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returned by Q large majority. His term
would have expired March 3. 1918.
Senator Elkins was regarded as one Of
the regular leaders Of the Senate. He
was chairman Of the Committee on In
terstate Commerce, was second on the
Committee on Commerce. and occupied q
prominent place on other important COM
mittees of the Senate. As chairman of
the Committee on Interstate Commerce
he led the fight in that body to put
through the Hepburn railroad rate law.
His name il given to the act prohibit
ing Relating by railroad companies. Dur
ing the last session Of the present Con-
gress Senator Elkins was in charge OF
the hard fight which the administration
made to put through its amendments to
the Hepburn law.
He was known as q hard worker. and
one Of the well-informed members Of the
Senate.
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DAUGHTERS TO RAISE DEBT
0peretta Planned for Benefit of Con.
federate Memorial Hall.

United efforts will be made by the
Confederate societies of the District to
raise tie debt hanging over Confederate
Memorial Home, 1872 Vermont avenue.
This was decided upon at mass meet
ing held at the home last night, called
by Mrs. c. D. Merwin, president general
of the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy of the District. when plans for an
operetta, The House that Jack Built"
We're commenced. 1t was decided to pre-
sent the play, under the direction of Miss
Margaret Martin, at Columbia Theater,
hate this month, for the benefit Of the
home.
Mrs. c. d. Nerwin was appointed
chairman Of the executive committee, to
comprise Mrs. Ben johnson and Miss
Martin.
DIR. Clarence ]. Owens. of Alabama,
commander-in-chief of the United Sons
CT Confederate Veterans, made a strong
appeal for the home.
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OBITUARY.
max Hellaan.

New York. Jan. THE cables notified
]. and w. Seligman q Co. here Of the
sudden death to-day in Paris. in his
seventy-fourth year. Of Max Hellman,
senior member OF the Paris firm of 0elig-
man Brothers 4 Co. Mr.. Hellman was
related to the aeligmans by marriage,
and in less. with wnfia6 seligman. who
died last year at the age Of eighty.
seven. established the Paris iirln. The
two sons Of William seligman are part
ners In II. Mr.. Hellman. who was IN
American citisen. had been Decorated. BY
tie French government. In Paris In TIL
Franco-Prpsstan war he he1ped 1luistes
yiseomtse16 = nv ~ ~ Cpmvtse1e
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THE MATTER OF PRAISE.

In spite Of all his modesty.
there are few men who will not
own that there is delight In
hearing their praise sounded. And
yeN 1t is the part Of the wise man
to be sure that the praise which
tickles his ear md delights his
vanity Il not unmixed with hat-
terry. To praise the deeds Of an
other implies . certain measure
Of generous and kindly feeling,
for we are not likely to praise
auxht except that which In done
better, In q measure, than we feel
that we fould do 1t ourselves.
Praise MY seem an empty sort
Of thing, without profit; and yet
there are few forces or incen-
tivcs to well doing. As Spensef
says:
Who would ever care to do brave deed.
Or strive in virtue others to excel.
II none should yield to him his deserved
need.
Due Uraise that is the SPUR Of doing well!
Fer if coed we're not praised more than i'll.
More would chocse goodness OF his own free
will.
False praise In abhorreat, and
yet there can be NO doubt that II
may sometimes work toward
the good, for q man receiving
praise for good actions or worthy
deeds which he has not done,
nor had any Intention Of doing,
is apt-loathing the untruthful-
ness Of TIE praise-to strive
thereafter to make the comn.en-
dation 1t. Thus praise -seems to
arm . man with . certain char
aeter, which, II he have II not, he
will then, probably, strive to ac-
quire. Praise adds nothing to
nan's action. II he has dene
something worthy and commes-
dable. then the reward for that
lies In himself, and praise fro0
his friends or others In 70 moeh
additional. But We need to be
careful, I think, that praise n
just and worthy. II would be
absurd for m author, for In
stance, to regard N valuable the
praise Of . man who eOsld nos
read, and II In . wise man who
can be 10 sure Of hinself and -
uhnovea BY Aattery that he eaa
discriminate In HIS own case and
separate the true praise fron the
false. Bacen says that praise u
the PeAectisn Of virtue, Bot he
goes with bis wsf,iag that
n II Be from the ccmmon pcople, n y
commonly faise ard nanshf. and r1theS fol-
lowcth vain pcfsors than viFtu0us; for the
crmmon people understand not many excei-
lent virtues; the lowest virtues drsw praise
from them. the middle virtues WORK IN them
asfonishmeut or admiration: but Of the high
est virtues they have no se<sse al pcsceiyino
at an. bat slsows and "spreiss virtutibus
Emijes' talpsassnces rssnh1lrg virtues1
serve best with tsem.
TAfs = suAtest that sAea1a
glve>s wsos seeps - tAs neabess
aaA I hepe taat vss sAsll have
nany esatrlAslssaA FsF she. tive
best essayas TIE SHRgal pRisss' -
@Sso eaeA will - tVtas6ss. Csa-
esSAasssns sAeulA - n hana -
Iatsr thas nezt Wednesaay.
Saneessly yeurA
T11D OPTlMlDY. s
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ponce H.A Dee. v.r.es.

Berlin. Jan. 1.-The police here claim
that the Houndsditch murderers be-
lonsed to the Kayaross group OF Russian
auarchistD. They warned the London
police that several Of the groups were In
London On the occasion Of King Ed
wards funeral. and have fsequently ~
peafed the warning since thst time. bat
In Is0aeen pellce replied that they kssw
tle KAy1rp1o Ooap and ~ not yeGnre
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FOREIGN MISSIONS IMPORTANT,
MethOdists Talk ON Work of the
Christian Church.

Christian Church.
A talk on Foreign Missions as being
the greatest work before the Christian
church to-day, was given last night by
Rev. H. L. Hart. pastor Of Marvin NJ
E. Church South, at the second of the
series of united prayer services. held at
Mount Vernon Place NJ. z. Church South
this week.
Rev. ]. w. Jeffries, Of Mount Pleasant
M. E. Church South, presided. Tonight
will be held the third Of the meetings,
with J. w. Smith. presiding, and For
rest J.. Prettyman speaking On Home
missions"
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ne.ry whste Cening Iss.e.

Paris, Jan. 4-Henry White. FORMERLY
Amor1ran Ambassadur to France, ana
MA White eai1ed for New York On .the
Adrlatie ffom ChegAouRg ta1Ay Mn.
Whitn hAs fnoar1y rVc0yore1s non, her ra-
ge6nt oeoeas1on 1oe op0oG G1f1nC s q; g
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VAST FORTUNE ACCUMULATED
IN COAL TRANSACTIONS

With a capital consisting of a knowl-
edge Of the law and that keen business
acumen that never failed him. Senator
Elkins started upon what was destined
to be a brilliant financial career in Mex
leo.
1t was there that he laid the founda-
tions of an estate that will be of un-
known proportions even to his most in
innate associates throughout a long
winding-up process. He would be a bold
man, as a prominent bank official of the
city has aptly expressed 1t, who. however
well acquainted with him. however con-
fidential his relations in business may
have been, would dare to fix exactly the
measure Of his success in dollars and
cents.
Possible Wealth Unknown.
In his coal transactions in West vir-
ginia there has steadily accumulated q
property whose value was. continually
changing, but the change has been one
of steady enhancement. The prospective
and possible wealth of these coal mines,
one block of which comprises an area of
fifty miles, Is a factor that 1t Is hard
to reckon with.
His railroad holdings have not always
hourished as he had planned, and their
development especially in the direction
of effecting "a satisfactory entrance into
the city Of baltimore, which evas for SO
long his most ardent business aspiration,
was long delayed. Still, the success that
came even from this somewhat hampered
development would be called great in
deed by many men less fortunately en-
dowed. But the scale upon which Sena-
tor Ellkins was accustomed to do busi-
ness and the magnitude Of the enter
prises with which he was always con-
nected have enabled him to acquire q
wealth that at best IN only to be guessed
at In amount
stocks that formed no small part OF hts
fortune were many that were factors In
the commercial and Industrial develop
ment Of washington. These included many
shares in the American National B.-k
and street railway companies
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CHAMBER OFFICIALS
HEAR DELEGATIONS
Directors Prepare for Annual
Election, January 10.
BARRETT EXTENDS INVITATION

Representatives Will Attend Pan
American Commercial Conference
Here Next MOnth-Treasnrer Lisner
Reports Balance of &2,053-Tellers
for Annual Election Named.
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PLEAD GOOD ROADS
virginians Ask Cooperation
of Commerce Chamber.
WOULD BRING TRADE HERE

Delegation Of Prominent Residents
of Fairfax County, Headed by H.
Walton Moore, Consult with WASH
fngton Trade Body and Arouse
Lively Interest in Enterprise.
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German Diplomat ResiGns.

Berlin, Jan. - Baron Mumm Won
Schwarzenstein. German ambassador to
Japan. has rendered his resignation be-
cause of a malady of the eyes.
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$500 THE $500
WAS. Sr.lNGTON HERALD
OPTIMIST CLUB.

For next Sunday, January 15.
I have chosen n the subject for
our optimistic symposium,
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STEPHEN B. BLKlNS
YIELDS 70 DEATH

Continued omPage One.
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ITO BE CONTINUED.)
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Leader IN west Virginia.

In the Presidential campaign Of 1892.
Mr.. Elkins, who was closely associated
with James G. Blaine. took an active
part ON behalf Of the Republican candi-
date. His work in that campaign
ranked him as the leader Of his party
In West Virginia. In February. 1894, he
was elected to the (senate. to succeed
Johnson n. CsmdSn. He was unani-
mously re-eiected in 1901. and in 1901 was
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according to Mr. De windt. He Is amaz-
ingly inquistve, but. on the other hand,
perfectly ready to proffer unasked infor-
nation about himself. his family, his af-
fairs and his income
The neglect of Auvergne by the foreign
tourist in France-and IL appears that
the French themselves but rarely visit
the region they call lie centre. the
heart of their country-is ascribed by
Mrs Costing To its proximity to Tou-
rane and Provence, those magic attrac-
tions for the sightseer enamoured of the
romance of song and chivalry. AS for
her own countrymen, she declares her
self puzzled by their Indifference toward
the dowry that Eleanor of AQuitaine
brought TO Henry Plantagenet. and
toward its numerous memories Of the
Black Prince and Of the exploits % the
Hundred Years War.
II is a region well worth visiting and
revisiting its landscape all its own. with
its dead rivers of lava. its cahons and
its crags crowned with ruined castles, its
rugged mountainous scenery and its rich
highland pastures. No doubt its long
neglect by the traveller has served TO
preserve much Of its individuality espe-
cially i'm the towns, while i'm the country
districts he who is so minded may still
trace among the people survivals of ira
ditions far older than the days of Eleanor,
mounting far beyond those Of Nercin
getorix, to Celtic times and Druidic wor
ship. II is. indeed i'm these links with
dim antiquity that Mrs. Costing takes
inCessant delight. She finds the Auver-
gIat peasantry closely related to their
Breton neighbors in their surviving
superstitions and beliefs, their pictu-
rescue professions and dances. their
music and folklore. CHANGING still
further backward she suggests heathel
origins for the images of local saints in
the lava built churches that were old
when the Gothic cathedrals began to
rear their spires. These images, dark
ened by time, have made Auvergne
strangely rich in the number of its black
virgins:
Can YOU tell me" I asked Why La
Sainte Verge (Notre Dame de VassiW-
eres) is black"
The old woman looked AT me with her
large brown dreamy eyes.
But does not madame know that La
Bonne Dame was a negress?' she asked
in surprise.
a negress'" ! exclaimed. How. very
curious" for / had never heard this eX-
PLANTATION of the Black Virgins Of Au-
vergne.
our fathers assure us continued the
woman, that the Blessed Saints Of the
Mont Dore, our Ladies' Of Nassivieres. La
Tonte Sainte. La Tour and Eglise Neuve
were four black sisters. Of whom Notre
Dame de Nassiveres was the eldest. They
came from the East and took up their
abode among the peasants of these parts.
But how did they find their way to
Mont Dore?"
Madame, / cannot tell 1t is A very
high mountain. the Mont Dore: perhaps
they saw II from the East I only know
what have been told by my grandmoth
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are not particularly pleasant in tone.
Two acquaintance in arguing about the
poet advanced totally antagonistic points
Of view: one maintained that he was
the most self conscious and the other
that he was the simplest of men" MIR
Au~tin thought that he was both. but
that "he had been made sef-consCious
by others, whereas his simplicity was
congenital with him and remained part
Of himself" Mr.. Austin sets down lit
erary colloquy at Aldworth when he re-
cited to the poet couplet from his
'Locksiey Hail.:
Slowly comes a hungry people as lion
creeping higher
GldreS al one that mods and winks behind
a slowly-dying fire.
Tennyson asked his visitor If he knew
where he got that, and answered his
own question: In a Methodist maya
zine where campfres are described as
being lighted to scare wild beasts in the
forest" Mr.. Austin incautiously men
toned a blemish in the first line:
What is that?" he asked eagerly. The
too close approximation | replied. "of the
same vowel in lion and higher" You
are quite right" he replied. NO. | am
not" l rejoined, "or ] should not have
But | was thinking of the additional bur-
Den YOU have laid on other poets by your
finish and fastidiousness in composition"
At this all his naif constituencies was sud-
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Be, bon restoration she was exiled on
ac > ant of her inveterate imperialism.
and resided two years at Brussels. At
this time Wellington was very kind TO
her and saved her from many petty an
noyances. Through Talleyrand's in
nuence she was authorized b. the Due
de Richelieu TO return 10 Paris. She be-
came quite a devote" as she grew older,
and retained an able in her household.
Her pied-A-terre in Paris was at No. -
Rue de la Tour d'Auvergne. but she
passed most of her time at her country
house. LHermitage de la Madeleine. in
the forest of Fontainebleau, which had
originally been an oratOry chapel
founded by Louis XIII. II was from
this Hermitage de la Madeleine that she
wrote her delightful, gossipy letters TO
her youthful diplomatic friend men
toned only as &C." to whom she opened
hec heart with complete frankness.
These letters constitute one of the
most readable memories Of the time.
They are written with charming sim
plicity and touch upon wide variety Of
subjects The letters We're accidentally
discovered by NJ. Andre Gayot, who has
collected and edited them. They form
volume of over three hundred pages, en-
titled "Une Ancicnne Muscadine. For
tunee Hamelin, Lcttres inedites. 1889
1851 The book, which is published by
Emile Paul, contains IA preface by NJ.
and is illustrated with a beautiful por-
trait of Fortunee Hamelin. produced
from the painting by Appiani Accord
ing To Chateaubrand Nine Hamelin
was the most charming conversationalist
of her age. According to him her talk
was characterized by two essentially
French qualities, grandeur and legerete
which gave ii weight and variety"
These are retained In her letters. Her
judgment of men was SO incisive and
accurate that she was often consulted
by General Bonaparte and by Taley-
rand. Her favorite pastImes were riding
horseback, dancing and music. Nestris
said that she danced the gavotte more
gracefully than any one in Europe. This
fascinating "muscadine" died at her
house i'm Paris. No 81 Rue de la Tour
d'Auversne. In the spring Of 1851. with
her venerable able confessor at her bed
side GLIB.
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Literary .Nese's and Criticism,

calumny-in the real sense Of the word
was ever published or. as think. with
lower motives" A vindication of Byron
from the pen of Mr.. Austin drew an ap-
preciative letter from John Robertson,
of Brighton, in which occurs this para
graph Il am disinclined TO exposing
poor Lady Byrons private life ana
peculiarities to the public, but If | nave
an opportunity ! may inform you pr'-
vately how she drove her daughter her
elder grandson and her servants away
from her. Lord Ockham preferreu
screening Goals at Sunderland and work
ing in Scott Russel's yard to living with
his grandmother. More than once all
her servants left her-once in a body
till she had only a page TO 40 every
thing" In another letter Mr.. Robertson
adds this testimony: Two days ago
man who knew Lady Byron from twenty
to thirty years seized my hand and held
il while he assured me how thoroughly
he agreed with me. saying In truth
she lived on delusion. l never knew a
more deuded woman Delusion is the
proper word: not imagination or hallu-
cination." With Mr.. Austin's opinion as
10 the worthlessness of Lord Lovelace's
so-called proof in his book, "Astarte,
all thinking people will agree.
OF Tennyson, his predecessor in the
Laureateship, Mr.. Austin has not much
10 say, and what recollections he offers
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Mr.. Alfred Austin on Himself.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALFRED
AUSTIN, POET-LAUREATE, 1885,
1910 Illustrated. Two volumes. svo., PIP.
325-30s. The Macmillan Company.

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALFRED
AUSTIN, POET-LAUREATE, 1885,
1910 Illustrated. Two volumes. svo., PIP.
S25-9OS. The Macmillan Company.
Mr.. Austin has given the greater part
Of his autobiography 10 "reminiscences
OF his journalistic life. As leader writer
or a London newspaper and as trav-
cling correspondent he has been able
assiduous ana useful. We may be par
doned for doubling If his services to his
country and his political party nave
been quite as important as he consld-
ers them Bat to overestimate such SER
vices is an amiable weakness akin TO
that other amiable weakness which LEADS
him 10 chronicle his visits 10 eminent
nohlemen without the accompanying an
ccdotes or descriptions which would
make such mention interesting to his
readers. His most entertaining pages
have to 10 with his experiences as
CORRESPONDENT Of The London Stand
ard" during the Franco-Prussian war.
He passed through its most important
historical episodes in the company OF
the Germans and apparently not much
handicapped by the fact that his paper
at home was hostile editorially 10 Prus-
STA. He had divers interviews with Bis
marck during that Hateful summer, and
regarded the great German as "one OF
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denly aroused and he said. 1T Is arti-
fetal. is it?' ! affected not to hear; where
upon he pressed my arm, saying, Tell
nett is isn't artificial, is it, Perhaps IT
is" / rejOined, but ! think II is the right
a"tihce" This appeared TO satisfy him,
and all went well until / took my leave.
This is funny from a versifter OF Mr..
Austins quality The reader or these
two big volumes has no excuse, by the
way, for remaining ignorant Of their
authors poetry. He inserts in his prose
more than 4 sufiiciency of his verse ana
he dilates Copiously upon his poetical
career-a career which apparently began
when the worthy wool-stapler his faith
er read 10 his little boy canto OF
The Lady Of the Lake" thereby NOV
ing the infant mind 10 emulation. The
title Of Poet Laureate is one which, In
these prosaic days OF the twentieth CEN
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err who had i from her grandmother
that the four Blessed Sisters. finding life
hard for the people of these mountains. as.
indeed. II Is. dwelt among them and taught
them religion. VOLTA TOUT and crossing
herself she turned away as though the
matter were quite settled.
Elsewhere the author discovers an
obscure connection between the local
saint Of Riom and some form of Gaulish
sun worship in the immemorial form
given to the celebration of his name
day by the people, but she does not
neglect later and more autheptcally
historic days, forgetting neither the gay
Catharine de Calaru nor Queen Margot.
Of whose escapades the old man at
Carlot was so philosophically tolerant.
An there have been other great Auver-
gnats since Yer ingetorix, Blaise Pascal.
for instance, ai1 La Tour d'Auvergne.
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fury, seems quite unimpressive. II may
be said with justice that when Tenny-
son died 1t became an anachronism. we
even gather from Mr.. Austin's artless
pages that TO business demands upon
modern laureate's poetica, knack are
made by n royal family which for many
wears has been distinguished for emil
ncnt good rense; he drops into poetry
ar he william he won't he doesn't. In
fact. the office is now merely an histori-
cal appanage Of the crown, one which
might well have been abolished like that
of the gentleman who was obliged 10
give a preliminary dip into the royal
pottage TO see that some scaly rogue
had not poisoned it withal That II Is
not an acknowledgment Of bards anil
ity is shown by Mr.. Austin's possession
of the title. for his verse is positively
indubitably and tiresomely poor and
twaddly. 1t has no inspiration and no
music. It's prosaic dulness is not as
bad as that which marked the produc-
tons of the late Mr.. NJ. F. Topper, but
it's enough: twill serve.
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AN ANCIENT STATUE OF NOTRE DAME DU PUY.
(From an illustration in "Auvergne and Its PeopleD

the first Grenadier Of France, who died
on the field of honor. Nothing remains
Of the castle Of this ancient house except
the ruin of the keep. The saint of La
Tour is the second of the four Black
Sisters of Mont Dore, Notre Dame de
Natzy. Arsene Vermenouze, the dialect
poet whose verse is "a translation of the
whole mystery of the charm of Au-
vergne," is generously commemorated.
Travelling southwark to Rocamadour.
thence westward to St Emilion, the
author ends her pilgrimage at Poitiers,
with its Black Virgin patron saint, Notre
Dame des Clefs, and its church of Saint
Radegonde, the sixth century Queen Of
France who became a nun.