The National tribune., 1907-05-02


lions for support, q way Of supp orting
themselves and their families being
| opened to them by the demand for
boarding houses. This is especially true
Of the foreigners, among whom the pro-
portion Of men to women Is 10 to one,
SO there are always lot Of single men
anxious for a good place or any place
to board. The husband Of such a wo-
man is also a position to be desired,
and the newly-made widow Is not al
| lowed to mourn her loss long. Ere
| those shoes are old with which she
followed him, like Niobe. all tears, she
| Is usually induced to take another life
partner. The girls marry very young,
generally when they are about IA, and
are In such demand that they abuse
| their power, and lead the poor fellows
a merry chase before settling down.
Among the wives of the American min
ers conditions are not so favorable, as
the proportion of men to women is n Ut
SO large and their ideas of living are
very different from those of their for
eign sisters.
Lord Curzon, Of Kedleston, is in a
very sad condition. Ever since the
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Letter, ne has been in a very deprest
state OF mind, which melancholy he has
been unable to throw off. His health
has gradually become affected, and now
his lungs are in a very serious condition
and his friends are greatly worried. His
strength Is gradually failing, and he
appears entirely Indifferent as to wheth-
er he lives or dies. The only thing
which seems to interest him at all Is the
fund for the monument to Lord Give
in India, which movement was started
by him. He seems to be interested in
the subscriptions to this fund, and
promptly acknowledges all such, but
aside from this he spends most of his
time in bed reading books of travel
chiefly.
Alfonso has thoughtfully arranged to
keep his faithful and most interested
subjects as short time as possible on
the anxious BENCH" as far as the sex
of the royal baby Is concerned after its
advent on the scene. If 1t is boy the
Spanish flag is to be raised over a GER
tain part of the royal palace and a
salute Of 81 guns fired. If a poor little
girl, for naturally boy is ardently de-
sired by every member of the Kingdom,
high and lowly, a white flag will be
raised end a salute of only Is guns fired.
If the birth takes place after dark the
flags will be 50 lighted up that their
color can be plainly seen.
Prof. ]. D. M. Ford, whose name is
associated with the romance languages,
has been chosen to fill the chair of the
Smith Professorship at Harvard, which
has been vacant ever since the death of
James Russell Lowell. This chair has
been occupied by many of our distin-
guished scholars, Longfellow, Tichenor,
as well as Lowell being among the num-
Der, and it is felt that Prof. Ford will
keep GD its traditions. Prof. Ford is
the author of many works connected
with the Spanish and Italian languages,
and is now writing book on The
Novel" for TYPES of English Litera-
ture Series" which is appearing under
the editorship of Prof. William Allen
Nelson, the latest Shaksperian editor.
And now 1t is believed that DIR. Mar
WINS poor little baby Is no longer alive,
and certain Frank Butler, who was
employed by the Doctor on his farm at
the time the child disappeared, was ac-
cused the other day Of being RESPONSE
BILE for his death. The story is that the
little boy was playing on a haystack
near the barn of his fathers farm, while
Butler was loading a cart with bags of
wheat screenings. 1t Is thought that in
some accidental way the baby slid from
his position, and was run over by the
wheels of the cart as Butler was driving
off. Alarmed at what he had done
when he discovered that he had killed
the child, Butler returned to the barn,
took another bag and put the body of
the little boy into 1t, disposing of 1t
later. Butler insists that when he drove
away from the farm the child was still
playing on the haystack, but this is
denied by another farm laborer, who
drove off on the cart with him. DR..
Marvin, 1t is said, has all along believed
his little boy to be dead, yet If he finds
his fears true, he will probably realize
how strong was the hope, amounting
almost to a conviction, that the baby
would be found somewhere and alive
Butler was arrested, but the evidence
was not sufficient to hold him, and he
was released.
From time immemorial our red
skinned brethren have given up much
of their time to dancing. They have
had their war dances, and their peace
dances, and have made great ceremo-
malls of both. An Indian will drop his
haying or any other kind Of work any
time to go to a dance, and a squaw, no
matter how many years she may have
spent at Hampton, will shed the veneer
of civilization which that education has
given her the instant she hears the
magic beating Of the tomtoms. The
music Of the dance is the "call of the
Wild" which the Indian simply cannot
resist; the best and most industrious
succumb to its wiles. The Government
is trying to stop Indian dancing on all
the reservations. for the reason that an
Indian will do nothing but dance, if
there is dancing going on anywhere.
In appearance the Rev. DR.. Charles
F. Aked, who has just taken charge of
the Fifth Avenue Church, of New York
City, is said to decidedly resemble Pres
ident Roosevelt. This distinguished
Englishman is somewhat taller than the
| Chief Executive, but he has the same
square shoulders and athletic frame
with strikingly strong face. DIR. Aked
has for 16 years been the pastor Of the
second largest Presbyterian church in
| England, and has done a great work for
civic decency and against all forms of
vice. He visited America In the early
part of the last Winter, and preached
to the congregation of the Fifth Avenue
| Church. John d. Rockefeller, one of
the most substantial pillars Of that
| church, was so delighted with him that
he Immediately proposed to the elders
of the church that DR.. Aked should be
given a call to their church, which he
was, and which he accepted. Dr. Aked's