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GARRISON WITHOUT MILITARY EXPERIENCE
was managing editor of the Albany
Argus when he became secretary to Mr. Cleveland, as governor of New York.
Elihu Root made a great secretary of war and he probably had taken less
interest in military life than the average citizen. He had constructive ideas
and he carried them out in the reorganization of the army.”
KING OF ROUMANIA LONG IN OFFICE
King Charles of Roumania has
granted an Interesting interview to a
representative of the Echo de Pans.
Having now reigned forty-seven years,
■he exercises a personal Influence such
as no minister can hope to attain.
And he was elected by a plebiscite
and has not come to the throne by
mere heredity, his influence is all the
greater. His paternal aunt was a
Murat and his maternal aunt was a
Eeauharnais, thus showing his French
connection. And yet King Charles is
(the head of the house of Hohenzol
aern and the Emperor William be-
Songs to the junior branch. He is
mow seventy-five, but still very vigor
ous. He married Elizabeth, Princess
Ide Wied, forty-four years ago. Eliza
beth is the queen who is known in
the literary world as Carmen sjdva.
Queen Elizabeth holds that the
lot of kings is a hard one, because
(they cannot resign and are released
Ifrom their burden only by death. To
the representative of the Echo de Paris the king said: “Politics have been
(the ruin of the Turkish army. People speak of peace, but there are many
(questions yet to be settled. For instance, there is a war indemnity which
interests those countries that are creditors of Turkey. lam in favor of three
S ’ears' military service. There is going on at this moment in France a very
nteresting evolution. The law of three years’ military service is necessary
to build up the army. By hard work soldiers can be formed In two years,
!but it is too short a period In which to make the best of the material at
^e country’s disposal."
NEW HEAD OF CORPORATIONS BUREAU
When the national committee was
organized to be in harmony with the presidential nominee of the party,
r. Davies was elected secretary. Later, after the western headquarters had
^en opened in Chicago, he was placed in charge and directed the campaign
r all the territory between Indiana and the Pacific coast.
COL. “J. HAM.” LEWIS, THE VERSATILE
Now comes Colonel James Hamil
n Lewis’
Sounds simple on the face of it,
it is one of the most bewildering,
implicated and seintillant facts of
•cent political history. Col. James
amilton Lewis, now United States
mator from^llinois, has finally ar
ved. His (mining has been sched
^d, forecasted, promised, threatened,
■ayed for and hoped against. And
i has come.
Old Multum in Parvo was the
riest piker alongside of Colonel
>wls —a sort of irreducible mini
um, an example of Indivisible slm
icity. If you don’t believe It, pause
d gaze upon the awesome multi
de of Lewisian accomplishments,
j is an author, lawyer, politician,
Idler, self-confessed statesman, trav
;r, guide, philosopher and friend of
rious constituencies, law-maker and
it, but not least, the exemplar of
3 last word —aye, even the final
riek —in sartorial adornment. He made Francis Bacon his model in taking
knowledge as his province. He improved upon Lord Brougham in raising
•satility to its highest power. And he added to all this an ambush of
aged pink whiskers that would make the average prairie fire hide its
ninished head.
Colonel Lewis first saw the light of day in 1866, in the state of Virginia,
ter he went to Savannah, Ga. Thence he drifted to the state of Wash
lon. In 1897 the people of that state sent him to the fifty-fifth congress,
ionis in 1908.
When the time was ripe Colonel Lewis went after the long term senator!
p from Illinois, and after a remarkable deadlock got ft
“Secretary Garrison of the war de
partment has had no experience in
military affairs, but that is no rea
son why he may not turn out to be
one of the best secretaries we have
had,” said a man who was at one
time closely associated with the war
department.
“When I was a young man I
thought the secretary of war should
know all about military organization,
and all about the munitions of war,
but, of course, I know now that
executive capacity is what is chiefly
needed. If the secretary is a man of
insight he soon selects the right sort
of advisers.
“Secretary Garrison has been in
office nearly two months and he
probably knows now enough about
details to render him efficient. The
late Dan Lamont made an admirable
secretary of war and his training had
been in the newspaper office. He
Joseph E. Davies of Madison, Wis.,
secretary of the Democratic national
committee, has declined to be gover
nor general of the Philippines, and
has been Selected for commissioner of
corporations to succeed Luther
Conant, Jr.
Mr. Davies was disinclined to
take any federal post, but at the
solicitation of some of his political
advisers, took under consideration the
offer to be commissioner of corpora
tions, and called at the executive
offices early the other day to signify
his acceptance.
Mr. Davies qualifies as an orig
inal Wilson man. He was the Wis-,
consin member of the Democratic
national committee, and succeeded in
capturing a majority of the Wiscon
sin delegates to the national conven
tion for Wilson. In fact, long before
the Baltimore deadlock ended the
delegation was voting as a unit.
in GIRLS
WHO ARE NEAR
FAHOMRONES
Many Prominent Philadel
phia Women Have Mar
ried Into Noble Fami
lies in the Various
Countries of
Europe.
HAPPY MATCHES MADE
Majority of the Alliances Have
Been Supremely Successful
in Every Way.
Evidently Not All Foreign Noblemen
Are Mere Fortune Hunters—Many
Matrimonial Prizes Secured by the
Fair Daughters of Uncle Sam.
Philadelphia.—Dwelling amid me
diaeval surroundings in storied cas
tles, secluded in vast demesnes or in
more modern and incidentally more
comfortable palaces of various cities
of Europe, is quite a large group of
Philadelphia women who have become
the wives of noblemen and who with
characteristic adaptability have be
come active helpmates in their hus
bands' interests. Rare, indeed, have
these alliances between women of
this city and the men of titles from
abroad proved unhappy, and in the
main the noblemen who have be
stowed their rank upon maids of this
city have proved themselves worthy
of the matrimonial prizes they have
won.
Some Have Succeeded in Business.
In not a few Instances these men
have been in business quite after the
American fashion, and have made
successes of their various undertak
ings, maintaining their personal inter
est in them even after their coffers
had been replenished by the dowries
of their wives. They have done much
to change the opinion prevalent in
this country some years ago that for
eign noblemen were merely fortune
hunters and little else, and they have
reversed the Disraeli dictum that
“men who marry their wives for love
either beat them or run away from
them.”
The most notable instance of a
young, beautiful and wealthy Philadel
phia girl marrying a man of exalted
title, but who before his marriage did
not deem it beneath his dignity to
work in a stock broker’s office, was
Miss Margaretta- Drexel, who was
wedded several years ago to the Vis
count Maidstone. It was a genuine
love-match, and the ceremony, which
took place in London, was one of the
most important matrimonial events of
that season, since, aside from the
distinction of the bridegroom’s family,
the bride's mother and father, Mr. and
Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel, are among
the most popular Americans dwelling
In the British metropolis. An exceed
ingly important alliance was made by
Lady Maidstone’s cousin. Miss Anita
Stewart, who is now the Princess de
Braganza, her husband being a son of
the pretender to the present non
existent throne of Portugal. Miss
Stewart’s mother is a sister of Mrs.
Drexel and the widow of James Henry
Smith, the multi-millionaire, who died
in Japan shortly after his marriage.
The wedding of Miss Stewart and the
prince took place in Scotland, and
there was much discussion at the time
as to the propriety of the bride
groom’s attendants wearing the na
tional Caledonian costume, with the
plaid of the Stewart clan. There was
also some nonsensical but romantic
talk to the effect that the Smith mil
lions would be used to finance a revo
lution which would have as its pur
pose the placing of the prince upon
Portugal’s throne, thus providing Eu
rope with her first American queen.
About seven years ago there was a
noon wedding at St. Patrick’s church,
in Twentieth street, and this was of
so quiet and unostentatious a nature
that many parishioners who had mere
ly dropped into the church to offer up
a midday prayer were unaware that
by the ceremony they were witnessing
a Philadelphia girl was being made
the Countess Borchgrave d’Altena.
She was Miss Ruth Snyder, daughter
of Mrs. Thomas Alexander Reilly by
her first marriage, and a niece of
Charlemagne Tower, former ambassa
dor to Germany.
Practical Nobleman.
Miss Emily Barney’s marriage to
Baron Friedrich von Hiller was also
a comparatively quiet one. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D.
Barney and granddaughter of Jay
Cooke, the Civil war financier. The
young, good-looking and most affable
baron was at the time engaged in
business in Mexico, and in this he has
continued since his marriage. He is
essentially a sensible and practical
man, who, down in his heart of
hearts, really doesn’t care much about
titles. He is much more concerned tn
making a name for himself as a suc
cessful business man, thus taking pat
tern after the family of his wife. I
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COUNTESS DE SIBOUR.
(Miss Kathryn Louise Bailey.)
Mrs. Jason Waters’ daughter, Miss
Ellen Nixon Wain, now the Baroness
Jacques de Meyronnet de San Marc,
is the chatelaine of one of the beauti
ful homes of Paris, and by reason of
her own charm and the distinction of
her husband's family she has won a
high place in exclusive Parisian so
ciety.
There are many who will recall the
beautiful wedding in the Church of
the Redeemer at Bryn Mawr, when
the lovely Gertrude Berwind, daugh
ter of the wealthy coal family, be
came the Baroness Bocklin von Bock
linsau. This was an unusually im
portant matrimonial event, for the
baron’s family is one of great emi
nence in the kaiser’s domain. The
young nobleman at his wedding gave
evidence of the much-discussed Ger
man “thoroughness.” by replying to
the clergyman's various questions in
the marriage ritual in so loud and
firm a voice as to be heard in all
parts of the church, a circumstance
which caused many to smile, since it
afforded so marked a contrast to the
usual tremulously whispered answers.
Two Sisters Marry Noblemen.
Two sisters, Mary and Clara, of the
famous and wealthy Roberts family,
whose classic-looking home at Nine
teenth and Walnut streets is such a
joy to those who love the simplicity of
the antique, married noblemen of
much distinction. The former is the
Marquise d’Eskens de Frenoy, now
living in Paris, while the latter, who
died last September, was the Countess
Goffredo Galli, an Italian, whom she
met while he was consul to this city.
Miss Myra’Dick is another Philadel
phian who chose a Frenchman of title
for a husband, and now as the Mar
quise de Breviaiere d’Alaimcourt she
occupies a high place in the social life
of her adopted country. Then there
are the Baroness von Friesen, who
was formerly Miss Florence Smith,
and the Countess Georges Ginoux de
Fermon, who was George Cochran’s
daughter. Miss Elizabeth Cochran.
The Count and Countess Traugott
von Bethusey Hue live in mediaeval
state near Breslau, Germany, and it
will be recalled that their wedding
ceremony was carried out with an
elaborate regard for ancient, family
traditions. The countess was a Miss
Reddelien of this city.
Another of the leaders in the group
of titled American women now dwell
ing in Paris is the Viscountess Jules
Henri de Sibour, who is a daughter of
Charles W. Bailey of 21st and De Lan
cey streets, and who takes an active
part in Parisian society.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison’s '
daughter. Miss Mildred Harrison, is,
now the Countess von Holnstein, but
she and the count have spent most of
the time since their wedding in this
country. Still another Philadelphia
woman of title who prefers to live in ,
this country is the Countess Eulalia,
the former Mrs. John B. Stetson. Her ,
home, Idra. on the Old York road. Is
built in the likeness of a French cha
teau. and is exceedingly beautiful.
Some Other Noble Marriages.
Rodman Wanamaker's daughter.
Miss Fernanda Wanamaker, was wed
ded in Paris a few years ago to Ar
turo de Heeren, who will inherit a
title from his father. Another Phila- i
delphian who. although not bearing a i
title, is married to an English Jurist
■whose position is a most Important j
! one in Cairo, is Mrs. Vere Speke-Al-
I ston, who was Miss Anne Chew.
About her family home. Cliveden, in
Germantown, center many historic as
sociations.
One of Rome's social leaders and
who, by reason of her exalted posi
• tion, is frequently hostess to royalty.
I is Mrs. George W. Wurts, a sister of
I Charlemagne Tower, while occupying
I much the same sort of a position in
Paris and at Dinard Is Mrs. Hughes-
Hallett, the former Emily Schaum
berg.
BASK IN FORTUNE’S SMILES
Sailors From New Zealand Port Are
Reported to Have Made Rare
Find of Ambergris.
In the old days, when the sturdy
men of New Bedford and Nantucket
put out to sea in chase of the mighty
whale, they used to dream of finding
ambergris. A streak of fortune which
carried a lump of this stuff across the
bows of an old square-rigger might
make a small fortune for all hands,
even to the lowest one in a hundred
laymen stowed away in the forecastle.
But the streak of fortune seldom
came.
However, the sperm whale continues
to give us this concretion and the
navigators of the far-off waters some
times find it. The whaler Norvegia
comes hooting into Christchurch, New
Zealand, jubilant in the possession of
ambergris to the amount of half a ton
—at least the cables to the newspa
pers say it's half a ton. Inasmuch as
ambergris has seldom been discovered
in quantities exceeding 100 pounds,
the accuracy of the scales may per
haps be doubted.
And here’s another thing. The same
dispatches place the value of the am
bergris at $300,000. That is a lot of
money for a crew of hard-bitten
whalemen, yet perhaps it would not
be grudged them by a world always
ready to applaud good fortune. But
armbergris Is usually quoted at $5 the
ounce. What has caused this tremen
dous advance? A decline would seem
more probable because the discovery
of such a quantity might easily over
stock the market.
It’s a good yarn of deep-sea treas
ure. Don’t let’s scoff at it. It seems
fairly sort of a contribution to the
men of the Norvegia. and that the
men of the Norvegia are joyful there
at. And my lady’s next bottle of su
perior perfume from Paris may con
tain, under the name of some sum
mer blossom, its share of the essence
which had its origin in the bleak ant
arctic. —Hartford Times.
Woman Rat Catcher.
One of the earliest of official rat ,
catchers appears to have been a wo- I
man. An English warrant dated 1672 i
announces that, “whereas, Elizabeth
Wickley is employed in killing of ratts
and other vermins, in and about His
Ma’te’s Stores and Houses in ye Tow
er of London, I have therefore thought
fit to allow her ye sum of eight (S4O)
pounds per annum.” During the next
century the office was invested with
great dignity, and the “Gentleman’s
Magazine” for 1741 recorded the ap
pointment of Mr. Gower as rat killer
to his majesty, “a place of £IOO
($500) a year, an honorable office.”
Backache Is aWarning
Thousands suffer
kidney ills unawares
—not knowing that
the backache, head
aches.and dull,nerv
ous, dizzy, all tired
condition are often
due to kidney weak
ness alone.
Anybody who suf
fers constantly from
backache should sus
pect the kidneys.
Some irregularity
of the secretions may
give just the needed
proof.
Doan's Kidney
Pills have been cur
ing backache and
sick kidneys for over
fifty years.
A South Carolina Caso
Mrs. Mary West, Bpartanbnrr. 3. C.. says: “I
was so run down with my bars I couldn't get
about. My appetite became poor and 1 felt ail
worn out and discouraged. Doan's Kidney Pills
put me In good shape and I now feel better than
before in years.”
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Misnamed.
“This is a course dinner.”
“Coarse, is it? I thought It was
fine."
Man’s Preference.
“Men in youth, or age, or middle
age, will sooner kiss a pretty mouth
than a clever brow any day, or every
day."—“Wilsam.” by S C. Nethersola.
Uphill Road.
At a poet's luncheon iu Philadelphia
Alfred Noyes, the English writer, said:
“My success, such as it is. has been
due to perseverance and modesty. In
fact, in the beginning of my career,”
he said, "I used to tear up a poem ten
times before I felt satisfied to submit
it. and 1 used to submit it ten times
and then feel satisfied to tear it up.”
It» Origin.
Miss Elsie De Wolfe, is one of the
reception-rooms of the Colony club,
was talking about the new servant
trust.
"It originated in the Philippines,’
she said, "among the army servants
there. It traveled west to Honolulu.
It is now spreading, they say. on to
San Francisco.
“This coming trouble reminds me
of a story.
“ 'Who originated the proverb about
a rolling stone gathering no moss?*
one man asked another.
“The other man quietly replied:
“ 'That, my dear fellow, Is a quota
tion from an eloquent but vain appeal
to a suburban cook to stay on one
month more."
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