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Mrs. Nicholas Longworth.
Recently decorated by the Sultan.

though it dame to her unsolicited, she
cannot receive 1t without the consent of
Congress. The State Department is hold
ing her diploma in its safe pending the
decision of the foreign affairs committees
of the two houses, which for consider
able time have refused their consent to
such acceptance. except In the notable
case of Prof. Newcomb.
Other American Women Decorated.
International marriage as well as per-
sonal attainment has been the means by
which several other American women
have lately received decorations from for
eign sovereigns. The most decorated OF
these is said to be Mrs. George CORVALLIS
West, nee Jennie Jerome, the Brooklyn
belle, who after the death of her first hus-
band. Lord Randolph, Churchill. married
the Scots guardsman and threw away
the title of lady to become plain Mrs"
She wears the magnificent jeweled deco
rations of the Imperial Order of the
Crown Of India and OF the Royal Red
Cross, while in 1901 she WIS made a
Lady Of Grace of ST. John of Jerusa-
lem. This Order of st. John of Jeru-
salem, instituted in the eleven hundreds.
is the Oldest OF the four British orders to
which women are entitled: The Royal
Red Cross, founded In 1888 to reward
succor of the sick and wounded in battle
was conferred on this same American
woman -foE, her. services as-cnairman Of
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DR.. Anita N. MCGEE.
Decorated by the AIikado.

Thorn unsolicited. and, in fact, as great
surprise, 1t would be serious diplomatic
blunder, as well as an insult to the sultan,
should they decline 1t.
Sultan Decorates Mrs. Griscom.
The sultan lately conferred the grand
Gordon Of the same order upon Mrs.
Lloyd Griscom, wife Of our ambassador
to Rome, formerly Miss Elizabeth Duer
Bronson, daughter Of Frederick Bronson
of New York. and a relative OF Miss
Katherine Duer, the author. who married
Clarence II. Mackay, the capitalist. To
his wife's graces and tact Ambassador
Griscom. who has been the youthful prod
ICY Of our iatter-day diplomacy, owes a
great share of his success In Persia,
Japan, Brazil and Italy, Where he has
been stationed since their marriage in
1901 about the time of his departure from
Constantinople to become minister to Per-
STA. The sultan's decoration came almost
as a wedding present to the young bride
whose wedding tour included q triumphal
journey of thousand miles from Bagdad
to Teheran.
The sultan also decorated Mrs. Samuel
Sullivan c'Sunset'O Cox with this order
when her husband was minister to Tur-
key. and if 1 remember Alright it has been
conferred by the sultan also upon Mrs.
Oscar Straus when her husband, now in
the cabinet. was minister to Turkey, and
upon Mrs. Leishman, wife Of our present
ambassador to the sublime porte, as well
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the fund for the American ladies' hospital
ship in South Africa.
Another American woman who wore
the Imperial Order of the Crown of In
dia was the late Lady CurZon, nee Mary
Victoria Letter. The only women en-
titled to this order are the royal prn-
cesses,. wives Of Indian princes or other
high oriental dignitaries. the wife and
woman relatives of the ViceroyS OF In
dia, of the principal secretary of state for
India. and Of the governors of Bombay
and Madras. Other women may, however.
obtain 1t by rendering aid in any great
Indian crisis. such as the mutiny, for ex-
ample. The insignia is the royal cipher,
In diamonds. pearls and turquoises in
circle of pearls and surrounded by a small
JeWeled crown attached to bow of
light blue watered ribbon with narrow
white edges The only other women's
decoration conferred by Britain is the
Order of Victoria and Albert, a medallion
of these two royal personages set in da-
monds or pearls, according to whether 1t
Is conferred first" or second ciass
Orders for women exclusively exist in
number OF other foreign countries One
of the oldest of these Is the Order of the
Slaves OF Virtue, founded in 1862 by
Eleanore, widow of Frederick III of Aus
trta, to encourage In the women of her
court "the sentiments of wisdom and
piety." Another peculiar Austria Hungary
decoration for women Is that Of the Order
of the Starry Cross, establishedSin honor
of a supposed relic of the true cross of
Christ worn by, the Emperors Macmillan
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AN WOMEN RECENTLY DECORATED BY ROYALTY

and Frederick III. On the death OF the
latter, his son Leopold I gave the relic TO
the widowed Empress Eleanore-the SOW
ereign just mentioned-who treasured IL IN
a casket Of crystal and enamel until the
burning OF her castle at Vienna in 1868.
The casket found in the ruins, was partly
melted but the relic was unframed ana
to commemorate this supposed miracle the
empress founded for women this Order or
the Community of Noble Ladies or the
Starry Cross. which is restricted to prin-
cesses countesses and other women OF 500
called high birth
Order of Old Maids.
The Prussion Order OF Louisa. ROUNDED
by Frederick William III in 1918 as
reward for women's services In war. II
limited to 100 Prussan women. But moro
of an oddly is the Bavarian Order OF
Theresa, restricted to an even dozen or
unmarried noblewomen who must be OF
ancient Bavarian descent.
On state occasions members Of this or.
der of noble old maids wear special.
habit of bright blue and over their hearts
a Maltese cross Of gold. Another peculiar
women's order of Bavaria is that of St.
Anne. whose members must be hfteen
wears old or over and must be able to
prove at least sixteen generations OK
noble ancestry. Originally these ten aris-
tocrats, headed by a lady ab5ess, were
confined in a convent and forbidden mar
riage, but these restrictions were aool-
ished in 1902. when the members were
increased from ten to eighteen ana eacn
was allowed a pension. while again IN
1875 the membership was Iurtner in1
creased to siXty-seven.
This proof of sixteen generations OF
noble descent is a prerequisite also 10 al
mission to Bavaria's third women's or
der that of Elizabeth. which is limited
to Catholics. SaXony's Order of LIZ
donna for women exclusively, Is con-
ferred as a reward for special service
during war. as is Wurtemberg's Order
of Olga founded by Charles X OF that
kingdom to commemorate the patriotism
of Olga his queen during the war. The
latter, however. is conferred upon both
men and women.
Another order for both sexes Is that OF
Our Lady of the Conception of Viila-Vi-
ciosa founded by John VI of Portugal
in 1918. and to which the nobility only
are admitted. Portugals Order Of st.
Isabella is however, for women exclu-
in numbes and not under twenty-six in
age Russia also has a womens order,
that of St. Catherine, founded by Peter
the Great. in 1714. in honor Of his con-
sort.
SPANS Order of Maria Louisa, found
ed by Charles w, in 1892, rs for noble
ladies'
Persia Is another oriental power besides
Turkey which has a decoration conferred
exclusively upon women. This, the order
of the Sun, was instituted by the former
Shah when he visited Europe in 1873. 1t
is gotten up in Enthusiastically oriental
splendor, representing the suns face with
a glory within two circles of diamonds.
from which issue sixteen rays.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS
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as upon the wife of one of the Goelets.
An American woman who. in Japan.
might properly be called 'the Lady OF
the Decorations" Is DR. Anita Newcomb
MCGEE. upon whom the mikado lately
conferred the imperial Order Of the
Sacred Crown" a very rare distinction,
and also the special decorations Of the
Red Cross OF japan and the war medal
Of that country. 1t may be remembered
that this piucky woman, who. Is the wife
Of the we'll known Washington anthro-
pologist and geologist, Prof. w J MCGEE,
received the rank of acting assistant sur
geon, U.S.A., during the war with Spain.
throughout which she was In command
OF the army's corps of 1900 woman
nurses. In the Russo Japanese struggle
the mikados minister of war appointed
her supervisor of nurses of the Red
Cross Society of Japan. and 1t was in re-
ward for her services with the Japanese
army that these honors have been con-
ferred upon her. She is a member of
the United Spanish War Veterans, being
the only woman eligible. and in the mat
ter of receiving honors from abroad is
following dn the footsteps of her father.
the noted astronomer, Prof. Simon New
comb, who has received more foreign
honors than any other American citizen.
and whom the kaiser recently made a
knight Of the Order Of Merit.
Clara Barton's Decorations.
Miss Clara Barton. founder Of our
National Red Cross Society, was deco
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Just decorated with the Order of Shefakat'
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rated by Emperor William = with the
Iron Cross of Merit as "a reward for
her services with his army throughout
the entire Franco-Prussian war during
which she was called to the court OF the
Grand Duchess of Baden to suggest relief
measures and was decorated by che grand
duke with the Gold Cross of Remem-
brance," while the grand duchess pre-
sented her with the Red Cross brooch.
Having done further valuable work in
Paris In the closing days Of the commune,
she could have had also the cross of the
Legion of Honor had she not refused to
take the necessary preliminary steps.
Early in the SOS. after having aided in
securing the adoption of the treaty of
Geneva, she was given the Geneva medal
OF honor. Indeed. this venerable philan-
thropist. who also represented our coun-
try at the Red Cross conferences at
Carlesruhe. Rome, Vienna and st. Pc
tersburg, and who engineered our relief
measures for victims of the Johnstown
Hood, of the great Russian famine. of the
Armenian massacres, OF the Cuban trou-
bles of 1893 and of the Galveston flood.
has received decorations or testimonials
also from the rulers of Austria, Servia,
Turkey. Armenia. Switzerland, Spain and
Russia. At the age Of eighty-seven she
dent of the National First Aid Associa-
ton which has its headquarters at Glen
Echo a suburb OF Washington
France recently decorated DR.. Anna
Tolman Smith, specialist Of the United
States bureau of education, with an or
der comforting the title ''oficier de Pin
struction publique." She is the only
woman employed by the government who.
SO far as Is known, has ever been dec
Grated by a foreign government, and al
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4 LII Have Passed the
"A Three Score and Ten
Mark. While Two Are Octo-

4 - uICC 0COIC dIlu- Gil
Mark, While Two Are Octo-
genarians-The Commander
in-Chief of the Army, a Mem
Der of the Cabinet, One of
the Richest of London's
Ground Landlords, the Most
Hated of Irish Landowners
and the Father" of the
House of Lords Make Up
the Lot-The Marquis of
Ripon, Lord Privy Seal, Has
Been a Member of Every
Liberal Cabinet, With a
Single Exception, for the
Past Fifty Years-Viscount
Portman, Who Derives an
Income of More Than ST.
100000 From His London
Estates, Owes His Immense
Wealth to His Great Grand
mothers Desire for Asses
Milk
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and by many years holds the record for
length Of parliamentary service. Sixty
four years ago he entered the house Of
commons as Lord Elcho. Lord Rosebery,
Arthur Balfour and most of the men who
now lead the political parties in England
were then unborn and the rest were in
the nursery.
r ORD WEMYSS betters the perform
ance of Lord Portman in that he
was married for the second time at
the advanced age of eighty-two. But al
though his second wife is q comparative
ly young woman she finds 1t hard work
to follow the pace her octogenarian hus-
band sets. He shoots. COLTS, drives his
own motor, fishes. is a painter and a
sculptor Of ability and does them all with
the enthusiasm of man in the spring.
time of youth. Furthermore, he is
writer and the author of a book on the
war Office.
The aged peer is known as the great
apostle OF the liberty Of the Individual
Some years ago he astonished everybody
by his opposition to the habitual inebri-
ates bill. but justified himself-to himself,
at least-by declaring that every English
man should have the right to get drunk
If he chose. He also holds the -distinc-
ton Of being the only man who ever
struck King Edward in public. The blow
was entirely unintentional and occurred in
the house of lords while the latter was
Prince Of Wales. He was sitting on the
cross benches directly in front Of the
aged lord. who was holding forth on his
pet subject Of personal liberty. In the
heat Of his ardor Lord We,nyss brought
his nst down with crushing force on the
shining high hat of his future king.
When the latter recovered from his as
tonishment he moved to safer seat and
Joined in the laughter Of the house at the
discontinue of HIS assa.iant.
The veteran peer believes that the
British nation Is fast drifting toward the
fate Of Greater Rome. But as he has be-
lieved this pretty much all his life his
pessinism does not impress anybody very
strongly. In personal appearance he is a
dandy. No one wears his high hat at a
moro rakish angle than Lord Wemys SIS;
his clothes are always OF the latest mode.
and with his clean-cut features and fiow-
ing white hair ne is one Of the most in
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TiiE fifth member of this interesting
quintet is Earl Roberts. commands
er-in-chief of the British army. AL
though ''Bobs.'' as he is affectionately
called by the rank and file Of the army.
will soon celebrate his seventy sixth
birthday, he is still an energetic. busting
little man. who enters enthusiastically
into the discussion of military matters,
is constantly impressing upon the youth
of England the Importance Of rifle prac-
tice and who frequently appears In the
guise of lecturer to the country at large
on the subject of unpreparedness for war.
Lord Roberts is one of the most deco
rated men in the country. He has re-
ceived the thanks of two sovereigns. Of
the government OF India on three differ
ent occasions and of the houses OF par
Lament twice. In addition to being an
earl, he is a Knight of the Garter,
Knight of st. Patrick Knight Grand Cross
Of the Bath, knight Grand Commander OF
the Star of India. knight Grand Com
mander of the Indian Empire. a holder
Of the order of the Black Eagle. the Vic
toria Cross. is a privy councillor. al LID.
Of several universities and the holder
OF the freedom of more cities than any
other individual in England. not even exc
cepting the king or the Prince Of Wales.
Upon his return from the South African,
war he was given an earldom, made
commander in chief. and granted a pres
ent Of $500, 900. all in a lump.
It Is now flfty-six years since Lord
Roberts was gazetted a second lieuten-
ant In the British army. He has takeni
part in almost sixty engagements spread
over seven campaigns. Just after the re-
lief Of Lucknow he won the Victoria Cross
the most coveted decoration in the Brit
ish army.
Besides the two who are mentioned
above, England makes a brave array OF
peers who have passed the four-score
post. Thirty-two. to be exact, are on the
wintry side of eighty, while four Of this
number are in their nineties. The thfr-
ty-two are made up of the following.
some Of whom are well known, but the;
great majority Of whom are seldom heard
Of: The Archbishop of York, who Isl
SO; the Duke of Grafton. 81: the Mar
ouis of Abergavenny, 50; the earls OF
Haddington, 81; Courtown, So: Ducie. 81:
Halsbury. SO; Howth. 81: Leicester. So:
Nswburgh, go, and Earl Nelson. %; VS.
counts Bangor, so; Chetwynd, SO; Cross.
IS; Landau. 80; Sidmouth. 81: Barons
Alderman, 80: Armitstead, 81; Ashcombe.
so; rewshaw. SO; Field, So; Gwydyr, go:
Henlphill, 81; James Of Hereford. 80:
OImathwaite, 81; sackville. 81: ThrinS.
80; Ventry, go. and Wrottesley. "a.
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hrs. ROOSEVELT and
Nl Mrs. Longworth Re-

MRS. ROOSEVELT and
Nl Mrs. Longworth Re-
ceive Beautiful Jeweled Or
der From the Sultan-A Dia-
mond-Studded Star Worn on
a Sash Which Goes Over
Right Shoulder-Mrs. Girls
com Also Given the Grand
Gordon of "Shefakat"-Mrs.
MCGEE Is a Veritable Lady
: of the Decorations" in Japan
DIR. Anna Smith Lately
. Decorated by France, But
Uncle Sam Hasn't Let Her
Accept the Honor Because
She Is a Government Official
Clara Barton's Many Dec
orations-"Mrs. Sunset Cox"
and Some Others-Imperial
Orders for Women Exclu-
sively-Some of Them Are
Oddities.
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boast OF being an octogenarian. but
II was more than seventy five
years ago when he was born to a title
During those years he has earned for
himself an unenviabla record. Today. al
thoushShe is a descendant OF the Irish
kings. and the head of the greatest of &ll
best-hated man in the Emerald Isle. In
forty years he has only once visited his
enormous estates OF $1,000 acres. and that
was to attend the funeral Of his father.
Il IS no eXaggeration TO say that his life
would not be worth two pins should he
again venture among his tenantry. He
has evicted almost 400 families for nom
payment of rent and some time ago an
Irish member OF parliament brought in q
bill providing for the appropriation Of the
estates Of the unpopular peer.
The marquis is a confirmed bachelor,
re lives in the famous Albany. just of
Piccadiliy. where Byron Thackeray and
dozens Of other great Engishmen have
had rooms He has for MANY years been
q stranger to the house of lords. and few
Of its members know him by sight He
has two Notwithstanding and art. He Is
frequently to he seen in Princes rink
where he makes 1t rule never to speak
to any one. and he is a recognized con-
noisseur. especially on the subject Of
French painting.
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India and first lord of the admiralty once
Lord Ripon is eminently fitted, so far as
whole British empire all by himself
Just why this peer should have been
retained In all the liberal cabinets since
Palmerston nobody seems to know. He
is hardly what one would call brilliant
man. One politician said that the only
reason he could think of was that Lord
Ripon was $50 devilish amiable that one
found II impossible to quarrel with him
or offered him" Another said that break
Ing with the old marquis would be like
breaking with the venerable past and
British politicians are much too conserva-
tive to do anything like that.
Lord Ripon has done two things for
which he will be remembered. He pre-
sided over the joint committee which
drew up the treaty of Washington and
which settled the Alabama claims with
the United StatesA and he earned the
execration Of many Englishmen by the
manner in which he ruled India during
his term as vfceroy. For the former
service he received his marquisate from
Queen Victoria; for his latter conduct
he will always be known. in the words
viceroys." The objections against his
manner Of running the British depen-
dency seem to be that he preferred the
olive branch to the iron hand. He treated
the natives as equals. frequently bowed
to them in the streets of Bombay, and
made himself generally popular with the
Indians. but terribly unpopular among
his own countrymen. He is reported to
have said once that the only European
who approved Of his policy was his Scotch
gardener.
The aged peer was converted to Roman
Catholicism in 1874 and thereby created
a sensation in Church of England circles
At his country seat. Studley Royal. he
runs model dairy. and his milk carts,
bearing the sign. The Most Noble the
Marques of Ripon," carry his produce
all over the neighboring country. His
butter has become famous for it's purity
and fancy prices are obtained for it.
Among his other products is Earl de
Gray, his only son. and the finest game
shot in the country, If not in the whole
world. Lord Ripon owns 1850 acres,
and is supposed to be possessed of con-
siderable wealth.
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Two Ways of Putting It.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mr.. OutIate carries his watch every.
where he goes and 1t always keeps good
time"
1T may keep good time, but It keeps
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON, July 25, 1908.
NGLAND boasts a quintet OF
aged peers who, although they
years ago passed the Osler lin
it. are still hale, robust and act
i've. both in body and mind. Two
of them are octogenarians:a and the others
have left the three-score-and-ten post be-
hind. They are the lord privy seal, one
of the richest of London's ground land
lords the father of the house of lords
the best hated Of Irish landowners. and
the commander-in-chief of the British
army
The Marquis of Ripon, lord privy seal,
by his retention in the Asquith cabinet
adds still further to a remarkable record
which he holds. The venerable lord, who
will shortly celebrate his eighty-second
birthday. has been member of every
liberal cabinet, with a single exception,
of the last fifty years. The only reason
that can be assigned for the single ex-
ception is the very good one that during
Gladstone's second administration Lord
Ripon was in India governing the natives.
This peer might be said to have con-
tracted the office habit He has become
a fixture, and nobody has the heart to
turn him out. He is brilliant ornament
to his party, but nobody ever accused
him Of being much more. His present
post Ia an unpaid one-the only one in all
the cabinet which does not command a
generous salary. But there is fitness
in the case of Lord Ripon, for his emolu-
ment Is in proportion to his labors. The
duties Of the lord privy seal keep him
about as busy as an iceman in Green
land. Theoretically he is the custodian
OF the privy SEAL and there was time
in the dim, distant past when the seal
had to be attached to all royal grants
or patents before such documents could
receive the final authority Of the great
seal. But in the hurry and hustle Of
twentieth century strenuousness the mid
die step has been abandoned and docu-
ments go direct from sovereign to the
great chamberlain. keeper of the great
seal. The Office OF lord privy seal sur
wives. however. like the appendix in the
human body, with no known need for its
existence
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- Ut there are few cabinet positions
~ which Lord Ripon has not filled at
some time in his career. He has
been secretary of state for war on two
occasions. secretary of state for the col
onies twice, and in two administrations
has been president of the council. In ad-
dition he has been secretary Of state for
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ITO the fact that his great grand
mother desired a diet of asses
milk the present Viscount Portman,
who has just been married In his seven