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Plans for the Kaiser's " ",' ' t' 'xS.."?,",'kiv '.. A,'-,-, Future Wars '.tr mMMMME . v,.: ; v 41 r r- lV .V ?) BEHIND 77IE GRILLE. r ; ;'T r, u it - By'EUU EllMn. . - : - . K ESPITB th rctormtnc bmI of tb I 1 nw hous of common, it bu 1 ba dseldml tlut Its -grlllo" th aymbol of woman'! ooUtloal rioritrta to b - rttaloL -- Tn U th luuna gtrn to tha braaa lna- which acraona tha cooupanta of ladlaa' f-Utry from tha vltw of tin tbara. Uanry Norman, an Enallah P., who waa educated at Harvard, baa qulta American notlona of bow fan ahould be treated, aaked the e minister whether It might not ly be removed. Sir Henry Camp Bannennao, who baa a e-lft of ky humor, played a while with the tlon. Did It mean "safety for" or ty rrom" the ladleaT ha asked. But Uy be specifically refused Mr. Nor- a request to submit tha question to house, on the (round that the many members had not yet had an oppor ty of atudyln the weighty matter ticauy. Perhaps the Interruptions Men Sir Henry waa frequently aub- hd oy over-sealoua woman auffra k at various meetings which ha ad' aed in lna course of the -general eleo. haa prejudiced him against the Anyhow, the practice of tha harem. ar as seclusion la concerned, la still In imposed upon women who visit the he of commona here Is no denying that in tha matter ranting; facilities for hearing Its dls ilons parliament treats women ylly. 'Man. being the lord of crea- walka into St. Stephen' hall as If krsra the rightful owner of It He an uninterrupted new of tha pro- lnga of the house, a comfortable and freedom of movement. But It fferent with tha women whom mem- invite to listen to their oratory. ind the Grille. ' the furthermost aide of tha cham hlatt up. beyond what may be called pit and tha stalls of the members, of tha speaker's throne and the reporters, is a ourtous looking af whlch resembles a set of stained 1 wlndowa Then, again. It might bird cage, and It looks very much one. Really, it la where tha hon- le and reliant members keep their a, sweethearta and feminine frienda coma to bear them apeak. It la women' cage a real cage, and not ry comfortable one at that. WhUe Ii round la light. It la dark; deaplta electrlo fan. it is eiose and stuffy. Ives rise to a species or headache different from the headaehea of opera nf the academy, and unless happens to be In the front row on ee little and hesr less. It consists wo sections two thirds or it is n over to tb mambera pf tha bouse; third, separated by a heavy parti- from tha other, la In the hands of speaker' wife, or. If be haa not a Is in charge or tne .women wno aa the hd of hla household. The lent apeeker, Mr. Lowther, haa a and It la from her aione mat a h-coveted seat la what is regarded 7 A . A-" o ., GVTLWPW OF TffEGKIZZZ . J.jmm3mLDVfZ0W77IERt - k -.-" IJOUE 0 P COTTTTOrTiS, aZFTOWJJVG ; THE , GRILLE. . aa tha aelect portion of tha ladles' gal lery can b obtained. - Sbo muat find the task of discriminating between appli cants a rather delicate one. for she can grant only a small portion of the re- queet she receives. ' Tha otber and larger portion of the gallery contains soma 40 eeete not nearly, enough to provide accommoda tion for the feminine, frienda and rela tione of the fOO-odd member who wish to attend a meeting of "tha flneat club In Europe." To aolve the problem Im partially member ballot for these seats and some unlucky members ballot for a whole session In vain. Two of the seat for every sitting are placed at the disposal of the American ambassador for the use of American visitors. But of what avail I It that they array them selves la what ' are called "creation" and "confection when the triumphs of the milliner' art are concealed be hind baraf . ' . Must Keep Silent. V In their cage women are subjected to another Indignity- to which male atfaa- era ara not JxposedJt was made tba matter or complaint in tha houaa Itaelf by one of the new member. He naked tha prime minister why in that gallery, and In no other, there are carda on which tha word "silence" I printed In large, obtrusive, not to say offensive, letters. Sir Henry, with a wlaa oautlon worthy of hla Scotch lineage, deollned to aay why tha word was flaunted In tha face of the ladlaa, though be added ha supposed there must be "eorae my tertou reason." I know what sneering and Ill-Informed men, -lees dlsoreet than Sir Henry, say on the subject They say that women ar Incapable of pre serving silence of: their own free will, and have to be coerced Into a condition Which 1 to them unnatural. To refute that calumny- on-the eex I will relate a famou parliamentary laoldent which haa been described by the brilliant Lady Mary Whortley Montagu an Incident which ahowa how woman can make a nolee or be grimly atlent aa ah ehooeee. It waa In 1711, when Lord Hardwlcke waa on the woolsack, that be resolved to keep all women, peereseea or not out of the house of lord a The women re solved that he ahould do no auch thing, and a crowd f them cam to the fcoua at I in tha morningfor leglelatora kept reaeonabl houra la,', those dara. The Diicbees of Queensberry led the attack and when she was told that the lord chancellor declined to let them In, "ah plahed at tha Ill-breeding of a mora lawyer." But tha lord chancellor wor en oath that the ladle ahould not coma In and "her grace, with a noble warmth, answered, by O , they, would com In, tnaplte of the chancellor and tb whole bona." Tba door ware oloeed against them and tha taasle of tb lord vereue th ladle began. This I how Lady Mary describe th first part of th sctlon: , "These amasons now showed them elvee qualified for tb duty va f foot soldlsrsi they stood there till I In tb afternoon, without eltliar suateaasc 'J ; 581 If 1 1 1 , 1 J (f 1 I t A or Intermission, every now and then playing volley of thumps, kick and rap against th door, with so much violence that th Speakere In th hous were aoaro beard." Strategy Won the Day. Thia I on of th most Interesting illustrations on record of an eight-hour dsy spent In thumping, kicking and rapping st th door of th peer' Cham ber. But those stubborn peers cared not a rap ror the raps, and the India. nant ladles discovered that fore waa no remedy.- It may be that th noble lorde Inside thought that they were equal to tha wily foe outside, but they were mistaken, as they soon found out "When the lords were not to be con quered by this." says Lady Mary, "tha two duohesses. very well apprised of the use of stratagems In war, commanded a dead silence of half aa hour, and the chancellor, who thought, that a certain proof of absence, gave' order for th opening of the Uoor, upon which they all rushed In, pushed aside their competi tors and placed themselves In th front t of tb gIIry." . . - I wonder what th lord chancellor looked like at that supreme - moment What a thrilling seen It la to look back upon th ladle standing for half aa hour in grim, watcnrul silence, while th foolish men inside were ehuekllng prematurely over an Imaginary vlotorv. The lord chancellor, relying on the old notion that women and alienee are never found together, wit utterly and abso lutely defeated, and probably felt in clined to eat hi wig. Th woman not only won tb day. but they remained on th field of con quest until th sitting waa oven openly rejoicing over tlfelr victory and derid ing th defeated foe, according to Lady Mary, "by noiey laugha and apparent oontempte." . It may be due to this he- rolo slsge of the am axon that th lord now treat their women folk o much more liberally than tha commona in tba glided chamber there I n "grille" and no plaearda admonishing feminine visitors to keep silence. Women sit openly in th galleries, on the floor and even, aa when the king- opens parlia ment among thslr noble relative oa th. crimson benohee Wotneo Once Caused Trouble. . Formerly women and men eat indis criminately In tha Strangers' gallery of th House of Commons. They were even admitted to th sacred door of the houee itself. How th women cam to fall from their blrh eetate is soon told. On February 1. 1771. a big debate bad been foreshadowed and stranger of both, eexee attended In large number. Many women being unable to obtain ad mission, motion was made that th gal lery be cleared or all mala atrangera Thl excee of gallantry defeated It purpoe. The men were cast forth, but Oovernor Johnson, . Irritated -that Ms men friends had been bustled out, In st ted that all stranger muat withdraw. Tha mandate waa Issued. For two hours, however, the , women fought frnVZiltiOirjin f2 f I tO ANTON7S familiar with tb pe I - luteal situation In Europe at M . preeent there ar few place in Berlin which posses more Interest than what might be termed Germany's "military strong box" 1 other word, the imposing building in the heart of th capital which 1 -th headquarter .of th general staff of th kaiser's array. For In It are studied .out and stored with hermetlcal secrecy all " the Fatherland' : plan f battle against every possible enemy or combi nation of enmle In tha world. It is, by general consent of tactlolana and strategists of all . countries. , the most complete war laboratory In existence. It hums with activity, even in. the moat piping times of peace, for Germany la. restless in. the development of her military preparations and the general staff proceeds on the theorythat per feotlon Is farther off th nearer it is approached. . Th hug brick and stone home of the staff stands in th fashionable north west' residential quarter of Berlin, It occupies a' full , block, a stone's throw from the relchstag. Aa ona approachee It ha aqcountera the magnificent new bronse statues of Oermany'e greateet modern soldier. Count von Moltke, and of General von Boon, minister of war at th time of th conflict with France In 1870. Moltke was chief of Staff during tha Prussian war and It 1 hie favorlt nephew, - Count Helmuth von Moltke, who now - ocoupte that- eel- tton probably the moet responsible peace-time command In th world. - Th general staffs department ar divided Into countries. The moet Ira portent sr depertment 1 and t, re peotlvely, the French and Rueslan Hi vlaion. ' Th officers attached tthese department are- tb- keenest thinkers In th staff, Tor upon them devolves the task of mapping out Germany defense In a great European land war, which would probably Involve th kaleer fighting oa two long "fronta" While Germany plan of campaign against Franc and Russia, or sgainst any. other great enemy, ar constantly In a state of practical completeness, officer ere always working away -at improvement of detail and auch change a day by day events msy mak necessary For Instance, th Russian military at' tach to Berlin. Colonel von Sohebeko, wa recently withdrawn byrrequeet of th German government for having been detected In spying operations with th military attsche of France. HI of. f ense consisted f exposing certain plan for raiding of French and Russian com4 munlcatlona In - the rear- or - armlea marching on Germany. It becomes neces sary for th Gorman staff to work out a completely fresh. S't of plans for the raiding "patrols." This require week of work and tax ee the Ingenuity of th staff charged with that particular duty to tb utmost, aa.th discovered scheme mav be supposed already to have ex. hausted th strategic Ingenuity of th framers. Much criticism continue to be beard in th hlgheet military quarters over th ppolntmnt of Count von Molts: to th chlefehlp of the staff. Maximilian Harden, tha cauatlo Berlin pamphleteer, who haa been In Jail a number of time for plain-speaking about the kaleer and political -affair In general, saya that If tha officer corps or tne army .could nava voted In aecret on Count von Bcbller fen's successor, Moltke would not have received a single ballot But Moltke 1 aid to be fully In tun with th em peror Ideas about a war with Franoa namely, no war, unieea uerroany la provoked. Count von Schlleff en, who haa lust retired aa head of the staff, urged th kaiser to attack Franca during the progress of tha Kusso-japsnese war, but William II slwsys turned a deaf ear to th proposal of hi first military adviser. - - Latest . London Slang 1 r By Lady Mary. T a bridge dinner tha other even Ing I waa e tart led end ebockea to hear a. young eprig of th nobility, who will be a marqul om dav, bid stately dowager count ee of 70 to "pull her sock up." Th injunction waa conveyed in tone dls tlnetly audible over th whole room. To my surprise nobody resented th re mark. Th old dowsger. Instead of transfixing th audacious youth with a strona star, emlled upon blm and mur mured something about not being too old to take car of herself. I learned later that "pull your socks up" is th latest slang phrase adopted by the mart st and my informant assure me, with a touch of pride, that it waa of distinctly Engusn origin, it means "keep eooL" or "pull yourself together. It Is, I suppose, equivalent to the phrase keep your shirt on, which -1 - occa sionally ovsrheard In th course of my American travels, when men engaged In heated discussion showed a disposi tion to lose their tempers. But I never beard a man In America aay it to a woman. 1 Our smart set I not o squeamish or so discriminating In th use of it pet clang phraaee. against It enforcement Thereafter they war rigorously excluded. Tb only concession mads was to per mit a limited number of them, not ex ceeding 14, to climb over the- oeillng of th houee and look down through th ventilating bole an awkward position. where tbey wer nearly stifled by th foul air and tb amok of th candles by which th ohsmber was then illu minated. A few. greatly daring, were not content with auch a location, Thu Wraxall mention that he saw th beau tlful Duche of Gordon, habited a a man, sitting among men in th Stran gers' gauery. ' And Mrs, enenaan, when deelrou of feasting on her distin guished husband's eloquence, also used to adopt . tha disguia or doublet and boa. Thu matter tood till th whole plao waa burned down in 1114. Lord Brougham Btrenuouely opposed making any provision for th accommodation of woman In th new building. Their bird cage gallery, where they oould see with out being aeeh, wa th result of a com premise between th chlvalrou and the unchlvalrrms. Several gallant attempts hav been mad to abolish th "grill In ye re past but without success. Parliament- ia -the -hardest place in th world to got a thing one don undone. One compensation - th women have. Tbey ar th only strangers who ar permitted to gas at th edifying peo tacl or tn legislators at tneir aevo tlona with which tha dare work la al ways commenced. They are allowed thl plou privilege because their oag I not considered aa being within tb four wall of th house, x Tot Ahao lately aTmary. - From the IxetSTtlle rVmrter-Jneniat. The eon ol Bwrvtarr annt k te Ti tsm- Int tn ke e rnwbnj. Still It Is m sbsolatolt aery te ee eMrenr ra eras to secure rwofnltloe ef tfce White Hneee e ststMmsa. The enn e secretary Roe-a ni father Is a wieeee aseee e last -. ) ; f - 1 1 -i .1 ft X XlUtflC ROOK ssaMMK4 ma , V . J c r 1 1 r t rNf - irr -'iAfiJ I e.:-XtVcORITEH OB -TH E TTU&l C R OOM By Carolina V. Kerr, M ASAME JOHANNA GAD8TCL In the past eight years, haa be. com so closely connected with the musical Uf of America-throu fTl "her-freanent appear- nee in concert and opera that most people In attempting to give ber a local habitation'' are Inclined to count ber aa distinctly an American elnger as Nordlca or Eamea Thia impreaalon Is perhaps strengthened by tha faot that her husband. Hans Tauschsr, Is tba American representative of a large Oer man mercantile enterprise closely lden Ufled with American buslneea Inter ests. But while both are ardent admir ers of America and Americans, their German fatherland has still the stronger claim upon them, and th close of th musical and business season finds them established In their beautiful Berlin home, on tha fashionable Kurfaeraten Damm. Th Berlin mansion where Madam 1 a fitting f ram for th artistic per- soaallty of th great lngr. Here, how ever. It is not s'o much th artist as th woman-whom en come to know beat There 1 no intervening imper sonatloa of an Elsa, an Eve, or 1 Brunnhud. to remove ber from our workaday world into th elusive on of legend and mediaeval lor. Here on catch Intlmat revelation ' of th eternel feralnlna Madam Oadskl on th stag la for tb none th character eh Is Impersonating, be it th Intrlcuad against Elsa, th enamored Eva, . th superstitious Sent a or th banned Brunnhllde, but in real life h 1 a woman whose chief characteristic 1 an irresistible charm of youtbfulnesa, which Is not so much a matter ef year a of temperament Fade and Fanclee In Her Home. Her In ber Berlin home, aurrounded by everything that art can devise, or money buy, her womanly Instincts hold full sway. Every fed or fancy can be Indulged In and she gives herself up to th beautiful tik of home-making, - She n Idee! hoetee and ber home breathe hoepltellty. It I a genuine welcome, too, which 1 bounded by no feeling ef reciprocity, and which Car rie with It no suggestion ef the give-and-take principle upon which modern eoclety rear It artificial atructur. Particularly to Americana la thia hos pitality extended, so that a Tsostlous German wa led te suggest that a -placard be put up . "German also pokn bra- . , In spit of Oadakfe Polish naaaa. Oar- many l th land of her birth and h ha all the Inetlncta of th German hauafrarj and I never happier than when ordering a dinner, of looking after the materiel wenta of her family- be It even in th humble capacity of purveyor of the winter hosiery. She la extremely practical, aod aae looks la vala tor la r.. -1 M ... iv'- .. in - iiiiiiiiiinig I: ,,. ' i .4 : ' . . . 5 : ) I t i i -weei!J?Wiyir V - OP. traditional trademarks of the prima donna. Sh is adored alike by her family, frienda and aervlng people, to all of whom aha ahowa tha same lova ble, gracious and sunny nature. She Is gsnsrous to a fault and suffers the penalty of all big-hearted, open-handed people, in having her generosity often Imposed upon. Many an American girl owes an opportunity for Europeen atudy to ber, and Ingratitude, broken faith and disappointing denouements hsve too often been the only harvest Gadskl has reeped from her philanthropic Impulses, nlshlngs . of th Italian renaissance her horn, for which ehe has planned and deelgned vrv piece of furniture, every hanging, which forms a tangible expression of ber artlstlo lov of tb beautiful. Thia peat summer h haa taken tha greatest pleasure In tha re arrangement of a specious hall, which has been entirely fitted out with fur- picture chaira, rich wainscoting and period. A massive fireplace, which sug- rlol,.i, .ra hoarrte. hih-haki rlously carved oupboarda, high-backed picture chairs, rich watnacoatlng and hangings of dull Italian embrolderlee, make a apot whioh ona la loath to leave, even to explore the other faaoinatlng corner of th house. - Tracee of American Influence. Everywhere ar felt trace of Amer ican Influence, nowhere perhap more strongly than In her husband's dsn, which Is rich in Indian blankets, rugs and weapons, wonderful embroidered screens from tha Chinee quarter of Ban Franclaco, the whol forming a de lightful cosy corner for th Inevitable after-dinner cigar of tha guest with whom thl hospitable room 1 always filled. ' Her we wer eeeembled one day when w wer atartled by a blood curdling shriek suggesting only fir or murder, but which as it drew nearer developed Into a cry of Joy with which Madame Gadskl was heralding th re covery of a lost brooch of pearls and diamonds. Ths bantering allusion to ber Brunnhllde lung was passed unnoticed in her pleaaur. which wa as unaffect edly childish aa would hav been that of her little daughter In finding a miss ing article of her doll wardrobe. - Meanwhile, a eharmlng little roeooo saloon give on th feeling that one ought to b masquerading a a Watteeu marqula. or a Bvre shepherdess In order to fit Into th surroundings. Antlqu shops hav yielded ud their treasure to mak thl room a repro duction of a eelon under th realm ef on of th Louis. - An intereetlng old Sedaa chair, which if It eould speek would surely tell Intereetlng atorle of th fair beauties who hav been born under It friendly cover, haa been clev erly converted Into a eurlo cabinet, on th wall. Inclosed In a glass frame, I a fan with aa air of mellowed are. hlch promlaea well for the history wtOe yom feel euro le eoaaot4 with ., v t.irHHl It One th property of Mart Antoin ette, it paaaed into th hands of the Duke of Orleans, and after many ex changes . cams into th possession of Madam Mel be, who preeented it to Madame ' Oadskl after a - memorable triumph of the latter aa Agatha In Frelechutx." Melba Is not only tb fairy godmother of the household, but also ths legal on of Madam Gadskl' llttl daughter, Lotta, A bit of tapes try on the well la naturally classed in th lletTof acquisitions, until on learn It I tb work of Madam Gadskl, Her skill as a needlewoman is no mean one. The muslo room I What memories 11 call up I Th rarefied atmoaphor of art parradea It and on feel on is treading In th holy place, wbra th high, prlesteee burns lnoense at tba shrln of jher divinity. Muale le tb goddess op th place and Wagner from hi pedestal in th corner ! th patron -saint ' And everywhere there ar pie tures splendid pictures of Madame Oadskl in all hsr roles, most conspic uous being her magnificent imparsonet tlon of Brunnhllde and crowning the picture av lauret wreath with' an nthu Blaatlo Inscription from Ernst von Pos Bart Th wall ar bung with all tb great of tb musical world, with whom Gadskl by virtu of her unspoiled anl generous nature la a prima favorlt. Sh 1 not a prima donna who reserve her talent for th inspiring glsr of th footlights, but sh unreservedly dis penses her gift whan there are to be nit box office returns, not applauding tnultl -tuda, but only th warm approval of a clrcl of" Intlmat friend. - No eooial affair,- however small, 1 considered, complete unless her glorious voice. baa . been heard, and a mere bagatelle It le to her to give In on evening th ship scene and Llebeatod from . "Isold.," the. opening scene and immolation from "Got terdammerung," a half dosen Straus songs and and with absolute purity of in tonation on the high C of thenflamma tua from "Btabat Mater.' And ail thia with a genuine pleasure in the plsaaur sh haa given. Never trace of prima donna like superiority or condescension. nor an Intimation that you would d wel to count It an Inestimable privilege, thl hearing on of th world' Ideal Wagner -exponent in th apontanelty and inti macy of the family circle. ! But there are time when thl Btrlot classicism givee plao to American "rag time," played on the orchestrion In th hall, or whan th phonograph is given an opportunity to reproduce Caruso la haa Inimitable singing of "La Donna e Mobile." and such interruption not ... . ..v.-.Tk 1- w.... step or .cakewalk in which Madam Gadskl take a aotiv part aa ber American gueet. .. Blush Mad e Ovdea. From th New Tork Time. Th ornamental surgeon, or beaut doctor, took down a eut-glae borU with a gold lid, uoh a le ueed for melllng Baits. "Our latest our most marvelous Ids. Tak a whiff." he said. Th visitor pushed back th lid. melt something pleasant and sharp and felt a pleasant glow of heat pas through hie frame. "Now you or blushing." ssld th sur geon. "You are blushtne beautifully. You ar a living proof that at lesst w ornamental Burgeons can mak blush to order. "Tee." h went n. "for a long time w had been remaking omplalons, straightening noses, removing scar nl birthmark, but the manufaotur of blush aeemed beyond ua Now, then a w ran mak them, and see bow ilmpl ' it le a mar matter of chemicals. "A young man propoee to you er you ar detected In a generous action or a remark In bad teste la made la your presence. Ton ahould blueh. ), presto, you whip out tbie botti aed are blushing beautifully. "We hav a emeller blushing bottle on so small that It ran be aonoealed Ii a handkerchief. With this, you msrely seem to pass your handkernhlef scree your Up, aad 10, a blush Ilk rosea" . &aga Oeorg Stamtlsh, a farmer la wV" county, Kansas, one morning " lsuhi1 so hard became a rt 1 I passed eround hie wheat f " " 1 1 ) dlsloceled hie lew. lie h1 i j miles to Leotl to have it f be got home snother rala 1 ruined hie rf
