The National tribune., 1908-01-23

trousers, trimmed down the sides witt
gold braid an inch and half wide, 6
blue coat SO braided and frogged ani
embroidered with gold braid that one
can just see the blue foundation ant
that is all. and a red and blue cap with
a visor covered with precious metal
With this gorgeous costume he will
| wear a 5ewel-hi1ted sword in a silver
and gold scabbard. AS the other Hun.
garian Counts will also be in full uni
form, the scene will be specially impres.
sive. Miss Vanderbilt's wedding gifts
from her family and friends in thi:
country are, to use a feminine express
| sion, perfectly stunning" 1t is said
Count Laszlo did not desire a marriage
settlement, but that nevertheless his
bride will present him with $4,000, 600
or, rather the income derived from that
tidy sum.
Mrs. Custer, the widow of gallant Gen
George Custer, whose tragic death cut
short life most valuable to his coun-
try, has been investing in real estate in
Bronxville. She has bought a plot of
16 lots, and it is said she proposes to
erect upon it home for young girls.
Mrs. Clusters kind heart has been
touched by the sufferings of the unfor-
tunate always, and those who know her
best are therefore not surprised that
her sympathy should have taken this
tangible shape.
Whatever may be thought of Richard
Croker in America. the people of Glen
cairn are as one man in their praise
of him. When he went to this lovely
Irish village, intending to make home
for himself there. he found the people
very poor and everything in broken
down, miserable condition. He took the
vacated residence of an Irish Judge,
and in the place of the shabby old house
now stands veritable palace, consid-
cred one Of the finest residences in Ire
land, as no doubt 1t is. All the stone
used in the building of his house was
taken from Irish quarries near by, and
only Irishmen were employed in obtain
ing 1t. He has given work to the poor
peasants ever since he went to Glen
cairn, and has completely changed the
character of the place from a desolate
waste to smiling country side. Nor
has his kindness stopped with those in
his employ. Whenever anyone falls ill
within miles of his house his own doc
tor and nurse are sent at once to the
sufferer, no matter how miserable and
squalid may be the hut sheltering him
or her. No deserving charity in Ire
land-and there are plenty of them
is refused a check by Mr.. Croker, tho
it is in his own little community that
his strongest interests lie, and into the
improving of their condition that most
of his money goes. Peasants who had
nothing but wretched little hut when
he first went to Glencairn now have a
neat, comfortable home and consider
themselves rich. Mr.. Croker's estate
consists of over 500 acres, a part of
which is devoted to the training of his
valuable horses. His house is very i'm
posing outside, built with many angles
and a huge square tower, and the inside
is not only luxurious and rich in the ex-
treme, but has an air of real solid COM
fort which is seldom found in such pal
aces. But 1t is Mr.. Croker's stables
that elicit the most admiration from his
friends, especially those of the male
persuasion, and it Is doubtful If any
horses in the world are housed and
cared for as are his. On the door of the
stable where the famous racer Orby is
kept hangs one of the shoes worn by
him when he won the English Derby
last year. and on it is a golden plate
with his name and this fact inscribed.
Altho Mr.. Croker is generous and OPEN
hearted in the extreme, he does not
throw away his money, and the Irish
farmers have learned many useful
lesson in economy and thriftiness from
him.
pretty legend or no, YOU do not want
to go to Frederick, Md, without visit
ing the grave of Barbara Frietchie.
There is no doubt she is buried there
and ii very much interests a small
freckie-faced boy to show you that
grave. 1t is in a cemetery with a high
gray wall, and the key that opens it is
on the end of long stick. The boy
is on the lookout for you, and when he
sees you standing before the cemetery
gate asks you if you want TO see the
grave, and when he has shown you the
grave, the fields across which Stone
wall Jackson swept thar day, and the
place where the Frietchie cottage stood,
he stands silent and looks at you ex-
pectantly. If you are irresponsive, eth
er from thoughtlessness or from princi-
pies of economy, he gives you a little
nudge and says, Most everybody gi' me
a dime. I'm saving my money'n I'm
going to be a preacher
As long as this old world lasts there
will always be clever. successful i'm
posters and their dupes. This has ever
been the case, and until the millennium
will continue to be. Every little while
exceptionally bright and clever, which
in its activity seems to concentrate up-
on one idea-to outwit and get the ad-
vantage of others-and when this pur-
pose is coupled with great personal at
tractiveness and plausible, magnetic
manner you have the successful impos-
tor. Two members of this class who
have recently died were most remark
able humbuggers. and their lives ro-
mantle in the extreme. One of these,
a woman, committed suicide in her
handsome apartments In New York the