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.... i A PRINCESS GOWN'OF VOILE POLITENESS AT HOME nzz cnrcou daily jouiwai; tchtlai'd. satuhdav lv::i:;s. 'Aiicu:r t, 1::;. , ... - 1 - - - ' - . -- ' .'-: ' ' ' N - - - - -':V' '"'-"v " i : , i i ' . , -. i . : , , ; 1 : ' ... '. -. : .: " ' - . . . s I " ' 1 ' -'-'- " '' '' , ' '," " "' " '"" ' ' ' " '. - . ' . TOO MUCH WASTED HfilE INXLUi: f 1 iKTTlB tWltteness la founded 00 C0,P A y, alderaUon for othera. yet U ia I .s ao muoh a matter of form or ' habit that polltnaa ; le.eome Itmee 'shown. wKit there le no consid eration; It U sometlmee neglected where there U affection and every reason tor kindly consideration, v 1 - - Thus la tha lntareouraa of near rela tives mada familiar with Bach other by " dally maetlnra thera Is naturally lees formality than between teople who art only thrown together by chanca for a few hour or daya at Jong- Intervabw '.-But along with tha laying- aside of formality aoma naeeaaary feature of politeness ere eomatlmaa aaortneed by ralatlraa and very dose frienda. Tha youth who ! careful, ta salute bla lady frlanda and acquaintances ac cording ta tha uaagaa of good aoclaty aometlmaa forget to pay tha aame re apeot to hla atatar, not baoauaa ha U wanting In affectionate regard, but be oaaee ha haa grown ao familiar with . bar that it aoama awkward to him to treat her In any format way. Tat whaa ha meats her In company ha should, out of hia consideration for her, be marked ly politer and attentive. r -? Although politeness necessarily fol low to a great extent aat forma, it should have Its origin la affection for tha Individual, or, in a mora general way, la- consideration for others. Whan tha young man beglna to be have at noma with laaa politeness than ha exhibits abroad there la much dan gar that gradually ha will loaa that consideration for hla Immediate rela tives wtitah ha should have and ex hibit He may begin by entering the family room without formal greeting; absorbed In hla own thoughts or pur suite, he will soon begin to leave hla WOMEN EXPLORERS m m f HEBE will aoon be earning to I - England tha famous woman ex 1 - ' plorer. Miss Mary Hall, who ar , rived tha other day at Khar toum.' after traversing Africa . from south to north,'. Starting from Chinde. on tha coast of Portuguese East , Africa, nine months ago. Miss HaU Bailed up tha Zambesi and Shire rivers until aha reached Port Herald, whence she tray eled by rail to Chirmo. Borne on a hammock by natives to Blantyre, la Nyaaealand, and thenoa to Abercorn, on tha poutb of Lake Tanganyika,' whloh Bhe crossed by boat, tha Intrepid lady eventuaily reached - Lake -Vlotorla Ny ansa after walking miles - and miles through 'German East Africa. During thla SS daye Journey, aaya Pearson's Weekly. Mies Hell saw b -white peo ple whatever. ' On her arrival at each place tha natives, headed by tnelr chief, brought her bananas, goata, beans, fire wood and all kinds of presents. In re turn for-which Mlsa Hall gave-thera calloo, - beads and' salt. Tha native women, too, aat around bar for hours at a time, aitemai ttely looking at-Jr . with . wonder and feeling the Intrepid woman'a clothing. In many villages the natives had never Been a white man or woman before. , . . . At the moment, too, another woman, Mrs. French Sheldon, famous as a writer, la traveling in tha unexplored, re gions of West Africa for the purpoaa . of scientific and botanical research. Be sides the native barriers ahe la accom panied only by a woman secretary. Mrs. ' French Sheldon ta the greatest woman explorer alive. She haa visited nearly every country in the .world and haa en- , circled the globe at leaat -twice. She haa tramped over S.OOo mllea In tha In terior of Africa, haa ahot big game un- ' der nerve-trying conditions and haa won WOMEN IN THE WORLD. NE of tba beat known Wew Tork eBlanche Batea haa turned farmer as a relief 'from the nervous . strain- of theatrical work.' . She owna 77 acres of : land, several 00 we. seven dogs, a num ber of borsea and quite an" army of chickens. She lives among them and makes them ner rrtenas, and travels o .. miles a day to and. from tha theatra . ' .-. e e ; ... A boy museum oa an Indiana farm . ts being- planned by Miss Stella J. - Teller of Willis, a woman prospector. Her plan ia to establish at Valparaiso, Indiana, a farm 'where boys of all na- iinr.i Til., mav im nninani i ii i tmr .nil arniiiAA tap ma anvancamanc or auManca. She will guarantea the education of euch ; boya as may come under her care in law. medicine, mualo or tradee. She la now trying, to una auitaoi ooys in au coun X Uiea -',m .!.'- ''.'. '' , ' i.i. ':.i - -' - '"' '-',' '." t Mrs. Cyrua H- McCormlck, although over no years ox age,, auit maintains an active Interest In public affairs. She - Is said to be especially well Informed ,- ta Oitles. r. ;:V" ' a ' Vi . Mrs. George M. Pullman baa a the atre In bcr realdenca, at Prairie avenue and Eighteenth street. which - la ' equipped with a complete outfit of stage ,.1 , 1 ,..., J .. IP- . .'''. ,.! r : a .a . - . ; alias Lucy E. Ernst of Philadelphia , baa received a Carnegie medal on ac count of the bravery., she ..showed la 'Pike 'county. Pennsylvania, last sum mer. A boy waa bitten In tha ankle by a rattlesnake. Mlaa Ernat opened the wannA allarhtlv with - a ' cenkntfa and with her llpe drew out the polsori. "The Carnegie ' medal la the second she has received, the boys parents having given her a handsome one shortly after the .lad-waa-blttcn. , . ... ,. , . i - i i- i .' .',: ; 1. " ''' s.-i ;.. Acting on the pope's initiative, a Spanlab prleat haa persuaded Prlacees Elvira, daughter of Don Carlos, the Spanteh pretender, to quit Count Flllppo Folchl. the anamea artist with whom aha eloped eight years ago, and to en tar a convent. a a ;v :, -t MM Ida A. Ryan Is tba first woman to receive the master of sctenca degree from tha Massachusetts Institute of . Technology. fiha rocalved It tola year. - :....' a a .. ". -Mma. Mathilda Marchesl da C estrone, who is still actively engaged In teach ing, recently celebrated the eightieth an niversary of her birth. ' Sixty years' ago aha studied under Manuel Oareln. Mma Merehset tausht singing for many years at Tlant.a and Cologne, but since 1111 Mr! ta Pasta. .. . . - m actresses. Ml slater- and- hie- mother- to look rout for themselves in the entailer affaire of life, and gradually but" aurely ha will eultlvate a eel ash. disposition la home affaire that will make him a bad or tn different aon or brother. ' Jt la a email matter In Itself whether a young man flnda a. chair for hia sla ter or mother when they would be seated, anticipates their desire for .a glasa of water, cheerfully helpa them to their wrape, and offers them the thousand little attentlona without which and in hie absence they could get along very wall by their own exertions, but It la not a amall matter when neglect of such attentlona lessens hla consid eration for them, develops hla selfish ness and gradually underminea the' af fection that should 'unite tha family. , Polltenesa la aoolety ; between ac qualntahcee or friends la demanded by custom. There la no need to remind readers that it ahould be exhibited. Politeness at home and between near relatives, i even between - husband -and wife, though of much mora importance in every way. la not so obviously neces sary, and la too often neglected. Gentlemen of whst Is known St The "old achool" ware and are scrupulous In tha observance of the forma of polite society toward their wivea and ether female relatives and In the home circle, but the later generation aeema .disposed to treat relatives with lesa formality and respect than la habitually shown tq strangers and acquaintances.' - Tha tendency ahould be resisted, how ever, and every encouragement given In the home circle to an observance of tha rules of polite society, modified only by a spontaneous exhibition of that greater affection which exists between tha mem bers of a family group. , , tha confidence of the natlvee by her powers to heal their sickness. In her first. Journey to Eaat Africa and an the announcement of her Inten tion to visit the province under tha rule of the cruel sultan of Mandara tha Ger man authorities endeavored to dlaauada Mrs. French Sheldon, fearing harm would happen to her. But the old bar barian, who bad never aeen a white woman before and who had In vain of fered 100 cows to any Arab who would bring him a white wife in hla caravan, was too am ted to do more than to gase at hla visitor la awe and wonder. Even tha hostile Masai, upon whose land no white man had at. that time pet foot and who was then considered the terror of all Africa, allowed her to visit their homes, took her to their native villages and Intrusted her with many of their atate and Tamtty- secrets. Tet these Maeal warriors, a horde of l.KXt jreisd ,n monkey ekuia,-wlth long, hair at reaming behind, carrying huge hide shields and eight-foot' sneers and Having ineir xacee oeoauoea w.nn paint and clay, would bare frightened LjiraJ'ei most men out or their wits. - r' -a ary. wife of the famous Aretle explorer, haa accompanied her husband in jl aearen ror the north pole, but a far more hasardoue, undertaking was that' of Mrs. Laonldas Hubbard.-the first white person to visit tha Nasoaupee In diana . . . ' . This woman, who accompanied the mission of exploration which coat her htisband hla Ufa by starvation, tramped across , Labrador and penetrated tha wllda unknown to white men. Again and again her Ufa hung on a thread several times aha waa almost drowned on tha peril oua rapid, but eventually, with two companions only aha reached the -Nascaupees, and after a eojourn with them for several weeks, returned safely io ner new xora noma ' RECIPES WORTH TRYINO. kfc-Blanched AUnondir" . Cbop fine two or three tablaapoonfuls of blanched almonds and sprinkle them over the top of the floating islands. Or una a glaea dish with ladv flnaera. sprinkle them with the nuts, turn In the floating island custard and arrange tha -isianas on ine top. , .- ;' -. ".."'' '; ' ""'. '.; " ; ' .V Strdlng Sandwich. ' Equal parts of hard-boiled eggs (put through a potato rioer or eeve) and sardines skinned and boned. Moisten with French - dressing, using lemon Juice Instead of vinegar, Spread be tween thin .slices of bread. - s '; a 1 - ..' . '-,- '! .; Italian Fig Pudding. - ' i ' One pound of flga, one cupful chopped Suet, two cupfula bread crumbs, half a nutmeg, . three eggs; chop figs; add well-beaten eggs and other Ingredients, with milk enough to make a etlff batter. Tie in a pudding cloth and boil two houra. - ; :-j-...w- r.7". '.- T.', '. t '.;-..:' " -, " ;'..:; :' PoUtO Balls. ' Grata four oold-boiled potatoes; add one tablespoonful of . chopped parsley and one teaapoonful of melted butter. Beat thoroughly with the yolka of two egga and tha white of one. Make into small balls, roll. In bread crumbs and fry In hot fat until brown. Placs around the edge of fried or broiled fish. ' , e e .. ; " ..' -. , i - Spongg Cak With Jlot Water..; ', Tolks of five eggs, two cups of pow dered sugar, well beaten together, next three quarters of a cup of boiling wa ter, two cupfuls of flour, s pinch, of salt, two heaping teaspoonfula of bak ing powder, and flavoring to taste. . Beat the whitea of tha egga to a froth. The cake la best cut with a fork. . . ' ; ' - ''. e e"" . ' .- : Spinach Sandwich. " (' . . ' A tasty and elgntly filling for sand wiches la made by aqueeslng boiled spinach dry through a cheesecloth, and Incorporating enough of It with butter rubbed to a cream to give tha butter a green color. Then anchovies, boned and drained, ara put through a aleve, and with a few capers and aoma parsley, both minced fine, ara blended with the green butter. . . -, . '," - Oliv Omlt Half can mushrooms, quarter mp of olives (plain or stuffed) aad cream. Chop the olives and mushrooms (fresh or canned); and beet In enough thick sweet cream to make's paste; season; make a -plain omelet and Just before serving fold In tha pasta. . Serve wttb toned cUveg and Parsley to garaish. , Picture shows gray and whita thin voilain princeaa atyla with Eton coat . Bands of light gray broadcloth are used aa trimming with a full ruffla of fine valsnciennea lact around edges of tha Jacket cuffs.' A full whita waist of aoma soft material may be worn under tha coat Tha hat of burnt etraw ia trimmed with t large, full-bloom pink roaa '. ' and a band of old blue velvet ribbon, ; FACTS ABOUT BABY o be - thoroughly' healthy bablea I - must be washed In clean water. M ' breathe clean air and ba fed -clean food. Mothers 'must first of all remember that . extremes of temperature great heat'or great cold ara very dangerous for vouna children, twring me nrst month of their life they are especially susceptible to cold. - The new-born baby requires to be kept very warm and to ba gradually allowed to become uaed to lta aurroundtngs. The- children of the poor are - often taken out in terrible weather, because their mothers muat go to buy food for the family and have no one, to leave la charge of tnem. They are wrapped up carelessly snd their condition paid little or no attention to. Bronchitis and cheat ailments are . very fatal to in fants, and cause many deatha among tha lll-cared-for little onea of tha poor. Thera ara many cases where mothers do not actually know that exposure to wet and to bitter winds is vary dan gerous ' for young children. ' Their chests are very aeucaie ana should bs protected. If It Is absolutely necessary for them to go out, by a warm flannel. ' 1 But moat Important ,ot an. is tne ; EXPOSITION SITE. , Jamestown Fair; Will Be Held on , ',: Hlatoric Ground.' " . ' Sewell's Point,' ths beautiful 'spot on Kampton-Roada. where -tha Jamestown exposition is to ba .held. Is rich in hla- torle events and- incidents that. ha"Ve occurred at and around it . - Within - oannon-ahot distance of -the exposition grounds Is Craney Island, on which, on eJune IZ, llll, a powerful British fleet mads an attack and was signally defeated. Before the British could enter tne harbor of Norfolk and approach the town It was necessary -to take posses sion pf Craney Island. In the morning they Vara discovered passing around the point of Nanaemond river, .and landing on the mainland In a position where the peasaga waa fordable, Intending to peas aver snd attack tha works oa tha west slds of the Island, while at the same time a number of bargee from tha fleet attempted to lend(n front. These'wefa attacked bafora they reaohed tha shore, from a battery on the beach, manned by Uie sailors aod marts ea freta the Ooa- baby's food. ' Parents must remember that , a child cannot be fed on what they themselves eat - The' baby must not be allowed to Join In the family meal, which' is a mistake most oom- monly made. There la a widespread disbelief among tha Ignorant as to tha value of milk, and the difficulty Is to convlnoe poor mothers that It Is a "complete food," containing everything necessary for aa Infant's healthy growth;- They will often stoutly claim that something more substantial la needed; but In this tney are quite wrong. Doctors say that a baby cannot dtgeat starchy food until it begins to cut its teeth, and that until then milk is all sufficient for It ... ' Feeding bottles, with long India rub ber tubes, should ba strictly . e voided, says an authority on health. Though "handy." these bottles are tha cause of much Illness - among Infanta Any ordinary bottle uaed without the tuba la greatly to be preferred.. The Slightest- scrap that remains In ths form of curd putrefies and makes the child 111. (Jet the baby safely through Its first year and lta chances of arriving at a healthy maturity . are . enormously . la-creased.--. - stellatlon and the gunboats. Three' of the barges were sunk, most of the men drowned and the rest compelled to re treat to their vessels. The party which landed at Nansemond were met and re pulsed by tha Virginia . militia and driven back to their ships, with the lose. Including those. In the. -baraeav-ef upwards of JOft in killed and wounded. The city of Norfolk and the neighbor ing villages of G os port snd Portsmouth owed their safety to this gallant de fense of Craney Island. -- ,. ! Balaed. .' ' .''' '- From Puck.. Tha lands ware parched and dry, Tha grass had withered and the tall corn stalks bowed their sun-browned beads snd seemed; to cry for moist ure.l. The rlvrr beds show signs of dust and thft streams and springs were unmarked by even a drop of water. The farmers werrln deepalr. Tha clouds refused to sprinkle their precious drops, of rain on the land and rapidly tha oropa were becoming ruined. Rainmakers t were employed without suceesa- Every effort was seemingly eshsusted when relief came and the rain reiL The yiUSC By Ella Wheeler .Wilcox..- -- (Copyright, JSOS, by W. B. Burnt.) WOMEN'S clubs 'have done a great work In many ways; They have broadened tha v minds of tha sex; they have given many women larger Ideals of life inan mere wuvwi fi.K,ui vr . nenoej they have led to a better under standing of woman by woman, and they have helped to eliminate to a degree the petty Jealousies which Of old, when woman waa merely the house ornament of man. caused hen to resent , another woman's beauty, or charm. Added to this, . clubs have been aJ means Of xocuaeo power tor me accom plishment of work for, universal good by women. - :' . - The real 'reforms In Philadelphia po litical circles began with tha women's cluba .. t. . Therefore It is a misfortune when any association of -women makes Itself ridiculous or- undignified .by quarrels only worthy of political circles of men seeking not the publio good or the ad vancement ' of the . race, .but personal place and power. V -'A noble and worthy" sdclelyT Br" which I am a charter member, meeta aorae timea la Washington . to elect Us na tional leader. - : . . -" . -.' i'- Z attended but one of these gatherings, for so disgraceful were tha exhibitions of temper and 111 will by members seek ing to advance tha interests of their spe cial candidate, that to preserve my af fection snd respect for my sax, necessi tated a prolonged abaenoe -from such acenea. -. , " '. " "! -;- Qlve ms the woods and tha solitudes for enjoyment rather than tha elub rooma of excited women fighting with frenay over tha eleotlon of a president or over the discussion of a parliamen tary law. ' !' '...- . ' u'' " t-- ' ." A prominent-woman's club-in New York Is near the condition of the fa moua "cats of Kilkenny,', for its mem bers havs fought almost to a finish, and there Is really -no club left worth mentioning. A once member writes ma: "There are no copies of parliamentary lawa to ba found and tha women are screaming themselvea hoarse and fight ing i over flub matters. - while their homes cry aloud for attention and their nearest duties He neglected.'. ----All -thia-la-vary-pHlful and shame ful; and It makea me aorry for tha real ly bright and good women who have loat their heads In euch a foolish way and are wasting vitality and time to no purpose, aava that of lowering their LADY CVRZON'S TRIUMPHAL LIFE it t NO other American girl ever rose - to the belghth that did Lady Curson of Kedleston, who died the other day in London. The rise of her husband In British politics was remarkably . rapid, snd it is no secret that much of his success waa dus to ths energy, dtplomaoy and tact of his American wife, who was Mary Loiter, daughter of Levi Z. Letter, the merchant prince of Chicago and for tner partner of Marshall Field. - Mary Loiter, as a young girl, gave evidences of sn absorbing ambition to occupy positions above others. At the entertainments given In. the Letter boms In Washington Mary Letter was ths one persons flocked to meet. She planned these grand entertainments, even to ths smallest details. She al ways wanted to be doing eomethlng. and msny say It waa thla ambition that cauaed her to pick out for her husband George Nathaniel ' Curson, . a - young Englishman of small fortune, but good social position aad fair political pros pects. '.:'.:.-;- Entered Politics. ' It ws s. these political pros pacta that Mary Letter looked to, her frienda de clared, at least one of her first moves after going to England was . to enter heart and soul into a strenuous political campaign. Her efforts were suoceaaful and her young husband wae returned to parliament With rare tact and di plomacy thla American girl nourished these political , prospects, advancing them further and further until they landed Lady Curson snd- bsr husband In ths second highest - place In Great Britain. No one, let It be said to hia credit for - few Englishmen do give credit to their wivea who help them, gave mora oradlt to Lady Curson. for her aid than did her husband, who re peatedly gave public uttoranoa of ths thsnks bs felt due Lady Cufsoa. When Mary Victoria Leiter was mar ried in lt to George Nathaniel Cur son It was not considered a brilliant match, as international matches go. Hs was only a parliamentary secretary for tha foreign office. But when, on the re tirement of Lord Elgin, young Curson was appointed vloeroy of India, hie wife feartuna a star In tba . British . aoclal firmament "The position Is perhaps tha most Important under - the -v English crown. ''; t -'f '"' : : - They Met in Washington. ' Lord Curson wss a traveler of note. He haa written books sbout his Jour neylngs the world over, but more par ticularly In Persia and 'Afghanistan, which have become atandard worka. Tha Lei tare were, apendlng the winter ia Washington when he met- the young woman who won hla heart - It was a genuine lova match on both sides. As ths cable dispatch remarked when Lady Curson died: "Of all -the mar riages of American girls to English noblemen thla haa turned out to be tha happiest No -other American woman haa occupied abroad such a proud and distinctive- poeition ee H he American queen of India, aa the vicereine has fre quently been called." . While the cursona 'were on ineir honeymoon tha downfall of tha Rose bery cabinet made a new parliamentary election necessary. Lord Curson wss elected to stand for a Beat Hla wife entered the eanvaaa In a doubtful dis trict with aa much enthusiasm aa hsr husband did. ' ' . Helped in Hia Career. Not only "did she "air oh" tha platf orm beside-him when he made Important publio speeches, but ahe drove through tha towna and villages of Lancashire and mada tha acquaintance of the voters, their wivea and their children.- Under the strict bribery laws la England elec tioneering this way wss a difficult task for an Impulsive American' girl. But Lady Curson managed-It successfully. Her husband's election was In no small JLdegtee due te her winning personality. standards as Christian women of cul ture ta America's largest metropolis. Stop for one moment and . consider how. In tha light of tha world a his tory, the position of even tba president of the United Statea la unimportant. Who can aay offhand, if aaked sudden ly.Vhe names of four governore of Mas eacbusetts, Nsw Hampshire, Wisconsin or Florldet . -. , . , yThe election Of these men was a great Solltleal event at the time, but we have If Acuity to even recall their names now. Then bow utterly. Insignificant Is the position of a president of a woman's club or a man's club! " 'Consider how undignified and . petty and unrellgloua Is tha attitude of a women who- loses hsr temper ' and - de scends to a quarrel over such a mat ter! '. . . The women of. this day have great work to do. ' ' . '.,..' . There la need to conserve all our vital forcea to fill properly the important po sitions open to u -positions waiting for tha worthy end "the willing and tha oompetent " .' We need to inform ourselves regard lng the conditions of working-women and children In tha land.- We ahould atudy tha subject of right education for children-, an education which will put an sand to our present unsstlsfac jtory. unwise and oftentimes pernicious system of cramming all - young minds vlth one diet Irrespective of taste or ability . to assimilate It; - a- process as cruel and barbarous as tha stuffing of geese for the making of pate de foia gras. ... -. ' r ... Women need to atudy today aa they have never yet atudied what constitutes good motherhood and what la the mean ing of properly bringing up a child. It does not mean giving the child good food, good clothes, i expensive nurses and tutors and oollege education. It means studying the child, aa a dis tinct personality, understanding it as a musician understands his Instrument and playing upon that Immortal Instru ment to make Jt produce . exquisite musio. A score of times I havs likened a child to a plant and the parent to a horticul turist, and insisted thst the earns methods ' should apply to both. It Is gratifying to havs the theories ao often put forward..- atrengthened and elaborated by-aW-great a ectontiat aa Luther . Bur bank. It would ba excel lent work for all women's clubs to Btudy Mr. Burbantos works and words and to put hla ideas ss far as lies In their power into practice. v .. - - I During the early days of their mar ried life the Cursona lived In Carlston Gardens while In London.They had also a comfortable country seat at the Priory, Relgate.- Spurred on by his American wife. Lord. Curson worked hard, and progressed rapidly. . In for eign affairs he wss Lord Salisbury's right-hand man. , There were three other men, all with powerful Influence, men tioned for viceroy of India when Lord Elgin's retirement became inevitable. But the preference wae given to Lord Curson, who was then only It years old. - , '.; '. During her brilliant career In India one of the Bengal Journala said of Lady Curson: "All ths goddesses of tha Hindoo pantheon muat hide their beads In the presence of Lady Curson." : Lady Curaon Decorated. ' - r . - On February Jl. 1181. she waa dao o rated with the Imperial Order of the Crown of India. Early In 101 . Lord Curson spoke of resigning the vice royalty on account of hla wlfe'a health, and there waa talk at tha time ef hla becoming premier. He went to England la 1 04, -having . finished his term aa viceroy, and waa reappointed In August of that year by King Edward. The following month Lady Carson was so 111 that she had to ba operated on. but after a .prolonged illness aha recovered, and in November started to Join ber husband in India. -On August 10, ' after ' a "pro longed disagreement with Lord Kitch T London Stirred ; of Today ft ft ft ' (By a luff Cerreapoaatat) MART society today Is ths eon- centra ted essence of selfish ness; as unclean and un wholesome as sny condemned carcass tanned In Chicago. Father Bernard Vaughan, who . ad dressed these scathing words to a fash ionable congregation In a fashionable church in London, ia one of the moat fearlees, outspoksn and eloqusnt preach ers ia ths Roman Catholic church in England. He - Is a - great student, nf books, but a still greater student of humanity, and of life as humanity I lives It in all its phasss. Every year in the' depth of winter he spends several weeks In ths aaat and, living by htmaelf In a amall garret cooking hla own meal a. vlaiting aad working among tha poorest of London's millions.' It is -the expert enoe he thus gains bf ths misery and wretchedness st the bottom of the social scale which fills him with burning In dignation against the greed, luxury, dls-r slpatlon and frivolity of many of those at the top who era maintained thera by condltlona which necessarily impose dire snd abject poverty on hundreds of thou sands" 6ftheIr"fenocrea(urea. And" when-he gets among, people of this claaa be telle them plainly what he thinks of them. He presence without notes. . Hia straight-flung words come hot from the heart "There are people In the weat end," he aald In the eermon from which I have quoted, '"who .have nothing real about them but their slha Tou women do not pretend to do . your duties ss wives and mothers; you do not look after your homes.. The . card table and. lta atakaa ara your highest ambition, and when -the good carda roll Into your Hands then soms poor dressmaker or tailor may get a chance of having some thing paid on account before he or shs goes bankrupt '; ' "When we read of smart society," tie continued, "when we see it -and when we know It there need be no hesitation the earth today be would have the en- In saying that If Divas were to revisit tree to the smartest London society et Th. wnmen ' hn . in nit MnfhM ' should endeavor to help women who ara motherhood. , mm -.!' - just as tha general who stands spare and watchea tha hartl .undaratanila wnere tne atrengtn and where the wean- , . aeaa In the ranks exists, so tha woman without children often sees and under- ' bettec than the average mother. OW7 woman nas neen a oaugnver ana ta ner own near t anowa wnere her par -ents -failed in training her; and this knowledge entitles any woman on earth, t li tha. nrlvtlear-, Af l.lkl .. -- '. Ingly on the subject of good parenuge. berlence with thought and atudy. '. . . To look after the cleanliness and beauty of .the town where aha makes nar noma and to aa ail ana can to ale- vat the ideals of the citlzena on tha subjects ' of clean streets, good roads .' snd attractive tree-sheltered avenuea la : -M).nt wavW '- .IM - .1 . . w . . :. i waa. continual protest or tne women of New Tork which In the laat 10 years cauaed tha law forbidding tha ' use of public conveyances as cuspidors to ba enacted. ' s Let tha women who belong to clubs : ninviiM . m . i CI tww or ma , and Its opportunities and reaponsiblll- ties ; 'let tham k ashamed tA a foolish bickerings over foolish - ques tions, and let them , prepare for the . aues which will require all the concen tration and cooperation of the best minds of tba era to meet understand ingly. : . .... Such preparation Is . not made by ' wrangling dissensions over club rules or officers. Thera Is neither glory , nor profit worth an . hour's anxiety to be gained In any club office. Leave such small ambitions snd un-. srraeaful atifclli- mrA fi-kti A .--.i " a iiiumiHout viuo lumpuifq fj men distinguished Itself a few years ago' by a civil war over the election of can- ' dldatea It appeared In the eyes of the outside world like an anthill In strife. ' , A woman'a club ought not to descend to the same plane. Tha chief mirooaa i rarr ciuo sompoeea or women snouid oe neipiuJneas to all women and chll- - oren and tha betrerment of the world at large; tbe broadening of the Individ ual mind and -tha progression of the race, ..... Unless the club feels that theae ideals . form the warp and woof of lta fabrto It had better disband and cease to exlat ener over the military establishment, .. Lord Curson resigned and with Lady , Curson returned ta - England. .- - j i - f Aa Vicereine of India. . S .-' As vicereine of India Lady Curson occupied the highest foreign poeltlon ever held by aa Amerioan girL During the time ber husband waa the ruler of India he ranked In the Britlah empire only second to the king of England. Himself and hla mifm nnl,,4 ).. k nobility, and together they ruled over , Ivo.OOO.OOe people. t At all tha atata balls at the govern ment house at Calcutta the vicereine ruled supreme, and et tha numerous dances and dinners st Simla, tha sum mer seat of Indian officialdom, she was the ' chief hostess. So. continual was ' tha round of gaiety, both summer and -winter,-that Lady Curson s health be " came impaired, and . this, followed by sn operation - two ' yeara agov left her weakened. Her general ' condition, ' coupled with the terrible hot-weather England is experiencing thla summer -brought on the fatal attaek of heart dis ease. Her death - has been lamented throughout throe countries America, " England and -ladle. The morning fol- lowing her death the English papere spoke most sympathetically, in - fact,' they paid, tribute Jo her as If aha was one of v the royal family. They dwelt on ber intellectual force, beauty, graoe -and tact and brilliant suocess, for by these qualities this American girl had risen to a poeltlon next to tha throne of Great Britain. ' . , T, by a Savonarola He would be eo well groomed, so well turneo out, with a . larder, so well stocked." , , v r eanessness is in the blood or Father . Vaughan. by the traditions of his family ' and parentage; 7 Generations ago the ' Vaughans lost their ancestral eatatta at Ross, In Hertfordshire, but they have ' always preserved the. calm courage snd lofty bearing that characterises ths race. His father . was Colonel i T. v Vaughan, who served with distinction ' ... ...v , .... . , bum . . . w j . iiia ,c,ri brothers took holy orders. One, who became the cardinal, Father Vaughan . greatly resembles. . He has ths same dignified demeanor and air of arlsto-' ' cratlo repose. The fiery dark eyes, the high snd intellectual forehead,- the thin ' and mobile llpa and the clear and re-. -Bounding volca add to hla alngularly striking personality. He is ons of the -few Roman Cathollo priests who have , dined with the king, and It le eaid that his majesty has ths sincerest regard for - : the Jesuit father... .... "Te Pi "the- Crime." -' -From the Kansas City Star. -"Legal ethics" are certain to come into more or-less prominence In connec tion with tha Thaw murder case. A slgnlflcsnt statement In . this regard comes from New Tork. It Is represent ed thaf sine the rear character vt Stan-" ford White has beag. mors clearly shown ths plea of the defense will not be In sanity, but that of Justifiable homicide.: The inference la that If .White's charac ter had not been what It la alleged to have been the assertion of -Thaw's In sanity would have been made. Doubt lees the statement and Its Inference were not authorised by Thaw's counsel. Per- -haps they were unwarranted. But It baa coma to be taken for granted that shrewd oounsel, "the best lawyara," will adopt any tactics for their client whloh appear to be In hla Interest, having no regard for-, the social Interest or the oueatlon of the ellent'e guilt or Inno cence. Thla aaaumptlon haa not bean ar bitrary on tna part or tno punue. Tha practleee of lawyers have given rlaa to It. - And if bar aaeoclationa resent -lt-snd regard It Ss unjust to their profes sion ther . should turn their attention . Wo. "revising the code of legal ithlos and enforcing the revised coda.
