The National tribune., 1910-11-10

tie bifIets doux. Men seem to under
stand that there is one thing they do at
their peril, and that is to write an ar
dent love letter to any woman except
the one they honestly expect to smarry
or to whom they are already married.
To pour out their infiammable hearts
upon possible passing fancy is ex-
ceedingly dangerous and much more
than likely to get them into serious
trouble' When DR.. Butler landed in
New York the other day the first per-
son who greeted him was process
server employed by Prof. Peck. who, as
has been remarked, has brought $780,
900 suit against his former President
for alleged slander.
ETHE American dentist who calls him.
self DR.. crippen, and who mur-
= dered and mutiIated his American
actress wife with a brutality horrible
enough to make the Dark Ages blush,
has been pI o1ounced guilty by an Eng
lish court, and sentenced to be hung
Nov. 8. There was no nonsense what
ever about the trial. which lasted only
five days, the jury evidently having
made up their minds before they left
the court room. They were only in
aeliberation % minutes. The young
who accompanied the doctor in
his fight to America. and who was sup
posed to be AM Accessory to the crime.
was acquitted. While this young wo-
man undoubtedly knew about the crime
almost as soon sas 1t was committed, it
could nat be proved that she was di-
rectIy accessory In anyway to 1t. She
slept IN. the Grtppen home the night
after the murder. iand displayed on sew
eral subsequent occasions the greatest
mental Distress THAT she was in love
with the dapper little doctor seems un-
The daughter of a railway
agent, Miss Leneve's life up to the time
she mot Dr., GripDen- is said to have
been entirely. CORRECT and commonplace.
At the extremely susceptible age OF -16
she became his stenographer, and tho
nearly TTice al old as she, he appears
to hayA acquitted n powerful. almost
hypnotic influence over her. Miss Le-
neve is now only 81 years of age, and
is remarkably pretty. She has a trim
air of dafnttness about her, is of me-
dunn build, with light brown hair, gray
eyes and exceedingly pretty teeth. Her
appearance in court was that of a mod
est. terribly frightened woman. The
whole thing is inexpressibly shocking
That she was quite old enough to know
she was doing wrong must be admitted;
that she did not at once separate her
self from DIR. Crippen when she learned
Of his awful crime shows either the
power of his Influence over her or an
unusual moral insensibility, an atrOphy
Of the moral sense to be found only in
the most hardened offender against law
and society. Just what should be done
with. n girl like Ethel Eeneve is. difficult
to say, but il seems as II she should
hardly be permitted to lead her own
free, independent life at once, anyway.
All this shocking notoriety will only
increase her attractiveness in the eyes
Of some Indeed, she IS said to have
Is offers of-marriage since her
lcquittal. The counsel of DR.. Crippen
have decided to appeal his case.
TNHE poor King of Italy is certainly
i kept busy visiting his afflicted SUBJ
jects. No sooner is one terrible
over than another swoops
down upon the unfortunate Italians. 1t
would seem as if the Messina affair was
quite sufficient trouble for lifetime
but hardly have these people been free
from some more or less serious vista
ton since. Now comes this recent cy-
clone, tidal wave and accompanying vol
canic eruptions, creating the gravest
problems. So far 1S9 people are re-
ported dead and thousands are without
homes. The King, as usual, has gone
TO visit the afflicted districts, and is
doing all he can to bring relief. Ger
tain parts of sunny Italy" will certain
ly receive the cold shoulder from tour
lists If they do not turn over a new leaf
and behave.
TIME anti-suffrage women are PROB
ably not displeased at the true suf-
II fraget method employed by Miss
Maud Malone at the Stimson meeting
the other day. Miss Malone broke in
upon Mr.. Stimson's speech with one of
her own, and upon refusing to remain
quiet was assisted from the building by
four policemen. Everywhere all over
the country the workers for the cause
Of woman's rights are busy organizing
their Winter campaign. Mrs. O. H. z.
Belmont, in. appreciation of the stand
the Independence League has taken on
this question. has announced her inten-
ton of, supporting their ticket on the
stump. Mrs. Belmont, tho SO new to
the busipess, Is said to be very good
stump Speaker, indeed. In England
Mrs. SnoWdeh,, now in this country.
tells us THE sutfr3gets are quiet at pres
ent, waiting to see just what Parlia-
ment is 'gbing. TO do with their bill. 1t
is undonBtedly true that larger num-
ber of the best class of our women are
taking 10 interest in this question than
were even year ago. One finds the
the youi1g married women reading the
uplift articles IN the magazines and the
political drticlss in the papers as never
before and discussing them intelligently
and with real Interest One young mar
ried woman, q perfect wife and moth
er. WHOM the writer of this heard criti-
cising the Ballinger case, or the Judge
matter, or something of the
kind with much good sense and COM
prehension, complimented her, and
asked how she ever found time to keep
herself SO well informed with all her
domestic duties, etc. Why" she re-
piled, Il certainly expect to vote before
very long, and l must fit myself for that
duty by informing myself on all these
matters and discussing them with intel
ligent persons. Instead of reading the
novels / used to read the papers and
certain articles in the magazines" II
one moves about a little they Will find
this sort of. thing going on everywhere,
while 1t Is true the majority of refined.
women seem still to be op-
posed to the movement. Many Of these,
however, are careful to say nothing In
public against it. Kate Douglas Wig
gin, the well-known authoress, is an
but remarked recently:
Il have repeatedly refused to write or