The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11
By FRANCES MARSHALL.

The limb, which gave the names
Agnes. Owen and Rachel to the world
is the symbol IN all lands and ages OF
nurity and gentlcness. But from three
famous mon and women the bearers OF
fhean three names have received an
other heritage than that of gentIeness-.
hcritngc of undying COURAGE loyai
sclf.denial and strong devotion
Owen Glendower, last of the Weish
patriots the defeated chief OF dls,
contented people. who stubbornly held
his own in rugged mountain iast-
ness; Rachel, Lady Russell, devoted TO
her husband in days Of happiness, faith
full to him in days OF sorrow, ana Agnes,
princess Salm-Salm, brave wife ont
hravcr widow--thcsc are the three who
have lived lives so inspiring to all other
bearers OF their names.
Owen, lord of GienGower, was born IN
1859, The son oHhn old and honorable
house in Wales For century ana Il
hnlf the Welsh had been holding out for
independence against the English kings,
and Owen championed the cause OF his
unhappy countrymen.
He and his followers entrenched
themselves on the wild hillsides, and
there thew were almost lmprcgnable
In one victorious battle Owen made Sir
Edmund Mortimer. an influential ano
noble Englishman, his prisoner. Henry
". the English king, sent messages
TO Mortimer, accusing him OF treason.
And although Mortimer was An unwIll'
ing prisoner. and had fought valinntly,
against Owen, the kings distrust and
the Welsh chiefs kindness made the
kings charge lust Mortimer became
one of Owen s staunchest supporters
married one of his daughters and be-
came indeed an enemy to the king.
Sometimes with success of this klud
sometimes with disheartening failure,
Owen and his men lived on. But they
were champions Of n lost cause, and
could not gain independence for their
fatherland. Owen is last heard Of IN
1416, when he was still holding out
against fate and the English in the
craggy hills of Wales.
Over two hundred years later, in 1886
Rachel, the daughter or Lord South
ampton. was born in England. When
she was seventeen she married n young
English lord, but although she and her
husband got along very well during the
fourteen wears of their life together
both admitted that their marriage had
been entered into because it was suit
able.
In 1867 the husband died and three
wears later. when she was thirty -four
Rachel married William Russell, who
later became Lord Russell. This union
was completely happy. Lady Russel
entered into her husbands interest
helped him with her sympathy and coun
sci. and WAS, as she said, ''perfectly
contcnted -
Some twelve or fourteen years passeC
by. and in the meantime Lord Russell
had risen to be one Of the prominent
men of the reign Of King Charles II
He was n member OF the house of com
mons and was one Of the leaders Of thu
party which was working against th,
vice. extravaganza and foolishness o.
the king and court,
Then, in few weeks. Lord and Lad,
Russell's earthly happiness was ended
AS the leader of the anti-court party
Lord Russell was arrested. locked VI
in the Tower of London. and sentenced
TO death. Throughout his trial and im
Drisonment Lady Russell stayed by he
husband, now acting as his secretar,
and now going about seeking aid anon.
his friends; but, much to Lord Russell :
happiness, she never urged him to de
scrt his stand in order to save his life
Almost his last words were commen
dation of her bravery and loyalty
Agnes Salm- Salm, the third of th
courageous group, was born at Balti
more, Maryland, IN the first half Of tin
nineteenth century She mhrried th
Prussau prince Felix Salm- Salm. cap
taln under Maximilian, emperor Of Mex
leo, and when that unfortunate Aus
trIan was, with the prince, condemnc,
to die, Agnes Snlm-Salm rode night an
day between their prison and the head
quarters of the Mexican dictator, ,Iua
reZ, to beg on bcndcd knee for her hus
band S and the emperor's life.
She succeeded in gaining pardon 70
her husband, although she could no
save the emperor, But in recognitio
of her efforts Maximiliam bestowed tn
order OF San Carlos upon hcr-the las
hc ever bestowed And later his mother
the ATchduchess Sophie, gave Ague
MaXimiliau's s miniature set in an cmel
aid bracelet, and the Austrian empero
pcnsioucd her.
In 1870, when Salm-Salm was ordere
into action IN the Franco Prusslan wa
Agnes begged and received pcrmissio
TO accompany her husband on the rer
ernl's staff with the Prussian army q
Invasion, Such permission had ncve
before been granted To n woman. Th
princess, happy tn be with Ler husban,
organized hospitals, worked among I'll
Q eick and wounded, and made life 3
bearablc as she could for every on
Again she was decorated. this time wit
the Order of the Iron Cross. an hone
usually reserved for men.
Before rl0ny months had passed tI
priuce was killed in battle. Lett alon
his wife still worked on among the sicl
still bravcly and clieerfuily. until IL
war WAS ended.
Rachel, Jacob IS wife, for whom /
served seven. years, which "scemc
unto him but few DAYS. for the 10,
he had 10 her. was rs loyal and lovir
wife as either Lady Russell or Pri
tess Snlru -Snln.
Not iovul wives, bat noted for the
fidelity, wcrc Blessed Agnes of Bohcm
and several saints. of the name TT
first NJ them lived in the early fourt
century. when Constantine the Gre.
as emperor of Rome. She was q bca
fui Rnurn maiden who aftcr mn r