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rnOSPBCTS OK lMtlHAHY l.Ml.lSI.A
TIO.V,
Bills for legalizing primary elections
hove been Introduced in both branches
of tho Legislature. There is nothing
unusual In this. In fact, the same thins
hss occurred, 11 we mistake rot, at
every session In the pa et dozen years
Only once, however, ha? tiny such bill
come to a vote In either house. That!
?ras at tho session of lt'Ol, when both |
the Senate and the House gave cm
pbutlc approval to a primary niofisurc
which only fulled of enactment by the
expiration of the session beforo the
t?enate had voted upon some uinenil 1
r.tcntb' which had been tacked on inj
the House. Though bills with u like!
object have, been introduced regularly'
at every session slnco, they have all!
peacefully and silently expired on thrj
calendars at the wind up. There are
indications that a determined effort
will be made at this session to force
the matter to an Issue. The sponsors
of these measures, and other members
who are interested in the subject, huve
tu.pic weight to drive the question to
a decision, if they will exert their in?
fluence In concert
There have been many who doubted
the general policy of making ncmlna
tiocs by primary, and ut times we havot
cot been without our misgivings But,'
whatever may be the opinion of any,;
it is now apparent to all th.it this
mc?ie of nomination has become the
settled po!lc> of the Democratic party,
cf thle State. Bcfor? the assembling of
several State conventions In recent
years, there has been talk of return?
ing to the convention system; but each
time the primary has emerged to all
eppearences s:ronger th.in ever In
popular favor.
Moreover, there was inserted in the
Constitution of Virginia a mr.nd.-Ue
that the Legislature should provtae
law? for securing tho regularity of(
primary elections. The only ccmpii-l
ance with that provision of the funda?
mental law wp.s; a statute, enacted at
the session of 1902-3-4, to the ehect
that all laws intended to secute the
regularity and purity of general elec?
tions should, so far as applicable, ap?
ply to primary elections. Tills is nd
ir.ltu-d on all sides to be wholly Inade?
quate.
What 1e needed is a specific and'
comprehor.Klvo stutute, which will in-j
vest primary elections with all of thej
fcai'-guarda which surround 'tho gen?
eral elections. Nobody can contend
with any show of reason thai such is
pow the case. The people of Virginia
tie entitled to demand as perfect n
primary statute as obtains In any of
the States.
it is unnecessary at tins tine- to dis?
cuss the pending measures in detail.
They should, and doubtless will, bo
threshed over. In committees and on
the lloors. _ of "the two houses The time
la ripe for action. Captious and dis?
ingenuous obstructive ladles should
not be tolerated. Let the Issue he
made in bom houses and let eacn mem?
ber hereafter reckon with his COliStitU.
enta upon the record which he will
make.
IF 51A DM M l'lt I. M): TUM, WHAIf
When Chancellor Von Bethinahn
liollweg, in his rejoinder in the Reich?
stag tu the British r'orelvin Minister i
speech, said in effect, at explanatory
of his ."clear slate" illustration, that
there were still deep snatches which
could only be erased by acts proving
Ureat Britain's friendship, It wai
sur?cd that lit forecast that (Jermahy
would apply the test it. tii-: n atter 'A
bidding for a frctr hand in rcuptct of
German railway Interests h. Asia.
Minor. Thii. assumption ivd
natural and logical, and no
tolutely correct, '.'lie Iran
railway nnd otln r cxploltati
Minor the Waiter tccured
"goid friend," Abdul Hamb
ultimate object of which v
cure a German sphere of Ii
tho neighborhood of the h
Persian Gulf, huve been of
tlcal 'value to Germany, wh
diplomacy, ^r what not, hn?
to checkmate fit almost e\,
that <niiirt< r.
It would now appear, hi wcv< r tl
(hp German vision not only loolc in
Aula Mtr.r.r. but ranged far beyond.1
For thorn I? the boat of reasons for]
ieiievihg that Germany i ? tinting'
ior the purchase of t! ?? P0rtu3ues.il
possession, in Africa, it win bti n-\
called that almost Immediately lihoiil
tlio overthrow of Iho monarchical1
order in Portugal and tl;.: establish'*;
jnent of u republic, the (jucfetloii ?
the fato of the Portuguese colonies
on the Pulk Continent wai broached
It was eonfi-Jently yrcdlctcJ ihti <?< ?.
r>r late they would have to bi hoIiI:
la truth, it v. ? pretty generally con?
ceded tliat from every viewpoint con?
dition:; dictated fiueh disposition l.
ftlso it was pretty generally conceded
thru Great F!:i!'iln could not afford
that any other power than herself
become the purchaser. Mor.- than that,
6 certain section of the British press
' Indicated that Great Britain would not
permit uny othor power or powers to
become the purchaser or purchasers.
nut the Issue was not to bo allowed
to rest there. In a recent Interview,
Professor Delbr?ck, the eminent Gor?
man publicist, not only dispelled the
delusion thai It w*as settled, but most
significantly throw out tho suggestion
or a German dream of a great African
empire. "In Africa alone." he sold,
"we see possibilities worth cultivating,
but not In British Africa. 1 am think?
ing." he continued, "of what seems to
me the Inevitable and eventual col?
lapse of the Portuguese power In
Africa, and a division of the republic's
possessions between England and
Germany." There would, he doubted
not. have been suCh a division long
ago but for British rupugnnnce to
German expansion, which has Inter?
vened to Germany's disadvantage.
This was sfgnlflcunt oiui prophetic
enough in itself, considering the
source, but 1^ rendered vastly, not to
say ominously, moro so by the Gor?
man press comments It evoked. For
< xamplo. one sotnl-ofllclnl organ boldly
declared In so many words that Ger?
many would not have to wall lor tho
collapse of Portuguese power In
Africa, nor would it bo necessary for
her to consult Kngland as to what she
might negotiate at Lisbon. Again, the
Pan-Gorman conservative organ, l>ic
l'ost, In a lengthy discussion of the
professor's "feeler." laid down theso
dicta: "Prance has North Africa;;
Britain dominates South Africa: Ger?
many must now get Central Africa.
We must strike now while the Iron -is i
hot. Mr. Asqulth and .Sir Edward I
Grey should be given an immediate!
opportunity to prove their words that
Britain docs not oppose Germany's ex?
pansion. Perhaps It may eventually
be possible to Induce England lo cede
Hhodcslo, and Franco the remainder
of the mutilated Congo. If \vc In the
meantime secure the Portuguese pos?
sessions u mighty German empire in
Central Africa would then he assured."
The most superficial study of tho map
of South and Central Africa and of the
geographical and strategic, relations
of the Portuguese to the British pos?
sessions in those reglonr will be suffi?
cient to convince any one of ordinary
Intelligence that Germany's acquire?
ment of the former would place her
in position to become a powerful, nay,
dangerous, rival r.f Clrent Britain's In
dominating and directing the destiny
of the Dark Continent.
It would afford her several coigns
of vantage from which she might bo
able to force Croat Britain's hand to
concessions not only as regards the
holdings of the latter, but those of
France as well. Therefore a question
of absorbing Interest and one frr.ught
with tremendous possibilities of an?
other "world's season of unrest" Is,
what will Great Britain do about It
?hould Germany, es now seems proba
iilc, make th? sale of Portugal's Afri?
can colonies to her the supremo lest
of Brlti=h sincerity?
A MILLIONAIRE FOIl A PAY.
There Is an old adage to the effect
that ?t fool and his money are soon
parted, and there Is nothing new about
tiie case of William McDovHt, of
Wilkesbarre, Pa. A plnk-halred ?bwn
Jester, he was accidentally nominated
for county treasurer, but was persuuaeo
to ?eil his rights for 12,000. Instead of
holding to it, McDovltt decided that he
would like to feel like Plerpont Morgan
for Just one day. and so he chartered
'\ special train for New York, loft tht
mob chr-erlng behind, dined amid the
gilt jMirgeousness of the Waldorf, saw
a good show In his private box, ihrjsi
back n cruel pol'cemun who had pushed
with n club an old beggar woman In
the snow outside of the theatre (beau?
tiful real life melodrama stuff), gave
liar 15, rod" in a taxi to Shnnley's,
Hector's and the I'ri.irs' Club, rolurned
to the Waldorf, where ho purchased a!
j:m a night suite for himself, his sec-j
rotary and his valet. The next morn -1
'in.- he left New York with hardly,
enough money to buy ham and eggs in
tt ear shed cafe. Ella luggage was a]
hand mirror, a pocket comb, a r.all tile
and ' four toothpicks, all neatly car?
ried In a newspaper, No "i-rrape" for
him; no highballs; nothing closer to u
than r. crab cocktail. He tipped the
waiter und then called hlrn back und
gave lilm >! more, and tue waiter etill
lives. Tl.ci. McDcvitt pullud out for
\yiikGEbarre. Along the line he made
several speeches, one at Mauel) Chunk,
where lie announced his candidacy for
to the wind.- lind squandering nil he
8ft his hands vh make* birr, an alto
?'?????? > appropriate and logical lie pub
ths
en many ol the same
t?, Who have thought
pleasant sensation is
tin, <ntlun of apchdlng money oi
vi,. - Hi'lf, Invlahly and excjualveij
Miii uart of Hi" hatlafnctlon
1 liiivii f. i liud In: urlven a fowl
liur'eii u i<i-cctil tu?.In tl'hot' !
iri ii street rafe. if ho
icO nom< witii his money,
eii 1? lie ?????.it Ii now, Ii" ho
huve forgotieii yvliai > good dinner Isi
like, he would Cm 1 luucli better about
It, Money uitent so leliishly is worw;
than waited. No good end gem-romi
Impulses cam*: to tin sutfac. to inov?
. pleasant memories o( itood thing don'-.
! The shuttered poppy Icavet behind flu
lingering (.cent.
IIOOSKVKI.T \M> in
\n?Ut Ihe breach between I'r.-sidcm
Tftfl and his former Win wlek, lie:
Irphlnx of Oyster riay, the politicians
in Washington nro finding parallels
botwoon this yawning- chasm and tho
rivalry of Harrison and Blalne In 1892.
Mr. HsrHeon, as Prosldont. hnd failed
to satisfy somo of tho politicians of
his party In tho mattsr of appoint?
ments, and Mr. Blnlne was among tho
number. So It Is said the affootions
of Colonel Roosevelt have been
alienated from his "dear Will." Mr.
Harrison had stood sponsor for the
McKinley tariff bill, which rostilted In
a Democratic House of Representa?
tives. In like manner. President Taft
pronounced tho Pnyno-Aldrlch enor- |
mlty, "the best ever." with a like re?
sult. Tho country was dissatisfied,
and the slty was full of portents of
Republican discomfiture. So to-day
th0 clouds lowor oven to tho point
where they shroud tho brows of the
President and his advisers in gloom
that may fairly be termed intpenc- I
trau Id.
i In 1S9I there was u demand In tho
I Republican party for u leader of vim,
magnetism nnd resource, who could
breast tho oncoming tide of defeat and
bear up tho fast falling Republican
banner.
Now, also there are Republicans who
feel that foes without and within their
party have already marked the Presi?
dent for political slaughter, and that
none other thnn tho only living em?
bodiment of the Big Stick could boat
these came fots to any thing resembling
a frazzlo,
These parallel experts, however, do
not make allowance for the tempera
mental differences of these several
part'os, Mr. Harrison was possessed
of a cold natuic which did not oulist
the devotion of many personal friends
and utterly failed to urouso tho en?
thusiasm of the votere.
President Taft, on the other hand,
has a glad hand and an expansive
smllo, both of which have been work?
ing with few Interruptions since hi*
inauguration. Ho has muny staunch
allies and quite a body of friendly
supporters among the masses.
Mr. Blalne had been a candidate in '
1SS4, and hail lost to Mr. Cleveland by ;
a small and accidental margin. There
wero many who regretted that he had
not been nominated In 1SSS. and who '
were not placated by his somewhat
tardy, and apparently reluctant, ap- '
pointmcnt as Secretary of State. He
was a superb politician and a states- i
man r f recognised poise and mastery.
Besides, he hud not forced the nomi?
nation of Mr. Harrison. In fact, he
felt with a personal pans that it was
a mistake. Colonel Roosevelt resort?
ed to unprecedented methods to se?
cure *ho nomination of the successor
whom he had chosen. Every one must
see that if the result has been Un?
fortunate, Colonel Roosevelt is the
person most to blame. Whether it ho
that Th_> Colonel has been piqued at
his failure to run the Taft adminis?
tration in some particulars, as has
been reported, or whether by ,m honest
m'stake of Judgment he dictated the
nomination of a presidential failure, as
some assert, the result is no lees dis?
creditable to his leadership.
Mr. lllalne.^irokcn in health and
spirit, made one last desperate attempt
to fulfil his life-long ambition to be
President. Colonel Roosevelt has al?
ready had Ids fling and his "corking
time," and has gonc on record as
declar'ng that hla seven years In the
i nice practically constituted the two
terms which th" people of the coun?
try have always recognized ns the
n!lowable maximum of presidential
service.
If the sign? of the times are not nil
nwry it seems certain that The Col?
onel is less likely to win the nomina?
tion than Hlnlne appeared to he 'n
IS 3)1.
Nevertheless there nre many Indi?
cations that Mr. Harrison's fate of
that year will this year he shared
by President Taft.
AIHM.ISII TUB UNIT III; I.P.
Do the Democrats of the nation be?
lieve that It Charles P. Murphy can
control forty-sis delegates from Now
York, lie should lie permitted to cast
Now York's ninety votes as a unit In
the Democratic National Convention?
Do they think that |f .lames M. Out
fey can control thirty-nine of the
Pennsylvania delegates he should be
allowed to cast the whole scver.ty-sl>:
votes under the unit rule?
Do those same Democrats p.-el that
if Thomas Taggart can control sixteen
delegates from Indiana he should be
allowed to cat,*, the thirty votes of
Indiana under the unit rule?
Do they think that If Rogte Sullivan
can control thirty delegates from Illin?
ois he should be allowed to cast tho
v. role tifty-clght votes of that State
under the unit rule?
I >?? they believe that any boss pos?
ing si Democratic and controlling u
hare majoritj of tho delegation from
his Ktale should be allowed to vole
nil th< delegates from his State?
The illill rub- |s the evil In each ens'.
Only in Democratic convention* this
undemocratic rule is allowed, and al
thai by the party which stands for
home rule and lo<::>! *elf?govcrnmcnl.j
No Republican boss can vole nil the
delegalen from his Hi-,io unless they
nt< willing ff>?- htm to do so. No Ro
i ubllrnn f?iai? Convention can bind
the delegates to vote 11? ;;. unit. No i<e.
publican National Convention would
countenance Mieh n rule, oven with thcl
consent of <i fitnt/: delegation. JTet
Democratic delegates are tied hand
nr.'i fool by this obnoxious and unrea?
sonable ml'..
Tho New York World inak'.s this
timely suggestion:
' If Mr. Bryan wishes to make Demo?
cratic National Conventions more
democratic; if he whines to maki
ilioin morn responsive \,, the win ?,r
the people, lot hin, begin n campaign
to abolish the mill rule. Presidential!
primaries can wait."
The uiitt rule scorn* tu have br.onj
especially designed: to play Into the
hands of tho boss and tho corrupt poll,
tlctan. If it be possible to distinguish
ono from tho other. It should be d's
oontlnued at the Baltimore convention.
FORCING STREET OAR LINE EX?
TENSIONS.
If a bill to bo Introduced by Senator
Foathorston, of Lynchburg, bocomeo
law, street car companies will be com.
Pcll'od to extend tholr linos wherever
r.nd whenever requested by possible
patrons, where It can be shown that
the extension can be operated at mero
ly a roasonablo profit. If this showing
Is made before tho State Corporation
Commission, and tho community can
demonstrate that It will support c lino,
It will get It under tho provisions ?f
this measure. Street ear companies
would bo forcod to sorvo ?'established
communities" rather than "sections in
which tho directors may be Interealed
from a real estate standpoint." In
other words, discretion and business
Judgment as to extending car lines Is
to bo transferred from tho street car
companies to tho Siato. Tho patron
of tho bill pictures a situation In which
tho officer* of a street car company do
eldo to start a now suburb, Duy up
land In tho proposed community and
extend their lines to this unsullied
place In preference to having It serve
an established community.
Such a law would bo radical In the
extreme. Assuming that the Ktate
Corporation Commission under auch u
law granted an extension of a street
car line desired by citizens of a cer?
tain community, but deemed unprofit?
able und unwise by tho directors of
tho street car company, what uuaur
auce of reasonable profit or whul guar?
antee would tho Slato give to tho. cor?
poration? Would tho Stale guarantee
tho interest on the bonds? Tho prin?
ciple of this bill soems to Involve gov?
ernment ownership; If It docs not, the
action of the Stale might bo plainly
conitscaiory. If the. Stuto did not
guarantee n reasonable profit here,
what right would it have to make a
private corporation surrender one of
ito main powers? Would not such a
statute deter the investment of private
capital In such companies? Would not
thu ultimate result be the taking over
b> tho Stato of the atmet car com?
panies?
Raymond Polncaro, the new Prime
Minister of France, is a cM.se of "the
poet In politics.' but, according tu
all accounts, he is not poet enough to
hurt. Indeed, Judging from what the
critics have said of the only available
examples" of his verse, and which are
collected under the title "Autumn
Nights," if his genius as a statesman
and a politician ure as great as his
poetic genius Is less, we are Justified
in hoping grout things for France as
the result of Ills becoming the head
of the government.
Voice of the People
A Woman's View of Kijuul Suffrage.
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Dlspatoh:
Sir,?I read constantly in the papers
opinions on woman's suffrage and ulso
capital punishment, until I lung to u-:v.
vent to thoughts ami expressions <m
thes0 topics! li you win honor me
space in your columns to simply say
en the subject of woman's suit rage, I
am so averse to women figuring in 1
politics, I cannot give a widespread
or broad opinion as some others, but
am proud to assert there tiro not many
women of the State of Old Virginia
of ante-bellum type will be found cn
I Is ted in the march of suffragettcj.
They may be branded aa old fogies,
behind the times. I glory In their at?
titude of modesty and refinement too
delicate to take a stand among men
and with those women of the present
day voters.
How absurd; how disgusting, oven
in the thought of American women
drifting down so far beneath the
standard of mother, homc and heaven. |
it Is really heartrending to the I
feminine nature who stands opposing
this period of worldly wise.
It takes only the mind of n woman ?
to penetrate the future results and ,
realize the standard of true woman- ;
hood tumbling to destruction as 't |
were the old walls of a burnt ills- i
trie*.
Like Sodom and Oomorrah, there'
win not bo enough remaining of the j
better judgment to hold up the com- ?
ing generation in which God would
look down with approving smile, giv?
ing success and prosperity to the chil?
dren of men. Wish some of the real
learned would inform where in Scrip?
ture we can llr.d a text to teach as
the right of suffrage.
MRS. J. T. E.
Petersburg.
Sayn Military Menmireii Confuaed.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispntcli:
Sir,?I not'ee In your issue of Janu?
ary 10, a communication to your.most
valuable paper marked "Special to The!
Times-Dispatch." and signed p. II. I
McG.. entitled "Hr.y Discusses the Mill- ;
tla Pay Dill." Your correspondent has
evidently gotten two distinct measure.5 1
very seriously mixed. In the first
place he Bald, "The militia pay bill, j
which Is being stubbornly opposed by I
Abe Martin
Tip I on Ho.; la hp lazy his wife had i'
.??mi pen ever' stump on th' farm. A
f-ll<>r with a droopin* niuataehe. never
icfu-et TOUP.
STRANGE CHANGE IN THE WHITE HOUSE SINCE
THE DAYS OF "WILL" AND "THEODORE."
By John T. McCutcheon.
rcopyrlfht: By Who T. UcCotenoo*.]
many officers in the array, and by
about 7.U00 civil employes, who fear
If It passes they Will be required to
either enlist or lose their places, may
not pass this session ot Congress." j
Now H Is very candidly submitted that:
there 'a not a line of reference, direct?
ly or indirectly, to civil employes j
within the said bill, und as to the]
army officers opposing it, I, for one, .
have heard of none such, except'
through the communication referred
to.
Agnln, he nays, "Tho more Important
sections of tho bill provide for In?
creasing the tune of enlistment, from
three to live years, cutting off In
creased pay for torrlgn set vice; con-I
Boltdatlon of the quartermaster's sub- |
slstehco and pay departments Into a |
supply corps, merging Of tho adjulant
gener.il's and the Inapcctor-g? neral's
offices with tbe general stuff and the
abolishing of tho statutory olfice of the
chief of coast artillery ami tho chief
of division of militia affairs."
Again, as a matter of fact, there is
not a single ono of the provisions Just
quoted mentioned In the militia pay
bill; and any onc who may desire fur?
ther verification of tins statement will I
simply wrilo Mr. Hay tor a copy of
House bill No. SHI, or Senator Mar?
tin or tiwansoii for copy of Sanut'e bill
No. las?.
? The truth is that your correspondent
has Kotten tue militia pay bill mixed
up with a bill of which .Mr. Hay Is
the patron, which proposes to re
OTganiac or consolidate some ot Hie
departments In the m my, and while ?
Mr. nay la very essentially and closely I
connected, with Hie two h.iis, Uiey bear]
absolutely no relationship, and while ?
tho Organised militia nil over ttio coun- |
try is ueeply interested and In tavor J
of the pay bill, it la at the same time |
equally as indifferent to the Hay
bill.
My purpose In writing this letter
Is merely to correct the impression
that ti... communication referred to
in.Khl create in tue public mind inucil
to the injury of the prospects of the
pay bill, because it would be hardly
lair t? the measure to leav0 those in I
civil employment under the impression I
that thiB mil in anywise affects their!
rights or status, upon which it has j
no more bearing than it hue upon the, -
discipline or strength of the Chinese j
army, RoBT. F. LKLDy,
Luray.
School lluok Duplication.
To the huiior of The 'iimes-oispatea:
Sir,?Is it not possible that during
tho present session ot our Legislature
someinuig could be done to relieve the
peopli of the burden of buying so
many scnool books'.' It does seem to i
me that our representatives might de-j
vise some plan whereby this wanton i
expenditure of money might *.o stopped. I
I'Uase note the following:
In the autumn of 1010 1 moved my
family to Lawrenceville, Brunswick I
county, from Lacrosse, Mecklenburg!
county, entering my cnlldren In tne
school at that place. I had to buy
about $20 worth of books, although I
already had a largo box of school
books, bought from the so-called school
list. In the latter part of December, i
lull, 1 had to move back to LaCrosse
again, entering my children lor the j
lust half of the session, beginning Jun- j
nary 1!, 1913. Again I had to buy ex?
pensive bonks to finish the session, tho
new hooks purchased at Lnwrcnccvillo j
having to he laid aside.
Now, sir, this Is an Infamous shamo, I
and so mo ono Is responsible for It. 1
There are twenty different arithmetical
now In my house, to say nothing of
rhetorics, geographies, etc., etc., too
numerous to mention.
If this is the best that tho vaunted
school system can do. then it Is high
time Ltlls system, falsely so-called, were
revise,] and put upon a basis where the
minimum, instead of the maximum,
number of hooks might obtain.
In my opinion, the trouble lies In tho
fact- that there nro too many books In
each grade, from which teachers have
Cue right or authority to select.
The single list, pure and simple, Is the
only solution.
In some particulars the public school
system, ns It now operates. Is a gro?
tesque farce, and sadly needs investi?
gation and revision.
HOLM BS CONRAD HARRISON.
LaCrosse.
Help the Hewlett Sufferers.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
i Sir.?With reference to the starving
birds, I beg leave to say that any of
lour city frlonds who wish to help us
to savo the starving, birds may forward
any grain or feed to me at Hewlett,
Va . nnd I will bo glad to distribute It
.?imonir the starving birds. Rimember
1 bents worth of oats may save a bird.
VUttitP S. J. D?KK.
I Hewlett.
La iViarquise de Fontenoy
ROYALTY dislikes being preached
at, um) hua given frequent dem?
onstration of its sentiments in
Iii!? connection nlr.ee tIie duy?
when Queen Elizabeth of England, an?
grily Interrupted the prelate In the
?"I"at of his discourse, wincli she con?
sidered was gutting too personal, by
roughly ordering liliu to "go bach lo
his text." The late Queen Vtctolu
wus equally iniputlent. and during hi r
long reign of more thvn sixty years
there were ?julto a number ol Im?
portant divines who Incurred uer
?vrath by preaching at her when in?
vited to occupy ihe pulpit In her pres?
ence. It did not mailer whether she
wus preached at In terms ot loyal
commendation or of condemnation, She
considered the one In just as execra?
ble taste uh thu other, as an act lit
disrespect nn<l of Irreverence. Indeed,
it was for having offended her in this
purtluulur, on one memorable occa<
son, that she vetoed the name of
bishop Samuel Wllberforqc, of Win?
chester, on each 01 the several occa-l
su.i.h that he was nominated by Ihej
l'i emier ol the day fur prefermeiit tu |
the Primacy ut All England and tu the
dignity of Archbishop 01 Canterbury. ,
Tue most recent case of a divine In-j
curriiig Imperial wrath In this con
auction Is tho llunmirian bishop Pre-|
chucliazka, who in the course ot an j
address last week to a large gathering!
of women of rar.U and ol wealth, ut
Budapest, assembled for the purpose
of promoting mission work unit char?
ily among the poor, went out of his
way to roundly apostrophize, and de?
nounce tho ArcheTuciieus Augustine,
wife of the Archduke Joseph, and,
through her mother, a grandchild Of
Emperor Francis Joseph, for "parading
In silk and sutln dresses, plumed pic?
ture hals and diamonds.'" when visiting
the poor, when inspecting charitable
Institutions ami when engaged In all
those many Philanthropie enterprises'
lit which she Is Interested. j
Now there Is no kinder hearted wo- I
man in existence than Archduchess
Augustine. She Is nut beautiful, and!
she has no great pretensions lo olo- '
gancc. In fact, she Is most simple und
unaffected In her manner and char?
acter, and during the nine.tocn years
that have eiupsed since her marriage,
all of which she has spent at Budapest, '
or at one or another of her husband's ,
country seats In Hungary, has devot?
ed herself to public and private churl- I
ties, especially to tho latter, taking
the Initiative In Innumerable philan?
thropic enterprises, and winning for.
herself the moat unbounded popular)-?
ty among the poor and the suffering at j
liudapcst.
While at homo and |n ordinary life
tho Is very o,ulet and almost severe?
ly plain In her dress, resembling in this'
respect her murdered grandmother.!
Empress Elizabeth, as also the Queens';
of England and of Norway, the two .
Czarinas of Russia, and Queen Maria
Crlstinu of Spain, sho makes a point,
of arraying herself w'th particular j
splendor when visiting the poor. She]
has been taught by hor experience of1
twenty years or more In charitable
work that In the tlrst place the poor
appreciate, as a compliment, that royal
tv should "dress up" to visit them. In?
stead of attempting to "dress down" to
their level. Then, too, she knows that
the poor look for splendor In royalty,
and that they are disappointed when
they do not find It, and, finally, she
realizes that poor people soldom have
the opportunity of being brought Into
close touch with beautiful dresses and
magnificent Jewels, and lhat by don
nlnk them she gives them pleasure. It
Is the samo fooling that prompts the of?
ficers' wives of the crack regiments of
the Gorman, AuHtrlan and English
armies to don their finest gowns und
their most beautiful Jewels, when at?
tending regimental entertainments giv?
en nlther by the non-commissioned of?
ficers or iby Ihe rank and file, who re?
gard this in the light of a compli?
ment.
Tho bishop added that the archduch?
ess would do far belter to wear the
commonest of cotton or serge dresses
when going about amongst the poor,
and In giving this advice showed an
Ignorance of the true- state of nfiair..
I and of the teal sentiments among the
? poor, tliul It, to ?ay tho leual, astonish?
ing. H'i<j the attack of the prelate
, been addressed to any oilier member of
? the Imperial family, it would have been
i in questionable taste; but that it
I tliould have been alined at ArchdUCh
? e>s AugUUtltlC, of all people In the
worltl, has excited n good deal of In?
dignation, as a piece of singularly mis?
directed zeal and Injustice, Whlcli IS
likely to bu resented nowhere more
j thon at Rome.
Archduke Joseph, the husband of
[ Princess Augustine, commands, as gen?
eral of division, the. troops at liudu
pest, whero ho resides aa tho pormari
' eht ript oscntdllvc of the rc'gnins
house of llapsburg, and, like his tathci
and grandfather anil namesakes before
him, is far more Hungarian than Aus?
trian, while tils wile Is. If not de
Jure, nt any rate de facto, the llrn
lady of the laud In Hungary, ills
grandfather. Archduke Joseph, was
Palatine of Hungary as long as the lat?
ter was an autonomous province) that
is say, until the Revolution of l.M'.e
and wlnie the office has ceased since
Hungary has become a virtually IndC:
pendent kingdom, ?Uli. at the same
tltno, I: cannot he denied that the pres
int Aichdi.ke Joseph, like his fa'..'
before him, fills, at any rate In a social
sense, -Jhe rolo of Pa.atme of the
Magyars. One of his sisters is mar?
ried to the fiuke of Orleans, and an
other Is the wife or the head of tin
princely und ducal house .if Thum
u lid-Taxis.
Lord Herbert, who i.. due in Net*
York to-morrow, from Kiigland. on
board the Olympic, with Lady Rent
rl<*?* Herbert, youngest ?18161* of the
present Marquis of Anglesey, is the
eldcsi son and lielr of the four teen 11
Karl of Pembroke and Montgomery, is
captain ol the Royal Horse Oharas, I?
one of England's crack polo player:;,
and has an American aunt. In the poi?
son of Leila. Lady Herbert, sister of
Mrs. Cornelius V nnde.-blli. daughter of
the late Richard T. Wilson, of Now
.ork, and widow of Sir Michael Her?
bert, who died as IIrl tisii amnaasudor
to the United States. Vouui{ Ivord Hor?
bell'- wife is addressed, not as "Lady
Herbert."' but as "Lady Peatrlce," In
conversation, in view of the fact ihni
she ranks as a marquess's daughter,
her husbiind'e courtesy title being
merely that of baron.
Lord Herbert, like the other members
of his bouse, Is blessed with good
looks, good manners, und many accom?
plishments, duo, perhaps, to the num?
erous foreign nilillationa of his family.
Thus, the seventh Earl of Pembroke
married a particularly lovely french?
woman, sister of that Louise de Quer
ouallles, who was one of the most ta
mous of the favorites of Charles 11..
and by him the ance5tro3s of the
Dukes of Richmond. The eleventh
earl married the only daughter ot
Simon, Count Woronzoff, who was for
so many years Russian ambassador in
London; while the late Sir Mlohuel
Herbert was only keeping up the fam?
ily tradition in this respect when he
U;d to the altar Miss Leila Wilson, o'f
New York.
Lord Herbert, when his father dies,
will Inherit the lattor's great carpel
manufacturing buslnoss. At the time
when the French Protestant weavers
were driven from their nativo land by
the revocation of the Edict of Nante.-.
and sought refuge in England, a large
number of them settled at Wilton.
There they prospered, and received a
charier from William HI., whjcit
formed tho skilled workmen Into a
corporate body, prohibiting any person
not licensed by the guild from setting
up carpel works within ten miles or
Wilton. Most of the weavers lived on
Lord Pembroke's Wilton House es?
tates. A few years ago Lord Pem?
broke, finding the business In dlfli
cultles, formed a company, in conjunc?
tion with Lord Radnor and Lord Is?
Ih-rton, for assuming control of the
Industry, whlcli lias now become ex?
tremely prosperous, Wilton carpets and
rugs enjoying world-wide fame, owing
to the care with which they arc made,
each knot of wool being Hod separate?
ly, there being nearly "00,000 knots lo
(ivory square yard.
(Copyright, 1012, by the Brentwoofl
Company.)
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