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father. Joel d. Bennett. of Galloway coun-
ty, Mo, and received her early education
from her sister who was teacher at the
neighboring schoolhouse. She confesses
to having grown up as rather bookish"
young woman, and this was in the days
before her marriage, when she shared her
sisters calling and. like Mrs. Taft, taught
school for d time.
In neignboring town young man
then known as James BaauGhamp Clark
tbut who has since amputated his front
name and mutilated his second name)
was also engaged in teaching school.
practicing law and running newspaper.
They were married thirty years ago.
az which time the future Speaker began
to run for Congress, which he reached
dozen years later.
Mrs. Clark. like Mrs. Wilson, has been
a writer. Until her husband became con-
spicuous III public affairs she contributed
to the newspapers and magazine and at
the same time cared for her babies and be
came an authority on tine ccokery-one
so high, indeed, that her recipes for deli
cacieS are now in wide demand. At her
rambling country home. Honeyshuck. at
Bowling Green. Mo-. she disrenses hos
pitaiity throughout the summer months
TO her husbands POLITICAL friends from
is 4 test Of any wffe's tact and social
endurance.
Within a few days OF Champ Clark S
first election To Congress there arrived
in the household little daughter, who
was given her mothers name, Genevieve
Bennett. This bright child has since
Been her mothers inseparabe companion
and is now seventeen. Should her father
be elected to the highest office, she would
he just of debutante age upon taking uD
her abode in the White House. She in
herits love Of books from both parents,
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secret. Nicholas ii ordered his grand
ducal relatives no longer to sit or vote
The grand dukes We're by no means al
ways the evil geniuses of the council;
indeed. four of them voted thirty years
ago for Loris Melikof's constitution
Reditcheff. the Russian constitutional
champion. lately called the council 1.-The
last refuge of old men who never We're
any use. a house of lords which has not
even tie doubtful merit of being manned
by aristocrats.
The .herreniaus'' of Austria ard the
analogous institution in Hungary are also
in sad dsrepute. The Austrian upper
chamber consists of the 16 senior arch
dukes of the house of Hapsburg-Lor-
Iaine 81 heads of noble families en-
dowed with large landed possessions, Q
prince archbishops, prince bishops,
archbishops and f53 nominated life mem
hers. Until a few years ago this me-
dievally constructed chamber held con-
siderable authority, but when election
to the lower chamber was reformed on
the basis of universal suffrage Aus
tria's ..herrenhaus,'' as an effective in
stitution, YVES squashed. The contrast
between the two chambers is too great.
and even Austrian conservatives admit
that the radical reform or abolition OF
the upper chamber is question OF but
Il few years.
In Hungary the contrast between the
two legislative organs is not so great be-
cause Hungary, despite a promise given
eight years ago, has not yet got universal
suffrage for her lower house. Hungary's
upper house is called the house of
magnates'' With the exception OF Eng
lands, it is the most aristocratic in
Europe, and it's classification of members
is even more medieval On the list are
ten "bannerets of the kingdom two
guardians of the CROWN" president
of the royal table," numerous royalties,
princes and archbishops, 1S4 hereditary
counts and forty-one hereditary barons
and sixty-eight other members. who are
co-opted by the magnates themselves.
The house of magnates" possesses no
moral authority whatever III Hungary
and has no hold upon the popular imagi-
nation. but 1t Is supported by 'the con-
servatiye character of the lower house,
and is in much safer position than is
the Austrian upper house. The Austrian
house like the Prussian has several
members who are foreign subjects and
who vote on purely Austrian, affairs.
though owning no allegiance to the
Austrian kaiser.
Italy's upper house. her senate, is prob
ably the safest institution of the sort in
any European great country. Its safety
lies in the fact that it has no hereditary
members with the exception of few
relatives of the sovereign Its four hum
dred members are elected or nominated
for ife and as they are made. not born,
there is some guarantee of their fitness.
Like the British house. of lords and the
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MISUNDERSTANDING.
@~~S HARMs Ewnae ftoro

in June. 1870. Mr.. Harmon was young
barrister of twenty -four. who had been
out of the Cincinnati Law School only a
year.
The young couple settled down in Wyo-
ming, q suburb of Cincinnati, of when
young Harmon became mayor. and thus
it might be said that she had some eX-
perience as an executives wife When
scarcely out of her sirlhood. Blit her
social responsibilities were not greatly
enlarged by this, her husbands first po-
litical office. for the village OF Wyoming
then boosted of population less than
LOCO. In the year following, when elect
ed common pleas judge. in Cincinnati,
his consort began to feel her sphere eN-
panding, and it grew during the twelve
years that he sat on the bench-tatef
AS judge of the superior court DuriEs
these and succeeding Years Mrs Haf-
mon has been a favorite in CINCINNATI
drawing rooms. Like that of Mrs. VIII
son, her family consists Of three daugh-
ters: Mrs Edward l.. Wright, who was
a wife when her father sat III the IieNe-
land cabinet, and Mrs. George Lemon
Cassatt and SIrs. Alfred Cassatt who
Iican court.
Il belong to the ,old-fashioned school
which adheres to the principle that the
men can manage public affairs and that
women are infinitely useful in the ancient
avocationS of housekeeping and rearing
their children said Mrs Harmon, when
in Washington some time ago - well
cooked and daintily served dinner she
added, will get more votes than ten
stump speeches.
If there is magic in being a seventh
child, Mrs. Champ Clark, the clever
and witty wife OF the Spea he :
is possessed Of esoteric powers.
She was reared upon the farm of her
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letters. AS a Greek and Latin scholar
she has developed a special penchant
and she can read the ancient classics
in those dead languages as readily as
she can browse Though current fiction
in English.
Another parallel between her hus-
band is that she is the child of a
Presbyterian minister. Moreover. she
Is Il granddaughter of a divine of that
faith. 1t was at the home of her
grandfather the Rev DIR. l. S. X. An
son of Savannah. Ga, that she married,
in June. 1885. Thomas Woodrow Will
son. who has since thought best TO
cancel the first third of his name. Her
father. Rev. Edward Arson. died be
fore her wedding day, and her grand
father at the time was pastor of the
Independent Presbyterian Church of
Savannah.
1t was a quiet wedding, the next
mornings paper bearing the simple an
nouncement that Miss Ellie Lou
Arson" had been married tc MIR. Will
son. son of Rev. ]. r. Wilson of. Will
mington, y. c." The reporter who had
thus taken liberty with the bride 5
given name, ElleA Louise. had evident
ly forgotten that of the groom. for the
words Woodrow Wilson had not a ia
miliar twang in those early days. Al
though remarkable. in the reportorial
opinion. merely as the son of q clergy
man. he was at the time of his mar
riage a young attorney of twenty
eight years, who had lately relin-
auished law practice at Atlanta, Ca,
to write a volume entitled '.ConGrcs-
sional Government Study in Ameri-
can Politics.
The nuptials We're soiemnized by bot
the groom's father and the bride
grandfather; then. following their hon
eymoon. the young couple Went 10 live
in Pennsylvania. where DR.. Wilson
commenced his pedagogical career as
professor of history and political econ
omy at Bryn Mawr College
In the teachers colony of this ia
nous womans college, Mrs. Wilson
spent the first three years of her mar
ried life which were followed by four
years of life in that Of Wesleyan Uni
versity. where Woodrow Wilson held
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The Inducement.

A BARTON HEPBURN, at the Sc.
As Andrews Society banquet i'm New
York. said to a neighbor:
"A Scot asked me the other day 10
join new organization for the preyen-
ton of the extinction of the seal. sable
and ermine.
But what makes YOU ! asked take
such an interest I'm the organization"
This, he replied, and he drew from
his wallet a 9Th avenue furricr's bill adj
dressed to his wife.
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Not to Be DazzIed.

D REPRESENTATIVE HENRY of Texas
- was praising Washington
heiress
She is the right sort he said. She
went abroad last year, and on her re-
turn a friend asked her:
Ibid you see many picturesque old
ruins over there
Yes she answered. with faint
smile. and six of them proposed
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diminution
Now the position has changed and tie
council is endangered not from the side
of the people, but from the side of the
government itself. The reason is that
last spring the council threw out one of
the murdered Premier Stolypins reac-
tionary nationalist measures The premier
ignored the councils veto and declared
the measure law. This illegality nat
urally caused a storm of anger among
progressives. and the reactionary so
Wet saw itself temporarily in the queer
position OF champion of popular liberties.
Premier Stolypin, who had originally
used the council to destroy the duma' S
reforms thereupon attacked the council
for not being representative chamber.
This made people smile. At present the
council is not at all in danger of being
abolished. But it is expected that Jan
uary / all the Independent members will
be got rid Of and replaced by creatures
of the cZar.
Russias grand dukes once played a
considerable role in the deliberations of
this strange upper house. They do so no
more After 1865. when the proceedings
of the council could no longer be kept
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MONG ca nQl1ateS
for the exalted
station of first
lady of the land"
flor the 1851 .
term there are,
besides Mrs. Taft.
5 ev en- American
women who now
loom upon the po-
litical horizon as
possibilities, to
say the least.
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| ROPES senatcs
are feeling the eff
feet of the down
fall of England
upper house. and
progressive folk in
France. Germany .
Austria and other
countries predict
the collapse of two
chamber govern
ment everywhere,
lnquiring brains
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Ms Thomas MARSHALL

manager of the factory And this
hustlinS young Yankee. Eugene Foss-
two years later married Miss Lila
Sturtevant. the daughter OF his rich
employer. Mrs. Foss has since seen
her husband build up his own fortune
in factories. elevated roads. stock
yards. cotton mills and banks. and her
first twenty-siN years OF married life
were spent as the wife OF an opul~nt
gentleman in private life.
.&
During this period. however. she
had her glimpse at official.'om's draw
ing rooms in Washington. whittier
her husbands brother came eight
years ago to represent Chicago dis
trict in the House of Representatives
So, when her husba nd was unexpected
~ elected to the same body, year
ago. she was not a stranger to the
social life of the capital But her ac-
tive social career in Washington ex-
tended only through the few remain
ing weeks of the long tariff session.
for her husband was the following au-
tumn elected chief executive of the
Bay state.
The Posses are Baptists and their
chief pride is their beautiful twin
daughters. Misses Esther and Helen.
who in about another year Will make
their debuts. The family includes also
two sons, Benjamin and Noble.
1t is the proud boast of Mrs. Tom
Marshall that she has never been away
from her husband twenty-four hours
since their marriage. more than six
teen years ago. She formerly
Miss Lois |. Kimsey of Angola. Ind.
and he was a bachelor of forty one
when they were welded. Until three
and a half years ago she never aspired
To any greater social responsibility
than that of the wife of a country
lawyer in village Of 1000 population.
for the goyernorship was the first
office to which her husband ever had
ambitions. Her experience as the
mistress of the Indiana executive man.
sion has now extended over three years.
and her manner of dispensing hospi-
tahty has greatly added to her hus-
bands popularity.
\ suffragett. and new woman, IN.
tellectualiy speaking. would be the next
mistress OF tie White House We're the
little insurgent general La Toilette 10
wrest the republican nomination from
Mr. Taft and gain further victory at
the polls next November. Mrs. La Fol-
lette is a law graduate. stump speaker
and daily contributor to the newspapers.
After putting her daughter through Cor
nell she had her trained !or and placed
upon the stage. where she mas since
earned success az actress. I pom u
Sunday, i few weeks ago. This fair young
lady WAS married b. lfnitarian minister
10 young playwright.
Mrs. la Toilette. too. has served an
apprenticeship as chatelane OF an exec
utive mansion. FOR h.r husband was gov
e,nor of Wisconsin from i.h! until l"''->
And her experience in official life at
the capital of the nation dates back be-
yond twenty-siN wears, when Mr.. La Fol
Iettt came To Congress 10 remain six
wears. She had then been married less
than four years. She and the senator are
both natives Of Wisconsin and We're class
nlat.s at the university uf that stale.
where she won prize a. an orator. she
was the first woman graduate of the Wis
consn law school.
Copyright. lal2. ~ Iohn Elfrth Watkins,
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I Upper Houses Ceasing to
- Be Popular Unless They
Go to Sleep and Do Nothing
to Justify Their Existence
-Italy's Senate Fairly Safe.
Because 1t Isn't Hereditary,
and Doesn't Interfere in Poll
tics-But the Situation in
Austria, Russia and Prussia
Indicates That England Led
the Way in Throwing Down
It's House of Lords.
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z = asking whether the curb and brake
theory''-that is, the idea that the two
chamber system makes for stability and
nloderation-is not mere fiction. and the
answer given more often than not Is tina:
senate houses or lords. house OF mag
mates and other second chambers built on
aristocratic or bureaucratic principles,
are al best obsolete and innocuous, while
at worst they are weapons in the hands
Of reaCtiaaaTy parties.
~ present Germany is busy with this
subject; and for the good reason that
Germany has no upper house. The
rcichs:ag is Germany's only legislative
chamber The bundesrath, which ignora-
muses. regard sort OF house of lords.
i not . legislative chamber at all. but
only a roIncl representing the sovereign
= Of the twenty odd federated German
states.
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THREE Are Writer'S
J. One Is a Suffragette and
Stump Speaker-Another Is
an Accomplished Singer Who
Aspired for the Stage, and
Still Another Has Been a
School Teacher-Their Va
ried PHILOSOPHERS of Life
One Is a Proud Mother of
Twin Maidens, Soon to Be
of Debutante Age.
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All of them. like Mrs. Taft. are women
of great culture. An appreciable share
of their husbands chances for success
in the race for the presidential nomina-
ton depends upon their own tact di-
plomacy and charm. The lofty rank to
which their husbands wish to elevate
them is not reached entirely through the
accident of marriage.
\ vast source of many great mans
power is the virtuous. contented and in
dustrious consort who quickens his ideal
ism and reflects upon him that peace
tranquility and calm which oils the
wheels of effort. The most sordid and
banal of practical politicians will admit
the priceless value of a Dolly Madison or
Frances Cleveland as an asset to the
presidential candidate.
X x
Two names now familiar to readers
of the current newspapers and periodi
calls are Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and
Mrs Wilson Woodrow. Each of these
ladies is beth scholar and writer, al
though the name of the former is seen
more often in the body of published
article than at the top AS the wife
of the Governor of New Jersey and
one of the most active candidates for
the presidential nomination. she is bet
ter known than for her literary works.
which have nearly all been anonymous
contributions TO the deeper magazines
book reviews mostly and jottinSs
which have been inspired more by the
love of industry than the love of glory.
Like the husband. Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson is scholar by instinct, and
full 1uartcr-century spent at his side,
when he was college professor and
college president. has left her keen
intellect sharp. During all of these
wears when she lived in college towns
and part icipated in the intellectual life
Of college faculties she has kept
abreast Of the deeper problems that
Interested the wcrld Of art science and
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that Europes upper house system Is
played out, and that Il second chamber.
whether hereditary. nominated or elect
ed upon "a high property franchise, is
popular only as long as it recognizes its
obsoletcness and does nothing 10 justify
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But Prussia and other German states
have their own local houses of lords. The
PrusSian house of lords. which Lord
l;oSChery lately held up as a model &c
England. was admitted BY the con.
servativc historian, Treitschke, TO be "a
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>rs--ial sponsience 81 The star
VIENNA. January f..
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BY JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
SIS Sample Center
 pieces for $5.98

Just 31 only of Bentley's Royal Society Sample Center pieces.l 36 inch size, round, all hand embroidered, edge fin .ished with cluny lace and fringe to match. Green, brown, gray, white or natural color. (Main Floor, Rear)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Is Dog. S0iled Cow Instead of $1 Eacf
 Are 69c

Accumulation of gow| soiled and mussed throl| handling, have been assemb| onto one table to form this markable group. Low nd styles with short sleeves, II ishly trimmed in lace and d broidery. After one trip to i laundry, worth their origij price. (2d Floorl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Children's 1Oc Drawers
 q Pair 7 lie

In other words, for the usual price of 3 pairs of these splen- did drawers, on Monday you may get four pair. They are hemstitched and tucked, neat ly made of good cambric. All sizes ? to 12.
 (2d Floor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
12 Piece Toilet Set
 $5.05

Here are F piece Toilet Sets in as many different decora- tions and shapes, whose actual former prices were up to 9.50. If you have a place for one it is a rare opportunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Women,S 25c Lii,
 Vests for l9c

These are "Cumfy Cut" Il vests for women. Cumfy vests are the kind that cal slip off the shoulder. Althod worth the original price off ed in the sSilver Jubilee'| a special on Monday.
 l2d Flo|
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Odds and Ends of
 Plates 19c

Here is an accumulation of the odds and ends of Bread and Butter Plates, formerly priced up to 300 a dozen. Quite a few "pick ups'' for the frugal housewife.
 (2d Floor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Boys Mothers
 Friend Blouses Worth 75c, for 55c

Actual 75c values, if you please. Fine Madras and Pon- gees, such as you never see in a soc blouse. Light and me dium shades to choose from. Soft laundered blouses with the collars attached. Sizes 6 to 15. Monday only.
 (Boyn' store-Main Floor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12

derful Parasols have hurried to us to benefit "Jubilee' pur- chasers. Assortment is in elusive of hand embroidered linen parasols, silk parasols in black and white, solid colors hemstitched, solid colors with black and white striped bor- ders, solid colors with fancy ribbon borders, black and white stripes with colored bor- ders. A sunnier lot of sun shades was never shown in any store. A splendid assortment of handles and the newest shape canopies.
 (Main Floor, Front)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
This White Enan1- e!dc1t:L2Q e!ed Medi-

This opportunity will be welcomed in particular by those of our customers who were disappointed at the sale of these cabinets few weeks ago. This is another new ship ment- enough we believe to go around.
 This. cabinet ->is full size, white enameled with mirror door. Of excellent construc- tion and perfect finish. In short
 A Bareain
 (3d Floor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Mems 75c Night ShiI
 for 55c

Choice of cambric or checI nainsook night shirts, in pl white or trimmed with colo braid. Made without collar.
 (Main FlooI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12

Bank during ..4e Month May.
 Deposit books and slips the Bank on the main flo near the Sd avenue elevate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
$4 Unmade Sunni
 Dresses for $2. .49

PacKed Tn a box and no | alike, these beautiful unmI summer dresses. Each | contains enough plain md rial and embroidered mattel for. making complete one sq mer dress.
 Cotton Goods, Main Flo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Women's soc Knit Drawers for 39c

From our Knit Goods Store of splendid qualities is offered our regular 50c value of lace trimmed knitted drawers at this special price for Monday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-26
ITALIANS DEATH
CAUSE UNKNOWN
SO Find Jury Which Hear the Ey:-
dence at lnauIsItIon This
Morning.

Death from causes unknown to the
jury was the verdict Of the jury which
heard the evidence In the case OF Mike
Cantilini. the Italian whose badly de-
composed remains were found yester-
day at Fourteenth and Main streets,
between the old car barns and lum-
Der yard, where they had evidently
been since last week.
In all probability the Italians
death was due to natural causes. He
left his place of employment, saying he
was sick, and that was the last seen
of him alive. 1t Is thought he went
into the place where his body was
found, possibly to rest, and that he
sank to the ground and died.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-26
PERSONALS.

Mrs. James M. Beller of 1913 Bank
street, bas gone to Unionyille. Mc. Il,
visit her iaother. Mrs. John Stahl,
who is reported as being ILL.,
Harry risne and bride have return
ed from Their wedding ~ TO st
Louis and ether points south. Mr..
1igne reports that in all of the places
he visited ilt,rest in the KsoIsuk
water power las keen and that he
spent considerable time tcdlns the
inauirers What he knew about the big
dam.