The National tribune., 1907-06-13

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Mrs. Howard Gould's suit for separa
ton was given its first public hearin:
June S, when there was an attemp
made by Mr. Gould's counsel to have
certain allegations in Mrs Goulds com
plant struck out. Mrs. Gouid's charge
against her husband, upon which he
suit is based are, first, abandonment
second, his habits and conduct. which
made it impossible for her To live witt
him; third, his failure to support hel
since last September: and. fourth. the
great cruelty with which he treated her
She says that she was really starved
out of Castle Gould. the place of al
places that she loved, for the servants
had received orders not to cook for her
and everything she got to eat was either
prepared by her maid or herself She
finally had to get out on account of the
persecution of the servants, leaving
most of her clothing and other personal
effects there 1t was 4 long time be-
fore she could get even her clothes, and
when she did get them many of her
handsome gowns were ruined. having
been packed, not in her trunks. but in
rough boxes and barrels. She denies
that she carried off with her - barrels
of furniture. Much as she would have
liked to do SO, she wasn't permitted 10
take away a single piece. Mrs. Gould
says that most everything at Castle
Gould. the house itself. which was her
especial pride, the furnishings, the
horse, carriages, COWS, etc on the placSc,
were all paid for by her own personal
checks. Mrs. Gould is by no means a
poor woman, Mr.. Gould having given
her about quarter of million, which
Is in her own name. Mr.. Gould, thru
his lawyer, De Lancey Nicoll, denies
having prosecuted his wife in any way
whatever, and affirms that he has been
paying large bills for her right along.
He says that while they lived together
he did all in his power to make her
happy, and that he left her only when
further life under the same roof was
utterly out of the question.
1t is comparatively rare sight now
a-days to see an American woman with
luxuriant growth of hair; in fact, thin
hair is decidedly the rule. Yet Dame
Fashion demands that the style of the
couture shall be quite elaborate, cover
necessitated, in those cases where ma
ture has plainly shirked her duty, the
employment of artificial switches of hui
man hair, curls, puffs, etc. While the
demand for all these is rapidly increas-
ing, the supply is as rapidly shrinking.
and the hair of the peasant girls of
Europe-the principal source of sup
PHYS becoming extremely difficult to
procure, largely because hair-selling has
been forbidden by several Governments.
Necessity, therefore. the mother of in
vention, has led to the discovery that
artificial hair can be made from spun
glass, so perfect substitute for the real
as to defy detection. In texture 1t is
soft, with a beautiful sheen, and any
shade desired can be produced.
All lovers of Wagner and of good mu-
sic generally will be delighted to learn
of the proposed scheme of Lillian Nor
Gica, the great American opera singer,
to establish Bayreuth in this country.
To those who have had the privilege of
hearing the works of that great master
in the quaint, almost medieval setting
of Bayreuth, any American imitation
would probably seem a good deal of a
burleSque, but, after all, these fortunate
persons form but very small part of
our music-loving population. Nine.
Nordica proposes to erect a great SUI
ourban festival house near New York,
and to establish there an institution for
he training of American opera singers.
A theater, with seating capacity of
1000, in imitation of the Wagner thea
:er at Bayreuth, is to built; also an
)pen-air theater, in which win be pre-
;ented not only operas, but Shaksperean
plays. For the first year after the OPEN
ng of the festival house none but the
works of Wagner will be given. Walter
0amroSch has been induced to direct
he orchestra, and Nine. Nordica par
icularly desired him for this position
IS it was his father, Leopold, who really
Introduced Wagner's operas into this
country. The ground for the institution
las already been purchased, and con-
hsts of 20-acre lot overlooking the
Hudson, in the city of Harmon, 90
miles from New York 1t will be called
the Lillian Nordica Festival House and
American Institute of Music" and this
celebrated singer intends to devote the
greater part of her fortune in making
a success. In speaking of that part
If her scheme relating to technical
raining Nine Nordica said that hun
srads of wonderful voices have been
ost and are constantly being lost to the
,perattc world. because their owners are
lot able to develop them, owing usually
o lack of money. She wishes to give
Ill young people who are SO gifted an
opportunity to demonstrate their abili.
Y. Nine. Nordica intends to make the
Institution in every respect truly Amer
can.
Probably the smallest mother in the
world is little Mrs. Minnie Shaw, of
Richards, Mo. She is about the size of
big DOLL being only little over two
.eet in hight; and her weight is but 80
pounds When she sits it is in a child's
rocker, and when she retires she climbs
up on a chair and tumbles over the
edge of baby's bead. Little Mrs. Shaw
has one living child and two grandchil-
dren, and tho she is now 13 years of
age is as sound as a nut and bright as
q button. When she was year old she
stopt growing, and never took it up
again. She was bright at school, a
leader in games and sports. tho SO tiny,
and a favorite with all She began her
professional career quite early, and
Travelled over this country and great
part of The world with different circuses,
etc. She was member of Tom
Thumbs family of little people at one
time, and was herself the smallest OF
the bunch. 1t was during this period
of her life that she met Doc" Shaw
the bearded man, who. like herself. was
a member of the old Cooper & Bailey
Circus Company. The two were cxhib-
tied in the same tent. and the little lady
cast many a glance of admiration at the
stalwart figure of her ncighbor, with
his five feet five inches of hight and his
magnificent and beautiful beard which
swept the floor. On the principal,
suppose, that people are attracted &c
their opposites. the two fell In love, and
being married. lived together happily
his widow lives with her daughter, {
little woman like herself being barrel,
three feet tall Her apartments in hel