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Show 4 - , v 'Ng" V- - T 4 -- - safc T. -- A" J v - v. .K V NEW COLLEGE MEN. ia 18S9. During the last year .of graduWIVES. ate study at Brown he completed the JOHN HULLS fall first year's work at Newton Tbeological Seminary, studying further, at LADIES OF THE SALtS-BUR- Y a later time, at Newton and la summer CABINET REGIME. schools. The year 1S90 and a part of D91 he spent in a second trip to Europo of' Salisbury Ii Not with his bride. Studied in Berlin and The MarrHione taal la Talents a of Lelpsic, making philosoPopQlrHr specialty Way of Social Success Tbs Dutchess phy; Mrs. da Blois at the same time of PtrtBihlrs pursuing her studies in vocal music. In September. 1S91, he became of the Union Baptist Semi(Special Correspondence.) nary, St. Martin's. N. h; and In 1S93 OCIETY PLATS was made principal. The si boo! had its an important part period of greatest prosperity during the In the political Ufa r succeeding two years, and the number of ' GreatTlrlUIiC of pupils greatly increased. He was more so than in also pastor of St. Martins Baptist any other country church during the latter part of his on the face of the residence there. In 1894 he was called globwwevej perhaps. of "Shurlletr UoTIeger Spam. The London being then, probably, the youngest colseason is coincident lege president in the United States.' with the parliaPresident Smith, chosen nrrsldcnljpf session. mentary Colgate University at the I,iBt com- and Its entertainments and funcmencement of that Institution, was al- tions of one kind and another member of the faculty at the are organized with & special view ready ttmo this new position was offered iSia the convenience of politicians, j him and accepted. In the fall of 189- - This being the case, it is only he had been elected associate professor natural that the wives of public men of history at Colgate, becoming after should play In London a more imporone year full professor. ' It Is striking tant part and wield a greater influence proof of the high quality of the man, than in most other capitals. If their in point of character and attainment, husbands control and direct politics it is that after an opportunity Bo brief for they who control and direct society, making himself known, his promotion and Inasmuch as the latter Influences to the headship of the university was political life and Is bound up therein, so unanimously made. so likewise do these feminine leaders Graduating from Colby University, at influence and, perhaps unconsciously, Waterville, in 1883, at the age of twenty-- direct their husbands. Under the cirone years, he served, first, two cumstances it is Interesting to glance as principal of the high school in Wiseasset,. Me. Wishing tQ, enjoy a course of law study, he entered, after these two years, the Albany Law School, graduating in 1887 with one of the four honors of the class. Two years, next following, were spent in legal practice and editorial labor in St. Paul, Minn. Deciding, then, upon a course of postgraduate study, he went to Johns Hopkins University, In that view, his studies being history, English and philosophy. While so engaged be delivered a course of lectures at Bucknell University,- - Lewishurg, Penn. Recicv-Innow. the offer of the professorship in history at Colgate University he accepted the offer in 1892, and has been since identified with that institution. President Smith was born at Water-vill- e, where his father, Prof. S. K. Smith, held during many years a professorship in what is now Colby University. The father himself Is one of LADY, DEVONSHIRE. - PRESIDENTS OF THREE BAPTIST INSTITUTIONS. of Vontbfai CoUr Frtildrnti Ha I!m Iauforilrd rortralu mud Skrtihe of Throe Eminently Succcm-fn- l louf Educators. Tht Era al (Special Correspondence.) HE GENTLEMEN whose portraits, t with brief sketches, follow, as recently called to presidencies of leading and colleges Under care of the" Baptist deaoini-Q- J nation, are exam ples of the fact that es j ioa teer-Hil- h record such r.s to warrant the choice, seem now preftned for positions of this character. The fact, pei haps, has a certain significance, as in harmony with what appears to be a tendency toward change in educational methods; not perhaps raaical in chaiacter, of a kind to represent the idea of jet readjustments in certain particulars, adapt- - 1 j I ' j -- g, te PRESIDENT B. L. WHITMAN, lng college work to needs of the time. It is probable that much which long trial has shown to be best in the organization of such work will be retained, yet there are signs of what may not inaptly be called an era of good development in gate and wise directions. Very much of Interest has been awakened by the election and acceptance of Dr. B. L. Whitman as president of Columbia University, at Washington, D. C. Those who are interested in the future of that Institu tion have long been satisfied that vastly many more of our people, north and south; should be so. That this result will follow open the acceptance, by President Whitman of this difficult but honorable position Is a hope now eagerly cherished by many. Like the gentlemen of whom we are soon to speak, President Whitman Is himself a young man. one year younger, in fact, than his friend at Colgate. Hels also a specimen of the kind of men the maritime provinces of Canada from time to time send 4o us in the States. He is a native of Nova Scotia, born in 1863. His university course he received at Brown, and his theological one at Newton. Becoming pastor of the Free Street in Portland, he so won the admiration and confidence of his brethrep and the public generally, as in 1892, after two years of service in the pastorate, to be chosen president of Colby University. His election to the presidency of Columbian fulfills, we are told, an earnestly expressed desire of Dr. Welling, who filled that position during so many laborious years, that at some time Dr, Whitman might become his successor. .Youngest of the three, and Uke PresH dent Whitman a native of ova Scotia, is the new president of Shurtleff College, Austen K. de Blois. He was born at the better halves of the members PRESIDENT G. W. SMITH, ch the graduates of that institution, ceiving his degree in DULUTH TO TAX re- 1843. FRANCHISES. to Mako Dlttor Fight t Assessment. (Duluth Correspondence.) For the first time in the history of this city franchises are to be assessed this year, and there is much alarm among the holders of them In consequence. The county board of equalization will instruct the city assessor to make a return at once upon all the franchises which have been given away In the past by the city. The board will then proceed to assess their valuation. The laws of Minnesota call for the taxation of all franchises, although but few people seem to beaware of It The blanks returnable to the assessor have a space for these franchises, but up to the present time no one has . ever thought of- filling-I- t out, or if any ha bad such a thought he has carefully kept his ideas to himself. The corporations. In this city which own franchises liable to taxation are the Duluth Street Railway company, the Motor Line Improvement company, the Minnesota Street Railway company, the Duluth Gas and Water company, the West Duluth Water and Gas company, the Hartman Genera) Electric company and a branch of the laBt named concern known as the Dnluth Subway company. On the supposition that the franchises will be assessed at 11,006,000, which is far below their, real value, the'- - city, county and state will get over $25,000, PRESIDENT A. K. DE BLOIS. but, not without a hard fight, as the years companies have been let alone so long st WoIMlle, N. S., twenty-eig!ago, the son of Rev. Stephen W. de that they are of the, opinion that the -- Blois. D. D., who was for forty years law will not hold water. prominently identified with the history and deand progress Shooting tho Malls Snggmted- nominational interests in the maritime The postmaster general of England Rev. of John .provinces; nephew, also, has from time to time received suggesPryor, D. D., the first president of tions of several methods for conveying at Horton studied He Acadia College. the royal mails besides ' locomotives. Academy and Aeadla College, gradu- Among others was one made by a royal from the latter institution in 1886. engineer, who advised that the mails - ating Presidents Schurman of Cornell, Corey should be inclosed In shells, and fired ot Richmond Theological Seminary, from one stage 4o another. A good and ' Anderson, of McMaster, Rand would be able to drop a j bombardier were students formerly of Kalamazoo, shell within a few feet of the mortar or at Acadia. Before beginning advanced ;annon which would be required to tour extended an made In) study he send it on to the next stage. a course took he Europe. On his return In graduate studies In history an; Mrs. Giddy I wonder why those Inphilosophy at Brown University, taking people across the street are alquisitive 1SS-. in ways looking into our window? Mr. M. A. there in 1888, and Pb,D, He was made a member of the Put Giddy Maybe its to find out why you Beta Kappa Society by special electloa t are always looking Into theirs. ht of the new Salisbury rdminlstration. TO begin with, there is the Mar- Corporations A gain chioness of Salisbury herself, who, in spite of her oddities and of her downright rudeness to people who do not Interest ber alasTlheyTre The majority Is one of the greatest social and political powers in London. A devoted wife just the woman of all others suited to be tfie helpmate of a man of such strong Individuality as the present Prime Minister she is too talented to be popular. Her cleverness Is resented; conceit has the effect of making the people who are brought Into .contact with her feel their Intellectual Inferiority; and then, like most persons of her mental superiority, she has no patience with bores and, what is worse, does not conceal her sentiments. Nothing is mors amusing than to watch and Lady Salisbury receive the rag-ta- g bob-tal- l of the Conservative party and of t ie Primrose League and to see her at those crushes which she considers It her political and social duty to givs at her house In Arlington street several times during the London season. Among other of her mannerisms on such occasions is that of turning away her head as she extendrlieFhand In greeting, just as if the persons she was welcoming were not worthy of a look. Apropos of which trlcV I may mention that an irreverent young friend of mine attached to one of the iorelgn embassies accredited to the Court of St. James, trained his poodle to sit up and ty as well as by hi tnRiioetual heavito some occupation or calling ARE EOIi A BIG SHOW. dpvoted ness. Although the most cbivalrou In which women are Interested or era- and kindly of men. yet bis dullness was ployed. The rank and file were the ,of such a phenomenal kind as to cause SOUTHERN WOMEN WILL MAKE members of these committees, the state hRn to be the subject of THINGS HUM. representatives throughout the country. ridicule on he part 0f the public until and the Blate and local committees i4 the dayXhis death. This was of co.urso more populous communities. Clerks, the most galling to a womnn of the char- Tlietr Department of the Cotton Stem and typewriters were stenographers, acter of bis Du8kvj ho found, howExposition Will Reflect Credit on tho and the work went on rapidly. engaged, Bos They Wnnt to bwl Un. Rotter ever, consolaion laxlie romantic atThe wdmea used their homes as tachment which existed fcjr ' " Palaur) Board. offices. They had also an office In the years between heisdf ajid lVer present Aragon Hotel and another in the busihusband, then Lord HartingtonT ness quarter of the city. The distribu(Special Correspondence.) She it popularly credited with h GoNT TLA A tion IS of work enabled the board of woming acted as his political Egeria, and ing to have a great en managers to do many things at the with the responsibility of having ininter national ax po- same time- - While - all were raising duced hint to take a prominent part In sition this autumn, money, one group were arranging for politics.. This mutt have been an ardubeginning on Sept a omah's building. Tbis was designed ous task even for so clever a woman, 18 end ending on by Miss Kllse Mercur of Pittsburg, who -Devou-hirof e for the Duke is renowned Years Day, was selected In the competition of some for his indolence, his e nur M n difference Stent" undisguised to public se'iiiiiicfit, and his feature Ysto'be a begun Immediately, and is now compreference for ever) thing perwoman's depart- pleted. The architecture suggests the whJchJ-Wstaining to sport. To her, then, is it duo colonial heme ment, wtttra" g at hoW l Hit muunnr tbaUhe has Tqrge amount it the ctaasicarfintsh and a position 'that rivals in Importance ornamentation. that of Lord Salisbury himself. For The women raiseiLfhs money for the the Duke of Devonshire has been called way magnets and cotton kings of the building and otberpurpoaes, but it was fill In a to new post the aJminlsupon metropoll8 of Geor gig came to the con slow, work. The commjttees subscribed tration which is practr ally that of Lord duglon ,a January) im that tbt be8t much, and so did their friends and High Consta e of the British Empire, 0f their community demanded neighbors. They gave teas nd rausl- True his official mie is that of Lord a worlr, falr larger thaa ,nythin8 cnles, plays and entertainments, shows of the Privy Council, but as fore la th9 KUtb Tfiey orgaaexhibitions, games and dances. President of the Commission for Na- ized, raised more than $1,009,000, and And This does not seem to very hard to tional Defense he lato all Intent and entered Into with every New Yorkers, but la tha south there negotiations purposes, the chief not only of the army body In the fair line both on,this con- - Is UttTs spare - money. Nevertheless, but also of the navy, since the Secre- tlnent and in Europe. Aftefi the entersoon they got together $30,000. Besides for each of these departtaries of State prise was well under ,wky the women finishing the womans building, they ments have to defer to him. of Atlanta determlnedfthat should will beautify the grounds around It, If there is one quality in which the have a great department ofthey their own, from the little lake In front up to the Duchess of Devonshire excels more something like the Womans building Imposing main entrance, The purpose than any other Ills that of tact and is to produce the effect of a luxuriant home In the country, surrounded by 1 H lawns and blossoms, ferns and shrub berles. Unllk most exposition buildings, ths womans building haw been constructed, not to be demolished when the fair is over, but for permanent use. After ths fair it will be a school as well as a museum. ( The collect ions will pe chiefl,y of the kind used in cabinets of Industrial schools, scientific halls, and col leges to Illustrate lectures on the higher arts and sciences. In this manner the board of woman managers hope not only to make the womans department the greatest feature of the Atlanta exposition, but also to make It an educations! Institution for the benefit of the women of the south for years to come. Most of the twenty standing committees are devoted to the collection of exhibits and similar work. The commute on agriculture and horticulture will bring together flowers and fruits, LADY RIDLEY. PRESIDENT THOMPSON. vegetables and savory leaves, native flavors and spices, seeds and bulbs, savolr-fairOf this she gave a most m the Columbian Exhibition at Chi roots and barks. In a second class It to wanted demonstrate Thoy cago. discharacteristic Illustration when, on women could do and have will have preparations made from covering the Duke of Roxburghes son-I- what southern to show southern women what these raw materials preserves, pickles, done; at one time Russell, law, George Jams, marmalades, jellies, dried and counprivate secretary of the Prince of their sisters In other parts of the In Wales, cheating at cards during a royal try were accomplishing; to Introduce crystallized fruits, dairy products; visit to Kimbolton Castle, of which she near IndiiEtrtei 'fof their sex ln the abort, every arltcl out of which the farmer, the gardener, and the florist was then the chatelaine, she refrained south, and to increase the attractive- earn a from imparting the discovery to any ness of the exhibition. They met sev- culture living. The department of bee will show the systems of etor rebuffs of start. the at the eral Many one, merely taking steps In her own men the said that all that spare money inimitable wrny to prevent Mr, Russell from playing any more by keeping him could be raised was required for the in close attendance upon her. Of course exposition as already designed, and ' her object was to avoid a scandal dur- that If there waa any spare money It ii V," be Invested with better results in ing the presence of the Prince and could Princess of Wales under her roof, a a Midway Plalsance or a Ferris wheel scandal which would have reflected on than in a woman's building. Then two her hospitality, as it did upon that of or three of the men remarked that a the Infinitely less tactful Mrs. Arthur woman's department did not amount to women could not run a Wilson, of Tranby Croft and baccarat shucks; that and that even show themselves, by big fame. an exhibition it In the Marchioness of Lansdowne, If they did get enough to draw wife of the Secretary of State for War, would not be attra..lve five a day. persons the readers of Lord Beaconsflelda The .opposition fired the - feminine novels may recognize the original of and the women of Atlanta hearts, the Lady Corysande who figures in 'A 1 s to have a womant department, agreed She was married to Lord "Lothair. and a the woman's biggest building, Lansdowne at Westminister Abbey on ever the very day that her sister Albertha show of its sort the country bad had to go without was united to the Marquis of Blandford, seem, even if thqr all who subsequently became Duke of new gown for a year, The women met, formed a tempoMarlborough. organization, and picked out the rary Lord enough. Lansdowne Curiously was at the time reputed dull amdaa persons they wanted to run the great SECRETARY STULE. machine. They selected a board of having no future, whereas great things women forty-on- e la number, lng and managers, were prophesied for his brother-in-latreating honey and wax. Thl the brilliant, clever, and dashing Lord representing all the great social forcese colonial committeee promises to be one All forty-onBlandford. Yet 'The very one of the of the state of Georgia. of the most Important of all. Georgia of distinction. la women were rich In colonial relics, as are also whose prospects apSome were sqriety leaders; others Alabama and Mississippi. The women peared so very bright and promising amateur musicians, of all three atates have offered more has gone down to an early and dis- were writers, artists, relics for exhibition than can he used. honored grave after a life which con- college graduates, amtteur estates. The committee will merely pick out verted his name into a byword and or the owners of great formed a visiting board of per-so- iheJbest and the oddest In order to synonym .for everyihingthatwaa- - svil, They of bf national fame7cohsisltng the while the dull and heavy-witte- d give a complete Idea of life as It was In Lord Governor-Generof the President, the eighteenth and the first half of tbs Lansdowne, after figuring in turn as wives of Canada, and the governors of nineteenth century. Among these relics Governor-GenerorCanada and Viceare muskets and long rifles, auch as roy of India, has now become a knight of the Garter and a Cabinet Minister in weres;cd In the .old Indian wars, v- -,. blunderbusses that look like musical what is admittedly the strongest administration that haa held office since instrumenta, homo - pistols almost as ivL the beginning of the, century. large as smalTjwnnon, swords that were A i ' ' worn by Marlons men, saddles and Lady Lansdowne has never bad any bridles and spurs and harnesses that reason to regret her choice, for her were fashionable when Washington waa domestic happiness has been of the most unclouded character; whereas her young, Jackspita' wbbh' un'ortiuiahT dogs were obliged to turn by means of poor sister, the Marchioness of Blandsmall treadmills by the side of the ford, after submitting for a long time kitchen chimneys, ancient clocks, canto her husbands dissipated habits, waa delabra, flint and tinder boxes, watches compelled at length by his horrible and that weigh a pound each, massive Jew-elr- y Incredible cruelty to secure a divorce. and guinea gold, state uniform Lansdowne sister-in-laLady and bull robe. The exhibition will Lady George Hamilton, one of the most show all the features of colonial life, popular and charming women In Lonfrom the clumsy log house of the forest don, who haa inherited all the charto the mansion of the opulent planter. acteristic graciousness and talenta of The committee on confederate relics the house of Lascelle, to which she bewill make a fine display of objects, il- long by birth, must also be Included lustrating the history of the lest cause. in this list of the better halve of the There will be tattered flags and rusy Salisbury administration, her husband, av gtins, swords and torn uniforms, paper Lord George Hamilton, a brother of money and queer newspapers, home-spu- n , TREASURER THORNTON. Lady Lansdowne, being Secretary of home-mad- e nitre India. State for states. They appointed representatives and garments and gunpowder, dispatches and docu- -' states and terriLady Ridley, the wife of the Secre- from the forty-nin- e tary of State for the Home Department, tories, Including the District of Colum- mentd, books and records ofsaved from shells and who has rendered Inestimable service bia, choosing as far as possible women fire and water, fragment to her party in the form of entertain- belonging to Georgian families who had rusty cannon balls, flattened rifle bulments and a very praiseworthy attempt prospered In other parts of the Union. lets and bent bayonets. on committee The to create a Conservative aalon, la a They also organized committees In tbs culinary art and Tory only by marriage, having been largest cities, and engaged speakers cooking schools will give the people of born a member of that ultra-Llberand workers from fifty women's organ- Atlanta an opportunity to enjoy what house of Majoribanks. Thua her sister, izations of the United States. In this the New York public have had for lire Lady Aberdeen, has been the home rule way they virtually enrolled a regular years. If neither Mrs. Rorer, Frof. was Mrs. Cornelia C. Bedford, nor Prof. Olivia Vicereine of Ireland and the Liberal army. Ths general-in-chlVicereine of Canada, while Lady Rld-iey- a Joseph Thompson of Atlanta. Her aides Tracy dona the snowy cap and apron, brother. Lord Tweedmouth, held were the managers and the executive some bright aouthern girl will hold a seat In the now defunct Rosebery committee of fourteen members. The classes In which the raw material will be transmitted Into toothsome dinCabinet, of which he waa one of tbs colonels were the chairmen of twenty-eig. ners. towers of strength. standing committees, each one good-natur- -- pre.-.Hi- t ; J e. n- i U"y IU' ' fellow-bridegroo- bs al al ' V fv KCJ MARCHIONESS OF SALISBURY, on the mention of Lady Salisburys name to turn its head over its shoulder while it extended its paw. The patient way in which the dog would repeat this performance over, and over agalnwilh a resigned look of utter boredom on Its expressive features was most comically suggestive of the Marchioness. Superior to the Marchioness of Salisbury in social power, influence, and brilliancy Is the Duchess of Devonshire. who for more than forty years hag been one of the queens of fcie London great world. Although a German by birth, she is a thorough Parlalenns in all that concerns elegance and toilet, and has managed, ever since the has taken up her residence In England on her first marriage Ta 1832, to retain something very much akin to supremacy In all questions of dress and fashion. - Until the death of her first husband, the seventh Duke of Manchester, she was greatly hampered in her social and political rol by hla relative pover- - F ? -- -- , al ef ht r i |