The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-01-19
m HO morbid curiosity is certainly
NOT confined to the women of any

not confined to the women OF any
one country. it must be admitted
that certain class of our women have
their fun share. A sensational trial IS
all that is required to send them in
droves to the court room, where they
sit unfiinchingly thru testimony caicu-
lated 10 make most men decidedly I'M
comfortable. At the time of the noto-
rious trial of Harry Thaw, and espe-
cially while his young wife was telling
her revolving story, the performances
of the women in their frantic, eEdeaVor
to secure advantageous positions were
almost unbelievable. The Schenk trial,
now in progress in Wheeling, w. Va,
is a strong second to the Thaw trial in
this aspect. Altho the police have re-
ceived instructions to admit to the
building only as many as could be seat
ed, these women have gathered III such
large numbers before the doors were
opened as to render all efforts to re-
strain them Intellectual. Once inside
they become a MOB. On one occasion
several women were knocked down and
trampled on, and one woman was taken
to the hospital on account of her
bruises. The case in question is one OF
the most sensational that has taken
place lately A wife is on trial for the
alleged attempt to poison her husband.
She was a pretty girl, and employed
by his mother as domestic. He fell
in love with her, and, in spite of family
opposition, married her. 1t is claimed
she wanted to rid herself of him in
order TO get has money and marry
younger, livelier man, so began to kill
him by degrees with poison. All this
has made highly sensational testimony.
quite too irresistible for the women,
and the usual regime of many home
in Wheeling will not be resumed until
BIC hoe hEalN
dered by the jury.
A NICE little story of the civil war,
~ which, if true or not, is a nice
little story all the same, has re-
Gently appeared in one of the Pittsburg
papers. On Christmas morning, 1852,
party of Union pickets were on duty
on the banks of the Rappahannock- Dr.
rectly opposite to them, on the other
bank. were n party of JohnnieS, engaged
in the performance of the same duty
for their army. The day brought a
flood of tender, happy memories, and
one of the Union soldiers said 1--WE can
imagine he said IT'D: Say, fellers, let's
send Christmas present across to the
Johnnies?'' The others agreed, So. a
little boat was rugged UP with pocket
handkerchief for sail, and loaded with
that most acceptable of gifts to the
Confederate soldiers-coffee. With the
coffee was placed piece of paper bear
ing the words: This is the Yanzs'
Christmas greeting to their enemies, the
Johnnies." The Union soldiers. watch
ing from their position, saw the-lfttle
craft drawn in and unloaded, and heard
the shouts from the Confederates, sSd
presently the tiny thing, with its white
sail, again appeared on the water head
ed for the other bank. When she was
captured by the Union boys she was
found loaded with tobacco and bearing
this message: This is the JohnnieS'
Christmas greeting to their enemies,
the Yanks" War, thank God, has its
lighter side. The dreary record of ex-
hausting marches and bloody battles is
happily lightened occasionally by such
Incidents as the one just recorded.
AER. COOK says that when he left
I'VE America he Cancelled lecture en-
Az Ragements for $4,000. and at
Copenhagen refused contracts amount
ing to over S1,0O0.000 That's what he
says 1t is presumed he could not get
il all in before the great expose. Cook
still has his little band of believers,
among whom is Admiral Schley. Peary
has been submitting to rigid examina-
ton as TO his claims by a Congressional
committee lately. and seems to have
acquitted himself satisfactorily. 1t looks
as if he would get that retired Rear
Admirals pay, after all.
WHO would have supposed that
wv Margaret Ellington, that priestess
of the purely feminine, had it In
her? All that Margaret wanted, it will
be remembered, was to leave the stage,
darn stockings and bring up a large
family of children. The home was the
only world she sighed to conquer. Well,
Margaret, as everybody knows, returned
to the stage short time ago, and the
other evening. while going home from
the theater with her new husband, she
turned on a young man who jostled VI
against her and gave him several good
ones in the face. The wicked wink
which he mad already to deliver TC
Margaret was nipped in the bud, so tC
speak. by a well-directed blow from
Margarets gentle hand. Which only
goes TO prove how little we know peo-
pie.
A NDREW CARNEGIE, as would
~ naturally be supposed, has won.
derful library of his own. In Il
are beautiful, specially-gotten-up pre-
sentation copies from nearly every liv'
ing author and many dead ones. TIL,
books fill vast room in the steel mag
mates splendid Fifth avenue residence
Every inch of the room is filled witt
them, and the center tables are heapeC
high with them. On some Mr.. Carne
gie's name is inscribed in letters o.
gold. But, breathe il not in Gath, IL 1
softly ruruored that Mr.. Carnegie neve
reads any of them. The books bear NJ
signs of being handled, and, somehow
the moment you enter the room yol
feel that there Is no life about it, ant
that, like many a rich mans library,
is for show rather than use.
N RINCESS CLEMENTINE, of Bel
GUM, and her newly-wedded hus
band, Prince Victor Napoleon
grandson of Jerome Bonaparte, tina
brother of the great Napoleon who mar
ried for his first wife Elizabeth Patter
son, Of Baltimore, are still away OF
their bridal tour. They have been en-
tertained in great shape at the variou
royal courts and in visiting Rom
deiied ali presidents by boldly acceptin
the invitation of the King of Italy to b
his guests at the Quirinal. This &C
has led to no end of talk and unkindl
criticism. The aristocracy of Belgium
are Roman Catholic, who bitterly re
sent this slight put on the Pope by tn
Prir~a and Princess. The Pope, a
evesE, ne knows, objects very decided
TO any Roman Catholic ruler vstin
the Quirinal. and on that account fey
of them ever go to the Holy City TIL
Marquise de Fontenoy thinks the visi
of the Princess upon 1taly's King mus
have been somewhat embarrassing I
both, since, as Crown Prince, he wa
refused by the lady, largely 1t Is sale
from the fact that he was too small
The Princess herself 10 rather uncon
monty tall.