The National tribune., 1907-07-11

during these preceding months, made
one of unutterable misery and mental
anguish is beyond question. Not long
before her death she wrote the little
poem, which has become celebrated
thru It's connection with her. beginning
Tell me, ye winged winds that round
my pathway roar" The late Lord Butte
resented this treatment of his aunt so
bitterly that he held aloof from court
thruout his life, and this visit of King
| Edward and his Queen not only shows
that the hatchet has been buried and
harmonious relations once more estab-
lished between the House of Butte and
the royal family, but it is also notable
in being the first time that a reigning
monarch of England has visited the an
cient castle since Edward ii was there
in 1326-nearly 500 years ago-and
the very first time a King and Queen
of England have visited it together.
| Sometime next month Miss Gladys
Moore Vanderbilt, who is the daughter
Of Cornelius Vanderbilt, third head of
that prominent family. will come into
her own. Miss Vanderbilt will then be
her by her father, into which she then
| comes into possession, will make her
the richest girl in America. This in
heritance of s7,000,0O0 has been so well
| managed that 1t now represents fully
$1O,00O,000, and at the death of her
81, 100000 more, being her share of the
100000 left Mrs. Vanderbilt by her
late husband. This large fortune makes
this young woman a powerful factor
for good in the world IL she Is disposed
to spend it wisely. and 1t would seem as
if she could hardly fail to be Influenced
by the generous, altruistic spirit which
appears to have lately come over our
millionaires. Elaborate preparations
are being made at THE Breakers" the
Newport home of Miss Vanderbilt for
the great event Of next month.
Fashionable Mamaroneck fatty re-
fused to accept Booker T. Washington,
the famous negro educator. as a Sum-
mer resident among them. A particu-
larly attractive Colonial house there
took Mr.. Washington's eye. and he thot
he had secured it, but it became the
painful duty of w. +. G. Gaillard. pres
ident of a large real estate company,
with large property interests in Mama
rOneck, to communicate to him the fact
that it was all a mistake. and that
he couldn't have the house after
all. Mr.. Gaillard really disliked ex-
tremely to do this, because he Is a very
sincere admirer of Mr.. Washington. and
Is besides a sort of champion of the
rights of the downtrodden. But in this
instance he was powerless, the select.
exclusive, aristocratic element in Mann
aroneck said Mr.. Washington couldn't
come, and that was the end of it. So
he was obliged to console himself with
the cottage at Oyster Bay.
Work Is good for all of us. The more
useful the work the sweeter the rest
after labor. Of course. but harmless oc-
cupation of any kind is vastly better
than idleneSS. Gelett Burgess, that
clever wit who in his lighter moods has
given us so much delicious nonsense.
and in his more serious moments so
much of sound common sense. says re-
ferring to work: There is work that
is work and there is play that is play;
there is play that is work and work that
is play. And in only one of these lies
happiness" The work of most women is
done out of the public eye. quietly, unos-
tentatiOusly, often when really valuable
results are obtained. but chance some
times places women in positions SO con-
spicuous that the attention of the world
is drawn to them and their work be-
comes of universal interest. Such
woman is Miss Ida Lewis. who has just
celebrated her 50th anniversary as
keeper of the Lime Rock Lighthouse.
Miss Lewis is now 10 years of age. and
is as hale. hearty and active as girl
of II. The lighthouse is on a little
island of rocks near the southern en-
trance to Newport harbor and close to
Fort Adams. Fifty years ago Miss
Lewis's father was appointed lighthouse
keeper. and she, who was then a gay,
sprightly. light-hearted girl of 20. little
realized what was before her when she
left the boat and climbed for the first
time the steps leading to the lighthouse.
her future home. Her father was
delicate man, and his young daughter,
ever anxious to save his strength, insist
ed at once upon being shown how to
clean and trim the great light which
semed to her like a tall policeman guild
ing the ships, his people, over places
of danger. The Importance of the work.
the feeling that she held the lives of
thousands of seafaring men in her
hands appealed wonderfully to the girl,
and so it happened that it was she who
from that first day had the entire care
of the great light which to keep per-
fectly trimmed, clean and full was to
her a sacred duty. Tho never robust.
she was very brave girl with cool
head and was, or soon became, quite
as much at home in a boat as most peo-
pie are on shore, and keeping ever a
watchful eye on the vast eXpanSe of
ocean all around her for some sign of
distress from a ship. had constant op-
pOrtunities Of being of the greatest ser
vice TO unfortunate mariners. Many
time has she risked her own life in her
little dory, going out in the fiercest of
storms, with the waves mountain high,
to some ship in danger, and how many
lives she has saved in this way it is i'm
possible to say. The records show Is,
but Miss Lewis. like all truly great
hearted people, is very modest and ST.
lent as to her own achievements. and
this number is probably far too small.
Upon her fathers death, % years ago,
Congress made this noble woman Off
cial keeper of the light, and when Gen.
Grant was President he paid her visit
to thank her personally for saving the
lives of four soldiers stationed at Fort
Adams She has received gifts without
number of varying degrees of value
from grateful people besides several
medals In 1874 Congress presented
her with fine gold one for saving two
men from drowning; the Humane So
ciety of Massachusetts has given her
one. as well as the Life-Saving Benevo-
lent Association of New York. The SOL
diers of Fort Adams have presented
her with a gold watch. and the citizens
of Newport a fine lifeboat called the
Rescue" which was exhibited at the
Worlds Fair at Chicago. Her mar
riage in 1870 seems to have been an
episode of comparatively little impor-
tance in her life. for her husband has
never lived much at the lighthouse.
Not sharing her enthusiasm. he natur-
ally found it very dull. Her little quar-
ters are fixed up very tastefully and
comfortably and she has very fine
library, being. fortunately, extremely
fond of reading. She has, as would be
expected, many visitors, and in one
year, in three months, 10000 people
were rowed out to her lighthouse home
to pay their respects to her. She has
been called the Grace Darling of Amer
ica," but while the English girl was
very brave, and deserves all possible