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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 14. 1912.
VMFOH34 bOOKKEElMXtJ FOR TUB
STATE.
Proper custody of the public money !
cannot bo secured In Virginia until Uioi
Comttionwt.iltli lias established and tn-J
forced a system of uniform bookkeep?
ing in t?:i offices handling public funds. '
Accuracy and uniformity are not to be
had until such a system Is created. In
order to effect the best results.
Dr. D. S. Freeman, technical member'
of tin State Tax Commission, in hls|
Individual report, says on this point:
"The investigation of our tax laws
has required a mere it less Intimate|
study of tile w,orKlng.s of our local!
treasurers- offices. Atuch Information j
which w.,s necessary tor tue Cornaus- I
tlon could only be bad from the local1
treasurers, and much data was avail-j
uble in their offices only. The writer |
must confess that lie bus boon dts- ;
tressed abd alarmed at the conditions!
disclosed from the reports of some
local treasurers. It Is often Impos- i
slole to ascertain some of the sltup-cst '
tacts regarding the collection of the
public revenue. This is to ba attribu-!
led prlniariiy to the absence of any'
uniform system of bookkeeping."
The State Tax Commission Itself
makes the following recommendation
on this point:
"Finally, In reforming its assessment
lews, the Commonwealth cannot afford
to ncplect Its collection laws. The!
two are Indissoluble. No matter how |;
effective may be our laws levying'
taxes, unless the revenue collected bo I
carefully safeguarded, the Common?
wealth cannot g've to her citizens that
guarantee of security which they de?
mand.
"For this reisen we feel that It may
not be inappropriate to emphaiire the
Importance of the w ork to be done by j
an expert accountant who can thor-1 1
ougltly revise and audit the books of p
our local collecting and disbursing oftl-j,
cers. A uniform system of bookkeep-1
ing can ea6ily be established, which j
wi:i b? of as great service to the oth- I '
cers as to .'-ho people. A start has <
already beer, made In this direction.
?\Ve recommend Its vigorous prosecu- ,
tlon, nnd would suggest that this work
be placed under the general dlrtct'on !
of the proposed tax commissioner, who,
through a deputy or in person, will ,
have to visit the county seats, and can ,
examine the treasurers' books and open I'
a new set of books while collecting
data regarding the assessment of prop?
erty. In the end this would effect a
considerable saving." (
It is not difficult to picture the situ- ,
ntlon In many treasurers' oftlces. An- ,
tlijuated and unscientific methods of
bookkeeping are In vogue; no uniform
system whatever Is observed; accounts
rrc so tangled and so entered In scms
cares that nobody but the treanurei
can tell whet Is what. One bookkeep?
ing system obtains In one county, an?
other lr. another, and almost none In .
come. An Investigator la confronted
with on up-to-dat* method In this
county and with one entirely different ,
In another. Consequently the inves?
tigator loses much time and 'money In
unraveling the Intricacies of Inferior
systems. Some books are In a chaotic
condition; other.?.'. a.V-T)r. Freeman says,
In an "alarming shape." The simplest
tacts concerning the public money can
not be obtained.
As tho Tax Commission ;n well siys,
"a uniform system of bookkeeping can
easily bo established which will be of
as great service to the oflicer* as to
the people." No honest oftlcer con pos
hlbly object to uniformity In bookkeep?
ing, because such a system will e.ld him,
facilitate his work and substitute bus?
iness-like methods for unbusinesslike.
Uniform accounting has been estab?
lished and enforced In many State?
With excellent results. Indiana, for ex?
ample, in 1009 adopted a uniform ac?
counting jaw sltnllur to that prevailing
in other States. As a result of the
system, the examinations In Indiana
have brought to light many shortages
und have stopped a great deal of graft,
In the first fiscal year of the law'.- op?
erations the. net ravings in expendi?
tures by township trustees (similar to
our supervisors), as compared with the
expenditures for the preceding I .
yiar, amounted to t525,V6l,3j?a splen?
did economy, in addition it I.- ?-.-u- I
mated that something like }!>QO,000 InU
been "charged back" to delinquent oill
cials, though inatiy of these charges are
simply "constructive-,'' and covet ap?
parent rather tlian real' shortage.'!.
Many evils and error.* have'been cor?
rected by ibis uniform system of book.
keeping. The chief examiner says:
"The authorities arc now conducting
?their administration , f public finances
in u more conservative manner tliaii
ever before luanitestt I Iti tin; Statu. |
Under tho Indiana law :.;. records!
of every municipality, Including state
county, city, town and township, school
and civil, must be examined ever}
twelve months. The effet I has been
most excellent in furnishing a check
on officials who are carolcus ot negli?
gent or disposed to dishonesty. They
are held, to a .stricter responsibility
than ever before; the oppori inliles foi
' public losses i'..rough ptgligi nee ot
graft arc correspondingly redt.j.
This uniform system of book
keeping hau been a splendid in?
vestment for Indiana. it hni
saved already hundreds of thousands
ot dollars. that otherwise would have
been lout; it lu bringing order ouj. of
rl
chaos in hundreds of ofllccs where sys
temntic accounting was unknown
Best of all, It is everywhere cutting
down the possibilities of graft and eom
j pelllng tho financial affairs of tho city.
? county, town and township to be ad?
ministered on a business basis.
To her great prollt. Virginia will
1 follow the example of other States.
If the system has proved a flno Invest?
ment and u great economy for Indiana,
why not for Virginia? No successful
big business would think of using sev?
eral dtiTerent systems of bookkeeping.'
A uniform system is business-like and
would be a great reform in the Stale's
business. The Times-Dispatch fully In?
dorses the recommendation of the State
Tax Commission and urges Its adoption.
Hero is a chance to stop leakage of tho
public money; why not apply the sol?
der that ail have used so successfully?
FI.STICK'S 11 YSTF.IUA.
The "men of Ulster," und the wo- 1
men also, at least a part of them, |
have Indeed worked themselves up |
t>> a "lino frenzy" over the home rule
question. What, in its Inclplcncy,
was regarded, and for the most part ?
treated, as an inconsequential excUe
mont and protest. Inspired and en- !
gendered largely by u few fanatical
demagogues, has undeniably develop- I
cd Into an organi/.od movement cm- 1
bracing thousands and constituting the
issue, for the lime being, at any rate,
somewhat of a burning one.
Great mass-meetings of the opposi?
tionists have been held, at which rcso- j
Itltlons were adopted declaring that
Ulster would never, no never, accept
home rule?would never submit to a j
Dublin Parliament. By the score most
Incendiary speeches, verging on dls- j
loyalty, have been mado, and threats
Of secession and of armed resistance 1
have been freely indulged in. In truth
it has been reported, with how much |
ba.sls of fact we know not, that al?
ready bands aro drilling In anticipa?
tion of the fray. For the larger share,
this Unlontst Intemperate sentiment
is confined to the Ulster Unionists, but
here and there We find evidences that;
it is spreading to England nr.d ]
i wakening sympathy and echoing ex?
pression there.
Nene the less, there Is no reason to
take the situation very seriously, eo
far as tho tlnal outcome Is concern- j
ed. In many of Its bearings, some
Of them Important, und having a far- j
teaching relation to British politics'
the hysterical outburst In Ulster, which'
has been wittily termed "t.'lstera," Is
decidedly premature.
It may be considered a foregone con?
tusion that the present government
of the United Kingdom will push a
home rule bill through the House of
Commons, most probably at this ses?
sion. That for the obvious reason that
Mr. Asqulth Is pledged to that con?
cession in consideration of the Irish
Nationalists having aided the govern?
ment in rnsslnj Its special English
measures, such as the old age pen?
sions, the new land tax und the in?
surance lawB, and In abolishing the
Lords' abiolute veto; and more ob?
viously for the reason that P.edniond
und his following have the power to
turn the government over, and would
not hesitate so to do should it break
faith on the Irish issue.
But after the Premier has delivered
the goods In the Commons, what? It
Will still bu n far cry to home rule?
to any fiiiul enactment of such legisla?
tion. Even Mr. Asqulth admits that
before hr.me rule can become an ac
compl'shed fact it must have solid pub?
lic support. It is generally conceded
that Just bo surely as the Commons
will pass the bill, will the Bords use
their limited veto so throw it out,
thu<; necessitating Its passage a sec?
ond time by the Commons, und shoal 1
the Lords veto It a second time, which
would be entirely within their pre?
rogative, It will have to b? passed a
third titne by the lower chamber be?
fore It can become effective.
Since this action will have to be
taken at successive scr.slons. It will bo
readily understood that several years
must elapse before the ultimate con?
clusion of the matter can be reached.
Meanwhile, considering the hetero?
geneous character of Mr, Asqulth';;
combination or coalition, several
exigencies may arise that will afford
an opportunity for appeal on home
rule?for appeal lor justlco for Ire?
land?to the sane sober sens.- of the
masses.
Meanwhile, also, the Ulster Unionists
will have ample time In ?hielt to re
fleet that -they are, after all, but a
bare majority of the men of Ulster
ami mat if It came to civil war they
would lie confronted wit,,
formidable army of their i
and km on the other side. This, apart
from all other factors of the problem,
such as common sense rational reac?
tion, aal unavoidable conviction of the
futility of kicking against the pricks,
fhould tho popul?r will of tiic.it
Britain decree hoint rule.cn,, be pretty
safely calculated upon to cool down
s a
lOl's
' ' *?' ' ?' i <>tt i tit un it i u,?
Duf,eldorf. Germany. is famou, ,?
tho municipal world as n model
Its kcI en Ufte tiiit and painstaking
thoroughness in city administration
Irnd city hulKIIng are world famous A
significant feature of these character?
istics was the recent opening of on
institution In that city! for the educa?
tion of th.- higher uillclals of German
municipalities, D?sseldorf has concolvcd
n plan under which a siiceini col legi
or university. Intended for the train?
ing of the. chief municipal officials has
been created.
This Inntltutloti will I,,- supported
and controlled by tho municipality. The
course Is Intended to cover two seines
t.rs^of three months' lecture period*
each, at the end of which stud,
Vilich students will
?n?ergo a- graduating examination.
The course of study WJII cover a)j
Phasen cf muulclrul law, connected
In sovoral Instnncos with practlco:
also tho modern probloms In tho lifo
of a munlclpullty, such as tho labor
question, the relief of the poor, local
questions as n whole, public sanitation,
the organisation of olty government and
city chartors.
The tuition fes will bo 100 marlts or
about $26 a semestor. Tho teachers
are authorities In tholr special branches
and are drawn from the circles of uni?
versity professors, Judges of high
courts and men who have had practi?
cal experience In municipal administra?
tion.
Th* institution will be open to men
who have graduated from a "gymna?
sium" or a "real gymnasium" of tho
flint class or to thoso who have passed
nn examination equivalent to tho grad?
uating examinations of one of these
Institutions, for example, tho officers'
examination for tho army. Many ofil
cers of the army, finding that tholr ad-]
vancemeht Is too slow, as well as pco- j
pie who llrst intonded to serve the
stato as jurists, abandon .their careers j
after some years und try to secure po- i
sl'.loiis In tho municipal service. It
is expected that many of these men
will study In this now and unlquo unl
verslty.
Morcovor, city officials who, without
having pnsscd the examinations men- i
Honed above, mado good this Inok of j
academic training by years of practl- j
cal work In tho municipal service, as
Mayors of smaller cities, etc., will prob?
ably tako up thooretlcal studies in tho
new university. Engtneors and men
engaged in the several branches of;
technical work, whose co-operation Is
so Important for the development of n
moder/i city, will also become students
In the Dusseldorf Institution.
In Germany, It will bo remembered,
hlirh municipal sorvice la a profession.
A well qualified municipal officer serves
In n.ny municipality, regardloss of his
former residence. A good city officer
Is promoted from ofllce In a small town
to a larger, and so on. German cities
think nothing of electing somo sian
who has made good In another city ns
their Mayor or other high and trusted
official.
TWO GISXTLEMlilN OF CHICAGO. \
"Is It tru? that a few days ago you i
fined a women 51 and costs for pick
Ing up coal on a railway right of way j
and then paid the fine out of your !
Dwn pocket?" asked a stranger In
Municipal Court Judge Rooney's cofert
nst week In Chicago.
"Yes, It is true," replied tho Judge.
"Why did you tino her?" the stranger \
iskcd. I
"Recnuee If I discharged the womnn
t would leave the railway detectives 1
;vho arrested her liable to a suit for j
lamages; they were acting under In- I
'tructlons and according to law; but j
he woman was destitute," the Judge ]
?eplled. /
"Too bad." the stranger mused. |
Then he wrote out unostentatiously a [
?heck for flOO. "Tnlto thl3 and use It
is you see fit In similar cases. I am I
:orry I cannot afford to give y>ou
nore."
It was the Chicago Tribune which
old this story about J. E. Templeton,
i Board of Trade man. The poor wo
nan referred to Is Mrs. Mary Czor
vimski, who had a family of hungry,
old children. Sho had no fuel, and
?o. without friends and without re
ources, she tried to gather a few
lunccs of conl from the railway road
>ed, where It had been dropped from
:ool cars and tenders. For trying to
uke a mite to warm her shivering I
liildren this widow was arrested for
rcspass snd haled into court.
Two kind-hearted, real gentlemen
,f Chicago, Judge Roonoy and Mr.
fempleton! The plight of this for
orn and helpless woman appealed to
heir sympathetic natures, and both )
lave made the path amoother for some
if the unfortunate outcasts whom so- i
dety will not caro for and upon whom
he law fails crushingly at times. Men
Ike these, who never sought publicity
or their benefactions, men of no great
vealth, are true philanthropists,
riving where the giving is most
eded; helping where the helping
?omits. Cases like these afllrm the
lictum of old, that "kind hearts are
nore than coronets." Tho average
nan Is warm-hearted and generous;
icrhaps the world's real helpers to
lay art the obscure men whose good
lceds are obscured;
EI.BCTICD BY atOJVBY.
The Senate investigating committee
?/?it Senator $io;,e?O Stephcnson a
an bill, They report that they could
id no proof of corruption; thoy say
that .'lending ? 107,000 Is pernicious.
it Isn't tai from charging dishon?
esty. A man who y,ota Into ofllce by
pernicious methods Is discredited and
unfit for public trust, in his public
tcts ho will be no higher than his;
lourco of power and position.
A man who spends J 107,000 to be
elected to the United Hiatus Keimte
ighi not to be a.lowed to sit In thai
ho ly. His money ncnt him there, nol
Ills Illness for public service. He could
beat a poor candidate, no matter how
1 worthy ihe poor mini mighi
Is not pleasant to think that
i outbid deserving men In the
uvoi by the use of money, bu
tl . tstlng and disgraceful
Kation Is the paramount
ha bei '<me of the bill to crc
ty-flve extra colonels for the
.? staff?
Hsii uhe proposed yet?
It I? earnestly to t.e hoped that when
China goes through her. 'predicted
period i.nstruotlon preparatory
to becoming a republic, she will re?
construct ilia .mum * ?r hor stated
men.
able in
be. It
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
Robert Glbboney,
Can you give anything of the public.
6ervlce of Robert Glbboney. of Wythe
county, Va.y 13. G. B.
Only that he ser-vod In the House
of Delegates of Virginia In 1866.
Names of Newspapers.
Ploase glvo mo the name of a promi?
nent nuwspaprar In Bog Angoles und
of one In San Francisco.
S. H. CLARKE.
lx>3 Angeles TlmoB.
San Francisco Kxamlnor.
Compulsory Rriiicittlon.
How can I got Information relative
to compulsory education?
HABVli; B. OODSON.
The Commissioner of Education,
Washington, D. C. will sond you bul?
letins covorlng tho subject.
Kamen of Counellnien.
Publish the names of Councilmen
and Aldermen of the cilv of Richmond.
J. P. TOMPKIXS.
This would require a groat deal of
space, and you can get the Information
over the phone of tho Council chamber.
Voice of the People
Commissioner Olaxton on tbe Co-Ordl
nnte College fur Women.
Mrs. n. B. Munfurd. Richmond, Va.:
My Dear Mrs. Munford.?In response
10 your communication 10 me in regard
to tho plan for a co-ordltmte collige
for women at the University of Vir?
ginia, permit me to say that I am
most heartily in favor of the plan pro?
vided In the bill now pending in the
Legislature of Virginia for the estab?
lishment of such a college, The prin?
ciple of democracy, which, if It means
anything, must mean equal opportunity
for all, demands that any State that
provides In any kind of way for higher
education for men must mnko similar
und equal provision tor tho higher edu?
cation of women. Whether tho pro?
vision for tho education of men and
women shall be made In the same in?
stitution or In separnto Institutions la
a question both of economy and of
education. Both economy and the
fundamental principles of education .de?
mand that they shall be. In the samo
Institution, and this Is becoming very
rapidly a world-wide custom. The
groat majority of colleges and uni?
versities In this country. Including all
tho State universities, except four, now
admit women on practically the same
terms as men. In the West and In
many of tho Southern States the col?
leges und universities are frankly co?
ed ocattonal. In tho East some of the
moro Important and older universities
have responded to this movement hy
establishing co-ordinate colleges for
women in much the same manner Qs is
proposed In the Virginia bill, and this
arrangemont probably corresponds more
closely to our more conservative ideas.
J understand your bill provides merely
for the establishment of a co-ordinate
college for women In the vicinity of the
buildings of the University of Virginia
to bn under tho general control of the
board of visitors of the university, the
Instruction to be given, as far as may
be done to advantage, by the same
faculty, but by different Instructors
wherever this is required for tho best
results, and that young men and young
women will not be taught In the same
classes in any of the undei graduate
work. I feel sure that such an ar?
rangement wll) be good f .r tho women
of your State, offering them an op?
portunity for higher education which
they do not now nave, and which the
State owes to them and which It must
provide out of duty to itself.
I am Inclosing a memorandum pre?
pared by the chief clerk of the Bureau
of Education sotting forth in some do
tn.ll the results of the establishment
of co-ordlnato colleges in connection
with other institutions of higher learn?
ing. Yours Blnceri ly,
p. p. cuAXTorsr,
U. B- Commissioner of Education.
January 20, 1012.
memorandum;
llnssachiiMetts.
Radellffo College, the affiliated wo-1
men's college of Harvard University,
was started as a separate Institution
In 1S70 by the Society for Collegiate
Instruction. It was established for the.
purpose-of giving to women students
opportunities for Instruction similar
to those enjoyed by the men students
at Harvard University. The require?
ments for admission nre Identical with
those for admission to Harvard Col-1
lege, and the courses of instruction giv?
en In Badcllpfe College correspond both,
to tho undergraduate and the graduate!
courses offered by Harvard University.
While tbe hoard of trustees and tho
lut-nclal management are separate from
thoso of Harvard, all of the 'nstrtio-I
tlon Is glvon by members of che Har?
vard faculty. Notwithstanding the lo?
cation In the Stale of Massachusetts of
several of the largest Independent wo?
men's colleges, the wisdom of the es?
tablishment of tills alllllnted college of
Harvard Un'icrslty Is shown by the
large number of students (485 in 1D10)
in attendance at Fladullffe College.
\"ovr York.
Barnard College, tho v/omen's col?
lege of Columbia University, was
founded in tSs?. It has a separate
corporate organization, and all of the
undergraduate instruction Is given
separately to tho women students.
However, women who havo taken the'r
llrst degree are accepted by Columbia
University on tho same terms as men
for the degrees of master of arts and
doctor of philosophy, Barnard College
does not confer degroes. but students
who complete the courses In Barnard
College receive tho degroes of Colum?
bia University. The number of under?
graduate students enrolled In Barnard
College In 1910 was 685. wh'le H5 wo?
men were enrolled In the graduato de?
partment of Columbln University.
Itliode rslnnd.
Tho Women's College In Brown Uni?
versity was founded In October. 1891.
At first only the privileges of universi?
ty exfiminnt'nns nnd certifioates of
proficiency woro granted. In June.
1S!?2. all the college and un'verslty dc
Abe Martin
Ther's only 'bout a two-thirds crop
o' furnace Jukes this year, but no com?
plaints are hoard. Kevor take a hum?
mer t' a banquet.
A BOY IN WINTER-TIME.
_By John T. McCutcheon.
tOopjrUjrfati mt,^ ~~
THE FAIRY STORY-"One? ?,*.? a time there wa, a very beautiful little fairy prince.,--"
o^. nd the E'ftduite courses wore
opened to women. In November 1SST
the Institution was accepted by the
corporation and officially designated the
Women a College In Brown University.
The .Immediate charge of this depart:
ment as of all others in the university
nlri'V, f, haw',ds of tho corporation. The
?i the vv?"lfcn ? Coiiego is to offer
to an properly prepared women the
same examinations, the same courses of
study under the game ter.chcrs. and the
same degrees that the university offers
i m,"V..but 10 I'resorvo the distinct
, I life of a soparote college. The
; faoulty of tho Women's College Is
I composed of tho heads of nil depart
, menla of Instruction 'n Brown Universi?
ty, together with all professors aid
? nstructors who are actually teaching
j In tho college. The. Women's College
? pas n separate recitation hall, gvmnas
: turn, and dormitory, but uses the vari
I ous libraries, laboratories, and muse?
ums of tho university. In 1011 there
I wero enrolled I OS students In the un-'
deigraduato department of the Women's
College, and up to the close of the venr
lfUO there had been graduated J2S 'wo?
men.
Ohio.
The College for Women of th? West-,
em Reserve University was established!
In lSSR. During the first three years,
the college depended largely for Its
course of Instruction upon members of
the faculty of Adelbert College Qf that
?nlvi-rslty, At the end of that period,
however. It acquired a separate corps of
Instructors, so that now the two col?
leges, the one for men nnd t?fs other
r women, each has a faculty of Its I
own. The two colleges have "a com-1
mon stnndard of work, and by exchange I
of work nnd other arrangements In?
struction >s given in each college byl
???-?hers of the faculty of tile other.
Graduates of the College for 'Women
recelvo their degrees from the uni?
versity. In 1911 there wore enrolled it:
? im college for women 30.1 students.
I.onlxlnna,
Another instance of nn affiliated <n
stltucion Is tho H. Sophie New-cornh
Memorial College for Women, which is
?HMnted with Tulans University. The
??-dcrcrndtiato instruction given to the
women Is ent'rely separate from that
clven to the men nnd Is conducted by
n senarate faculty. "^We trrnduate de?
partment of the university has been
or>en to the students of the Ncwcomb
Memorial College stneo 1S00. There
were enrolled in the Newcomh M?
morlnl CoPege in 1910 440 students, of
which number 301 were enrolled In the
urdsrersrlim te collee'aio de.-JI* rtment.
Tho establishment of these various
colleges has mode It possible for wo?
men to receive Insttrjictlon sim'lnr tol
that given to the men by the important |
institutions with which they nrc con?
nected.
No Sunday Meetings of A. P. V. A. j
To the Editor of Tho Times-Dispatch: i
Sir,?The statement contained In thoj
communication of E. C. In Sunday's
, Times-n-lapntch that the A. P. V. A. .
has held meetings on Sunday Is Incor?
rect. No meeting of the Association |
for the Preservation of Virginia An-,
ticiuittcs was ever held on Sunday.
MRS. J. TAYLOR ELLYSON,
President.
La iVarquise de Fontenoy
FEW will recognize under the name
of Madame Plllppl, whoso death
tins Just taken place nt Rome, the
lady who was ot one lime tho
wife of Lord Kltzmaurice, younger
?brother of tho Marquis of Lansdowne.
in hrtr obituaries she is described ns a
gifted Englishwoman. She was noth?
ing of tho kind, having been the
daughter of W. J. Pltsgorald. of Lltch
nsld, Conn. She married, in iSSO, Lord
Klf/.inauriee, who, when his elder
'brother deserted the Llboral cause, In
connection with the homo rule contro?
versy, and bsicnme one of the leading
figures Of the Unionist administration,
remained an adherentt of Mr. Gladstone,
and figured as Under-Seorotary of state
ior Foreign Affairs in the CAmpbell
Bannsrman administration, being after?
wards given a neat in thui Cabinet as
chancellor of tho Duchy of Lancaster.
lie Is an odd-looking rlu.m-sha ven.
bald-pated mon, extremely learned, and
also credited with a strain of the blood
of hoth I>oiils XV. of Prance, and of i
tho great Talleyrand In his veins, ',
through the maternal sldo of his house,
lo which ancestry hn Is doubtless In
de/bted for his marvelous knowledge of
French. This has been of inestimable ,
uso to him In the many foreign mis- .
sions in which he has been employed. ?
Ho la not only a singularly discreet
and able diplomat, but also a clover do
bater and a gifted writer, among the
best known of bin books bolng his in?
teresting "Life of the Earl of Uran- .
vllle."
In 1SS.1 he was overtaken by a ser|- 1
ous Illness, which led to his withdrawal
from the parliamentary arena for a
period of thlrtoon years. But by 18S0
he had recovered sufficiently to under
take a lot of aeml-xmbllc work as ores- ?
Idem of the Wiltshire County Council,
and ohairtniin, that I? to any presld- I
Ing Judgj, of Quarter .Sessions. It wal 1
in that year that he married Miss Caro- I
lino Fitzgerald. The union did not!
turn out happily. Perhaps Ivord Fit?.- I
maurlce wait too much of an Invalid to
provo a congenial companion to his ;
wife. At any rate. In 1S95 she sougnt ,
and Obtained from the courts, not ?t ill
vorce, but an annulment of tho union,
and some years later married l>r. '
FHippi, a scientist who is principally
known to fame by his association with
the Duke of' Abruszj op th-i ocnaslon
of his trip to the. Himalayas. Flllppl
wrote a very clever book about the ex?
pedition, and It was his wife who
translated It into English.
MHloh hn* been written about the
French ex-Promlor Calllaux. und thtre |
is little of It that can be said to have :
been to his advantage, stress being
especially laid upon his endeavor to '
ap; tho late Due de Morny, not alon? j
In hU mannerisms and his appearance, j
but iilso In his .gallantries.
It seems that about a your ago,
when the Crown Prince of Germany
was at Cairo, awaiting the return there ,
of the Crown Prince from India. Call- j
laux, then ah ex-Mlnlster of Finance,
arrived In the Egyptian caiiltal with
another former Cabinet official. M. Bar
thou. They took up their quarters at
the s.anic hotel at which the future
Elmpress of Germany wus staying. i
The Crown Princess, who Is a particu?
larly charming and unaffected woman, I
used to enjoy taking hot meals In the !
public? dining-room, and was never sub- I
jected to any annoyance In connection I
therewith until Calllaux appeared upon
tho scene. Unfortunately, hi- table, ,
and that of his companion, M. Barthou, j
were placed In the vicinity of that of I
the Crown Princess and of her party,
and ho made himself so Intensely orten- i
alve by ogling her that otic line morn
lng the proprietor of the hotel cum? to .
him and told him that the chamberlain |
of the Crown Princess had complained
of his insolence, and had requested mat
h? would take his dinner elsewhere. In j
order to protect the Crown Princess and
her party from any further annoyance:
n request which the Boniface not only
Indorsed, but also emphasized, by a de?
mand that he should leave the holol.
Calllaux blustered a good deal, talked
of Invoking trie Intervention of the
French minister plenipotentiary in
Egypt for the Indignity offer-;! to
himself as a former Cabinet minister,
and also expressed his wish to tight a
duel with tho chamberlain, prudently,
however, declaring that he would wait
the latt?r's second, in lieu of sending
any challenge hltnsolf. Naturally the
chamberlain did not seo his way tu
gratify the vanity and craze for noto?
riety of Calllaux by challenging him
for any matter irf which the name of
the Crown Princess would bo connected,
and there was no blood shed, the two
ex-ministers, however, bowing to the
inevitable, and being compelled to se?tc
quarters elsewhere.
Naturally, the affair came to the ears
of the Crown Prince nnd to those or the
Kaiser, and. according to the admis?
sions of tho German Minister r,f Vn<
lelgn Affairs, Von Ktderlon-Waochtor,
the presence of a man so objectionable
to Klttperor William, at the head of the
French government, constituted a seri?
ous lllipodlnient to the friendly Issue of
the negotiations, between France and
Qermany on the KUbJcot of Morocco. In
fuct, there are those who say that It
was owing to personal animosity to
Calllaux, that th? Kaiser sftnt ills war?
ship Panther to Agadlr, on the coast Of
Morocco, thereby precipitating tho
crisis which brought France anil Ger?
many :o th-i very brink of a war. and
also was the real cause of the extra?
ordinary d nnonstrntinn mnde by lilt
Grown i'rlnco In the Reichstag, of his
disapproval of any kind of friendly un?
derstanding with the French govern?
ment as then constituted.
<<t course the lntornatlon.il crisis 6.1
last summ-jr and autumn on lha sub?
ject of Morocco, which caused England
to placo hor Moot upon n war fouling,
and Germany as well as France to stive
orders for the mobilization of their re?
spective, armies, was not entirely due
to the behavior of ex - Premier Calllaux
at Cairo. Hut there Is no doubt that
the entire affair was envenomed and
prejudiced thereby. Tho French nation
ha* Mich a traditional reputation for
courtesy that one Is disposed to over?
look the shortcomings In this respect
of certain of Its citizens of the ??bound?
er'' class, who are. Ilk* Calllaux, so
tilled with silly conceit of their own ir?
resistibility that they ar? firmly con?
vinced in their own m,lnd that It Is
only necessary to display their admlra
tion by vulgarly ogling a woman In
order to render her susceptible to their
attentions. As a rule, one can afford
to treat such creatures with contempt
and with a shrug of the. shoulders, Httt
when one recalls the feor which pre?
vailed of an International conflagration,
nnd the grave economic disturbances
resulting therefrom, ono can hardly
heli> shuddering nt the Idea of having
a man of such a stamp at the helm of
tho ship of state of a great nation.
Mrs. Annan nryce, a frequent visitor
to this country, and known to every
one at Washington through her Slav.
with her brother nnd sister-in-law,
Ambassador and Mrs. Rryco. at th"
English embassy there. has lately
joined the ranks of the Island queens,
through the purchase of an Islet olf
ti:> ..-oast of Ireland, near Glongary,
where she is building a country house.
Anmitt Bryce, the ambassador's brother,
is Liberal member of Parliament for
Inverness, and whilo he Is vigorously
opposed to the woman suffrage move?
ment, nls wife and young daughters
tire among the most enthusiastic sup?
porters of the cause.
As It Is Mru. Bryce. and not her hus?
band, who nas purchased the Island In
question. It may be assumed that her
polities rather than his will prevail In
iln-lr diminutive kingdom, and that the
women will have sf> much to say in
connection With Its government, that if
Annan Bryce shows any signs of seri?
ous rebellion against the order of
things he will bo quietly deported ns
an undesirable alien.
(Copyright, 1912. by the, Brentwoosl
Company.1
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