The National tribune., 1911-01-05
certain one of these Nat threatens
to thrash II he gets good and close to

A ND now we are told that . modified
~ Turkish trouser costume will be
''the thing The hobble skirt
is waving its adieu. for which we are
devoutiy thankful, and its be-trousered
sister is about to make her bow. The
fashiona BILE Paris houses. like Doucet,
are busy making these loose-fitting pam
taloon skirts, which. they say. will
soon be worn by the popular actresses
and the tra-fashionabIe woman WELL
they certainly cannot be any more hid
eous than the hobble skirt and will
undoubtedly be far more comfortable
According to Robert Burton. of "Anat-
omy of Melancholy" fame He is only
fantasticaI that is not in fashion"
THARMING Ellen Terry. who has
been delivering a series of lectures
on "Shakspere's women" is soon
to give one on The Children of Shaks-
pere.' This makes one think. Who
were the children depicted by the great
dramatist? Tho he shows US all sorts
of men and women in his numerous
plays, it is difficult to recall a child
The poor little son of Lady Macduff
seems to be the only one that comes
readily to the memory.
HNHE rather sensational trial which
has been going on in Paris re-
spurious paintings were the issue at
stake has led to the statement by un-
questioned art critics that more than
one of our rich countrymen have been
equally deceived. 1t is said that there
are $4,000 spurious Carrots in this coun-
>eVy which were purchased for originals;
that the lat" u. Fl. Hartman and j.
Pierpont Morgan were badly "hit''-in
fact. that most of the latter's early pur-
chases have been sent to the storehouse.
1t seems il is quite easy to make an old
master cracks and all. 4 clever artist
can do anything in the way of color
ing nowadays, and hundreds of these
so-cailed originals are turned out every
year.
TENHERE is no question connected with
Americas future more absorbing
ly interesting than that of the ef
feet upon our civilization of our i'm
mense foreign population. What sort
Of people will the Americans of the
year 1000 be, for instance? Not since
those early swarrns OF humanity, when
Asia Minor seemed to spill over upon
Europe, has there been anything like
the inpouring of human beings from
other lands into this country. First.
we had the swarm from Ireland which
was in its hight in 1916. at the time
of the Irish famine. and which con-
tinued until we had in this country
100000 sons and daughters of Erin.
Then came the Tcutonic wave, and
countries, which reached its high-Water
mark in 1882. Ali these people were
more or less like ourselves; they We're
quickly assimilated. and their coming
apparently made no change in the race.
Now immigration from them is compar-
atiyely small and other swarms from
Italy, Russia and Austria Hungary have
k,p HI inc ir,gr TO oh
What effect will these people so radical
ly different from US, have upon future
generations? These SIavs and Italians
are vastly inferior intellectually and
socially to the Irish, Germans and
ScandinavianS who have become part
of. us; their habits and standards are
alien to ours, but they have that in
them which we lack. The brightest
children in the public schools of New
York are said to be the Jewish, Greek
and italian. Will the future pictures of
America be painted by those whose ma
ture-blood is oo-mingled with that OF
son or daughter of art-loving Italy,
or our future operas be written by an
American-Pole or American-JeW? The
BOhemians and Poles are both gifted
races. SO far Americas children have
been behind those OF the Old World in
artistic gifts. Who can tell what these
children Of the future with their min
Blcu DlOOd VIII pc
HCR little Hungarian Countess,
a Gladys Vanderbilt. seems to have
the right idea of the responsible
tiles of her life and position. She is
said TO be delicate, rather petite crea-
ture in appearance, with reddish-br0wn
hair, Il smaIlish face somewhat free
lSed, and bright gray eyes. Countess
Gladys has lately been made Vice Pres
ident of the CnildTen's Aid Society in
Budapest. and IS full of enthusiasm as
regards the work. To help the af-
ncted and suffering is what she most
desires to do. she says. and she thinks
the most good can be done by caring
for the children. The little Countess
seems to be all right.
FX-KINC; Manuel has very sensibly
h1. decided that little more learn.
- ing will not come amiss whichever
way the eat jumps, as the saying is.
and has decided to take a course of
study at the British universities, and
after that to travel around the world.
Manuefs chances of being reseated on
the throne of Portugal are, just at pres
ent rather more encouraging than they
We're. There are rumors that the Re-
public is not giving satisfaction, and
that ii may be overthroWn as was the
monarchy. The navy is said to be af-
fected, and has been acting very ugly
in refusing to go to Madeira to assist
in enforcing anti-choiera measures.
The working classes expected some
wonderful change for the better to
come TO them with the establishment
of the Republic, and are disappointed,
as are the politicians, who find that
their demands are not satisfied. So
there may be a change, and Manuel
may get back-after while.
Record as Enumerator.
D. w. Kinne River Fails, Wis,
thinks that he has Comrade Samuel f.
Emerson beaten a little bit. Comrade
kinne was enumerator in the State
census for the town of Trim Belle, Wis,
in 1875, was Commander of John A
Otis Post for three years in succession,
after which he was Quartermaster for
six years" He was also United States
enumerator for the town il 1900. In
1902 he removed to River Falls, and
he has served one term as Commander
of the Post. has just been elected for
the third time as 0uartermaster. and
was census enumerator for the Second,
Third and Fourth Wards of that city.
He agrees with Comrade Emerson that
the census this year was much more
difficult than any previous one He is
now II years old