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The Dead Duchess of Deponshire.

4 Tho Dowager Duchess Of Devonshire,
who died as the result of the excessive
heat the other day while attending the
races at sandown Park. was the second
wife of the eighth duke of that name.
who died three. years ago at Cannes.
The late duke, who was born in 1s33
was one of the foremost British states
men Of his day, and succeeded to the
titles and magnificent estates of the
Cavendish-Hartidgton family upon the
death Of his father In 1881. The year
following he married the lady whose
death now 10 recorded.
She was then the widow of the
seventh Duke Of Manchester and the
| mother Of the eighth duke. who married
Consuelo Yznaga-one Of the beautiful
Yznaga sisters OF Ravenswood, N. T.,
and whose son. the present Duke Of
Manchester CWilliam Angus Drogo) is
the husband of Helene Zimmerman, Of
| Cincinnati.
| The late Duchess Of Devonshire was of
German stock. She was Louise Frederike
Auguste. daughter On the late Count Karl
Won Alten. She was a lady Of Justice
Of the Order Of St John OF Jerusalem
In England and was In high favor with
Queen Victoria and King Edward.
There was a romance In her life. and
II accounts for the fact that the Duke
Of Devonshire remained unmarried un-
til he was fifty-nine years Of age, or,
better. until he was. able to get the love
Of his youth. He met and fell in love
with Countess Louise early In his ca
reer, while attached to the British lega-
ton at Hanover, and they speedily be-
came engaged.
But after one of those unaccountable
spats which often mar the happiness OF
youthful lovers, the two became es-
tranged. At any rate. she seemed to
have been fated to wed an Englishman.
for later she became the bride of the
Duke of Manchester, who died In 1880. /,
The House Of Victim seems to be fated
to furnish scandal after scandal and SEN
sations galore. First, It was the pres
ent King Of Saxony, whose wife, then the
crown princess. ran away with her music
teacher, and later was ANONYMOUSLY d.
vorced. exiled. and deprived of her rights
and titles Then II was the wife OF
Prince Philip of saxe-coburg. the daugh-
ter of the late King Leopold of the Bel
Bidus, WHOoc ccSdPducs hcPI thS oSSStFS
at the European capitals busy.
Now there comes that interesting
rarity. a royal decree Of divorce pro-
nounced in republican Paris. though 1t
must be confessed that city has had her
shares of royal Belgian, Monacan, or
Saxon scandals and tit-bits.
An ex-prince Of Saxe-Weinlar. who was
In direct line of succession TO the throne
OF the grand duchy, is the hero. His
wife Is the beautiful twenty-two-year-old
Wanda EATERS, German by birth, an
italian" chorus girl. whose stage name
was Signorina Paoli Lettero. Of Milan.
THE pair were married two years ago at
London.
/ Shortly before that time the thirty-year-
old Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar had
exploded bomb In the sedate old castle
by announcing that he had determined
to renounce his title and rights OF sue
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GARFIELD PARK.

Resident of the Neighborhood Gives
Views ON Playground.
Editor The Washington Herald:
The principal objection on the part of
our citizens to the Garfield Park play
ground is not that 1t will cause the value
Of property to .deteriorate; II is rather
that the playground, as operated, practi-
cally ruins the park as a park-as a
place for quiet, natural recreation: as a
beautiful adjunct to the homes Of the
vicinity. We think more of the desir-
ability Of the location as a place of
residence for ourselves than Of the pos
sible value Of our homes to Q prospective
purchaser.
We object decidedly to the Inference
repeatedly sought to be made from our
attitude toward a playground in Gar
field Park that we are opposed to play
grounds in general. While much might
be said as to the -inadvisability Of pro-
fessional Fairgrounds as at present man.
aged in this CITY, We do not make that
an issue. Neither do we dispute the
vaunted motto, Nothing Is too good
for children''-with proper reservations.
IAN things are lawful, but all things
to the assumption that small. improved
parks. set aside for the pleasure of all
the people, and in which children may
play unprofessionalIy to their hearts
content, must be taken for Fairgrounds
with swings, merry-go-rounds. and other
apparatus. resulting in the destruction
Of the grass. the trees, the quietness and
peace, and Of all other true attributes
of park.
We citizens in the vicinity Of Garfield
Park do not feel that We are. as stated.
responsible for the present turmoil re-
garding Fairgrounds" but for the op-
position to one playground only-that in
GARFIELD Park, and we are a unit in
declaring It glowing example Of mis-
taken zeal" We feel that Its continuance
at its present location. or its removal
in front of the homes in r street. d.
rectiy fronting the park, would be a
great injustice and mistake upon all
grounds Of civic beauty and propriety.
L A. MERRITT
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THE AIsoP AWARu.

lDecisfon Of King George Considered
Victory for MR. Knox.
Q. K. in the New York EEnins Pos.
The Chilean press Is rejoicing over
the comparatively small award made to
the United States by his majesty King
George as .,amiabis compositeur'' in
satisfaction Of the Alsop claim. because
the smallness Of the amount tmore than
100000 7is regarded as proving that the
attitude ASSUMED by Secretary Knox to
the Chilean government. resulting in the
protocol Of December I. 1909. was unjust
But It seems clear to me that his majes-
tvs award proves the very contrary, for
1t oblises Chile to pay four times as much
as she ever offered to pay in discharge
Of this Obligation Of hers, prior to Mr.
knox's ultimatuni, and more than nine
tenths Of the amount which he said at
that time she should pay or submit the
claim on the merits to impartial arhi-
tration, . In offering TO settle for
81. 900 900 Mr.. Knox tentatively did what
has now been definitely done by the KING
-he decided the doubtful qhestions in
favor of Chile. and gave her an oppor-
tunity to make an advantageous SETTLE
nient without mourning the risks and ex-
penses Of arbitration.
In at least one respect It is better tnas
Chile refused to pay and decided to arbi-
trate, for II she had paid the 1900, oOo
fixed as a minimum by Mr. Knox, or any
approximate sum, without q resort to
arbitration. she would have claimed and
probably felt ever after that she had
made the payment because OF her desire
to remain on friendly terms with the
United States under political and COM
mercfal pressure amounting almost to CO.
ercion. But now the King and nj. ad-
visers, OF whose friendship and impair
tiality there can be no doubt, have told
Chile in unmistakable terms that her
maximum Of some 100000 Chilean dollars,
OF Is pence sterling, which she kept
Offering In satisfaction Of her obiigat ton,
under cover of Article v OF her treety Of
October %. 1904. with Bolivia dgnoring
her earlier promises to the United States
and the so-called secret notes'J, was
less than one-fourth OF what she eQuita-
bly, owed and should have voluntarily
paid to the claimants.
The award is unquestionably a complete
vindication OF the course pursued by Sec
retary Knox, and II bears the fortunate
and somewhat unusual distinction of be-
ing satisfactory to both the lately litigant
parties.
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TAFT AND KANSAS.

Gained Strength There as He Gained
Confidence Elsewhere.
From the Kansas City Journal.
There can be no intelligent doubt that
President Taft has gained great strength
In Kansas within recent months, Just
as he has been gaining confidence and
popularity in all the other Republican
States Of the Union. And this strength
has developed in the face Of one of the
most savage and INSCRIPTIONS cam
paisns OF opposition that was ever d.
rected against a President Almost
every important. act OF Mr.. Taft since
the day Of his Inauguration has been
misconstrued. assailed. and damned
without regard to truth or justice. In
fact. the enemies of the administration
have waged such a continuous and un-
compromising warfare that It has re-
acted upon its authors and seriously dis
credited them in the minds Of all lovers
OF fair play a'
Not long ago Senator Bristow made
a public statement In which he said that
kansas most certainly would not be for
Taft. Before that. Gov. Stubbs had
turned cold shoulder to the President,
and White and other insurgent leaders
In Kansas were oil talking about how
slim Taft's chances were In the Sum-
flower State. But even the insurgents
are admitting now that Taft win be re-
nominated. and that Kansas will cor
daily support him There is the splen-
did record that cannot fail to appeal to
open-minded people. Mr.. Taft has sur
prised his friends and confounded his
enemies by the energetic and aggressive
statesmanship Of his administration.
Those who had imagined that he was
merely the selected successor Of Roose-
welt and an instrument TO carry out my
policies" have had cause to revise their
opinion.
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cession because the head of his house
had refused him permission to wed "the
daughter Of an Italian gentleman" It
was a very remarkable thing for one TO
do whose ancestors had held sway over
that Duchy for $50 years, but love Is
blind in more ways than one.
The prince came to Paris with his bride
to live. The pair resided in the Rue Ben
tamin GODDARD. and he assumed the name
of Count Karl Hermann Won Ostheirn.
He did not appear in court. but was rep
\ resented there by his cousin, Prince Max
Won fsenburg. scion Of a very ancient and
prominent mediatized South German
| house.
.Barbaric cruelty was the charge
against the royal Saxon.
/ Hungarian Magyars rapidly are be-
coming modernized. and Budapest Is hav
| Ing one denouement after another.
such as a generation ago would have
been Incredible among the proud nobility
of the Carpathian Plateau. The Tiszas
are a great family and have furnished
statesmen and defenders to their country
for ages
One Of the best known to history among
them was the famous Koloman Tisza,
| whose son, Count Stefan Istvan Tisza
| Boros-Szeged, was a prime minister of
| Hungary.
The son Of this latter statesman. Count
Stefan, lately married Countess Ilona Won
Koroszag. The couple started for Venice
| on their honeymoon apparently the hap
piest Of the newlyweds.
But on entering the Hotel de la Tour
de Londres, on the Canale Grande. at
Venice. the bride gave orders for separate
suites Of rooms. When the young count
demonstrated, she firmly declared that
she would not even shun publicity uniess
he allowed her to act just as she liked.
After few days OF rest and sight
seeing at the Queen City Of the Adria.
the countess suggested a trip to Men
tone and Monaco Monte Carlo). The
pair occupied separate staterooms on
the vessel from Genoa TO the Riviera,
and met only at meal times. On their
arrival they were met by q woman who
at the hotel shared the apartments Of
the countess.
Next morning the count was awaiting
his wife at breakfast when he was told
that she had left early with q friend.
He made inquiries and learned that she
had sailed for Tangier, In Morocco, with
a man who had awaited her arrival for
a week.
Count Tisza returned to Budapest and
told his father of his extraordinary
honeymoon. The former premier has as
certained that the young countess had
returned to her home 9nd family. but
without the man with whom she had
been to Morocco. To avoid a public
scandal the father-in-law proposed to
forgive and to take her back, but she
refused
Countess Ilona wants separation.
Perhaps the reasons for her extraor-
binary behavior will be revealed In the
divorce court. Count Stefan and his ex-
bride each is twenty-four years of age
She is related to the Szechenyis, one
of whom married Gladys Vanderbilt
FLANEUR
Copyright. 1911. BY Court Gossip syndicate)
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ADMIRALS KINDERGARTEN.
Battle Ship Idaho Gets Nickname
Owing to Personnel.

Battle Ship Idaho Gets Nickname
Owing to Personnel.
From the New York Telegraph.
There Is one vessel in the United States
navy referred to by officers OF the Navy
Department as the admirals' kindergar-
ten." 1t is the battle ship Idaho. The
nickname was derived from the large
number OF sons of admirals in the ships
commissioned personnel.
Some, of them are: Lieut.. Hugo w.
Osterhaus, son of Rear Admiral Hugo
Osterhaus, commander-in-chief Of the
Atlantic battle ship fleet; Lieut. Archi-
bald G. Stirling. son Of Rear Admiral
Yates Stirling. U. s. N, retired; Assist
ant Surgeon, D. D. v. Stuart, jr.. son of
Rear Admiral d. D. v. Stuart, U. S. N,
retired; Capt. Frederick H. Deiano, U. s.
NJ. c., son OF Rear Admiral Francis II.
Delano, U. 8. N, retired; Ensign IIol-
brook Gibson. son Of Rear Admiral Will
lam c. Gibson. U. s. N, retired, row
living in Brooklyn, N. Y; Second Lieut..
Samuel L. Harrington, U. 8. NJ. c. son
of Rear Admiral Purnell r. Harrington.
o. 8. N. retired, of Yonkers. N. Y. and
Ensign John w. Rankin, grandson Of the
late Rear Admira, John Wilkes.
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CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY
By A. w. MACY.
THE DIGGERs.

In the years 1s4s-50 there
arose a strange party In Eng
land called the Diggers. They
might be seen in large numbers
in some localities. diligently
digging up and cultivating the
waste lands and out-of-the-way
places. They objected to the
land being held by few proud.
covetous men, ito bag and barn
up the treasures of the earth
from others" Yet. as one OF
their leaders said. ''they intend
ed to meddIe only with what
awa& common and untitled. and
to make II fruitful for the use
+, OF man. Gerard winstanley.
their chief leader. urged that the
nation should be settled on the
common or waste lands. and that,
in this way the country would
yield much larger crops. the hum
cry be- fed. and times be made
better for everybody. The dig
gers were very peaceahle people,
and not at all disposed 10 make
trouble. but the movement was
suppressed by the authorities.
Nevertheless It had It's influence
In later years. for from 1850 TO
1880 moro than q thousand acts
OF Parliament were adopted for
inclosing and utilizing waste
lands.
lcomasht III. b Ioseph B. se~ls&,
Observation-Disclosures First
NoWunansr.s
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ASToR's LOST CHANCE.
Might Have Landed Title II He Had
Consulted with Croker.

Consulted with Croker.
From the st. Paul Dispatch.
IL william Waldorf Astor had taken
counsel of Richard Croker he might be
In a fair way to land q title. But he
did not and his chance does not seem
any better than ten years ago, II indeed
it Is not smaller than ever as King
George is said to have little liking for
American millioniares. The veto bill
situation. If handled according to Tam
many Hall tactics Of which Mr.. Croker
is q past master, should have landed
Mr. Astor However. he neglected his
opportunity. He has stood around In a.
receptive mood nursing the delusion that
titles, like offices and political honors in
America, should seek the man. II he
had Joined forces with his former fellow
townsman. and gone after what he want
ed he might have been pretty certain Of
success.
The veto bill was passed by the lords
after 1t had been amended. 1t will go
back to the House of Commons where
the amendments will be rejected. The
original bill to curtail the authority of
the peers then will go back. to them
and. II Is expected. will be passed. The
government has threatened to create
peers enough to overcome any opposition.
The present lords realizing the futility Of
attempting to outvote a party that can
create votes as needed will surrender.
The threatened crop of lords will not be
harvested. 1t is just there Mr.. Croker
and his Tammany tactics would have
come in handy. had. Mr.. Astor and the
other climbers consulted him. He would
have had few TRUSTEES in the House OF
Lords who would have prevented sub
mission He would have forced the
hght and creation Of lords. And he
would have kept II up until the raw
material was exhausted even down to
Astor and the latter had the title he
covets.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30

Senior de la Fuente Gamma, a Spanish
physician, claims to have discovered q
simple and pleasant cure for consump-
ton. All that a patient has to do is to
eat figs and drink wine. Twelve figs and
a pint Of wine constitute the daily allow
ance prescribed. The figs have to be care
fully chewed and eaten very slowly. and
after each fg some wine must be swal-
lowed. Three months Of this regimen, DR.
Gamma declares, will cure even hopeless
cases. He himself was In the last stages
Of consumption when he tried It, and he
Is now In perfect health.
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:
Canada is advertising for 10000 harvest
hands. Kansas. however, is no doubt
against reciprocity In harvest hands.
EXCLUsIvENESs PERIOD PAST
Reciprocity Necessary for Expansion
of Our Trade and Commerce.

Reciprocity Necessary for Expansion
of Our Trade and Commerce.
From the New York World.
Between the United States and Canada
there lies the longest ''unscientific boun-
dary' in the world; the longest line be-
tween nations not made or marked by
natural obstacles. Yet soon we are to
celebrate the Tooth anniversary of un-
broken peace along that boundary. In
every emergency of sudden passion ''only
common sense" in the phrase of Glad
stones message during the Venezuela
dispute, has been necessary. In every
boundary misunderstanding or fisheries
dispute or other ENHANCEMENT, agreement
has been reached by students of the law
OF nations carrying each time a little
further the practice and precedent Of
arbitration.
So far from menace OF annexation has
been this peaceful dwelling together that
for nearly all that hundred years the
Monroe doctrine has been as much Cam
ada's safeguard against foreign aggres-
sion as it was Mexico's in 1867. The
Southern statesmen who. in 1854. voted
for reciprocity to lessen the fear Of north
ward annexation acted upon principle
as good to-day as 1t was then. A border
line which has ceased to offer irritants
to trade has by that much ceased to be
a thorn in politics. As President McKin-
ley said In his last word to the American
people:
.'The period of exclusiveness is past
The expansion Of our trade and COM
meree is the pressing problem. CONNER
ciaI wars are Improbable. A policy OF
good will and friendly relations viii pre-
vent reprisals. Reciprocity treaties are
In harmony with the spirit Of the times"
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
NOT A DULL SEASON.
The National Capital II Attractive
I I'm Midsummer.

I In Midsummer.
From the Augusta Va) County Argus
There Is a widespread idea that Wash
ington is a depopulated city during the
summer. It's normal population Is over
100000, and IT is probable that the sum
mer population Of 1911. owing to the fact
that Congress is In session, is not less
than this number. Washington has be-
comeN great center for conventions,
whether religious, Industrial, social, or
what not. They come. here in great
numbers, and there is. of course. no city
on this side of the globe where visitors
can see as much or enjoy themselves as
well as at the Capital The railroads
bring large numbers Of excursionists to
the city In the summer-people who are
on their way to the seashore and who
are glad to avail themselves Of an op-
portunity to see the National Capital at
a minimum expense. Fully rs per cent
of the resident population remain here
through the summer months. and those
who take II for granted that Washing
ton is duh at this season are mistaken.
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A Congressional Model.

From the Philadelphia Record
tits a pity that Mr.. Fitzgerald. Of New
York. started wrong when he undertook
to tell his colleagues of the House the
story of the wise old owl and was unable
to get through with It. The House voted
him leave to print when he could recall
the poem. but the spoken word has far
more power than the printed pages Of
the Congressional Record. even when the
orator interpolates Qaushter) and great
applause) in a manuscript that was never
read to the members Above all other
men. Senators and Representatives need
to be reminded that
A wise old owl lived In an oak.
The more hs heard the less he spoke;
= me les he spoke the more be heard. -.
Why can't We all be lie that bird,
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY

10 keep IN ssueh Win home
nsws washingtsnians leaving ne
city sbsuid not tan 10 have The
. washinotss rIessfa SAILED %
thsn. Il will ~ ssst vrsnptiy,
ana addresses nsy - ekaness -
sften = Sesare1 watheus intsf-
rupsIsa - ssrvses.
zGaal sreeF - SpAees lGaln 80,
stvsns - - an1 nsv eeasesees.
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ready been placed with credit to them
selves. This may, of itself, solve the
suffrage question and all the other
problems.
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The actors association which protests
against the appearance upon the stage Of
indicted persons seems to forget that
nowadays to be indicted is a mark Of dis
tinction in certain quarters.
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Mott to BE Fooled.

From Lppincot's
A mission worker in New York tells OF
a youngster who had never been to the
country" until the occasion Of fresh
air, excursion whereof he was mem
ber.
One day this lad was seen closely ex-
amining certain trim. well-niade oo,ec'
on the farm. He stared at It for q while
and then shook his head dubiously.
what are you looking at son7' asked
the farmer. 3.ys Z
"where's the doors and windows :! IN
quired the boy.
doors and windows? Why, tnars no'
house: it's haystack.
EXCUSE me. pop, returned the young
ster. You can't string me that way
Hay don't grow In Jumps like that"
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Her Secret Safe.

From the New York SUM-
Mrs. Patrick Campbell is not kindly in
clined to criticism Of her work. At a re-
.hearsal Of Z new play one morning her
manager. Charles Frohman. stopped Mrs.
campbell and said:
Mrs. Campbell. It seems TO me that
those lines should be delivered thus" re-
peating the lines in question. Miss
Campbell drew herself up and said:
Mr.. Frohman. am an artist" I"
That 10 ali right. Mrs. Campbell" re-
piled the urbane manager. II assure you
viii never reveal your secret"
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Coal Dealer. DO set Mad.

kfum The Kansas cry Journal s.
Boston people are making merry be-
cause the local coal dealers raised rates
on Sthe hottest day of the year. The
coal men don't mind the merriment. how
ever. Al long ~ raising rates causes
Z laugh they are wen satisfied Doubt
Isss they win crack some more G0od
5okse before ths seaseo' = ~
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Worth whiIe.

rson the Ct. psni Dispasfh
young woman IT Bridgeport. Conn,
dived into the go repeatedly after her
n44ro maid had sunk. and finally found
her. pullsd her ashore. and famed the
nicl[sr % life into flame again. This
shows how far como wemsn VIII 20 80
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30

A news item says that ex-King Manuel
has donated half Of his fortune to the
Portuguese royal cause. Why not? A
pretty good investment, as things go.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30

Claiming to be the widow Of five civil
war veterans. Georgia woman seeks five
different pensions. Is 1t wonder that
pension appropriations increase?
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Hi. Test of CitlsenshlD.

From the Philsdelphia EveninR Timex ~
Judge Holland. Of the United states
Court. tells . story OF . naturalisation
hearing. The applicant for citisenship
was an irishman. and IN answer TO oues-
tfonA asked by the Judge - TO the pro-
Visions Of the constitution. the man wss
wholly isnorant. - 'ssi-
.But, your honor" protested the mAn's
attorney. rit Isn't fair to cenflne him
to the constituttons He hns the Ansri-
can spirit I'll right. AK him whore the
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30

Any nation that hides its cholera, to
distribute 1t to the rest Of the world, de-
serves to eat macaroni the rest Of its
natural life. -. %
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A French airman. sailing away with
$4,000 Of English money. and being car
ried on English shoulders to boot. is a
fine exhibition of healthy sportsmanship.