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The Pleasing Personality of the
Daughter of the House of Taft,
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TENT over the pdgcs of a schoolbook,
g in a pretty "den" such as, the college
of today loves to adorn, studying
; hard, very hard, at liryn Mazer College, near
Philadelphia, is a h'idd covered with. a wealth
r of light brou-n hair, in zchich golden tones
I catch the light that streams from the near
window
';' .'.i The studious altitude diflers but little
from that of hundreds of other girls at Bryn
7 Mawr,r except, perhaps, that it evidence a
' triple more of' intcntness, of concentration,
than is characteristic of most other girls, even
in that place of assiduous learning.
, : would not be especially noteworthy if
' it belonged to any of those other girls. But
. lit is the present attitude of devotion to her
" studies, ancr of complete indifference toward
' the rest of the world, of Miss Helen H err on
S T aft, the daughter of the President-elect, who
can look forward now to making her debut in
7 society in the White House, at ff 'ashington.
- Few, indeed, have been the scaool girls
t who have anticipated the ending of their
t studies with as desirable a sequel, and fewer
those who have so consistently maintained the
h same unchanged ab sorption in the "grind" of
. " Study, when once the assurance of the brilliant
i future was received. '
1 is a most brilliant future that awaits
1Ielcn Taft but, then, ii is a brilliant Helen
i Taft who awaits the futurs.
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small In com fan' . ; . ,.
merits that f.-rm
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boudoir,'. atttliiK tti.il
commodious, ind' od. t ' m ;'
)ioe fainiiips tun-
tha -United Stat , hi.o . .
apartment lultes ro.-oi . i
. families here, and .1 .y :
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' That room va orcuf ?' .
X)r," 3. W; Sfttt, the f'..-r . f I . .. iu
flrt wife; "aalrf." by Miss l-'r.i:.' : .
came i tbk-gvet of Mis- ' ''.-. ,,. ,i ;.,,. .(.,,.
her visit, yielded to th- w.'..'. - r i . !-...-,... , a.,
.'ronsented Id become Uk- miett. ' f w .... n
and, later, Iy Mis Mary liarl..-: .V-. M
when aha pawed the v. irtor .:-,: i. v. ... ., ,
the fruest -f her aunt mul I'm r.t M Im" ...
The modernizing of too munition, in . (. ".,!., .. t. v .
'tfie Ittereaaei) .'demand of t :..- -x-. ,;,v tr.nt
tb relenalon of the t.usir.es ,.:.-.- to .... ....
vindertaken aotne years. aj.-o h- l'i -sidi nt H.i.,s ,,. -t'
preatiy Increased the spac at .iii.t sa! i.i- jivlt-tr -,.u.
Vii-ie and Incidentally, .afforded ti e daughter or :
l.ite House" a full a t(ke ! apartmei.ts ir: id u , , f
the aiisrte. room, which, in the new arranji.'riie'nt. t o
rain th Vleening: chamber, v. ;th comn.nii.ius bath
ruum and nittlnir roorm corair. inioatlng.
lentil iaer. luarrUtpo. Mrs. NictipJaa lionifwutlh en
joyed these new C;ccniniodatlonK by- reason cf her
In.fcition a Uia' older daughter, now, they are gien
vvar tr !"?r Biater. Kthei.. 1 lie y are decorated in dainty
ttue, and have the moei cliaroiinB -of aijken curtain
nd rrtmentaion In Bilver.
Thl j ih renlly mnple and beautiful utte that,
to ijit. Tatt. will la 4'hone" whenever, temporarily
r prrroatientTy, ha 'foirsafcea her student "den" t
I .) u :Jar. . Only a siri, and a yyuoff girl at that; caa
quite appreciate all it means to have such a sufficing,
attractive domicile for her very on.
Thj other splendors of the White House will, how
ever, becoroe nil in). i lei y more heis than, perhaps, even
her mother's--tor moiio-rs with a single daughter com
ing out into Kociety, however pn-asinK Ho; ie."ii"iil
Oilitles of hohti'b.s may he. have an inborn trait of
really living in Ihe spirit of tiie girl rather than en
joying lite on their own account. That is one of the.
things it means lo be the belle of the While House.
The Mate dimnK room of the While Hi. use may
take on . I lie iiiimi; ! n g personality of her father, thfl
lJrcdih nt. tor l.e Ik tt man whose bonb nininte as well
as his Individuality, makes an ineffaceable impress
wherever he appeals; anil the .stately ..partment uheie
the White House halls are held will be predded over
by In r mother. Hut. throiikfioiiit the dwelling, with
Ihe likelihood Hint the great social event of (heir hve.
Miss Taft's debut, will take place iu that ballroom,
and V 1th the presence of the While House belle ill
evidence continually, it will seem to all her young
friends almost as though the dignities exist for her
pl. MMll ing
Will she take kindly to It all. or will she find her
chief delight in ll.e big library, where tier father can
instal the fat nit u re of massive, carved te.-ikwo.od
which he bought while he was iu the rhlllpplnes?
It i.s a HUc'itlori which doi s not answer Useif for
the present, ;it least. Thus far. the one conspicuous
note, unmistakable to all who have met la r. iht
the daughter of ihe 1 't eslde i , t -eh ct is a very sensible
normal and unusually bright girl, who understands
fullv the hoi Willi h has rome to her father, yet
1-ea.llzty niifcriiy that Fhe Is a girl w hose affair 'with
life, Just now, is simply straightforward study, like
any other gin in ),er circumstances, with her oppor
tunities. The vanities which ate ordinarily an integral part
In t lie make-up of a fflrl are emphatically wanting In
Miss Taft. ."he Is an attractive girl, of the type that
oftentimes expands into the handsome woman.
f-'he has the height, and she lias features that are
.strongly indicative of character.
Hut when, some little time hack, growing public
Interest In her father und his family brought an ur
gent request for a photograph that would treat her
fairly in its reproduction, she was more than indif
ferent to the opportunity of an informal debut, in
print. But the penalty of publicity becoming apparent,
she consented, as indifferently, to give a class picture,
taken when she graduated at the school preparatory
for Mryn M-awr.
Now, that vva.i exactly what wasn't wanted. At
the tittt? there hail already been a series of appeals
fn.'ii photographers for a cltance to obtain a genuinely
satisfactory likeness: Mrs. Taft's Judgment had finally
nine around to the v'ew that some such likeness should
be made, "anil the direct, earnest importunity of the
vh-'ilor was helped by her mother's acquiescence,
fdiouui Miss Taft care to consent. She thought it over,
while she regarded the modest class picture critically.
"Well, mother,", she remarked, finally, "I don't think
this is so bad a likeness. 1 don't think I'll get any
thing better."
The same attitude of unselfish disinterestedness
characterized her greeting of the definite news of her
fa flier's election, as the returns reached her, in com
panv with a partv of special guests who were as
sembled in Philadelphia.
her from her -Journey around the world with har
parents.
But her one concern. Just now, is with her progress
In her studies, fche has a keen sense of her respon
sibility as a student, for her father excelled In hi
classes: her brother Robert leads his class at Tale
in scholarship, and phe herself won class honors two
years ago at the National Cathedral Bciiool in Wash
ington, and matriculated at Bryn Mawr as tha. win
ner of the $300 scholarship for the student passing
the best entrance examination. ,'
So the studious, brown head that Is bent over tier
books in the chewful room at Bryn Mawr belongs
to a girl who, however splendid the sequel she can
anticipate, is far from anticipating anything of tha
kind. ,Wrh!ch Is as It should be but very often isn't
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"it is a glorious victoiy:" sue said. In her enthu
siasm; and she followed tbo exclamation with an ll"
lummatiug ciiiniiieiit. "I feel that the peopiu of the
country really trust my father."
As for what it wodd mean in the near future to
a certain llel'en Herron Taft she had, apparently, no
thought whatever. Of couise. there ueie a greaj
many other people who did have some thought about
it; and, next day, "at ryn Mawr College, ihe ubiqui
tous inquirers were industriously asking her to do
eome thinking on the subject.
"I'm 'glad of my father's election on bis account,
and for the sake of the country," she observed. "It
really makes little difference to me, for I will prob
Hbly finish my course of study here I'm going to play
hookey, and dig at my books, and take life pretty
much as I did before election."
And with that she went to Tb-nbelgh Hall, whero
she has her room on the second floor. It is prettily
furnished, with all the little comforts a girl craves
about her. and with a number of plctioes and odds
and ends of interesting things she brought back with
Curious Facts
HAT Is snld lo be the steepest railway line in tha
world Is that recently opened near Bozen, in tha
Tyrol. The Mendel railway, with a gradient of
sixty-four in 100, and the Vesuvlan with slxty-
thrcp, have hitherto held the record. But the new line in
Us steepest parts liaes seventy in 100, and in other parts
idxty-six. It leads up the mountain side to Virgl Terrace,
on the river Klsack, 'i he system employed is that of
tne electrical wire rope, and the ascent Is made at
the rate of live feet u second, or live minutes for tha
whole distance.
In future the boxes rontafnlng butter shipped from
Queensland to Great Britain are to be made of straw,
and a company has been formed to work the business.
Butter boxes Mfcimrto havj? been made of pine, but
the drain upon this timber, owing to the heavy ex
ports, has been so srvrre thai the wood is rapidly
going up In price. In the new box a mixture of kaolin
and straw is used. It can be produced and sold for
25 cents. At pixtaentv.l.OiiO.O'iO' boxes are. used in Aus
tralia annually, costing $1.000. Ono. The new box will
gave the dairy business about $200,000 a year.
The total number of stars exoeeding the seventh
magnitude is 5900. Therefore the naked eye can never
pee from any one spot of the earth's surface mora
than 3000 stars.
irntes in iRirts the Wsrid Mas Known
DAUGHTERS
The world is still acclaiming-' the extraor
dinary qualities of that exceptional woman, and
(.pinion sci'tin to be unanimous that only in Cath
arine of IJtissia and Elizabeth of T'.iKland is it
possible to find her peer among women for all tha
attributes that go to make the rulor.
Jitit in her own empire, on the seas, there
wn. a century ago, a woman whose career paral
leled that of the late dowager empress of China
so closely that it is hard to refrain from thosus
picion that the more famous ruTor whose end
eaine recently did not find her inspiration in the
wonderful exploits of mififhty Mistress Ching,
queen of all women pirates.
For there have been women pirates, as yeri
t iMy as there roved and robbed such men marau
ders a Captain Kidd and the buccaneers of the
Spanish Main. "
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A mourning such as no great nation of the
earth has known fof centuries, because no,
oilier great nation, except Kussia, has for
centuries existed so completely under tho
sway of absolute monarchy, the teeming millions
of China are now paying their last tribute of thu
abject abus4Tnent to whiah they were brought by
the inflexible will, the tireless diplomacy and the
uiucrupulojis chicanery, of the tlave girl who rose
to Lo tiioir empress. -
IHE Chinese pirates in 1SO0 dominated the empire of
the southern seas, capturing cities', leyylng tribute,
defying and defeating all the forces the vast king- .
dom of China could bring against them, ruling the
asts they controlled with the same arrogance as If they
w re princes of the blood.
Their domain extended from Tonqutn to Foochow,
nd their base of operations was among the Islands at
t. e mouth of the Pearl river and along the shores' of the
southern province of Quang-Tong.
There were six squadrons of the pirates, the most
powerful ofcaU. being the Red Flag, which was tinder, the
command of Mistress Ching. widow of Ching Tih. a fa-,
n.ois pirate leader who had perished In a hurricane,.
Among the pirate captives was a lad narned Chans; Faou.
the son of a flshannan. handsome and intelligent, whom,
the dead, chief's widow chose as her lieutenant.
In the years that followed the name of Captain Paou
w:.s destined to become a word of dread as far ns B,urop
and America.' But the true terrors, with the true power,
lay In tha dullest "hands ot Mistress Ching. whose name
wad one of auch dread and awe that her aubject pirates,
themselvea scarcely dared utter It aloud.'
In 15,08, lti a great sea bettle, the pirates sante threa
government ahlpg and captured fifteen, with tlia com
mander. Immediately afterward General Lin was de
feated, and half a dozen of his beet war vessels wer
added to the pirae fleet. In 1S09 the Chinese government
gave Admiral Tsaen 100 ships to wipe out the power of
Mistress Ching. Captain Paou was permitted to meet
lhat mighty force, and he was beaten, with a loss of 200
prisoners. The Chinese admiral, elated, prepared for a
second battle. ,
But now, with her prestige impaired by the first se
rious repulse she had ever encountered, the pirate queen
resolved that her favorite's daring could be effective only
when directed by her genius. She assumed supreme com
mand of the pirate fleet, and. like Clooputra, sailed forth
to meet the foe1. Within a .few hours the great Admiral'
Tsuon and his vast squadron were overwhelmingly de
feated, and fourteen of the Bhips were in the hands of
the plratea
An English prisoner of the pirates in that year found
that Mistress Chlng's squadrons numbered S00 large war
ships and 1000 small ones, with crews amounting to 70.000
. men. What heights the great -Mistress Ching might have
risen to had not Opatae, commander of the Black Flags,
conceived a bitter Jealousy of Captain Paou it is im
possible to guess.
Opatae, at a critical time in the. war with the govern
ment, withheld aid from Mistress Chlng's favorite coift
mander. Paou, in a reckless rage, hurled against his
associate an Inferior force, and was repulsed. Opatae.
In the hour of his victory, was filled with dismay, for he
realized that Mistress Ching would punish him with utter
destruction.' '
In his apprehension of hej wrath he appealed to the
government for pardon, a boon which the beaten and
discomfited Chinese admiral .rejoiced to grant. The de
fection of Opatae revealed to all the pirates that there
Wis a way open to them of escaping the penalty for their
hideous crimes, with their sole alternatlee the desperate
ne of conquering the whole empire of China. ,
The proffer of complete amnesty even to Mistress
Ching and to Captain Paoui bapught about a grave coun
cil of " ail the pirate leaders. Paou stood out boldly
- against acceptance. But Mistress Ching at length de
cided that the end must come sooner or later, and bade
all her followers surrender. Faou was made major la the
Chinese armies, and the greatest pirate queen who ever
reigned passed info an obscurity from which Jiistory has
inc. baen-unabla to extricate, her memory. . - . .-'.'
Besides the mighty empire of the sea created by Mis
tress Ching, the adventures of Anno Bonny and Mary
Head on the Spanish Main, for years famed as the only
women pirates, dwindle into insignificance.
Both Anne Bonny and Mary Read were tried. In 1720,
for their piracies and were condemned to execution. Tha
sentence was remitted because of their condition, and
they died in prison.
Mary Read was an English girl who disguised her
self as a boy and shipped on an English man-of-war, de
serted, entered the army, fought in Flanders, married a
-fellow-soldier and took up the peaceful .calling of Inn
keeping until her husbnnd died.
She resumed her travels and adventures until, being
captured by pirates during a voyage from Holland to the
West Indies, she turned pirate herself, aud was ono of
the most daring of theinall. Sho was on the ship of Cap
tain Karkham when AmV Botitiy, daughter of a Carolina
planter, who had eloped with that picturesque pirate,
encountered her and the pair fought side by side on the
bloody decks of the pirate ship, the only dare-devils of
the whole company when, in fierce engagem6njs, the rest
of the crew skulked below decks, r . '
"Quaint John Esquemellng. he of tie curious diary so
treasured by all lovers of books under the'tltle, "The
Buccaneers of America," tells, in his personal memoirs of
Sir Henry Morgan's sack of Panama, of a prisoner
brought to Morgan from the Islands of Tavoga and Tavo
gilhi: .
"A gentlewoman of good quality, as also no less
virtue and chastity, who was wife to one of the richest
merchants of all those countries. Her years were but
few, and her beauty was so great as pet-adventure I may
doubt w;hetifeer in all Europe any could be found to sur
pass her perfections, either In comeliness or honesty."
Morgan sought at first to make her his by lavish gifts
and luxurious care. When she repulsed him, ha visited
upon her all the Ignominies and hardships his evil ln
- genuity' could devise, and threatened her with the direst
penalties, until her unyielding virtue conquered even his
abandoned spirit, und he released her, unharmed.'
TmV-'gre'ateat- and moBt-lmnoalngTOfall the. world's
pirates. Tie' had offered to that girl tWe position " wfiicti
Mistress Ching attained jonly afuer j'earg of conquest,
with the alternative' of Bitter suffering and torture as
punishment for refusal. ' - 1
It -is curious, indeed, how" out;of the current rocking.
Of empire and out, of- past "Jetsam of the sea, splendid
morals tiprlse, fitted to the uses of Our most prosaic lives,
needed for the ambitions of our. homeliest civilization. -
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