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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13
THE GRANDMOTHER
OF KING ALFONSO.

For woman OF seventy-two Isabella
IL. ex-queen of Spain. the grandmother
of Alfonso Kill. Is wonderfully young.
and she possesses still the marvellous
pluck and nerve which have carried her
through so many excitements and trib-
ulations. To look at her good natured.
horid face one would guess her to be
the wife Of some prosperous tradesman
or the landlady of an inn at Meudon or
Courbevoie.
And yet Isabella, bourgeoise as she
appears, can on occasion carry herself
with dignity truly royal 1t is a trick
learned by those old races and prac-
ticed for a thousand years and so not
easily forgotten. She was not quite
three years old when the death OF her
father. Fernando VII. made her queen
of Spain. She was not quite thirteen
when the outrageous conduct of her
mother. the regent, made her subjects
declare her OF age TO reign.
And she was not sixteen years old
when vile intrigues forced her to marry
her cousin, Don Francisco de Bour-
beH-"a- shred of a man"-who never
intended TO rule or TO help the imperi-
Gus young queen. After that Isabella
took her own way, and. as one OF her
friends said. that way was bad one
Back stairs intrigue within the palace and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13

riot and scarcely yelled revolution with.
out sum up the story OF the reign. At
last even Isabella found IL impossible
TO keep up the semblance of authority.
and. with tears coursing down her fat
face. but still with a proud port "befit-
ting n queen" she stepped into the car
riage which bore her over the frontier
into France.
She was the daughter of kings. the
heiress to great traditions; impulsive.
imprudent, ignorant, without one single
honest man TO rely upon or one good In
luence upon her life. All her days she
had been made a tool of, but she at
least was no tyrant, and evil as was
the outcome OF her reign she was as
much sinned against as SHINING. She
took refuge at first in the ancient royal
castle of Pau. lent her by her old sub
ject. the Empress Eugene. EugTnie
has always treated her with respect
and has called her ma souveraine" to
this day.
Afterward the Pavilion de Rohan In
the Tuileries was placed at her dis
posal. that bit of the Bourbon palace
fronting the Rue de Rivoli that sttll ex-
lists. During the winter of 1859 Isabella
bought the house in the Avenue du Roi
de Rome inOW the Avenue fleDefD,
where she now resides. IL ~ a very
magnificent abode. built with extrava-
giant outlay by the Russian gambler.
Basllewsk The exiled queen renamed
Il Hotel de CASTLE and has gathered
into 10 many OF the treasures and glo-
ries which she managed TO carry away
from Spain
During the short reign OF her SON.
King Alfonso. Isabella made one or
two visits TO Madrid. and she certainly
did not return empty handed. Perhaps
now that plots and counterplots have
ceased TO agitate her. now that old age
has come TO calm the fever OF her life.
the queen IL happier than ever she was.
Her husband made her state visits
now and then. III he were but shred
OF a man IN his youth. he was but the
shadow OF shred In age. but he kept
his style and title OF king and received
more respect In old age than he ever did
Am the heyday OF his pitiful fortunes.
Dona Isabel. the widow of the Count
Of Girgenti. her eldest child. often vis-
its the queen.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13
The Giddy Round.

I questioned one of these young ma :
irons the other day.
What do we do with ourselves?" she
answered. "Oh. nothing"
do you golf?'
mo; the Country club is too far off. "
do you automobile?"
mo; too many accidents"
DO you sail?'
mo: we are none of us good sailors"
Then what do you do?"
I'm the morning we sit on the steel
pier. We usually get there pretty late
because we have been up late the night
before. We sit and talk and meet our
friends. then get up and walk around a
bit and listen to the music. Then we sit
down some more and meet more friends.
by that time we're hungry and drop in
somewhere for lunch. Then we're
wheeled up and down the board walk or
else we take a nap and have the mas
seuse in. Finally we dress for dinner,
have dance, perhaps listen some more
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13

turf name was Mr.. Manton, and her
stable was leading one on the English
field and among the most successful.
No turfman of her time stood higher in
horselore, yet she preserved through
out the dignity and self respect of the
great lady. Another type OF racing wo-
man OF the British nobility is thus de-
scribed by an English writer:
''rhe supreme interest and permanent
pursuit of her life was racing. She
went about IL In the most businesslike
manner, lived on intimate terms with
owners OF horses, exchanged friendly
condolences with trainers, took moth
erly interest i'm Jockeys, collected her
information with care. applied IL with
skill. bore losses with patience and tri-
umphs without undue exaltation.
Her winnings formed the bulk OF her
income. and at the beginning OF each
London season IL was easy TO judge by
the greater or less smartness OF her
carriage and horses whether the pre-
vious twelve months racing had been
successful or disastrous.
At present England's most noted rae
ing woman is Mrs. Langtry. firing Of
yachts and men. she sastituted racing
stable. and the unfailing Langtry luck
goes with her I'm this enterprise as else
where. She Is perhaps the one woman
living who can do what she likes and
not be called to account for IL by Mrs
Grundy. once she made this remark TO
a friend:
If you have money. you can do any
thing"
Her mother. Mrs le Breton. down in
the idyllic isle OF jersey once said TO a
newspaper interviewer:
From the time she was little girl
Lily has been successful I'm everything
she undertook"
Her racing venture Is no exception.
For turf purposes she took the name OF
Mr.. Jersey one or two of her horses
have more than once come in ahead at
the leading annual racing events OF
England. ESTHER Il. CULLEN.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13

j o h n. h err e."
pointing toa stol-
III faced colored
man, wheeled
a couple around
until he nearly
walked his legs
off. Finally, just
as he was about
to give up. they
entered the cafe
of { h e Il | u g
Dragon or the
Green what you
may call il and
had a little sup
per. They sent
out TO John a
glass OF cham
pagne cup. and
between that and
the lateness of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13

every lnuuce-
ment TO keep
you from doing
that, should you
feel so inclined.
1t is noticeable
that when a wo-
man first comes
here she looks
with contempt
on the people
in chairs. Just
like invalidsl'
she exclaims and
walks along in
dependently with
n fine athletic
stride. BY night
bar feet are
bI,ssered with
the hard board
III. Inst for "a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13

DON'T suppose there Is another
place just like Atlantic City. 1t Is
mixture OF Coney Island with
- bit of Manhattan Beach thrown IN
also touch OF Saratoga-that is'
when you are inside the big hoteis
watching the wonderfully gowned wo-
men.
There is an unwritten law In Atlantic
City-thou shalt not walk. Ihere is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13

more practical knowledge than the two
who will race their animals under the
track name of Mr.. Roslyn.
Hitherto the women OF the Wander
bilt blood have been the most conserva-
tive OF their sex. domestic and rather
quiet. model wives and mothers, de-
voted TO their families and occasionally
90 their church. caring little even for
society except as IL was thrust on them
by reason OF their position. Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney seems 10 be developing
wider talents. Somewhere I'm the veins
OF his feminine descendants there must
be n little Of the lively blood OF that
fine old sport. the original Commodore
Vanderbilt. and i'm his great-grand-
daughter. young Mrs. whitney, it seems
60 be waking up. II may be that her
father-in-law. w. G. Whitney. that
lively appreciator OF women and horses.
was the one who walked 70 and in
spired .he desire for. the Mr.. Rosiyn
racing stable. w. .. whitney Is fond
Of his lovely daughter-in-law. and TO
be on good terms with ones fa,her-in-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13
The Rage For shopping.

That's just about the life here. va
ried by the shopping for silver bonbon-
nieres,- jeweled chains and such trifies
sold along the board walk. A woman
must shop. you know, even III she
doesn't need a thing. and she will do so
as long as there are stores within sight.
The shopkeepers realize this and charge
neat little sum on each article over
and above the original price.
Even the bus drivers here are nom
chalant. was trying 10 go quickly
from the Brighton TO the Chelsea,
Can't you touch up the horse a bit?"
/ ventured.
The driver turned around until he
faced me.
II don't care If never get there" he
remarked quietly.
And l had to rest content with this
cool assurance.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13
The Gibson Golf Girl.

The Gibson Golf Girl.
For my part l like to be wheeled
around slowly down the walk In the
morning while l watch the different
faces and costumes. There is the inn
mature girl type which runs around
with something In knickerbockers about
her own age, and they both have the
jolliest time imaginable going in bath
ing. driving the donkeys around and
taking in every taffy and peanut place
on the board walk Then there is her
older sister. who tries 10 look like Glib
SON. ssgolf girl in her short white skirt
and red Jacket. She doesn't wear
a hat and spoils the Gibson effect by
allowing one OF those horrid lumpy
black bows TO stick out back OF her
coiffure. Why do women wear those
disfiguring things? oh, yes. and
mustn't forget the cane which nearly
every other girl carries. now that Alice
Roosevelt has set the style. 1t is slen-
der. OF medium length and must have
curved handle tipped i'm silver and
bearing the owners monogram.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13

hat. a fluffy par
asol and a spot
ted veil which
floats in the
wind. There are
no old women
at Atlantic City;
SO the young
ones get togeth-
er and destroy
I h cir reputa-
tions. The hus-
bands are near
ly always alb
sent. either In
town attending
TO business or
in one of the
numerous cafes
a attend ding 10
business also.
The faces OF the
NNOnl an nFa nj
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13

the hour the poor fellow began 10 nod,
and the first thing you know he was
fast asleep. He never woke up until po-
liceman shook him into life. That was
two hours later. The cafe was black
and deserted, and his patrons had dis
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13

ther hard or weary and wear an ex-
preston Of envy at some other woman's
more successful toilet or OF gratifica.
ton at some compliment paid to their
own. The bulldog occupies the seat of
honor at madam's right hand.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13
The Unyary Chair Pusher.

Often. too. the owner OF the chair
emporium gets the worst of It,
what do you SUPPOSE happened to
me Wednesday night?" i heard one
such owner exclaim Indignantly. Why
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13
The Typical Mntron.

Then there is the young matron who
leans languidly back in her chair or
watches the crowd from one of the pa
vilions. She is usually dressed In the
height Of fashion. with an elaborate
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13

to the music, drop into one or two
cafes. and first thing you know it's al
most morning again. and we go home
to sleep"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13

Princess Christian Of England is a
great adept az jam making She was
taught as n child by the cook whom
Queen Victoria engaged to teach her
daughters the culinary art.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13
THE SEASIDE CROWD

appeared. taking with them the SAFE
which they owed for the ride"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-07-11
AGUINALDO NOW PRE-.
About Six Hundred Other Captlves are Re-
leased at Manila.

Manila (By Cable).-President Roose-
velt's amnesty proclamation was read at
noon in English and Spanish, from a
hag-draped stand on the Luneta, after
a parade OF 5000 Americans and Fill
pinos Arthus Ferguson, secretary to
Governor Taft, read the proclamation in
the presence of a small gathering, the
heat having dispersed the crowd when
the parade ended. The prisoners freed
by the proclamation, estimated to num-
Der 6oo,were released without ceremony.
Many military prisoners had previously
been freed. Aguinaldo remained in the
house which has sheltered him since his
captivity. He is expected to visit friends
briefly and then depart on a trip: His
destination is not announced. The ex-
lied on the island Of Guam are expected
to return here on special steamer.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-07-11
MANY TOWNS
SWEPT BY FLOODS
Loss of Life and Properly Great ID
Western New York.
ACRES OF PARMLANDs UNDSe WATER
A Woman Carried Out Into SwoIlea Stream
With Her Bakcshop and Drowned-rouses,
Barns and Livestock Destroyed-Railroad
Traffic Is Tied Up by the Extensive
Washouts.

Buffalo, N. Y. (SpeciaD. terrific
rain and wind storm swept over West
ern New York. Rivers and creeks rose
rapidly, overfowing their banks and
sweeping away houses and barns and
live stock. The loss will reach into hun
dreds OF thousands OF dollars. Tele-
graph and telephone wires are down,
and communication with small towns in
Wyoming, Niagara and Cattaraugus
counties Is difficult TO establish. This
city was not in the path of the storm.
A dispatch from Arcade says the food
at that place claimed one victim and did
many thousand dollars damage to prop
erty. Minnie Lopez, who kept bak-
cry on the bank of the creek, was
drowned early in the day. The down.
pour and the cloudburst above the vii
lage turned the creek into torrent. The
water rose rapidly and was several feet
deep on the lowlands before anyone
realized the danger. Miss Loper's bake
shop was swept OFT into the stream, but
it had not gone far before it fell apart.
Miss Loper's body was recovered.
There were many narrow escapes. At
Yorkshire, two miles below Arcade, the
approaches to the bridge were washed
away, but the bridge is standing. Miles
OF roadway are so quilted or buried in
debris that they will have to be rebuilt
AT Sandusky,a few miles from Arcade, it
is reported that two houses were washed
away From everywhere come reports
OF live stock killed The loss to indi-
viduals will be very high, and the loss
to the town from the destruction OF
bridges and roadbeds will also be high
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-07-11

Domestic.

The Rev. Richard Farier, OF Fort
Churchill, has arrived at Winnipeg,
Man, and confirms reports OF the ind
ing of relics of Andree's party and the
stories that the explorer was killed by
savage Eskimos.
Four new witnesses have been found
whose testimony, it is said, will be
against Louis A. Disbrow, accused OF
the murder OF Clarence Foster and
Sarah Lawrence at Good Ground; IL l.
Blacksmiths and their helpers in the
Union Pacific shops at Omaha, Neb,
joined the machinists and boilermakerS
in their strike against the piecework sy'-
tenn.
The gathering OF empty cars on the
sidings indicates that the operators in
the anthracite coal region will soon try
to start tip one mine in each district
Attorney General Anderson, OF Viz
ginia, rendered an opinion that under
the new Constitution no State, county
or city officials can accept any Tree
passes.
The body Of Andrea Zabej, captain OF
the steamship Frederick, was found
floating in New York harbor. He prob
ably committed suicide.
Three boys escaped from the State
Industrial School at Rochester, N. Y,
and one was shot while assisting the
officers. .,
Susie Frazier, ten years old, shot and
killed her uncle, George Jones, in Pa
ducah, KY, who was beating his wife.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy OAR
ling inspected the Norfolk Navy Yard
and the work in progress there
The Navy Department is preparing to
erect a wireless telegraph station at the
Navesink Highlands.
One passenger on a runaway trolley
car in Boulder, COL, was fatally hurt
and others injured.
Vice-President Thomas L. Wilson, OF
the Machinists' Union, said in an inter
view in Omaha, Neb, that the Union
Pacific Railroad officials wanted strike
On their system.
Charles F. Harper testified in court in
Norfolk, Va, that he took down to the
Charleston Exposition $4,000 or $780,
600, all he had, and gambled it away
A gang Of masked burglars cracked
three safes in McMechen, w. Va, and
had fight with posse, in which one
hand on each side was shot.
The Federal Sugar Refining Company
filed papers in Trenton, N. J., increas-
ing its authorized capital stock from
100000 to 100000.
The explosion OF key Of powder
wrecked the office of M. H. Kendall in
Boston and severely injured three per-
sons.
DR.. F. w. Daykin was held for court
in Cleveland on the charge OF offering
a bride to a councilman for his vote.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-07-11
Made a Queer Family.

The son of ex-Alderman Griner has
started small but interesting menag-
erie at his home on North Franklin
street. 1t consists of cat, her two
kittens, and two groundhogs. The
groundhogs were caught in the timber
northwest of the city by the boy when
they were quite small, and put with the
cat, who had two tiny kittens. The
mother cat adopted the groundhogs
into her family, and she distributes her
affections between the four little ones
as evenly as possible.
The family is probably the happiest
in the city; at least ex-Alderman Girl
ner thinks so, and he has watched tho
interesting group for some days with
considerable nterest-Danville (Ill.)
News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-07-11
4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WRITER'S WELL PAID
Modern Munfceny Rewarded Compared WITH n
Predecessors.

to the friend who negotiated the sale,
certainly a liberal commission. Kera-
mos brought him $1,000, and these
two were the eliminating prices for
his single productions, though he was
an industrious worker for more than
fifty years.
While Hawthorne was boarding the
81 800 he received for The Scarlet
Letter, Mrs. Stowe was counting her
thousands from Uncle Toms Cabin,
which brought her $4,000 in the first
four months after its publication In
book form. For the serial rights she
received $500.
Emerson, at "a. found his last vol.
ume the only one that approached
remunerative sale.
There is a vast difference. In the
matter of compensation, between the
authors of the old days and modern
writer's. The latter are well paid for
their labors and unfortunately 1t does
not seem that their work is anything
the better on that account.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-07-11
CHAPTER X.

"That is burn, is it not?" he asked
quietly.
The girl was white, and she trembled
from head to foot. Her white fore
head grew damp, and glistened in the
lamplight. Her lips seemed scarcely
able to form the answer which she ut
tered in a mechanical fashion.
Eyes"
MAY ask you to oblige me by tell.
Ing how it happened!,
She glanced up at him with face
which was rigid with fear.
"What-what does it matter? Why
do you want to know"
She seemed to the detective to be
turning something over in her mind,
and he at once assumed that she was
trying to invent a plausible story to
account for the mark on her hand.
I'm sure you may guess, Miss, that
1t is not my business to put you to in
convenience by asking unnecessary
questions; but, of course, if you refuse
to answer, can't make you. Do you
refuse?"
"Oh, no, certainly not" she replied,
quickly. Il was doing some ironing,
and the iron touched my hand, and
burned It,"
"And when did this happen, Miss"
Again the girl hesitated. The de-
tectiye took note of this fact, also. He
repeated his question.
To-day; this morning"
Il believe, Miss, you were not here
this morning"
Il was not in this house."
Have you any objection to tell me-
where you were, Miss"
Her white face flushed.
IL would rather not" Then, at once
perceiving that he noted this fact
against her she added: My only rea-
son is that l was in the house of a
friend and l don't want her to be dis.
turbed by your making inquiries of her
abOut-about-me"
The man smiled dryly.
"I'm afraid, Miss, it's too late to
trouble ourselves about that. As I
want to save you all the trouble and
annoyance l can, perhaps you'll let
me suggest where you were. Wasn't
it at Colonel Bostars, Miss, at the
house they call 'Shingle End|"
Eyes. But she aQesRA know anything
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-07-11
TRULY A VALUABLE TYPEWRITER
witty Reply OF an Authoress Who Used
PEN

ZEN
A New York bachelor author, who
writes on q machine, wrote note re-
Gently to q spinster authoress, VINO
still works by hand, and incidentally
called her attention to the fact that If
she wished him to do so he would Sc
cure a machine for her at s. per
month. guaranteed to write poetry,
able articles, fiction, etc. A day or SO
later he received a reply written IN
a beautifully clear, round hand to this
effect:
envy Dear Mr.. -: This is my type
writing machine. Isn't 1t nice? 1t Is
called the Blank typewriter. 1t is
sound, kind, in good repair, warranted
to travel we'll in single harness and
if you do not say it is the incest ma
chine you ever knew shall refuse 10
believe that you were born when
knighthood was in flower. 1t is war
ranted, like yours, to write able ar
ticles, poetry and fiction with equal Ia
cility, but, unlike yours, it is not LOT
sale at S. a month. Its original cost
was large and have put so many I'M
proyements on it since that l cannot
dispose of it save at a considerable
advance-and even then should be un'
willing to part with it except to re-
sponsible person warranted to treat It
with care"