the planchet board
which so years ago was thot by some to
be direct instrument of the Evil One
The development of the science of
psychology has made great strides dur
ing the pas. few years, the old methods
are rapidly passing away, and by the
aid of psychological experiments il is
now possible 10 bring the study of the
mind to an almost mathematical GER
tainty. DIR. Jung. who has for many
years been greatly interested in that
branch of medicine which treats of
mental diseases, has directed his stud
les chiefly along those lines, and finally
discovered that by Il series of questions
containing ingeniously contrived sug-
gestions sub-conscious trains of thot
were awakened which in some cases
caused the patient to declare secret
matters and even to confess guilt. For
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