The National tribune., 1909-01-14

iscreen to the spectators fr its actual
leolors and proportions, perfect repro
duction in every respect. Aside from
1.-THE inexpressible comfort which this
must bring to the mind of the patient
the operating room Is kept perfectly
quiet by this means, without the an
Inoyance Of students and others going
and coming. Moving pictures of the
operation can also be made from those
thrown on the screen, which, If done
before, simply added to the confusion
of the operating room and to the gen.
eral unpleasantness of the situation.
]. Pierpont Morgan did very grace
full, if not particularly practical little
thing the other day, on the occasion of
the exhibition of German pictures in
| his beautiful Museum of Art, which
was thrown open to the public for that
purpose. Among the visitors was
woman in humble circumstances, but
| a great lover of art, who, having no
servant, was obliged to bring her baby
with her. J. P. Morgan noticed the
child, and announced his intention Of
making her a fellow for life of the mu-
scum, which privilege carries with 1t
fee of $1,000. This fee he proposed
to stand sponsor for, and, after some
difficulty, the child was located and her
parents informed of the honor Mr..
Morgan had conferred upon her. 1t is
to be hoped that the child may inherit
the mothers love of art.
The eldest daughter of the King and
Queen of England, who was made
Princess Royal by her father about five
years ago, is the plainest of the Kings
three daughters, and so painfully shy
that she is usually spoken of as Her
Royal Shyness." She is a woman about
40, and is .arried to an old friend of
her father. the Duke of Fife, a man
many years older than herself. They
live most of the time in the fashionable
part of Brighton, seldom seen in pub
lie, the Princess Royal taking no part
in bazaar openings or other social fpnc-
tions. She has two little girls, the
youngest If whom is named for the
Queen and said to inherit her beauty.
These children are as shy as their
mother, and have been brot up in the
most quiet manner imaginable. Some
one tells a story of their being at the
Government House at Gibraltar with
their mother at one time, and of hav-
ing been seen at o'clock tea. sur
rounded by the officials OF the palace.
eating boiled eggs and toast, distressed
beyond measure to have so many peo-
pie looking at them. 1t is difficult to
see where the Princess Royal gets her
shyness. Certainly not from her mother
or father.
Mrs. James Brown Potter, the actress
has always been a subject of mild in
terest to the public from the time when
she appeared at some fashionable func-
ton at Washington and recited the
poem, "'Ostler Joe," which created so
much criticism. When she went on
the stage, she was more, or less cast
off by her family, and her one daugh-
ter. who married the son of James
Stillnan, the well-known bank presi
dent, has had nothing to do with her
mother for years. The other day A
complete reconciliation took place be-
tween these two, a meeting in Central
Park having been arranged by mutual
friends, and which ended by mother
and daughter, smiling and happy,
lunching together at the Plaza. 1t is
thought that this reconciliation will
lead to the reinstatement of Mrs Pot
ter in her old position as one of the
fayorites of New York's fashionable
and exclusive set Mrs. Stillman went
to see her mother on the stage for
the first time the evening after their
People who keep posted with regardt
to the performances at the Metropolitan
Opera House in New York City have
noticed that Caruso has failed to ap-
pear on several occasions this Winter
when it was expected he would sing, |
which, as the golden-throated tenor
has been enjoying excellent health, has