The National tribune., 1909-12-16

conspicuous hy ita absence, The pfess
have pronounced the piaN aa delightful
in every way, breathing a sweet, pure
air. anmiNed by probiema and not hafs
rowed by too violent emotions, az good
and wholesome thrnout" II la more
than that. for tt is touched hy that
exquisite refinement and true love OF
beauty which So charactcsisea Mrs.
Riggs's work. whether that beauty is
seen in the heart of Il poor, neglected
child, or in the glory of the dying day.
The authoress was present on the night
of its first performance in Portland,
Me-, and in answer to repeated calls
for a speech said that as 1t was
State of Maine play. she hoped she had
put into it "whiff of her pines, her
daisies and her red and gold Autumn
days" She also wittily remarked that
while she might possibly support the
indifference of Paris, London or Vi
emma as to her play, the disapproba-
ton of the Maine people would have
sent her post haste into the nearest
asylum for aged authors or unsuccess-
full playwrightS. 1t is just such plays
as this that We need today, just such
plays to take the taste left by the great
majority of the plays which hold the
stage at present out of ones mouth.
and no one should fail to. see Re
becca of Sunnybrook Farm if the oc-
casion presents itself.
Collector Loeb is accomplishing a
whole lot, but the fair sex get ahead of
him occasionally. The very charming
Mrs. George Law, who spends most Of
her time in Paris and London, but who
| is an American. recently came over
here for a visit. Mr.. Loeb thought
he had secured a big prize for the Gov
| l,a,~ latt t,nc
and Jewels, but Mrs. Law turned the
tables on him completely by refusing
to take her trunks away from the
custom house. Just how she expected
to get along without her things dur
ing her stay is not stated; perhaps her
friends generously offered to supply her
from their own well-filled wardrobes,
or may be she calculated to buy what
was necessary to make her presentable
during her sojourn in the Metropolis;
at all events, she thought it very un-
| fair that she should be made to pay
duty on her trunks when she had
house in Paris and considered herself
a resident of that city, and she didn't.
She left them at the custom house,
therefore, intending to pick them up
again when she should return to
France. The pearl necklace of Mrs.
Chesborough has also given Mr.. Loeb
considerable trouble. The custom house
people have been on the lookout for
this valuable piece of jewelry for some
time. A bill of sale for the pearls
was found in the false bottom of one
of Mrs Chesborough's trunks some-
time ago, but the necklace itself could
net be found. Later the husband of
the lady said the necklace was in
Canada, and Mr.. Loeb, insisting on its
possession, an imitation of the origi-
nal was sent. him. Pressing the Gov
ernment's claim he finally received the
necklace, which he held while the
Chesborougfs were trying to prove that
they had never brought the necklace
into the country. This they have failed
to do, and Mr.. Loeb has now seized
the pearls preliminary to bringing ac-
ton against Mrs. Chesborough. The
duty on the necklace has been put at
$4,000 by the Collector, and 1t is no
wonder the Chesboroughs want to get
out of paying 1t II they can. Mr..
Chesborough is a millionaire lumber
man and steamship proprietor. Mr.
Loeb's energy in the discharge of his
duties has led to an increase of 125
per cent in collections for November,
altho there were 5000 passengers less
t.. enter the port of New YORK curing
the month than there Were during
November year ago.
The crusade of the women who want
to vote goes merrily on in this country
as well as England and elsewhere. Mrs.
Belmont is no weak sister in the cause.
She keeps right at it, and is seen at
all the different meetings whether Or
ganized by herself or others. AT the
mammoth Ladies' Shirt Waist Makers
Union held at the Hippodrome the other
evening, $500 people were present, and
| from box Mrs. Belmont looked down
upon this great crowd which she nad
called together with great satisfaction.
Mrs. Belmont warns the men that un-
less they give the suffrage TO women
bitter antagonism will spring up pc
tween the sexes, and she throws out
| the unpleasant insinuation that IL the
Lords of Creation hold out in their
refusal must longer that National
Memorial Day to decorate the graves
| of the women who have given up their
| lives for the cause may have to be
added to the list of present holidays.
Which seems quite as extreme as any
thing the English suffragets have SAID
and makes Mrs. Belmont appear
nearly as militant as her sisters across
the water. The Pennsylvania women
have lately organized against the
woman's suffrage movement, claiming
that the great majority OF our women
do not want to vote or to assume the
duties OF men, and the object OF the
organization seems to be to prove TINS.
1t NAV be that the suffragists Will be
Obliged to fight their own sex rather
than men before the curtain is rung
down on this long and fierce struggle.
The man who shaved John D. Rocke-
feller for 10 years says that the Oil
King was one of the best customers
he ever had. Mr.. Rockefeller had a
headrest put on swivel chair in the
library of his home in Cleveland, and
every day the barber would go there
to shave him, sometimes cutting his
hair, or cutting around the place
where the hair ought to grow" and
keeping his mustache neatly trimmed.
Mr.. Rockefeller wasn't bit fussy, but
he had a few notions and one was that
he liked to have the barber go over
! his face once with the grain, not against
1t, and on no account would he have
any witch hazel or toilet water used
after the shave. He read the morn
| ing paper while the barber was at
work, except on Sunday mornings, and
he seldom talked much during the op-
Grafton. Mr.. Rockefeller kept track of
the visits of the barber and at the end of
the season he squared up with him, al
ways giving him a $25 tip. The bar
ber got TO know Mr.. Rockefeller very
well during this period of time, and
says he is a man of true Christian char
acter, generous, kind, and fOrgiving,
with a sunny temperament which radi-
ates happiness. He was a quick shave,
as his hair grew smoothly, without the
tendency to swirl.
Charles W. Morse, the convicted New
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