The National tribune., 1910-03-10

. Cl3Ily so since tnp mlIGeI pl itS jdS'
King and Queen. Whether the present
ruler King Peter, had hand In this
double crime or not, he has always been
suspected of it. and has certainly had
: his trials since ascending the throne.
His two sons, the CroYn Prince AleSan-
der and George. have given him no emo
of trouble at times, plotting agalnst
their father for the throne, and, again,
against each other. They have been
persona non grata with all the royal
girls of Europe, the reigning families
long ago having refused to contract a
marriage alliance with them. Now It is
said these Princes are coming over 10
America to find a rich wife for Prince
Alexander, who. altho the younger OF
the two, is the heir to the throne. lie
Is said to be a very good-looking young
fellow, and is quite popular with the
people of his country. Indeed. MS
brother George, who was Grown Prince,
was obliged to renounce the succession
in favor of his brother on account OF his
decided unpopularity. To occupy a
throne, even one with so evil a repute
as Servia's, would have powerful at
traction for many of our girls, 1t Is
feared but we should certainly hate to
see one of them ally herself with a
member of that royal family.
If all be true, we have veritable
Monte carlo III our IilluSl. ScNCI s1i MN
who were sent by the Governor of IN
diana to Tom Taggart's hotel at French
Lick to see just what did go on there
reported that in the Casino connected
with the hotel they saw large numbers
of women as well as men at the gam
bling tables. The women were very eN-
pensively gowned and bejeweled, ana
played for large stakes, losing and gam
ing with an Indifference which proved
them to be old stagers.
Alderman Bauler, of Chicago, objects
to the long hatpins which the women
use at present, declaring that they are
absolutely dangerous, and he is going
10 have their length reduced or find out
why he was made an Alderman. Some
woman protests against this, saying tnat
as women are not allowed to carry
pistol (nost of them would be afraid to
If so permitted), her sole weapon OF
defense is her hatpin. She says that
whenever she is out late at night, just
before leaving a street car, for instance,
she takes one of her longest pins out of
her hat and sallies forth, feeling per-
fectly safe, knowing she can take care
of herself under any ordinary circum-
stances. She says she has been obliged
to make use of that hatpin on more
than one occasion; too.
To prove that the working girl is just
as much of lady as the daughter of
millionaire, and that wealth and false
pride make the only social barrier be-
tween the classes. the wife of rich
Brooklyn man and an ardent suffraget.
recently resorted to novel and foolish
means. She brought to her beautiful
home, filled with everything that great
wealth could supply, two girls from
the East Side, dressed them III her most
costly evening gowns, put rich jewels
on their necks, wrists and fingers, and
introduced them to her guests at one of
her select functions. The girls were
pretty and naturally refined and We're
Intelligent enough to play the part we'll.
In their lovely and becoming clothes
they looked to the manner born, and no
pne for a moment suspected they were
Dther than that they seemed to be. In
deed, the girls made great hit, for
about them was a freshness, an unso-
phisticated charm which delighted sew
eral of the men present, who asked per-
mission to call, one of these being real
Count worth $4,000, 600. The hostess
was go exuitant over the success of her
experiment that she told everybody
about it, TO the great Indignation OF
those present at her party, especially
the men srnitten by the charms of the
girls. 1t would seem to most people
that this woman proved nothing which
was not known before. Everyone agrees
that refinement and good manners are
not confined TO any class. The poor
working girl may be 10 times as much
of true lady as she whom she serves.
American women are known the world
over for their adaptability. Place
naturally refined girl, no matter how
poor she has been, in position of So
cial power and prominence, and she
will fill it with wonderful grace and
ability, perhaps not at once, but 4 VIII
not take her long to do SO. Wealth
gives great advantages in the way of
polishing and refining, but wealth cam
not make refinement if the nature is
naturally coarse. The result of the eX-
pertinent tried by the Brooklyn woman
Is not surprising to any of us, but the
wisdom of il is seriously questioned.
Did those East Side girls put off their
beautiful evening dresses and jewels,
don their own simple clothes and return
home as well satisfied with the cOndi-
tions of their life as they were before
Were they helped any by the expert
ment, or was any useful thing accom-
plished?
And now we are to have the Rookie
feller Foundation. Just how many mil
lions the Oil King Is to set aside for his
new philanthropic enterprise is not
known at present, but it is supposed
great many. The Foundation is built
on very broad liues. 1t is not TO De con-
fined TO any particular, specified Goject;
IL is not sectarian. Its object is - ad-
vance civilization and bring better con-
ditions all over The world by the acqui-
sltion and spread Of knowledge, the re-
lief of suffering AMI in every o"fer way
possible. Wherever il sees a chance to
help and desires 10 do so, it will be free
TO use its funds for this purpose. IT
can enter into any philanthropical field
anywhere, IN this country or abroad
and in this respect it is unique. Mr.
Pockcfeller's son John is to be at the
head Of the Foundation, and has retired
from the Standard Oil business in order
to take charge Of this and his fathers
other large charities. John, Jr., now SO
years old, who, when he graduated from
college, started out in life as the richest
young man in the world, will from this
time forth devote himself TO the REIN
Testing and distributing of the Rookie
feller millions. 1t is said that these
will no longer be a market factor, but
that gradually the whole mass .u-in pass
into conservative securities. The Found
alton Will be carried on in the same sys-
tematic, thoroly business manner which
distinguishes the management of his
educational fund, the $53, ,000. 900 which
Mr.. Rockefeller has donated for he en-
dowing of old colleges, principally those
of the South, the founding of new ones
and the promoting of education gener-
ally wherever most needed 1t has heen
estimated that Mr.. Rockefeller has all
ready given away some $3.50, 600, 900 for
the good of mankind. But why not d?
What else can he do with it?