A Woman's Willfulness

"Admiral Farragut's death was due to the selfishness of a woraan," Rev. James J. Kane, chaplain of the Brooklyn navy yard, said in a recent lecture. "The admiral and his wife were coming' from California when a woman occupying a seat in front of them in the car opened a window. Admiral Farragut was ill, and the strong draught of wind which blew directly upon him chilled him. Mrs. Farragut asked the woman courteously if she would not kindly close the window, as it was annoying to her husband. The woman snapped out: 'No, I won't close the window. I don't care if it does annoy him. l'm not going to be smothered for him.' Admiral Farragut thus caught a severe oold, which resulted in his death. A few days before the end carne he said: 'If I die that woman will be held accountable.' "