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another festival, they brought in live
lamb and danced round 1t, the custom
having evidently a religious and sacri-
Hcial origin.
OF the thirty Morris dances rescued
from oblivion, the most energetic and
complicated Is known as with Jockey
to the Fair" 1t was in this Item that
old Hawtin did solo jig, wearing a silk
hat, with colored sashes across his body
and bells jlngling round his calves
Another great favorlIe is Maid O. the
Mill reminiscent of the days when
farmer and his wife used to ride tie
that is TO say. both on the same horse.
Bacca pipes" is u Jig danced TO the
old tune OF fGreensleeves," in which the
performer steps between two long crossed
churGhwarden pipes after the manner of
the Scottish sword dance. Bean set
ting is q relic OF an old ceremonial meas
ure performed by the priest at the spring
festival. 's
or all these quaint games and dances
tnat are SO racy, of the soil, perhaps none
Is more charming than "Old Rogers
Dead. children's game founded on the
idea that the soul OF person al his
death passes into his possessions Old
Rogers soul passes into one OF his own
apple trees. and when an ancient dame
tries to steal an apple, the departed Roger
vents his anger on the aged offender
Besides appearing at the Brussels OK
hloitlon. some of the experts in tbesa rn
viNed dances have performed at the
Shakespeare festival celebrations at STRAIT
ford on Avon this summer and AT Other
festivals, proving that the whole country
Is seeing beauty In the old steps.
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Catherine Van Rensselaer,, wife OF
General Philip Schuyler, and the
tSweet Kittie v. r." Of his boysood
Hays, was one of the patriotic women
of Revolutionary times who were cast
in heroic mold. Of high rank socially,
educated, accomplished, brave, kindly,
and charitable, she has been set down
as the "rost noted Dutch woman of
her day
Her father was Colonel John Van
Rensselaer, of Claverack. grandson of
old Killian Van Rensselaer,, first patron
of the manor of Van Rensselacrwyck,
and the largest land owner of the Dutch
colony Of New York, and her mother
one of the proud and beautiful Liv:
ingston women. She was born and
Greenbush. where John Van Rensselaer,
was famed for his hospitality as well as
for his kindliness and patriotism. Once
n year, for few months, the girl was
taken to New York where she acquired
the polish of fashionable society while
visiting relatives and appearing ct the
little court which moved about the royal
governor Thus she CAME TO speak per
feet English, and, from the Huguenot
families then living in New York
learned French, dancing and deport-
ment.
Was Handsome Woman
Losing, the historian, said OF her:
ffShe was delicate, but perfect in form
and feature, of medium height and eX
tremely graceful Another chronicler
has said that she was ''of great beauty
and shape and gentilitv," But the ac-
comphshments and social gTaces she ac-
quired from tutors and the brief glances
she had Of the fashionable life of the
dny were but n small part of the educa-
tion she received. Like all the Van
Rensselaer, women. she was notable
housekeeper. Her descendants have told
of seeing her cut out and shape clothing
for the slaves, overseeing the dairy, pre-
serving fruits, weaving, knitting and
many other homely accomplishments. 1t
was John Van Rensselaer, who during
the Revolutionary war eXacted no rent
from his tenants so at is easy TO see
where the daughter acquired those
tralts of thoughtful kindness and char
itableness that were among her most
noted characteristics in after life.
Catherine Van Rensselaer, was in her
I1st year when she was married to Ma
jor Philip Schuyler, ten days her junior.
IL seems to have been most admirable
mating. Young Schuyler came from
Dne OF the great land owning families,
was highly educated. rich. and talented,
and, notwithstanding his youth, man
of affairs as well as an officer in the
been sweethearts for years. As boy !
he had written to school friend to re-
member him kindly to "Sweet Kittie
V. r. They were married in Septem-
ber, 1865, the second year Of the French
and Indian war, and after a weeks
honeymoon he hurried to Lake George
20 look after the transportation of his |
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tional. Several kindred spirits have res
cucd about thirty of the delightful 1g-
ures and have formed classes in different
parts of England for the instruction Of
girls and boys. The revival has even
secured official recognition. and under
tie auspices OF the Board OF Trade q
party OF dancers have been sent 10 The
Brussels exhibition. there TO be an at
traction in the British section.
Almost as ancient as the dances is an
old time Morris dancer who has been
discovered In one OF the mean Yttle
streets which form the dull and unin-
teresting London suburb OF Dulwch. He
Is John Hawtin. 72 years old. who went
through the steps of n Morris dance on
the day OF the late King Edwards mar
riage. Although MP to the time OF his
recent discovery the veteran dancer had
not stepped a Morris In II years. he can
st;I execute the movements OF many OF
the most famous dances with grace and
precision.
The old man recently performed at tic
Kensington town hall. and displayed
great interest in the enterprise His wife
"a charming old soul with spotless white
hair-prepared her giddy old partners
duck trousers. white rufflcd shirt and col
ored sashes In which he appeared al the
entertainment. In days gone by there
used 10 be keen rivalry among the mems
swecthearts as to who should send forth
her lover most gaily decorated with col
ors. and this old woman innocentIy car
ries on the traditions OF the past.
In bis youth. Hawtin belonged 10 a set
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DOGS IN PITIFUL
CONDITION ON ISLE
Special Cable to The Tribune.

Special Cable to The Tribune
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. t3-yt wiu
be recalled that. owing to the lack OF
space In the special enclosures outside
the walls OF Constantinople. the govern
ment decided that the street dogs OF
Constantinope should be TRANSPORTED to
the barren Island OF OKLA in The sea of
Marmora- Thousands OF dogs have al
ready been landed there. The arrange
mcnts for feeding and watering the poor
exiles. however. are so inadequate that
they may be said to be worse than use
less
Tho fights which take place when
bread IL thrown among them ere said TO
be terrible while the weaker animals
prey on the dead bodies of the dogs that
have already Derlshed. The men con-
veylng bread and water TO the island
soon found that II was an unplea SAINT ard
even risky thing 10 go ashore, and have
latterly thrown the bags containing food
on the island from their boats
Apparently they have also given UP
landing water The sight OF all these
animals and their pitifuI condition is
most heartrending, The stencil is fear
full. and infects the atmosphere for miles
around. The dccayinG carcacSes have
attracted and fred nyraos ~ flies
which hover about tlse island I'm clouds
and threaten 10 carry contagion 10 the
neighborinG Islands.
The local papers have called the at
teption OF the government to the danger
OF establishing pest!iential breeding
ground In such comparatively close
proximity 10 the town, but all 10 no pur-
pose.
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After 1775 events crowded fast in
the life of the family. Aa head of the
northern army of New York, General
Schuyler was compelled to be away
from home much of tho time, and hers
was q life of constant ministry, espe-
cially among tho families of tho sol
diers who were away fighting with her
husband. She was fearless of danger,
resolute and resourceful, as was proven
when Immediately after tho murder of
Jane McCTea by the Indians. she start
ed from Albany with her carriage and
four horses for some articles Of value
left at their farm at Saratoga, She
was demonstrated with about the dan
ger. but only laughed and said ga
generals wife and afraid; ridiculous. -
When she arrived there attended only
by a negro boy, she was warned by a
messenger that Burgoyne IS army was
near at hand. The general had told her
to leave nothing of value for the en-
cmy. She saw that the great field Of
wheat was ripe and ready for the reap
ing. IF LEFT standing the grain would
be rich find for the hungry British
horde. Preparing torches, che sought
the wheat field A messenger came to
warn her Of the rumored approach of
the enemy. The negro boy was too
frightened to carry out her orders. and
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she, with her own hands, lighted tho
wisps Of fax and threw them into the
grain. and in less than an hour nothing
remained of the wheat field but the
blackened stubble. Then sending her
horses on by messenger for use in the
army, she loaded her property on an
OK sled, and, yoking a pair of steers TO
the sled, she returned to Albany.
Mrs. Schuyler was the mother Of IA
Children, the youngest Of which was
her daughter, Catherine, to whom
Washington stood godfather. The cid
est daughter, Angelica, eloped with n
young Englishman named Carter. TO the
great disappointment Of her parents,
but as the marriage proved m unhannH
one the sorrow was not lasting, The
second daughter, Elizabeth, was mar
ried to Alexander Hamilton, and the
third, Margaret, became the vito Of
Stephen Van Rensselaer,, tho patron,
and cousin Margaret Schuyler was
herself the heroine of an incident that
probably saved the life of baby sister
Catharine, if not that Of her father
and mother, The family was at their
Whitehall farm and General Schuyler
had received warning that q band Of
Indians and Tories had gathered in the
neighborhood for the purpose of cap
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By Mary w. and Harry G. Green
COPYRIGHT, 1910.

turing him. He had stationed guards
about the place, but while the. guards
were asleep the enemy had gained ac-
cess to the premises. Taken by sur
prise. the general had hurried his fam
iIy upstairs, where he began firing his
pistol out of q window to. alarm the
garrison. about half mile distant
Suddenly it was discovered that the
baby which had been sleeping in ITS
cradle downstairs, had been left be-
hind Mrs Schuyler started after The
babe, but the general caught a2d held
her. Margaret, slipping through under
his arm and, darting down the steps,
seized the child and was mounting tho
stairs again when the Indians discov-
cred her. One of them threw. loma,,
hawk that barely missed her head and
buried itself in the oaken plank OF the'
stairway. By this time the lusty voice
of the general calling from the window
and the answering shouts Of the guards
alarmed the Indians and they fled. The
scar in the stairway may still be seen.
The death of Mrs. Schuyler by ap'
oplexy IN 1903 saved her two great af;
fictions-thc death of her husband and
that of Hamilton in his duel with Aaron
Burr. both occurring the ensuing year
She lies in the cemetery at Albany by
the side Of her husband. r
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POLISH IVOB[EMA|V
BECOMES BURGLAR
Closes His Career by Staying
His Mistress and Then
Himself.
Special Cable to The Tribune.

Special Cable to The Tribune.
BERLIN, Aug 13-Tiring OF the dull
Sespectability" OF 'the daily round, the
common task" Polish noble. Won
Olcgynski. entered the more exciting
paths of crime and has closed an adj
Tenturous career by shooting himself In
the Berlin Tiergarten. after numbering
his mistress. demi-mondaine named
Nielsen His love for this woman was
the cause OF his suicide, for, though he
thought himself superior TO the ordinary
weakness OF humanity. he could not re-
sisr her charms, and fell desperately In
love with her. He offered her a large
encome-the proceeds OF his burgla ries.
which he told her came in steadily
"a state penSion-If she would be true TO
him and remain his alone. She proved
false and he ended both their lives.
Connected with some OF the great
west Prussia families. he had a brilliant
career at Leipzig university. but i'm
media tely after taking his degree he de-
IiberateIy chose a life of crlms lie was
lfirst arrested charge Of poisoning
"a Leipzig doctor. and when this charge
fell through he made for Berlin and
perpetrated uhsuspectcd. a series of
most impudcnt burglarlcs. He made no
lattempt to carry out his burglarieS Sc
cretly, but deliberately awakened the
families whom he victimized. and then
locked them UP In rooms under threat
sof shooting. Among his last victims was
1.-THE millionaire Count Koenigsma rex
lwhoee Berlin house he riflcd OF all it's
Valuable contents in half an hour.
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this abssnce that her fourth> daughter,
Cornelia, was born.
From the close Of "King Georges
war; until the Revolution was a busy,
Schuylers. His many business interests
prospered, and they entertained in
prlncely manner. But always Mrs.
Schuyler was the frugal, thrifty house
wife as well as the hospitable hostess,
rarely delegating TO another any duty
that was hers to fill. Always charitable,
one of her frequent acts was the send.
Ing OF milch cow to a family
of straihtened circumstances, a charity
as practical as it was peculiar.
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young wife. She was frugal, thrifty,
and far seeing and developed business
capabilities that made her name noted
far and wide.
About two weeks after the birth of
her second child, Elizabeth, afterward
the wife of Alexander Hamilton, came
the massacre of German Flats in the
Mohawk valley, by the Indian allies Of
Montcalm. Putting aside her own
vivors She it was who had made
bold but unsuccessful resistance on be-
half of herself and n@ghbors when
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lily as nurses, Colonel Lee was one of
the wounded and Mrs. Schuyler was his
nurse,
Built Beautiful Home.
In 1859 Colonel Schuyler was sent to
England as an envoy and was absent a
year and a half. 1t was during this
period that Mrs. Schuyler built the
great house in Albany, at the head Of
Schuyler street. which is still standing,
and is now used as {; convent The
house had been planned by Colonel
Schuyler and the materials secured and
stored to await his convenience in
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ticular as to the correctness OF the steps.
They were introduced by a couple styled
'thc lord and lady" the latter character
being taken by working girl who en-
tered the houses OF the adjacent farmers.
and was supposed 10 make herself gem
orally agreeable. At the Lamb Ale -
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Colonel Charles Lee commandeered
their horses and wagons. Colonel Lee
was upon that occasion unduly curt in
his language breach of courtesy for
which he was to apologize, for after the
battle of Ticonderoga, when the great
Schuyler barn was turned into a hos
pitnl, with Mrs. Schuyler and her fam
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home, which was the ancestral home of
the Schuylers in Albany, The war last
ed until 1853, during which time they
were separated for more days than they
were together. and Major Schuyler
many interests came to be left more and
more to the care and direction Of his
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Our Pioneer Mothers

building Mrs. Schuyler, it is said, was
led to erect the building at this time by
reason Of finding that there was scar
city of work in the town. However
that may have been, the Schuyler man
sion, as it was known for many years,
was built and the family installed when
her husband came home It was during
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FOLK DANCES OF LONG AGO
REVIVED IN MERRIE ENGLAND

or rather side OF Morris dancers In
the village of Curdington. Oxfordshire,
where a performance was given every
Whitsuntide, after three weeks hard
practicing for the dancers were most par
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Special Cable to The Tribune.

SPecIaI NaDIe 10 IHe 1TIUuIIo
LONDON, Aug. 13.-Morris dances,
which once formed so picturesque fea-
ture Of peasant life in England, are hav-
Ing revival which bids fair to be ma
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DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERsH1p

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
The partnership heretofore existing be-
tween y. +. Tomlnson and Herbert IL
Slater Is This day dissolved by mutual
consent any outstanding Indebtedness
will be assumed and collections made uy
n. F. Tonlinson. Address all communi
cations TO n. F. Tomlnson, No. 12l 3
ST., Salt Lake City. Utah.
n. +. TOMLINSON.
HERBERT II. SLATER.
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PATRIOTIC GENERAL SCHUYLER FEARING THAT
FER UNRIPED
ENEMY TO 1T WITH HER OWN HANDS
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-18
Inventory Bill is Passed.

The Brenner state inventory bill,
passed after a fight last year only to
die in the senate, passed the house
easily a few days ago. Under it the
first inventory is to be made in June
by heads of state departments and
boards of state institutions and in
ventories made at the end Of each fis'
cal year A retiring state officer also
is to furnish an inventory of personal
property to his successor. The gov
ernor is to name three appraisers to
appraise all institutional property, An
amendment by Representative Ertley
OF Franklin cut the pay of the ap'
praisers from $40 day to $5.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-18
AIsdorf Bill to be Amended.

Members of the senate taxation
committee have voted to amend the
Alsdorf state taxation commission bill
by inserting provision that mayors
shall appoint city boards of review.
AS drawn. the Alsdorf measure abol-
ished the state boards of appraisers
and assessors. which now appoints
the city boards and substituted no
new appointing power. 1t was SEN
ator Alsdorf's idea to provide for
these appointments in a separate bill.
A section requiring individuals to re-
port to the state tax commission
statements of their capital. earning
power and maintenance expenses was
stricken out.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-18
Slater May Go Free.

Mark Slater may escape the peni-
tentiary on technicality. If his at
torney wins the point for the former
state supervisor of printing, the
states case against D. w. Dins-
more former Chicago travelling man.
and Charles Whealen, Dayton capital
list, also will fall. The question of
whether Slater and those from whom
he purchased goods procured thou
sands of dollars for which the state
received no value whatever, will not
be considered 1t is felt by both sides
that the crisis of the criminal case
against Slater will be reached, when
Attorney c.. j. Mattern of Dayton
raises the point that Slater approved
illegal bills. That this will be done
was clearly indicated by Mattern's
cross-examination of states witnesses
in the Slater trial. After adjournment
Mattern practically admitted the aim
of the defense.
Back of the technicality on which
Slater and the other printing depart
ment graft defendants are banking
for freedom is an ignoring of law.
which developed into a custom of
years. Section 314, revised statutes,
directs that all state bindery pur-
chases shall be made on order of the
printing commission. The supervisor
of printing must make out and sign
voucher for all purchases. which
must be approved by members of the
commission. A copy of the bill must
be attached to the voucher and a
duplicate filed in the Office of the sec
retary of state, with the records of
the commission. This was not done.
Whether anybody can be called to
account, beyond the auditors civil re-
sponsibility, is doubted by attorneys
who examined the case.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-18

tion of employers liability and report
luton be referred to himself as Sc
lcct committee of one to report when
he saw At. Evans of Cleveland and
Ratliff of Cincinnati led in a vigorous
fight to have the resolution sent to
the committee on labor.
Letters were read asking for sup
port of the Brenner resolution as a
means of killing the Norris bill.
Ratliff called upon the house to re-
buke such tactics and Evans pleaded
for a reference to the resolution to
a committee where both laboring men
and employers would be given a
chance to be heard. The house re-
fused to send the resolution to the
committee, by vote of 40 to &c, and
second later handed it to the keep
ing of Brenner by a vote of AZ to 26.
The resolution will be put out for a
vote, it is understood, in advance of
any possible action on the Norris
bill
Representative Howard of Licking
county was the instrument through
which a big fight over the liquor ques'
tion is made inevitable in the house.
The Dean bill exemptin cities and
villages from the terms of the county
local option law defeated in the sen
ate, was reintroduced in the house by
Howard. 1t provides for the exemp
tion of cities alone. Sponsors of the
bill freely admit they have no hope
of it's passage in the lower branch
They just as frankly state their OBJ
ject is to force every member of the
lower branch to go on record.
The vote of the members, One way
or another, is to be used for cam
paign purposes. The fight will come
when the bill is referred. The liquor
element will try to keep it away from
the temperance committee as was
done in the senate. A roll call is to
be demanded on the committee refer
ence.
There were no fireworks on the
| Black resolution for a constitutional
amendment providing for the initia
tive and referendum. The resolution
was sent TO the committee on codes
upon motion of its author without
discussion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-18
A Strange Resemblance.

At a gathering In Philadelphia
banking house during lull in bust.
ness, when the ticker was running
slow, when the investors were not pill.
ing up dollars fast enough, the trend
of conversation turned toward logic.
Il can prove logically that a bee
hive is the same as a rotten potato"
confidently said one of the brokers in
the party.
1T is impossible" said the rest.
mo; / can do it," insisted he who
had begun the argument.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-18

Paris Pattern No. 1927, All Seams
Allowed.-The double-plait Gibson"
shirt waist is one of the favorite mod
els of this spring. When it closes at
the back, as does the one here shown,
1t offers fine possibilities for decoration
with braiding or hand embroidery.
This particular design supplies two
styles of sleeves, bishop ones of me-
dium fullness completed with gauntlet
cuffs, and close-fitting ones; both be-
ing in wrist length. Only single plaits
appear at the back. Linen. duck.
madras. crash. lawn, cotton. poplin,
nuns yelling or summer silk may also
be used. The pattern is in five sizes,
"a to AZ inches bust measure. For
SO bust the shirt waist requires 2aS
yards of material SO inches wide.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper.
Write name and address plainly. and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-18
Mayors Powers Reduced.

Columbus, o. = Under a ruling
by Solicitor e. l.. Weinland the
civil service commission becomes a
court of inquiry at the expense of the
mayor The Columbus solicitor has
held that the new code gives a mayor
no authority to discharge or suspend
any employe except heads of depart
ments. All the mayor can do is to di-
rect the head of department to sus.
pend a subordinate. The case then
goes direct to the civil service com
mission, which makes the investiga-
tion and issues the order.