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hours. The presence of the children can
not fail to have wholesome effect on
thu. artifciality of court life.
Much more than did Queen Alexandra.
Queen Mary will run the domestic de-
partment of buckingham Palace. She
is much mere metiodical iii her habi $
than the queen mother: of more prac-
teal turn of mind. Ard being u mucn
younger woman. she has much more en-
ergy Ia bestow on the carrying out Of
her IDEAS.
The Queen mother Will exercise very lit
tie influence AT Buckingham Palace. Size
Is not the sort of woman TO play second
sddle to a daughter-in-law. Unlike king
Edward. she always regarded state and
ceremonial functions more or less Of
a bore. II is probable that in the future
she will live for the most part at Sand
bingham. which of all the royal resi-
deEces she loves the most. She will have
$40 Gao Il year to live on. and 50 will lie
able 20 SET along very comfortably with
out practicing any piuching economy In
her retirement she will have the conso-
lation OF knowing that she has won a
place i'm the affections of the people
which will endure rs long as she lives
Copyright in the United States and Great Brit ain
by Curtis Brown. All rights strictly reseryed.)
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by old writer's. About twenty or thirty
years ago the government passed an in
fanticide act. and at that time inVestlgat-
ed conditions Ii was found that in GER
tain localities hundreds of children We're
annually carried OFF by wolves ana,
strange to say, the wolves took only girls.
In the year 1870 three hundred girl babies
were stolen by wolves from the city of
Amritsar Before that the wells of some
parts of India We're polluted by the
drowning of infants and typhoid was COM
mon thereby
One of the worst things that can happen
to these bah brides Is to be marfleu 10
old men This is not uncommon, 1arnliE
often being glad to make a union with
higher caste even If the husband be gray
In such cases widovhood is almost sure
to come early, and in India 10 be widowed
is hell.
OF AL the women on earth there IS none
whose misery is so great as that OF the
widow of India The moment her nus
band dies she becomes an ou;cast hef
touch is pollution. and she Is the save
Of the family. She must take OF heF
good clothing and dress in coarse cot
tors Her head must be shaved and she
cannot battle as the rest of the family
do She must not sleep on bed. but
on the bare floor with nothing bat a
piece Of mating between her and the
bricks She cannot eat with the FANNY
ard must have but meal a day and
that of the coarsest food. She must fast
every two weeks with special faSts now
and then, the idea being that the more
she is tormented the greater viii be the
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Prime Edward, Duke of Cornwall, Is
now sixteen years old. He probably
will he made Prince of Wales about
the time Of his fathers coronation
next year.
to the rest of what the grumbler had to
say When he had finished the new
conner joined in and said: Il quite agree.
l often think If / had come of a fairly
good family | might have got IL better
job than the enc they have pushed me
into.
What is that" asked the complaining
one.
Handling a lot of the worst tempered
mules that ever drove a man TO profanity
and strong drink" was the reply
That sounds rotten. Who are you,
anyhow"
Me? Oh. merely the Duke of Teck,''
was The quiet response.
He had the good fortune to marry Lady
Margaret Grosvenor. a daughter Of the
first Duke Of Westminster. who brought
him money enough to make him indie
pendent of his pay, but he still sticks 10
the service.
The second son. Prince Francis, Is a
fine. big. outstanding man. looking every
inch a soldier. After passing through
Sandhurst he joined the list Dragons and
took part In the Sudan expedition, the
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had gold leglets above its fOre-knees
and silver bells around its neck.
The saddles were of cloth of silver and
the trappinss OF the brides were of
gold. Behind these animals came the
wedding chair. and farther back band
of music and a crowd of men singing
and dancing The wedding chair was "a
litter covered with red and gold canopy
Upon the mattress inside sat the bride
and groom, face to face, leaning back
upon pillows. | looked in through the
curtains and saw them. They were
children. The groom was ten-year-
Old boy of a gingerbread color, and the
bride a little brown baby Of two. The
boy wore a gold cap and Il suit en-
broidered in gold. He had heavy gold
rings on his ankles and wrists. Around
the girls neck was II gold chain. and
she had gold bracelets and anklets. AS
I looked in the groom smiled and waved
his hand at me, but the baby bride did
not open her eyes, and ! am told she
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HEN King George
and Queen Mary
: It'll e down 70
In o u $ e keeping in
Buckin CHAM palace
and start eSta biiSh :
ing their court
many changes will
be made. both in
the domest and
ceremonial person
mel of the esta D.
Iishment. The new
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royal brooms will sweep AL the more
because the period of Official
mourning allows OF plenty OF time in
which 10 do their work.
The ieurehcads-the lord steward, the
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SAW a wedding
procession today.
1t was headed by
camelS with trap
pings of gold,
ridden by bare
legged men in
red and gold
tUrbanS. Behind
came an elephant,
followed by twelve
Arabian horses
each of which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

There IS little race suicide in India. The
people want children. They marry for
that purpose, and the more they have the
better they like it. a woman who has no
children is a curse 10 the family. and she
who does not bear a son is considered d
failure. The marriages are at such an age
that there are thousands of mothers of
twelve and thirteen and there are some
little mothers of eleven or ten. There are
twenty-fve-year- grandmothers, and I
have heard Of great-great- grandmoth-
ers at fCrty-eight years Of age. The coun-
try is thickly inhabited. 1t grows greater
every year and there are forty million
more people here now than there were in
1889. the average increase being thirteen
per cent every year.
Indeed, the condition of women i'm India
is such that no parent wants TO bring
daughter into the world. He knows she
will be a slave as wife and an outcast
as a widow. For this reason infanticide
was common few years ago, and for
the same reason it is still practced here
and there away from the eyes of TIE pO-
lice. | hear it whispered that girl babies
are strangled and that poison is some
times laid on their mothers breasts so
that when they suck they cat no more.
The poisoning of them with opium was
common in the past, and it is mentioned
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Allied to them is caSs Of girls who are
bad for religions sake. They are the tenn
PIE brides who are bred to dance at the
shrnes. to pander TO the priests and sing
obscene songs to the gods. They are OBJ
tanned while yet children by the temples
through purchase or as gifts from the
parents and are educated for the purpoS .
Sometimes a man who has recovered from
illness buys a girl and presents her thus
as a gift to the gods. or If one mas
stroke Of good luck lie may make the
priests such present. If the temple
brides have daughters they are brought
up as dancing girls. being taught TO reao
and sing and instructed in all the arts OF
seduction These girls are licensed by
law. but of late years their excuses have
become such that even the natives nave
begun to object. Three years ago num-
Der of HindooS asked the Bombay gov
ernment to suppress the custom IN tha'
state and there was an attempt to DO SO.
II failed because the masses of the people
looked upon the institution as having been
sanctified by religion. ana because the
British make it a principle to do nothlnS
that affects the faith of their SUBJECTS
Just now a similar action has been taken
NV Nysore one of the native states, and
it may be that it will succeed.
The awakening of India, now gong on.
cannot but better these conditions. The
than they are, and any change must be
an Improvement. l am told that the
native leaders realize this. and that even
the MohammedanS are holding conNeH-
lions in the interest of female education.
India has about sixty million Mohamme-
dams, and this means that there are hail
that number of women and girls. AS III
is now only four thousand such girls are
in school. The Mohammedans feel fhat
the educational standard of the folloWtrs
of the prophet must be raised and That
This can be best done by educating the
girls 1t is much the same with the HIN
docs some of whose leaders have eStab-
Iished girls schools. There Is a man
named Roychand, Jain, who has found
ed a school for women at Bombay. ana
that city has other seminarieS OF SINH
lar kind.
You have all heard of Pundita Ramabi.
who lectured in the United States not
long ago and collected some money there
for her girls school at Po0na. She Is a
Prahmin and belongs to one OF the
highest castles of the Hindoos- She was
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FATHER AND ChIL DRE:N THESE. GIRLS ARE
MARRIED AND Will Go To THEIR HUSBANDS At NNEIVE

happiness Of her husband in heaven. She
must not allow her shadow to fall upon
the food or drink of the rest of the fam
lily, and all told she is worse than a
leper. She will bring bad luck to any
one who meets her. and no man will
continue Il journey if he passes a widow
on starting.
Such is her condition at home and she
cannot get away. She is ostracised every
where. She cannot hire out as a serv-
ant. for no one will take her If she is
good looking she may be employed at
the temples; but as a rule her life is the
most horrid slavery. This is added to
by the belief of her husbands mother
and sisters that in prosecuting her they
to pity her, for the superstition is that
those who pity a widow are likely soon
10 be widows themselves. At the same
time she is dependent upon the rest Of
tire family. Women cannot inherit prop
erty among the Hindocs. and all that is
left by the husband goes TO the children.
What a fate is this for the woman full
grown or the old woman who as 4 widow
has but a few years to live. 1t is more
terrible still for the babies and children
who become widows before they know
what marriage means. Their whole lives
are continuous torture, and unSinninS,
they are punished until death.
And how many human beings do you
think are now undergoing such torments
] can give YOU the figures from the CEN
sus OF British India, as they were gath
cred last year. They put the number of
widows at 26.OJ0,oW, number equal to
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INDIAN Marriages and
i How They Are Made
Six Million Ten Year Old
Wives-Temple Brides Who
Are Married to the Gods
The New Movement for
the Education of Women
Schools for Widows, Etc.
Copyright 1910. by Frank C.. Carpenter,
Special Correspondence of The star.
AGR
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the fnagnateS who were so prominent III
King Edwards set will have no place.
Sir Ernest Cassel. who managed the late
kings private affairs, will be little more
than an acquaintance of King George.
His financial adviser will be Lord Revel
stoke, who so successfully managed the
revenues of the DuChy of Cornwall for
him. And the rich Sassoons. whose pa
ternal grandfather first started in busi-
ness in Bagdad, will no longer play the
frequent role of hosts to his majesty.
The genial Sir Thomas Upton, though
he will doubtless continue his philan-
thropic and charitable activities undated
and will try again to lift the America
cup, will not hold the same position with
the present king that he did with the
late one. King George has not the cos
mopoltan tastes of his father.
Neither King George nor Queen Mary
have ever shown any of that partially
for Americans which King Edward so
strikingly displayed II might be in
ferred. therefore, that under the new
regime they will find the atmosphere of
the court toward them much more chilly
than heretofore But the exalted OF the
archs-cannot give free scope 10 their
personal likes and dislikes That is a
luxury reserved Cor more humble folk.
There will be a decidedly new l.ote in
the uoIItSlic Ire nam didtc-
For the first time in more than gener-
alton the corridors of the externally grim
and barra cklike looking pile will rcsound
with the merry voices and happy laughter
OF chldren-O" children who really belong
there. For The new king and queen have
six fine youngsters-fve boys aad one
embarrassing in age from fifteen Gown to
four years. And Queen Mary. thoueH she
has some coed OldfaShioned notions
about the proper way to bring up children
so as to avoid spelling them. believes,
too, in giving them fair show 10 enjoy
themselves In their own way during play
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Foreign Correspondence of The star {
LONDON June fo1O
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baby marriages are usually little more
than enga gements or contracts which can
not be broken. When the wedding cere-
mony is over the little bride is taken back
home and she stays there until she is
eight, ten Or twelve years of age, when
she must live with her husband.
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the most intimate of King Georges
friends and is booked for IA good billet
in the new household.
Another of the retaiuers of the Prince
of Wales establishment who VIII ne
transferred to buckingham Palace iS the
Hon Derck w keppel He is "A brother
in-law of the beautiful and beWitching
Mrs. George keppel whose charms APP
pealed so strongly to King Edward. The
relationship. however has never been re-
earded by Mr.. KeppeTs royal master as
ANYTHING in the nature of a recommended
ton and Mr. Keprel's promotion to the
larger and more important sphere VIII
only serve to accentuate the ouStinS or
the lady from all association with the
new court.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
PENCIL CASE

Select from the scrapbag of the sew
ing room a piece of cloth or colored
wooden goods which you can cut the
shape of the lower half of this page,
but about an inch smaller on each side.
After cutting the material the proper
size and shape turn the goods SO that
the short side is toward you. Fold
the lower edge over until it is within
about five inches from the top Whip
together the edges where the material
is Tapped. Up the center of the dou-
BILE goods make a vertical line of hand
stitching. On both sides of this line
make several more lines of stitching
until there are separate places formed
for pencils, pens and ruler.
OF course, make some lines of stitch
ing closer together than others, so that
there may be room for articles of diff
ferent sizes. In the center of the out
side of the case sew tape so that it
runs across the pencil case. When the
pencils and pens are rolled up in this
case the tape should be tied so as to
make the roll secure. With the scraps
of cloth left make a penwiper.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
CROWN PRINCE PLAIN BOY

edward, duke of Cornwall" as the
prayer books will call the kings eldest
son until he is created prince of Wales
or Little Prince Edward" as the
public will probably continue to call
him-has a gift for saying amusing
things which put his hearers i'm diff
culties. One of the most amusing of
his bon-mots was perpetrated just after
the death of Queen Victoria, when he
was only years old.
When he was told of the queens
death he thought little, and then OBJ
served:
"Very awkward. OF course she'll go
to heaven, but all the angels will have
to walk backward. Grammie did so
love that sort of thing"
Since that remark became common
property in court circles reference to
changes of ceremonial at court have
been constantly accomplished by the
remark, "the sort of thing grannie
loved"
The simplicity of the life led by King
George and Queen Mary, the homeli-
ness of their habits and the extreme
carefulness wherewith Queen Mary
looks into the domestic accounts are
now we'll known, but one of Prince Ed
wards remarks throws flood of light
on the domestic habits of his parents.
When he was first entered at the Royal
college at Osborne he was subjected
to the usual schoolboy questionings:
Here, you new fellow, what's your
name?"
''They call me Edward"
"Huh Suppose you're beastly con-
ceited about being a kings grandson
aren't your"
mo, but I am very glad I'm my
fathers Oldest son."
"Why?"
"Why, 'cos otherwise I should have
to wear my brothers clothes when they
grew out of them"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
TOOL BOX FOR A BOY

Use three shallow wooden boxes of
the same size and shape. Those such
as small canned goods come in are
just the thing. The only other ma
terials necessary are nails and four
stout laths, or four pieces of plain
mo1ding, about as long as laths. Nail
two pieces of molding to the end of
one of the boxes, near the corners,
allowing the moldlng to project about
six inches below the bottom of the
box. To the tops of these upright
pieces nail another box in the same
position as the first box. Midway be-
tween these two boxes nail the third.
On the opposite sides of these boxes
nail two more pieces of molding to
match the first two pieces. When
completed a three-boxe tool table or
tool chest is made. In one box nails
may be put, in another tools, while in
the third sandpaper, stains and
brushes may be kept, so that every
thing may be in constant readiness for
a young workman.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
NOT HER FAULT

Being upbraided by her mother for being
the lowest in her class little Mabel ex-
claimed in tones of injured innocence: 1T
amt my fault. The girl who has always
been at the foot has left ool"-Modern
Society. 80.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
LIMERICK CONTEST

Two prizes will be given in this each week For the
best limerick submitted by girl of public school Her
aid Junior special pennant For the best limerick submitted by
any boy public school age baseball caches m of first
class grade and good size, warranted satisfactory.
Papers this be addressed Aunt Laurie Herald
Junior, The Herald, Los Angeles.
Each separate contribution in this be signed with
address and name of school and grade.
Said the lad Nov the comet has gone
I've nothing blame my faults on,
So I'll have do right
Or else keep out of sight"
Complete this limerick making the last line have the
with the lines Contributions for this
this office later than Thursday
June g for publication June TO-
There a school girl named Mabe
with her the table.
Said her mother, "Such queer
Table manners. l fear
Complete this limerick making the last line rhyme with the
first and have the Lmerks for this
be received this office than Thursday June To-
for publication Tune 20
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
BOYS PRIZE

! To win the prizes Juniors all
4 Will try their best and all will re- G
X call
X Happy days at the beach; <
i Once again within reach
X Where they may hear old Nep- =
: 'cii,3 GT4UDE r6iH G. B1EGHLER. !
< AIS East Avenue Twenty eight, X
+ Los Angeles Cal; age 13.
:. !. !. !. \ X = = = = x !. 4 X !: X 4 X =
HONORABLE MENTION
X TO win the prizes Juniors all <
!. Will try their best and all will re- G
X Happy days at the beach; =
X Once again within reach
X Which they've remembered ;.
\ through the fall.
X HELEN G. MACE. =
< R. F. D. No. 1, Box S05 E., H. Z
4 ]. C. 3, Long Beach high school, :
= grade 91-2, Long Beach. Cal "
X X X !. I. X !. \ < X X X !. !. X \ !. < =
To win the prizes, Juniors all
VIII try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach,
Once again within reach
OF that beautiful beach.
ONYX sNAvELY.
covina. Cal; Reed school, third grade;
age 10.
To win the prizes Juniors all
Will try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach,
Once again within reach
We all found the beach again.
JUIA ALLEN,
Grade 4. age II; Watts.
To win the prizes, Juniors all
viii try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
While we bat the bouncing ball.
t. CARLETON sEELEY,
Az, Sixteenth street school.
To win the prizes Juniors all
VIII try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
If they can win prize and come when
called. LEILA CAMPBELL.
Lankershim, Cal, R. F, D. No. 1.
To win the prizes Juniors all
viii try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
They will go the thing so tall.
MARY CAMPBELL.
Grade 6. sawtelle city school.
To win the prizes. Juniors all
Will try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach,
Once again within reach
To have good time with a ball
NELLY CLAYELOT,
Grade 6, sawtelle city school.
To win the prizes, Juniors all
VIII try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
To hear Aunt Laurie call.
ALBERT GRIFFITH,
1908 Orange street.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
HONORABLE MENTION

HONORABLE MENTION
< To win the prizes Juniors all y
!. VIII try their best and all will re- G
! call \
\ Happy days at the beach; X
! Once again within reach \
+ When the trumpet sounds the call \
! CHARLES PRUDEN. x
I Sawtelle City school. grade 6. !.
X X ! y :. !. ! X \ ! X j. !. !. \ X 4 !. X
To win the prizes. Juniors all
viii try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
And never. never shall fall
GEORGE lCHAMBERLAIN.
Grade g. Sawtele.
To win the prizes, Juniors all
VIII Try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
To all prize winners, large or small.
LOIS WAGNER,
Grade s. El Centre school.
To win the prizes. Juniors all
Will try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
And gather shells, both large and small.
MARJORIE SMITH.
1901 Ross street. Santa Ana.
To win the prizes, Junorssall
viii try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
When school bells cease to call.
NO SIGNATURE.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05

GIRLS PRIZE

EhAEE
: To win the prizes Juniors all !
! Will try their best and will re- +
< Happy days at the beach; !.
< Once again within reach !.
\ OF boys and girls both large and \
\ small. !.
= ANNA NJ. PEBREN. i
\ 1901 East Thirty-thrd street. !.
< Vernon Avenue school, grade 8. \
= y :. : = = = ! : :. :. :. :. : : :. = =
HONORABLE MENTION
+ To win the prizes Juniors all ;.
! win try their best and all will re- g
+ Happy days at the beach; i.
X Once again within reach \
i For Juniors short and tall. !.
+ GERTRUDE SHUTE. X
+ Lowell Joint school, grade 7; r. \
i \ i !. + \ ! + i X 4 X \ X 4 \ ]. \ \
To win the prizes, Juniors all
VIII try their best and win recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
OF all the Juniors short and tall.
EVADNE PELREN,
1901 E. Thrtythrd St; B4. Vernon ave-
nue. school
To win the prizes Juniors all
Will try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
When one did in the water fall.
RUTH MERRILL,
1915 W. Forty-ninth street; A9, Polytech-
To win the prizes Juniors all
VIII try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
If l don't win I'll surely baw1.
STELLA GUESS.
2241 Legrande street; AS Seventh street
school; age II.
To win the prizes, Juniors all
VIII try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
For the ones who do not bawl
JESSIE cLAUDINo,
663 W. Thirty-slxth place; Al, jefferson
street school; age 8
To win the prizes, Juniors all
WIN try their best and win recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
Their happy days with Paul.
KENNETH G. sMELLIE.
Grade s. Sawtelle city school.
To win the prizes, Juniors all
VIII try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
To the lucky Juniors will befalL
JESSIE CLAUDINO,
663 w Thrty-sixth place; IA. Jefferson
street school, age 8.
To win the prizes. Juniors all
win try their best and will recall
Happy days at the beach;
Once again within reach
Also the great big dance hail.
LEILA CAMPBELL,
r. F. D. No. l. Lankershim.