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THE OMAHA SUNDAY NEK: .UNITARY 'jr. 1'mih. WAITED, PEER AS SON IN-LAW J. J. Van Alen, Expatriated Million aire, it on Lookout. POLAND'S VERSATILE GENIUS Rev. Everard Digby Takes Up New Role in England LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF MATCH Kla Krfmard Detects (hratlitK at Brlif at Coaatrr Ifune aal Cut a Abort Ilia Vlalt Tkrn. 7LONDON. Jan. . (Bpeclal.)-Durlng the recent holidays the duke of t,elnster was presented to the Van Alens at a country house In Torkshlre. The siory In going; the rounds that Van Alen paid handsomely for the Introduction which accounts for the fact that I am not permitted to mention tha house wherein the meeting took place. Mr. Van Alen Is exceedingly anxious to ae his daughter married to an English peer, an aspiration by no means uncommon among American nabobs especially the ex patriated variety according lo the opinions ' generally held In society here. Anyhow Mr. Van Alen Is displaying as much energy In the matter as the most ambitious of matchmaking mothers. Llnter and the girl at the house In question, fought shy of each other, greatly to the chagrin of Poppa. The duke comes of the proudest race In Oreat Britain. His late mother, the most beautiful woman of her day, was the eldest daughter of the present earl of Feversham, a house that la known for ita haughtiness and Its pov erty. Nor were her grace's financial cir cumstances Improved by marrying the late duke of Laalnster, aa In those days the estates of the Desmonds In Ireland were heavily encumbered. Indeed, when the duchess went Into Dublin shops she was a wholly unwelcome visitor, though owing to her loveliness and her charm credit was accorded her. The fate of the Desmonds liaa altered considerably since thone days and owjng to his long minority and the fact that the Desmond estates hare been wisely managed during the period and large portions of them still more advan tageously sold, the present duke la a fairly wealthy man even for his position. Little Effort Drena. . Miss Van Alen, who was presented at court last year, Is by no means a beauty, but like the typical American girl she bas charm. She might Improve herself If ahe dressed well, but amazing to relate she ts not especially fond of frocks and she has but a poor taste In hats. Mr. Van Alen Is literally shoveling out money on Rushton hall, his princely seat near Kettering In Northamptonshire. He Intends to make It the most sumptuous place In England. The Importance of this house may be realised when It Is under stood that In the early sixties It came near being bought Instead of Sandringham for the present king, then prince of Wales. The park covers some 50V acres of beautifully wooded country, much of which Is pre served for shooting purposes. The building of this mansion was started in 15 by Sir Thomas Tree ham and was finished in 1EH It occupies three sides of a quadrangle, the fourth being protected by a handsome Doric screen. Notwithstanding all rumors to the con trary, bridge is still the game of the hour; In fact, it Is more popular than ever. Cheating at bridge has become a fine art and all sorts of dodges are re sorted to for bringing off the spoils. At a great country house the other night the king left the card table hurriedly because he noticed his opponents making signs to each Other. 'For Instance, they J made diamonds trumps three times run Anlng and In each case the lady who played "against him deliberately careened a dia mond ring before the declaration was made, . On another occasion when limi ts were declared she twisted a jewelled 'heart ahe wore at her neck. The king lost something like $1,500 that night. Ed ward U not a particularly good los-r. Like his mother before him, he nates be ing beaten In any game, though ho has too much tact to exhibit any temper. Klac Refuaed Bridge. The night after his loss he refused to play bridge, a practically unheard-of action on his part and much comment was caused by the fact. Next morning he left the house. When next he Is sent a list of guests of which to approve be fore a hostess Invites them, it nay be taken as a foregone conclusion that the names of the man and woman In ques tion two very prominent Individuals . In the best set will be ruthlessly cut out. In the king's philosophy you' may get money In any way under the sun and truly some of his women friends procure this in a very amuxing way provided the, do not cheat at cards or actually pick someone's else's pocket. If Lord B. of B buys every one of Lady A.'a ..hats, aa he does by the way, that Is of no consequence at all. But if you win six pence unlawfully at the bridge table the king cuts you dead for life. But I digress. The two people in ferred to as cheating have been going -the rounds of country houses and It Is said ' we may hear more about their little ' games. Tae Uixra Man. Whorever Winston, Mrs. George V est's 00, goes hla luggage Includes half a doxen cases of oxygen, which In udmlnts tercd to him from time to lime when his heart gives out. Talk of your American rushers! Winston Churchill hits worked ten times harder than half a dozen of them put together, with the result that he hag used up his vitality and the ma chinery of his Cody In a manner whirh ' la almost tragic In a man of his age. The income which Winston Inherits from tiia late father Is a mere song, and I.ady - "Randy," his mother. Is much too fond ' of her young husband to put him on short commons for her son's sake. The re sult is that Wlngton t'huruliill hat to ' make bis own living and la entirely de pendent for his Income on his salary as under secretary for the colonies and what he make by writing. But his is a most trenuous nature and he Is never happy unless at work. His mother's ambition for htm is that he may be prime minis ter, and if hla health holds out that am bition bids fair to be realized some day. It is for the moment fashionable to he intellectual In England and the woinaji who has a political salon and Invites all sorts and conditions of people Interested In the cause to which she has pinned her faith is the woman who Is bound to score socially during the next season. Mrs. I.ulu liar court. In consequence of her husband's po sition. In the- first Instance, and by right, In the second place, of her own diplomatic Instincts and charm, la among tha Amerl- v - . i W5 i .'" in-' J . V; r n iZ- 1 . ' i! iiMy- II $ I . f . ; It-"-'."" It' 4 . t I wri ef fc. r-' lftf- bv V V hit, t J X '1 yJ- i Stanislas WyspionsU Keeps Death at ' Bay to Finish Work. BRILLIANT PLAYS PRODUCED Attacked fcr fatal Disease, lie Maaaged te AeeomptlaH Mark la Skort Tlma He Lived. REV. EDWARD DICJBY HEF EREE1NO A BOX1NU MATCH. COVENTRY. Jan. 2r.-(Speclal.) Not since' Coventry was rent in twain over the burning question of how much or how little clothes "Ea Milo" should wear when she impersonated Lady Oodlva In Its historic pageant has this ancient town had such a, sensation hb has been created by a new curate. Rev. Evtrard Digby. Some three months ago he was given charge of St. Michael's mission and since then things have been happening, the like of which, declare the "unco' guld." was never before witnessed In a place of worship. Mr. Digby has turned a one-time Baptist chapel Into a combined church, gymnasium, smoking hall and pugilistic arena. He has made himself the terror of the convention ally pious and the Idol of the slums. He Is all things to all men. He eats, drinks and smokes with publicans and sinners and Is ready at any moment lo discuss religion with the most learned theologians. He referees a boxing contest or presides over a mothers' meeting with equal ardor and enthusiasm. Ha has his own Ideas about the saving of souls und Is as Indifferent to criticism as Is your own great revivalist and erstwhile hero of the base bail field, Rev, "Billy" Sunday. How He "Got" Hellglon. It was In January, 19C5, that he "got re ligion" at a mission meeting In a Worcester shire village and decided to become a min ister of the gospel, but outstanding con tracts prevented him putting himself in training for holy orders until the end of the year. In less than nine months he sat isfied his ecclesiastical preceptors that he was a fit and proper person to undertake the saving of souls, but lie speedily made It evident that It was from his knowledge of the world, the. flesh and the devil, and not from his theological studies, that he Obtained his Inspiration as to the methods that would prove most effective with the masses. I called upon him at the Mission House for an interview. I received a welcome that smote me like a powerful nor'wester. I was whisked Into a sitting room, hutld into a study and plumped Into a chair td the accompaniment of a loud, cheerful voice that boomed at me in UiHty cadence. When I recovered from the vigor of my reception I looked upon my host and saw a stalwart, muscular figure surmounted by a healthy, smiling face beaming with en thusiasm and good nature. He dropped Into a chair with a, vigor that threatened Its stability and swinging round said: "What do you want to know? Boxing in church! Smoking nt service! Shocking! ' That is what they say about us, Isn't It?" "What I want to know Is what you say about It," I fenced. "What Is your scheme?" "My scheme Is based on the fact that all men are brothers, and ought to know each other as such, and my aim Is to bring my people together under f ongenlal and sociable surroundings." "As a set-off against the attractions of the 'pubs' and music halls?" 'o Wronir In Manic Halls. "Not at all!" he exclaimed energetically. "I see nothing wrong in music halls. I often go myself and enjoy the performance very much. Some of them may be inane, but there Is nothing wrong about them. And as for the 'pubs' I have been Into every one In the district, and I have a great repard for the men who keep them; in fact, I have an idea of forming a tem perance soriejy to be run by publicans." He conducted nie over the mission to see the alterations that had been Mimic by the "new management." The whole body of the large meeting room, with the ex ception of a screened recess at one end, behind which stood the altar, had been turned Into a gymnasium, with trapezes vaulting orses. Indinn clubs, boxing- gloves and the rest of the usual outfit for muscu lar culture. hi! i "On Sundays we clear out all this para phernallu," he said, "and have the church. On week days it Is the gymnasium' and we have some rattling good boxing contests, too, to fill In with. I am a bit handy with the gloves' myself, but rVfereelng is my principal role now when the manly art gets aTT Inning." He pointed out a billiard table to me. "There used to be a baptism tans? whpre It staeds," he said. "But." he added re gretfully, "It was not big enotferh to be turned Into a swimming bath and I could 'make no use of It." At Mr. Digby's Invitation I accompanied him to a dinner he was giving "at a lolly old pub" to the working men who had wrought such a striking transformation In the Baptist chapel. Flinging open the door of the public house smoke room, he burst uon n company. "Now then, you booiers," he called out, "who says dinner?" "What'll you have, old man? (This to me.) I'm having a whisky and bitters." No Stint on Appetite. I Joined him In a drink and then we ad journed upstairs. From the very beginning he was the life and soul of the party. "Bring me pork," he said.' "It does not agree with me, but I love It! And If any body calls mc 'reverend' I shall chuck a brick at him. Who says beer?" Throughout the dinner he was chaffing, laughing and joking, first In one place and then In another. His merry brown eyes missed nothing,, and he was quick to Men that the men's glasses were filled. "Good beer will harm no one." he aJd as he filled my glass. Dinner over, he said grace, crossing himself at the conclusion, and then called loudly for smokes, fonss and singers. Members of the Anti-Cigarette league would have been shocked if they had sen him tossing a packet of cigarettes to a boy of 15. . "Now don't write m up as a converted actor who has n. horror of the stage," was Mr. Digby's parting Injunction, "f am not a bit ashamed of having been an actor and I don't believe the theater Is the favorite haunt of the devil cither." EELI3 EELSEN. WARSAW, Jan. 26.-(8peclal.)-Death has Just laid Its hand upon a remarkable man whom competent critics have declared to be the most versatile genius Poland has produced In a century. He died at the age of 3S. before his work was half done. Poet, pnlnter, dramatist and sculptor, Stanislas Wyspianskl painted a masterpiece at 15, wrote another at X and gave more litera ture to the world In the last decade of his life tlian the author of "Quo Vadls" in a life-time. His life history Is as strange ss his talents were great and varied. Born In the old world town of Craoow, where Poland's his tory Is written on .every stone and Italian architects have laid their mark on every house, he i?rew up amongst traditions and things beautiful. The son f a aculptor, ho began to work with his chisel. But he worked with his brain as well as his hands and the thought of the foreign yoke under which his peopla groaned weighed heavily upon him. This melancholy Is common to Polish and Russian youth. They drown It or try to drown It In dissipation. Wys pianskl did likewise and tolled ltke the proverbial negro as well. His health began to fall him. Then In Cracow began a movement amongst the Bohemians to get away from the hysterical women of their class. Artists, poets and sculptors married peasant women healthy, nerveless. Ignorant. The new race which sprang from theBe unions they believe Is destined to liberate Poland. Wyspianskl was sufficiently attracted by the movement to have his peasant woman. Her coarse Ideas and shrewish tongue grated against his delicate nature, but before he was 25 she bore him a son. Other children fol lowed and finally he married her. A fatal disease, his enemies says the re sult of dissipation, now made its appear ance. The doctors Baid he could not live long, especially as his lungs were also at tacked. Ho said he had much to do before he died and began to write his first maste piece, a play called "The Warsaw Woman." He was very poor, and painted pictures, glass windows, madonnas, paatels, altars, and restored iedieval work as few people nowadays know how, for a mere pittance. But In 1901 his three act drama, "The Wedding." placed him high in public esteem and caused him to be acknowledged as the greatest wrrter of Poland during the last century. Beauty of language, Dantelan strength, Immense dra matic effect, a portrayal of the events of every-day life, "trended with an exhibition of the supernatural are worked Into a play which only a master hand could save from melodrama, and, In saving It, produce an effect that keeps Its audience spellbound and breathless. Many other pieces fol lowed this "Wedding," Including "Deliver ance," "Boleslas the Bold," "Casimlr the Great," "Eelevel," "The Rock" and several plays and poems built after Ihe Greek model. Many times he was at the point of death and many times his strong spirit, which said he must work, triumphed over the pain wracked, diseased body. His great grief, some months before his death, waa that he lost the power over the (lngers of his right hand and could no longer paint. But be made a doctor fix a pencil to his bandages and wrote. The proofs of his last drama, "Judges," were corrected in this way for publication In book form, a couple of weeks befort) his death. my my nil Q can set par excellence the most important political hostess In the liberal cause. Dncheaa Not In Llniellickt. The duchess of Mai lborough had always a great desire to shine as a leading light among conservative hostesses, but her chances, for the present ut all events, aro at an end owing to her separation from tile duke. I.ady Willoughby d'Eresby, tlu elder of Mrs. Higglns' daughters, is cred ited with gnat political aspirations, in course Mrs. George West is now a bilglil and partlcuhrf slar In the liberal firma ment and without doubt the, most useful and hard-working woman of them all. If only she was in possession of the really handsome Income which Is essential to car rying out political entertaining and in triguing properly, she would be one of the most powerful women In England and a terror to the party whose Interests she op poses. Quite the smartest functions here this winter are children's parties. Grownup make a point of begging to be invited, though a few hostesses, notably the duih ess of Norfolk, refused to admit adult, guests unless they were able to bring some small relatives of their own. Great amusement boa been caused at some of these parties by the appearance of adults In the guise of children. Thus men of 35 were to be found dressed as Eton boys, and others were arrayed In copies of chil dren's men-o'war suits, while mature ma trons arrived in short book muslin dresses with blue and pink silk shs!is; others dressed as babies in long froiks and feed ing bottles. Mis. I.ulux llarcoui't's children's party for tier grownup friends was of this order, and as the guests arrived in their diflVrcnt In fantile costumes they Were greeted with hilarious laughter. This form of entertain ment It Is thought will be one of the chief forms of hospitality for the new year. Fashionable frivolity Is responsible for many follies, but this strikes me as about the limit. I.ADY MARY. Mineral Waters The mineral water business has foi many years born a spwlMlty with our firm. We buy our waters direct from the springs or if a foreign water, direct from the importer. We are thus able to make the lowest possible price, and to abso lutely guarantee frethnnaa and genuine urea. We eoO 100 ktnda. Lowest prices by case or dusen. Write for Catalogue. XSaVMAJI ft MoOOsTaTBU DSUO CO, Cor. ltb and lodge. cwi s)buo ooMrAjrr, Cor. ltn and Harney. ' MYSTERY OF IRISH REGALIA Investigation Again Brings Disap pearance Into Prominence. PROMINENT OFFICIAL IMPLICATED Police SntlaBcrt Jewel 'Are in Safe KrentnaT Parliamentary Party Funds Are Low In Treasury. CHINESE SUPPRESS PIRACY Kngllah Admiral ' Natlaflrd atle (.nVrruuirnl Will Take Due I'rrraat lona. PEKING. Jan. 25.-Vice Admiral Sir Ar thur Williams of naval forces on the Chi nese coast has advised the British legation he Is entirely satisfied Willi the assurances given him by the viceroys regarding the future patrol of the West river Hud consequently the British flotilla which has been patrolling the river since December 3 for the pui Mtse of suppressing piracy was withdrawn yesterday. The, Cuuinii viceroys have agreed to increase ho effi ciency of the Chinese patrol boats and place them under the command of an officer named I.I Chun, who ha bun trained in modern naval methods. LEADER OF REVOLUTION SHOT Jeaa ., Wko St"eil Trouble In lall, Caaaht ! Trwca, I1RT AP PRINCE. Jan. The revo lution baa btn suppressed. Jean Jtiinrau. the leader of the movement, was captured at Deeaallnea, a little hamlet close to Oonalvea, and waa at oi?e shot to death by the government troopa that made him prisoner. Gunalvee has bova occupied by a gvvernmeut furca, ' DUBLIN', Jan. -J5. (Special.) The sensa tion caused by the disappearance of Uio Iri.sh urown jewels from a safe in the of fice of Sir Arthur Vicars, the Ulster king at arms, in Dublin castlo, on the eve of tho king's vi--.it to Ireland last July has been icvivcd by the appointment of a commission consisting of two Irish and one English magistrates to- Inquire into the clreuai staiices of the disappearance, und tile ap polntrneiit has given rise to a fresh crop of rumors concerning wiiat has long 1 eased to be a mystery to thoce "in the know." It is an om n secret In Dublin that the jewels, which are wot til ti0.(i(X, havo been found In the shop of a London pawnbroker, anil that they had found their way on more than one occasion previously to the nann place, returning each time when a certain official liar succeeded In "raising the wind." The. kum's visit, coming at an unexpected time, when the official's funds were low, made t.ieir restoration In time Impossible iind lej to the exposure. The apxintment of the commission to investigate what on the face if it is tin ordinary theft, and A matter for the police alone. Is itself an ad misMoii that tin re Is more in the case thtifi meets the eye, anil the public Is now vvond' ring whether the commission Is aj poipted for bringing out the truth or to whitewash some highly placed officials of the Antle government The Irish police have Iciig ugo given up any effort to trace the ji ei. Wi icii a; i said to be In a safe place known u lite authorities, and I am in a position to state that theVuppolntmcnt of the commission Is the result of a curi ous train of events which show the weak ness of the government In a strange light. When the fads became known to the authorities the rehigiiHtion of the official in citieMiori was demanded, with the promise that notli'ng more would le said about the matter. The ofld ial refused to resign nu the ground that to do so would Ik an ad mission of guilt and he was then Informed that he would In- dismissed. He replied that if he was dismissed ho would ut oiue publish all tiie correspondence on the sub ject of the crown jewels and other mailers concerning the castle policy, which was in his possession. Jip has not yet been dis missed and one t henry of the appointment of the commission Is that it Is designed to force his band, und that if he resigns in time the matter may still be conveniently forgotten. The commission has power to subpcniiu will esses and coiiiimI them in give evidence under oath of what they know about the mystery of the crown Jewels. The Sinn Kt In organization has devised an txctlltiit plan for raising funds, winch are to be devoted to the publication of a dtlly newspaper to advocate Sinn Fi In principUa. The idea la credited lo Sir Thomas Gratlan Esmonds, who was de posed by the parliamentarians from the (lOsilio.t of chairman of the National Couu- Saale Barbara Mlaelea Teaaaea' 17B The American Old World Not far away from you yet far enough to give you complete change of air and scene and a climate of perfection. There are strange buildings and strange people to interest you there are great fields of brilliant 6weet peas orange blossoms and roses to delight you sights far different from that you see from 1 your window now. Spare a little time this winter and go to California. ' Ask for booklets and about the trains, via the ? Tnquir at City Ticket Office, 1334 rarnam Street, 'Phone Douglas 1888. cil of Couhty Councils, because of his ad vocacy of the new movement. It Is the Issuance of a Sinn Fein stamp, .which will be sold at retail at the rote, of four for 2 cents, and which all Sinn Felners are asked lo use on their correspondence In addition to the regular postoffice stamp. The stamp (s printed In four colors blue, white, orankc ami green and is a very artfstlc produc tion. It is an excellent method of permit ting Sinn Feiners to give evidence in a practical manner of the faith that Is In them, and of raising a large revenue with out unduly training the finances of the Sinn Fein supporters. A serious situation Is presented to tho Irish parliamentary parly by the decline In subscriptions to the parliamentary fund. The fund last year amounted to only $.T7,0u0 compared with $70,000 in 1W6 and $iiX,0tl0 in VMS. There can be no doubt that this full ing off in subscriptions is due to the dis gust of the, Irish people at the continued dissensions In the party, und that the only way to regain the support of the people Is the restoration of harmony. It will be remembered that the archbishop of Dublin withdrew his subscription some time ago, and announced that It would not be re newed until harmony was restored. Gold has been found again In Ireland This time the gold field Is at Aughunloo, near I.imavady, County Derry, but It la hardly likely that there will be a gold ruh to Limavady. What Is much more import ant than the gold find. Is that anv English mining engineer has found an exceedingly rich coal and Iron field at Aughanloo, nn.l has secured options on Zi.W acres of rich .mineral land. The gold has been found In assiK-iation with the coal, but It is not In paying quantities. The coal, however. Is of good quality and the iron Is a remark ably fine ore. Arrangements are being mad-.! for working the field at once. It Is Inter esting to note that Aughanloo was prob ably the site of an ancient Irish gold field from which our ancestors drew the metal for the beautiful ornaments of which a few specimens are still in existence. A comparatively large number of Celtic gold ornaments was found rbere a few years ago in an excellent state of preservation, and they are now In the Royal Irish acad emy, Dublin, which secured them nfter a good deal of litigution. and defeated en u tenipt of the British museum to obtain pos session of them. A movement has been started to organ ize an association of the ui Irish veter ans of the American civil war who are known to be living in Ireland. The move ment originated in the recent in-nslon order by President Koosevelt granting a hluher rate of pensions to veterans who have reached the age of tij. sVvci hI ot I lie old men were In workhouses and It was discov ered that they knew nothing about the president's order and had not claimed their ini reuse. Home of the more fortunate vet erans Interested themselves on behalf of their poorer comrades and the result Is that all the American civil war veterans In Ireland will soon lie memUrs of a so ciety which will look after them and com fort their declining years. tiovernment potato plots with no greater expenditure for cultivation or ma nure than that of the neighboring farmers, produced from five to ten tons to the acre, w here the average yield before has be. u only two tons. 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