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murderers of his predecessor, has not
hesitated to resort to the usual Balkan
practice, and has more than once dis
patched hirelings to murder his young
rival.
After Milan's death, that monarch S
lifelong friend, the Hungarian noble
man, Count Itchy, became the guardian
of George obrenovitch, and has
watched over the royal lad ever since
with truly paternal affection and care.
Prince George Obrenovitch is a tall,
sturdy. youth, who has inherited his
father $ intelligence and dashing spirit.
He is determined to spare no effort to
regain the throne Of. his ancestors, and
as he grows into manhood he will cause
the present occupant many uneasy
hours. AS soon as he attains his 18th
birthday, he will publicly proclaim him
self pretender to the throne, and will
commence his campaign against the
Karageorgevitch dynasty.
Prince George will thus perpetuate
the historic feud between Obrenovitch
and Karageorgevitch, which began
more than q century ago.
ALEC d. Williams
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tria, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Italy,
Spain and Portugal. It is not and never
has been in force in Servia any more:
than it is or has been in England. All
that is necessary in England or Servia
is that the reigning monarch shall give
his assent to the marriage of every
member of the royal family. The mon
arch, however, may give his consent
irrespective of the rank Of the prospec-
tive wife. King Milan's own wife,
Queen Natalie, was the daughter Of a
Russian general and had not q drop of
royal blood in her veins. The objec-
tions to Artemisia on this score are
therefore absolutely baseless and cannot
be regarded as disproving George OBJ
renovitch's claim to royal rank.
Milan continued to take the warmest
interest in his son George, who was
brought up in the house of his step
father. When Mr.. Christich was trans
ferred as minister to Constantinople,
George also went to the Turkish capital
and received private tuition on a scale
fit for the future occupant of the
throne. His young life was passed in
perfect peace until he was 10 years OF
age. /. this time his half-brother,
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this beautiful young girl works for q
living as a governess. The past seven
years of her life have been martyr
dom-because she is so beautiful.
The latest news is that she is engaged
found peace in the family of foreign
consul. But before that she could not
keep a place. What resources had she
against an over-enterpfising employers
To run, to. his wife, complainings Or
resist silentlya She always did it-and
always got eventually discharged thru
the influence of the. husband, whose van
ity she had wounded w
A Transformation,
Well, in one of these periods of being
out of a place, Ada Cavalier yielded
to her sister, pleadings and paid her
a visit in Paris. Now listen One may
be a tower of virtue and still know
that one is lovely. Ada Cavalier tried
on one or two Of Lima ,Cavalieri' s
gowns; and those about her stood as
founded. 1t was Lima herself, fresher,
younger-were it possible. No one had
seen suchaan extraordinary similarity.
What shappenedg Lima may have
been surprised into jealous words
there cannot be two most beautiful in
Europe It is; also possible that Ada
| may have said some of the proud things
that a poor but beautiful girl may
easily imagine under the circumstances.
In any case, Ada hit on a sudden re-
solve. Secretly she dressed herself in
one of Lima s loveliest gowns. Then
she cajoled Lina's maid to go with
her to hina s own photographer.
81 am very well today she said,
"and I have had good news; therefore
II ought to make specially good pic
! lures. -
| The astonished and delighted pho
tographer put in plate after plate.
"Signorina, you had never such fire
and such charms" he said, 'Eand it
seems to me that your profile, even, is
more delicately pure!''
Few Of those portraits got into COM
merce. Lima Cavalieri had the mega
tives destroyed. But Ada. smiled a
strange smile that Partisan afternoon,
as she left the photographer IS. In her
pocket tinkled ten gold pieces. They
consisted of an honorarium that the
photographer had offered her when he
learned that his most valued subject for
the vast and growing industry of pic
torial postcards had forgotten her
purse! o. Sterling Heilig.
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of these cases. One Of the swell Paris
furriers had "created'' a new sable
Jacket, and desired to show it to the
public. .,-
At the Odeon theater he knew de-
lightful young actress. Suzanne Car
ier is, indeed, charming creature,
dazzling in her person, wearing her
clothes to perfection. Thus it came
about that Suzanne earlier was wear
ing the fur jacket on the Odeon stage,
and in some photographs which soon
were published On swell weekies Of not
only Paris, but Vienna and London.
Here comes the lesson to fur dealers,
that the pen is mightier than the sword
The creator of the sable jacket has
tened to send Suzanne earlier the first
proofs of the photographs with a note
gallantly conceived: 1872 49,
II am delighted that the house Of
NJ. ------ (his own establishment is
thus permitted to envelop, the most de-
licious baby in Paris.'' go
| He referred, of course, to the envelop
ing ofsthe sable jacket, and as he tes
titled later, particularly to the photo
graphs;Sbu when Suzanne did not
return the Jacket and he finally sent
her d bill for it, she claimed the jacket
was her pay. for advertising his estab
lishment; and she put in his note a!
evidence Of, his delight that it en-
veloped: her. 49, - -. ~ {y:;~s
!. eve AL Do IT, >
"we all do. it, testified the fai
Megard. -. - I
cit is the way We mount out tot
lettes, -: deposed Delvair of the Theate
| Francais:. e t..l - Ill t,s}
"Whenever I am photographed in
costume, or coat, or hat, it is under
stood that the object becomes mine,
affirmed Valentine Page of the Odeon
the other swell state theater.
"For a hat or even costume, wei
enough" interposed the furrier, "bu
not for sable coat worth $2,40O' '
"Fhis is no case for jest,' his law
yer added, "the coat is highl
valuable. - ..., = .~
1.-THE advertisements, also,'' sue
gested the Judge, "refect 'The lowell
est baby of Paris Also in the onl
written evidence I find before me, tn
plaintiff expresses his delight that j
envelops herr
He took week to think, this mos
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Partisan of judges; and in the end he
decided that the lovely baby keep the
sable jacket, as payment for the adver-
tisement she afforded to the fur house
in three European capitals, furthermore
evidenced not excessive by the atti-
tudes of the parties and the testimony
of such high-placed sister artistes as
Megard, Delvair, Page, Lutece and
Karville. The sprightly little Lutece
made the success of the sitting by her
saying: 49, - - ~
"such perquisites form part Of our
budget. -. &c.. e IL
When one thinks of the beginnings Of
Lutece and where she is today, one sees
how beauty rules the roost in Paris.
She was a little artists model, very
young and very poor. One day a
heartless joker gave her. the address of
great painter, Gustave, Courtois,
saving: HYou are a real Amaryllis;
| Courtois told me to look out for one
like you; 20 to him INSTANTLY
The great painter was out when Lu-
tece arrived. "I1l watt she. said
showing the paper, and the servant
! habituated to such appointments, let
her wait. The studio was empty in the
| afternoon sunlight. Tapestries hung
on the walls, rugs and cushions Uttered
the floors. There were suits of armor
carved cabinets, high art furniture
. With sigh the tired girl sunk on 9
couch, and, waiting, went to sleep, =
Suddenly the sleeping beauty walked
with a start and stared with fright
ened eyes at man sitting near her
calmly sketching. =
"Hold that. pose!" he exclaimed
sharply. -.
He worked for half an hour. "Yo1
can get up now," he said, sand per
haps you will tell me why you. art
hereq'
The girl held out her bit of paper
Zone Of your friends said you wer'
looking for girl like me-; go.
"Hum," said the painter, "some on
has been fooling you. Hum, hum!'
Twin teardrops chased each othe
down the cheeks of Mile. Lutece.
"Hum! Hum! Yet you have unaf
fected grace and you are pretty. LIE
me see. Suppose you take your thing
off9'- o.
Thus curiously Lutece came to b
Gustave Courtois' favorite model, y
high pay, as pay goes in the world o
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King Alexander, contracted his disas-
trous alliance with Draga and quarreled
violently with his father. Thereafter
they were bitter enemies and Milan was
credited with the intention of attempt
ing to dethrone mis- son Alexander and
place his other son George on the
throne.
Men Hired to Kill Him.
This sufficed to make George Obreno-
witch dangerous person in the eyes of
King Alexander and Queen Draga.
Paid assassins were hired to 60 to Con-
stantinople and murder the boy with
that absolute disregard Of morality
which is characteristic Of Balkan poll
tics. The plot to murder the boy was
discovered because of the treachery of
some Of those concerned in the PROJECT
ed crime and it was prevented.
Henceforth George was watched day
and night by vigilant attendants who
were highly paid to protect his life from
the hirelings of his half-brother. He
was taken from Constantinople and sent
to school in Germany, but even there he
was pursued and menaced by hired as
sassins. After an unsuccessful attempt
to murder him at Halle, in Germany, he
was removed to Klausenburg in Hun
gary, where he was placed under the
special protection Of the Hungarian po-
lice. Another attempt to murder him
at Klausenburg was followed by his re.
moval to Vienna.
These attempts on the boys life were
continued uninterruptedly from 1900
until 1908, when King Alexander and
Queen Draga met their tragic fate
| After a period Of calm more danger:
! threatened the youthful life, of George
Obrenovitch. Soon after the accession
| of Peter to the .Servian throne, the ad
] herents of Obrenovitch remembered
that the only male descendant of tina
royal house was the boy George Obren
ovitch, and they decided to concentrate
4 their efforts in an attempt to eject tn
! Karageorgevitch dynasty and place Mi
. Ian Is son on the throne in Belgrade.
Now Peter Is After Elm.
George obrenovitch is consequent.
as much an object of suspicion and ha
tired to the present King Peter as h
was to his own half-brother, and tn
same danger Of assassination hangs owe
him. King Feter, who was placed O.
the throne and Eent there by the actua
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A SCORE OF ATTEMPTS HAVE
BEEN MADE TO KILL THIS BOY
George obernovih Determined Did His Father the Throne
Of yandIntr

trigue. Towards the middle of the
nineteenth century the Obrenovitch dy-
nasty was elected from the throne and
a Karageorgevitch, the father of the
present King Peter, became Servian
monarch. A few years later he in his
turn was driven from the throne and
the dynasty Of Obrenovitch was rein
stalled and continued to reign until the
military revolution organized on behalf
of the Karageorgevitch faction, re-
suited in the assassination Of King
Alexander, in 1903. The Karageorge-
witch pretender, who had devoted his
whole life to the overthrow Of his he
reditary enemies, then assembled the
throne as Peter I. Who knows wheth-
er young George Obrenovitch will not
eject Peter and become George Of Ser
via, before the decade comes to an end
The circumstances of George Obreno-
witch s birth were peculiar. His faith
er, King Milan, lived extremely unhap-
PLY with his wife, Queen. Natalie. After
series Of scandalouss affairs which
shocked all Europe, King Milan was
| divorced from the queen in 1885
| Partly in consequence Of this unhappy
affair and partly owing to politica
| troubles, his position in Servia became
So untenable that he abdioated in Feb
ruary, 1889, in favor Of his infant sol
Alexander.
y King Milan left servia and plunged
into the dissipation Of Partisan life il
order to forget his troubles and drown
care. In Paris he married a young
4 Seryian lady, Miss Artemisia Johann
vi, daughter of a sservian architect VIII
had established himself in Constantine
pie and risen high in the favor of tn,
sultan. The wedding ceremony wa
3 performed by a Servian priest Of thu
i Servian branch Of the Orthodox Greel
4 church, SO that the marriage was duly
solr..ari-o1 18th III the rec essarv form
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the Karageorgevitch, affords material
for one Of the most fascinating histori-
cal romances ever written. It is one Of
the most interesting features in Balkan
politics, which are so rich in marvellous
intrigues and extraordinary political
movements. .,.
Briefly expressed, the family Of
Obrenovitch has been pitted against the
family of Karageorgevitch for more
than century. Towards the end of
the eighteenth century, the founder of
the present Karageorgevitch dynasty,
named Karageorge,, liberated servia,
which was then Turkish province,
from Turkish rule. Karageorge was a
| simple peasant, but he possessed all the
qualities of great military leader and
a ruler Of men. He proclaimed himself
independent monarch Of the. Servians,
and established himself on the throne
which he had erected. His accession
was acclaimed with enthusiasm by the
Servian nation and recognized by the
neighboring Christian powers.
During the period of peace which en-
sued, internal dissensions tore the new
! ly liberated Servian nation asunder
! These discussions gave the Turks a ia
| vorablc opportunity of attempting the
reconquest Of servia, whose independ
ence was again undermined.
Karageorge was murdered in 1917 BY
4 adherents Of the founder of the Obreno
witch dynasty, who repeated Kara
georges feat of 5expelling the Turk
i from the country He, in his turn
proclaimed himself. independent ruler @
servia, and was likewise acclaimed b.
j the tickle nation. Karageorge $ de
scendents, however, were also candi
i dates for the throne, and year afte
wear the feud between Kara georgevitcl
and Obrenovitch was carried on, to-
often by treacherous murders, cunnin,
15.,r->re $50 !,-ilso---, treason and IN
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Correspondence Of The Journal 4 :: L.
D EIGRADE, SERVIA, Feb. 12.-
* One of the most remarkable
80 A figures in European politics is a
boy who wilI@shortly celebrate his 10th
birthday. He is almost unknown to
the public, who are ignorant of many Of
the mysteries and thrilling intrigues 60
ing on behind the scenes of the stage of
international affairs. ~ ~
The name of 'this boy is George
Obrenovitch and hesista son OF the. late
King Milan of Servia. His ! mother
claims that. he is a Legitimate son~and
that he inherits hiszfather s. royal rank,
SO that he ought by#rights to be styled
Prince George Obrenovitch. The adj
herents Of the present dynasty in Ser
via, on the other hand, declare that
George 'Obrenovitch is not a legitimate
son, and that if he were legitimate, ow.
ing to the fact that the marriage was
morganatic, he would inherit, not his
father s, but his mother IS rank: The
whole controversy is so complicated
and entangled in SO many intricate de.
tails that impartial judges have found
it difficult to pronounce a definite yer.
dict. Much depends on the view which
is taken Of the matter. If young George
Obrenovitch is really "a Legitimate son
of the late King Milan, and has also
inherited his father s royal rank, all the
adherents of the Obrenovitch dynasty
in Servia will rally round him to seek
to place him on the Servian throne il
place Of the present king. George
Obrenoviteh would cease to be an OBJ
scure youth Of irresponsible age and
would become a recognized pretender K
the, SerViian throne whom his. supporter
would declare to be capable of govern
ing that troubled country.
Feud of Rival Dynasties.
Tbe deadly feud between the riva
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and observances. In March, 1890, their
son George was born. He received the
name Of George Obrenovitch:
Three years later it became evident
that the adherents of the Karageorge-
witch family were endeavoring to drive
the youthful King Alexander from the
Servian throne. Milan recognized the
desirability of making a great sacrifice
on his behalf. !. The divorce of his par.
ents prevented Alexander from finding
a bride among the great royal families
Of Europe, and an advantageous matri-
monial alliance was considered essential
to establish him firmly on the Servian
throne and to consolidate his power.
Milan saw this and began negotiating
with Natalie, who was living in exile at
Biarritz Repugnant as it was to her
to be reunited to her former husband,
she consented to reconciliation in or
der that her son King Alexander might
be saved from the misfortune which
threatened him.
It was necessary, however, for King
Milan to get rid Of his second wife Ar
temisia before he could remarry his
first wife, Queen Natalie. The .necessi-
ties of. the case were represented to Ar
temisia, and after strong protests she
finally consented to be divorced by mu-
tual arrangement. Accordingly di.
vorce was pronounced. by the Servian
courts and King Milan Immediately
gave Artemisia in ! marriage to Mr..
! Christich, the Servian minister in Wen
ma, by way Of consolation. Mr.. Chris
itch was proud to marry the divorced
wife Of his ex-sovereign and was a good
husband to her until his death. King
Milan remarked Queen Natalie in 1898
but soon separated from her again.
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LUZ-E:CE -4lY1N9 HEZD

utilizing the rent money and not pay
ing for her gowns and hats. The seat
of these speclllations is known to be
is building lots that have gone, away
up. 6%@
Anna Held is in it, and SO: is the
.canny Desprez. Indeed, since these have
come out SO we'll from the speculation,
many others are. beginning to debate in
their minds whether, after all, the col
lection of jewels, heretofore their spe-
cialty, be not an inferior form of in
vestment. .4G 80 1T
A Coup with Jewels.
This tendency to put their savings
into jewels was born of the peculiar
successes Of ,Otero, to begin with, and
her imitators later. For women capa-
BILE of starring-e.g. Cleo de Merode,
Lima ,Cavalieri or Anna Held-capital
so invested pays enormous interest in
the advertising it affords, them. From
the start Otero travelled on her jewels.
Furthermore, one can have a forced
sale!"' every now and then and realize a
snug, sum--to buy more Jewels, pardie!
Twill not name the latest beauty to
pull off this old reliable coup: but she
is here in the collection. Paragraphs
began to appear now and then, recount
ing the financial woes Of the fair crea-
ture. "She will be forced to part
with her wonderful JEWELS Then
would follow details Of the small pearl
necklace, the dog collar, the new art
comb, the long chains, and a list of the
rings. Fraud-all fraud!>
On the day Of the sale, you might not
have understood the curious thing you
saw. Half the professional beauties
of Paris were present. Every mother s
daughter of them knew that the jewels
there exposed for auction were not real
ly those Of the alleged unhappy beauty
but were furnished by speculative
jeweler. Yet you would see the fail
ones bidding them up like real forced
sale bargains! One word will explain
the mystery. "They are always gooo
to take,' one of them said the next
day. 'fPerhaps they were a little dear
but I get my name in the papers as g
buyer-see, here is the description Of
| my costume. It will do me good right
now and later on-when have my OWL
sale! Besides with ane enhancing
SMILEY the money was not all mine thai
! I bid with. T was aided!'
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Georges Right to the Throne.

It is necessary to bear all these cir
cumstances in mind in order to be able
to form verdict regarding George
Obrenovitch' claim to be a scion Of
the former royal house Of Seryia. II
his claim to the Servian throne depend
ed solely on his legitimacy it would be
undeniable. His enemies, however, ap-
peal to the law Of succession in force in
nearly all the great countries of Europe
whereby the sons Of monarchs or Of
royal princes who marry wives of pie
beian rank cannot be regarded as royal
personages and cannot ascend a throne.
z This law is in force in Germany, Aus
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BY STERLING HELLO.

= BY STERLING HELLO.
Correspondence Of The journal.
~ ARTS, Feb. 1.-THE profess ional
- beauties of the gay French CAPT
- :. tai have nerve that is growing
stronger daily.
They think. they have the right to
live free, not only on the admiring pub
lie, but on tradesmen, furnishers, pho
tographers, theatrical directors, auto
mobile garages and livery stables, not
to speak Of their own landlords.
These lilies Of the field have learned
to claim the earth, and get it-even
from Partisan judges. This Is why
earlier s salary has been raised since
she acquired her sable jacket without
money. This why being sued for l, 730
francs worth Of pictorial posters has
illuminated Jane Derval's renown.
Derval, 1.-THE Midnight Sum-
Jane Derval is "The Midnight Sun
Of Paris.' The reference is to her
eyes Of fire, her darkly glowing bru-
nette beauty and her sixty ampere
dash and .razzle. On the cafe concert
stage her air is staggering and negli
gently tough. -. .s. H. 4 -.
Well, eight months ago the Scala put
her at the head Of "Review.' The
Scala did its usual average lavish ad
vertising. Jane was in it, at the top
But that did not suffice for Jane She
went her way and had 5000 extra ar
tistic pictorial posters Of her own vol
uptuous person pasted on the walls Of
Paris. The designer was well-know1
artist; the color printer was the dear
est Of his kind. .
The scene changes to the third civi
tribunal Of the Seine. y, The colo
printer sues Jane Derval for 1,73(
: francs. II do not owe it, says tn
Midnight Sun. "Whys" asks tn
judge. 1.-THE posters were a gift;
tribute.'' f'From whom7' asks tn
color printers lawyer. "From tn
artist. He adored me. He begge,
permission to do me, and I let him, ,
answers Jane. . L.. =
"But where do come ins" inquire
the color printer. y. IT,.
ARRANGE with the artist,'' came tn
answer. sand In, the absence of writ
ten evidence, the very Partisan iudg
declared his inability to find a promis
to pay on the part of the Beauty. =
A whole Jurisprudence is growing on