The National tribune., 1908-12-17

philanthropic purposes, he is not vast
ing any of it on tips to walters, etc. 1t
is said that recently in dining with some
friends at the Mansion House, in New
Brunswick, where he ate heartily of lob
ster scallops. planked chicken. etc., he
bestowed, when leaving, a five-cent tip
upon the all-expectant waiter, advising
him to put it at once in the bank, where
it would begin to earn interest. The
waiter listened respectfully to this bit
of advice, but when the ample back of
the multi millionaire was turned, freed
his mind to his fellow walters, and what
he said could hardly be called compli-
mentary to John D.
Two women who have been fighting
for justice in the courts for many years
have lately each had decision rem
dered in their favor. Mrs. Florence
Maybrick, the American woman who
spent many long years in British prisons
for the alleged murder of her English
husband is one of these, and the widow
of Bob Ingersoll the other. Mrs. May
brick, with her mother, owned valua-
BILE lands in Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, and Kentucky, valued at
s2,500, 900, which Mrs. Maybrick,
while in prison and in state Of
mind which rendered her irresponsi-
BILE, decided. under misrepresentation
to her American lawyer, d. w. Arm
strong, for $4,000, the price he set
upon the property. For 10 years Mrs.
Maybrick and her mother have been
deed invalid, and this has just been
done by Judge Grinnell, of the Chancery
Court at Richmond, Va. 1t is expected
that the case will not be settled until
| the Supreme Court of the United States
has passed Judgment upon it. In Mrs.
Ingersolfs suit the decision was final.
and, therefore, more satisfactory. This
upon and promised her distinguished
husband for successfully breaking the
will of Andrew ]. Davis. Montana
| millionaire, in favor of some disinherit-
ed relatives Only $4,000 of this
amount had ever been paid for this
service. The case has been long in the
courts, and finally, the other day, the
| United States Supreme Court rendered
a decision in Mrs. Ingersoll's favor.
And now it is King Edward of Eng
land who is blamed for breaking off the
Elkins-Abruzzi alliance-if there was
really anything to break off. The af-
fair makes one think of the familiar
game Now you see it; now you DON'T
so contradictory have the reports been
regarding it from the first. The Elkins
| family themselves have shown such ad-
mirable dignity and reserve that the
public does not know to this day
whether there ever has been, is now,
or will be an engagement to marry be-
| tween these two young people. But
the latest newspaper story is that King
Edward, favorable to the marriage of
his niece, Patricia. daughter of his
| brother, the Duke of Connaught, to the
Count of Turin, brother of the Duke of
the Abruzzi, frowned upon the Elkins-
Abruzzi alliance, and refused to con-
|sent to union of the reigning houses of
Great Britain and Savoy unless any
such intention was abandoned. This,
according to the papers, has been done,
and the curtain rung down on that little
international romance.
Few women occupying a prominent
place in Washington official society had
a better opportunity for meeting dis
tinguished men and women or for ac.
cumulating a greater store of interest
ing experiences than Mrs. James G
an. Her letters, edited by her daugh.
ter, Mrs Harriet Blaine Beale, are
about to be published by New York
| house, and promise a greater treat fol
those to whom the feminine point OF
view on political and other national
Blaine's letters touch on other and
lighter matters. but she was the close
lcompanion of her distinguished, ambit.
ious husband, sharing all his hopes ant
Inspirations, and keeping herself fully
abreast of the times On all those grea
national questions which absorbed him
and naturally her letters reflect much
of this. In these letters she gives {
most interesting account Of the shoot
ing of President Garfield, and of goinf
to the White House with Mrs. Nc
veagh. wife Of the Attorney General
to her. It seems Mrs. Garfield wa.
away at the time, and as Mrs. Blain,
was on very intimate terms with tn,
Garfields, her first thot was to take the
place, as far as she could, of Mrs. Gar
:. field on this tragic and awful occasion
She and Mrs. McVeagh stood in tn,
hall when the President was brot in OF
his litter, who, when he saw them, suf
fering tho he was, smiled and patheti
cally kissed his hand. Later, when lait
ltenderly on his bed, he beckoned to Mrs
Blaine, pulled her down to him ant
kissed her again and again, begging i1el
to stay with him. Mrs. Blaine re
mained by the side OF the assassinatet
President until Mrs. Garfield arrived.
To have their functions distinguished
by some entirely new and novel featur,
appears to be the aim and object of lif'
with many society women who are con
stantly cudgeling their wits and thos,
of their friends for ideas along this line
A prominent aspirant for this sort O.
honor and reputation has lately made
great hit in New York by her sit-on-the
floor teas. Her guests are politely re
: quested to take seat on the floor, whel
they arrive, and in this free and decid
] edly unconventional attitude are serve,
l to the cakes, dainty sandwiches, tea
ETC., provided by their hostess. Thi
: lady claims that under these condition
, she has found conversation to be mucl
more spontaneous and delightful tha
is usual at such functions. when peopl
, stand around or sit on chairs. When
: lot of people get on the floor like tha
, they are carried back to the days O
! their childhood and couldn't be digni
! fed and stiff IL they tried. The shyes
and most quiet persons pipe up" In
perfectly astonishing manner and dis
play a charm in conversing previousl
unsuspected. This original hostesss af
, firms that It is wonderfully restful an,
soothing to the nerves to sit on tn
floor, and that when In that attitud
ones worries fall of like water from
t ducks back. and only pleasant thot
: and ideas fill the brain. She predict
that the sit-on-the-fioo tea will be
very popular method of entertaining
from this time on. All this may be YER
true. but the fact remains that to ST
on the floor gracefully is one Of tn
most difficult things in the world to dc
1t is terribly hard on the back, and the
there is the question of the disposition
of ones feet, so disturbingly and un
compromisingly in evidence. You ma
tuck them under your skirts for a while
but the position soon becomes pain