The National tribune., 1910-03-24

pleased to know that one of our coun
trymen, Josephine Preston Peabody, ha:
been awarded the prize of ST., 500 of
fered last July by one of the Governor:
of the Shakspere Memorial Theater
Stratford-on-Avon, for play to be pro-
duced there this year. All the world
was given the opportunity to compete
for this prize, and over 315 manuscripts
were submitted to the judges, among
whom was the Duke of Argyll, who
after narrowing thems down to two
finally decided in favor of Miss Pea
body, or Mrs. Lionel Marks, as this lady
IS known in private life. Mrs. Marks
we'll known in literary circles for hel
dramatic poems, which have beer
classed with those of Edmond Rostand
and Stephen Phillips, chose for the sub
ject of her play the old story OF the
Pied Piper of Hamelin," immortaliZed
by Robert Browning's poem. We have
not been told how she has treated this
whether she has made the ending of heI
play the disappearance of that crowd OF
little rOsy-cheeked, flaXen-haired boys
and girls, tripping merrily after the
wonderful piper into the great cavern
which opened suddenly from the noun
tain side, but we will know in good sea-
son no doubt. Mrs. Marks was instruc-
tor in English at Wellesley College for
awhile, and now resides in Cambridge,
Mass. Her play will be presented at the
Shakspere festival at Stratford.
Altho Countess, then a Princess and
now a Duchess and entitled to be adj
dressed Your Highness," the Princess
de Sagan, formerly Miss Anna Gould,
continues to have her trials. She has
recently been sued by her former faith
er-in-law, the Marquis de Castellane,
for a certain amount which she prom
ised to pay him yearly soon after she
id 4
which she has neglected to hand over
for a year or two. The French courts
have just decided that she must pay
this money, which now amounts to the
sum of S13, 200. and which is in the ma
ture of a. life pension. Several years
ago this would have seemed like the
merest pittance to the wealthy Ameri-
can, but her married life has made ter
rible drains on her fortune, and her
brothers are determined she shall hold
on to what remains of it. Evidently she
is not permitted to use ii as freely as
she would like, for her wish 10 free the
German estates of her present husband,
Prince Helle de Sagap. from their in
debtedness was promptly sat on by
her American lawyers, who refused fiat
footed to allow her this pleasure.
1t seems as If there never were so
many vitality interesting questions be-
fore the world as there are at present.
In our own country the Philadelphia
strike, the decision of the Supreme
Court with regard to the Standard Oil
matter, the Rockefeller Foundation, the
fight in the House of Representatives,
the Rallinger-Pinchot matter, etc, in
France, the Duez scandal among other
matters, and in England, also, among
many other questions of great interest,
the struggle between the House of Com
nd ar1C A Df III, 7 4
Rosebery in a speech made before the
upper chamber the other day urged the
Lords to surrender those of their pow-
ers which were rapidly becoming obso-
lete before it was too late, reminding
them that had the French aristocracy
made their concessions 100 years earlier
than they did the French revolution
and all its horrors would never have
occurred, and in all probability the
monarchy never destroyed
1t must have given Andrew Carnegie
a rather queer feeling when he called
recently to pay his respects upon Mrs
Russell Sage, now visiting Pasadena, to
be treated like book agent or charity
beggar by the colored footman and have
the door shut in his face. However,
the situation was saved by Mr.. Walter
Raymond, who happened to be with Mr..
Carnegie, and who called out to the
1OOliIldH lHTu Iile wall lfldt 1ne VISITOR
was no other than the philanthropist
and steel king. 1t is needless to say
that the door was opened at once, and
Mrs. Sage Joined in the laugh which
followed. The poor footman was over
come with embarrassment and profuse
in his apologies. but said it was impos-
sible not to make a mistake sometimes
in trying to preserve Mrs. Sage from
being annoyed So far there seems to
be no way of distinguishing your great
man and philanthropist.
Our friend. DIR. Mary Walker, whose
dapper little figure in it's complete mas
culine attire, even to slender cane, was
for many years a familiar spectacle on
the streets of the National Capital, has
lately appeared before a committee of
the New York Legislature. protesting
against the Hills-Toombs constitutional
amendment to give women the right to
vote AS DIR. Sfary is one of the first
women in the country to ally herself
with the cause of woman suffrage, this
seems rather strange. But it appears
that the Doctor does not approve of the
particular suffragists interested in this
amendment. She says they are in it for
what they can get out Of Mrs. Belmont
Mrs. Mackay and the other rich New
York women now interested in the
cause. DR.. Mary protests that they are
grafters pure and simple. and insists
that IL they were not letting off steam
I'm this way and in furtherdnce of their
own selfish ends they would be in some
other
While the Rockefeller Foundation is
still under consideration Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter goes gaily on in the giving away of
his millions. He has just bestowed the
sum of $50, 900 on the Georgia School
of Technology, TO be spent as they see
fit, but preferably in Y. NJ c. A build
ing. Mr.. Rockefeller has been passing
most of the Winter at Atlanta. Ga.
where the school is located. and has
become greatly Interested in it Stimu-
lated by the Oil Kings act, some Atlanta
man of wealth mas added S25, 900 TO the
$4,000. Apropos Of Mr.. Rockefeller. il
is said that the WOrkmen on his beauti-
ful estate at POntico Hills have been
terrorized by a band of Black Handlers
recently, who kidnapped the little four
year-old boy Of one of the worl<men.
The child was recovered. and New York
detectives are now trying 10 run down
the criminals.
decision was made by Pennsylva-
mia Alderman the other day which
seems too absurd to be true. and yet II
has appeared as a fact in several of the
papers. A man with 2 wooden leg was
arrested for drunkenness and brought
before the Alderman, who. on account
of the wooden leg, decided that only
two-thirds of the man could be drunk.
and consequently imposed upon him
two-thirds of the regular fine of 81.
or 67 cents. If this be true, there are
compensations after all, il seems. for
the loss of limbs Should a man ba