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Victoria Woodhull Has Scheme, for
Regeneration of England.
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LONDON. March U (Special) Victoria
Woodhull has a new scheme on Iiand. It
U nothing lea than the aolution of tho
spinster problem In England by providing
superfluous womankind with a profitable
outlet for their talents and energies in
light agricultural pursuits. In conjunction
with""her daughter, Zula Maud Woodhull,
she Is about to launch the Women's Inter
national Agricultural club. It Is announced
that It will be under "royal patronage,"
which counts far a great deal here. It is
predicted by Its promoters that it will ga
far toward regenerating England by woo
ing people back to the land.
Mrs. Woodhull started regenerating man
kind before she was out of her 'teens. The
fart that humanity has thus far stubbornly
refused to be regenerated by any of her
methods does not dampen her ardor or en
thusiasm, although she is now an old
woman. When she gives up one plan it is
only to adopt another. It Is now about
thirty years since she and her sister, Tennie
Claflln, abandoned their tempestuous car
eers In America a,nd came to England,
where each soon found a rich husband,
Victoria marrying a banker John Hiddulph
Martin, and Teatile wedding a baronet. Sir
Francis Cook. Both of their husbands are
dead. Tennie sticks to her tttle of Lady
Cook, but Victoria prefers to be known by
the nam she bore when she was making
all sorts of sensations In America.
Mr. - Woodhull says that she and her
daughter have long been convinced that the
true future of the rac lay on the land
hut thy. have realised the futility of many
of the "back to the land" experiments, be
cause, they left out of account, the deadly
monotony and Isolation of modern village
life. Which makes It impossible for people
of culture and Intellectual tastes. The
l they, have nolr inaugura
only' to' bring' the people
movement which
ted aims not only "to bring' the people,
back to the land, but to surround them
with all the refinements and advantages
of modern civilization.
For something more than a year the ex
periment has been Jn progress. In 1S06 It
became possible for Miss Woodhull to de
vote her beautiful estate of more than 1,000
acres snd a magnificent old manor house
at Bredon's Norton, Worcestershire, to the
work which she and her mother had been
planning for years before. The Idea which
sha is carrying out there Is the agricultural
education ef women on scientific lines, but
this Is only part of the general educative
movement which It Is expected will grow
from Bredon's Norton. Already the under
taking has passed the experimental stage, ,
and early this year the Women's Inter-!
national club will be formally opened, and
the control of the estate will pass finally
Into Us hands.
The aim of the club s to combine scien
tific agricultural training with practical
farming of the kind which women can do.
Eventually the estate will be divided into
small holdings for fruit growing, poultry
raising, bee keeping, market gardening and
dairy farming. At present the Manor house
has from twenty-five to thirty students
who are studying agriculture under the
direction of experts.
Bredon's Norton a few years ago was
one of the sleepiest and most backward
villages In England. Today It Is equipped
with a telephone exchange In communica
tion with the trunk lines and connected
with all the buslnees and Intellectual cen
ters In England. Motor cars dash about
and a constant stream of visitors Is com
ing and going to and from the Manor
house. The village is only eleven miles
from Cheltenham, which not only affords
an excellent market for the high-class
agricultural products of the lady students
and gardeners, but Is also one of the Eng
lish renters of education. Music, the thea
ter, lectures and all the other advantages
of civilisation 'have been brought almost
to the very door of these women who have
decided to give up the hurry and hustle
of the town an i lead the natural and
leisurely life of the country-
At present the M:o.' itouse will accom
modate abo"' fifty students, but ss the
schemt grovs In popularity cottages will
N erected on the estate, which will accom
modate almost an unlimited number. Ar
rangements have also btn made by which
students and their male relatives can live
In the village, so that the advantages fit
family life are also preserved.
The club Idea is designed to meet the
objection which so many grown up people
have to the discipline of a school or col
lege. The members are at home In their
own cottages, and they can coma and. go
as they please. Lectures on the various
phases of agriculture suitable to the sea
son are delivered daily and Illustrated by
practical work, and for the rest of the day
the students are free to devote themselves
to Tactical gardening, to reading, to music
or to visiting the many places of historic and
antiquarian Interest In the neighborhood.
The library at Bredon's Norton has. been
carefully chosen by Mrs. Woodhull and
her daughter, and .there Is hardly a stand
ard work on any phase of life or work
which !s likely to be required by the stu
dents that is not to be found In It. Ag
riculture, finance, economics, "the three
things that matter" Victoria Woodhull
says, are fully represented, as well as the
lighter side of life to which the students
may feel disposed to turn In moments of
relaxation.
The club. Mrt. Woodhull expects, will go
a long way Towards solving the problem of
the unmarried woman who has to support
herself, which is vexing England and other
countries as well today. There is no oc
cupation more suitable for women, she
maintains, than light agriculture, but at
present the woman of culture who goes In
for it is out off from association with peo
ple of her own rank In life and standard
of education. She Is often forced to live
alone In a village where her only society
Is that of the farm laborers and their fam
ilies, who are good people enoug.i. but
whose mental horizon Is necessarily
bounded by their education and oppor
tunities. The result Is that the lady farmer
soon finds herself sinking to their intel
lectual level. She becomes a slave to her
round of work and soon her outlook Is
confined, like that of her peasant neigh
bors, to the crops snd the weather. The
Women Agricultural club will change all
this by providing Just the society and the
opportunities for intellectual development
and recreation which bind so many persons
tQ the unhealthy and uneconomical life of
tUe cities. AGNES WESTON.
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LONDON. March 14. (Special.) Where
the king goes, society goes. At the moment
all roads lead to Biarritc The Americans,
It goes without saying, are there. In great
fore. They are In possession of some of
the finest villas, they hare booked some
of tha best suites 'at the hotels and much
to the disgust of some of the British aris
tocracy, have as usual put up prices all
over the town, even indifferent lodging be
ing now absurdly expensive,
Mrs. Potter Palmer. It Is, said. Intends to
do great things at Villa Etchepartia. The
question everybody Is asking Is, Will, she
succeed In getting the king there? The rtch
Chicago widow is a woman who manages to
get most things she wants in this world
and she may yet .achieve that burning am
bition of hers to entertain King Edward.
Why should she not? She would have done
so long ago were It not for an enemy she
has In the magic circle that surrounds Ed
ward VI I. Needless to say. it la a woman,
and no doubt she fears Mrs. Potter Palmer
as a rival. There should be no fear of this,
as for one reason Mrs. Potter Palmer is
essentially a grand dame, one of the very
few, by, the way, your country has sent
over hecc. The king does not care for grand
dames. There are enough of these and to
spare in the English aristocracy. The
women he likes best are the pretty and
piquante type lively talkers and not given
to taking themselves too seriously.
Casael la All II U Glory.
Sir Ernest Cassel will be In his glory at
Blariits. No American ' millionaire, how
ever extravagant, will be permitted to out
shine him. He has truly oriental Ideas of
splendor and show, of sumptuous generosity
and lavlshness. It is said' that he pays
his chef more than any king In Europe pays
his, and that the presiding genius of his
kitchen is the most cultured culinary artist
the world has ever produced. He has his
own suite of rooms and is said to be the
only person who has evr dared to cheek
Cassel.
Cassel has "cut" Llpton completely out
with King Edward, who cares more for rich
friends than blue-blooded ones. Sir Thomas
has a fair estimate of the value of money.
Though generous, he la not lavish and never
wasteful. His Scotch training Is constantly
conspicuous In all his ways of life. It would
never occur to him to have open house and
high revels at Blarrlts or anywhere else j
for crowned heads or their satellites. Not '
a bit of it. This does not alter the fact
that Sir Thomas Is a splendid host, but In
other words, he is not a fool.
- One dsy this week Sir Ernest Cassel's
orchestra, which Is made up of really clever
artists, ' left for Blarrlts, where they will
stop while the king Is there. Staying with
Cassel will be several! of the chums of
King Edward Marquis de Soveral, Mrs.
George Keppel and Jane Thomwlll, who is
the best bridge player in society, among
others. - '
s .. Coaatesa Deserts Lesdoa.
Lately the countess of Suffolk has taken
to bury'ng herself In the country. She has
absolutely deserted London, which she
openly asserts she hates, further proclaim
ing that sho has no use for society with
a big S." Country life at Charlton Park
fascinates her as much as Floors castle
enchants the duchess of Roxburghe. Lady
Suffolk has succeeded in waking up the
lasy and Indifferent folks of the neighbor
hood and has got them to 'take quite an
interest In their own welfare. Her lace
school has certainly a future. Lady Suf
folk Is full of American enterprise, and
although the school has been liut a short
time working she has succeeded In estab
lishing agencies for Its products In Vienna,
Paris and London.
I. tell the tale as it was told to me and
for what It la weVth, It would seem soino
few weeks ago She heard that a laborer
on the estate used to beat his wife on Sat
urday nights after he had been drinking
at the village.- Taking with her a horse
whip, the countess went to the cottage
where the laborer rerlded and waited out
side for the first sounds of a quarrel.
Directly it greeted her ears, she demanded
admittance. The Inmates were overcome
at her presence and the offender slunk away
In silence. "I have come to horsewhip
you." said the countess to the man. "it Is
lucky for you you live in England, were
you in America they would tar and feather
you."
Prayers and entreaties for forgiveness
ensued, and having received from the
werkman a promise that he would become
a teetotaller. Lady Suffolk let him off,
telling him, however, that she would '"keep
her eye upon him."
ranaael Slights Klag. '
There Is quite a rumpus going on In
society because the duchess of Marl
borough has not put in any appearance at
court for a considerable time. The fact
is, since her separation from her husband
the royalties have bestowed all their sym
pathies on the duke (and naturally she
resents it.
It Is an unwritten law, but none the less
emphatic for that, that a duchess must ap
pear at court at least once a year. Not
withstanding all the king's good nature,
tact, etc., he is very quick to resent a
slight or the very least violation of eti
quette on the part of one of hiu subjects,
and he has expressed himself very defi
nitely on the continued absence of the
duchess of Marlborough from court.
Speaking of the matter to a friend the
duchess remarked: "I shall not give in
even if it la a question of my having to
break with the best r-ngnan set." As a
matter of fact she has had to do this al
ready as, of course, where the royalties
lead, all follow. But she Is extraordinarily
popular in philanthropic circles and with
the people generally, her excellent work In
the cause of charity being greatly appre
ciated. The duchesa of Connaught the king's
sister-in-law sent Mrs. Adair, a few days
ago, a large box of oranges from Malta,
where this fruit grows to perfection, es
pecially in the gardens of the Royal palace.
Mrs. George Comwallls West. Nellie Post
and the recent bride, Mrs. Robert Gros
venor, were all similarly honored. In each
box was enclosed the duchess' card with
the intimation: "These oranges were grown
in our own garden and I picked them my
self." .1 ear the Connaughts have invited
Mrs. Adair to Malta to stay with them as
long as she can. As she has still to be
ear her oculist she has been compelled to
decline.
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sions" and "court s." tbe cachet which flat
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