The National tribune., 1908-08-20


popular, two years being consumed in
writing one play. 1.-The Henrietta
made famous by that well-known come
dian, Robson, ran fer several seasons
and even a greater favorite was "The
Bankers Daughter" one of his earlier
successes. Shenandoah" and "Aris-
tocracy' were two other plays of his
i particularly well received. While Mr..
Howard had not piled up the golden
shekeIs in the way Clyde Fitch has, he
. made very good living from his plays.
He was &c at the time of his death, and
only recently finished his last play, a
comedy called kate"
In Queensland, Australia, when a
i woman has little children who depend
upon her for support, instead of leav-
i ing those children to take care of them
selves, as so many poor women are
obliged to do when they go out to their
daily work, they are given pension
by the Government and allowed to re-
main at home and take care of their
children themselves. The woman with
one child receives s1.22 a week; with
two children, $1.10 each; three, 81 cents
each; four, 81 cents each, and for more
than four a maximum of $4.3s. This
has been tried since 1879 in Queens
| town, and the State believes it pays.
When poor woman is forced to work
hard all day away from home her little
children, if she mas any, are terribly
neglected, of course, and it would GER
tainly seem a wiser plan to give her
some aid if by that means she could
remain at home and take care of those
children during the tender years when
| little children need so much a mothers
care.
If the German Kaiser has had any
| photographs of himself taken lately,
| they have been without the spread
eagle wing style of mustache so familiar
to US all. When he was at Corfu awhile
ago he accidentally burned off one end
of his cherished hirsute adornment, and
| was obliged, of course, to cut off the
other end to match it, so he has con-
Guided from now on to wear it straight,
instead of in the old upward, pointed
style. This changes his appearance so
greatly that recently, when he present.
ed himself with company of officers,
all in civilian dress, at the entrance Of
one of the coast forts for admission this
was denied him by the guard, who, even
when assured 1t was the Emperor,
stared incredulously at him for a few
moments before letting him and his
party pass in. His majesty was much
amused, and afterwards praised the
soldiers sense of duty.
1t is said that no yainer set of men
could be found anywhere than convicts
behind prison bars. Whether it is be-.
| cause they have more time under such
conditions to think about their personal
appearance, whether they do it to kill
time, or whatever may be the reason,
certain it is that they devote most Of
their leisure moments to the enhance
ment of their physical charms. Those
who have always been rather particu-
lar about themselves become 10 times
more so when they enter prison, and
those who hardly ever combed the hair
before soon begin to spend considerable
time in parting and combing it nicely.
All the convicts have mirrors. in their
cells, and whenever they get chance
they press their trousers. They save
collars for Sunday, and look very neat
and clean when they appear In chapel.
They will run almost any risk for the
sake of getting a chance to shave, and
one prisoner who had won the good
opinion and confidence of the warden
by his excellent behavior, begged for
weeks to be allowed to wear hat in
stead of the prison cap, because he
thought the latter did mot become his
particular style of manly beauty.
The Salvation Army has unquestion-
ably done a great work in snatching
brands from the burning, but next to
this powerful organization there has
been no factor in the religious world in
recent times more potent than the
combination of Dwight L. Moody and
Ira D. Sankey, who for many years sang
and preached themselves into the
hearts of the sinful and ungodly. Mr..
Sankey has just died at his home in
Brooklyn at the age of IS, having for
the last five years been completely
blind. He was born. in Pennsylvania,
and was the son of a banker, showing
at an early age a great fondness for
music and deeply religious nature.
He had an unusually fine baritone
voice, and acquired much local reputa-
ton for his singing, being the leader
of the choir In his church. He first
met Mr.. Moody at Y. NJ. c. A. Con-
yention in Indianapolis, who was so
impressed with the young mans fine,
sympathetic voice and his enthusiasm
for religious work, that he finally sue
ceeded in inducing him to cast his for
tunes in with his for the great good of
mankind Mr.. Moody had been en-
gagged in missionary work among the
poorer classes in Chicago for several
years and during the civil war was in
the service of the Christian Commits
sion, becoming at the close of that
struggle lay-missionary of the Young
Mems Christian Association in the
Windy City. After allying himself
with Mr.. Sankey his field became much
| enla rged, for the two men not only
Travelled all over this country, holding
their gospel meetings everywhere, but
made two notable visits to England and
to some parts of the Continent. They
were most successful wherever they
went, their meetings being crowded to
| the utmost capacity of the building,
people standing in masses before the
closed doors cong before the appointed
hour in order that they might get a
good seat. Yet in spite of this hundreds
would be forced to stand, and the steps
of the platform filled with men and
women. Thousands of sinful men and
women were converted to Christianity
| thru the medium of these evangelists,
whose wonderful success was unques-
tionably largely due to Mr.. Sankey's
| songs and the way he sang them. Seat
/ ed at his little organ at one end OF the
platform, before the impassioned plea
| by Mr.. Moody had lost any OF its eff
feet, he would begin in his rich, sweet,
1 sympathetic voice one of his touching
songs, such as the Ninety and Nine"
/ for instance, and few there would be
4 in that immense throng, composed al
i most entirely of men and women of
/ the lower classes, whose hard lives had
4 closed their hearts to all religious in
| fuences, who could prevent the tear
/ from starting or the awakening of the
desire to lead a better life. Mr.. San
. key composed all these hymns him