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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

~ UESTIONS of constitutional reform are
very much under discussion at the
present moment. Our political sys-
TENS are undergoing a sort OF general over
hauling and Spring-cleaning-which may or
may not result In substantial improvement
Some Of the schemes under consideration are
likely in the end to do more harm than good
II they come to frultion. But before Union
lists there lies one task which is open to no
possibility Of such objection, which is, in
fact, an obvious and plain duty IL the way Is
not to be opened TO further encroachments by
the enemies OF the old regime OF law and
order, and IL the supremacy OF the best quail
ties OF the English nation over dangerous op-
portunism and irresponsible demagogy is not
to be extinguished forever.
The House Of Lords has been shorn or
many of Its ancient powers. The task be-
fore us now is to see that 1t be not further
weakened by internal influences; that Our
one great check upon reckless legislation be,
instead, strengthened and consolidated to the
utmost degree possible in its position as the
body representing all that is best and purest
In the high and honorable traditions OF this
country.
That such internal dangers do exist is un-
fortunately not to be denied. The one way
in which the dignity of that House can be
maintained is by the personal prestige and
unquestionable fitness Of its members Tor the
exalted position that they hold And that
prestge-indeed. the very existence of the
Lords as anything but mockery and .
laughing stock-is threatened by a develop
ment OF recent years which every day grows
to greater and more menacing proportions.
We refer to the increasing number OF unions
between hereditary peers and ladies OF in
ferior station-mesalliances which strike at
the very heart Of the whole raison detre OF
the House Of Lords.
Only a week or so ago there occurred the
latest instance Of this kind. No great general
interest was shown in the marriage Of Miss
Olive Mary Meatyard, professionally known on
the Galety stage as "Oive May" to Lord Vic.
tor Paget, brother OF the Marquis of Anglesey,
The public has unfortunately grown used to
cases OF the sort, and has come to look on
such unions merely as mild joke. deserving
OF little more than a smile, raised eyebrow,
or the shrug of shoulder But the matter
is really a very serious one.
In considering this matter Of mesalliances
Of peers, chief prominence naturally falls to
cases like this, in which the bride is musi-
cal comedy actress. First. because they pro-
vide far the most frequent instances OF such
marriages; and, secondly, because the ladies
of this particular calling are, of all classes, as
a rule. the most unsuitable to be the wives Of
men of high position and great responsibilities
which are 10 be automatically transmitted to
their heirs We have nothing TO say per-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
Why We Say We Feel 1t in Our Bones

the existence Of mysterious bone
which formed the nucleus for the
resurrection Of the body. This was
called the bone OF life and was sup
posed to be indestructible.
Just where the bone OF life was
located was vexed question. Some
authorities placed 1t at the base of
the spine, others in the great toe
and still others In the sutures Of
The skull, In the last named con-
nection 1t is interesting to note
that uneducated Mohammedans be.
heVe that every mans fate is writ
ten upon his skull in characters
which no human being can read.
1t vas the common belief of the
American Indians that In the bones
was seated that part OF man which
might revive into life ngnin. For
this reason they venerated the
bones Of their ancestors and often
carried them about with them in
their wanderings, Some tribes even
saved fish bones In order that the
waters might be stocked with fish
again, and buffalo skulls were care.
fully arranged and preserved to in
sure the return of their owners.
Human bones have always held a
prominent place In medicine and
magic, and the belief in the efficacy
OF the bones of the saints persists
In the Christian church to the pres
ent day.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
-HE common expression 'T feel

"HE common expression IT feel
II In my bones" is a survival
- OF the superstitious belief IN
the occult power OF the bones which
has come down 10 US from preh!s-
eOric times
Ever since man existed, bones,
and particularly those Of the human
body, have been regarded as pos
sessed of incredible possibilities for
good or evil. From time imme.
mortal they have served as anu
lets and charms, The oldest known
fetish Is the thigh bone Of NAM
moth found in cavern Of the Bel
CLAN cave dweIlers.
The ancient Babylonians pre-.
served the bones of their dead with
the greatest care by placing them
In jars; whose shape suggested the
modern coffin. Earth burial was
substituted for cremation in Baby
lonia in order to provide for the
preservation Of the bones.
The early Hebrws regarded their
skeletons with the greatest sane
tity and attributed to them super
natural powers. The Moabite corpse
was brought back to life by being
place din contact with the dry
bones in Ellsha's sepulchre.
In later time sthe Hebrews came
to believe that the soul had It's seat
In the bones. They also assumed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
,e Throne" illustrate Royal objection
mes" Article ON "Peers and Their Marriages."

sonally derogatory to any of these ladies. On
the contrary, we congratulate them most
heartily upon the enterprise and ability that
has enabled them to rise above the status OF
life to which they were born. Nevertheless,
the mere fact OF such marriages is in itself
regrettable, for social and other reasons. and
the question of the children Is vital and
serious.
Apart from any matter OF sentiment, there
Is the great and important Issue of the quail
ties transmitted by heredity That you can
not make silk purse out OF sow's ear" is
principle that has been admitted since the
earliest times We do not for moment con-
tend that merit without birth should net re-
ceive its proper recognition. That is quite
different matter But the fact that there are
men and women who rise to great things in
spite OF lowly birth is no excuse for throwing
away the great advantages Of generations of
right breeding, and men who thus cheaper
their hereditary privileges are guilty OF a
treachery to their traditions, for which moth
ing can really atone. We are most careful Of
the pedigrees CT our animal aristocracy. Why
should we be less jealous of the breeding of
our human arlstocracy2
We cannot debar the man who holds high
and honored name from bestowing share
in that name upon any lady who may gain
IL
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

ms aIIeCClOnS. But we
can prevent his offspring
by that union from exer-
cislng the great and i'm
portant privileges which
attach to q hereditary
member of the House Of
Lords. Pure blood Is al
ways n most salient fac
tor IN the selection Of
leaders Of men, and has
been so recognized all
through history. And In
the case Of hereditary
peerages which entitle the
holders to a seat in the
House Of Lords, 1t is not
merely a valuable quail
fication. but the sole valid
one, Therefore the peer
who has sullied the blood
Of his family and Of his
descendants should be ipso
facto debarred, him and
his heirs, from sitting in
the Lords. Hereditary
peers should be compelled
in fact to produce their
pedigrees and armorial
bearings for scrutiny be-
fore being admitted to have
3 right to sit IN the
House of Lords. A peer
who Enarries, say, a
vaudeville actress or q bar
maid, would under this sys-
tenn have q "bar sinister"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

placed upon his escutcheon by the official
scrutineers Whether ne should or should
not be allowed to legslats himself Is a moot
question. but descendants In the direct line
should lose their hereditary qualification and
recover Ii only II the claimant could prove
that he had earned the right to re-enter the
privileged class by his own conspicuous
merits
If aristocracy means anything It means
the rule Of the best men," both in birth and
breeding, and all the qualities that go with
them, otherwise there is no aristocracy. Can
any one for moment say that such alliances
are consistent with the maintenance Of the
true strain of ancient and honorable nobility?
II there is anything In heredty at all, What
are those children likely to turn out? For
one thing, the sense OF responsibility to ira
ditlons can hardly be developed in them TO a
very full or satisfactory degree. For their
father has shown himself to care little for
the dignity OF his class, and their mother
has been unduly elevated from hers Such
talent or other attributes as they will gain
from the admiXture Of blood will in all proba-
bility not be OF the kind suitable to their
rank and station. They may acquire an out
look and attitude to life which is actually
inimical to their proper traditions AT best
it is probable that they will be neither arsto-
Gratis in the proper sense Of tha word nor
sturdy middle-class = their tradition of
noblesse oblige viii be cracked and sullied,
with nothing to take it's place.
The case Of Lord Victor Paget Is still quite
fresh In every ones memory. The husband
OF Miss Meatyard, a possible Marques Of
Anglesey in the future, belongs to an illus
trious house, whose ancestor, Lord Paget de
Beaudesert, was summoned to Parliament
under that title in 1862. His sisters are
future Countesses Of Pembroke and Shrews-
bury, respectively. and a daughter of the
Duke OF Rutland Is mis- sister-in-law
Another very old title allied with the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

orderly clerk the present eight.year-old
peer being the offspring OF that marriage.
Another Gibson Girl' In the peerage ia Mrs.
Lyndhurst Bruce, who was known as Camille
Clifford" before she became the wife Of tho
future Lord Aberdare
Earl Poulett, whose title dates back TO a
Royalist ancestor ennobled In 1927, took his
wife from the Galety stage. the daughter Of
Mt Fred Storey, the comedian. The Marques
OF Headfort married Miss Rosie Boote, also
from musical comedy, and their eldest son
will in due course claim his seat IN the Lords
Vlscount Tcrrington, at one time Page of
Honor 10 Queen Victoria and King Edward
and descendant Of the famous Admiral
Byng. married Miss Eleanor Souray, former
member Of one Of Mr.. George Edwardes's
comDanies-the chief guest at the wedding
being, we believe, Tod Sloan, the jockey.
In all the cases mentioned-which by no
means exhaust the list-the title Is a repre-
sentative one, and the heir Of such q mar
rage is By law entitled to sit in the House
OF Lords.
The House Of Lords has weighty functions
and an honorable place In English life For
Unionists, especially, it Is OF the utmost mo-
ment that the one body which stands be.
tween the country and It's demagogues, be-
tween the England Of high traditions and the
iconoclasts with none, should consist of those
who are without exception, aristocrats In the
FULLEST sense Of the term-men whose birth
and breeding and untainted blood nj ie them
real representatives of the old nobility,
which, whatever It's faults, has the merit of
being above the pettier considerations and
the lighter ambitions which cloud the atmos-
phere Of the political arena
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
London. February 20.

February
sernofal
Their Tho First Preliminary tho Reform the House
This
Following Special Article
The Throne either
In
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
10 Keep Peers From
0ebdsmg 1heirB|ood
The Outrageous Plan Suggested BY the English
Royal Court to Marx lOith the "Bar Sinister"
Marriages of Noblen1en With "Lddies of Inferior
Rank" and Deny Their Offspring the Rights
of legitimate Children

While American
and aisrn
nobies hold dollar Pnes
Indeed labrd which all
erns has omitted
article
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
}. Lady with unknown sneeotry
which may be tainted.
A. Peer Of historic family wiah
undermined lineage.

blood alone inhertts
although
phyeical blenaiahea or
ther'su know
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

musical comedy stage
is that Of Lord de
Clifford, which ranks
fourth on the roll Of
baronies having been
created by Edward /.
In 1899, The late Lord
de Clifford, who died
three years ago, mar
ried Miss Eva Chandler
{" Eva Darlington "),
one OF Mr.. Seymour
Hicks's "Gibson Girls"
and daughter Of an
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

A Photograph OF
Camille Clifford as
a Scr ub woman.
She Later Went
on the Stage and
Married the Hon.
Henry Lyndhurst
Bruce, Son Of
Lord Aberdere.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

Denise Orme, the Gaiety Juno,
Who Married Hon. Rich
ard Yarde-Buller, Son
of Lord Churston.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

= UESTIONS Of constitutional reform are
\ very much under discussion at the
present moment. Our political syB-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14
Anniversary of Washington's Death.

A FRIEND Of the Rambler met while
- strolling along. the road leading
from Pohick Church to Gunston Hall
recalled to him, the Rambler, that this
Sunday is the anniversary of the death
Of George Washington. That great man
has been dead la years the night of
December IA 1t was between 10 and
IL o'clock on that night, 1899, that the
foremost American died. The day of
his birth is observed throughout the
United States and wherever there are
Americans and other believers in civil
freedom and in republics but the day
of his death is known to few of his
countrymen There is pathos in the
story.
Washington had for some time been
liveliest interest and most active con-
Germ had been in the management of
his place. 1t is recorded that on De-
csmber 10 he walked through the
grounds Immediately surrounding the
| house with his nephew, Lawrence
! Lewis, and Lewis wife. born Nellie
| Gusts. Lewis and Miss Gusts had not
| been married a year. the nuptials hay-
| ing been celebrated at Mount Vernon
/ Washingtons birthday anniversary.
February %, 1893. As the trio walked
cember, Washington pointed out TO his
young companions the place where he
! intended to erect a new family vault,
| the old vault having been rived by the
| roots OF trees. The afternoon of De-
/ cember 10 Washington completed a set
/ of plans on which he had been for some
] time engaged, for the cultivation of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14
Canbass anaong
@ ast)inQton Iutberans

ts1r HE Every Member Canvass"
W adopted by the Laymen's Mission
airy Movement of the General Synod of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the
United States of America, plan for the
purpose Of interesting Lutherans in
more active relationship in all depart
ments and activities of the church life.
Is to be inaugurated by number of the
Washington Lutheran churches this aft
ernoon.
The board secretaries of the Lutheran
General Synod will fill the different pull
pits this morning and explain the Every
Member Canvass and the Duplex En-
velope System" and in the afternoon the
men Of the churches will go out two by
two, visiting the members and urging u
more loyal and generous support for the
work OF the church. The duplex en-
velope system will be adop,ed where 1t Is
not now in use, and these sets of fifty
two will be left in the homes for each
member.
Some Of the churches that will engage
In this laymen's canvass today are:
Luther Memorial. Keller Memorial,
Georgetown and st. Marks. The mem
bers of the above mentioned churches
have been requested to remain at home
tomorrow afternoon in order to receive
the committees of laymen between the
hours of 2 and 5 o'clock.
novel entertainment was given by
the Farther Lights of the First Baptist
Church Friday evening In the pariors of
the church.
Admission was by doll or toy, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14
@nfinisben Task in China a
Gigantic @me.

the lotus. and if found and worshiped
will give abundant rains 1t is said that
many years ago during drought the rock
was taken out and worshiped and rain
came. The rock is supposed 10 contain
the spirit which controls the rains.
I'm their extremity the people are now
seeking for that rock l went over 10
see the sight yesterday. Hundreds OF
men from many villages were working
hard and had already dug two great
holes In the deep mud. and had removed
several rocks. Most OF those working
were coolies. but men OF apparent intel
ligence were experimenting the work.
Whether the county official has any
faith i'm this procedure I do not know.
but he goes there twice a day. In the
direction OF the holes dug. this probably
to retain his office.
ITO see such cannot but move one 20
pity, and ] took advantage OF the op-
portunity 10 bear witness to the true
God. and point the people 10 the Ruler
OF the Universe who alone can give rain.
They were also invited TO the prayer serr-
ice to be held In a few minutes at the
church where the Christians would pray
for rain, but only a few would listen.
and the superintendent, evidently fearing
that I would hinder the work. began
sounding a gong. The hint was Needed.
and I left the people 10 pursue their
superstitious lnclinations."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14
Graves of the British.

TN last weeks Rambler there was men
ton that the Order of Washington, one
Of the patriotic ancestral societies, had
under consideration a plan for the erec-
ton of a marker at Barney Spring on
the Bladensburg road few feet inside
the boundary of the District Of Columbia
There was also published picture OF
Barney Spring and brief sketch or It's
historic significance 1t was related that
the spring flows where the Americann
forces took up their second line or oppo-
sition to the British invaders, ana the
men under Commodore Barney, brought
M from his iotiila. which had been
operating in the Chesapeake and its
tributaries. were posted at and In the
vicinity Of the spring, that point being
the center of the American line.
All this brings to mind that mile pc
yond this spring and IN ana AROUND 'i.e
town OF Bladensburg are numerous iafu-
marks OF the battle, which perhaps mo-
than all things else has given the name
of Bladensburg conspicuous thoush
not an oyer-glorious page in American
history Among these landmarks are
Duck PENIS mill, which STANDS III low
ground on the easteriy side Of the East
ern branch, off the left OF the road as
Won approach the Bladensburg bridge
This mill furnished cover for American
SbarnshootarS when the Americans LOON
up their first position to oppose the
crossing of the stream by the BRUSH.
On the left of the ancient road WhlcI
loads through Bladensburs TOWARD
Lowndes' hill, and sitting back in deep
old time garden, Is the Ross mouse.
The people who now live in that neigh
borhood seem not to have preserved
complete history of this house. out tnes
fold the Rambler that DR.. Ross nvec
there in 1915, and that descendants OIL his
are still living III Washington Inc stois
goes that Gen. Ross and Admirai Soch'
burn. the commanders of the invading
co.nmn which had come overland from
Renedict on the Patuxent river, toot
breakfast in this house on the day or tht
memorable fight and that AFTER the en-
ra cement many of the British Wounuet
were taken into the house ana that tIos'
that died there We're buried In the earoei
at the back of the house -
A venerable coiored woman toiu .u'
Rambler that she had II from ner mothei
that the back lot of the Ross mousse wa
full of British graves.
IT has been established that many oi
the British killed were buried the DAY
after the battle by Americans, ana tha'
fine burial trench was dug on property
acquired bv John C. RiVes. who, VIII
other activities. conducted for lona
time the celebrated Congressional GloDe
The property is now III possession OF
his son. Col Wright Rives, y ?. Az re-
tired who lives there. Col. RiVes mas
pointed out to the Rambler the line OF
this burial trench, which runs through
the northeast corner of his garden- fie
has found there buttons and other IN
sigma of the British service, poor little
trifles that rains and frost nave proush'
up from the graves of the soldiers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14

At o'clock in the afternoon Gen Wash
ington called 10 Mrs. Washington 10 fetch
some papers from his desk. These were
two wills. One he directed Mrs. Wash
ingtou 10 burn and the other 70 retain.
Lear recites that he took the general :
hand and that Washington said 10 him:
Il find am going. Ny breath cannot las
long. l believed FROM the first that tile
disorders would prove fatal 10 you AZ
range and record all MY military papers
Arrange my accounts and settle my books
Let Mr.. Rawlins finish recording M
other letters
Or Craik came in again at O'Clock.
and Washington said 10 him: Doctor. I
die hard, but ! am not afraid 70 go. m
hour later the other physicians came II
and all aided in propping the general Np
IN bed. Washington said To them: II teel
am going. ] thank you for your alton
tons. but ! pray take more trouble
about me. Let me go on quietly. ] can
not last long
Lear says that NJ 10 . clock that nigh
the general said: Have me decentiT
buried, and do not let my body be put ia
the vault under three days after 1 am
dead
Dr.. Craik held Washington's hand. and
then gently laid il down. tie closed the
eyes Of Washington. for the great man
was dead.
The funeral took place December IL.
All the people OF the neghborhood were
at the house. The corporation or Alex
andria, the militia aud the Masons or
Alexandria We're there. The procession
moved from the house to the vault not
many yards away. and the remains were
laid at rest. a sloop-of-war anchored
off Mount Vernon fired minute guns
The will was read. In Il Washington
gave freedom To his slaves after the
death OF his widow. and provided fof
the. maintenance OF those too young. too
old or too feeble 10 take care Of them
selves
Washington was opposed 10 the inSti-
tuition of slavery. There are many of his
| letters 10 prove il. In one written to
| Lawrence Lewis in 1871, he said: Il wish
| from my soul that the legislature %
this state could see the policy Of IN"
| gradual abolition of slavery. Ii might
prevent much future mischief "
| Washington was a prophet.