The National tribune., 1907-01-31
the family were all asains, him and

the family were all against him and
separated on the subject was absurd
she said, and it was equally untrue that
she had come over to persuade him to
plead insanity. The case was entirely
planned out by his able lawyers, and
she should not attempt to change any
| thing, of course She had only done
what any other loving daughter and
sister would do in visiting New York
at this time. She will go to the Tombs
to see Harry Immediately, and she will
meet for the first time her sister-in
law, Evelyn, whose pretty face has been
the real cause of the terrible disgrace
and atfliction which has befaIlen the
| family. The Countess and Harry have
| always been great chums, and tho she
was very indignant with him on ac-
count of his marriage and separated
| herself from him in consequence. her
| siSterly sympathy and affection return
ed when this awful trouble came to
| him and to them all. There are many
things about the defense which the
| family themselves do not know; they
have left everything to the lawyers, ad-
vising the unfortunate Harry to be
counseled by his legal advisers in every
particular. Mrs. Holman, young Mrs
Thaw's mother. who it has been re-
ported will be one of the prosecutions
| most important witnesses, denies that
she is going to Europe to escape the
trial.
Miss Kate Sanford in her new book,
called "Old-Time Wall Papers, tells u
nice little story of the Washingtons,
George and Martha, and their them time
guest, Lafayette. In the early days of
the history of our country the paper
hanger did very little business. When
the momentOuS time came around for
q room to be repapered. for in those
early, care-taking days the people did
not change their wallpapers with The
passing style, or because they got tired
of them, mother usually made the
paste, some member of the family cut
the paper, while father put it on the
walls. On one occasion, when the young
Marquis was a guest of the Washing
tons, the wallpaper of the banquet
room in which ball in his honor was
to be held, was in the eyes of the good
Martha "a perfect sight" In the pres
! ence of Lafayette she lamented over
this, regretting that she had not time
before the ball to have a new. fresh
paper hung. Why" said the French
man, here are three able-bodied men,
Gen. Washington, his Abide Camp and
myself, and you shall have that room
repapered If you want it, They all
got to work. and the paper was nicely
liuh6 tIIiiG LUZ tilc Jail.
King Oscar, of Sweden, a nice old
gentleman of IS, is greatly annoyed by
opportunities from newspaper and mag
aZine representatives to contribute ar
ticles to their respective publications
Quite recently he was offered $40 a
word by an American magazine for a
signed article, which he Indignantly de-
clined. The King is a great reader,
and has the reputation of being quite a
savant. His particular weaknesses are
mathematics and poetry. All his life
he has at odd moments wooed the gen.
tie muse, and under her inspiring in
fiuence has produced some quite pretty
and very ardent love sonnets, which
habit he still keeps up. He is a strik-
ing looking old gentleman, with his un-
usual hight, his snow-white hair and
beard and his quick, nervous, alert
manner.
Nine. Sarah Bernhardt, the celehrat-
ed French actress. has been ordered by
the doctors to take a rest for at least
year. The great tragedienne fell on
the stage some time ago and injured
her knee, a tumor finally appearing. For
this she has undergone several surgical
operations, only keeping up and con-
tinuing her acting by her tremendous
will power. She is very lame, and has
suffered great pain, her knee having to
be treated every night just before going
on the stage. Now, however, the sur
geons say she must stop.
Mrs. Gillette, whose son Chester was
convicted of the murder of his sweet
heart, has started chain letter in the
State of New York requesting small
sums of money to be used by her in at
tempting to secure a new trial for her
son. She begs earnestly that the chain
will not be broken till Feb. /, but that
the three letters be written by each
person, even If no money is given. Mrs.
Gillette, who is to give a course of lee
lures to raise money for the same pur-
pose, as well as in the hope of arousing
public sympathy for her son, will de-
liver her first lecture in Utica, Sunday,
Jan. 20. Her subject will be, Chester
Gillette, Guilty or Not Guilty; a Moth
er's Appeal for Her Son."
Mrs. Annie r. Hale, of Rogersville,
Tenn, a contributor to several of the
magazines on the negro question, has
a new solution of the race problem. She
proposes in the first place to form So
cieties thruout the South for the pur-
pose of raising money for deporting
the negros to the North. Then, that
every black man, upon his promise to
in the North at least a year, be
given money enough to pay his travel
ing expenses and told to git" She
says the South only has about three
tenths of the negro labor, anyway, and
that 1t had better get rid of the great
army of worthless, lazy blacks and en-
foreigners to come over who |
would be only too glad to accept sch |
an invitation, and who would be much |
more satisfactory assets as laborers.
It is said that William Ellis Corey, |
President of the Steel Trust, is to build |
for his bride-to-be, Mabelle Gilman, the |
actress, magnificent home on Car
negie Hill, which will put quite in the |
shade the palatial palace of Charles NJ. |
said to cost S3,00O,OO0 Mr. |
Corey, thru his agents, purchased the |
plot of ground for this the other day
from Perry Belmont, paying 100000
for the same.
Miss Martha Calhoun, the great
of John c. Calhoun,
South Cardinals famous statesman and
Senator, made her bow to society the |
other evening at reception given by |
her parents in the historic city of |
Charleston. The distinguished families |
of the "old South" gathered about her
whose very names awakened memories
of The stirring, pregnant days of the I
early SOS. Twenty-Five hundred invi-
.ations for the brilliant event were is
sued, 1900 letters of regret received,
md the happy young lady received 1900
bouquets from her friends in this coun-