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marriage or to the special claims OF legitimate BIRTH
But Herlevas empire over the Dukes heart
never disturbed by any other and her influence
greatly increased in 1927 according to
accounts, 1929 by the birth of who was
named William
The future greatness of this child had been pre-
figured, told, by and prodiges both
before his birth and after. 1t is related that Her
leva dreamed that tree from her body, which
grew till it overshadowed all Normandy and Eng
land At the moment of his birth the babe seized
the rushes strewed on the chamber floor with
strong a grasp that all who saw the sight knew that
he would become mighty conqueror never letting
go anything he laid his hands upon.
If there really were such omens they amply
fulfilled. When the child six seven years old.
Duke Robert decided to go pilgrimage to the
Holy Land. Calling his turbulent vassas about him,
he forced them to acknowledge the claims of his
The father never returned, and for years Normandy
experienced the full the truth of the old adage,
Woe to the land whose King is child! The
boy often fugitive without followers shell
ter; but he attained manhood he began to dis
play the determination, generalship, and statesman
like qualities that to make him one of the
greatest men of history In the Battle of Wales
Dunes in 1o47, he crushed his enemies; and nine
teen years later, not content with the narrow
limits of Normandy, he for himself the
field of Senac, Hastings the crown of England.
Every English King from that time to the pres
ent has been descendant of this illegitimate
monarch and has been proud of
the fact
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Who Would Have Found America

IN these days, when hereditary
1 rulers are ordinarily mere figure
heads and reign but do not gov
ern," when the actual business of
government is carried on by parlia-
ments and ministries, it matters
little whether a monarch marries
the daughter of the King of Den
mark, or a Princess of Timbuktu,
or the daughter of the Ahkoond
of Swat But in the days of obi
vine Right, when Kings were ON
nipotent, international marriages
played an important part in poll
tics as well as in the divorce courts.
The last half of the fifteenth CEN
fury was prominent for such mar
riages, and the first of these laid
the foundation of Spain's great
ness At the beginning of that
period Spain was split up into a
number of little states, of which
the chief were Aragon, CASTLE, and
Mohammedan Granada. The ruler
of CASTLE was Henry ~, a prince
guilty of many atrOCious crimes
He had a younger sister, Isabella,
who was as renowned for her good
ness as her brother was for his
wickednesS
When she was in her sixteenth
year, and already famous for her
beauty in a country where beauty
has never been rare, her brother
was hard pushed by one of the
numerous rebellions that were con-
stantly breaking out against his
authority. The most powerful
leader among his enemies was an
ambitious nobleman, the Marquis
of Villena. Let Villena's brother,
the grand master of the order of
Calatrava, marry your sister" Sug-
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AFTER Washington had become Presi-
~ dent, an old Scotchman who lived
4 = not far from Mount Vernon in the
By PAUL LELAND HAWORTH


~ dent an old Scotchman who lived N
4 4 not far from Mount Vernon, in the -.
territory set apart for the Capital,
ventured to ask him. Now wha wad
We ha bin had We marrit the widow Gus
ts?" There was pith in the question Washing
tons marriage when young Colonel to the relict
charming wife, but also control what in that
bred thousand dollars. PROFESSIONALLY this prop
erty was of great assistance to him in forwarding
his career-he might never have become the Father
of His Country without it.
Similarly, it the marriage of John Hay to the
daughter of Cleveland multimillionaire that en-
abed him to bear the heavy expenses inseparable
from the diplomatic service and resulted in his be-
coming of the greatest Secretaries of State.
Even LincOlnS career profoundly influenced
by Cupid. The death of early sweetheart is be-
leVed to have been the of that undercurrent
Of sadness that through his life while the
character of his wife is thought to have had much to
do with his in political way. Mrs. Lincoln,
it is we'll known something of Xanthippe.
Lincoln's law partner, HerndOn in his life of the
great statesman, says that if Lincolns domestic
relations had been pleasanter it is unlikely he
would have spent much time among men, and
that hence his political career would not have been
so successful as it This opinion has been &C
cepted by even such stad and matter of fact con-
stitutional historian Professor Burgess.
A large part of the worlds history has, in fact,
been determined not by battles and presidential
elections, but by loves and marriages. In semi
mythical times for example, the elopement of
Helen and Paris brought the Trojan and
gave to the world three of its greatest epics the
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chronicles are rich in details of her dress and
behavior. There was no ceremony of marriage;
for of all the princely lines of Europe the ducal
house of Normandy, being only few genera
tions removed from paganism, was the one
that paid least regard to the canonical laws of
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"Iliad," the Odyssey and the
"Eneid." Because Philip of Mac
edon set aside his wife, the Prin-
cess Olympias, in favor of Cleo
patra, niece of his general Attalus,
he wa S assassinated on the eve of
setting out on the expedition
against Persia. His son Alex
ander then conducted the expedi-
ton and became the conqueror of
the world. Antony's infatuation
for more famous Cleopatra caused
him to neglect affairs of state and
resulted in his defeat at Actium,
in his subsequent death, and in
the supremacy of Augustus Caesar
in the Roman world. The love of
Boutwell, for Mary Queen of Scots
led to the murder of Mary's hus-
band Darnley, to her marriage to
Boutwell,, and to her flight to
England, where she was beheaded
Napoleon Bonaparte's marriage to
Josephine secured for him COM
mand over the army of Italy, with
the consequent opportunity to rise
to fame; while his subsequent
marriage to the Archduchess Maria
Louisa weakened the loyalty of his
people and doubtless had some
thing to do with his fall.
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What Conquered England

nERHAPS no more romantic in
1 stance could be found than
that in which Herleva, a Norman
French girl, played a part. 80 Her
1eva's pretty feet twinkling in the
brook, says a historian, made
her the mother of William the Con-
queror. Had she not thus fasci-
mated Duke Robert, the Liberal of
Normandy, Harold would not
have fallen at Hastings, no Anglo
Norman dynasty could have arisen,
no British Empire The reflection
is Sir Francis Palgrave's; and it is
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
BOILED LEG OF MUTTON.

Look over the meat, removing all
nairs and extra fat, then wash quick
ly. Have ready deep kettle partly
illed with. boiling water to which has
oeen added one teaspoonful of salt,
one teaspoonful of vinegar, a dozen
oeppercorns, small carrot scraped,
small onion stuck with one Glove
and two tablespoonfuls of rice The
seasonings will add flavor to the
meat, the rice will whiten it and the
pot liquor may, on subsequent day,
De used as the foundation for a good
broth. Plunge in the meat, bring
quickly to the boil and boil hard for
i've minutes, then draw to one side
where it will only simmer. Allow
dfteen minutes to the pound if liked
rare, eighteen if well done. Just be-
lore it is to be dished out take one
cupful of the liquor in small sauce
pan. Add one cupful of milk and
heat to the boiling point. Thicken
with one good tablespoonful of -four
rubbed to a paste with cold water,
stir and boil for Eve minutes, adding
seasoning to taste. When taken from
the fire add one tablespoonful of
lemon Juice and one tablespoonful of
chopped parsley; or substitute two
tablespoonfuls of capers. s.-American
Home Monthly
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really exceedingly graceful and very
generally becoming when cut on such
lines as those illustrated. 1t is gen.
orally classic in effect and it drapes
the figure with real grace, while 1t Us
adapted to every material that will
drape successfully. This one is ar
ranged over a closely fitted skirt that
is finished with circular fiounce at
the lower edge. AS illustrated the
material is crep de Chine with trim
ming of applique in self color.
The skirt consists of the tunic, the
circular fiounce and the five cores OF
the under portion. The cores fit the
figure snugly and the circular founce
is Joined to their lower edge. The
tnnic Is on one piece and is fitted by
means of darts at the hips, while it
is arranged over the skirt and the two
are joined to the belt. If walking
length is desired, both skirt and tunic
can be cut off on indicating lines.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30

Washington, d. C.-Dr. Harvey
w. Wiley, food expert of the Govern
ment has few simple rules for eat
ing and drinking during the heated
term. Here are his commandments:
Eat one-fourth less in summer than
in winter
Eat meat in moderation. Select
the lighter meats.
Danish all alcoholic beverages.
Eat most largely of cooked fruits
and vegetables.
Drink nothing below sixty degrees
In temperature, and drink sparingly
Be careful to seek the society of
cheerful friends.
Practice moderation in open air ex-
ercise.
Don't fret; don't worry.
Thousands of people are made
sick in summer because they do not
know how or what to eat" observed
DIR. Wiley. but the same criticism
applies to the winter season as we'll.
! Few people follow definite rules.
Moderate eating, moderate drinking,
moderate exercise in the open air and
cheerful friends will keep any good
man alive through the summer.
Eating in summer should be, di-
minished by about one-quarter, mas
much as the heat energy is one-quar-
ter less than in winter.
Fruits and vegetables are the nor
NAL diet for summer, provided they
are cooked If eaten raw they
should not Be contaminated with
pathogepic bacteria.
Few persons who delight in raw
fruits for breakfast have any idea of
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
BOILED SALAD DRESSING.

Mix in smooth. stew pan one heap
ing teaspoonful of cornstarch, the
same of sugar, one-half as much salt,
and dry mustard and little pepper.
Add one-third of cupful of vinegar
Ind one-half cupful of boiling water.
Jookitill smooth; add lump of but
Ter the size of an egg and pour while
polling over the well-beaten yolk of
an egg. When nearly cold add the
;tif1y beaten white of the egg. This
dressing will keep two or three days
the summer and is good with let
:uce, cold meat, any salad, or with
aot dishes like asparagus and
greens" of all kinds. 1t is much less
expensive than the bottled kinds and
you need no pure food label to assure
you of it's cleanliness. K. T., in
Southern Cultivator.
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DRINKERS TO GET LICENSES
Spokane Wash. Politician Believes He Has
Solved the Liquor Problem

man wants to drink he should be
compelled to take out a license to
do so, and it should be a misdemean-
or for any person to sell to man
who does not have such a license.
Such licenses should be issued by
county and city, a reasonable fee
being about SIS a year for county
licenses and from 81 to SO a year for
city. This would bring in a larger
revenue than under the present
license system, and would put the
burden where it belongs
Each license thus issued should
have attached thereto a photograph
of the person taking it out, so there
could be no using Of the license ex-
cept by this man. 1t should also
contain a provision that& conviction
for drunkenness at any time would
be punished by a revocation of the
license for period of six months or
a year. This appears to me to be the
logical solution of the liquor question
in districts where saloons are not
barred by local option"
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
T TOUSE=
''9OI.D
| llINTS

To brighten old alpaca, wipe of
with coffee.
Clean bottles or jugs with coarse
gravel or shot.
To remove ink stains. soak in sour
milk over night.
Brighten carpets by sprinkling with
salt before sweeping.
To clean furniture not vanished
wet cloth with Kerosene.
To remove mildew, soak in butter
milk, and spread on the grass in the
sun.
To remove tea stains and discolor
Ing on cups, plates. ETC., scour with
ashes.
Don't forget frequent sailing of the
COWS. Mrs. G. w. Hardy in the Pro.
gressive Farmer.
In cooking old fowls add a table.
spoonful of vinegar to aid the cook.
ing and make tender.
The wings of turkeys. geese and
chickens will wash windows well
leaving neither dust nor lint.
1t is said that lump of gum cam.
phor placed in the silver drawer will
prevent the pieces from furnishing.
Mix stove polish i'm vinegar, add
ing teaspoonful of sugar and using
4 newspaper instead of cloth to polish.
Green vegetables can be kept 4resh
for days by wetting them and then
rolling them up in paper, screwing
the ends to keep out the air.
When curtains begin to give way,
baste large piece of thin white cloth
over weak parts before washing.
Boil in pillow slip or thin sack.
If the stiffness is out OF your veil
ard it is still good, wrap it around
paste board roll, stretching full
width, and steam. Let it dry on the
roll and it will be as good as new.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
The world Of Snort.

There will be no more Yale re-
gattas on Lake Whitney, hereafter,
1t is understood
Howe, the crack hurdler Of Yale
University, has been elected captain
of the Eli track team.
Carl Schlechter, of Vienna, and o.
s. Duras, of Bohemia, tied In the IN
ternatiOnal chess tournament at
Prague.
With Annapolis and Georgetown
out Of the Ponghkeepaie regatta this
year, only I'VE crews lined lis for the
word Cornell, Columbia, Wiscohsin.
Pennsylvania and Syracuse.
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"EAT LESS, DRINK LESS CHEER up HOT WEATHER ADVICE
Wiley, Government Expert Raw Aico-
hoI and Gloomy Friends Should Stunned


pathogenic bacteria, its appearance
or it's taste, if it has any. SO apples,
peaches, grapes and even the delect-
able grape fruit are to be banished
because they may have been contain
mated. Stewed prunes are good, If
you like them and the contamination
has been cooked out of them.
"The festive highball and the more
plebian "scuttle of suds' are to be
put aside. Alcohol when oxidized is
nothing but heat, and these summer
days are hot enough. Should more
alcohol be used than is oxidized the
user gets poisoned. 1t Is hard to
tell during the heated season when
the alcohol imbibed is going to stop
oxidizing, so the safest plan is to
cease imbibing.
"Care should be taken against
over-indulgence in very cold drinks
or frozen relishes. On hot days no
beverages below sixty degrees in
temperature should be taken. Other
wise they are apt to produce what
physicians describe as ice-water dys-
pepsia. Soda water and ice cream
are alike bad when taken in large
quantities. Observe the law of mod
Grafton and eat and drink slowly"
Here DR.. Wiley interrupted hfs SOL
emn warnings to break into verse:
Full many man, both young and old,
Has gone to his sarcophagus
By pouring water, icy cold,
Adown his hot esophagus.
''Tell your readers to be cheerful;
it might be worse" DR.. Wiley con-
cluded, as he mopped his brow and
turned on the electric fan.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30

Spokane, Wash.-The Republican
party in this State is pledged to local
option and the Democrats are on rec
ord as favoring absolute prohibition.
Knowing that there are voters to
whom neither course is acceptable,
e. e. Hall, of Spokane, who is a
candidate, has come forward with a
novel plan. He would compel every
man and woman who drinks intoxi-
eating liquors to pay license fee,
exempt saloon men and permit any
one who desires to engage in the traf-
fic, the sole restriction being to sell
only to license holders.
Outlining his plan, Hall said that
while he is willing to stand squarely
upon the Republican State platform
and vote for the passage of local
option law, If elected, he will intro
duce a measure which provides that
the man who drinks the liquor should
pay the license. He added:
My plan would be to abolish all
saloon licenses, permitting any man
desiring to do so to sell liquor If a
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
Taffetas ManteIots.

Evidently repenting of her lack of
consideration for the woman who has
passed the rubicon of middle age, La
Mode has issued an imperative COM
mand that taffetas mantelots which
merely silhouette the figure shall be
worn with suede or satin-faced cloth
skirts. Such toilets are instinct with
artistic merit, the rouleaux trimming
on these little wraps being as novel
as 1t is effective.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
RAW EGGS FOE INvALIDs.

For invalids, the phosphorized fats
Of the egg yolk, known as lecithir.
are particularly valuable. Often the
physician orders raw egg to be
taken daily. In such a case the
2ungency, or relish, to the egg should
oe given by the use of lemon Juice
and not vinegar, as is often done.
Squeeze a few drops of lemon juice
into wineglass, break the egg into
:he glass, being careful not to break
:he yolk; then squeeze a little more
lemon on the top and sprinkle with
salt. The egg thus prepared should
De swallowed whole Boston Cook
ing School Magazine.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
Home of the Orange.

Careful research has shown that
India was the country from which the
orange spread to Western Asia and
eventually to Europe and the Ameri-
cas-. Oranges are at present found
wild in many parts of Northern In
dia. Cultivated from remote per-
iod In Hindustan, they were carried
to Southwestern Asia by the Arabs.
probably before the close Of the ninth
century. They spread ultimately,
through the agency Of the same race,
to Africa, Spain and }possibly Sicily.
following the tide df Mohammedan
CONQUEST.
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Mrs. Howard Gould's father left
her 81.
Four out of five of all English
women Of position are smokers.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is said to be
the best bridge player in New York.
Miss Ellen Stewart, of Carthage,
aged 104 years, died at Watertown,
N. Y.
Mrs. Katie Hartigan, widow. of
Brooklyn, N. Y, died of fright at the
sight OF blO0dstains On her waist
caused hy a slight wound In her side.
The wound was not dangerous.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30

tucks that the kimono sleeves are
attached. The centre-front is simply
arranged over the fronts and is
hooked into place beneath the left
edge, the fronts meeting at the centre
beneath. The sleeves are of moderate
fulness and gathered into straight
cuffs. There is prettily shaped belt
and the stock collar completes the
neck edge.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and one
four yards twenty-one. twenty-four or
thirty-two, two and three-fourth
yards forty-four inches wide, with
four yards of banding and soutache,
according to design used.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
POOR POLICY.

Mrs Skinner-''Weli, how wuz the
circus, Jason?"
Mr.. SINNER Rotten! An the
feller at the door made me pay full
price fer little Hiram
Mrs. Skinner--''WelK, he's a good
deal more'n twelve, you know
MI Skinner--'Cou he is, but
fer the sake NV year or two / don't
see why them graspin' circus interests
should antagernize the farmin COM
munity Brooklyn Life.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30

cts were emptied by women in the
garb Of the trained nurse. From re-
lieving suffering to infiicting it is an
easy change. The whole idea is ex-
cellent, and the inventor Of this new
way of getting money for charity
ought to be known and immortalized
provided that it does not fore
shadow the passing of the indispensa-
Bile hospital fair or concert or rum
mage sale This would be calamity
too dreadful to tolerate.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
CHOCOLATE TART

Chop one cupful of almonds or pe.i
cans, add two cupfuls of sugar, the
well-beaten yolks of seven eggs, half
. cake of sweet chocolate grated. thir.
teen rolled crackers, two tablespoon
fuls of baking powder, one wineglass
of grapejuice and one teaspoonful OF
vanilla. Cut in the stifly beaten
whites of seven eggs. and bake in
pan with oiled paper on the bottom.
American Home MONTHLY.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
Talk Straight.

Clear thinkers, clean-cut writer's,
who can condense their thoughts, are
SO rare that they are in great demand.
Everything is covered up with words.
words, words. The whole tendency
of modern life is toward diffusion.
Rhetorical condensation is becoming
a lost art. Success.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
TAG Day THE LATEST SPECIES OF REFINED HIGHWAY ROBBERY

Washington, D. "Tag-day," the
latest species of refined highway rob-
berry, consists in holding up the en-
tire population of a town and de-
maGding contribution to the local
hospital in return for a tag which, if
worn in plain sight, becomes a safe
guard against further molestation.
Automobiles and other vehicles are
stopped in true Jesse James style.
Even a train is reported to have
been held until the passengers pock-
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
Band of Colored Linen.

A novel piece of neckwear consists
of band Of colored linen that sur
rounds the lower part Of the white
linen collar, meets at the front and
falls from there to the belt, being
closed all the way down with white
pearl buttons and forming waistcoat
effect when the suit coat is buttoned
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30

illustration linen is trimmed with SOU
tache braid and with banding of por-
celain blue, this use of color on white
being one of the notable features of
the season.
The blouse is made with fronts.
centre-front and back. The fronts
are tucked for their entire length,
the outermost tucks meeting those in
the back, and it is beneath these
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30

New York Simple blouses
are those apt to be in demand at this
season of the year, and this one is
novel and attractive, while it involves
very little labor in the making. There
is the centre-front, or vest-like por-
tion. which gives distinctly novel
effect, while it also allows of the in
visible closing at the left of the front,
and there are kimono sleeves which
can be used or not as liked. In the
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
Trial Marriage Failed;
Worried Himself to Death.

North Dana, Mass.-Elmer M.
Thayer, of Hardwick, a wealthy
Grand Army man. died of worry be-
cause of his inability TO find a salts
factory wife through his method
of trial marriage
Mr.. Thayer advertised extensively
and his mail assumed the proportions
of the correspondence Of a get-rich-
quick concern. The plan scandalized
and alienated life-long friends and
Mr.. Thayer became a gloomy recluse
and woman hater.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-''The world
is not giving much encouragement to
women to go on in the higher schol-
arship. Even in the old institutions,
after all the talk is over, what do
they do for women in the fields of
scholarship"
This is what the Rev James Mon
roe Taylor, president of Vassar Col
lege, said to the graduates at the
commencement exercises in the col
1ege chapel DR.. Taylor was defend
ing Vassar's method of limiting the
number of students and of leaving
post graduate work to other colleges
This does not mean that we yield
to any college in the world as to
scholarship, he said 1T means
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-06-30
Orders Destruction Of
Fish Wiers in Porto Rican Streams.

San Juan, Porto Rico. "A local law
which was passed recently, authoriz-
ing the construction of weirs and
dams in inland waters but falling to
specify which streams were meant
by the term INLAND waters,Y has
caused the erection by fishermen of
weirs in navigabls streams.
This has been reported to Wash
ington, and instructions have been
sent to District Attorney Savage to
destroy the weirs wherever they OBJ
struct navigation.