The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-05-28

uluH as ner ceiepTdteQ HuSDdHu, Is oHe
of the most timid and retiring of wo-
men. Occasionally she is induced to
give lecture, but from the time that
she appears upon the stage, little. in
significant, black-robed figure, lie is
plain to see that publicity is distasteful
to her When she begins to speak
/ however, learned professors pay strict
attention, and all the. great personages
from Sweden to Vienna speak with the
profoundest respect of this little wo-
man. She lives in a little Uncovered
cottage so far in the outskirts of Paris
that hardly any coacher knows where
it is. Here with her two little girls,
Irene. who is nearly seven, and Eve,
about two and one-half, she lives her
busy Iife dividing her time between the
care of her children and IN the carrying
on of her: own and her late husbands
work. A Polish cousin lives with her
to help her with the care of the little
girls, and also old DR.. Curie, the aged
father of her husband. 1t will be re-
membered that the discoverer of ra-
dunn met his death accidentally in
Paris few years ago.
The suit for complete divorce which
Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt has Instituted
against her husband lags on account of
the money settlement. Mrs. Vanderbilt
has one child, beautiful little boy, and
she insists upon proper share of the
Vanderbilt millions for him. 1t is said
that Alfred Vanderbilt is willing to set
tie securities upon his wife valued at
100000, but that she has ne idea of
accepting any such small amount Mrs.
Vanderbilt has money OF her own, and
does not want any of her husbands
for herself, but she does demand not
less than $10,000,000 for the little boy
who bears the name of Vanderbilt All
the unpleasant details concerning the
divorce have been carefully kept out of
print, for which decent people are pro-
foundly grateful. Alfred Vanderbilt
will marry again, and his defense has
been very limited, as he particularly
wished to avoid parade of scandal
carrying witnesses.
Apropos of the Vanderbilts, it is said
that Kaiser William, who has shown a
particularly marked friendship for Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, was influenced in his
objection to DR.. Hill by Mr.. Wander
bits ambition to succeed Mr.. Tower as
ambassador at Berlin. favorite sub
ject for gossip at the present time is
the hope which Mr.. Vanderbilt enter
tsins that Mr.. Hill may find things too
uncomfortable at Berlin to remain at
that post, in which case Lloyd Grfscom,
the present ambassador in Rome, would
take his place, leaving Rome vacant
for Mr.: Vanderbilt This. it is af-
firmed, would suit Mr.. and Mrs. Van
derbih to a T, who would then give the
United States Embassy there the bril-
liancy and eclat which distinguished
Mr.. Towers regime in Berlin, and which
has made Mr.-Reid's Enthusiastically
at London SO conspicuous. Mr. and Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt have been very
prominent in social affairs abroad, ard
altho their money has, of course, given
them much prestige, yet they feel that
nothing could give them the social
status which the position of Embassa-
dor. backed by their money, could afford
them.
The tangle in Miss Helen Maloney's
matrimonial affairs seems to continue.
Her make-believe marriage to Mr. Ar
thur n. Osborne has been annulled
which would render her more recent
marriage to Mr.. Clarkson, with whom
she eloped last October, legal; but now
her father, thru his representative,
comes out and says that he does not
consider his daughter married to the
young Englishman, and that she is in
stead a single woman. Poor Mr.. Ma
loney. has suffered terrible mortifica-
ton in the publicity given his daugfl-
ter's regrettable affairs, and everyone
would be thankful to see Miss Helen
w
would give her family no more trouble
or married fast and sure to Mr. Clark
son and taken out of the country by
him.
The very latest thing to pick up
faded appetite in the morning is the
penguin's egg, which is being imported
in large numbers from South Africa.
The penguin is a web-footed sea bird
of the Southern Hemisphere, with flip
per-like wings which serve as paddles
in the wafer The legs and feet are so
placed that these birds stand in an up
right position when on land and at rest
They congregate on rocky islands to
lay their eggs and breed. 1t has been
discovered that the eggs of the penguin
contain a remarkable per centage of
phosphorus, and are therefore a splen-
did tonic for a tired-out and over
taxed brain and for nervous debility.
The egg when boiled and served cold in
salad is really delicious, and all the
leading restaurants in London now
serve them.
There is nothing which SO completely
wrecks the system, morally, mentally
and physically, like continued insomnia
No sort of mere bodily suffering can be
compared to ii. 1t is one of the princi-
pal causes of insanity and suicide, and
the wonder is that so many people who
are afflicted with il to more or less
serious extent go quietly and bravely on,
making no sign of their sufferings
Those fortunate people who wake in
the morning after refreshing nights
rest, with clear brain and bright eye,
are thus given by nature fresh courage
to continue the battle~of life. How little
can they understand the feelings of the
man or woman who has tossed on
sleepless bed thru an endless night, a
dull pain like tight band bound around
the head, with heavy, aching, throbbine
eyelids and maddeping mental activi-
ty. Such a person begins the new day
with sluggish, weary brain, with feel
ings of apathy which cannot be over
come. and without that cheerful conf
dence in self which distinguishes the
good sleeper. That such people do go
ahead and make a very good showing
as far as results are concerned proves
the power of the will. To all sufferers
from insomnia the remarkable case OF
the Iowa girl who went two whole
months without really sleeping must
particularly appeal. OF course. after a
week of sleepless nights, in which all
known remedies were tried without
avail, she began to grow weak and re-
manned in bed. AS night after night
passed and physicians and nurses
worked over her. trying in vain to in
duce unconsciousness, her condition be-
came alarming. Occasionally she ap-
pcared to doze, and her anxious family
were filled with hope that at last sleep
would invariably wake up with a start.
For seven weeks this continued, and
the young woman's strength seemed
to be exhausted The loss of sleep was