The National tribune., 1909-11-25
PEOPLE.

animal seems to be q more or less nat
ural instinct implanted in most of US,
| and when not carried to an extreme IS
absolutely all right. 1t is easy to he
come fond Of a cat or dog-they have
| formed part of the family circle from
| time immemorial-and even of some
other dumb creatures, but TO select as
| an object for affection n wild and dam
| gerous animal shows n love of the BIZ
Zarre which gives rise to criticism. The
authoress, Amelie Rives, the one-tme
wife of MIR. Chanler, or Chaioner, the
wealthy Virginan who has been de-
clared insane by the laws of New YORK,
and now the Countess TroubetZskoy' mas
q pet wolf which appears with her,
muzzlel to be sure, wherever she ap-
pears on the streets of Paris, where she
has been living with her artist-husband
for several years The wolf was cap
tured when young in Russia, and given
to the authoress, who tanned 1t, and
who has become very much attached to
it. 1t appears to be entirely under his
mistresss control, but not long since
killed a bull terrier with single snap,
and Count Troubetzskoy is constantly
in fear that he may some day turn and
bite the hand that fed him, if not some
thing worse. The Duke OF Bedford,
one of England's greatest and most
powerful mobiles, takes a deep interest
i'm wild animals, and has private ZOO
logical garden of his own at Woburn
Abbey. There he has large variety of
wild beasts, which are treated like pets,
and which roam around together over
the great park in perfect amity. Among
these. however. are none OF the more
ferocious beasts. wapitis, kangaroOs,
wild asses of Persia, chamofs, zeTas,
American bison and wild horses of cen
trail Asia being among the principal
Z, 'hfs 10
assisted by his wife, has written very
interesting book on natural history
Mr.. Da Cunha, of Montc1air, n. J.,
thinks that 50 long as marriage is a lot
terry, anyway, things would work better
If the state took charge of this marry
ing business on the lottery plan, and
saw to it that every man had his Jill
and every woman her Jack as far as
possible He would have the proper
officers in every community make list
of all the unmarried men and women
of certain age, then the names of the
men should be put in one box and those
OF the women in another. The Mayor
of the town or city should be present
and a drawing take place, and John
Smith drawing Mary Brown, a certifi-
cate of marriage should be at once
forthcoming. The girls employed by a
large department store in New York
have written to Mr.. Da Cunha express
ing their approval of his proposed plan.
1t will, they think, remove women from
competition with men in the industrial
field, marry Off a lot of women who
want to be married, prevent race sui
eide. and. by the rapid increase in our
own population, stop immigration and
gradually bring forth a strictly Ameri-
can type. These girls say that Mr.. Da
Cunha's stipulation that no children re-
sulting from three years union, the
couple should separate and have anoth-
er draw, would do away with divorce.
OF course. this is all very absurd and
not to be taken seriously. Everyone
has the right to speak up in meeting
over here, and to ar thus any pet
theory, wise or foolish. and, no matter
what is said of US. it certainly cannot
bs, said that We let our brains go to
seed for want of exercise.
Another instance of the really mar
yelous power which Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy, the head of the Christian Science
Church, possesses over her large fol-
lowing has just been given in the affair
of Mrs. Stetson. Mrs. Augusta e. Stet-
son is one of Mrs. Eddy's most brilliant
pupils, and she has been, until few
days ago. the head of the First Church
of Christ Scientist n New York City:
This church is one of the handsomest
and most expensive of the Christian
Science churches in the country, and
its congregation the most wealthy.
Mrs. Stetson founded the church which
was built for her, a beautiful home and
autom obile We're provided for her use,
and she received besides an annual sal
ary of $1,000. 1t is said that Mrs. Stet-
son has of late years shown an ambi-
ton to make her church independent,
even to become the successor Of Mrs.
Eddy, of the Mother Church. and in
working toward this end that she be-
came guilty of mental malpractice
against those opposed to her. The
principal reader in her church, Mr..
Strickler, of Virginia, brought charges
of this character against Mrs. StetSon
recently, who was summoned to Boston
by Mrs. Eddy. The matter was
threshed out there before the Board of
Directors of the Mother Church, and
while Mrs. Stetson was in Boston, the
aged head of the church wrote a letter
to the New York church, who were di-
vided on the Stetson controversy, ad
vising them to stand unanimous and to-
gether for the Mother Church and in
the support of it's directors. This set |
tied things for Mrs. Stetson in her own
church, for Mrs. Eddy's word is law
absolutely, and to make a long story
short, the Board of Directors found
Mrs. Stetson guilty of the charges and
eHcommunicated her. In spite of this
Mrs. Stetson is reported to have taken
her medicine meekly. and to have said
that neither death, nor life, nor angels
nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present. nor hight, nor depth,
nor any other creature shall be able to
separate me from the love of God |
which is in Christ our Lord ana in |
Mary Baker Eddy, my beloved teacher"
which. whether Mrs. Stetson be sim |
cere or no, shows greater one-woman !
power than any One-man power that
the world has ever seen.
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