The National tribune., 1907-12-05

to about 100 pounds to the square inch.
| while on terra firma the pressure is
only Is pounds to the square inch. This
abnormal pressure sometimes causes
the blood to stream from ears, mouth
and nose, which, of course, instantly
puts an end to work, and the diver
signals to those above of his distressed
condition. The diver, equipped for his
submarine trip, carries his rubber tube
for getting air from above. telephone,
electric searchlight, tools of various
kinds and weapons, for sharks there be
down in the ''vasty deep" and strange,
unknown enemies to reckon with. Weird
are the tales some of these divers tell
of their experiences on the floor of the
ocean, and romantic enough are the
adventures thru which they pass in
their search for treasure which has
gone down with some ill-fated vessel.
AS one diver pushed his way into the
saloon of the Spanish ship, Alfonso
XII, which was carried to the bottom
with chests containing 100000 in gold
coin, and flashed his electric lamp into
the darkness, the bodies of women with
streaming hair and of men with CLASSY
eyes floated and reeled thru the wa
ters, undisturbed till then since the
ship went down. One diver on another
occasion got nearly s2.000,000 worth
of gold and silver and nearly 100000
worth of precious gems from a ship
after blasting his way thru the wood
and steel wreckage of the sunllen ship.
No doubt as time goes on, and the fight
for wealth becomes fercer, more men
will engage in the business, and it is
extremely probable that many of the
old gaileons of long ago, laden with the
richest of treasures will yield up their
store, which had been considered for
ever lost.
| Ever since those ancient days when
Heien's fatal beauty led to the seige of
Troy, indeed, from the time of that
first feminine cajoler, Mother Eve, wo-
mans attractiveness has brought dire
disaster upon the poor, weak men who
have fallen willing victims to it. In
the divorce proceedings of the Howard
Goulds, now going on, 1t has been all
legged that Mrs. Gould, formerly Miss
Katherine Clemmons, the actress, so
completely bewitched William Cody
Buffalo BILL that he ruined himself
financially to crafty her various whims.
He is said to have spent good deal
over 100000 on her, $4,000 being ut
terly thrown away in staging a play
for her which was a dead failure. In
this play Miss Clemmons wore six
gowns, the cheapest of which cost Mr..
Cody $1,000. After running Mr.. Cody
whose acquaintance she is said to have
sought in the first place. She it is said,
threw him off like an old shoe, having
in the meantime, met Howard Gould,
who from the moment he saw her be-
came desperately infatuated with her.
This infatuation has entirely passed, as
it usually does in such cases, and Mr..
Gould is now quite willing that some
one else shall pay his wife's bills. He
has recently sent to the newspapers the
announcement that he and Mrs. Gould
are living apart, tho he is providing for
her necessities, and that he will be re-
sponsible for no debts contracted by
her.
1t may not be generally known that
women are now largely employed to
assist detectives in ferreting out crime.
1t seems to be a vocation to which
many women take more or less natural
ily, and for which they have a remark
able aptitude. Booksellers say that de-
tective stories are more popular with
women than men, and, anyway, the
peculiar quality of a bright woman's
mind, her intuitive perception of a sit
uation, seems to make her particularly
useful in this work, often enabling her
in a flash to see something her duller
male associates have not seen, tho
working on case for months. These
assistants are employed almost entirely
to trap their own sex, and from cases
where men would be hopelessly lost
they emerge with flying colors. Nat
uraIly they are better acquainted with
the tricks and manners of their sis
ters, and are quite equal to the occa-
sion if the criminal happens to be a
lstylishly- y-dressed, intelligent woman. No
man who ever lived could approach
such a person with the same assurance
as a bright, nervy member of her own
sex, and it is in cases of this kind that
these assistants achieve their greatest
success.
Senator-elect John Sharpe Williams.
of Mississippi, is extremely careless
about his Dress and does not care about
fine clothes on anyone else. In re-
cent campaign he offered his services
Ito the Democratic Speakers Bureau,
and was sent North to help out Con-
occasional nominee. When he returned
TO headquarters and was piled with
Questions he said:
Don't you know, that fellow came
down to the train to meet me in pair
of fashionable riding breeches, AMI
started to go around with me with them
on. l just up and told him that if he
wanted to go to Congress he had better
take off those jockey pants. After he
left the blamed things off we got along
all right
). Miss Helen Gould has always taken n
lively interest in Uncle Sans "Jackies," !"
and many a good ship carries a library
contributed by her for the benefit of
marines stationed at distant Guam, that
reef-encircled, palm-covered island of
ours in the far Pacific, have Miss Helen
Gould to thank every time they take a
book from their library to while away
the tedium of the dull monotony of
their lives at that station. That our
bluejackets have appreciated all Miss
Gould has done for them was shown
the other day when 5000 enlisted men
presented her with beautiful loving
; cup of sterling silver two and three
fourths feet high. The cup was pre-
sented more particularly as mark of
appreciation for the Y. NJ. c. A. Home
in Brooklyn, close to the Navy Yard,
. which the men-of-warsmen enjoy large
ly thru her generosity. Mrs Russell
Sage, who contributed half of the money
for this building, was not present on
the happy occasion before alluded to,
tho she had expected to be. The cup
has a soft gray finish, and on one side,
on a mounting of gold is inscribed the
dedication, while on the other the seal
of the Navy and the etching of a battle
ship. The cup rested in a bank of
. Beauty roses, and when James McNeili,
r thrd-class yeoman, drew aside the flags
which concealed it the 500 Jackies pres
lent broke into such a roar of wild cheer
ing for Miss Gould that the noise could
have been heard blocks away Miss
Gould received the gift with evident
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