Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 30, 1921, Page 7

eS ae ee “Refinement is more a an accomplishment. All of etiquette that have ‘written cannot make a fined. True refinement springs from. a gentle, unselfish heart.” Mrs. Coolidge Social Duti Of Her Official Job Wife of Vice President of the United States Con- siders This a Serious Demand of Official Life, _But Manages to Obtain Real Enjoyment Out Of the Discharge of Her Social “Duties” © MRS. COOLIDGE the d the wife of the vice president is as much a job as her htsband’s official duties. seriously, says Mayme Ober P. No sooner is the carpet sweeper out of the way in the “vice srresidential suite’’ at ine New Willard than the second lady a the land settles down to work with her secretary. The spirit than the books ever been person re- ona slike Accepts es As Part ischarge of her social duties as And she is going about it as ‘eak, in the Washington Post. morniag mia.i—more or] Jeas heavy—is carefully gone Over, and replies digtat@l. After the in- numemble requests that come ito the wife of a Publiq official are dis. Posed, of and the invita- tions, answered and en- tered. upon the proper date cin the engagement book, the “schedule for the diy” is made up. 'f there is no luncheon, farden or benefit party on for the afternoon, Mrs. ‘oolidge must spend in returning 11s — hundreds of which must be paid in & month in order to get around to all the wive of foreign envoys. bassadors, - cabinet of- ficers amd senators. At night there is nearly al- ways a dinner with the vice president, and Mrs. Coolidge as “honor guest This means Probably a reception afterwards or a dance, Before the day's job is done anather day is dawning. Woman of Simpic Tastes. Now, then how does Mrs. Coolkige like it? Known to be # simple tastes, who found her chief happi oess in her husband and boys and their quiet | home life—which was a a woman Mrs. Coolidge clung to even after Mr. Coolidge be- came governor of Massachusetts—the heavy. demands. of her social duties must be more or less of a burden, At the end of her first three months ins Washington. it was to see how heavily this, burden—if it were that— Jay upon her shoulders that I called on Mrs... Coolidge by appointment one morning at the Willard. A girlish looking secretary, her hair bobbed. answered my xing and showed me igto the drawingroom of the Coclidge suite. It was 2 delightful room. decorated in edol’Shades of clive green and wood brown. The big. easy chairs covered in green satin damask, lamps shaded in bronze silk, tables covered with books and flowers. an open piano, cushioned window seats from which could be seen the fashionable F street promenade—all looked invitingly com- fortable and homey. And when Mrs. Coolicge entered, dressed in white flannel skirt, black silk sweater and hemetitched blouse. so did she. Her\hair} marcelied in loose w and cgiled low on her neck, was black “as-her eyes, which look you squarely in the face, expressing frank intfest, Obviously. human. contact was to-her an enjoyable privilege rather than a tax and a bore é Live in Hotel. “What decided you to live in hotel?” “I_asked, after the customa: preliminary. sparring. “Partly the custom.” she replied-— referring to what has come to be a tra- dition, that the vice president can maintain a more dignified hospitality on his small salary at a hotel than in a private house, which would neces- sarily mean a large corps of servants and added expense for proper upkeep nd partly berause it seemed the most sensible thing to do under the circumstances. We did not. want to interfere with the schooling of the two boys or take them -away from their friends just yet. so decided! to keep the home at Northampton, with a housekeeper in charge, and make the samo arrangements as we did whe Mr, Coolidge was governor: Then, di: vided my time between Mr. Coolidge at a hotel in Boston, and the boys at home.” “When you went up to Massachu- setts in May, Mrs, Coolidge," 1 said, coming to the main purpose of my Visit, “I saw a little interview that you granted a Boston correspondent, headed ‘What Mrs. Coolidge Thinks of Washington Society.’ As I recall, the sum and substance of it war that you considered too much time was wasted here in mere social intercourse that es could be better devoted to some real | end—such xs brinbing about a better understanding between the different countries, I believe you said. Would you mind specifying just how you think this could be done?” Mrs. Coolidge looked alarmed. “Mercy,” she exclaimed. “How T am quoted and misquoted! I wouder if T didn't get a reprint of that article you refer to, which certainly put things much more strongly than I, a new- comer to A\Vashington, would have dared do, even if I were # critical person, which 1 am not at all. Let me see,’ and, going into her private workshop in the next room, returned with a memorandum book in her hand. Running through this she located the name of the interviewer, date and so on, and’ remarked. Require Full Time. “As a matter of fact, what T meant lo say was that the social duties of the wife of a public official in Wash ington are so heavy that there is little timé or strength left to accomplish anything élse she might want: to-do, “Viewing the “Situation before ¥ vame to Washington,’ requeried, “‘did- me you rather sufink) from the pros- pect of shouldering such heavy. social burdens?" “Net a bit of it.” replied Mrs. Coo- lidge, quickly, “No more than T have from any other job, For that's the way T look upon my ‘official social duties—-as my job. But I’ don't want to leave the impression that it isn’t a pleasant job. One gets a national and international point of contact here that is very broadening and stim- ulating, even from a superficial social intercourse. And, after all, | wonder if that isn't bringing about better understanding between countries, and erving a real end.” nd so you really like your job?” I love it." said the second lady as she smiled me out. Dangers of Liberty An Italian film concern sent a cage containing six lions from Turin to Pallone, says a Turin, Ital cable to the New York Work. Scared by a tractor plow, the horses ran away and the truek with the ee was huried against a tree and overturned. The cage rolled down a slope beside the road and the lions escaped. Five of the six beasts were soon re- captured by tamers. but the sixth lion no trace was found until the search- ing party was attracted to a farm house by a loud and indignant femi- nine voice. The tamers went back of the house and—laughed. A peasant woman was belaboring the sixth lion with an umbrella, curs- ing the “yellow dog” which had killed a hog. The woman was paid 350 lire damages and the “hands” of the moving picture concern fed on roast- ed pork for three days. We now have the bishop's word for it that the short skirt is all. right, The prelate is Bishop Fallows of Chi- caro, who has reached his 85th. year ant therefore should know what he is talking about. We also have it from the same authoritative source that the world is growing better every day. Being a mature man of judgment is of cours? presumed that when he refers to the short skirt j the bishop has in mind a garment out alonz the lines both of modesty anf common sense. He is quoted in Milwaukee Journal ag follows: “Short skirts are a_ biessing— |= the Jong ones never return. said Bishop Samuel W. Fallows, 85 years old, Chicago, the oldest living graduate of the University of Wi consin, while in Madison recently ‘Women are not growing less moral and I believe the world is a better place live in now than it ever was before. Optimistic and happy. greeting everyone with a smile and a firm hendshake. Rishon Fallows was the | most prominent figure at the alumni Social Glub Womens Activities fers | Gingham Uniform Will Come When It’s. Fashionable Railroad’s Attempt to Dictate Dress of Women Employes Declared “Too Previous” The movement for “dress reform,” frequently pressed buy as often downed in unpopularity, is not apt to gain much fresh impetus from the fact that the Chicago, Burlington & Quincey railroad, at Chicago, has raised the slogan. “Mofesty” with a capital “M," and issued drastic orders to iis young lady employ in the gen- eral offices, says the New York Mail Decree has gone out that gingham shall be the preferred hot weather fabric, that peek-a-boo waists and dia- phanous clothing shall not be worn, that skirts be of a length determined by the head of the woman's welfare bureau, that there shall be no more rolied hose." no rouge whatever, and powder only in imoderation. The navy tried to do this but had to give it up and let the yeomanettes do as they pleased, in hot weather, at least: Departments in Washington have experimented with “dress re- form” and let it drop. New England railroad offices ques- tioned in the matter have promptly decided against the Burlington prece- dent. General sentiment in the east against it. The nation respects “The Burlington on time,” long a proud legend in railroad literature. But there is such a thing aa being joo previous.” The gingham uni- form will come in when it is fashion- able, and not before, ——___ Lost and Found “I've lost my wife,” excited male shopper in a depart- ment store. “She was right here be side me a moment ago, and now T n’t find ‘her.”* Bargains tn skirts two aisles to your left,” said the foorwalker terse ly.— Life. exclaimed a Is a Turkish Joan of Arc Forms Woman's Fighting Brigade Against Greeks, Being’ First Turkish Woman So Militantly Active ANGORA, Turkey, July 29.—A Turkish Joan of Arc. Aishe Hanum, has started a woman's fighting bri- gade against the Greeks. Her organ- ization called the Kain brigade, has already taken part in active fighting and she is constantly enrolling new recruits. This is the first time in Turkish history that a woran has been so militantly active. She has been dubbed by the people of Anatolia, “The Conqueror.” Her personality is in distinct contrast to the beautiful Halide Edib Hanum, the writer and graduate of the American Constanti- nople college, who has been so ac tive in Nationalist politics for two years and fied to the interior in March, 1820, to escape imprisonment by the allies Aishe Hanum is a stern, dark woman of the soil. aged 52, who sees visions and believes she is inspired by the prophet. She wears a vell but has cast aside skirts. She carries a rifle and when not at the front goes through the villages accompanied by ber 15-year-old son, urging the peas. ants to contribute food and money and their able-bodied women to cast out the enemy stranger from the homeland. » Indirectly, Aishe Hanum is doing as much as Halide Hanum to eman cipate the Turkish women. When she began her work, the Turkish men, who dislike to have women interfere in politics, tried to force her to return to her farm. ‘The appearance of a summer drink often adds fully as much to its on Joyment as does its taste. Vichy or any good brand of sparkling water will be found to have advantages not possessed by ordinary water as an ingredient in the making of an invit- ing drink during hot weather. As sigar does not melt readily in a‘sirup. Two cupfuls of sugar melted in a cupful of botling water, then al- lowed to cool, is excellent for this purpose. Fresh fruit situps are easily made, and can be kept tn bottles in the ice box. Sweetening may be added to suit individual tastes. Served in tall, thin glasses with long-handied spoons, plenty of crack- ed ice and a few straws, these drinks are a delight to all partakers. Blackberry Bounce. Make a fresh blackberry sirup as directed. Fill a glass ‘half full, add the cracked ice. four thin slices of lemon, a teaspoonful of grated pine apple and fill the glass with vichy Put two sprays of fresh, damp mint, dusted with sugar. on top. Ginger Beer. Put the juice and peel of two lemons, one and a half, ounces of green ginger bruised. one ounce of cream of tartar and two and a half pounds of loaf sugar into an enameled saucepan. Add three gallons of boil- ing. water. Let stand until warm, then add a yeast cuke dissolved in a little water. Stir well,/then let stand overnight, covering with a clean cloth. The next day skim off the yeast and turn the liquid into another pan without stirring the sediment. Then bottle and tie down the corks. In about three days the beer will be ready for use. , * Pineapple Frost. Grate half a ripe pineapple and squeeze the juice from the other half. Add the juice of one lemon and three oranges, strained. Sweeten. Put in’ @ pail and pack in salt and ice until partly frozen. Then fill the glasses half full, fill up with vichy, and rub the rim of the glass with a cut lemon and a little powdered sugar. STEP FORWARD. LADIES. BISHOP » FALLOWS HAS 4 FEW KIND WORDS Prelate of 85 Declares Present Styles More Sensible Than Those of Former Years—World Is Growing Better Every Day, He Says—Compares With Past exercises at Fallows, who was the first university class in 1859, has missed a few commencements. “I need to go to the commencement exercises to get a new life and a new start every year,” he said. “The world is getting the university better every day,” said the bishop. ‘The styles— jeven the much discussed short skirt Bishop graduated with for the prgent time—are infinitely better and more comfortable than those of years ago. I repeat. short skirts are a blessing. and may the lone ones never come in vogue again, “People love the personal: they a) ways have. That !s why we know the worst in human nature, It is siven publicity because people like to learn about their frailties. The bad n world is the exception. Bishop Fallows contrasted con‘ti- tions at present with those after the vit war. “Who can tell me that the world conditions are rettinz worse? Sack @ few vears: lonk hack an’ mast histers and measure today. Who would want to go back Look [in teed drinks, it is a good idea to make | HOT WEATHER DRINKS MUST BE MADE TO LOOK INVITING Lemonade. Take the juice of four lemons, the rind of two, half a pound of loaf sugar and a quart of boiling water Let stand until the water is cold Add two lumps of sugar which have been rubbed over the peel of the lemon to absorb the oil. When cold strain carefully and serve chilled. Ginger Punch, Squeeze the juice of 12 lemons the juice of a pineapple and the juice of three oranges. Add a quart of filt- ered water, a smal! bottle of mar- aschino cherries and sugar to taste. Mix and put into a pitcher on the ice. When ready to serve add cracked ice and six bottles of good ginger ale. How a Lady Squatter Defied ‘Is Lordship’ Kept Estes Park from Being Game Domain EAUTIFUL Eestes Park in Col: orado, now a part of the Rocky Mountain National park and a mecca for thousands of ysitors an- nually, might have become a land forbidden to the general public had not @ woman had the fortitude to stand up for her conviction that majestic mountains and smiling valleys are in- tended to be inhabited and enjoyed by the rank and fle of mankind and not set aside for the pleasure of a few persons with a maximum of time and money and a minimum of usefulness in the world. Mrs, John J. Manford passed away a few days ago and with her passing is again told the story of how she, more than any other one person, was responsible for frustrating the plan of the earl of Dunraven to make Estes park a private game preserve. Decided to “Jump” Eart’s Claim. As Miss Flora Shoemaker, Mrs. Manford abandoned a prosperous dressmaking business in Denver, in the early seventies, to become a “squatter” on land in the Estes park region that Lord Thomas Wyndham, earl of Dunraven, had attempted to acquire as a “hunting preserve.” Lord Thomas made his first visit to the Estes park region, now the Rocky Mountain National park, in 1872. He was so delighted with the country that a few years later he started a campaign to secure title to the entire countryside and keep it as a ‘vast es- tate upon. which he and friends of English nobility could hunt big game. It was charged in some quarters that a number of men were hired to bomstead the region and turn their jaims over to thé earl. He secured, is said, title to more than 16,000 before the federal government his lordship's plans and B it acres learned of moved to check him. Learning from an “insife” source that Uncle Sum was preparing to con- test the earl of Dunraven’s claims and that the territory might be thrown open to new entry. Miss Shoe- maker closed out her modiste estab- Ushment and went to the park. After carefully scrutinizing the “es- tate’ of Lord Thomas. Miss Shoe- maker selected a particularly beau- tiful tract on the west bank of Fish creek, just opposite a palatial ho- tel and casino that the foreign noble- man had erected to house his visiting friends. Miss Shoemaker quietly filed & homestead entry on the tract and pitehed a tent for her temporary home. Stood Her Ground. A tremendous protest wus voiced | Aishe Hanum Dresses Seen At Ascot Race Meet Worn Only Once Fashion Display on That Oc- casion Probably Takes Rank Over All Fashion Shows LONDON.—The dresses worn at Ascot, the fakhionable summer race meeting, are created for that one oc- casion; they have not figured in any fashion show or been exhibited even, to an exclusive group of patrons. The great French and English dressmak- ers reserve their supreme efforts for this fete, to which great ladies go to set the fashion and designers to get inspiration; while the public between races speculates freely on which dresses will win the fashion race. The most talked about dress at As cot this year. was perfectly plain, close plaited. of black crepe de chine ‘The lower skirt was straight and tight and reachel almost to the ankles; the tunic about eight inches shorter. was finely Maited and hung from a narrow yoke cut straight across, the shoulde The neck line was also Straight across and was outlined by a narrow Yold of white illusion. The two-inch hem of the plaited tunic was hemstitehed and the waistline was slightly defined by an elastic loosely run in a slot A single rope of pearis was the only ornament. A large black transparent capeline, black silk stockin; d black satin shot completed this amazing toilette, which was described by every paper next norning, while the hundreds of other Iresses, each one @ masterpiece in its vey, went unnoticed. The wearer a well known French woman. ‘rominent in Londow and Paris so ciety A very beautiful frock of banana volor Spanish lace ovér a slim under. irers of crepe morocain in the same shade. With this was worn a Ylack icture hat of apolitan straw nmed with a large bunch of grapes vhich drooped over one side. The vrap designed to be worn with this rock was of black*and the shoes and tockings were also black. Black and white combinations were s usual, in much evidence. Black ace over white satin and crepe georg tte and white lace over black or col. rs are worn by quite young girls faffeta is quite out of fashion now ind has given place to teh many ‘repes and softest satins which lend hemselves readily to draping. whi op i Rosina Using Snaps Muny mothers now use snap fast oners for children’s frocks instead of outtons and button holes. They give the invisible closing so generally pleasing, eave a lot of time if the frocks are made at horse, as work ng button holes is a patience-trying fob. Snaps, if well sewed on in the first place, are not nearly so liable to drop off in the wash ks buttons are.’ by the English colony against this in- vasion and some threats are said to have been made upon the young woman's life. She defied and his guests, and, purchasing a rifle and a goodly supply of ammuni- tion{ dared anyone to oust her. For weeks following Miss Shoe- maker was subjected to numerous petty annoyances. She was unable to hire men to build her house or do any work about her claim. Un- daunted, she started the arduous task of shaping with her own hands a log cabin. Several night attacks were made on her lonely shack, but the in- truders were driven away when she the earl | [ True and free treating field. politeness is perfect ease dor It simply consists in others just you love to be treated yourseli—Lord Chester. | J ‘Legislation Would Do Away | | Summer’s and Early Fall's Fashion Whims Through Amendment In the newest Parisian gown for fall, making its debut on this side, the shoulder strap is more the piece de resistance than ever, insignificant 5 it seems, as bodices have faded into smaller dimensions than shown any previous season. Some have practic ally no back while the newest fancy is for the underarmlieas effect. This gives the bodice the appearance of being a mere extension of front and back sRirt panels. An effective Parisian gown, made in this fashion with panels and bodice at a time is proving too slow for the National Woman's party. So it has de- cided to concentrate all of its strength on one big issue, and congress which would remove at once all legal and political discriminations against women ete for one “right” ye a of beaded black satin, barely escapes| Similar bills are to be introduced 7 into the state legislatures. This will the bizarre. The sides of the skirt fe grap ie phen fine ls ‘ure plain, heavy satin falling in rip-} Serve to arou: throughout the country. It will also give the women of the states a chance to try getting sae laws enacted with- out waiting for congress to act. The bill is not quite re&dy for presenta- ion, but action has been started in half a dozen states. 1t is probable that the national bill plin cascades to pointed ends billow ing on the ground. Skirts slashed up into all sorts of uneven lengths, scal- lops developed far beyond the mild: hess of the summer into depths and heights that make them into: separate panels to knee height are other dis tinguishable features. ‘Trains have With Woman’s “Eleventh Century” Status by Single Act Organization Would Make One Legal Standard to Constitution—Mean- ; time Would Have Laws Passed in as Many In- dividual States as Possible in Conformity West Point or given a chance to enlist in the army second point is that the bill is Th to contain @ provision that it is not to fect existing laws for he proection fof women in industry. To fight its battles for rights most efficiently, the National Woman's party is to set up its st rd across the street from the capitol, so that it can keep a w ary eye on every doub- ful congressman ‘The house that the party has bought is one of Washington's oldest and most stepped out of all reckoning and are] will lake the form of an amendment to be found always at unexpected | to the constitution. An ordinary law, points. i is pointed out, could easily be modi- \ fied or repealed altogether at any time From Russia and Bulgaria come | by congress; whereas repeal of a con odd sleeves full to the hand, banded snugly with tight bands, and quaint embroideries of a variety of bright cheery colors resembling old-fashioned samplers. Persian patterns of much stitutional amendment requires ap proval of three-fourth of the states. With the women voting, a repeal of women's rights amendment would be practically impossible, It is realized. more elegance and finished restraint | of course, that the adoption of a con than the peasant pieces are embroid-| stitutional amendment is no small cred on dresses and entire robes made | task, as its ratification, like the re of them in a few French modeis. pea! of an amendment, would require affirmative action by 36 states. From the grandee to the peasani— The women’s bill of rights is being he romantit days of old Spain and|qrawn up in fool proof style by ex the cavalier days cf-Louis XV to the] perienced lawyers. When the last peasant folk of present day Russ'a] comma and phrase is satisfactory it and Rumania—come the whimsies| « to be turned over tq Senator Curtis and fancies of fashion for fall. With and Representative Fess of the general tendency of dresses to ad have agreed ‘tn introduce nere to the slender, long Mne of the] ine bombshell to their {/llpw legisla silhouette. ntroduce: definite Spanish note is in full skirts and lace dra veries, and a flavor of French court lays in wide hipline and elaborate rimming. for evening affairs V Dec The Silver I saw the moon so broad and bright Sailing high on a frosty night tors. What the women want is a general lecree that no discriminations are to made ugainst women before the Limitations regarding women ure noted Most of us only in iso | lated instances. But the Nationa Woman's party points out that every woman is at a disadvantage at some time because of the “eleventh century ideas of wom inferiority At a Disadvantage. ‘Thus they show that the women in Pbusiness who attains to an executive position is rare, and to reach such a Position she must show phenomenal ability. In the factories women are paid less than men for the same work ag @ matter of course, while the wom an who applies for a position in the And the air tween silver se and the orb of green: swung far and far be re While here and there a wisp of white Cloud-film swain on the misty light: And crusted thickly on the sky, High and higher and yet more high His i government, aside from an ordinary Were = goiden —_ star-point dusted | clerkship, is apt to find that the line through of work in which she is skilled is not The great, wide, silent ult of blue. James Stephen open to women applicants. may be that the position is women only when men are not aval) able. ‘ The woman at home giv: her serv ices as housekeeper and cook without pay, while her husbang holds the net earnings of the domestic corporation. Aw an who marries a man from another state is ant to lose her privi- leges as a resident of her native state More than this, in « number of states she loses conrol over her property, as it passes into her husband's hands. If a woman becomes interested in government and politics she finds that she is permitted to vote for men can- didates, picked mostly by men. The important board and commissions that decide how the people's money is to | |opened up with’ volleys from her rifte. | At the end of a few months Miss | Shoemaker had completed a log home and also built a substantial fence jaround most of her property, “under the noses of the protesting English- men.” 40@ | be spent have no women members. The plucky “squatter’s” determina-| And so it goes, the woman's party uon and success inspired others, and| points out, in every phase of life. soon new settlers began to stake out claims on the land desired by the earl of Dunraven, contesting his title to the property. ‘They came so rapidly and in such numbers that Lord Thomas lost hope of holding the do- main, relinquishing his claims and leaving the country forever. Believes Country Ready for Change. Miss Elsie Hill, chairman of the Na tional Woman's party,. believes that the country is ‘ready for a wholesale change in its attitude toward women. and that the present congress may put the righs bill through. “Our traditions of what a woman's De Valera’s Peace Aid Mrs. Sheeny effington is credi bringing about the Irish-English ne: don by De Viera to ascert pu influent bo ishmen shortly before limitations should be,” according to Miss Hill, ,‘date from the eleventh cen- tury when the common law was rec. ognized in Engiand. This decided that woman was inferior to man, and so- ciety has been guided by the decision ever since. “Byen after the American colonies broke away from England, the states held to the tradition of the inferior- ity of women, and only where a state has modified some particularpoint, have we departed from it Some states have recognized wom en's ability in some matters, other States mave made concessions along entirely different lines. To take one instance. New York gave married women property rights in 1848, and the majority of the states have fol lowed suit. “These changes show that the com mor law is not the infallible guide it was taken for. if a woma nis cap- abie of managing her property in one state, why should a woman of another atate be less competent? And if 2 mother of an illegitimate child is made | by law solely responsible for her child. iy should the married mother have no legal contro! at all over hers? Establish Statutory Standard. To bring these illogical laws up to @ consistent intelligent standard would be a reasoi A general w giving rights with men would re women equal wit at fi ih a great many test cases before! the courts, as there would he techni calities to clear up. But the advo ig os of the bill see nm oreason to fear | that there would be any real confu | sion | There are two points on which the | feminists depart slighuy from their jstandard for strict equality. First, they do not ask that women rep men in the work for w h they are} ted with having played a big part in| Ct Physical'y suited. For instance re conference. She was sent to Lon.| While they domand an equa > opinion and held conversations with | ‘Unity fo rwomen in civil govern: the call for a peace meeting. they dv not ask that sigs be s ble step, Miss Hill thinxs. | distinguished mansions known as the Back Capitol. It is an attractive white stone building set on a high terrace. ts history dates back o 1814, when the capitol had been wrecked by the British and congress had no place to meet. Philadelphia was calling in- sistently to congress to come and make its home there: But Washing- ton had no intention of riskwng a change in the national capital, A group of citizens hastily organized and built a house back of the capitol as @ tempory home for congress. Houses Famous Personages, This capitol was used as a meeting place by congress for four years, due ing which time Monroe was inaugte rate there as president. Then con- gress went back to the renovated capitol building and the mansion be came During the civil © itol was capverte: m where confed. held. Since then the back cap nto a federal pris- ute suspects were has served as it residence for such weil known people as John C. Calhoun, Anna Katherine Greene, and for a number of com gressmen. New the old mansion is to enter upon an enti new of its varied career. As watch tower for @ band of political Am in wilt doubtless look upon s¢ s stirring a¥ any in its century matic lie tory, American Now “Queen” of A Cannibal Isle Mrs. Louis Landrock of Omaha Comes Into Possession of Is land Kingdom Through Will of Hallander Made Long Ago From civilized life city to “queen” of a in an American “musical comedy isiand,” with cannibals as next door |neighbors. It would be a startling change—even in fiction. But Mra. Louis Landrock of Omaha is making the jump. She is on her way to Ugau one of the Fiji Is'ands, and the town of Pontianak in Dutch Borneo. she expects to settle almost in the center of the Fijis, as part owner of a 10 million-dollar estate. One of the most eccentric wills in history is responsible for it all In 1664 Prince Wolfert Webbert of Holland became disgruntied with big daughter, Princess Anneka, fo rmarry ing out of royalty. He willed hep share of his extensive island holdings to the seventh generation of her de scendanta. ‘The Dutch government has held the Property in trust since that time— waiting for Anneka’s great-great @reat-great- grandchildren to put im appearance. The princess, in the meantime moved to New Amsterdam, where she told the story of the island kingdorw to her children. They repeated it te their children and their children’s chib dren. n From the princess there were twa distinct lines of descent for after hes first husband was lost at sea she man ried Evaradus Bogardus, second pas tor of the New Amsterdam Church iq New York. Some of the descendants preserved complete records of theit lineage. Mrs. Landrock, daughter ef Mre Augusta Gardner Keeline, only child of the almost “run out” family, was taught from early childhood that she, with her sisters Nona and Lillian, was to have the promise of wealth fulfilled Her Life Secret. All through her life, Mrs. Landrocl guarded the story weil. « “Th's is America.” she said. just be | fore sailing. “Peop'e would only have tapped their heads had I told them j of it | The lineage chart, which bers. Lané rock has kept complete, has traveled back forth between Holland and | Omaha dozens of times. and was drafp }ed in its final stag at @ cost of $4) It dates from 564 to 191 Mrs. Landrock resentat ve in Dutch et jis. He has been kept bury, wokin eo? ain hag ter crops annUtss, ber, ter ths representative | to'd of « man, in his employ. who had been kil by cann ba’s } But Mrs. Lan ith a diction ary of the Ma‘ay ye under hes arm—is soon t foc mth the weventh generaton descen¢ | Pr neees Anne! - ss women sray days nied gown | Fashionab! fnavy, be wear bi to the exclusiea with nd these to \ary the me i ae £Ors 25 5.02 PSP .ga. Ferg geI508, | Bye Ze7