The National tribune., 1908-07-02

these right in her own family, and now
She is subjected rG the annoyance of a
suit brought by former domestic for
100000 damages nn a charge of SLAM
der. This servant, who was Miss Gould 5
parlor maid, claims that in the presence
of the entire domestic force, some seven
men and women, Miss Gould pro-
"nounced her person of questionable
character It is feared that any servant
in Miss Goulj's employ would find it
extremely difficult to convince a Judge
or the public of any unjust or over
hasty action on the part of their mis-
tress.
= Mrs. Russell Sage heartily enjoyed
herself the other day, when she gave a
picnic to 1900 school children of Sag
a Harbor and the neighboring villages.
The children gathered early in the af-
ternoon, clad in their best Sundaygo-
connecting dresses, their faces shining
= from good soap and water bath, and
their eyes bright with expectancy. They
= first met in the fine, airy auditorium of
the High School, and were entertained
with a Punch and Judy exhibition. that
ancient but ever popular and amusing
bit of nonsense, followed by the most
wonderful of prestidigitateurs, who per-
formed the NEST mysterious and de-
lightful of tricks. While rapt in the
wonder of it all, their little brains going
at mad rate trying to account for the
q yards and yards of ribbon which the
magician pulled from his mouth, etc,
they were invited to adjourn TO Park
Grove, where more delight awaited
them. Here waS served literally as
much ice cream, cake and other good
things as they could eat, and when their
kind patroness s;lw things running low
she hurried her Chauffeur down town for
more. The children consumed so tubs
nf ice EOn nJnndS of cake
besides other corrections, completely
exhausting the supply of the town. Mrs.
Sage was present during the whole time,
and said she had never enjoyed herself
more. AS for the children, their happy
little faces and busy little mouths were
evidence enough of their enjoyment.
When the great Christian Science
Church was built in Boston people out
side that faith began to be deeply i'm
pressed with its wonderful growth and
power This mother church seats 5000
. people. and it has been customary to
hold in it each year communion sea-
q son, multitudes of Christian Scientists
gathering in Boston from all over the
world for this purpose. Now the mem
bers of this faith have become so nu-
merous that the mother church is not
able to accommodate such a gathering,
and Mrs. Eddy has discontinued these
yearly meetings. The branch churches
are still to hold them, but there will be
hereafter no general gathering of Chris
tan Scientists for this purpose in the
great church in Boston
Germany is evidently not the land for
one accustomed to conducting a large
part of his or her business thru the
telephone, as we do here in America. |
In the Kingdom of the Kaiser no one is
allowed to make use of the phone at the
same time with either the Emperor or
Empress. Telephone operators have
been instructed to shut off the circuit
and abandon the Switchboard when
ever they receive the signal that either 1
of their Majesties is on the line, and |
the circuit cannot be restored for the |
use of the public until the imperial con- |
versation is ended. When either En- /
peror William or his royal consort call
for connection operators drop every |
thing and attend strictly to business.
The annoyance this royal mandate must |
cause can readily be imagined by those |
of us who live in a land where a pub /
lie service belongs to the public, and |
one person has exactly the same right |
to it as another. The very slight an
noyance which we have in this country
sometimes when using the telephone,
and for which we promptly blame Cen
trail" fades into utter insignificance be-
side this. 1t is the little things in life
that affect US most, after all, and that
the German people can quietly submit /
to such a restriction of their liberties as
not being allowed to use the telephone
at any and all times, in season and out
of season, is something the American
has great difficulty in comprehending.
Apropos of the German Kaiser, who is
a very interesting character to all
Americans. largely on account of the
element of unexpectedness about him
which suggests our own distinguished
American, Mr. Roosevelt, we are told by
a, recent contributor TO the papers that
his Majesty dislikes the typewriter SO
much that no one ever ventures to send
him any sort of a communication SO
written. The fountain pen is the joy
OF his heart. and of these he has dozens
of different makes. all with gold ham
dies, one of which he always carries
around with him, tucked safely away in
some pocket of his coat. In his atten-
ton to details he is almost feminine,
and reminds one of the great Napoleon.
of whom it is said that nothing went on
in his palace. as well as his Kingdom. in
which he didn't have hand. The Kaiser
has been busying himself lately reform
ing the court stationery, beginning with
his own visiting cards, which, indeed,
needed the stern hand of the reformer,
being huge affairs, with deep. bright
NISiet cages. anu ROlO crown ana
armorial bearings placed over the name,
deliberately lettered. The present re-
formed cards are much smaller and are
quite without color. The Emperor's
writing paper has also been taken in
hand. and from this time forward will
consist of plain white instead OF the
blue formerly used by him, without
any of the gold and colored ornamental
ton. That the German Kaiser is very
fond of show and color is seen by his
extensive wardrobe, which contains
many rich and conspicuous costumes,
which he changes almost IS frequently
as fashionable woman. II is a many
sided man, indeed, uniting in his char
acter sagacity and energetic action with
what is called the artistic temperament
He is a romantic dreamer, like Hamlet
and like the melancholy Dane feels that
the times are "out of joint" The spirit
of the goth century does not please him,
and he has turned his face toward the
past seeking his pleasure and the real
ization of his ideals in times and cir
cumstances which he finds more salts
factory than living realities. This side |
of his character he has shown by his |
passion for rebuilding old fortresses and
castles and by the recent restoration of
the ancient border castle Hohkonigs- |
burg, in Alsace, which has just been
celebrated with elaborate MEDIEVAL
ceremonies. In this way madness lies, |
and Germany will find herself stripped
of much of her present power, already |
much less than il used to be, unless her /
august ruler shakes off this romantic |
craze for the revival of medievalism.