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you are also doing some good.
"Of course, 1 suppose 1 said. when
you are fond of your work it is much
easier?"
ITO be sure" said Mr.. Bryan. Interest
in ones work takes away the drudgery
of it,
Mr.. Bryan / said, while you are
advocating many reforms for men in
your policies and platform. have you
given women's work thought"
Il have said Mr.. Bryan. II believe
but you must please write this down"
"All that you say?' l asked.
Yes, all that l say. 4 reporter just
asked my opinion about something. He
did not take notes. He had reached the
years of newspaper discretion, he said.
L don't care if you are a thousand years
old, l said, which. Of course, l know you
are not, ! must insist that you write down
what l say. l do not want to be mis-
quoted. / object to this very much"
Returning TO the question of reform in
the condition of working women and chill
dren employed in factories Mr.. Bryan
said:
mo economic system can be defended
as system which compels SO many wom-
en- and children to leave home and enter
into the struggle of existence.
Child labor laws can, to a certain ex-
tent, protect the young, although there
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the side bets. The French populace Is
ready any time to stop raiding an unpro-
tected nunnery and read with unfeigned
horror the details of the latest Arkansas
iynching.
We ought to be especially grateful for
the interest they're all taking in the
cruise of our feet around the Horn to
the Pacific side, which is so-called be-
caus. il isn't. Hardly day passes
tina. a dispatch doesn't come palpitating
across by cable saying that a message re-
ceived at Copenhagen from the special
correspondent of the Partisan Petit Pois
at Port of Spain states that it is reliably
reported at Omaha. Neb.. that the battle
ship Connecticut, in backing out of the
harbor at Valparaiso, struck sunken
fine-tooth comb and tore all the tissue
paper plates off her bottom.
II the present peacemaking voyage
should involve us in a muss with any
neighbor of a sallow yellowish complex
ion residing at the first corner on the left
OF the next hemisphere, the great powers
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red flannel pants such as the French dress
their marines in. in order to strike terror
TO the hearts Of the foe before the fight
ing begins. / wouldn't be surprised any
day to hear the French navy had been
taken inland on dray and safely mount
ed upon skids above the high water mark
1t would likewise be a source of much
grief to England if Japan and us should
become kinked together like pair of in
terlocking pretZels. For blood Is thicker
than water as somebody remarked.
Larry, although not SO thick as Yorkshire
pudding, and our English cousins love
US with such tenderness that they be-
come positively green-eyed with affection
every time they contemplate the figures
of our export trade"
We'll. the Russians is all right. any
how" said the House Detective Look
what they done for Taft"
Maybe it's because they're not such
good friends of ours as some of the
others that the Russians seem to hate
us less cordially said the Hotel Clerk
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one of their balloons departs, you can cal
culate on the same finish for 1t you al
supplement series; and when one of their
submarines disappears beneath the bosom
OF the river with low gurgling sound
and couple of bubbles it's proper time
for the relations of the crew to begin
picking out something suitable in black
for everyday wear. The time they pulled
off their army scandal 1t had every other
army scandal looking like Sunday school
leaf1et, and when they have a mishap in
their navy It's renowned for completeness
and thorough character. You remember.
I suppose, Larry. that big ship of theirs
that struck a floating pop bottle or a dere-
Hct Camembert cheese or some other
deadly obstacle not SO long ago. in the
harbor of Toulon or Toulouse or Tootight
or one Of those small French ports. and
went down with such promptness that on
the following morning all that came
ashore with the tide was a few absinthe
shoppers and one pair Of those fearSome
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of Europe would all be acutely distressed
over the catastrophe, especially Germany.
1t would be days before the Germans quit
wiping the tears out of their eyes, be-
cause when a German does laugh he
laughs until he cries.
Next to the Germans. I think maybe
it's the French who are mostly concerned
over the fear that We'll get into a tidy
little war with our malarial allies. the
Japanese-note, please. Larry, that in
using the word allies 1 put the accent on
the last syllable. Thank you. / see
where a leading Paris editor has made
the discovery that our navy is entirely
Enthusiastically, and he is endeavoring to
conceal the alarming intelligence by print
ing something about 1t on the front page
of his paper every few minutes.
The French may well point with pride
to their own noteworthy achievements
along the line of military endeavor. No
other country has been able to touch 'em.
Their war balloons never come down and
their submarines never come UP. When
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looked a bit tired and careworn, and be-
yond his age-at least Il few years-he Is
forty-sevcn.
II any ono thinks that being presi-
DENTAL candidate. d popular lecturer,
writer. thinker and popular-man-in-th the
public-eye. whom millions OF people want
to meet want to interview, want to have
a word with is an easy life. then they will
ind they are mistaken after they try 10
interview Mr.. Bryan. You can have no
misgivings about his being the man of the
hour after making the trial. He can rally
a bigger impronptu gathering than any
other man in the country.
All Monday morning people buzzed in
and out OF his hotel apartments like bees
around a hive. During the fifteen minutes
/ talked with him he was interrupted six
tinles by telephone communications from
persSns desiring to have him speak at
colleges schools, banquets and meetings.
As there were only twenty-four hours in
that day. of course he said he could not
accept all these invitations.
] read recent interview with Mr.
Bryans lecture manager, citing him as
the most popular lecturer in the country,
with an annual income from this source
alone Of $4,000.
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WhiSkerS like that, those. could get
the nomination. and If he did the demo-
Gratis would put up Hap Ward OF the
Well-known team of Ward and EokeS,
on a platform favoring the free ana
unlimited coinage of whiskers, and beat
him out by many strands. | don't know
why whiSkerS should be comedy. Larry,
but they are. WnlSkcrS are comedy and
SO is Il pickle, and so is AN onion. and SO
are white CATERS like Marks, the lawyer.
wears, and so is a fried egg. A plain
ege Is not funny, hut a Tried egg. a PLAN
for a laugh in any company. The same
with whlSKtrS, whether straight or curly.
And so, if | WAS Hughes and wanted 10
De President, Id go to a barber skop,
IL l could find one, and, ii not, I'd go IL
a tonsorlal parlor and d nlre a good
journyeman barber tonsil for the day
and I'd denude myself of that funeral
wealth OF facial immortelleS he's wear
ing. l think, maybe, I'd thaw out a
bit. too. He might well. because Fair
banks has already got the iCehouse vote
sewed UP and put away.
Its Starting out TO pe IA strange cam
paign, Larry. Up until now the demo-
Gratis We're always the ones that fought
right through. Before their convention
they We're lighting the republicans and
after the convention they were fighting
each other. But this time it's the repub-
licans that are having a free-f all with
no hollis barred, ana gouginS permitted.
or, i'll fact, encouraged. TX il keeps up IL
ought To be a grand thing from bust
ness standpoint for southern delegates.
There ii be many d one of them who'll he
able to go home from the Chicago con-
yention and resign his little second class
post office and live in comfort on his in
come
.'.rhe President amt takin no active
hand in the muss just now. is hc?'' in
quired the House Detective.
NO not Very active hand--only about
twelve to fourteen hours a day" said the
Hotel Clerk. Most of his attention is
concentrated on the Navy Department
There's been a row because he insisted
on putting hospital ship two in the
hands of a family doctor with great expo
rience in teething cases and membranous
Group instead OF turning over the COM
mand TO IA naval officer whose only quail
flcation for the job was that he hadn't
done anything but sail ships for thirty
forty years
"D'ye think the President was right? %
aske the House Detective.
ITO be sure lie right" said the
Hotel Clerk. Hes right in everything
he does except when he's wrong. and then
Loeb did it, But he's not carrying the
idea far enough, to my notion. Since We
got a doctor to run the hospital ships L
think We ought to extend the plan TO the
other branches OF the service To handle
the cavalry would suggest good horse
doctor and for the general stan a beauty
DOCTOR
How about the infantry said the
House Detective.
That's easy" said the Hotel Clerk.
For the infantry Id get corn doctor"
IRWIN 5. COBB.
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1t was he who, on behalf of the King of
Leinster, captured Dublin, and later, dur
ing the siege, with but 600 men, sailed
| forth and defeated the King of Ireland
and 10000 men and thirty ships of war.
1t was a grandson, also Maurice Fitz-
gerald, who introduced into Ireland the
order of Franciscan and also Dominican
monks.
The Fitzgeralds kept on marrying heir
esses and daughters of the most powerful
of the mobiles. One hundred years later
the reigning Maurice Fitzgerald became
chief governor of Ireland. 1t was he who;
somewhere about the year 1900, brought
kilkea Castle into the family by his mar
rage. 1t was also in the thirteenth CEN
fury that the Fitzgeralds took to them
selves the remarkable coat-of-arms. and
crest which they use today. This is moth
ing less than a monkey-the only one in
the history of noble coats-of-arms \
monkey is the crest, and two chained
monkeys support the shield on the coat
of-armS.
The history of this is truly peculiar
The Fitzgerald heir. while an infant, was
at Woodstock. now i'll the possession of
the Duke of Marlborough. \ fire broke
out and consumed the castle In the con-
fusion the servants ran away and forgot
the child In the midst of the confagra-
ton the agonized retainers in the court
yard heard strange yells from one of the
towers. Then they saw an ape which
had always been chained, squeeze its way
through one Of the window Sits, holding
the infant carefully in It's arms Through
the smoke and flame the ape made its
way, now hanging on by its tail, now by
u paw. until it safely landed in the out
stretched hands below. The babe was
uninjured, but the ape died later from It's
burns.
The earl. in gratitude adopted a mon
Key for his crest. 1t was this Fitzgerald
SO miraculoUsly saved. who became first
Earl of Kildare. His life abounded in
adventure and romance.
Maurice Fitzgerald. fourth earl. was
knighted the field at the siege of
Calais by Edward III personally.
The seventh earl was charged with high
treason, but later pardoned. and became
the first viceroy of Ireland.
Ho ci6HtH carr was tnTee tlIneS VlcerOy.
ruling Ireland for thirty-three years He
was known as the great earl" lie had
one son and six daughters by his first
wife and seven sons by his second When
Lambert Simnel went to Ireland the Fftz-
geralds espoused his cause, and the Earl
of Kildare proclaimed him as King Ed
ward VI, and assisted at his coronation.
In the battle which followed Kildare
was captured, but made his peace with
the king. and when Perkin Warbeck
landed In Ireland all the Fitzgeralds op-
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a MONG its patrons. the Hotel ST
~ Reckless numbered many of
- those foreign gentlemen who
u come 10 this country 10 drive
our tally-ho teams and give us
readings from their own works and marry
our available heiresses and get in Jail
for beating the bills of our side-street
boarding house keepers. Two of these
aliel. guests, persons Of a Latinesque
aspect and a ford conversational man
ner. were engaged in earnest debate in
hook OF the marble lobby. The House
Detective contemplated them souriy for
a period.
Look at that little one with the del
earty shoulder blades and the swobody
eyebrows" said the House Detective to
the Hotel Clerk. Look IL him. VIII YOU =?
He's uSin' up more gestures than would
take Senator Beverage through the Iowa
chatauqud circuit. and he's :=pittin' out
language like a. deranged scent bottle.
but | bet il you was To git il Translated
all he's sayin to his small friend with
the feverwoTm moustaChe. is that IL $
a fine day, but he wouldn't be surprised
II 1t showed before night. Them bum
counts gimme an acute pain"
Calm yourself Lirry. said the Hotel
Clerk. Pray. calm yourself. So do they
give me poignant pans sometimes. but
/ say nothing about 1t. IT not good
manners for true American 10 admit
we ever find anything distas:cful about
the numbers of the upper classes Of
Europe who honor with their y: esence
from time to time The only thing TO
do is TO lock up the silyerware and well
come them with warm smile and cash
their bum checks for them. and ignu e the
fact that they are frequently wearing
titles which they borrowed when the real
owners happened not Ia b. looking
There's something about the marv smell
OF moth-infeCtcd title that Immediately
prompts the average New Yorker 10 make
decklc-edgad. hand-tooled japanese
veilum. fuIl-moroeco calfskin idioa OF
himsel anyhow
Besides Larry. we ought to remember
how much thought the nations OF Eu-
rope give 10 us. and how We have their
hearty good wishes for many happy re-
turns OF the day whenever get into
trouble. The graf Continental Journal
devotes columns to il every time we ex-
perience one OF those little things which
used To be a panic when Grover Cleve-
land was President but which is now
merely passing Hurry, that soon fades
away, leaving the financial horizon much
cleared-in fact. leaving Il cleared of any
thing remotely resembling coin. If one
Of our warship@ stu,0ps h-r toe ana puts
Ter feet through her papier Tarhe and
gum arabic arrnor plate as she comes eff
the drydoCkS, the London Times Is almost
instantly upon the job. When we pull of
n big murder trial. garnished with alien
lists. chili-brides and southern smilax, the
papers ON the other side overlook none OF
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'They have been kind haven's thayo And
they certainly did help along the Taft
boom. I've had my uneasy feelings
sometimes about whether Taft would
carry Ohio but Russia was never in
doubt a single minute. Every place he
stopped his trip across ManchuGa
the officials came down to the station
and gave him vodka to take the taste of
the caviar out of his mouth, and then
caviar to kill the taste of the vodka, and
so on. back and forth for hours at a
stretch.
Dye think Taft will he the nomi-
nee?' asked the House Detective.
Well, / don't know" said the Hotel
Clerk Sometimes L think he will
that's when I've been reading the tele-
gram from Washington-and sometimes
l think he wont-thats when I've been
reading the kilograms from Clev land and
Cincinnati Then again ! become en-
Unused over the Hughes boom. But I
see Gov. Hughes picture in the paper.
and I say to myself no man with
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DUBLIN CASTLE MERE YOUNG DNE Of EINSTER SOON IAKESUP
ms RE5IGNCE OF rlASTER OF THE Horse TO THE LoRD
LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND

council sent him on many sea voyages
else on regular passenger ship. 1t was
one of these sea voyages to the West
Indies. and thence to New Orleans and
Galveston, which landed the little duke"
In the United States. He tried the dry
air Of arid Texas plains. the pine lands
Of Mississippi, and later the mountain air
of Colorado. He travelled incognito with
his tutor, guardian. physician and valet.
The party carried no handles to its names.
1t was noticed by Americans merely as a
bunch of quiet, well-bred wealthy Eng
fish tourists, and the delicate boy attract
ed no particular notice.
In the United States, in Canada, IN AUS
tralia, in South Africa, in Japan has the
duke sought for health. It Is believed
that he has now found it. perhaps in the
ity finds him sturdy stripping. over six
feet in height, able alike to study hard
and to take part in athletics and sports in
the field and on the water.
The duke until a couple Of months ago.
was at Oxford University studying under
a special tutor
The Fitzgeralds are not only a thou
sand years old in British history, but per-
haps 900 years older in Roman history
for the family is descended from Dominus
Ohio, a powerful noble of the famous
Gherardint family of Florence. This Flor
entine noble, attracted by the clash of
swords. went to Normandy, and thence
came to England, somewhere about the
lite with Edward the Confessor that he ex-
cited the jealousy Of the Saxon thames,
There were some bitter fights, but Lord
Ohio Geraldini. as he was called, was
always victor, and, backed by the king,
seized his enemies estates. In fact. he
seemed to be as big a grabber as modern
captains Of industry, for on his death his
enormous estates. devolving on his son,
were entered in Domesday Book, and oc-
cupy many. many pages The son, Walter
Fitz Ohio, after the conquest of England.
was, 1t is remarkable to record, treated as
fellow countryman of the Normans
Under William the Conqueror he held on
to his fathers influential positions, and.
the richest man in England married the
richest heriess, daughter of the Prince of
North Wales. His son. Gerald, clinched
matters by marrying the daughter OF the
Prince Of South Wales. The latter's sons
and his brothers founded such noble fami-
lies as Windsor, Carew, Grace, Fitz-
maurice, Gerard and Desmond
Gerald's eldest son was the first Maui
rice, and his son in turn was the first
Maurice Fitzgerald. and the patriarch of
the Irish Geraldines
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HIS GRACE
LONDON. January Il. 1905.


n MEXICAN girls. % at least those
"a among them who are ambitious
- 10 wear the strawberry beiaced
Il n and betasseled golden coronet
OF a British duchess must hurry
up. for out of the twenty-seven dukes OF
Great Britain there are now only two
bachelors of a marriageable age. Both
are such great parts that the British
Inatron surely will snap them up for her
daughters if the fair Americans do not
watch out.
The Duke of st. Adams, descendant OF
the Legitimate son of King Charles IL
these. And now there comes the Duke
of I,efnster, known as the little duke.
because OF his long minority. He sue
ceeded to the title fourteen years ago.
and the LIST day of March will see him of
age. summoned to take his seat III the
house of lords, launched on the gay world
OF society. and beginning to look around
for wife. Besides his great position as
a duke. he has also the enviable post of
master of the horse to the lord lieutenant
OF Ireland, the Earl OF Aberdeen, TO which
ne was appointed last month.
This position IS a premier one, as far as
precedence goes in the royal and viceresal
households The dukes acceptance of it
is an indication that he is a liberal and
home ruler in politics. and also shows
that he Is in training to I'll the viceregal
throne of ireland, which so many of his
ancestors have held
Should any American girl become his
American woman of title at the court of
St James. not because of being a duchess,
but because of her husbands mastership
OF the horse. The duke has had a glimpse
at the American girl already. for he trav-
eled In the United States for several
months.
There are in England at present three
American Teigning duchesses and several
dowagers. But these brought a good ar
ray of dollars 10 revive the dropping
strawberry leaves. The little duke" needs
no dollars. He has them a-plenty. He
has. moreover. honors galore. First and
foremost, his family has been, for nearly
a thousand years, to the fore among the
powerful mobiles of Britain. The little
duke is head of the Geraldines, the pre-
HHef uuhe, the premier marquis ana the
premier earl of all Ireland When the
King of England sends summons to
parliament addressed to '.our right, trusty
and entirely beloved cousin. the most
high. noble and potent prince, Maurice
Fitzgerald he VIII be using a name
known in the four quarters of the world.
There are thousands of F'itzgeralds, yes.
of Maurices Fitzgeralds-in Ireland in
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and though bounded by the English king
from one place to another. he managed 70
reach Rome. He entered the service OF
friends of his ancestors. the Duke of Flor
ence. and on Henry Wits death returned
to England. Young Edward VI gave him
back the Irish estates. but no other pos
sessions, and later Queen Mary restored
the hereditary honors. 1t was his sister
Elizabeth VINO was known to fame the
fair Geraldine" She married Queen Eliz-
abeths lord high admiral the Earl Of
Lincoln. ancestor of the Duke of New
castle.
James. the twentieth earl. brought more
honors into the family>by his lucky mar
rage with the daughter of the Duke of
Richmond and Lennox. The duke was one
of the administrators of the government
during George lis absence from England.
and SO was able TO ladle out honors of all
sorts. His son-in-law was In turn created
Niscount Leinster of Taplow, England,
Marquis of Kildare and Duke of Leinster
1t was one of this first dukes sons Lord
Edward Fitzgerald, who was the great
leader in the Irish rebellionS of 173S. and
who was shot while resisting. arrest for
high treason
The third duke was grand master OF the
Free Masons of Ireland. \ son of his was
treasurer and also controller of Queen
Nictoria's household
Since then none of the F'itzgeraIds has
particularly distinguished himself. or
brought the peculiar Gaelic motto of the
house. 'Crom bee" much to the front.
Perhaps the weight of thousand years
Of direct ancestry has been too much for
their shoulders The blue blood may need
stimulating-inay need the red blood OF
America. It may get it. We will know
soon, for this year the man with the thou
sand-year pedigree will be of age and will
be wife-hunting. And perhaps he will find
what he wants-not dollars-but good red
blood CHARLES BYNG-HALL.