The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1906, Page 21

ages 21 to 2 s THE CALL — | Pages2 -_ to 28 > SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1906. WOlL D GVE | THE BALLOT | 10 WOMEN Good Support for! Bill of Charles | Dilke. | & Twice Married He Owes; Big Debt to His Wives. Second Spouse the Original | of Dorothea Casaubon in Middlemarch. | RCH HEROINE. - h $n the MIDDLEMA his prop. the se of Dorothea | and crowded Bhe was art and Mark Pat- | n ege, Oxford, became one of his Mark Pattison good man she | e, well know- ¢ rebuke would far more than shoulders rge Eliot and Willlam Morris were by Morris’ for the Wom- whose ben- in America re felt even BURNS AS SOCIETY HERO. rns were so minded he might season. Invi- The most oms have istocratic beg for his ncheons and téas reads them e Govern- e 50 indiffer- s accepted the social | 50 50 he. ght af to date he ese s into came from a woman n 2 sim! ] Th hess of Sutherla the Duches: As is ike her stet | ( atess of Warwick, 8§50~ { stic leanings | ; p personal and the v 1 P dash of his ersation have | been the women eager to secure him for € les | ——————————— : Future King Leads Cadets. AR Roumania, March -rderl { e Charles, 12 rs old, th the Crown Prince, is the colonel nt of twelve companies com- wholly of Dboys under 16. At- to it is a band, also composed whose leader is 13. Mounted | s pony, Colonel Prince Charles will | s juvenile troops through all the | tions of regulars at the annual| May 10 in celebration of the | on of King Charles fifteen years | in | the fact that the Countess has already given money to her husband since the { smash came. Were it not for this he be very badly off indeed. For “astellane’s hereditary lack of the | herits the strong will of her father. She living i not sound so well as Madame la Coun- {both. CASTELLANES MAY YET Bt RECONCILED Evidence That the| Countess Will | Forgive. Home Still Maintained in Elaborate Style. Love of Children and Desire for Social Surremacy May Influence Her. Special Cabl to The Call. 24—The one topic of | society is the rupture family. Notwith- the Countess has filed a for the t abandoned all tion may yet be that the Countes e in the Avenue | said to have been | ing on her part. conversa the plication divorce, o see a sign of | ving gone to Blar- | merica John fe of the Unit rtinople, and he s Gontaut de Bi nds of the Countess. The Countesses are connected by or the Count de Biron is a relation of Bonl de Castellane. ans will certainly do all in power to bring about a reconcilia- | is seen in which the Castel- | , though the Count | verything is going the rupture. Liverled and | ts, after they had finished their eyes out for the woes of ntess Anna, now attend to their -spective. duties, as if . everything is for the best in this best of worlds. The two elder children, brignt boys of ten and eight, take their lessons as usual from a preceptor, who is a well-known clergyman. LOVE FOR HER CHILDREN. lly admitted, and she her- deny the soft impeach- Countess really loved me of his friends pre- of the storm of a will pass away and e old love will reassert itself. ious omen th not er reason which, it is argued, have weight with the Countess t she is ambitious socially. This can be more fully gratified as of Count Boni de Castellane ex-wife, or as his grass re are those who maintain ngest argument of all, and ch will induce eventually the itio: ess to capitulate, is to be found the three beautiful boys. Of these n the Countess is particularly and for their sakes would be g to make many sacrifices. any accept as the very best indication e f the value of money is as strong today as it was the night he paid the bill for the whole house at Maxim's or the day he ordered twenty-two pairs of trouse: at once. WOULD LOSE THE TITLE. e gioomy side, too, is not without its advocates. They assert that by rea- son of the Countess’ temperament a reconciliation is impossible. For she in- But brings to bear upon her domestic affairs a will power like unto that which he father, Jay Gould, called into action when crushing a competitor or breaking those who might be obstacles before his Jug- gernaut car of fortune. The Countess never shows her hand until her mind is fully made up. During the {ime she was deciding what course to tale in the re- cent rupture no one had the faintest idea of what she was planning. Her decision came like a bolt from the blue. Siow and deliberate decisions of this kind usually stand. The Countess can easily get a divoroe if she persists in her purpose. She has am- ple evidence, She took good care of that before she sprang her surprise. The po- lice officer whom she took with her to track her husband has his notebook full | of evidence. If she obtains a divorce she will not be free to call herself the Countess de Castellane. The French courts have set- | tied that. They gave & very direct de-/ cision about it in the case of Mrs. Scott Grant. The Duchess de Valencay, when in Paris, calls herself Madame Helen Morton. Madame Anna Gould does tesse de Castellane. In either event Count Boni would not be free to marry again, for he js a Roman Catholie. e “Sherlock Holmes” Retires. LONDON, March 24.—With an abso- lutely olean record, no complaint hav- ing been made against him in a quar- ter of a century of public service, In- spector Joseph Lambert of the Metro- politan Police Force has just retired. | A first-class certificate of good conduct | was issued to him. His cleverness as a tracker of footprints gained for hi: the nickname of “Sherlock Holmes,” and for his many acts of Kindness he was known as “The Good Samaritan.” In November, 1902, he traced footprints from the scene of a burglary for over two miles and discovered a hoard, the proceeds of eight other cases. The men | were captured and the Highgate Bench highly commended his conduet. Once, having traced a criminal to his home, he found the man’s wife in dis- tress. She had a sick child, and was unable to provide food or medical at- tention. The kindly inspector provldedl | is Miss Reid, the daughter of the Ameri- 116, Her face is so dainty, with its spark- States | ] | while the yourger is the most piquant, | saw Miss Reid one night at a party and MISS REID - PRAIS[I] BY ITS MEMBERS SCA To Be Known as the’ THE KING | Edward Finds Herl a Fascinating Young Lady. Daughter of Embas- sador Shows Great Taste for Art. Has a Studio in Dorchester House, Where She Enter- tains Friends. Special Cable to{The Call. LONDON, March 24—Among the de- butantes who will be presented at court this season one of the most interesting can Embassador, Although her hair has Leen turned up for a year she looks still a child and might pass easily for 15 or ling eyes and small features, she will ap- pear but little older in ten years’ time. The general comment is, “How utterly unlike her mother,” which it must not be inferred is to suggest that Mrs. White- w Reid is plain. Nothing of the kind. he elder ladv is buxom and comely, chic and uncommon looking little person in the world. Although not yet pre- sented, she has been about a good deal with her mother, and is as self-possessed and frank as the typical American girl. Before the King went into mourning he sked his hostess in the course of the evening, “Who is that charming child?” Whereupon she was promptly presented to him. His Majesty, who generally con- siders young girls uninteresting, after- ward told Mrs. Whitelaw Reid that her daughter was quite fascinating, adding, “Dear me, Mrs. Reid, if only I were forty yedrs younger! HAS CHARMING STUDIO. Miss Reld has a great taste in art and takes the keenest interest in painting. Her actual education she recently fin- ished in Dresden, where the schools have been so fashionable of late among. the best set, but she continues her drawing lessons in London under Professor Her- komer. On a recent occasion, when Miss Reld accompanied her fafher to the New Gallery, she surprised some distinguished art critics by her knowledge of pictures and her surprisingly correct estimate of them. She has a most charming little studio at Dorchester House, the marble palace in Park Lane which the Embassador oc- cuples as a town residence, where she has her girl friends to tea every other afternoon. It is furnished In Oriental style, with Persian rugs and fantastic draperies. The little hostess makes the tea herself and all her friends assist in cutting bread and butter and serving— just in the usual studio fashion. She wears the prettiest aprons over her frocks, her intention being to carry the whole thing out as realistically as pos- sible. It goes without saying that this young heiress is arousing great interest in the matrimonial market, and among others gccredited with “intentions” is a Serene Highness. SALON KGR LONDONERS. The idea of a club to which members will be admitted by invitation only is at once daring and original and should be interesting—for those who are in- vited. The lady who is credited with this novel notion is Mrs. Potter Palmer, erstwhile of Chicago, and if she does not change her mind and finds the premises she desires her idea will be' in full working order before many weeks are over. This institution, which will really be more of a salon than a club, means drawing together the fittest and eatest in soclety and the arts, in religion and in politics, though, save for the airing of ideas, it will be non-sectarian and non-political. For such an institution it would be difficult to find a more suitable chatelainé than Mrs. Potter Palmer, whose personality, position and riches all fit her admir- ably for the post. “There is really no conversation in England,” says Mrs. Palmer. “In the drawing-room after dinner or st a re- ception men and women pair off and gossip in twos. Whether, this is the re- | sult of extreme insular nervousness I cannot tell, but the fact remains there is never a general exchange of ideas, and in this way- people miss much. I am going to correct it If I can.” The majority of English people are painfully shy, and though they may, be able to express their ideas well enough in a corner to one or two Indi- viduals whom they know intimately, they could not for gold untold say the same things to twenty comparative strangers in the house of & friend. “Conversational evenings” are to be a feature of the programme in Mrs. Pot- ter Palmer’'s idea and on such occa- sions every one present will be bound to express opinions in a general con- versation regarding some book, play, political situation or religlous text. The idea is as unique as it is admirable. ———— ‘Would Divorce Fashion King. PARIS, March 24.—Mme. Lebargy, t#e | great actress, is contemplating divorce, it is sald. Her husband is famous not only as an actor, but as the Beau Brum- mel of the Comedie Francaise. He sets the extreme of fashion for the boule- vardiers. Madame, it is sald, is greatly admired by the son of a former Presi- dent of France, who would gladly mar- ry her if she were free from her matri- monial bonds. —————— Praised by Dowager Queen. ROME, March 24—Mme. Norma Ro- mano of Flint, Mich., sang this week before Dowager Queen Margherita, who highly complimented her upon her sing- ing of Italian music, GREAT FORCE OF ROUGH RIDERS WILL BE ORGANIZED AS A NEW BRANCH OF THE BRITISH ARMY SERVICE Legion of Fron- 11ersmen. Will Govern Itself During the Time of Peace. Ready to Do Service Where Trouble Occurs. B L Special Cable to The Call. LONDON, March 24.—There is more of interest and importance than appears on the surface in the sanction just glven by Mr. Haldane, the new Liberal Secretary of War, to the establishment of the Legion of Frontiersmen. Ap- parently its field of operations is to be the whole wide world, and its com- ponent parts the British empire's most vigorous and picturesque inhabitants— those of whom Kipling wrote: There's a legion that never was 'listed, That carries no colors or crest, But split in a thousand detachmen Is breaking the road for the rest. Of the best men of this heretofore “whoily unauthorized horde” a new army is now to be formed, entirely clvilian in organization, unfettered by any red tape, self-governing and self- supporting in time of peace, but ready wherever and whenever there is trouble to take the field and tackle the fighting jobs for which the rough and ready life of the frontier affords far better train- ing than any machine-made army pro- vides. Because America contains better ma- terial than is found anywhere else in the world for the formation of a simi- lar organization, and the wars in which the United States may become engaged are likely to be of a kind that will af- ford excellent opportunities for the em- ployment of Just such a force, the ro- mantic story of the founding of the Legion of Frontiersmen, its plan and scope will be of great interest to Amer- ican readers. The, founder of this new ‘army is Roger Pocock,’ an<English gentléman rover, author and adventurer, who hi spent most of the forty years of his lue in- hunting trouble, and has been successful in finding it. That is shown by his thrilling book, *“A Frontiersman,” which is really his autobiography, and his wildly exciting story, “Curly,” which is based on his own personal experi- ences among the robbers of the Wild West. He has taken part in' several campaigns and has engaged in no less than thirty vawieties of the “damned fool trades,” as he calls them, “because we who serve in them get only a small part of our wages in cash, taking the balance in kind, in excitement, discom- fort, adventure, plague, pestilence and famin battle, murder and sudden death It was at the Savage Club that Mr. Pocock told me the story of the found- ing of the Legion of Frontiersmen. Personally Mr. Pocock is one of the gentlest of savages. Soft of speech, urbane of manner, there is nothing about him remotely suggestive of a dare devil, according to the popular no- tions of that type of character. That makes him all the more interesting. It sets you wondering what It is in him, of which the outer man conveys no hint, that has impelled him so often to go forth on the long trail, and risk his life, apparently just for the sheer joy of risking it “In' civilized life,” he said, “a mus- tache and trousers are held sufficient evidence of manhood. But to enter our ranks a man must first be passed by Dr. Death, and with merciless certainty he tells the unfit to fall out. So we are trained men, yet those who have been through our training have usually been more or less damaged. Having been out in the weather we are not pleasing to the medical eve, for our most alert hunters, needing four eyes in their busi- ness, have taken to spectacles; our scouts are apt to be gone at the knees; our fighters have been variously punc- tured with small arms ammunition; our rough riders have their insides shaken into a rearrangement, with the thirst department on top. So the scars of the veteran, the proofs of endurance, make many of them medically unfit.” Mr, Pocock himself, though still a first- class fighting man, belongs to the latter category. While chasing Louls Riel, the famous French-Canadian outlaw, he had the toes of his right foot frozen off. It was about ten years ago that some idea of enlisting the “leglon that never was ’listed” occurred to him. At that time he had temporarily abondoned his favorite Pastime of hunting for trouble on the outskirts of civilization and was sojourniug in London. “I was sharing rooms,” he said, *‘with a publisher and a chap who had lately . started an insurrection in China in ‘the | hope of getting himself made Emperor, but was compelled to give up the notlon when he was caught with a shipload of arms on the Yanstse. “All the fillbusters in London used to gather at our rooms to spin yarns and drink punch. It struck me then that a club of adventurers would be good fun and that it might be extremely useful in bringing together the sort of men who could best serve the empire as guides, scouts and raiders In warfare. Nothing, however, came of it and I started hunt- ing trouble again as captain of a pack train in the West. Later as a scout in South Africa, during the Boer war, I hap- pened to get punished for feeding grass to a horse by an officer who didn’t know that the horse was a grass-feeding animal. “I realized then that we frontiersmen were being put to Wrong uses and my subsequent experience in the campaign strengthened that conviction. We had tumbled all over each other to take hand in the fight. Outnumbering the Boers, we frontiersmen of the empire, in- stead of beating them at their own game, frittered away our strength playing at soldiers and imitating Tommy. It {s with no grudge, but with loving admiration, that we own uD now how well he knew g ot his business. But had we come, not as amateurs, but as guides, as scouts, as pioneers, as horsemen for flying ralds, with our own leaders and organization, our own methods, tools and weapons, we might have done much to bring the war to a swifter, more decisive, more mercl- ful ending. “But it was the Boers who served as frontiersmen, with the leaders and. or- ganization, the methods, tools and weapons of frontier warfare, and they proved the value in the fleld of such an organization as we are starting.” Pocock returned to England’ and took to writing books, but all the while ‘the idea of the Legion of Frontiersmen was simmering in his mind. “On Christmas eve, 1904, he said, “T was sitting in the Savage Club, bored with myself and with everybody else, and I conciuded that it was high time to began the ‘'listing of ‘the legion that never was 'listed.” To start a new army 1 had twenty-three good English sov- ereigns and some good American cheek.” Obviously the first thing to be done was to Inoculate others with the same idea and set them to work to boom it. Mr. Pocock found that on many men of weight ‘and influence the lessons of the South African war had produced the same impression as on him. Among the first to promise their help were Morley Roberts, able seaman and novelist; Troop- er Percy Burton; Cutliffe Hyne, deep sea fireman and novelist; Edgar Wallace, pri- vate soldler and war correspondent; H. A. Gwynne, war correspondent and editor of the Standard. The Earl of Lonsdale was chosen as leader. Probably great peer he would not have been se- lected, but he has qualifications - that eminently fit him for the post apart from his title. He is one of the explorers who crossed Arctic America ‘and one of - the few Arctic explorers who never needed a rescue expedition. He is also an old ‘Wyoming hunter and is accounted the best horse master tracker In England. Sir Henry Seton-Karr, another old Wyoming hunter, was made chairman of the executive council. Among otheérs who gave their hearty support to the move- ment and joined the General Council were Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg, most democratic of princes and efficient of sailors; Admiral Sir Percy Scott, the man with the guns at Ladysmith; General Sir John French, the English Sheridan of cavalry leaders, Brabant of Brabant's Horse, “Mike” Rimington, the great Irish scout leader, and most of the other gen- erals of the South Africen war; Bir Regi- nald Hart, who won the Victoria Cross in the Afghan campaign of '79; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Captain Harry de Windt, the explorer; and a host of more or less famous men, representative of the tribe which has paved the sea with its bones and made the distant lands of the-empire fertile with its blood. To the ~actual working, fighting frontiersmen out in the wilderness was Jeft the creation of the plans by which they were to be leagued together in the service of the empire. Seventy thousand coples of a rough draft scheme were sent out to them for correction and amend- ment and the revising was kept up so Jons am obracticable suggestions came In. he hadn’t " been a |- — TTERED OVER ENTIRE WORLD Profiting from the lessons taught by the Boers the British War Sec- retary has given his sanction to the formation of a mew branch of the army to be known as the Legion of Frontlersmen. This organization will be composed of Englishmen In all parts of the world, wi venturers, scouts, guldes, plomeers or rough riders have demonstrated their worthiness. The Frontiersmen are to be self-governing In time of peace, but in war are to place themselves under the army com= manders. It is Intended that they should supply the element in the service, the absence of which proved so dis- astrous in South Africa. Pocock ia the founder of this new bramch of the military —a brameh without parallel in the fighting or- ganizations of the world—and the Earl of Lonsdale has been chosen The new force will number Roger leader. about 70,000 men. I’OUGND'R AND LEADER JANIZATION OF ROUGH RIDERS, TO SYSTEM, THOUGH SELF-GOVERNING IN TIME OF PRACE. MILITARY- — OF THH LEGION OF FR¢ ONTIDRSMEN. BE MADE PART OF TWD el “The service for which we are especially adapted in war,” sald Mr. Pocock, “is gulding, scouting and ploneering, rather than fighting, and the kind of training we need is not provided in any army. It 15’ doubttul, too, if any army which trains men in the mass could make the best use of frontiersmen who are only usetul in small detalls as specialists. For we are neither cavalry, Infantry, mor artillery, and in'any existing arm of the service could only be rated as recruits. We are not so much soldiers as guerrilias, and to be useful must form a distinct arm, not belonging to the army, but attached while on active service, with our own leaders, organization and appliances,” our own tactics and strategy, helping the fleld force and obedient to the general officer ‘commanding.” - “The War Office,” sald Mr. Pocock, “has had a bad name, but we found it composed of liberal, progressive, broad- minded men, fully alive to their re- sponsibilitl up to date In every re- spect and anxious to do their best to provide for the security of the empire. Since, however, no such proposal as ours had ever been made before in the history of the world—the enroll- ment in time of peace of a defensive army scattered over the planet—they were up against a difficult proposition. However, after. some months of nego- tiations, we succeeded in winning the good will of the then Secretary of Wan Arnold Foster, and everything looked bright for the consummation of ous hopes, whéh, five days later, the Gov- ernment fell and we had to begin all over again. “We set to work upon Mr. Arnold’'s successor, Mr. Haldane. We found him fo be a protound student of military affailrs and a great administrator, wha is probably destined to be the great Liberal leader of the future. On Feb- ruary 16 he gave his official sanction to our scheme and we are free to g¢ ahead on our own lines.” Asked how the scheme of enrollmeni would be carried out, Mr. Pocock saldi “Every district in the world where there are Britishers contains some men who have seen service in the wilder- . ness or at sea. These we will bring into contact and ask them to form 3 club. We do not care whether this is a social, sporting, athletic, rifle. racing or hunting club; its premises be a palace, a room in a public house or rain-swept tent; its funds may be as large or small as its members please but it must elect a chairman, treasuret and secretary and it must subscribe te our rules before it becomes a command of the Legion of Frontiersmen. The most important command will be that in London, the rally center for our tribe throughout the world. For the present its headquart will be at ¢ Adamy street, Strand. 5 — e %2