The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-16

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All that was mortal of Silent
Smith, the New York millionaire, who
died recently in Kioto, Japan, while on
his wedding tour, was laid away May
Z. in WoodlaWn Cemetery. The re-
pains arrived in this country the pre-
vfous Sunday, accompanied by the dead
mans newly-made widow, her son and
daughter by 4 former marriage, and by
member; Of Mr.. Smiths family. There
has been good deal Of conjecture as
to the probable disposition OF the de-
ceased miliionaire's large, fortune,
statements having appeared in many OF
the newspapers to the. effect that his
sister. Lady Cooper, wife of Sir George
Cooper, would probably receive the
larger part of it. The will, which was
opened ana read on the day of the fu-
neral. has therefore surprised the pub
lie at least, for in it SIR: Smith has left
the bulk of his fortune, estimated at
$4,000 900, to his nephew, George
Grant Mason, who is division superin-
tendent OF the st. Paul Railroad. He
viii receive the tidy little fortune of
about s30,00O.00O. Mrs. Smith, the
widow is lett S2,006.00G; his sister.
Lady Cooper. Sl,G00.00U William Ma
son, another nephew, Will receive one
third OF the residuary estate; various
other relatives receive sums from $780,
600 up to $500, 600; two hospitals are
remembered with 100000 EACH and
his faithful servants are given very
comfortable little fortunes. 1t sounds
like a very sensible and just will. and
Mr. Smith doubtless had excellent rea-
sons for leaving his fortune as he did.
1t is thought the family knew before
hand of the manner in which Mr.. Smith
had disposed of his money, as one Of
its members emphatically stated before
the will was made public that there
would be no dispute among the rela-
tives with regard to it.
1t looks as if there was bottom to
the Thaw pocketbook after all, tho it
has been generally believed that it was
sort of Fortunatus purse and more or
less bottomless The fact that Mrs.
Thaw has mortgaged the big but ugly
Pittsburg home, Lyndhurst, for $780,
coo, however, looks suspiciously as if
she could no longer put her hand into
the Thaw pocketbook and pull out num-
berless bills. But as regards Mrs.
Thaw's affairs the public only knows
what it secs in the papers, which is
generally only a small part of the real
truth. 1t is stated that Harry Thaw
has had the second largest. income of
any of the heirs of his fathers estate.
The Fidelity Title and Trust Company
hold the mortgage on the Pittsburg
home.
The public will receive with regret
the news that the charming English
actress, Ellen Terry, has married James
Carew, an excellent actor and her lead
ing man. To be sure, it is no ones
business but hers and Mr.. Carew's, but
Miss Terry has endeared herself so
greatly to the public by the wonderful
charm of her personality and the per-
Of a,-t hot -
feels as If she were in some way an
swerable to it for her actions. Miss
Terry must be over so years of age.
She looks it and her long service on
the stage would warrant such an esti-
mate. Mr.. Carew does not look more
than 81, which he admits is his correct
age, therefore the disparity between
their ages is far too great, even if We
take Miss Terry at her word when she
says she is only SO. They were mar
ried in Pittsburg the other day. Ellen
Terry had already been twice married,
the first time, when a mere child, to
Frederick w. Watts, the famous Eng
1ish painter, from whom she soon sep
arated, and later to an actor, Charles
Wardell, who died some years ago.
Until the death of Sir Henry Irving
she had been for many years his lead
ing lady, and played many engagements
in America with him and his excellent
company. Those who saw her in her
prime as Beatrice" in much Ado
About Nothing" as "Portia,'' as ''Vio-
Ia" in fact in any of her many parts,
will never witness any. finer acting, and
will carry with them always a memory
of her beautiful English voice, her
matchless grace, and the intelligent
and spirited rendering of her lines.
Probably the most unique shawl In
6a nr~ld Inr h
an Indian girl, 8 full-blooded 19-year-
old Kiowan called ''Kiowa Annie" The
shawl is said to have cost her $3.50
and took 10 years to make It. In the
shawl are fastened by tiny silk cords
$50 elks' teeth, which had been hand
ed down for at least three generations
among the Kiowa Indians, from whom
they were purchased by "Kiowa Annie
In ponies and cattle. Besides the beau
~ OF the garment for it is handsome,
the owner feels that it really was
good business investment as elk have
been almost entirely exterminated and
the teeth are to-day worth double what
she gave for them; and in a few years
will, she thinks, be worth their weight
IN gold. Many of the teeth were kept
as sacred emblems by their Indian pos
SCISSORS.
The small. generally unknown town
or Norway, Me-, Is almost entirely run
by women, and is probably the most
distinctly "woman's town" in America
and perhaps of the world. Women
preside over the clothing, hat and shoe
stores, over the meat markets, settle the
legal disputes, doctor the sick, mar
~ the lovesick and bury the dead A
woman has signed checks in the bank
for many years, and woman has in
structed the town thru the columns of
her newspaper for the last 25 years A
director in the street railway and in
the corporation that lights the little
town is n woman, who never misses a
meeting nor a pay day. There are also
women bankers in the place who think
they owe their success to their superior
honesty. for which, however, they take
no particular credit. considering hon
esty in business affairs a feminine char
acteristic. 1t must not re supposed
that the Norway women are not good
cooks, mothers. nor successful manipu-
lators of the scissors and needle, etc.
They are quite as good housekeeperS
as tho they did nothing else, and,
strange to say, the men instead of be-
ing jealous of them, and constantly
preaching about their having wandered
beyond the limits of ''womans sphere
etc, are constantly Dragging about the
wonderful success they hay achieved
III Their So-Caiied unfeminine vocations
There Is no crime worth speaking of in
Norway. and liquor is not even sold on
the sly. II has one little blot however
on an otherwise perfect reputation
the men smoke.
The little ba by Snain': roya1 b.ir