The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1904, Page 17

Pages 71020 | TI‘IE ] Pages 17t020 » SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1904. MRS. JEMIMA LUKE, AUTHOR OF “I THINK WHEN. | READ THAT SWEET STORY OF OLD,” WILL o — B e Rather Than Pay for Education in an Alien Creed, Aged Writer Makes a Sacrifice. —_———— I never Some time this bea le auction sale f Wight, that is like- one in the “Where did that come from? heard it before?” * ‘O, Jemima made it,” " was the re- p od of every " 4 “On the Monday he asked me for a n who has ever sung In oopy of the words and tune. This he 4 °t 0ld hymn, “I gent, with name and address in full, kW F tot unday School Teachers’ Maga- 4 a Luke. zine g n has re- One immediate result of the publica- ? to pay a tion of the hymn was to bring to Je- tax Government mima Thompson—as she then was—the ldren in an offer to edit a missionary magazine for old children called the Missionary Reposi- alist, cannot be is to re- able and congenial work,"” ff's of- es, “and 1 welcomed it as gra- all property sent from above to fill up the s the 1k in my prospects. 1 soon becdame - . aw not unlike much interested in the undertaking and grim fathers the lation increased rapidl It h, England, to Piymouth mited to one ionary so- k, Massachusetts ciety, but gathered facts of interest - nly one of an arm from ail. It brought me some delight- g folk w re ready 1o pa corres nts, and among my g f 1 taxes but vowed to thful helpers were hich was to be de- rton Robert Mofrat, e of their iery, Anna Braithwait 3 s d Mrs. Mortimer of | brity. One contribu- s€ Dr. Livingstone; also ragement from Isaac r and Bishop Sum- rward Archbishop of Canter- with the magazine te one day a short be re d to chil- eceiv =0 well that rty little books of the sort written by her, of which es were circulated. Is in these da many thousands to often the case movements, their adhesion to the had th all nd simple be- It is also from the ranks of sch teachers that the forces ry societ been ies have issionar a nat- missionary maga- issionary liter- interest con- 1 the press.’ AT THIRTY. ars this energetic s was married to Luke, a Congrega- She was twenty-five and has been thirty-five Lonely as the life may ¥s naively i with a sigh 1ght of he er conquered onary, “and much dear companion- i thing it is not to To tkis day her Hindoo wome: xpense her mail ved p return VERY FEEBLE. the MES. LUKE £ DOW « 90y ally the child-widots, whose < ; ¢ sufferings on account of the cruel na- g s - toms have never ceased to be ‘ looke: es of sympathetic suffering to the es € mn writer. Mrs e's two daughters died many R but she has a son and grand- b s » comfort her declining years € of 1 n her own pleasant home at th all the world except the w Government, for which her s ascend that it, may mend its < and cease to impose taxes to & h no Congregational conscience € v may submit. s K - Happily the forthcoming auction sale " 'PUES of gome of Mrs. Luke's household goods n came o be . cot this hated tax is not likely to writt el » match the . a¢tended by much persoral discom « face in the fort for her, for the rule at these sales & graph hitherto has been that friends and f well to sympathizers bid in the goods for the Eng g man ¥ exact money demanded by the Govern- ene of the fo ment and then restore the property to . School Unic the original owner. Many an American g H Mission- d, I feel sure, bid many times its Socie 1817. His life was large- > for some trifle from the home of glven to organizing missionary work sy author of one of the most famous s @ that hiS pympg in the languase. 8 : et o AMERICANS IN LONDO? : Mrs. Claude Ponsonby, who was Miss . Horwitz of Baltimore, is receiving con- T dolences from every one at the nece: . sity which has compelled her to shut up her delightful London house in S nd had taken the Queens Gate terrace to end the win- £ ree of studies, she was ter in the Pyrenees. This is no less se- ese almost at the mo- Fious a matter than the ill health of ohin sailed and her heart her little son Harold. Mr. and Mrs. 5 . been almost broken by onby have taken a pretty little ek Tt s i t Po, though the place has for " - her to undertake them a very sad memory, for it was vork in so trying a cli- there that they lost their other little son of typhoid. It is at the house in S Queens Gate terrace that Mrs. Ponson- WRITES FAMOUS HYMN. by keeps all the best of the works of art r girl she was, she _,jjected by the late Hon. Ashley Pon- disap itment and gonby, her father-in-law, and his father, any »ol work. One pord de Mauley. The Ponsonbys al- she was 28 . vas traveling in one of hioned coaches of village to see how getting other passenger - time she began to the back of an en- time she had reached had completed two vays have appointments at the British court, Claude Ponsonby’s cousin, Cap- tain Fritz Ponsonby, being now the favorite equerry of King Edward VIL It is expected that while Po Mrs. Ponsonby will receive a visit from her mother, Mrs. Horwitz, who lives at Rome, having bought one of the glor- jous old palaces of the Roman ari issions was on inside ses o1 she des tior tocracy, to which she has added mod- of the hymn by.which her erp conveniences. including a won- remembered for many & derful bathroom fitted up entirely with . A third versel was pink marble. Mrs. Horwitz's eldest added writes M Luke, daughter, who married an Italian 10 ake it missionary hymn. I (Count, also lives in Rome. hought of printing those sim- N B 4 Je My father superintended Mrs. Tho B. Bowring has just jay school at the little chapel returned from New York to her Lon- belonging to the te. He used to don home at 7 Palace Gate, having let the childr e the first hymn curtailed her annual visit to her native themselves. One Sunday afternoon land to the great mystification of her friends, especially as last yvear, being the exception that proves the rule, Mrs. Bowring went as a guest to the they struck up their new hymn. My father turned tomy young sisters, who stood near him, and said: 'BE SOLD OUT FOR GO VERNMENT TAXES ! | THINK \WHEN 1 READ TRAT SWEET STORY WHEN JESUS WAS HERE AMONG MEN. HOW F2 CAILED LITT MS HAD DBEEN THROWN 'ROUND AND THAT 1 MIGHT HAVE SEEN JIS KIND LOOK WHE PLACED ON “LET THE LITTLE ONES COME UNTO ME~ Eittr ANY — 1 ‘OF OLD, | LE CHILDREN AS LAMBS TO IS FOLD, I SHOULD LIKE TO HAVE BEEN WITH THEM THEN. I WISTT THAT BISHANDS HAD BEEN THAT KIS AR MLIEAD, | ME , | N K SAID, | e . abrallige (A de i ; \ FAMOUS HYMN WRITER, WHO WILL NOT PAY TAXES TQ SUPPORT EDUCATION IN ENGLISH CHURCH. | | i and a wonderful when their imaginations conjure up his Durbar instead of to the United States. But the reason is that Mr. and M Bowring wished to be in London the time of the marriage of their rich kinsman, Victor Bowring, whose en- gagement to the widow of the late Mr. Hanbury, Minister of Agriculture, is being kept a close secret. It was only in June last that Mr. Hanbur died. The marriage will take place immediately after the settlement of some law business arising from a dis- pute with Mrs. Hanbury's relatives over the reading of a certain part of the late Minister's will. Mr. Hanbury left $350,000 a year to his wife for life, with a suggestion. that she make certain dispositions of the property the reading of which might be taken either as a desire ex- pressed or as an absolute testamentar: intention. This point has been dis- cussed once in the courts and decided in Mrs. Hanbury's favor, but Lady Milman, Mrs. Hanbury’s sister-in-law, is now appealing and the coming mar- riage is awaiting the termination of this appeal, as it would be annoying to have the honeymoon broken into by law. One of Mr. Bowning's first gifts to his prospective bride on their engagement was a tiara of diamonds and pear-shaped pearls, the pearls be- ing the very largest that could be got at in London, stom- acher of prodigious gems to match it. Love' of these immense jewels must run in‘the family, for Victor Bowring's mother, Mrs. Kdgar Bowring, is noted for the enormous pearis and stupen- dous diamonds that she wears. Mr. Bowring is a well known figure in London sogiety and is everywhere re- membered as being extremely tall He has a very voung face and snow white hair, the result of typhoid fe- ver, and because of this and his ex- treme height he is known as “Mont Blane.” Like his cousin’s American wife, Mrs. Thomas B. Bowring, he is a great collector of objet d'art, he be- ing specially fond of quaint old snuff boxes with great histories, and she of famous old Delft. Snrdo“@fles a Pension. PARIS, Feb. —=8ardou, the play- wright, has, “notified the Societe des Gens de \gttres that he will no longer receive the pension of 700 francs ($140) it annually pays him. He has hegged them to transfer it to some un- fortunate man of letters, who thus may be saved from the sting of poverty. Kaiser Is Gracious to Tower. BERLIN, Feb. 2T.—Emperor William gave United States Ambassador Tower special attentions recently. They went together to see the scientific apparatus destined for the St. Louis exposition and his Majesty talked with the Em- bassador for half an hour at the dinner given by Imperial Home Secretary von Posadowsky Wehner. ————— WALK ON ALL-FOURS TO CURE APPENDICITIS Remarkable Cures by This Strange Means Are Being Reported From Germany. BERLIN, Feb. 27.—The medical jour- nals report that some remarkable curdg of mild cases of appendicitis are being made by a new method of treating the disease before the knife is needed. Cer- tainly it is an original, almost an ab- original method. 1t is nothing less than to require the patient to walk on all-fours for twenty minutes four times a day. It is claimed® that certain muscles around the vermi- form appendix are brought into play and strengthened by this quadrupedal cure, which are unused when a biped walks erect. Others._are relaxed and the localized inflammation has oppor- tunity to subside. A well-known diplomat, celebrated for his haughtiness and punctiliousness, was cured of appendicitis by this meth- od lately. His associates and the fash- jonables are laughing in their sleeves proud excellency’s posture while undergoing treatment. The four-footed pose is recommended in dyspepsia, too, but of course it should be taken before meals, FLAYS ONE OF HIS SLAVES TO FURNISH HIDE FOR SHOES English Officer 1Is Astonished at Method Used by King Qgby to Grant a Request. LONDON, Feb. 27.—Captain Foote of the British ship Mary Hendry has re- cently been trading on the coast of Southern Nigeria. While there he en- tertained King Ogby, the ruler of the Jakrimen, who inhabit the country. The dusky monarch, says Captain Foote in a letter, while feasting on roast pork. inquired if it was white man’s meat. The King has over 1000 slaves, numerous wives, and crowds of children. ’_“'hen King Ogby was leaving the ship Captain Foote asked him for a piece of tanmed skin with which to make a pair of slippers, and the next day he reczived the hide of a negro, from the neck to the waist, who had been killed by order of the King to ob- tain his skin, POLITICS PLEASES ONE LADY Wife of Donoughmore Aids Husband in His Work. Lordship’s Spouse Is Good Accountant and Clerk. LONDON, Feb. 27.—Now that Lord Donoughmore—son-in-law ‘of Michael Grace, erstwhile of New York—has at- tained the Government as U War, Abbey, purchased by Mr to a responsible position Battle land, will > scene during Parlia- mentary session of mae ntere week-end parties, when politics will be a dominating feature. Lady Donough- more’s ambitions in the her husband’s political equaled by those « Marlborough for h ciety circles is wel is some little competition ladies on both Lady Donou most devoted his office in the she renders h with his works on the typewri sides as private correspor deal more expertness thar 1 in this way ry of mu ng Govern Ou Pa side Mall she is fred clerks. practically his private secretar has become such a keen | - dent that her husband cor advice well h having - ing the comparatively short has been in England, it is that she knows me politics than many have been political years. If h to a high positic r country it will n > her faul ORY OF A BURGLARY. Battle Abbey prese: i all the fea- tures of a fully equipped family man- sion when Michael Grace acquired it some time ago for his Englis - dence. All the necessary legal docu- ments were signed, when he heard that the mansion was the scene du latter days of the last century of the most daring burglaries on ord. Although he claims to be by means of a superstitious ture, proceeded at once to the lawyers who had charge of the sale and protested that the whole history of the place had not been disclosed to him. He re- ferred to the story of the burg! when $50,000 worth of jewelry extracted from one of the evening while the Duchess g t of one was rooms one of Cleve- land was entertaining-a distinguished party at dinnery The fact that one of the articles stolen on the occasion was a famous necklace of diamonds and rubies and emeralds which Queen Vie- toria had presented to the Duchess of Cleveland was in itself sufficient to prejudice Mr. Grace against the occu~ pation of so insecure an establishment. Before the new occupant could be relieved of his anxiety for the safety of his valuables the parties interested in the sale had to umdertake that a strong room would be constructed which would defy the attacks of the most determined burglars. The new addition to the famous residence is now nearing completion and in a few weeks Mr. Grace will be able to dis- pense with the services of the London safe depasit, which holds large quan- tities of his most valuable possessions in plate and jewelry. PORTERS HOUSE-HUNTING. Robert P. Porter, who has been for scme time living in Oxford with his wife and daughter, is in negotiation for a house in London. Ome in Berkeley square close to the Earl of Rosebery's beautiful London residence first took Mr. Porter's fancy, but so modern an edifice was soon forgotten when he dis- h covered a quaint little house whi some 200 years ago figured one the pretty cottages in the little vil of Mayfair. This house is just off F lane and was part of the dowry to the Grosvenor of that day when he mar- ried Miss Davies, a farme daughter. Though at the time this marriage was looked upon .almost as a mesalllance, the property thus added to the Grosve- nor estates is now among the most valuable in the whole of London Though this cottage of olden times has probably received an additional story, it still preserves the pretty wooden pan- elling which is so decorative and which is kept white, in the drawing-room at least. Mr. Porter has another object in negotiating for this house beside that of making it his London residence. He néeds more room now for the beautiful antique furniture he is so assiduously collecting. His house at Oxford is al- ready crowded with the eollection he has made since his arrival in England, and he hopes to find a good deal more within a short limit of time, so that having lived with it for a certain period it will be duty free when he returns to the United States with the whole of his aplendid collection