The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-01-26

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~ NE of the most noted of the worlds
famous pictures, The Night
~ Watch" by Rembrandt. which
hangs IN the Rijks Museum at Amster-
dam, was badly mutilated recently by
a discharged naval cook, who took his
revenge against the State in this man
her This beautiful work of art with
its marvellous coloring, belongs to the
world in a way, and all art lovers Will
deepy regret this incident. Measures
should certainly be taken to prevent IN
fury to these valuable paintings by plac-
ing a guard around them or in some
other way. 1t is a wonder this has not
been done before. 1t is said that The
Night Watch is not damaged beyond
repair, fortunately.
VIZ ITH the Koreans cutting off their
" topknots and the Chinese their
pigtailS, the human hair market
will be giutted, and the price OF
switches, curls, puTfs, etc, cheap as dirt,
as the saving is. But American women
have 4 decided prejudice against wear
ing the hair of ASiaticS, and 1t is SAID
the trade is suffering now from their
fear of having such worked off onto
them This question of false hair has
become d very serious one to the fash
ionable and would-be fashionable wo-
man. The former spends from 500 to
$500 every year in new br2lds, etc.,
which, of course. if she is wealthy she
doesn't mind particularly; but the wo-
man who wishes to dress her hair mod
ishly and has not much money finds 1t
difficult to keep mp with the procession
To all such the cheap hair which once
adorned Chinese of Korean heads would
undoubtedly be a temptation. Still,
most American women of this class
would hesitate long before knowingly
purchasin such.
q EE what wireless did the other day.
~ The Captain of a tramp steamer
~ fitted out with wireless, but with
no doctor on board, was suddenly taken
very i'll with ptomaine poisoning when
we'll out at sea. A wireless was sent to
the physician at the Government naval
station at Dry Tortugas, but before it
reached there was caught by another
ship, which did have a surgeon on
board. who sent back a prescription.
The necessary medicine happened to be
on board the tramp steamer. and the
suffering Captain was soon relieved and
ultimately recovered. Without the help
of his wireless he would have died with
out much doubt.
M RS. MACKAY, who is heart and
N soul for Woman's Rights and
AA the President of the Equal Suf-
frage Society of New York, is getting
up some wonderful tableaux. These
will show the progress of woman from
the DAYS when she was in the eyes Of
man
Something better than his dog, little
dparar than his horse
and even before that time, down to the
present day. These, as far as gorgeous
costumes. donderful shangings, ETC., are
concerned, will be beyond description,
almost Mrs. Mackay herself is to rep
resent Florence Nightingale, and will
be seen on battlefield after the fight
is over, with the dead and wounded all
about her.
TT seems it is not gay Paree," Wen
ma, Budapest or even New York
that can claim the prestige of being
the wickedest city in the world, so some
globe trotter says. IL you want to find
the real thing in this respect, you
must go TO Irkutsk, the Capital of East
ern Siberia, where there are more mil
lionaires TO be found than in any other
city of its size in the world. 1t is fine
city. with wide streets, thru which vice
are wide open and the cafes never close
Every type of feminine loneliness is to
be seen here, from the beautiful geisha
girls in their native dress to the Wen
nese and Partisan, wearing, as only a
Partisan or Viennese woman can, the
latest creations of the dressmaker's
art Right at hand lie the rich Baikal
Mountains, with their veins of gold, like
great pot filed with treasure, from
which all who wish can help them
selves. 1t is we'll that this wicked city,
with its Vaccinations, is too remote for
most of our men to visit.
A VERY interesting article by an in
~ innate friend of the late Count
Leo Tolstoi has recently appeared
in the London Times in which the do
mestic troubles of the great Russian
are particularly emphasized. Unques-
tionabIy these troubles (the result o
the attitude of the Countess toward
her husband) were the cause of hi:
leaving home. the friction caused by
Ihem eventually producing a condi
ton of nervous tension and menta
WEAKNESS no longer TO be endured b.
the aged author and reformer IL
had tried in vain to convert his fam
lily to his views, and had finally meek
" submitted to the wishes of his wifi
in most matters relating to their com
he WAS giving truth 10 the charge o
inconsistency. OF late years the at
titude of the Countess had becom
more and more distressing, and tn
unhappy scenes between them NOR
frequent, yet after these Tolstoi woul'
go 10 her and kiss her as tenderiy an
sincerely as tho nothing had happened
In spite of their difference in view
point he loved his wife, and earnestl
desired that there should be peace be
tween them. To please the Counties!
who was jealous of his friend, Tcher
tkof. he denied his home to thi
friend, going so far as to promise tina
he would NOT call upon Tchertko
when the latter was in the neighboI
hood, or even correspond with hin
Yet the sacrifice failed to achieve tn
desired result. The Countess was sus
picious, and would greet his retur
from q drive with the angry accuse
ton Of ais having visited the danger
Gus friend. His soul was sorely triet
also, by habit which his wife ha
formed in these later years of readin
mis- diary surreptitiously, and of goin
thru his papers at night, when he wa
supposed to be asleep, 10 find out,
possible, his private plans and thot
on the night in which he made h
fight from home. when in his bed wit
his light eXtinguished, Tolstoi hear
the Countess in his study which az
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