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flies quickly, but it does not smooth over
some things for a long, long while
People in Ohio are still talking about
the horror of the flood which occurred III
Ohio las, spring. That was an awful
thing" exclaimed Mrs Pomerene, 'one
can hardly bring ones self TO talk about
it. / was not directly in the flood dis
trict at the time. but Mr.. Pomerene made
the trip over that territory with the gov
errors party ana he told OF some terrible
things when he could bring himself To talk
ABOUT them.
"One of my friends was marooned with
her family and she told me a great many
things that happened to her. one incident
served to illustrate how rapidly those
waters rose. She said that. when the
water began to come in her cellar at ilrst.
she went to turn off a gas heater that
was down there and. she expressed II,
she fooled around a little before she went
upstairs again. When she looked out, the
waters in the street We're already waist
deep
people wonder why the towns along
the line could not have been warned IN
time to enable them to make some prepa-
rations for safety; but the whole thing
happened so quickly that telegraph and
telephone wires were broken down before
it was realized what was happening.
"This friend of mine was telling me OF
the trip she made to n hospital. when the
waters were beginning to rise. Her house
was on the corner and n butt for the
waters coming In all directions. She
thought IL best to leave il for a more Sc
cure place so she started TO this hospital
AS she left, she said. the waters were al
most waist deep, ana when she arrived at
the hospital, which was not very far
away, or she would not have attempted
to reach It, they had risen to her chin.
"A horse came up Oh the porch while
she was there and stood on its hind ieet
with Its nose as '.igh 10 in the air as ne
could hold Il, struggling TO lift himself
up. Tie waters fosc around him until
only Ii..le bit Of his nostril was show
ing; then ne WAS carried away.
1.-The worst part OF the flood was the
filth of the water. It was not Just muddy
water, bur absolutely filthy. The bright
spot was the heroic action of Mr.. Pat
terson the manufacturer. Too much can
never be said of the wonderful way in
his money, but of his strength and time
as well.
why. when the news first came that
the waters were rising he rushed into
his factory and exclaimed We've got to
make boats His men told him that
there was nothing to make boats of, ex-
cept the seasoned lumber for his reg
listers He ordered them to go ahead and
use that. They turned out boat every
seven minutes. His results were a tri-
umph for system and method. Without
him the flood would have been more of a
horror than 1t was
Mrs. Pomerene had been talking enthu-
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A Deep Eater.
cENAToR FRAwLEY said u Alban,

CENATOR FRAWLEY said u Albany
- OF a corruptionist:
He went in too deep. lie was like the
boy.
Motoring one summer day III the coun-
try, | saw boy who was going through
strange performance. lie hoped up
and down on his left foot, while he held
to his right ear a large stone on which
he tapped-tap. tap, tap-with u smaller
one.
My boy. ! said, what on earth is
the natter
Water in me ear the boy replied, as
he continued his hopping and tapping.
My own boyhood came back TO me.
remembered dong just such things my
self.
Aha / said. I re member now. !,
too, my boy have no ped and tapped
like that when I've been swimming and
got water in my ear
= I amt been swimmin',' said the boz.
But how on earth then l began.
Been eatin' Watermelon he inter-
rupted, calmly"
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self that Mr. Pomerene isn't bored.
Why" she added suddenly. as though
she had just thought OF it. Il haven t
had a dance since the one with President
Taft"
Mrs. Pomerene is enthusiastic about
her native city, Canton.
For a town of only $4,000 she said
it has Inquired quite prominently. 1t has
furnished President Mckinley, Justice
Day of the Supreme Court. represent
alive and a senator. The Lincoln me
mortal road is going to pass by the
town; SO, with the mausoleum to Presi-
dent Mckinley we indeed have claim to
distinction
Many people thought it was too un-
important to have the memorial to a
President erected there. but 1t was his
home and his wife's, and it seems ap
propriate The mausoleum is a beautiful
thing. 1t Is patterned after the Grant
tomb on Riverside drive, New York. A
lagoon and garden effect. surrounding
make it a most attractive addition to the
city Mrs. Mckinley is buried there
with her husband. and their two chill
dren, Ida and Kate. who died in child
hood repose in the vault: 1t was Mrs.
Mckinley request that this be So"
Mrs Pomerene lived next door to the
McKinleys all of her lie in Canton. Her
aunt was bridesmaid at their wedding.
Mr. Pomerene also, was numbered
among their close personal friends
Living so closely to them," sad Mrs.
pomerene meant that ne were right
in the midst of the interesting events
when the delegation from the convention
that Nominated Mr.. Mckinley for the
,,restdency came to make the formal
announcement to him. l am sure that
rir Pomerene was the first democrat to
congratulate him.
There was a fence" she reflected.
that separated our lawn and theirs.
remember that every board OF 1t was
carried away by souvenir seekers. who
came thronsing to the city at the time.
"Of course every one knows how per-
fectly devoted Mrs. Mckinley was TO her
husband, and how she thought him a
criterion by which all men should be
Judged She seemed to think 1t more or
less of a sin not to agree with him In
politics One day she looked at me and
remarked as though she had only recol-
lected il, Your husband is a democrat
was. she asked why didn't change him
I told her that should not like to try !?
She didn't seem satisfied at that, but en-
deayored to make me promise to per-
suade him to conform his views to Mr..
Mckinley's,
II was a guest at Mr.. McKinley's If
tieth birthday party. about the time I was
married I always remember his age by
that. II he were living today he would
be seventy-one. Why. II doesn't seem &C
long ago that no was shot, does III Time
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Sangfroid.
uDrEslpExT WILSON'S sangf

uDREsInENT wilson's sangfroid Is
u.,f3inlg.' said a diplomat: las
unfaiiin.s ~ hts flld OF anecdote.
''Aplapoa of the shipping rebate | com
piimentsi lie Pfssideltt on his sangfroid
the other dag. lie replied. with his dry
smile. that ne tried to initiate the grave
digger.
a grayeaigser. he explained, had the
habit q ,is ting the cemetery every night
at about midnight To see that all was go
inG wcil.
Some boys decided TO play trick on
him They dug a trench in a dark spot
which the sraVedisger always passed
over and one OF their number. clothed
IN Il y hite sheet. bad behind a tree.
The graveCie-er ~ midnight duiy ap-
peared and, SUR enough, h. stumbled
ana fell into the grave
Then the boy II the sheet stepped
forth ana said in hollow tones.
what are You doing in my grave
What are you dong OUT Of it% the
gravedisser calmly replied.
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must be chronic for / am not in anyway
extraordinary, nor do / excel in even
one line; and my mood then was pretty
much my mood always"
The concentrated feminine quality is up
permost in her nature. Mrs. Pomerene
is the wife, hostess and friend. above all
She impresSes as a woman of ability i'll
ner own sphere, with a sincere interest
in the individual lines of efficiency in
others.
Her blue eyes beam as she follows the
conversation, and her expression is one
of ardor and enthusiasm She has height
and poise, health and vigor. ond Of
the theater and society. she is by no
means so wrapped UP in thigs domestic
that they exclude everything else broad
ening from her life Her life is primarily
a home one and she is the happy, con-
tented sovereign OF that domain.
The family consists of herself and ..r
Pomerene. They have been married
twenty-one years 1t is only since their
marriage that Mr. Pomerene had hello
public Office, with the exception of mum
cipal positions in connection with his law
practice in Canton. He was lfeutenan,
governor Of Ohio before he came to tnt
Senate.
In the past the wife of statesman
could help his material advancement by
keeping his house in order and making
his friends-poltical or otherwise-com-
Portable. Nowadays another channel is
open to her. She may even make stump
speeches for him, either actually or
through the indirect method OF talking
state and national politics along with her
woman's suffrage. But not Mrs. Pomer-
enc. She IS of the old-fashioned school,
and she beiieves-so does her husband
for that matter-that her way is effective
Active participation in the affairs of a
statesman husband is not my idea of the
way a wife can help him most success
fully" she said. emphatcaily. Il bel.ey,.
in I'll ing his life SO completely from every
other angle that his business will be his
ony care
BESIDES, l am sure Mr.. Pomerene would
not like me to campaign for him. One
day he was starting out on a tour of the
towns in which he was to make speeches
| asked him If he wanted me to go with
him. No, he replied. 1 do not carry my
audience with me-
There isn't any way In which l could
really help him concernn g his work Tn
like Barrie's Maggie Shand. l could not
write his speeches for him, II l would
Moreover they wouldn't be delivered
even if I were to write them. He writes
them himself. | consider his mental at
tainments so far super or to mine that II
would be impossible for me to aid him in
that way.
But / do like to feel that help him BY
making his social and home life SO at
tractive that he may save all OF his en-
erey for his work. He has no cause to
worry about his home-that Is my part in
his career. He never interferes with my
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DUaG AND DUCHESS OFCROY

Hickson Field of New York, who married
Prince Salvador Brancaccio whose title
dates back to 1901, and who also bears
the Spanish title Duke of Lustra. This
prince who has been a model husband,
was a prime fayorte with the late King
Humbert and an attache Of his court.
while the American princess used to be
lady-in- waiting to Queen Marguerite.
Another American princess in Italy was
Miss Josephine Mary Curtis daughter OF
Joseph Davis Beers Curtis of New York,
who at Paris in 1885, became the third
wife of Dom Emanuel. Prince of Ruspol
and of Pogga-SuaSa. an Italian deputy.
In 1855 the Italian Prince Camporeale
who was also Duke of Aldragana. mar
ried a New York Divorce, Mrs. Thomas
kingsland, who had been Miss Florence
Binney, daughter of John Binney of Bur
lington n. j.. in which city the American
girl became the Princess Camporeale. This
princes family as far back as the four
teenth century migrated from Bologna
to Sicily. where they have since been
established.
Among the other American princesses
was Miss Evelyn Julia Bryant Mackay,
stepdaughter Of John ". Mackay. who,
at Paris in 1888, married Prince Colonna
di Galatro a Spanish scapegrace. whose
ABUSE anu BRUTALITY CdusCO ueI " ASdNC
him. and live afterward with her mother
in London, keeping her three children
with her. About this time Miss Clara.
daughter of Coils P. Huntington married
Prince HatZfeldt of Germany, and Miss
Winnaretta Singer. another American
girl married a Prince de Scey-Montbel-
lard
Then in 1899 Miss Florence Hazard,
daughter of E. c. Hazard. millionaire
catsup manufacturer of Shrewsbury, n.
J.. married Prince Francis Auersperg,
who had been a poor physician in New
York and this international marriage
might, SO far as rank is concerned, have
been one of the most brilliant yet made
by an American girl. since this prince be-
longed to one of those mediatized, or
formerly reigning houses of Germany.
rather than to the mere nobility. But be-
cause of his marriage, he was obliged by
his family to resign all OF his rights and
prerogatives as a member Of a mediatized
house, and to descend to the rank Of the
ordinary nobility. as In the case of the
mediatized Count Poppenheim, whose
countess now divorced. was Miss
Wheeler of New York. Princess Auer-
sperg also left her husband after a short
and stormy married life.
The next American princess entered
upon the page of history was the wealthy
but Inflated Clara Ward of Detroit, who
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Movements

sasticaIIy: she could be explicit concern
ing the achievements OF others. REt for
herself there was nothing she could add
when / say dove mS husband ana
my home better than anything else, thtt
SAYS il ALL she declared.
Wifehood and hnAi emaklng are her pro
LESSONS from choice. aHd She is sincerely
satisfied to occupy her niche. Senator
Pomerane is one % the happiest men III
the Senate This is the lnal testimony
to her success.
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where the rank of prince is one of the
least being about equal to that of count
or baron in other countries, or some of
those in Italy. where titles may be pur
chased, there being two classes those be-
longing to royalty and the nobility, and
those going with ancient estates. even
when purchased by foreigners But in
Italy, as we'll as in some other continental
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European countries, one may be a duke
and yet of higher rank than a prince Of
ancient lineage.
Thus if the full Westphalian status OF
the Duchess of Croy is sustained in Ger
many and Austria she will rank far above
three other American women who can.
or could, boast of being Italian princesses.
For example, there is Miss Eliza beth
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If A / MISS NaNS )
Lelshulan. who JUS
wed the youn 2
Duke of Croy, "ha :
come nearer t.
marrying a rea
member of Euro
pean royalty than
any other America j
girl. has just been
published far an |
wide III the new $
dispatches.
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eco-.-
m j S I, socialist.
feminist-any Of
these? No, yet
Mrs. Atlee Pome-
rene, wife of the
democratic sena-
tor from Ohio. is
decidedly up-to-
date and alert.
This seems a para
doxical state, for
II "a generally ar
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home, part of the time from a tutor.
There were months when I did no study
ing at all. In this way, il seems to me
always, the foundation of my training
was not very solid 1 never feel that ]
know great deal about any one subject.
My fund of information IS general in
character never specialized / have the
greatest respect for the person who knows
his subject from every standpoint.
Because / feel SO shaky in my founda-
tional facts. | was very enthusiastic in
my membership in the Cleo Club at home
In Canton. Fifteen friends and myself
organized il for study purposes, and
found our meetings so pleasurable ana
instructive that we have continued II for
twenty years A different country was
taken for our subject of study each year
and we exhausted it. you may be sure
from every angle" Mrs. Pornerene smiled
whimsically.
But certainly / value the training |
received while In that club she added.
Il am still a member This year l have
been asked to read a paper on Washing
ton
Mrs. Pomerene crossed to the end of the
divan nearest the window. She looked
out over the broad sweep of the city ly-
ing below
II think" she smiled, that people are
the most interesting part of life. One of
the reasons that Washington IS consid-
tEei suCn an dtlTdCliSe TtSiUciilieti city
is the opportunity il affords for meeting
people OF varied sorts. in such widely
different walks of life.
"Every one has something Of interest to
me in his cnaracter-why, even the bores
are interesting, Very few of them. how
ever. come my way, but once in a while,
as with every one. / meet a person of such
Slight individuality that he could scarcely
be expected TO appeal to anybody. And
yet. stra.ghtway / begin TO be interested
in him. / want TO find out why he is
a bore. Sometimes / really astonish my
friends, and they even laugh al me, when
! maintain that bores are interesting Just
because they are bores.
Mrs Pomerene has the strength of her
convictions. Once she comes TO de-
cision she sticks to it. Moreover. If &C
cason demands she is ready and will
ing to defend her opinions.
Submitting to the dissecting queries
of an interviewer who probes for auto
biography without giving the impression
that one is bent on seIf-explotation Is
an experience neither easy nor pleasant.
Mrs. Pomerene resumed her narrative
with the proper diffidence.
II told Mr.. Pomerene. one day" she
said as she fingered the flowers In the
bowl beside her that | had taken an
inventory OF myself and discovered that
there wasn't anything in the world
could do we'll He asked me II / had the
blues. Maybs / had. But, II so. they
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DUCHESS QMkNcHE.STEl
Me-
fELEN ZIMMERMAN

in 1890 married the Prince de Chimay
of the old French house of that name,
and who, after living with him I'VE years,
spending $4,000 in repairing his estates
and bearing him two children, ran away
with Rigo a Hungarian gypsy musician
who has lately been performing in this
country The prince who has been de
scribed in the American prints as OF II
reproachable conduct, obtained a divorce
in 1897, after which the ex-princess had
the noble Chmay crest tattooed upon her
arm and then distributed photographs of
herself adorned in this manner. The
courts gave the prince the custody of her
children. She was only In her teens
when she married him. Our only other
French princess is Anna Gould, daughter
of Jaw Gould who some years ago di-
vorced Count Boni de Casteliane and
afterward married his cousin, Prince
Helie de Saean, whose mother the for
mer princess. was leader OF the Paris
smart set into which the former Countess
de Castellane was ambitious to enter
Two American women have become
Russian princesses, this rank, however.
as explained, being near the bottom OF
the list of titled Russians one OF THESE
is Julia Dent Grant, granddaughter OF
President Grant, who married Prince
Michael CantacuZene of the Russian I'M
perial Guards and the other Is 4melie
Rives, the Virginia girl VINO became ID
NOUS for writing The Quick or the
Dead. She HTSI maj lied 1'Ai4i - -
strong Chanler, who after tAeir divorce
was adiudged insane in New York state
and who has lately appeared before the
courts and had his name changed 10
Cbaloner Twelve years ago she mar
ried the Russian Prince Troubetzkoy,
nainter who has since maintained
studio in his country.
The former Miss Leishman became
the fifteenth American duchess. Or
higher rank than any of our native
princesses except the Princess of Monaco,
have been the four American w men VINO
have become Duchesses of Marlborough
and Of Manchester The first American
Duchess of Marlborough was Mrs. Ham
mersley stepnlother of the present duke.
She was reputed to have inherited 81 900 90
and to have spent more than $1,000 900 up
on his palace. BleDheim. After his death
she married Lord William Beresford and
endeayored to retain the title of duchess,
but Queen Victoria insisted that she drop
it and rest content with that of Lady
Beresford. The young duke, We better
remember, emulated his father and mar
ried an American heiresS. CouSuelo Van
derbilt. daughter of William X. Wander
bilt, the New York multimillionaire. The
young duchess legal separation from her
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banker and a cousin of the poet, Helm
rich Heine. This Michel Heine at the
time of his daughters marriage TO the
prince was living III Paris. He was
Christianized jew and very wealthy. His
daughter had embraced the Catholic
faith and was the first JeWeSs by blood
to have legitimately married reigning
Christian prince, as she was also the
first American girl contracting such a
union. The Duchesse de Richelieu was
the princes second wife, his first mar
rage, with Lady Mary Dolclas-Hamil-
ton. only daus hter of the Duke of liam
ilton. having been annulled
So the one-time Marguerite Alice
He.ne attained to the distinction of being
the first American woman ever recognize
ed as the leglt mate consort of an IN
dependent reigning sovereign, for de-
spite the fact that Monaco is a petty
principally, whose confines extend little
beyond the great gambling mecca OF
Monte Carlo, the prince is the absolute
ruler. His subjects have not so much
as parliament, and he is advised only
by a small council of state, the mem
bers of which are appointed by himself
as are even the municipal authorities.
His American WIFE bore the full royal
title of his princess, but after thirteen
years their marriage ended IN divorce,
and Prince Louis, the present heir to the
throne, is the child of the princes first
wife.
There was once an American girl who
could rightfully say that she was the
wife of a full-hedged king. In colonial
days there emigrated from Ulster to
America a lad who pushed his way in
business until he owned line of clipper
ships and the distinction of being one
of the two wealthiest citizens of Mary
land. This William Patterson lived In
Baltimore, where. at a ball at the house
of Samuel Chase, signer of the Declara-
ton of Independence. his daughter, in
1903. met Capt. jerome Bonaparte of the
French navy, young brother of the En-
peror Napoleon. They fell in love and
her father, foreseeing the unhappiness
which would result from their marriage,
sent Miss Patterson into Virginia. But
the pair contrived to correspond and
later to wed, when Jerome was only
nineteen. All legal formalities were care
fully complied with, the wedding con-
tract being drawn up by Alexander
Dallas. afterward Secretary of the
Treasury. The vice consul of France
the mayor of Baltimore and many other
dignitaries witnessed the ceremony
soemniZed by Archbishop Carroll.
But Napoleon on hearing of the union
arose in his wrath and warned Je-
rome not to bring to France the
young person" he mad married. Never
theless, shortly after, a year follow
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How Other American
Girls Marrying Titles
Have Ranked IN Near
ness to Royalty = A
New Orleans Girl Who
Once Actually Occu-
pied a Throne-A Bal
timore Girl Whose
Titled Husband Be-
came a King.
ny JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.