The National tribune., 1911-04-13

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crises thru which she had passed, to.
Igether with the nervous strain of the
in order to protect her rights in heI
| first husbands estate, weakened hel
! heart, and she was unable to throw of
the attack of grip which assailed hel
some months ago. With all her money
unhappiness rather than happiness was
her lot. Her large estate, valued al
some 100000, was left to various
relatives She left nothing to charity
ITHE French Cabinet is threatened
with a petticoat war. 1t seems
| that the new Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Jean Cruppi, has an actress
wife, and tho there is nothing to be
said against her character, as a former
actress she will be persona non grata
| to the French aristocracy, and ito the
visiting royalty which it is the duty OF
the wife of this minister to entertain.
! The situation is regarded as very en-
barrassing one, and reminds an Ameri-
can somewhat of the petticoat war
which took place during the Admins
! tration of Andrew Jackson. resulting in
the breaking up of the Cabinet. Presi-
dent Jackson's Secretary of War was
John Henry Eaton, and Eaton had
taken as wife the charming widow
Peggy O'Neil that was, whose father
kept an hostelry in Washington's early
days, which it is said both Eaton and
Jackson patroniZed during their various
sojourns at the Capital Peggy was
very pretty and vivacious. and at an
early age had married a Purser in the
Navy, who shot himself later, and on
the fair Peggy's account. This made
her the subject of considerable scandal,
and when Gen. Eaton, who in the mean
while had married her, took her into
Jackson's official family, the other Cabi-
net ladies were up in arms directly, and,
led by Mrs. Calhoun, the first lady in
the Cabinet, refused to have anything
whatever to do with the Notwithstanding
Mrs. Eaton. In vain did the President,
who warmly espoused Mrs. Eaton s
cause, demonstrate with his minister's;
the ladies were adamant, and the hus-
bands powerless. The only member in
the Cabiret who took no part in this
merry war was Van Buren,, a widower.
Finally. the situation became so COM
plicated and difficult that the President
was forced to break up his Cabinet,
retaining only Eaton and Van Buren,,
the latter of whom he named as his
successor. The triumphant Peggy after
wards accompanied her distinguished
husband to Spain, where he had been
sent to represent this country, but the
closing years of her life were hardly
in keeping with her experiences as wife
of the Cabinet member and minister
At the age of 81, again a widow, she
married the dancing master of her
granddaughter: or, such, at least, is the
story told of her.
tGE OLSON, well what does he look
like, anyway" Some such
question is apt to be among
the first asked by one who has never
seen the great inventor, of one who
has, and is very satisfactorily an
swered in the life of Edison recently
published. Edison at 63 has a fine
physique, and. being free from serious
ailments of any kind, should carry on
the traditions of his long-liyed ances-
tors as to a vigorous old age. His
hair has wl1itened, but is still thick
and abundant and tho he uses glasses
for certain work, mis- gray-blue eyes
are as keen and bright and deeply. lus-
trous as ever with the direct, search
ing lok in them that they have ever
worn. He stands five feet nine and
one-half inches. weighs 17j pounds,
and has not varied as to weight in q
quarter of a century, altho as a young
man he was slim to gauntiness. He is
very 3bstemious. hardly ever touching
alcohol. caring little for meat, but fond
of fruit, and never averse to strong
cup OF coffee or good cigar He takes
extremely, little exercise, altho his
good color and quicEncss of step would
suggest to those who do not know bet
ter that he is in the best of training,
and one who lives in the open air."
NUEEN MARY, 1t seems, is dread
W ing that ride from the Palace to
Westminster Abbey on June %,
when her royal husband will re-
ceive his crown. The famous old
coach which viii convey their
majesties to the historic abbey isl
a big, cumbersome affair, built I'M
the time of the Georges, and sways
from one side to the other
when in motion. Queen Mary is not
a good sailor. and this swaying of the
old coach affects her exactly like the
swell of the ocean, which generally
prostrates her with seasickness. When
Parliament was opened she was
obliged to be conveyed there in the
state coach, and when she arrived was
so pale and miserable that those in at
tendance upon her were alarmed. Va
rious carriage-makers have worked
away at the huge vehicle, which weighs
three tons, in the attempt to correct
this side-swinging habit. but It is sol
constructed as to make this impossible
So Queen Mary is dreading her COM
ing ride, and hoping that she may be !
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all her coronation finery pale as to
cheek and lip. and with that unutter- !
ably wretched physical sensation for
which NAL de mer is responsible.
nR. MARY WALKER and Buffalo
- Bill have both Senatorial aspi-
rations. DR.. Mary, looking more |
tiny than ever, in her dapper suit of
masculine attire. appeared before an /
Assembly committee meeting in Albany
the other day to look after her Wom- |
ans Rights bill. and incidentally re-
marked that she knew the Constitu-
ton better than most men, having stud
led 1t often and carefully, and she con-
sidered she was eligible for the Sem
ate. Il think you had better make me |
United States Senator" she said to the |
committee.
TIME Princess Troubetzkoy so the
papers tell us, has asked that
her former husband John Arm
strong Chaloner or Chanler, give her a |
yearly income of $4,000, according to |
the promise which he made her some
years ago. The Princess was at one |
time Miss AmeIie Rives, the beautiful
and gifted daughter of Colonel RiYes,
OF Virginia, and she first appeared in
the public eye as the author of that |
rather startling novel, THE Quick and |
the Dead" This novel was one of the |
first of the kind irr which the ardent
longings of the heart are laid bare to |
appear in this country. since then so
common, and was the subject of much
The attractive but daring