The National tribune., 1909-09-23


md fuckers. of course, ard most of
them looked Tery fine, for it Is mis-
take to suppose that because woman
is what is called strong minded that
she doesn't like to wear as pretty
clothes as anybody. They all sat to-
gether at one table and chatted in the
most Informal fashion, breaking in on
each other, etc, as women are very apt
to do, yet the undercurrent was intense
ly serious. and no doubt could possibly
be entertained of the sincerity of these
; women. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
well known to most people who read
the papers, and Mrs. Anna Shaw both
had a good deal to say of Susan B.
Anthony, who gave up her life to the
cause, and who accomplished so much,
tho she failed to secure the ballot for
her sex. Mrs. Blatch, who is Eliza beth
Cady Stantons daughter, told Mrs. Bel
mont that she had the working women
behind her, and that fight backed by
the wage-earners of the country could
not fail As Mrs. Belmont is the first
woman of the ultra-faShionable, wealthy
class in this country-and they repre-
sent a great poWer-to take up the
cause of woman's rights, those not par
ticularly in sympathy with the move
ment are looking on with considerable
interest to see the result. The English
suffragets have not been doing any
thing specially conspicuous lately, but
they are keeping right on at work both
ering Mr.. Asquith all they can. The
poor man cannot even have his game
of golf in comfort, but has to play sur
rounded by lot of policemen to pre-
vent any specially enterprising suffrag-
ist from approaching too near.
Thomas Nelson Page the author, is
spoken of as the possible head of the
| University of the South, which position
was made vacant some months ago.
| This university is rather unique, being
the only church university in the South.
| 1t owns about 10000 acres of valuable
ground, upon which the town of SeWa-
nee is situated, and all of which is un-
der the absolute control of the Vice
Chancellor. There is no position in the
| country just like it, and DIR. Pages
| friends are naturally most anxious that
the honor of the Vice Chancellorship
should come to him.
The Duke of the Abruzzi, whose name
has become familiar to all Americans
on account of his love affair with Miss
Katherine Elkins. did not sit down and
brood over his troubles when things
began to go badly, but plunged into
work. Ovid says, in that old book of
| his, The Art of Love-:
Bar Idleness, you ruin Cupid's game,
| You blunt his arrows, and you quench
| his flame" CO.,.
And never truer word was spoken by
anyone. The Dukes tastes seem to run
| in the line of exploration and mountain
climbing. and he has just returned from
a most successful ascent of the Hima-
| layaS, where he went up higher than
any previous climber and brought back
with him valuable scientific collection
and much important and interesting in
Co.
a book soon to be written. 1t seems all
the smoke occasioned by his supposed
Itender interest in Miss Elkins cannot
| have entirely cleared away, for he was
watched very closely after his arrival
at Marseilles to see if he would turn his
| face toward Paris, where Miss Elkins
now is. The newspapers quote some
| high parsonage with inside information
as stating that it was Miss Elkin5's
| fault that her marriage with the Duke
did not come off; that she could have
him any day if she SO wished; that all
objections on the part of the royal fam
| lily would be removed, and Miss Elkins
accorded the rank and privileges which
her position as the Dukes wife would
lentitle her to. Still, this may be nothing
but newspaper talky The Elkins family
| have always remained absolutely silent
on the subject, and the Duke has been
most discreet. But his movements are
all sorts of rumors afioat. 1t is said
| that the case of Peary and Cook may be
1 referred to him for arbitration, as many
scientific societies believe there is no
one better fitted to decide the matter.
The royal Duke once led an expedition
to the North Pole which reached the
second farthest point north, which fact
gives ground for his being spoken of as
arbiter in this at present widely-dis-
| cussed controversy.
While Z. H Hartman lay dying the
other day parlor maid in the employ
| of his wife was putting on her bridal
dress in one of the rooms upstairs. 1t
| had been arranged that she should
marry George Murphy, Mr.. Harrimans
head machinist, that day, and when
Mary, for that was the maids name,
asked Mrs. Hartman in the morning
| If she thought they had better postpone
| the wedding, Mrs. Hartman said Mo-"
| it was Mr.. Harrimans wish that it
should take place just the same. So
Mrs. Hartman gave Mary a check for
| $500 as a present from the then diving
man, and Mary, sobbing one minute
and smiling the next, went on with her
| preparations. When the parlor maid
left the house Mr.. Hartman was dead.
but neither she nor the groom knew
this, tho all the other servants did, and
of the little crowd of 40 assembled in
the country church to witness the cere-
mony everyone looked as if they had
lost their best friend except Mary and
George. Truly, life is full of sharp
contrasts.
1t seems there is something in the
extreme cold of both the Arctic and
Antarctics which creates a sweet tooth.
DR.. Cook tells us he carried with him
on his dash for the pole two barrels of
gumdrops, sand Lieut.. Shackicrcn, who
has come nearer discovering the South
Pole than anyone yet, says that Jams.
golden sirup, sugar and bottled fruit
formed a large part of his supplies for
in the intense cold of the polar regions
there is a natural craving for sweet
things" AN Eskimo will travel 80
miles for gumdrop," says Mr.. Brad
ley, Cooks financial hacker. His sweet
tooth is the sweetest in the world"
Wei, anyway, this is much more safe
and wholesome craving than that for
stimulants, which a tropical climate
| seems to create. The extreme Iassitude
| which person, not a native, feels after
living awhile in the tropics, is probably
answerable for this craving and Il is
its qualification that has led to the
undoing of so many Americans in the
! Philippines, for instance. The joys of
! life are certainly few and far between
in the Arctic and Antarctic regions
and no one with heart in his body
could possibly blame our explorers or
! their valuable assistants the E,sLipooc