The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29

English aristocracy who was travelling
wit the Sicilian illionairet Spano,5
awns captured and held for a ransom Of
250, 900 francs. which was N paid by Mr.
spano's family. 81 q FL 4.
Now there would be nothing extraor-i
binary III this but for the fact that
| every child In Sicily knows who the BRIT
fayou 60 to Marsha you can get any
guide to point * hem ut to you IN s' the
street. i a 3f
The government has done nothing be-
cause the highwaymen belong to a very
noble family whose Influence is greater
than the poiceis desire to see justice Ice
OLD ME- 4 =;
The venerable Luitpold, Prince Regent;
OF Bavaria completes his eighty-aecond
| year to-day. and Sisnevertheless, sur
passed In age by the. Pope the Grand
Duke OF Luxembourg. the King OF Dom
mark, and the Grand Duke OF M &c Klein
burg strelitz among European rulers. u N
Besides these here are ten other sove-5
reigns between sew enty and seigh ty---a rec
ord that Is unparal led. Is sls3 TN 5,Iss
The 81 Prince Regent served with the
headquarters OF King Wllliam5lI /, In the
7O-'n war. Stit 2S8 ~
# He was called to the Regency at the
| ageIsof sslxty-fiye by the INSANITY OF HIS
nephew, King Otto, and has led that
onerous post for n early seven teen years
to- the satisfaction OF the BaYarians. who
presented him with $4250O0 on his eigh-B
lItieth birthday. II
The 4 Prince has four children and n his
Oldest son has already seen his children,s.
children. s S / 81 gSS 53$s5
FRENCH WOMEN. .5355
& AtS5eYery curing season there are
many society women who break I'd own
from the strain Of their social duties. 1t;
is said that French women hold out bet
ter than the other on account OF the fol-
flowing treatment. i45S
| @ At least one VIII ole day OF the wee elk Is
lconsecratedB to- repose. s3 NJ
In the morning an aromatic bath Is fol-
lowed by prolonged massage and sham
| pooling. IA IS q IFS I'll 81 Il E
Then the s'nondaine'' returns to. bed
and drinks some hot tea and sinks once
more into the oblivion Of the pillow. 3f NM
When she wakes again, 1t lis to take
some nourishment, such as consomme,S
aux eoufs, fresh Vegeta bles,s iripe fruit
end one glass OF champag ne
4 In all this there Is little hardship, but
the treatment has Its iEors.
It is Forbidden to- talk. ito read or to
write letters. There must be no visitors
not 8eYen@a newspaper. .S3 isi,5Es e
Thought itself should be suspend d-the
greatest Sabnegation OF all. # II rs
And next day 1t. is a renovated being
who plunges anew into the social awhlrl
with q force and yivacitys that entrance
all beholders. Il 81
ANOTHER GILL.
The young Queen OF Italy Is doubtless
pltifully3 regarded Il by her father SUBJ
jects, for though the Montenegrians have
a proVerb that ia house without a wo-s
man Is like a body without q soul" still
they consider the birth Of a girl to be a
proper occasion for paying coincidence to
the afflicted parents. S Il hi
And poor Queen Elena Is now the mo-
Their Of a second baby girl, when all tally
had been hoping for an heir to the crown
Girl babies are evidently OF sort OF
necessary evil and kind iMontenegrians
wish that they may have beauty for Ito
be born beautiful is to be born married.
The only thing to do with "a girl IT.
would seem, is to get her married, and
|Msoontenegrlan parents evidently believe
in the soundness Of the old advice !" Cook
your fish while sit is fresh, and marry off
your daughters while they are young.