LADY LANSDOWNE DETECTIVE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 777, 29 March 1910, Page 3

LADY LANSDOWNE DETECTIVE

■ ] 'Lord Lansdowne has a real helpmeet in. his charming . wife,, who.. is a .most gifted woman. She is a keen politician (says "M.A.P."), and. .such an excel-lent-diplomatist that Bismarck,. tho Iron Chancellor, once said of her that she was. too clover for most of his ambassadors. When Lord Lansdowne was Viceroy of v lndia, Lady Lansdowne managed to acquire a wonderful knowledge of native life and affairs. ' Her information was ' not merely gained second-hand, for disguised aB a native she'used to visit, the poorest quarters of Calcutta. She often rah considerable.risks, but'she has plenty of courage, and the information she gained was sometimes valuable. For instance, she was once "able to save air innocent man from being hanged for murder.- The judge who was trying the' case was dining at the Viceregal .Lodge. During the evening Lady Lansdowne 'took. him aside and said, "The man'who. is charged 'with that murder is innocent; If you will send, me a detective, I will show the hbuso whero..the murderer lives."., '.Thanks to Lady Lansdowne, tho real culprit; was caught and the innocent man set free, hut she would not reveal how ..she gained her knowledge of the actual facts''of the case. The incident, made her very .popular with the natives of Calcutta. Miss' Anne. Morgan. Mrs. Belmont, and other influential American women .havo promised that for a year to come they .will. buy only . union-mado shirtwaists. Miss. M or .gaii limited her promise to those waists that she' buys in tho States. . Many teachers and others are joining.in tho movement.

Miss Helen Taft, ■ daughter of the President, is a good horsewoman, and the winner of a scholarship which would enable her to continue her studies if she • wore thrown upon her own resources. Miss Taft has, travelled round the world with her parents. She speaks French, and while at Manila learned Spanish. She is said to bo an excellent cook. '■■ Nearly every city of 5000 population in the United States is planning for playground opportunities and supervision the coming summer. —Journal of Education.