The National tribune., 1908-12-03

both sexes are received this is not par
ticularly the case, but at our purely
women's colleges like Smith. or Welles-
ley. or Vassar. handsome and expensive
clothes are the rule. At the college
functions, OF at the private affairs the
girls get up themselves, beautiful even
ing gowns and jewels are worn, and in
many cases it requires much sacrifice
on the part of parents not blessed with
wealth 10 supply their young daughter
with these pretty dresses that her pride
and theirs may not be mortified. Most
colleges are supposed to favor simple
dressing, but this seems to be Qucs-
ton that the girls take into their own
hands and settle for themselves. The
siTnpIe black dress with white collar
| and cuffs which the Catholic sisters
insist upon when a young girl is brought
| to them for education shows how thoro-
ly they appreciate the undesirable re-
suits of allowing each girl to dress as
she chooses. The recent effort made
by the President of Downer College to
introduce n more modest style of dress
ing among her pupils will be applaud
cd by all sensible people, who will
heartily wish her success The Presi-
dent has expressed in no uncertain
terms her disapproval of big MERRY
Widow hats, fashionable and elaborate
gowns, and the really ridiculous, fire.
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| the hair adopted by so many young
girls at present. All of which the girls
| didn't like, of course, and many a
| bright eye flashed with the fire of re-
volt but it is expected that the Presi-
dents sensible campaign will result in
at least happy medium between over
dressing and the uniform idea adopted
of the country.
The fortunes of the affinity" Earles.
the artist fellow who left his wife and
children to marry his affinity" who
| had been his typewriter, have absolute
| ly no interest for most people, yet 1t
cannot be denied that the recent news
that Mrs. affinity Earle has given him
| Il good one on the side of his head
sends a slight thrill of Joy thru our
hearts. Trouble came to Mr.. Earle and
his soul mate" as he called her at the
! time of their marriage, very soon after
| they joined fortunes, and two months
ago the papers were full of his cruelty
to her in choking and beating her, for
| which he was arrested and spent sew
! eral days in Jail. 1t now seems that
she had good chance the other day
and plenty of provocation for giving
! him n crack on his head with the side
of a chair, which she SAILED in" at
once to do. and which evens up some
what the score between them, and may
possibly make him think twice before
| lie tackles her again.
! It is seldom, in this vale of tears
called life. that it falls to the lot of
1 man 10 have crushing, overwhelming
! blow followed almost Immediately by
| the bestowal of fortunes highest favors.
/ The tickle Jade having turned her back
! completely upon Count Zeppelin, of
Germany, one instant. embraced him
Lie ~ =
true German effusiveness on both
checks. After spending his private for
/ tune and the best years of his life in
demonstrating to the world that he
| could make successful airship. the
/ Count was told in the very hour of his
The thousands of people who had gath
| cred to do him honor and participate
| in his Joy, for, as all will remember, his
| ship had stood the necessary test, the
many bands ready to break into blast
of melodious acclamation. silently went
their several ways in sympathetic ap-
probation of the terrible. blasting mis-
fortune which had befallen Count Yep
pelin, and from which it was feared he
could never recover. Then, as every
one knows, the German Emperor and
the German Government came to the
aid of the Count In splendidly gener-
Gus fashion, and enabled him to rebuild
/ deal more money than was needed for
this purpose. And now. just the other
| day, after a series of eminently success
/ full manuvers with his new airship,
! Count Zeppelin was warmly congratu-
lated by the Kaiser, who called him
the greatest German of the goth CEN
| tury, of whom the Fatherland might
well be proud. and who, at the termi-
nation Of his enthusiastically compli-
| mentary remarks hung upon the
! Counts neck the highest PrussIen deco
ration-the Order of the Black Eagle.
His Majesty then kissed Count Zeppelin
three times and called out: Long live
His Excellency, Count Zeppelin, the
conqueror of the air. Hurrah!" The
temperament of his race showed itself
in the tears which gathered in the
| Counts eyes at this unexpected mani
| festatior of imperial appreciation and
good will. The picture of this distin-
| euished aeronaut, together with a let
| ter from him. were given in a recent
publication of The National Tribune.
| During the civil war the Count visite d
this country to observe our field opera
| tions, and was guest of Hooker and
some of the other Generals.
Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sier-
ras,' as he is called, is. like others of
his trade, far from rich, but if-and
upon these two little words depends the
whole point of this story-but IL he
manages to survive his friend, John
Herrin, a rich miner, he will inherit
the entire estate of the latter upon his
death. 1t seems that years ago, when
Joaquin Miller lived in the wilds of
Idaho. he frequently risked his life to
carry the miners their letters. plowine;
thru snowdrifts as high as himself, and
| facing the most terrible storms to do
this. On one such occasion he found
John Herrin, then poor prospector,
! senseless and half frozen in the deep
snow, and carried him to a place of
| shelter, where he worked over him till
| consciousness returned, and thus saved
| his life. John Herrin never forgot this,
and IL is said that his chief desire to
| strike II rich" was that he might be
able to give the poet some substantial
evidence Of his appreciation. Now he
has made his WILL leaving the man who
saved his life all his property and his
two pet jackasses, who played such an
| important part in the making of his
fortune When the poet replied to the
letter of his friend. telling him what
he had done, he said he was nightly
pleased at the notion OF having the
iackasses, but he didn't want his
riends money. and hoped he would
outlive him many years. Joaquin Mil
| Ter, whose real name is Cincinnatus
Heine Miller (some one In the family
/. must have loved poetry, IL they were
not able TO make it), is now 67 years of
age. and went TO California as boy to
caalx hi forfnnaa lnua of aduantpra