The National tribune., 1908-11-19

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VINO wants 10 be called Car. We shall
| indeed nave an embarrassment oi
riches, as far as that title is concerned
| II all these Balkan rulers have their
way. In some respects. however, Nicho-
las has better right TO this designa-
ton than either Ferdinand Of Bulgaria
or Peter of Servia, for Montenegro has
| been a perfectly Independent country
for years, while Bulgaria. when Ferdi-
nand had himself proclaimed Car, was
| a suzerainty of Turkey and, unlike Ser
via, Montenegro has been under one dy-
nasty for over 200 years. The original
representatives of both the houses
which have reigned over Servia were
| loo years ago swincherds, while Nicho-
! las can boast of being direct descend
ant of the warriors who fought against
the Turks in the 18th and 18th GEN.
turies. The present Montenegran dy-
nasty of Petrovic was established in
1886, and the rulers, who were the
head of both church and state. were
called Prince Bishops. They were not
allowed TO marry, consequently could
not be succeeded by their own offspring,
and it was therefor decided that the
eldest nephew of the reigning Bishop
Prince should succeed him. The last
one of these rulers. Peter H., died in
1851, and his successor boldly separated
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daughter OF noble Slav family. But
he had no son, and upon his death the
old custom OF succession was followed,
and his eldest nephew, Nicholas, the
present ruler, was proclaimed Prince
of Montenegro. For many years the
Montenegrans struggled for freedom
against the power of the Turks with
more or less success, and the treaty Of
Berlin, in 1878, settled this question by
declaring them Independent. Nicholas
is said to be a most gifted and remark
able man of great personal charm. He
was greatly admired by both Gladstone
and Alexander Ill, of Russia, the lat
ter of whom said he was his only true
friend and the only one on whom he
could always rely.
Miss Kate Barnard, of the new State
of Oklahoma, known all over the State
as Kate" Barnard, is q very unusual
young woman and has had a very un-
usual career She is only 81 years old
is rather petite and graceful, with dark
hair and flashing eyes that lCok right
at you as she eloquently pictures the
wrongs OF childhood, the sufferingS OF
the miners, or talks OF any of the abuses
she is trying to correct. When very
young girl she was put by her father
her only parent, on some $50 acres of
land in Oklahoma to hold it while h.
she spent many lonely years. but her
loneliness, instead of cnhbittcring hcr,
has made her full of sympathy for the
unfortunate. especially the children of
the poor Liter on she took her place
in the city as, her fathers housckeeper,
but the pur3y domestic life did not
satisfy her restless spirit nor the crav-
ings of her aeart for wider, more
useful careerk Sne first appeared be-
fore the publke-G.- the time of the St.
Louis Fair, at which she had charge of
the Oklahoma exhibit, displaying sig
nal ability in its management. But
this was rot the kind of work Kate
Barnard wanted to do, and after going
from one thing to another it was sug
gested TO her that she should interest
herself in finding employment for the
hundreds of stranded people who had
come to the newly opened lands and
newly built cities OF Oklahoma in search
of a living. This she did so remark
ably well that she was finally made
matron of the leading charitable or
ganiZation of Oklahoma, with an in
come of 5000 for her monthly disburse-
ment. In this way she became asso-
ciated with the American Federation
of Labor, and became the controlling
spirit in the political life of the city.
She was the only person who could
vote the slum Independently of the sa-
loon, for it was she who had clothed
and sent 10 school the children of one,
who had nursed the wife of another,
had gotten decent suit of clothes for
this one that he might be able to take
a job, had, in fact. obtained employ
ment for them ALL helping to have
their wages raised from S1.25 a day to
$2.25. Kate Barnard has. in fact, been
very much mixed up in politics, for
since Oklahoma has taken its place in
the family of States she has been con-
stantly to the fore. She was sent as
delegate to a convention composed of
representatives of the Farmers Union,
the State Federation of Labor and the
railroad orders, where she made her
first public speech. Since then she has
made campaign thru the State for
child labor and compulsory education
reforms, and has grown to be very
effective campaign orator. Indeed. so
great has her reputation for public
speaking grown that 1900 and 1000
people will gather at any time she has
been advertised to speak. It Is diff
| cult to give an entire history of her
political career in one short sketch, but
it has been brilliant and most success
| full Suffice il to say that when Presi-
dent Roosevelt signed the bill that made
Oklahoma a State Kate Barnard was
| inaugurated along with the other State
-
ate Building. She is Commissioner of
| Charities and Corrections, with salary
suitable for such a position. In and
out of her little room on the third floor
OF the building a throng of people pcur
| in and out daily, politicians, farmers,
club women, preachers. teachers. a
committee Of laundry girls complaining
| of their long hours, a delegation of
| miners to- be assured that & certain bill
is all right. She says she has no need
| of the suffrage, and takes no stock in
woman's suffrage. She has always got
what she wanted, for directly back OF
| her stands a great army of loyal, crate
| full, adoring, stalwart followers, ready
to do her bidding at her beck or call.
A wonderful change has come o'cI
the spirit OF Europe's dreams in the last
century with regard to the Imbibing OF
the cup which cheers, but alas! also
| incbriates. This is especially noticeable
among the crowned heads and nobility
who in the old days hardly ever thought
| OF going to bed sober. 1t Is now con-
sidered very bad form for any man
| peer or commoner, to get drunk, and
in England King Edward has set the
| excellent example of drinking only in
great moderation. He has even gone
so far. as We were told some time ago
| of expressing the wish that his health
| on AL occasions should be drunk with
| mineral waters by all those who OBJ
1ccted TO wines or spirits. 1t seems
Eagland's Prince of Wales has lately
taken his seat on the water wagon and