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sons the parish clergy In the country are
compelled 20 earn living Ike their par
ishioners.
As the priests in the Greek Church are
allowed 20 marry. most Of them have
large families. and according to the Gus
toms Of the country Is is the rule for
the sons 70 follow in the profession 81
their father. 1t is the uniform testi-
mony Of people familiar with the facts
that the eouHtry parsons OF Greece as
rule are honorable. sincere and we'll
meaning men. living lives Of self-sacri-
nee and comforting those who are worse
on than themselves NomiEally the priest
is the head man Of the community He is
even above the civil authorities in rank
because they must so to him TO confess
their sins. and he represents the spiritual
branch OF the Government For his rea-
son strangers always apply 20 The priest
for information and hospitality.
The Greek priests weer III eir hair and
boards Gong in imitation of the Saviour.
The ecclesiastical dress is q mock similar
TO that Of the Roman Catholic priests.
which reaches to the heels. and black
chimney-pot hat without a brim. some
times veil is worn, falling ever the
shoulders. They are generally men OF
hnc appearance and excellent manners.
There are even more chapels than priests.
because every village mist have a church
or chapel. and sometimes viBsges are
deserted The inhabitants. for some rea-
son or another. remove 10 anOther IOca-
Jion. but the chapel must staEd- The
peasants naturally have deep religious
sentiment, mingled with superstition. and.
as in the days OF st. Paul. worship IN
known gods They are strong believers
in he tairaculous also. and consequently
there ars several miracle working imagts
Of the Roly Virgin and the saints.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-15
THE HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLERN

K yHEN Leopold the eldest son Of
wv Karl Anton Of the princeIy
house Of HohenzoHern Csig-
maringenl. was chosen King
Of Spain by the Cortes in 1870. some
Spaniards referred to the difficulty they
might experience in prcnouncing the
family name Of their elected King. How
ever Teutonic the WORT may seen at hrst.
It is so only in part, the substantive .zoi-
lern' being derived from the German
''soeller" Tan euinenceD, and the latter
from the Latin "solarium. which among
other Specifications means "a balcony" or
terrace" The CermaEic languages had
borrowed tie word from the Latin NJ an
early period; in AnsIo-Saxon solar
isolero) means an upper floor"
The ancestral castle Of the Hohenzol-
lerns is situated On a conicaI mountain
about $50 metres in height. in a pictur-
esque region Of southern Germany near
the borders Of Wurtemberg and Baden.
The name Of the castle occurs in archives
as early as the end Of the ninth century.
AT no great distance from il toward the
northeast. in the present kingdom OF
Wurtemberg. are seen the ruins of ar
other famous castle. the Hoheastaufen,
the ancestral abode of the great German
EmperOrs Frederick BarbarOssa and
Frederick II The Hobenstaufen was de-
molished in the Peasants war in 1925
and the orce powerful dynasty. the lead
ers Of the Ghibellines against the GueIphs.
the champions Of imperial power against
the might Of Rome. had become extinct
centuries ago.
A kindl.er fate has smiled on the
HohenzcHern, both the castle and the
house that sprang from it. It is true
the castle was partly destroyed by the
league OF the Suabian cities in 1923, but
rebuilt about thirty years after by the
Margrave Albrecht Achilles Of Branden-
= burg Moreover, when after 400 years Il
became 20 some extent dilapidated. King
Frederick William " OF Prussia had it
restored in 1850 after the original ground
plan IL has since arisen anew. the faith
ful picture Of a medieval castle. with
its battiements. turrets. bartizans and
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portculis Whoever remembers reading
the siege CT the castle in "Ivanhoe" may
feast his Imagination while locking at
the walls Of the German stronghold and
call up vivid picture Of medieval times
In this castle King William I OF Prussia
tafterward German EMPEROR received the
eongratulatory address Of the North Ger
man Parliament on October ,. 1857.
Many have been the vicissitudes
through which the house OF HonenzoIlerns
has passed Little OF strictly historical
OF special value anf Importance is found
during the ninth. tenth. aad eleventh cen
turtles. The Hohenzollerns. like the an
oesto-s OF the house Of Austria and Bava-
ria. the counts or Hapsburg and Willie
bach, owed their first prominence in the
affairs OF Germany to the Hohenstauren
family, whose part they took vaIiantIy
and faithfully on various occasions. The
Hohenzollern Frederick III became burg
grave Of Nuremberg in 1871; his success
sor. Frederick VI. for services rendered
to Emperor Siegmund. was made mar
grave OF BraRdenbUrg. about 1415; he was
the first HohenzolIern who came TO Bran
denburg; IN 1417 he received the rank Of
electoral prince, and year after chat OF
viceroy OF Germany.
The town of BrandenbUrg, now on the
railroad line Of gdeburg. the old
SIavOnic Brennabor forest castIe} from
which the margraves and the later cleo
toral princes took their name. had been
wreste6 from the Slavonic tribes in the
tenth century and. together with the sur
rounding countries, became thoroughly
Cermanized In the next centuries
After Siegmund's death in 1897 there
appeared for the first time the rivalry
between the house Of H0henzollern, or
BrandenbUrgs and that. Of Hapsburg. Al
brecht II OF the latter was elected en-
peror. and with him begins the nearly IN
interrupted line OF Emperors Of the Aus
trian house. Eleven electoral princes Of
BrandeRburg followed the first one; the
last one. under the name Of Frederick I.
took the royal crown OF Prussia on jan
uary IS. 17O1. The seventh king. William
I. 10 years later, in 1871, became German
Emperor.
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a 7 EW YOEK-S Free Circulating Ii
M brary for the Blind, which occu-
L pied the basement OF st. Agnes
Parish House. in East Ninety
second Street. Manhattan. has become. IN
the six years Of its existence. the largest
library OF its kind in the United States
When the great city library now building
on the site OF the old FcT:y-second Street
reservoir is completed the library for the
blind VIII have quarters there
Its first report. published in March
1895, shows that it then had sixty books
Now il owns 1874 books and Al pieces
Of music. In addition. says the Brooklyn
Eagle. it receives monthly the Point
Print Standard" a magazine published in
the New York Point tyre. in PhIadel-
Dhia. This magazine enables its readers
10 keep in touch with current events. and
il is eagerly borrowed by the patrons Of
the library
The same formality is necessary in ap-
plying for the membership as in other
public Libraries There must be a blank
signed by a guarantor- There are now
about two hundred and fifty borrowers
names on the roll, and some Of these come
from long distances TO fetch the books
IN some instances books have been sem
by express to readers who are too far
away TO come for them or send a messeu-
ger.
There are in the New York Library
books printed in Eve different types. The
largest number are in the Moon type. Al
though the New York Point is the system
row universally taught in the blind
schools in this State The Moon system
is. however. the Oldest system at the
library, and most Of the books were Civ
en- The total number OF the Moon type
is 5I2. in the New York Point So. There
are also books printed IN the Boston line
type. which is generally used through
out New England. in the English BraiTe
and in the American BrziIIe type. Nearly
all the music is in the New York Point
The music is as widely circulated as the
books
When one stops to consider how difH-
cult matter it must be for a person
without sight 70 learn first the notes on
the piano. then the notes on the paper
by touch, which must be committed 10
memory before they can be played, It is
astonishing that a blind person should
be able to larn to play at all, and doubly
50 that many should master the dimcult
and intricate pieces which are constantly
circulating from the library.
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theatres would a period.
when present play started get a
sationa feature with the idea OF writing something that would
possibly appeal buh classes OF hearegOer and the lion
result. No / Of now
but viii be honest beginning
OF them nearly everybody pros
going lions inviting; thought
by so many people
before, and why couldn't do b2 gathered up all the
could and made the attempt. proved
hard after all When first the Adgies
lions, but aftcrward bought and have
become good frnds getting that rather
dislike the killed Buffalo.
it has been told in such sensational tuea
that the public refuses except
advertisement"
Manager Raplcy Of National Theatre
week arranging attractions
that viii bring middle May The
already boSaed appearance
prior Rapeys metropolis
by attractions usual National stand
ard.
weather Manager Lucket decided to the
style occupy stage.
something unoomonly good, and viii bring Washing
plendid actors.
Robert Edeson VIII make his metropolitan debut
Monday night al the Savoy Theatre in dramatizaou Of
Richard Harding Davis novel Soldiers Of
The piece has BEEN in number Of cities in New
England with uniformly good results Sti New England
ouenight with Gotham
the play and depends
the reception they accorded Monday hight.
Miss Edna Beard. a member Of Knckerbocker bur
lesquers playing at week appeared in
Washington member OF companies presenting The
Female Drummer The Hired Girl and number Of other
farce comedies promi-
Fiddle company LaGay
Theatre Buffalo.
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By
JOHN F. MCINTYRE,
The New York Crimiusl Lawyer.

might be suffering from a Ioathsome COM
piaint
In several cases Of Importance. IN
which 7 have been interested. there has
been inter-family testimony. The MIR
de-er Of his wife was convicted because OF
the testimony Of his children.
Humanity does not enter into a discus
sion or the law The tender and sacred
relations between parent and child are not
in this sense entrenchcd- an not in
favor or exempting anyone in disclosing
facts that might tend 10 inc-iminatc. be-
cause everyone who goes out to commit
crime always does SO stealthiIy and ln
secret way Criminals never invite others
20 witness the commission OF their crimes.
and ofteutimes people 80 unE hipped OF
Justice because OF these OLD. ancient
forms Of law, extending to them privileges
and exemptions Frcm testiIying Ely the
DRY is that. 10 matter vao the witnesses
may be, husband or wife. parent or child.
brother or sister, they should De com
PEELED TO Jell what they know Of the Grim
inaI offence.
Even under the best condition il is al
ways dimcUlt TO get direct evidence OF
the commission Of an offence. repeat
that the criminal does not stand on the
housetops and announce to the world he
is about 70 commit a crime and invite
people to witness his transgression OF the
law
Personally. I do not favor drastic meas
ures which grant privileges in the mat
ter Of testimony. But as to this question
IN the state Of New YORK. there is net a
great latitude for intelligent discussion.
As the husband and vie are not granted
any favOrs. there Is no reason Why the
parents or children should be accorded
any benefits not enjoyed by the Witnesses
IN the average case
The exemptions and privileges that F.re
in force in certain sections OF the coun-
try are without phil0sopnic truth. They
are a relic OF the chivalrCus days the
leudal DAYS
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4 trust company has no better facil-
tiles for lending money than does a bank
Of DEPOSIT and discount and yet il pays
interest upon nearly al Of its deposit &C
counts, while a ban& pays only upon de-
Tosits made with ii BY ether banks Of a
portion OF their reserve funds
The trust company could not afford to
do this II its profits depended only On
loaning money, as do most those Of the
bank.
The trust eou=s ny may act as fiscal
agent for any state. municipality or cor
poration, and transfer or register Ger
tifcates Of stock or bonds. It acts as
trustee under any mortgage or bond is
sued By corporations OF as guardian, re
ceiver, executor. administrator. OF com
mittec. 1t executes any trust conferred
by any person or corporation, and may
hold any real or personal property subject
TO any such trust II may care for your
securities and collect your rents for you
while you live, and after your death act
as your executor or an administrator OF
your estate, or as guardian for your chill
dren's estate.
IT is desirable as a trustee because it
does not die, is always ready for business,
responsible and efficient
The tendency at present is to organize
corporations to conduct all kinds Of bust
ness.
The trust oOrsEny attends to the con
solidation Of corporations. acts as trustee
under mortgages securing bond issues,
transfers and registers the stock and
bonds. pays the Coupons. cares for the
sinking fund. if any and foreecloses the
mortgage executed 70 secure the bonds in
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ties separately, however, there is a mark
ed difference in the average. which in the
former amounts 10 100 kroner, or $42.
while the latter give only % kroner, or
$25.
Such sums may seem ridicuIously small
when it is remembered that they are the
sole source Of income Of a person for a
whole year. Their insufHciency is admit
ted by the authorities. but their adequacy
should not be judged by American stand
ards. A kroner viii 20 about as far over
there as a dollar here.
The total amount Of money paid under
the law in 1888 was 81 800, 900. One-haIf
of that was paid by the communities and
the ether half by the State. The fixing
OF the amount 20 be granted 90 each pen
sioner his so far been left TO the commU-
mites. many OF which. while unable wholly
10 refuse aid. are known 20 have conceded
only q nominal support
Among the amendments now proposed
the most important is one fixing q mini
mum sum, below which a pension must
not fall 1t is proposed to shift the bur
den incurred by the law as much as pos
sfble from the communities TO the general
Government and 10 permit pensioners to
receive an annual income of not more
than 100 kroner. or S26. from other sources
without becoming disqualified.
One thing seems certain, namely, that
the law has come 10 stay. And whatever
changes may be made in IL, these viii
certainly serve 10 extend not 10 restrict,
the SEQ De Of the law.
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case Of default in payment OF the in
terest
Trust companies usually do not lend
money upon promissory notes without col
lateral security.
Although trust companies pay interest
on nearly all deposits offered them. they
co not generally desire active or bust
ness accounts.
Banks solicit the active accounts Of
business men and grant their customers
lines Of discount warranted BY their cap
ital, credit and account. They buy and
sell exchange. collect drafts and checks
on other cities, and certify checks.
There is some compensation between
banks and trust companies in securing
deposit accounts. but the nature Of the
account generally decides the proper
place Of deposit a trustee Of funds
awaiting an investment deposits in a
trust company at the best rate Of inter
est obtainable. and a business firm depos-
its in bank, where it may have the bene-
Cts Of discounts and collections
The phenomenal growth Of the business
Of the trust companies is not due TO di-
viding the banking business with banks.
but to their usefulness to corporations
and the fact that the public is becoming
educated to selecting the trust company
as trustee instead Of individuals
This business has never been done or
sought for by banks. This special work
and usefulness Of the trust companies is
getting to be more generally understood.
and the business that properly belongs to
it. as distinguished from that desired by
banks. is better recognized than ever be-
fore even hv the Hunks.
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THE PAGE OF THE TRUST
COMPANY IN METROPOLITAN LIFE

:: WHY 1T HAS SUCCEEDED::

~ URING the past ten or fifteen
years the number Of trust com
L. panies in the largest cities Of
the United States has been near
~ doubled. the business Of those con
pauies previously organized has been
largely increased. and trust companies
have been established in many other
cities where none had existed before.
Their almost uniform success groves
their usefulness and popularity. and the
fact that at present Eve more are being
organized in the city of New York alone
shows the general confidence ia the con
tinuance and growth Of the patronage
Of the public in them.
The enormous business now done by
these companies has not apparently in
jured the banks Twenty years ago but
two or three banks had deposits aggre-
eating $50 .O0o, COO Today fifteen New
York Clearing House banks have more
than so 800 0Oe deposits. seven OF which
have over $4,000, zoe. and one over $780,
OOc 0C0.
Perhaps more banks would have been
c-ganized If the trust companies lad no.
provided a place Of deposit for tie L.
c~easing bankable funds OF the city. bet
there has been enough added TO this num-
Der 10 provide every part OF this rapidly
growing city with excellent banking
facilities in its immediate locality.
The savings banks have also made
enormous gains in deposits. although few
new ones have been organized, owing TO
the impossibility Of paying the rates of
interest allowed by the older banks.
which have accumulated large interest
earning surplus funds.
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A s instances Of the pecuniary re
IA wards bestowed upon great inven-
/ \ ventors in modern times mention
should be made OF Edison, Tesla.
Bell. Thomson. SIcCormick. Corliss. Colt,
Howe. and others. Elias Howe. the in
Ventor OF the sewing machine which has
Heightened the burdens OF the world more
than can be expressed In figures. realized
fully 3 o0e 600 from his patent. But il
was onl. after years % hard struggle TO
get his patent On the market and then
after a decade in fighting infringers in the
courts. that be received the actual re-
ward Of his labOTs.
Alexander Graham Bell, whose name Is
so closely associated with the Bell tele-
phone and multiple telegraphy has made
several MILLIONS from his numerous pat
ents and his wealth is still accommodating.
Cyrus Hail Mccormick. the inventor OF
the resping machine, left an enormous
estate al his death in 1854 It was esti-
mated In 1853 that his Invention saved the
country at least So. 900, 0C0 per aunum,
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A LAW for the pensioning Of super
IA ANIMATED and INDECENT citizens has
4 \ been in operation in Denmark ever
since 1891 After a ten-years'
trial the people have become 50 favor
abby impressed b. its results that a gen
eral demand has been made on the Gov
eminent for additional legislation along
the same line. The amendment s3f the
Law is one Of the most important tasks
Of The Rigsdag now in session.
The present law, says the New York
Sun. - is based on the principle that every
person who has reached the age CT sixty
and finds himself unable to earn a liveli-
hood for himself and those dependent on
him Is entitled 10 public support without
being regarded as an object Of public
charity OF suffering disrranchisement
II IS required that the pensioner shall
be a Danish subject; that be shall not
have been convicted OF any feloniOus Of
fence, that his Indulgence shall not be the
result Of extravaganza or the deciding
away Of his properly. and that he shall
mot have been the recipient OF public
charity within ten years OF his pension
Ing.
In round numbers 10000 persons are
nov receiving aid under the law. and the
humber OF those dependent on them is es-
Minated at 1900. The pensioners thus
Iorm one-slxth OF the population that has
passed tho age OF sixty.
In 1898 the average annual sum paid 10
each DensloneT was ia kroner. OF about
go. Taking cities and rural c0mmuni-
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II Burns there has been some dis
L 4 cussion as to the legal position
of the girls parents toward her
Persons have asked this question. why
should not the father and mother be eX-
empt from appearing against a son o.
daughter, or a brother from appearing
against sister and vice versa This en-
quiry is based On the erroneous impress
sion which seems to be general that q
wife or husband is exempt from testify
ing against the other.
The wife OF the husband is not exempt.
1t is proper that they should not be. In
section us OF the penal code this p-o2-
Osition is advanced: The husband o.
the wife Of a person indicted or accused
Of a crime is in all cases q competent
witness on the examination and trial Of
such person; but neither husband nor
wife can be compelled 10 disclose a con
fdentiaI communication made by che u
the other during their marriage"
4 confidential communicate" might
be the confession OF a husband % a VIE.
but that does not prevent the wife from
testifying as 10 anything she saw the
husband do.
In the eyes Of the Law. the marital ties
are stronger than those Of eonsanguinity
as applying 20 these cases. The theory
Of the old law was that a husband would
tell his wife more than he would tell his
children However, these forms are old
legal ictions that have been handed down
from the time Of King John. IN ny judg-
ment the day viii come when the Legis-
lature viii recognize in the interests OF
justice the removal Of All these barriers
between the criminal and punishment.
The only confidential communication
that in my judgment can meet with rea-
sonabie approval as such is a communi-
cation that might be made 10 mIistor
Of the Gospel or to a physician where
one might cOnflde in him that he or she
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A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.

The Danish people can hardly be blam-
ed fo- chcrishing some sentiment over
the transfer Of the three islands recently
acquired by the United States. Quite
PROBABLY this feeling would have been
equally pronounced if any other Power
had Become the owner. 1t is the loss Of
fhese possessions which they lament.
The grievance is purely sentimental.
The people Of Denmark understand quite
likely that the islands have never been
a source OF revenue TO the exche4ucr Of
the State. but. on the contrary. have more
frequently shown up on the wrong side
OF the ledger They also realize that
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these three spocks On the map OF the
world have not added to either the power
or the dignity Of the kingdom. But the
feeling prevails there that these Islands
sigralizcd. in a measure. the former
greatness Of the kingdom as a sea power
OF which row nothing remains. in the way
Of colonial possessions. except Iceland
and Greenland.
One comfort. however. has just been
afforded them by the declaration of the
Danish premier. made In the national
parliament. Jh2t the great Republic Of
the Western Continent viii give the ISL
ands q better position in the world than
they have ever before enjoyed.
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HOWARD HALL AND HIS LIONS

Howard Hall has entertaining large at the
As my Of Music during the week with THE Who
Dared The cage proves one
Of the most thrilling and cmaxes witnessed on
the Academy rarely clever player whose
ability and familiarity with the art OF acting use
bombasc devices in the portrayal the dual
role which he quiet and refined
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Very Particular.

Lady-Are your antiques all genuine?
Clerk-Yes, nam, and we guarantee
them.
Lady-Well. all our furniture is anti
que. and / wish TO get a genuine antique
Louis KY carpet SWEEP er--NeW York
Weekly.