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Show have been devoled to experiments with trees of all kinds, and he frequently replenishes his magnificent estates from hierican forests. The baron affirms MISS FOSS MARiTON HAS that within twenty jears this country ROMANCE. will be bringing American, woods from Germany Kor years he has been systematically planting American walnut, a Geriu.u Rudolph Kuutb.rMiJibllaf, maple, cherry and other trees on his esIHoblriu.il of brr.t Wealth .od Many tate in n Among his favorite trees are the giapt sequoia, or Attaiumeata. Win. a Fair lou. 'redwoods, of the Yosemlte Valley, tllu agnail. which iiave nwj:rown to about four feet high on his estate Baron Schutsbar-Mil- t 'TS ALL LIKE hling Is about the fairj tale about So Jears of age, with the erect, well- the handsome prince that fell In h- - tbo Lo.m-itif- ul maiden whom h e ImmeJlatel) ; captured and (.nr. rled away to his ane cestral castle the stere ityped International mar-uag- TO AVEI) THE RUSE IS DYING. IUKOX. A GREAT tor's Sir! e, u. lhu anaiudiL-COndiUofire The prospective bridegroom is Rar in Rudolph na Sctvulxbar-Mllehlln- g a German notleman of Immense wealth and most aristocratic lineage. The bride :s Jlle Rose Marston of 4201 Kills avenue, a beautiful American girl who has been Hung In Chicago for the past three jears. says the Times-HeralShe Is the daughter of Harry C. Mars-tocolonel of volunteers In the United 8tates army Colonel Marston has long been prominent In diplomatic affairs, and Is a man of unusual attainments. For two years he was American consul at Mauritius and afterward served In the same capacity at Malaga. Spain, where he was consul for ten years. Mrs. n Marston was a St. Louis belle and during the famtly's residence In Washington became noted for her wit as well as her beauty. Miss Mars-io- n Inherits all her mother's loveillness, but Is of an entirely different tjpe of beauty. She is a pronounced blonde, having most abundant gulden hair, which waves around her face, making a fitting baikground for her classic features Her eyes are dark blue and well-know- THE BARON, shaped figure of the soldier. He has a splendid complexion, light hair and brown mustache. As yet he has not completely mastered the English language. The courtship of the baron and Miss Marston Is a most romantic one. They met for the first time at Madrid, where both were guests at a brilliant diploCircumstances , did not matic ball. again bring them together until the world's fair. It was at a French ball DYING; ,roul)e 1 In IS rleal her theat disbanded Fl'lil I Un-llk- st vie-br- y, USE T-'Y retersej Are Already la the EdilUwlt A TVaa.Iatloa .of the Chapter Glrtk to a Borne Tor- res poodeat. -to- a-e-wtl Ihia-eau- AT- - L. Her Memoirs Hesse-Thurlng- Maever, ACTRESS ITALIAN CURTAIN-FAL- Th following day wa bad our Second Performance. The theater Denise. that Immense ham empty. Only three or four rows of tests were taken, and To TO right and left two or three boxes My poor Denise, so simple, so devald of all sensational elements no toilettes to Psk no Jewels the audience listened to her during th first act; they Pld her some attention tn the second act, too In the third 1 had a crying cent. n4 p. cried real tears and the audience cried with me. Mine was hut the battle was not entirely o jet, for the part of Fernando was essayed by another; he who had been wy Femandtr"was with d"th And the thought of him, of the I the If other day and "padt recovery. Lika her great contemTumasso porary, Salvlnl, ahe has written her memoirs, but unlike those of the hero of the tragic muse her reminiscences lack stamina. aalf possession, dirael ness. mirror They are, however, of Duse's trails and w htms Signora Matilda Serrao, Italy.'a greatest woman writer, will publish Duae's memoirs, which came to her In , the shape of letters written by the great artist. The signora tells a Rome correspondent that she has preserved the Identity of the letters thrbughout; her duties as the editor, ahe aaja, consists principally In a methodical arrangement of the material placed at her disposal. Here follows the opening chapter of the memoirs exactly as Duse wrote It: Remlnieoencee? No. I don't want to remember. I am what I am, what I have been Is past. Ah, If I could forget my disappointments, my struggles, my abasements. No, I must not forget the battles I fought, not these but everything else, everything. Still can tt be done? Time and again our thoughts travel back to thlnga and events that happened One cannot help remembering what has, at one period In life, torn our heart, made It bleed and tremble. m ELEANOR DUSE, made it cower and suffer; we cannot escape the thoughts of what has been and does exist In spite of us. Theyeare like mildew on the leaves of our mental diary. And then come men and women, people you have never seen, strangers for whom you care not and who do not care ftr you, to Inquire who you are and what you are, what feel, what you think. They want to know all about your past. And when you refuse to receive them, when you do not answer their questions, they call you proud, full of pretensions, arrogant. Arrogant, and why? Because you will not tell them what you are afraid to tell yourself, what frightens you, what you mean to keep a secret from your on a heart. Events of my life? There are many of them but what looks to me an event, an occurrence that, perhaps, forced up on me the part I am. placing In thl world, the markstones In my life In short to another they may appear stale and empty and unprofitable accidents Yea, I have had many experiences too many, buL they were not experiences tn the sense which the sensation-hungr- y mob alone recognises; they are more like trials, trials that have coat many tears and the remembrance of which make me cry, cry, cry, every time when THE POSTMASTER-CENERA- L. I play Lydia dl Morans (In the drama, The Above Is the Latest Portrait of William L. Wilson, Postmaster-Gener- al "Visitors at the Wedding."). I feet then as If my soul was ready to go out In. of the United States. one great aob. It was ten years ago. In RIo. The yellow fever went from house her complexion Ideal In Its coloring at the Auditorium that they met for to house, from palace to hut, gathering that Is and second the since It and her carriage But time, then the tn victims. figure We play actors played. One Is She In baron has been untiring hi atten.give her her chief distinction. Dlottl appeared with at rehearsal, day, very tall and slender, with exquisite tions, visiting this country frequently. .the pallor of death on his brow, tired, Besides being an exceptionally beaucurves and muen grace and stateliness able to stand on his feet. of movement. In dress Miss Marston tiful girl. Miss Marston Is very talent- hardly What alls thee? For God's sake tell." exhibits unusual taste and thus dis- ed. She Is a tireless student ofrtnstru-menta strange feeling; my head mual, and Is an excellent lin- la "Nothing plays her Parisian education. Altogethnot rlgtf.; but come, let ua make a n er she is a moqt striking picture of guist, speaking French, Spanish, starL" and English equally well. She loveliness arnTthc baron is Indeed capAnd he did begin. I saw he was not The celved her education an at "American the of Convent beauty." turing himself. I saw him tremble as If shakbride is about 22 years' of age. Baron the Sacred Heart at Paris. Miss Marston is one of three children. One sis- en by intense cold. "Do not attempt the Impossible, I ter. Maud, was married last June to : "I am going to close the theater." William C. A say, who was city prose-dotin- g said "And thy fortune? he made answer, aMorney under Mayor Hopkins. is at stake. I will be The other sister resides In Malaga. "all thy fortune let ua proceed with rebetter Spain, and Is married to one of the most hearsal. prominent men of that city. Suddenly, In the midst of an exciting The marriage of Miss Marston and the situation, he broke down. It was the baron will take place In the course of fever. The fever that never lets up on the next two months. It is expected a being marked for destruction. What that the wedding will be a large church were we to do? We had to play, beaffair, but as yet that question is un- cause we were under contract; we had decided. The baron and his bride will to play because a good many tickets leave for New York directly after the had been sold; we had to play because ceremony. From there they will go to the Shjiocklan Imprfssajio wanted his London, Paris end other cities. pound of flesh; we had to play while be was lying alone, deserted, fighting the battle of death. The Cop Defender. On the first evening: Feodora. The Although the actual work of building house, as stated, sold out and I a failthe America's Cup defender devolves ure In all that the word Implies. The on Nat Herreshoff, his blind father, theater a great. Immense structure John Brown Herreshoff. will be entitled myself small, insignificant, a person of to the credit of designing It. Mr. no consequence. My voice great God, who Is now nearly 60, has been how should my voice penetrate Into the MISS BOSE MARSTON. Is the only living blind since boyhood. Nature has comSchutabar-Mllcnling parterre? I believe I might as well have representative of an old and noble fam- pensated him with a marvelously re- said: "Loris, I lova thee." than Loris, ily. He has several Immense estates In tentive memory and an exquisite sense leave me nobody would have known Germany, the largest being situated at of touch, so that his work Is done with the difference. Add to this that there The baron rapidity and with perfect accuracy. As was a continuous whispering and murHohenhaus, near Berlin. has always been connected with the an example of the phenomenal keen- muring In all parts of the house. In In the galleries, everywhere, all army, being at one time captain fh the ness of his senses ha Is able without a emperor's regiment of uhlans. He Is moment's hesitation to pick out any the time, from the beginning up to the d an enthusiastic sportsman, and has paper he desires from the curtain's fall. My heart, my' head, my J 6f bis desk, voice they seemed not to belong to me shot tigers !n India, lions in Africa, pigeon-hole- s at all. I had no power over either. I grlzxly bears in the Rockies and alliwas thinking of him all the time, of gators In Florida. His trends have exBells Gorgeous Sommer Home, him alone. tended over the entire world, but he Is The summer home of Professor Bell, At laat the performance closed. I ran especially Interested In all things American. Science and literature also oc- the telephone Inventor and millionaire, home, and. In the darkness of my n-his and of on of his an estate fifteen thousand acrea threw myself on the floor. I had never la time, cupy a large part book of travels In Morocco is now being In Cape Breton, on the Braa D'Or. The felt ao lonely before. translated Into English At present he is profeasor appears to have all the InNext day: Intermission. We played engaged upon a book which concerns stincts of the true fisherman. On one only three times In the Week. The his journeyings In the United States of the neighboring lakes be naa a newspapers gave- their final dectalon. and Mexico. One of his fads, which house-boa- t, propelled by a steam They said I had a certain something cut' In the about me that attracted attention, but goes most appropriately with his love launch, with a trap-doao that he can my voice? WelL half of that I hara of wahderlng. Is photography. In which floor of hie dining-roobe Is especially successful. Several fish. If the fancy strikes him, while at said they could not har and the other half they were unablt to understand. years of bis busy and profitable life table. al Ger-jma- X Jler-resho- well-fille- m, m SUli-batt'.l- m M. PE1RONNETT THE TERROR OF WHEATON YOUTH. AMES S Pelronnet. the mayor o f Wheaton. 111., haa recently c'ms Into Li. agitate me that evening; Jtstood be. tween me and the part I waa trying' to P1? He always waa before me, cold, pallid shaking, his features distorted and his eyes glassy. In vain did I endeavor to throw off this feeling In vain did I argue with myself that art demanded from Its followers the sacrifice of I could not be other-wise- r He was always ktu nut that poor man, that good man. who never harmed anybody in the world. He was to die amid strangers, while we, his friends, played comedy. Comedy. Indeed. la there anything mare tragic than life? And there before t hose damned, those glorious, those biassed footlights, I prayed- O. Madonna, save my friend. Save htm, for ha has a father and a mother whose only hope In life he Is. Save htm and taka me In his stead. Let me die; let ma lose everything my renown, my talents, my future but save htm!" Two days later and all waa at an end. And we continued playing comedy. Aa for myself, I heaped success upon success, and every triumph I earned Increased my sorrow, made me more wretched Why had heaven refuaed the offeripg of my poor self? On the evening of Dlottl's death-da- y I played Fernande, Andthen and there I became what I am. Then and there I felt for the first time that I had a heart, that I had soul and blood tn that hearL Then and there I learned that life la not base, only sorrowful and hard to bear. This I felt. Do you call tt an event? I don't know whether It la Important enough to be so classed by others. As for melt was the markstone of my life. A Ilfs -I- n a life. children, who have no need of curfew bells to warn them of untimely hours. AMERICAN GIRLS IN PARIS. Wkea the Bell Rlaga AU Boys wad Glrla Moat 111 Theoaeelve to ths Fsreatal Roof ev Sabmlt to Acquaal-sae- e wtth a Policeman. ng log Ahe ringing of curfew bells In the model little town which he ably presides. Dispatch, simplicity and patriotism are the characteristics eminent In the government of Wheaton. Slr.'TMrdnnet rosters a well-fo- u nnea prejudice against committees and believes that delegation of any duties, when 'they can be personally encompassed, is one of the most destructive forms of government dissipation. Hla whole life Is at) Illustration of this rule applied to personal policy. Mr. Pelronnet Is a worthy representative of an honorable ancestry of Huguenot origin. The family came to this country In I??? and settled In New York state. James Pelronnet was born In Binghamton,. N. T., Oct. 9, 1641 In ISM hls parents emigrated to Peru, III., where he continued hla school Ufa. He arrived in Chicago tn the Utter part of the 60s. Graduating from a commercial college in 1661, he shortly after returned to Peru to engage In the lumber business. Two year later ha returned to Chicago to taka ebarga of the clerical affairs of the Evans A Co, commission house. He succeeded Mr, Evans In J864, when the firm of J. 8. Pelronnet A Co. was established, e in Those Wka Make pleteree Have a Cla of Their Ova In September,'' 1823, the Americas Girls' Art club waa started In Paris bp a little group of New Tork women, headed by Mrs. Whltelaw Reid. In the heart of the old Latin quarter, within a stone's throw of several famous studios and the Luxembourg gaUerlee, ua. d jeh gtwiftjfcuPbt Chevreuse, the little club has - prospered and become The Tieadquarters' American gtri art students In Parts. Good board ad lodging are provided- at a minimum coat, and whila there Is nothing like refinement or surveillance, the young women are afforded a home--llk- e protection, and there la a freedom from ths old promiscuous association - lUl hala.qmjta. that is tn ha commended. It is now proposed tq build and endow an art Institute Ip Paris for the further fostering of art among our young women, saya Leslie Weekly. The plan ta for a building with studios. lecture halls and dormitory and living room accommodation for on hundred; very much the same as In the famous French achool at Roma The coat of the whola It Is estimated, wlfl be one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the carrying out of the plan" awaits only the subscription of thte aura. It la - O'- - u f fr- - Imposelbletgpverestlmat the Importance of auch a stimulus V thia to the artlstlo aspirations of out people, Vhlle the moat sanguine sup a porter of art education eapset-bamatl number of scholar to do work of value, they realise that th residue serve to spread an understanding an appreciation of art throughout the country, and so crest aa interest tn the work of American artists that will ut ! A Survivor of Waterloo. Survivors of Waterloo are so few In England and France, where they should be, In the nature of things, more numerous than elsewhere, that the presence of one In Ohio Is notable. James R Green. who Uvea near Alliance, eaw the great combat, though it la not recorded that he took part In It. He waa a young midshipman In the British navy at the time, and hls vessel being anchored at Antwerp, he penetrated Wellington's lines and witnessed part of the action as well aa the bloody battle of Llgny. After many years of roving Green became a achool teacher. He Is an Ject of local Interest, apart from hls career, because of hls picturesque attire. Ha Psased ths Ninety Mark. James Martlnenu, the celebrated divine, the celebration of whose ninetieth birthday has attracted h almost aa much attention aa a somewhat bent with age. Ill stone anniversary, Is a very tall man, a very plain man as well, and hi face shows emaciation, but there are no hard line in It. It Is hls mouth that first attracts the eye, for It Is large, like an orator's, and the Ups are full and close. Notwithstanding hls great age and busy life. Dr. Martlneau takes a lively Interest tn the progress of the Unitarian church In the United States. Dr. Unitarian Glad-thoug- William II. nUrlehsea. .William H. Hinrlchsen, secretary of state of Illinois, has lately become a factor tn national politics, owing to the psrt he recently played In calling ao to take action on the troublesome silver question. Mr. Hinrlchsen was elected In 1888 to the office which he now hold ' Kate Epson Clarke. Mrs. Kate Upson Clark la one of the moat active, sprightly, and Irrepressible of the women writers of New York popucity, and enjoys a larity. Her husband is one of the editor of the Evening Poat, and they have three sons, the oldest a senior at Yale college. Mr. Clarke la an active member of th Meridian club, which consists of Just thirty members, and meets once a month at noon, sharp; and she founded and la president of the Wheaton Alumnae club. Though well known in New York literary and social circles, Mr, dark la a resident of Brooklyn, and tn her pleasant home on Quincy street entertains her large circle of friends with generous hospitality. well-deserv- Widow of ths B of Fort gamier. One of the many widows of public men living In Washington Is Mrs, Robert Anderson, m Idow 'of the "hero of Bumter." She possesses what may be called the most typical relic of the war, the flag that was flying over the fort when It was fired on by the Insurgent Carolina battery. After the war th flag cams Into the possession of General Anderson, and when he died It was draped about hla casket la Wsatben Oh, for an leer Cried the maiden dear. echoed her beau, "Oh, Rr an mug of beer." "Oh, for an Oh, for an Hot Ice! Ice" lea-co- ld or a ... vx ' justice sniRAsT-- Herewith Is given a picture of Justice Georgs Bhlras, of tba United States au- premecourt, whose votecreated th majority In declaring th Income ta bracing th brother, J. 8. and W. F. Pelronnet For aeveral year th house maintained th record of doing t moat extensive business on chang. Disastrous fires, panic and corners were braved unflinchingly, each succeeding victory adding to th houMa reputation and also to the volume of business transacted. In 1868 Mr. Pelronnet built a home at Wheaton, but did not relinquish hla Chicago Interests until ha waa elected mayor of That pretty suburb, Hls effort In behalf of Wheaton .have alwaya been marked with .a deslr for public welfare. For twelve years ha haa been president of the achool board. Six year be has served In the council And W. H. HINRICHSEN. four years ago he waa elected by an adHe subsequently became chairman of miring people to the mayoralty office. the state committee of hls party. He Last year be was th moving aplrit In Is 37 years old. was born In Chicago and tha Inauguration of a waterworks aya-- r" la of 8wedlsh extraction. -- or to Miss Fannie 8. Baker, the daughte of the former publisher of Aha Chicago Journal of Commerce. They have flvi ;1 i law unconstitutional. Justice Shlrai was bora In Allegheny county, Pa., la 1832,'andlslherefore slxty-threeyea- ri old. -- 2 t continually and increasingly widen It Influence and strengthen lta Import anca. Tha Art Inatituta for Americas Woman in Part deserve encourage ment; likewise th almllar Institution- founded on a broader heals recently started In Rome. Their success Is a matter of concern to all Interested la the flna arta. THE SMALLEST A REPUBLIC. Population of Fifty-1-1 vs Women Cast Totes. sad ths Among ths tiny republics of th world perhaps th tiniest of all, tn point of population, ta th Republic of on tha Island of that name, about eight mile from Sardinia. It haa a population of fifty-fivand la less than two miles tn length. Sovereignty waa accorded 4n 1836 by King Charles Albert to the head of the Bartoleon! family, who waa given th title of king. 'A' For nearly EO years this monarch Paul I. wa hla name ruled hla microscopic kingdom with skill and Judgment, and enjoyed peace with all hla neighbors. Wc . Ls H died May 30. 1882, after expressing -- ( th deslr to hls sorrowing relatives that non of them should succeed him. He strongly wished hi subject to govern themselves. No pretender arose, and for nearly four years the simple inhabitant got along comfortably without any hand at th helm of their ship of etate. But In 1886, after lengthy discussions, tn which the Tavaloran women took a prominent parL a republic was proclaimed. The women had a large say regarding the constitution, and the right of suffrage. N RON ETT. S, PEI JAMES ts for six years. elected Tb president waa A civil engineer employed, He and the other official serve without Imtoo broad and hls Ideas were of the tiny salary. The independence practicable. Dispensing with hls serv- state 1887 by the ItalIn waa recognised ice, Mayor Pelronnet called upon the ian government. t. president of the Wheaton college., and together these two gentlemen devised A beat Da Maarler. snd planned the system. Personally The latest pen sketch of Du Maurier Mayor Pelronnet aupervlsed all affair, him aa a man with a sharp keeping every detail In close observa- portrays beard, and thin, tion. The ordinance recently passed by nose, ragged, pointed hair. Hls eight troubles him, tha city council of Wheaton is not an colorlesswear he specclumsy. Impracticable, orthodox measure, but It and tacle. Hls face Is not handsome, but is an act that ha not only the sym- la a attractive by kindly smile, rendered pathy but also the support of tha and though he depict Vheaton residents. Mr. Pelronnet tran- men In he dresses Punch, carelessly. Du sacts the greater part of hls executive himself an old man, business tn the Calumet building of Maurier heconsiders I a few but years past sixty. Chicago. H la a cultured man and an though example of true American, clttxenahlp Trilby footstool are th newesL Thai and integrity. In 1873 ha waa married are of tufted ellk or velvet. Tn-valo- e, hi:SMI t VC they-secur- Iron-bow- -- r' . |