The National tribune., 1911-02-23


woman present, hardly anyone noticed
| the latest novelty. 1t does not show
off the figure to advantage, it seems.
and women with good figures are not
willing TO hide them.
/ linking Manuel stands we'll in Eng
! r. land. One of the leading London
papers recently came out in an
article in warm praise of and sympathy
with him. He is gifted and much
misunderstood youth, ii claims. who
might have made n good King if he
had had half a show In this article
we are told how hard the boy worked
in order to enter the naval college: how
he. rose early in the morning to pour
over his Plato and Greek philosophy,
deyoting most of the day to study, and
the evenings to music and drawing.
Manuel plays the piano quite remark
ably, and inherits love for sculpture;
in fact, he is unusually gifted in many
ways. Altho of nervous temperament,
he is courageous, possessed of great
presence of mind in emergencies, and
during his short Kingship showed a
seriousness of purpose remarkable in
one so young and inexperienced. To
look in Manuers face is enough to
is almost boyish, full OF kindness and
good temper, and the expression of his
deep, brown eyes charming. Quite a
Portuguese colony has sprung up
around the deposed monarch at Rich
mond. Manuel's private secretary has
taken a large furnished house near him,
and Queen Amelie's lady-in-waiting and
her husband, the Lord Chamberlain,
have another. The real estate people
say they are overwhelmed with appli
cations for houses from Portuguese
families. Manuel has quite as much of
English society as he wishes and was
recently entertained by the Duchess of
Manchester and Lady Grannard, both
of whom are Americans.
A VERY impressive article by Mr..
~ Frederick Martin, of New York,
the first of series, appeared in
the current number of Everybody's, and
is entitled THE Passing of the Idle
Rich" Mr.. Martin knows his subject
thoroly, having been born to the purple,
SO to speak, and from his intimate ac-
quaintance with this class, both in
America and the Capitals of Europe, he
has had unusual opportunities for prob
ing beneath the surface of things. Mr..
Martin is appalled, at the situation.
The many instances which he gives in
his article of the extravaganza of this
.
lost all appetite for normal pleasures,
they live only for new sensation, APP
parently, and the man or woman who
can give them this is for the passing
moment hailed as a rescuing hero or
heroine. Mr.. Martin tells of an enter
tainment given by one of the idle
rich" at which cigarets made of 500
bills were distributed among the guests.
Another very rich and idle man, wish
ing to create a STIR invited his frie uds
to a dinner, which was served on horse
back, in a large hall, where the horses
hoofs were wrapped in something to
prevent them from scratching the high
Iy-polished floor, and a small table at
tached to the saddle. 1t was great
success on account of its novelty. but
could anything be more utterly insane
or childish? II is almost impossible to
realize that we have in this country men
and women of American birth and
blood, reared under American tradi
tons, so utterly good for nothing
worse than that, dangerous-for altho
this class is fortunately not very large
at present, il Is like an ulcer, affecting
all healthy flesh with which it comes
in contact. Even those of our fash
ionable world, whose lives are normal
and comparatively useful, are more or
less affected by the doings of the idle
rich" Mrs. Oliver Hartman, in her de-
sire to give some sort of an entertain
ment. recently. different from those of
her friends, conceived a tea on roller
skates, which went off with great eclat
and won for her loud praise. Mr.. Mar
tins article is not optimistic in tone.
AUGUST Belmont. Chairman of the
~ Jockey Club of America, which
controls racing thruout tile coun
try, and Mr.. Edward B. Cassett, son
et the late President of the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad, have made an offer to
the Government. thru Secretary Dick
inson, of three thorobred horses apiece
for breeding purposes. Altho the War
Department has been taking steps to
improve the quality of the horses en-
ployed for military service, there is still
difficulty in getting good specimens for
the cavalry, and in case war should sud
denly descend upon us great embarrass-
ment would be experienced by this
branch of the service. Mr.. Cassett, who
has been a Captain in the 18th U. S.
Cav, is very much interested in the
subject Of giving the cavalry better
mounts. Thomas Lawson is also inter-
ested, and offers to add his famous
Daredevil" which cost him $4,000, to
the six, and to give also the use of some
eight or 10 of his stations, in case the
Government accepts the offer. One of
Mr. Belmont's three is his well-known
Henry of Navarro" and another his
"Octagon." Undoubtedly the Govern
ment will accept this gift, and we may
look for some magnificent specimens of
the noble steed in future Inaugural pro-
cessions.
AN INTERESTING illustration of the
~ manly art of self-defense was
given among most unusual sur
roundings the other evening in the pri-
vate gymnasium of George Gould at his
home at Lakewood, N. J. 1t seems at
some function, one of the many which
Gould to Lord Decies. the talk fell on
boxing, and the Hon. Robert Beresford.
over here to attend the wedding, chal-
lenged Anthony Drexel. the husband of
Marjorie Gould, to a trial of strength
and skill with the gloves. This trial
took place the other evening and was
witnessed by the Gould family and a
score of guests. prominent society peo-
pie of New York and London, with the
women in full evening dress, and it is
safe TO say that this was the first prize
fight ever witnessed by these fair ones
Mr.. Drexel, after some spunky and clev-
er boxing, was knocked out and the vic
tory accorded the Englishman, who was
presented with a silver cup by Mrs.
George Gould Altho Mr. DrexePs
mouth was cut and bleeding, he was
not badly hurt, and soon recovered him
self. Will society be entertained now,
for while, with boxing bouts? In
comparison with dinners on horseback
and the like such an affair absolutely
shineS and makes one think of the an