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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-23
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DECISION OF QUEEN
WITHOUT PRECEDENT

his uncle Louis XVIII. and to his
father, afterwards Charles X. Tho
King settled handsome fortunes upon
the girls, creating Charlotte Countess
bestowing the title OF Countess dc
VierZen upon Louise. They were re-
spectlvely thirteen and fourteen years
or age when their father was killed.
rage which he had contracted during
his exile in England with Amy Brown
was not regarded as valid BY the
FRENCH crown. owing to his failure TO
Uncle, Louis XVIII. and from his
father, yet the girls were brought up
at court as relatives of the reign!ng
house Louise, Countess OF Yicrzon.
married Baron Athanasius de Charette.
father of General Baron de Charette,
and grandfather oil that foolish young
Antoine de Charette who, without any
vestise OF lega! right. assumed tha
marriage with Miss Susan HenninE.
daughter OF James w. Henhing, OF
Louisville. Ky. the conjunction OF an
unwarranted mushroom title OF mar.
quis with SO iliustrious a name as that
| of de Charette exciting rldieule every
where in Europe.
Charlotte, Countess of Yssoudon mar
ried Prince de Faucigny- Lucinse ct
Coligny and through this union Is
the grandmother of the Prince Fer
dinand who has Just wounded Anthony
Stewart in single combat.
Ferdinand was formerly married TO
the daughter of the Partisan banker
Raphael Cahen d'Anvers, Christian
I lied Hebrew. with whom he was In con-
stant litigation about money matters.
| and after her death became the hus-.
| band of May Ephrussia, daughter OF
Michael Ephrussia, an Odessa. Pari-
1 and a granddaughter. therefore, or
! the late Baron Alphonse Rothschild.
! Neither OF his marriages have been
particularly happy. mainly owing to
the high and lofty ground that II Is
perfectly preposterous TO dream that
/ he would ever have consented TO con-
j tract u mesalliance by wedding the
corn broker. il he had not received
/ beforehand assurance from them that
4 they would pay his bills.
The house Of Fancig s,ts lusiI,gs, d is
Savoy, and the family tree shows many
matrimonial alliances with the now
4 reigning house of ltaiy. me orlsinai
name was F'uciniaci. which has been
names of Lucinge and of Coligny came
Into the family through marriage.
The princely title. is in reality sar, -
4 dinian one, and it was only In 1873
4 the sake of his granddaughter, that Is
to say, the grandmother OF Prince
i Ferdinand. consented to grant patent.
4 authorizing the members Of the house
of Faucigny-Lucinge ct Cohgny to use
II Prince Ferdinand Is the head OF the
. family. and his younger brother Guy
Ills welded to Mercedes Terry, daughter
i and heiress Of the late Antonio Terry,
of New York. Guy is much more pop
q ular than his elder brother, and he
and his American wife are freouent.
Visitors to the United States. Much OF
.Princess Guys property Is In New
and Henry L. Sprague are the trustees
j. of the trust created for the benefit
Of his daughter by the late Antonio
Terry, whose second wife, It may be
remembered. was the well known
prima donna, Sibyl Sanderson.
!, JCopyright, 1910, by the Brentwood
i Company
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Cycle OF Romnnces,

sidered to constitute the. Arthur'an
cycle Of romances. G. ~
The Artlrurlan cycle OF romances was
d series of romances relating to the
exploits OF Arthur and his knights
They were Breton romances an1pI.
fed in Wales and adopted at the
court of the Plantagerets as the fount
dation of the epic of chivalry9 Geoi-
frey of Monmouth (nbout ll4O) may
perhaps be considered as the source
of the legends. He collected or IN
vented in such manner as to give
"a chivalrlc interest to his material,
on which the great mass OF later
romance was based or grated. From
about 1850 poems were sung by wan.
dering minstrels on the adventures or
Arthur and his knights. The French
piled Till the later half of tho thlr-
teenth century, and had not originally
this name. 1t was an abridgment and
consolidation, by Rustighelle Cor RUS
tcien) Of Pisa, of number. of the
prose romances which grew from these
poems The English "Morte Arthur"
OF Sir Thomas Mallory Is thought to
have been translated from some earlier
compilation. perhaps that of Helie de
Boron. The stories of Arthur, Guine-
we're. Merlin The Round Table. Lam
celot, The Holy Grail, Tristan, Pcrci-
val Meliadus, Guiron. isaie lie Triste,
and Arthus de Bretagne are the prln,,
Opal romances, both British and
French. In this cycle. There Is a
large number of minor poems and
prose romances which deal with spe-
cial episodes,
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HOT AFTER THE THIEVES.

Postmaster Hitchcock Is
making a name for himself that viii
go sounding down the ages. lie has
been much maligned by those VINO
have not known him for what he is
one of the strongest and most active
members }of the Presidents official
family. with very clear ideas of bus
mess management, and, as the records
will show, a very keen nose for those
engaged in the government service
who do not keep well within the
straight, but narrow path of common
honesty. Only little while ago 1T
was reported that Mr.. Hitchcock had
managed the affairs Of the Post-otnce
department so well that 1T promised
not only to pay it's way this year. but
to put little to the surplus account.
We have hoped that, possibly, the Post
Office Department might be able, under
Hitchcock's business management TO
declare a dividend. So much for that!
But Mr.. Iitchcock's activities have
not been confined to reducing the cost
of the service; he has appeared within
the last few days in the role of sher-
lock Holmes, and has declared war
against the swindling concerns and
their thievng business.
Mr.. Hitchcock took personal charge
in New York on Monday of a raid upon
two undertakings in that town, which
are believed to have swindled the pub
lie out of more than S4o,ooo,ooo. This
is the finest thing Hitchcock has yet
done, and he has hardly begun! Seven
ty-eight cases having been made by
him during the year. He estimates that
within the last five years the American
people have been swindled out of
s1oo,ooo,Qoo by the jobbing mine ex-
ploitation, banana compromise. bucket
shops and the like, which have -four
ished all over the country.
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held, beyond which II VIII NOV pe
proper or binding upon the party io'
the convention to go. The ISSUES '''a'
would seem to require treatment as
we understand, are better fegula.ion'
OF the primary system of party e'ee-
ton. q definite policy touchlns 'he
public schools and higher INSTITUTIONS
of learning, a cleancut declaration on
the subject Of prohibition, THESE are
the Issues to which the work or 'ne
convention should be confined
AT it's next convention the Natohal
Democracy will declare the policy OF
the party on the tariff and other great
national issues, but the three questions
we have noted would accord ai'lple
scope for the work of the proposed
convention in Virginia, and In It's Gun
the State Committee might with great
propriety restrict It's work to the set
tlement OF these matters
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LODGES SUCCESSOR.

Eliot is, of course, the first choice
for United States Senator from Massa-
chusetts, If the will of the people Of
that Commonwealth shall be carried
out in the ousting Of Cabot Lodge
political dilettante and, gentleman
friend of the interests. In case, how
ever, that DR.. Eliot shall not be avail
able, the best man that can be sub
stituted for him is the Hon. Curtis
Guild, some time Governor Of the
State. scholar and statesman of the
first order. There is little possibility
OF the election OF Democrat, but
Republican though he Is, we dare say
that Guild would be, the most ac-
ceptable, man OF his party to- the DEM
ocrats in the Old Bay State.
Guild served conspicuously In the
Spanish-American War, attached to the
staff of General Fitzhugh Lee. He was
called from business life by the Re-
publican party to become its candi-
date for Governor, and he was elected
by substantial majority. His two
administrations We're successful from
every point of view, Adhering to the
right as he saw It, he performed his
duties in spirit of Justice and equity
lie was most impartial chief magls-
trate, and WAS universally popular II
which respect he shines by CONTRAST
with the lily-nngered Lodge, for whom
the mass of Massachusetts people have
no affection,
One of the characteristics of Curtis
Guild which will cause many people
in this section to hope for his victory
over Lodge Is that Guild has in nj
public speeches and acts evidenced
very friendly and generous attitude
toward the South and Its people. he y
tolerant and broad minded In his VIEWS
practiclng what he breaches.
The great reason why the people Q
Massachusetts desire his election Y
that he is intensely in favor OF IN
popular election of United states Sen
ators. IL such a system preYalleui "
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Massachusetts Lodge would long ago
have retired to the bleak and wind
swept shore of his native Nahant.
FAIkE vIoL1Ns..

The number Of people who think
that they own violins OF rare and
ancient manufacture is astonlshingly
large, III there We're any statistics on
such point, 1t would be found that
they are legion who really believe It
they own fine old instruments OF the
Cfemona and Stradivarius manufacture.
With but few exceptions, these are
OF spurious manufacture and are cheap
limitations made for the express pur-
pose Of dcfrauding buyers. These fake
rare violins have been worked Off on
unsuspecting purchasers for more lnan
"a century, and 1t Is likely that this
fraud will exist long time yet.
Not only amateur musicians, but pro-
fessional violinists, as we'll are thus
deceived. Often a player buys sup
posed Cremona or Stradivarius and is
deluded into thinking that its tone is
that mellow and sweet one of the
ancient instrument. A violin player in
the celebrated Damrosch orchestra
lately bought a violin In New Orleans
which was sold t. him as one Of great
age and value. Taking 1T to an expert
in New York. he was told that the
instrument was of inconsequential age.
and that 1t could be bought for thirty
dollars anywhere.
A farmer In lie lucky some years
ago bought violin for whic.. he paid
one hundred dollars and fine shotgun
to boot. 1t turned out to be the cheap
est kind of factory fiddle worth less
tnan dollar on the market
The deceitful factors in such pur-
cnases are the spurious labels on the
inside. These are made to appear very
old, and are usually accepted as con-
elusive evidence of the age and value
of violins. In many families instru-
ments with their counterfeit labels
have been handed dowh from gener-
alton to generation as heirlooms of
great value.
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THE wIsDOM or WISE.

One of the heads" of which we are
proud and which tile Roa
noke Times copied few days ago 10
The Wisdom of WISE" which we APP
Piled first and in the outstart to the
attitude of Wise county toward good
roads.
The record breaking bond issue in
Virginia for improved highways was
yesterday voted by Wise county by
1,7oo ballots out of 1000. The bond
issue will be for s7OO,ooo-the largest
bond issue. by far. ever voted in vir-
ginia.
This is an achievement of which the
people of Wise may be Justly proud,
but the action of this Southwest
county is "a tremendous credit to the
whole Commonwealth. It will be her
aided from North to South and from
East TO West as the notable progress
sive reform accomplished by one Vir-
ginia county, smashing all other county
records in this State. 1t will give
w lSe = county anu NlISlula lHNdludDle
advertisement. based on realities ano
not on theories
Not only this, but the action of the
good people OF Wise county yesterday
Will give an impetus to the cause OF
good roads in this State that win be
hard TO estimate. Not as wealthy as
some other counties of the State,
hitherto not as progressive as some,
| Wise county now comes to the fore
1 front of the progressive and broad
| minded counties Of Virginia. Other
/ counties will, by its example, be in :
/ spired to join in this great reform,
which makes powerfully for the well
fare of Virginia.
Our heartiest commentator, our
heartiest congratulations go out ia
the people of Wise for their progress.
3 siveness, their public spirit their pa.
triotic achievement for greater vir.
GINA. Wise indeed are the people OF
E Wise All high praise to them
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rnE GREAT AppLE WAY.

Two fine highways. each thirtyfour
miles in length. Will be built the length
of the Spokane Valley, between
Spokane and Occur d'Alene Idaho The
cost will be ss5o.ooo. They will form
what will be known as THE Great
Apple Way The preliminary work
will soon be begun, and 1t is ex-
pected that actual construction will
begin in the early part of next spring.
The funds required will be con-
tributed as follows; States, so per cent
counties, 35 per cent. and landowners,
Is per cent,
The roads will be OF oil macadam,
twenty -four-foot centre. with four
foot shoulders. They will be lined on
both sides, after the German fashion.
with apple and elm trees. making two
of the most remarkable highways in
this country. Orchard owners and nur-
series and irrigation companies oper-
ating in the valley have contributed
the water, and the work OF caring for
them will be done by ranchers along
the routes The work on the Washing
ton side will cost about 100000, and
will be done under the direction OF the
State Highway Commissioner and the
Spokane County Good Roads Assoca.
ton.
This is cited as an instance of what
is being done in other States in the
matter of good roads.
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the result IN these matters cheerfully

and In the best OF spirits.
This newspaper has the satisfaction
OF knowing that the fight which 1t led,
aided by the vast majority OF the press
of the state, cncoimpassed the defeat
OF three of the changes which 1t was
proposed to write in the nearly brand
new organic law Of the commonwealth,
sonal interest carried the amendment
which Will permit the indefinite re-
election of county treasurers and com.
missioners of the revenue. The pro-
Legislature to ninety days, and that to
require only one instead of three read ;.
ings of bills in each House Of the Cen
eral Assembly, were if the arguments
interest of the people as whole. and
not of any individual. Yet these
amendments under the fight OH them
by The Times-D Dispatch. were over
whelmngly defeated Sentiment was
against them, and there was no or
ganization in their favor.
How different the situation was in
regard to the succession of county and
turns. Here again there was no per-
sonal appeal to the voters to reject
the proposition, but in most of the
counties and cities there were strong
~ dr 90, 1ai rafiHpaf Inn
Thousands of voters, personally UNI
interested, yielded to the requests of
friends who We're in office and who dc
sire to stay there to vote for these
amendments. The treasurers and COM
missioners were we'll organized. and
their organization was effective at the
polls.
Another interesting feature of the
returns is the apparent vote in the
counties on the proposition of county
treasurers and commissioners. So far
as the figures show, the people OF the
counties voted against the succession
of:their officers The cityavote in favor
of the two companion amendments car
ried the one relating to county officials.
On the other hand, the vote in the
counties for the proposition to permit
city treasurers and commissioners to
succeed, was insufficient to insure a
majority in the State for it.
OF course, the result was Illogical.
Had 1t been possible, the Legislature
would have coupled these two amend
ments together, so that vote for or
against one would be for or against
both. But this was impracticable,
since city and county governments are
treated in separate sections Of the Con-
| stituton.
But we can sec no logic in the pro,
| position that because the amendment
relating TO county officers has been
carried, the other should be immediate
! ly re-submitted. If majority should
settle the matter in the one case. 1t
/ should do so in the other 1t Is as iogi-
cal 10 e-submit the section regarding
county officers. If appeals to personal
friends governed the vote on wha,
should have been matter of prin-
.i@ciple, why should not the people have
4 another chance at this amendment as
well as at the one which has met with
4 the dsapproval of the voters at the
polls?
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Daily Queries and Answers
for this column TO Query Editor
Dispatch problems VIII be solved no COINS
orr stamps dealers will be given

r sad bgsf'Faa IS FtsdPss
"Froufrou." "Theodora,'' la Tosca."
francois IN 1852, but had iii little sue,
cess Afterward at the Odeon, she
played zanetto, in lie Pa SAINT" Of
Coppee, and the Queen In "Ruy Bias
and was admitted to the Francais,
where she had a very brilliant career,
leaving the company some fifteen years
ago for a still more brilliant one in
all quarters of the globe. She studied
sculpture and paint and has en-
she married M. Damala. a Greek and
an actor In her company, from whom
she has been divorced.
ISiIns.
1. How can / obtain information
how to build kilns for the production
of stone lime In the cheapest man
ner. to produce and sell $4,000 or 30
g. What is the lawful exemption of
ministers property (not owned by
ohurches)2
g. Is the oath subscribed to by the
assessors the same In each county,
a. What means has the state for
protecting itself from too low assess
ments in some counties?
L. a good encyclopedias Will de-
scribe up-to-date kilns. The brick lime
kiln is perhaps the most economical
OF fuel.
2. a minister's own property enjoy.
no special exemption.
3. Yes
4. None.
Fabian Society.
What was the purpose OF the Fabian
Society? ~.
soFs tbs ss sselss. hs TassH
founded In London in 1883. is to re-
| organize society by the emancipa-
tion OF land and capital from indl-
vidual and class ownership, and tho
ivcsting of them in the community for
the general benefit"
TO Enlist.
Must man be citizen of the
United states In order to enlist in the
United States Army?
He must be citizen or one who
has declared his intention to become
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SALINE.

The educators Of the Commonwealth
Of Virginia, teachers and superin-
tendents, two thousand strong, are now
the guests Of Richmond II has been
well said that this is a convention city,
The records show that in the past few.
years many a convention has met with
in our gates 70 go from them I'M
creased in strength and WISDOM, All
SORTS and conditions of men have met
here-men In trades and men in The
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MARCHING oNwAnp.

Let the people rejoice in the figures
last night submitted to the Virginia
Educational Conference by superinten
dent of Public Instruction j. D.. Egg
gleston as to. the progress OF school
work in this Commonwealth. These
statistics indicate healthy growth in
the public school system of Virginia
and an excellent rate OF advance in
all directions.
There are now, according to Mr.. Eg-
gleston's report. SIS schools in this
state doing not less than two years Of
high school work. his is an increase
of l43 over the previous year. That
alone is splendid index of prog.
ress.
The total amount paid teachers dur
ing the last session was s2,7S6,s1s.oo,
which is an increase of s1677s5.Oo over
the previous session.
The length of the school term has
been enlarged from $40 to 6.76 months,
The number of children enrolled in
the high schools has Jumped IRON
lS,41s for the previous year to 1923
for last session.
AS illustrative of the growth of con-
soldated schools 1t Is cited that the
number of wagons used during last
session was 172. Superintendent Egg
gleston is of opinion that there will be
least two hundred wagons in oper-
alton this fall.
The amount spent for school build
ings and equipment during the pas
session was s6s1,145.oo against s51o.
$500 for the previous session.
These statistics tell their own story
Education is marching upward, eve
upward in the Comm onwealth OF Vir
ginia. The educational progress o
our state can nut give US Just caus
for pride.
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professIons--nie in all kinds of tech
meal vacations. Some have been s'nall
gatherings some have taxed the ac-
Communications of the city by reason
OF their size
IL Is safe and sane TO say, however.
that no convention that meets here Is
so important, SO Vital to Virginia so
far-reaching in its power for progress
as the Virginia Educational Confer
ence. Tile greatest civil army of the
civilized world is that Of the teach
ers-the strongest arm of the state
is it's educational arm.
These men and women who have
assembled here represent the power
that is moulding the coming genera
ton for the welfare of Virginia. Into
their hands has been committed the
incompatible trust of directing and
properly investing the minds and souls
Of thousands Of the future citizens
of the State we love and honor. In
very sure sense, these teachers shape
the destiny of the community and
Commonwealth in which they live and
move and serve.
They come here. some from educa-
tional fortresses OF brick and mortar.
new and handsome, and some from
the plain frame, buildings that are
scattered throughout the land, Yet
"a. ia
of the temple. 1t is the character of
the teacher which counts. 1t was Gar
field who said that his idea of educa-
ton was a log with the pupil sitting
on one end and Mark Hopkins on the
other. So it is in this day and time.
The teacher is the thing. Not massive
buildings, not modern appliances. not.
the panoply of educational wealth
can make the true teacher-these
things may help-but high pur-
pose, unrelenting endeavor, persistent
loyalty, endless patience, true patriot
ism, self-sacriflce, service-these are
the footsteps on the path to true
teaching. 1
None can know but the great rank
and file of the teachers themselves
what problems they have to solve, what
situations they have to meet, what
humility they must show when pride
rebels Often receiving short salaries
and working long hours, they are,
taking them for all in all, uncomplain-
| ing In some far-off Utopian day. we
| their great and faithful labor, but
until then they will, nevertheless, strive
| patiently on, doing a mighty work for
| the uplift of the State. 1t has been
true of all ages that the teacher is
not compensated commensurately with
his labor but it has been equally true
that he--or she-has been content to
labor in the matches cause of learn
ing. For, my countrymen. what wise
old Godfrey Chaucer wrote in the four
tcenth century about the teacher of that
day is no less true of the present:
Tor him was lever han at his beddes
a twenty boxes, clothed in black or
red
OF Aristotle, and his philosophie,
Than robes richie, or fdel or sautrie.
But all be that he was philosophre.
Yet hadde he but litel gold in coffre.
And gladly wo1de he lerne, and gladly
tcche."
Aye, it is because they too, would
gladly learn and gladly teach that
: we welcome to our midst the teachers
) Of Virginia. God speed them in their
splendid mission and in their unspeak-
able service
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