The National tribune., 1909-05-27

Tarrytown A little distance from his
imposing new house, which is verita-
bile castle. he has little artificial lake,
and \ around the sides of this, as well
as thu bottom, he had placed colored
stones, red stones, green stones, blue,
yellow. all colors. Then in the center
of the lake fountain was built of his
own design, and when the sun shines
on that little lake, and the fountain
plays the shimmering mist SHOWS as
perfect a rainbow as ever appeared in
the blue sky after Summer shower.
on every sunshiny day Mr.. Rockefeller
has his little private rainbow perform
ance, and as the idea was all his own,
he is said to be prouder of it than OF
many of his big achievements.
Those opposed to woman's rights, or
to women having any absorbing interest
outside the home, point to Bertha
Krupp and say There. see what a-stray-
ing from the conventional feminine
path did for her" Bertha Krupp, not
vet 23 years of age, is the daughter OF
Frederick krupp, the owner of the cele-
brate6 Krupp Gun Works in Germany,
and the heir of his immense fortune
and business. Having no son, 1t is said
her father brought her up to thoroly
understand this. that she might at his
death take charge of it. The girl had
a natural taste for the work and the
brain of a man, and absorbed herself
so completely in the great plant ana
everything connected with it that the
ordinary pleasures and occupations OF
girls were quite unknown to her. A
little more than two years ago she mar
ried German baron and the Emperor
himself was present at the wedding
and made a very pretty speech. 1t was
supposed that the young woman would
then drep business and devote herself to
the more natural duties of woman. But
the love and excitement of business
had entered her blood, and she could
not change her manner of life. drive
to the works in the morning meant that
most Of the day was spent there. Her
husband, a highly cultivated, educated
man, and diplomat of a dozen years
standing, tried to draw his wife
into his world of music, art, literature
and society, but in vain. The most
beautiful picture in the world painted
by the hand of genius failed to stir the
soul of Bertha Krupp as did the pic
ture of a big, black gun. And SO they
have quietly separated. There has not
been the fainest whisper of scandal, but
the couple have recognized the fact that
their interests are as separate as the
POLES 1t is difficult enough for man,
very much absorbed in his business. to
give the proper amount of time and at
tention to his family, and a great many
of our divorces are the direct result of
this neglect. But it is fatal to married
happiness for a woman strongly alb
sorbed by something outside to take
Upon herself the VOWS of a wife. She
cannot feel or take the interest she
should in the home If some powerful
attraction is pulling her from the out
side. Such a woman had better satisfy
herself with the success and fame which
her particular work brings to her, and
let matrimony severely alone.
Wealthy women who are the mothers
of little boys are in a fever of nervous
excitement and apprehension all over
the country. Since the Wh:tla case
kidnapers have seemed to spring up
everywhere, and in spite of the severe
sentence recently pronounced upon the
Boyle couple, ii is feared that this sort
of crime will continue Nothing breaks
up family like this fear. The father
cannot half attend to his business, and
the poor mother will not allow her boy
out of her sight. A rich manufacturer
in Philadelphia recently received a
warning letter from a blackmailer,
threatening to steal his child unless
money was forthcoming, etc. Since then
the little boy goes each morning with
his father to his place of business, and
the mother tags on and sits all day with
her young son in the Office of her hus-
bands factory. Will she keep this up
till the boy is old enough TO take care of
himself?
IF il entertains Mrs. Elinor Giyn, the
autllor of that notorious story Three
Weeks to write books about US which
are absurdiy false, who, we can stand it
Mrs. Glyn made us visit last Winter,
or quite recently, anyway, and now she
has just published the book which is
the result of that visit Shey says our
men are like trained dogs, fetching and
carrying for their ridiculously INDUCED
wives, and that they made her feel as
If she were in the society of kind aunts,
grandmothers. or benevolent uncles.
rather than with real, live men She
also criticises them because they do not
make love to every woman they meet
or talk about things they shouldn't She
praises our women by saying that they
know how to dress and get themselves
up better than those of any other ma
iien. and that Fifth Avenue on a bright
DAY IS procession of glowing flowers
Mrs. Glyn calls this book of hers. "Eliz-
abeth Visits America" and il is proba-
bly, written in the same vein as ''The
Visits of Eiizabeth" and The Reaect-
Ions of Ambrosiae," both of which arc
clever. il is true, with that flavor of
sophistication anu risqueness which
seems TO be the sign of popularity these
days.
The latest wrinkle for the wealthy
class is 10 have either their own or a
hired motor car meet them upon the
arrival of their steamer on the other
side, and do their travelling in that de-
lightful and Independent way, eschew-
Ing railroad trains, and all the other
ordinary means of getting about They
go where they please, start when they
please. and stay as long at a place as
they please, and are able TO visit little
out-of-the-way spots unknown to the
ordinary tourist, which could not be
visited in any other way. Given beauti-
ful weather, preferably late Spring or
early Autumn, and a large, comfortable
motor car and life holds no greater
pleasure than to go spinning along over
good roads in a country where novelty
adds its charm to the many other at
tractiQns. William Rockefeller, brother
to the richest man in the world" has
just returned from a trip of this kind,
almost living, as he said, in an auto
for four weeks. The weather was per.
feet and Mr.. Rockefeller, who left
here quite 'the worse for wear" said
he never enjoyed anything more, and
that he soon began to feel splendidly,
throwing all business cares to the four
winds. He found a feeling of growing
confidence in England and predicts.
when the tariff question is settled. a
period of great prosperity for the coun-
try.
Florence Nightingale, whose name
was once a household word in every
civilized nation of the world, has Just
entered her Goth year and has been the
recipient of many congratulatory mes