The National tribune., 1909-10-21
PEOPLE.

one of the most famous ana popular
writers of the day. whose gentie, sweet
nature shows in every line or MS many
books, to- be able to pick ana choose
her friends from the choicest ana best
of the land on this account, and to have
Everything, she wanted that money
could buy was not enough evidently Tor
Mrs. Barrie. She allowed her heart to
tstray from her husband, she broke her
solemn marriage VOWS for man whom
they say is several years younger than
she. and who is, up to the present, only
a struggling young writer. lie u.s. IL Is
true, the author of one fairly succeSSfui
novel and of several plays which may
be successful. but has yet to make good,
and may never do so. Just what 1t. was
that made such condition poss. bic be-
tween the, Barries is not known. They
were supposed to be happily and con-
lgenia;ly married, but there must have
been something for which either he or
tshe was responsible which led to the
Istraying of Mrs. Barrie's heart. 1t looks
as if there was no good reason for this.
as If it were merely the unchecked i'm
pulse of an emotional woman; but, of
icourSe, we. cannot say. 1t is reported
that Barrie offered to forgive her If she
would give the man up; but she refused,
tdeclaring he was the only one in the
world for her. oh, the pity of it, the
| pity of it! In the good old days when
1people married they stayed married. In
many cases this was very hard, and
men and women went thru life together
who would have served the world much
better had they separated, but at least
the solemn and sacred view of matri-
mony which was then entertained made
| the. thought of husband or wife allow
| ing themselves to fall in love with any
one else entirely out of the question.
THE best was made of bad matrimo-
1 aaf hNt, l. A.
remained intact. 1t is foolish to say
that Love is wilful. lawiess jade, but
one against whom 1t is useless to strug-
gle OF. rebel Any man or woman worth
Eanything can thrust out an unlawful
love from the; heart if they wish to. 1t
is easy enough to know when there is
mutual attraction, and there are many
| little danger signals which can be heed
] ed before any real danger is reached.
OF course, there seems to be exceptions
| to this. sometimes, but this generally
the case. From a worldly point of view,
to say nothing of the morals of the
case. it looks as if Mrs. Barrie had done
very foolish thing. It is said that the
| situation has brought keen suffer ng to
Mr.. Parties sensitive nature. He has
with delicate chivalry taken himself out
| of the game, so to speak, leaving both
| his town and country house to his form
er wife. Mr.. Barrie is a very rich man,
reputed to be worth over s2.O00,000.
land not to care the least bit in the
world for money, II s tastes are all
extremely, simple. OF course, since Mrs.
Rarrie is herself the offender she is de-
barred frpfpt APPLYING for alimony; but
| it is. said. that Barrie, the soul of gen
erosity and 'thouGhtfufness for others,
has made, such provision for. her future
las viii reiiege her from q al finaneial en-
barrassInent. Think Of a ewbmah mot
I'lotfng man like that. - - .-''-." ~
fL Mfss' Mary Hartmann tine hate, rail-,
road buffers 'eIhest daughter, is spend.
ing 40 pagt of tie, fortune accymulated
by her father in "a very beautiful and
lpraisewoyshS! manner. Thru her-ten-
lder-ifearte teflness and generosity she has
made 1t pssssible, fer the poor little con-
lsunptive rt,h iidFen of Brooklyn, who are
Inct. allowed 10 attend the public schools.
and ,vergopF1perly, to receive instruc-
ton and sJGediqal attention at the same
tin1ec She;chaS turned the ferrYboat
Susqu ehapiaa- into q; school room. which
lis moored at the foot of Columbia street,
Prooklyn, and fitted up with desks.
blackboards and all the paraphernaIia
Of an up-to-date place of this kind. The
school has been put in charge of one
who has suffered from the disease, and
who consequently viii be able to judge
how much work is best to. put, upon the
delicate little shoulders, The, wealthy
brooklyn mothers have shown a very
great, u, interest in this phiIanthropic
scheme of Miss Harrimap,,fs, and haze
Iagraed to provide milk and eggs for the
childTeen during school hours. for. as
before remarked. 1t is o, part of Miss
Harriman's plan to do everything to
restore. her afflicted proteges to a nor-
NAL condition of health as well as to
teach their young ideas how to shoot.
Mrs. Hetty Green says that If she had
let men attend to her bus ness for her
she probably to-day wouldn't have any
business to. be attended to, which is
rather rough on the men. Mrs. Green
has certainly shown that q woman can
take care. of her business, and most sue
cessfully, too, and II is undoubtedly bet
ter for any woman who has much or
little money to be able to give an intel
igent oversight, at least, to her busi-
ness affairs. A number of American
women who have been left with large
fortunes have managed them entirely,
displaying an executive and business
ability that has been surprising. Mrs.
o. Fl. p. Belmont is one of these. and
is distinctly her own manager She
runs four or five homes at the same
time, taking care that the fire in her
marble Newport home is never allowed
to go out, which is necessary in order to
preserve the marble. She & yes personal
supervision to and looks up herself in
vestments for her capital; yet with all
this she has found time to enter vigor-
ously into woman suffrage work. Her
days are so planned that every moment
is occupied. and. indeed, there are few
men in the country as busy as she.
Then, Mrs. Weightman Walker is an
other woman who looked after her own
business affairs She was left large in
terests by her father, which she man
Iaged with the same remarkable ability
which he displayed. Every day saw her
at her office desk. the head of an army
of clerks, where she remained till 1
O'Clock. Mrs. Russell Sage and Miss
Helen Gould are two other American
women who know a good deal more
about business than just how to make
out check. and if they have not the
entire management of their affairs, have
most decidedlyfa hand in it.
Those members 6f, the feminine world
addicted to the, wearing of big hats will
Undoubtedly find Alderman Sherer, OF
Evanston, man after their own heart.
II seems the strees'i in Evanston grow so
close to Tire sidewalk that the girls have
not been liable ito wear their big hats
with nyfcornfort at all. When stroll
ing with sheirnbeauX along these shady
walks tree would knock their flower
garden hats over one ear, and no soon
er would they take out the four or five
hatpins aRds correct this than, bumpi
N...f m tr1A1