The National tribune., 1908-06-11

turned into deepest sorrows, and deep
est sorrows into greatest joys.
In the geological gardens of Ham
burg, Germany, are giant tortoises,
quite large enough to hold on their
backs a good-sized child. 1t was dis
covered one day that by holding just in
front of the turtles nose stick on
which had been fastened a piece of let
tuce, the huge creature would move
towards. it. Not long did it take the
children to catch on to this little
trick, and now they ride all over that
part of the gardens where the turtles
are confined by keeping the lettuce just
beyond the mealth of their chelonian
friend. Indeed, those children clever in
managing their mounts get up tortoise
races The start is little tiresome, for
your turtle is a creature of much de-
liberation and not quick to move, but
when once under way the tatalizing let
tuce, SO near and yet so far, keeps him
going 1t is to be hoped that the chill
dren reward the poor turtle in the end
by giving him the lettuce.
1t is estimated that Mrs. Russell Sage
must have given away fully $40, 600
of the S50,000,000 or more which came
into her possession with the death of
her husband. In this good work Mrs.
Sage has not been hampered by any
psti lltuIdI bul lids GIVEN Nith-
ever she thought the cause deserving.
and when her woman's heart prompted
her to give. Many of her gifts are I'M
known to the public, and will never be
known probably, while those which
have come to general notice vary in
amount from the $500 given the High
School in Olivia, Mimi, because it bore
her name, Margaret Olivia Sage. to the
S11,000,000 put aside for the improve
r,oa Of SnniaI nd living in
the United States, known as the Sage
Foundation. This latter has beer at
work for about a year now, and while
no report has as yet come from the
hands of the trustees, ii is known that
three general lines of activity have been
undertaken. These are the fight against
the white plague, the movement for the
provision of Fairgrounds for the poor
children of the cities, and thoro study
of social conditions in Pittsburg. In
the war upon tuberculosis it was Mrs.
Sages money which financed the move
ment which resulted in a law declaring
the disease to be infectious, putting it
practically on the same plane with
smallpox. In the playground agitation
Mrs. Sage has helped greatly by paying
! the expenses of an agent who goes
tfrom ipisee % place giving. illustrated
Ie e2 torres showing the needs of such
the money already appropriated by mu-
nfci panties. Butt the Foundation re-
! CARDS its work in Pittsburg as the most
! important of any it is at present en-
gagged in. The investigators, who are
! all experts in work tending to the bet
terment of social conditions, are going
thru Pittsburg's smoke and dirt to the
very heart of things. and expect to pro-
! duce in time a social and economic map
no r1a1, n cirU IF
1 be found just what is the matter with
Pittsburg, then the remedy can be APP
piled and other cities also treated. The
Foundation is about to ally itself with
the Red cross in some way as yet no.
known, but it is safe to say that 9
prepared to give substantial and =
aid in the case of calamity proiiip
- ~ % IA p,,esn,I ds the forum,
.addir,a, ono 10 - &c accumulated BY
,,st,Iior ,o he. me-" soon hitting hi
arnie haS ing scattered by the gen
! 49,. -ld of his widow turnout tn,
J - -ht.3. and out of her noble charities
and especially the work of the Founda
ton, is sure to come decided uplifting
OF the people Of the United States.
Il What a plot for story, a rattlins
good -soiitf; TOO, Gle life of John Arm
/ Istrang- Chanler- Mould furnish, Wealthy
; handsome, well educated, possessed o
! rather exceptional intellectual abilities
his social position the best that thi
country affords, it would seem as If al
, the good fairies were present at hi
. birth, each bestowing upon him SOM
r gift But bad, wicked fairy slippe,
in somehow on that important occasion
! and told her sisters that she, too, had
p gift to bestow which would influence
the life of the child more than theirs
y and, alas, her words have proved to-
2 true. Mr.. Chanler was born in Ney
q York City, and is the cousin of Johl
| Jacob Aston and the great-grandson o
a the founder of the Astor fortune. Hi
r own brother is the Lieutenant overno
n of New York. He is possessed of a
r estate in New York valued at $1,000, 90
: and of much valuable property in Vir
I ginia, including his beautiful home i
I Gotham, Va, near Monticello, wher
: the great Jefferson lived and died MUG
of his young manhood was spent on thi
Virginia property, which he calls tn
J, Merry Mills, and it was here he met tn
= beautiful and gifted girl, Amelie Rive.
g whose father. Col. Rives, was a nea
=. neighbor. In the home of this fine oil
: Southern gentleman, who, altho in rath
. er straitened circumstances, still main
;, timed the lavish hospitality of ante
a. bellum days, young John Armstron
. Chanler was welcome and constar
= visitor, and IL was not long before h
y fell willing victim to the fascination
n of the charming girl, who had not onl
n the gift of uncommon beauty, but
: wild, unconventional, fresh spirit tha
a made her well-nigh irresistible. nii
9 many Southern girls, Miss Rives was
!, daring horsewoman, and she and youn
- Chanler had many a wild gallop thr
y the beautiful Virginia country. Wei
n he married Col. Rives's spirited daugh
: ter, as we all know, and that their Low
+. idyl was full of romance and fire Will
20 it lasted we naturally conclude froI
20 the surprising novel which she gave I'll
10 world, THE Quick or the Dead" I'll
n original of the hero, John Deering
=" being no other than John Armstron
Chanler, as she herself admitted. 1t
nc common knowledge that the young col
'e pie were divorced after few years, an
"a that both subsequently married agail
* she the Russian painter, Prince Tro,
{, betskoy, and he. IL memory he not
fault. vcc.iirs actress. However, all tn
is ip!s nj nave happened to any romant
?" young man, and would not have mac
IT. Mr.. Chanler conspicuously desirable
r material for a story. 1t is his co
l. finement in Bloomingdalc for four yea
st as a lunatic, his escape. and the stranl
en- position which he has held in socie
n since that gives the tragic, unusu
ne touch to Mr. CHAMBERS history.
ng Chanler some II or so years ago b
&C. came very much interested in expel
ne mental psychology. and undertook
prove that he could do the things I
ed spiritualists do without the aid of I
&c, spirits. While he was demonstrate
ed this he put himself In {; sort of tran,
TO in which ne made himself look like n
A l.; n;nIx CHI