Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-28


the insanity of her husband, Grand
Duke Wilhelm.
Our secretaries of state, it has beer
| discovered. nave generally mad name;
Of a single syllable, as Day. Root. Hay
Smith. Cass, Clay, Black, Fish, Blaine
and now Knox.
Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland
| O., is moving out of his mansion on
| Euclid avenue this week into a top
| floor. nine room suite in an apartment
house. He keeps one of his motor cars
| in commission.
| ColonelSamuel Pomeroy Colt is CIV
| ing Bristol, r. l., 100000 high school
! building in memory of his mother. The
! sole condition of the gift is that the
| site and building shall always be used
for school purposes.
Prof. Donald J. Cowling of Baker
university, Baldwin, Kan, has been
elected president of Carleton college,
Mortified, Mimi. to succeed Rev. r.
H. Salmon. Professor Cowling is a
graduate of Yale. He will assume his
! new duties July 1.
For nearly half a century Miss Glenn
ent who was SO years old. was matron
of-the Bethesda home for Christian
children. at Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia.
She devoted virtually her entire life to
charitable work and the care Of chill
dren.
Mrs. James Henry Smith, who before
her marriage to silent" Smith was
Mrs. Stuart RhinelaHder. is said to be
a rival of Mrs. Potter Palmer for pre-
cedence in English society. Her son
of Ia 1f
debut Of Miss Marjorie Gould last
week.
One hundred thousand dollars year
as a retainer ana $1,000 a day when he
is actively on the job isn't half bad as
salary for a Al year old lawyer
That's what Moritz Rosenthal. the
Standard Oil attorney, receives. He
was born in Dixon, Ill, and was grad
uated from the Michigan university in
1883.
The Oldest nun in The world has just
died at the Cistercian convent of Sar-
neu. near LuZerne. She was known
as Mother Andrew and was born on
Dec. "A, 1912. She made her profess
sion on June 10. 1887, and from that
time had charge of the vestiary of the
convent until 1S97-about sixty years
Mrs. James Brock Perkins. who
originated the idea of the Congression-
al club. composed of the wives of the
members of the house of congress, is
the president of the club and is said
to be planning a very gay winter with
the club as a center Mrs, Champ
Clark Of Missouri is one OF the vice
presidents.
Mrs. Estrada Palma. widow of the
good old Cuban president, is returning
to the old home in Central Valley, N.
Y, where he taught school in his years
of exile She is quoted as saying that
It was the happiest time of her life.
She has a pension of $4,000 year,
with an additional $500 year for each
Of her children.
DR.. William 5. Rigelow. who IS re-
SpOnsible for the cutting of the new
United states gold coins in intaglio
instead Of IN relief. q new departure in
coinage. IS neither a sculptor nor
numismatist. but the author Of the re-
cent book on Buddhism and Immor-
taIity." He has. given years Of study
to the literature of the far east.
Few women OF S. it may safely be
asserted. celebrated New Years day. as
did Mrs. John Higgins of Great Bar
rinetOn. Mass. by siding down NIL on
a sled along with her son and grand
son. With another grandson she last
summer took her first automobile ride,
and. far from being frightened, enjoy
ed 1t immensely.
Only three sisters remained at the
breaking up Of the Shaker village in
Shirley. last week that was founded in
1913. 1t VIII be remembered that the
state has bought the property. and the
three who were left. Josephine Jilson,
Laura Beal and Annie Belle futile,
have become member-of the settle
ment of Shakers in Harvard.
Recently enrolled among the fresh
men ct the University of PennsvIvania
is a Spanish n0heman the MARQUIS
Carlos de POtestad a youth Of Is. who
speaks ENGLISH like q native of Eng
land. having attended school in that
country for several years, and has al
ready received his A. 3. degree there.
His family is one Of the noblest Of
Spain and his father occupies a high
government position.