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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, . SUNDAY HORNING, OCTOBER V 1903 ii it ' - - r r vv i v -"aw ' . t w j WW Would You' Like to Ki Pass Into History Merely as Her Husband? TJOW u-uld you a mere man, like' to J the husband of a bluestocking a noted literary woman f How would you like to be known onU as "the husband of Mrs. So-andSo, the famous authoress"; to rest unnoticed and in eclipse behind, her laurels t Of course you would be proud of your wifds achievements and fame; the only" 'un comfortable question would relate to your own position. Of recent years literary works by wom en have figured frequently among the "six best sellers?' This high-water mark' attained, the limelight of publicity is at once turned on the fortunate writer; Iter comings and her goings, her tastes in dress and in literature, her home life and her methods of work are all duly exploited. But how often does one hear of her husbandf if she has one? It is rather gratifying to find, upon in vestigation, that comparatively few of the husbands of American authoresses of note are nonentities. Many of them are active, use ful citizens and progressive business men. And not a few may claim their measure of public notice. Author UPON her story, "Mr. Wlggs of the Cabbage Patch." . reats the fame of Mra. Alice Reran Rice. She haa written' other Interesting- tales, such aa "Lover Mary" and "Sandy," and doubt less hopes, before the close of her career with the pen, to produce something: much more ambitious and worthy of recognition In literature, even, than "Mra. Wlggs." Still, she will always be known, no doubt, aa the creator of "Mrs. Wlggs" perhaps It would be better to say authoress, as the now widely known woman of the "Cabbage Pa,tch" was already created and only needed a competent biographer when Miss Alice Hegan made her acquaintance. It was nearly six years ago when Miss Hegan, then In the full tide of her "Mrs.. Wlggs" success, became the bride of Cale Young Rice, and with him set up that delightful home in Louisville that haa since been her chief delight Mr. Rice was an author of reputation himself, and since then has been building a name as a play wright. He Is also a poet and lecturer, and before removing to Louisville to live was professor of Eng lish in Tennessee's Cumberland University. Since their marriage, Mr. and Mra. Rice have been living, most of the time, in their charming Louisville home, or In their rustic, picturesque country home near the city. Mr. Rice has pursued his own literary work quietly, but effectively, and In addition has made strides in the business world. llMV w W'i iflkl " PtfjHTvr! ' S yia-JlJ lfLAY WhWherMr.hE1.7e'ciew. Parsons created auch - 1 If lln' li Vf Ii VV Vl (4 fS f M 1 t$Zs$r. If 7 i aatlon a couple of yeara ago with her book. In which til Vt IV llll M' f II lV Jfe VwWl lV 11 I tr"' mrrl' were- advocated aa a remedy for the U Vft I Hlh Jtllf ' S " !f5aV tlwffn VI ' divorce evil, her husband had already mad food ,,r Mjfl V J J-'fN. lr?T 2 I I I JT Jif IMu f I I progress In the political flold. 1 - ic V I L-yjV Wri I 1 IVvVA 1 LT X1 j&PJ Vltjft&j ' - V. I Herbert Parsons la a member of Congr and 1 V T "' I'll wii , llV' l!fllujfiftt-. 1 chairman of the New Tork county Ttepubllean com- ' " ' 1 "" riiZIl " V3? 'llvV r'SVl I MraA I mltte. 6ome one has said that he waa born with a . . Jf jr2J:'j!?'' i f V VCvWr aC I I I kl I All worry about house rent havlr.jr boen' removed JaV 5S2!r---- , "SvnVi 1 j If VJXv til tit I SI I "t I by kindly fates and by his marriage to a daughter of fl. f ST , i-i jf J1 II VV SlA. VV Tr III i I fl fWl Henry Clews. Mr. Parsons la able to devote hi time 1 ol It. Thrala he i mm. mm i, x J i mP & '''''''"'''V'f - ' it ..sill ; X II JAVYxse .yrCiemXIM characterized as love at first sight; there were other meetings during that visit and subsequent paid by Miss Wllklna to Metuchen. In course of time Dr. Freeman discovered that waa In love with the brilliant writer, and after ardent courtship persuaded her to accept bis name and the management of the handsome home he had provided for her in Metuchen, But she made him wait until she had finished a novel upon which ahe was then engaged. It Is said ln Metuchen that he waited two years after the handsome cottage had been made ready for its new mistress. Myra, Kelly, who haa written so engagingly about "Little Citizens" and the doings of children ln New York's East Side, charmed her husband Into matri mony by her literary work. At least, ao It was stated when ahe married Allan Macnaughton, banker and business man, something like three years ago. Miss Kelly had worked her way to pen fame while one of the tolling teaehera ln a publio school ln New York's East Side. She wrote engagingly and sym pathetically of child life as she saw it not as she Imagined it. .Her stories were published ln maga zines, and later in book form. o bar When, about three years ago, it was -announced that Mrs. Rice had decided to Invest a part of. her earnings in the establishment of a new national bank, it was also stated that Mr. Rice would bo associated with her in the enterprise and would pay considerable attention to the business. Only last year newspaper readers were regaled with accounts of the efforts of Dr. Charles M. Free man, who married Miss Mary E. Wllklna. to break Into politics and become Mayor of Metuchen, N. J. Dr. Freeman was beaten for tfie nomination. Some were unkind enough to say that it waa because Metuchen was still angry with Mrs. Freeman, who had been charged with holding the mirror up to that community when ahe wrote "The Debtor." It was an allegation made and denied a year be fore. It seems that a local correspondent. Inspired by the need of space-filling matter, had suggested the idea that the prototypes of Mrs. Freeman's char acters were to be found in the novelist's home town. Borne of the character pictures, aa drawn, were not at all complimentary. Mra Freeman, however, de clared that she did not have the good people of Metuchen In mind when aba wrote the book. She might a well be charged with having ralr rored other communities, she declared ' ln "The Por tion of Labor," "A New England Man," "The Heart's Highway" and her other atoriea. So, after a discus sion pro and con for a few days, or a few weeks, the matter was forgotten, apparently. HUSBAND LIKE HER HEROES Mra Freeman's heroes, as a rule, are tall, strong; handsome, tender men. Dr. Freeman answers the physMal description. He has dark aaur and blue-gray eyea, a brown mustache thai does not hide a -tender-looking mouth with a naif em He lurking In the corners. Dr. Freeman la a son of the late Manning Freemen, formerly Judge of the AppeUate Court of New. Jersey. He seems to be younger than his vicinity to 41 yeara la 111 he was graduated from Ratgers Col lege, and In 111 from the College of Physicians and burgeons la New York. Later the young physician was appelated medical examiner In the United Btates pension service aad also became ebelnnaa of the board if elvU service examiners. Tbe duties of the latter petition required him te travel a great deal, as be -had to examine tbe boards throng bout the country. Still the practice of medicine waa not a eoegenlal oerupatioit. and be relinquished It to take the dlrecttea ef a big lumber fcuaiaeee la Metachest. Miss Wllklna met the haadenme young doctor wane a a vllt te tbe home, la Metucbea, ef Henry M. Allen, a promlneat ana ratine editor. It wee aever Her first book eo the atory roes, at least caught the eye and engaged the attention of Allan Mac naughton, banker and man of affairs. Being a mem ber of several clubs, he was socially prominent ln his circles. One afternoon, it 1 related, white-faced and weary, he reached the ferries that let ao many thou sands out of New York's crowded streets each even ing. There was a wait for a ferryboat, and Mr. Mac naughton hurried to the bookstand on the wharf in each of something to occupy hla mind on tbe trip to Teaneck, N. J. He bought Mlaa Kelly's new book, at random. Turning the pages idly at first, he soon beoame in terested. Especially ' was he pleased with the word painting of "teacher." A ROMANTIC MEETING , Some time later he met, at a horse show dance, Mlaa Myra Kelly; he learned that she had written the book that had pleased him so much. Mr. Mao naughton waa duly impressed ; he began a wooing that in time reached tbe usual happy culmination. So the young writer gave up her school, bade a tearful farewell to her awed and sobbing pupils, and took up a new life aa mistress of Cedar Lodge, at Teaneck, N. J. Mr. Macnaughton Is proud of his wife's ability aa a wyiter and enoourages her in her effort. During pleasant afternoona be Induces her to Join him In a horseback ride. Mr. Macnaughton la fond of outdoor Ufa, of fishing, gunning and riding, and spends what time he can spare from his business in that way He is also a landscape gardener of considerable ability and la alwaya happy in some plan of suburban adornment. In becoming Mra Poet Wheeler. Mlaa Ha 11 Is Ermlnle Kivaa Joined ber life and fortunes to & genial spirit. For Mr. Wheeler la author, poet, mara alne writer and diplomat. Tbev were married In Japaa nearly two years aa-o. Mr. Wheeler being connected with the American embassy at Tokle. fines then the couple have anent most ef their time in the Orient. It waa natural, pernapa, that the authoress of "Smoking Flax." "Furnae of Earth," -a a Hart Pasteta, "Hearts Ceuraceoua." aad ether works should be wen to giving her haad aad heart te a men who wrote. like herself. Mr. Wheeler la a sen ef the Rev. Dr. Henrv Wheeler, ef Philadelphia, where be was mJmi.j from the Central High School, afterward can urine high hoaors at Prises ton. ariag pressed bj his paper and pens and regarded him aa a "white medicine man." Ho composed many of his poems ln the silences of the long Arctic nights, Just as he had composed, pre viously, in African deserts. While hunting moose he fell and sustained sucti severe injuries that he re turned to New York. Since Joining the diplomatic service Mr. Wheeler haa spent most of his time in Japan, where both he and hi wife enter thoroughly into the poetic, flower loving spirit of the land. Mrs. Wheeler's cousin, the talented Amelle Rives, has had two husbands. Her young heart waa cap tured by John A. Chanler. a wealthy member of the widely known New York family of that name. Thla marriage waa not happy, however, and there was a South Dakota divorce. In 1896 Miss Rives she had resumed her maiden name married Prince Pierre Troubetskoy. a Russian artist. Since then Prince Troubetskoy has spent most of his time ln this country and haa painted portraits of many aoclety leaders. One of his most notable works is a full-length portrait of Mrs. John Jacob Aator. In fact, the prince of recent years has been consid erably busier ln his profession than the princess has been in hers; he evidently Is not content to shine ln the reflected glory of his wife's fame. Prince and Princess Troubetskoy spend a large part of their time abroad; both are popular ln the artistic and literary circles of Paris. The father of the prince was in the Russian army and the dlplo- . matlc service; he was a man of fine taste ln art and letters and fond of all forms of natural beauty. Prince Pierre waa born In Rome his mother was an American woman and was carefully and highly edu cated. Early In his artistic career Prince Troubetskoy located ln London, although he was unknown there 'and had no knowledge of the English language. At the end of six or eight months he began to show pictures at various exhibitions and to win the com mendation of critics. He was visiting the United cherishes higher ambitions than his present seat la Congress, and there is no doubt he will bo very busy, seeing that his ambitions are in a fair way to realisation- Miss Bertha Brooks Runkle, author of "The Hel met of Navarre." married a man who had served aa the model for a hero in her novel. He was Captain Louis H. Bash, United States Army. Much of tho fabric of her book Is hung around a dashing soldier of redy wit and sword. ' 1 Captain- Bash has spent much time and seen much service In the Philippines. He secured the double bars of a captaincy for distinguished service under General Lloyd Wheaton. i The husband of Anna Katharine Green, Mr. Charles Rohlfs, is a prosperous furniture designer, of Buffalo. He was formerly an actor, and played lh the com panies of Booth and other great men of the stage. Becoming Interested in furniture designing; through plans for furnishing his own home, he abandoned the drama for business, and has been quite successful. Hatching Ducks by Wholesale AUSTRALIA has tbe largest duck farm and the larg est incubator ln the world. The incubator has a capacity of 11,440 ducks' eggs or 14,080 hens' eggs. The machine is. ln fact, a hothouse. It stands ' In open ground, and is constructed of ordinary' ptn boards, with corrugated iron roof. The egg ' trays each, hold 130 ducks' or 160 hens' eggs, and there are four of these trays end to end in eleven tiers, one above the other, on each side of the room, making a total of eighty-eight. Moisture Is supplied la pans beneath the bottom tier of trays. The heat la sup plied by means of steam pipes from a largo boiler. The incubator Is said to be working well and bring ing out a big percentage of birds. TBe Royal bnianWrestIerf Etorope w 'HEN the Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg- Strelitz married the Prince Danillo, of Montenegro, people laughed about them. "She's as thin aa a rail," said one. ."And hejs a stick." remarked another. "Did you ever aee such sickly looking people getting married they better prepare for a funer al," commented a third. But both, when they heard these whispers, laughed also, for the duchess had begun to study the art of jiu-jitsu and wrestling. "Just wait," declared she; "well show them. Wait till I take you in training." 77re tYre3fr7 Crayr feasts Amesg his classmates at rhe New Jersey university were Booth Terktae-tea, Walter WyckonT. James Bsraea. Resort Briagee aad Charles Egbert ttevea- sea. When Mr. Wbeeler left Prlncetea be visited Lea den aad Psrta. where re woa the rrieadahip f Israel Zansrwl aad Paul Verialasw Rome yeare later so drifted te Alaska aad wee reeeivoa: aa n r of tba TaJraak ladiaea, who wore sosc i- ND the Princess Melltsa, as she is now called. did take her royal spouse in training. Today he Is regarded aa one of the moot robust iwlmani of rovoltv ln Europe. Ana the princess welt, the princess "Gracious, she actually punches the bag!" declared a titled visitor to the court at Cettlnge aome time ago. "Punches the bag and actually boxes and wsesllest" And this unique accomplishment of the princess Is the talk of the courts of Europe. 1 Among the royal women of Europe the tady who will become mistress of the Black Mountain princi pality Is regarded as one of the handaomeat. In the tail, plump, rosy-faced, blight-eyed woman one sees little reeemblance to the frail.pale girl who was led to the altar ln August. 1. Before the wedding many. Indeed, feared the mar riage would never taks place, the prince's health also being ln a precarioua condition. He suffered from maladies known and unknown. He was weak and pale aad. It waa said, lacked pDvalral couraa-e. His brother, the Prtnee Mirko. strong, vigorous, ambitious, plotted and schemed to force his elder brother to resign ln his favor. Mirko married' the beautiful daughter of Colonel Cofistentlnovltch, son of Princess Anks Obrenovltch. who wee assassinated with ber cousin. Prince Michel, at Belgrade In Hit. Mirko is sold to have a oonsum Ins ambition to occupy a throne. He tried to secure that of Fervla and failed, the governorship of Mace donia and failed, and finally turned his attention te the throne of hla father. Prince Nicholas. It was said that Prtnc Dannie wae wsverlng. Bat It was not long after hie marriage that he began to assert himself. A result was that Mirko wae com pelled to leevo the eapltsX Ptineo Danllle developed unwonted Independence. He alee gained la hralta. Hie checks hwame fuller: be assumed the role of heir and hero. Why wee tnls In tbelr palate tho prtaeoss had fitted ap a gym naslsm. A Japabeoo export was brourbt from the Jaad of the JUstac Sua te teach Iter Jta-Jitsa. la tlgata Iff vi . M she learned the twists and capers of the streauoua exercise, and then took up boxing and wrestling One evening each .week both the prince and his wife retired to the "gym." In "gym" costume they wrestled and sparred until nearly exhausted. For more than five years tho royal couple have devoted themselves to this strenuous exercise. Both enjoy tt hugely. One evening a week Is set apart at tbe palace for wrestllsg. It haa become aa regular a feature as a dance or card svsalng or a formal reception, and guests are mostly entertained by the expertnee and feats ef strength shown by the Prince and Princess Danillo. Some years are aa unpleasant incident occurred at the capital. When the duchess married Daslilo her father ae ber ae a wedding gift a great golden pig with emerald eyea The pig became the court Joke. When she weet to visit royal relatives In Russia tbey Jibed hr. one day the rrtneoss got mad. "Yoa caa talk' as mack aa yea like, bat yoa'd ba glad to have such a pig r ah aaapaoa. "Tt s filed with gold, that pig. aad soma day. whoa this court gtu bankrupt, it will save it." Hsr audience was visible awed. But soma tirr afterward the pig disappeared. The princes waa furtoua. Tha Mart waa in tern.r. Her father-la -law, her husband aad do prima ir. : . -later ail ordered golden pica. Whoa aba got ti ahe knocked apoa tho aides. - ' Tha fro hollow oh, herr hollow," a4 are off Into ono rf tho tlrsdes which hr snails ' -Is lika a cyclone. At to Is time Mirko was In i tune la a Jocnoo masrk evswaire; te it Frisco DaaUki, m tbe fc-fre. teu 4.ra oi ef palace, sad, Iti said, put sofrs eHot tte 'v 1 f a" -was kaaaea a p. however, aad Ue asgo ef tha .n ,, StCv,,oL Of aadoabted We sty, tho prtrroee le ee rf Immt peas a tn lire- r. r'e t.e j ,-v, ? flaetitly. Ae a ti!vtui t - - rraj r-eweewtvee. Aed eh a'i"t ' - w teogbter by her clever carcate f f '
