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Evening star., 1911-05-28
From Paris.

THE French ambassador, Jules Jusse-
rand, said at a recent luncheon In
Washington.
This warm weather and the sight OF
all these fans reminds me Of a story-a
story illustrative Of lhe mischievous ana
arch politeness of Paris.
1T is the custom in Paris for the COOK
to do all the marketing. This adds con-
siderably to the cooks income: for every
dealer allows her five ceatimes-one cent
-on every franc-or twenty cents-sne
spends So French cooks insist on THEIR
marketing prerogative, and the mistress
who denies them it to them Is deemed a
very mean, small, niggardly sort OF a
person.
We'll a person OF this sort. an elderly
woman, was In the habit OF doing mex
own marketing IN a long duster The
duster hid her purchases 1t prevented
her, while usurping her cook rlgal-3,
from being detected in the act
AS the woman. one hot morning, was
walking homeward in her duster from tne
Marche St Honore, she stumbled In the
Rue Hyacinthe and leg of mutton feii
and rolled across the sidewalk
"A passing stranger picked up the leg
of mutton and returned 1t with a DIV
and smile.
Permit me, madam-your fan, ne
he said
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Anecdotes Concerning Well Known People
Campfire Astronomy.

NTHE late George Cary Eggleston was
In the Confederate army" said
New York editor. land, as Memorial day
approached. he would narrate at the Au-
thor's Club many a memory OF war times.
Il liked to hear his yarns about the
child-like minds of slaves. He once told
me, for example. about a grizzled slave
named Uncle CAL body servant TO his
colonel.
'.As Eggleston sat before a campfire
one coolish autumn evening, watching
Uncle Cal mend the coloners coat. the
crimson and gold glory Of the autumn
sunset turned the talk to astronomy. and
Eggleston said:
You see, Uncle CAL the world is
round. like an apple, and it goes round.
too-round and round ii goes all the time.
Hits round an hit goes round said
Uncle Cal skepticaliy. But what / wanter
know is, what holds il up?'
Why, you see. Uncle Cal,' said Egg
gleston, the world goes round the sun,
and the sun holds ii up-by attraction.
you know
Uncle Cal glanced from his coat mend
ing to Eggleston with patronizing smile.
Honey, he said, 'Ah reckon yo' haint
gone far 'nough in yo reasonin'. Fo, if
yo surmisation wuz correct what would
keep de world up when de sun went
down? Answer me dat. hon."
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Dorothea like herself, who in 17O6 mar
r1ed Frederick William, Prince Royal Of
Prussia. Thus she became mother Of
Frederick the Great"
But II the complication Of Philip Won
Koenigsmark made their blood doubtful,
why were they allowed to reign and be-
come mother Of Frederick the Greatr'
asked.
Their reputed father, the Elector, had
no other heirs" he laughed. And when
the Elector became King of England an
heir was still more necessary. But
Sophia Dorothea never reigned as Queen
of England, though living, and George
often chased his son George II from the
palace of Windsor. Finally, he reigned.
They could swallow Won Koenigsmark,
but gag at us who come by princely mar
riage!'
It is a relationship which the kings Of
Prussia dislike particularly to remember.
In. her win. the historic Eleonore left to
her daughter Sophia-Dorothea 'our lands
of Olbreuse, situated in Xaintonge, king
dom Of France" She seems to have
bought out her brother Alexander, who
doubtless frequently applied to her for
money. And in the next generation
Beauchet-Filleau can show you Sophia
Dorothea's children selling the farm back
to the husband of brother Alexander's s
Evening star., 1911-05-28

packages of letters. briefs OF lawsuits
and the Olbreuse genealogy by lie La
boureur. running back to Desnier OF
Villefolet In 1920.
Ought not King George be proud or
such cousins?
HE has no way to deny us, says
Baron Desnier. George / might have
invoked the Won Koenigsmark Incident -
put away Sophia-Dorothea. Instead, he
let her son reign. All of them descend
from him and her."
The claims of present-day Won kocn1Ss-
marks-did they exist-Would be differ
ent. They would scarcely be entitled TO
coronation tickets.
mo more than the descendants Of Han
nah Lightfoot. the beautiful QuaEel,
whom George III is said to have secrecy
married in 1853. giggled Beauchet-Filleau-
'.Or the descendants of the widow titZ-
Herbert, whom George " married
cretely in 1855. We are different from all
SUCH We are openly, legit.mately OF the
family, by princely marriage, celebrated
in pomp and recorded in all the European
chancelleries."
do you expect to get the coronation
tickets?" / asked.
I'VE have hopes" ne answered. fright
is on our side"
That was last September, perhaps lit
tie early. Now. it is nearly June-perhaps
a little late. STERLING HELLO.
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ing England In a roundabout way,
through a single f1uke marriage.
We shall see that he has a better and
nearer claim to that farm down near La
Rochelle.
We have arrived: George II Of Eng
land was the son of George I of England
and Sophia-Dorothea of Zelle, whom
George / married when he was still only
George Louis of Hanover. The Princes
of Zelle were Of the smallest of all Ger
man princes. The town of Zelle, their
capital, contained scarcely 10000 inhabi-
tants, situated between Hanover and
Hamburg, on the river Aller. William
the Pious, great-grandfather of Sophia
Dofothea, had fifteen children, and as
the property was small, fourteen went
portionless. making morganatic or any
old kind of marriages, in order that the
heir might marry properly and continue
the robust race to glory and riches.
Finally one heir did his best to fluke it.
There was a Prince George, who, finding
the court of Zelle too monotonous. ortho-
dox and scrimpy, left home like his
younger brethren to lead an adventurous
life, selling his sword to the best bidder,
serving first in the Protestant armies,
then passing to the emperor. His SON,
inheriting the paternal tastes. settled
down in Venice, where he led a joyous
life.
Venice was the pleasure city Of the sew
enteenth century. Its restaurants blazed
Evening star., 1911-05-28

but the ordinary kind, like you or !.
and the farm was 80 poor when they had
their last cousinly dealings In 172S that
King George II OF England sold back his
half Of It for $4,000 to these same poor
relations.
He might have given II. but preferred
the money. On the other hand, he made
NO objection to Provost de Gagemont-
Olbeeuse qualifying In the title deed as
cousin to the Kings Of England and
Prussia" but tho Kings Of Prussia vio-
lsnfiy objected
repeat. It u . strange story. perfectly
authentio
It shows how unadorned beauty can
hght It's way, unaided. to q throne.
Whether Meanore d'Olbreuse was a dane
er in Venice or q poor. but charming
girl. determined to make her fortune
and with some hold on the Duchess of
Thouars In Paris. matters little. She
might have been both. What Is certain
is that her parents could not have paid
for her portrait by Mignard out OF the
$50 annual revenue Of the farm.
y
This is a story of honest marriages.
King George v is technically Of the house
Of Guelph. founded by Hugo, Margrave
of Este, In Italy. about the year 10O0.
His heir married the heiress Of Guelph
ii, whose dominions were in the present
wurttemberg. During the next centuries
these Este-Guelphs became dukes OF Ba-
varia. and by another happy marriage in
herited the rights of the Brunswicks
Each century saw the addition OF some
new principality to this marrying fam
iiy until, In 1922, we find them Electors
of Hanover. One married Sophia, daugh-
ter OF Elizabeth. Princess Of Great Brit
ain and Ireland by her husband, an
Elector Palatine, and from this marriage
with Sophia was born the Elector of
Hanover who became George / of Eng
land.
King George V. therefore. claims the
throne OF England only through this
princess Sophia, granddaughter Of James
/ and Observation-Disclosures Of Marie Stu
art. 1t is hard to get into our heads.
We are used to seeing him the straight
successor OF Richard. the Lion-Hearted,
Elizabexh and Charles III. Yet he is
only q IA outside German family. claim
Evening star., 1911-05-28

passed the Olbreuse farm last autumn
on an automobile trip up the French
coast from Bayonne to Nantes. AS there
is no real coast road. we were often
road quits the national highway from
Paris to La Rochelle a little before
Mauze. Following 1t through yellow
wheat fields, under the shade OF fruit
trees, one arrives at the white walls and
blue-gray gables OF Olbreuse.
4 \
Though the walls are mere whitewash.
it is still Chateau" because 1t is big
cupied by educated people who have been
for centuries rooted in the land, and was
once probably real chateau.
Two towers still exist, and a third was
recently demolished because it threatened
to fall. Inside are chimney places that
seem Louis XIII by their form and
sculpture. Outside. the two wings join
ed at a right angle have no style. Coats
Of plaster and whitewash hide any clue
to past distinctions and rebuilding. There
are but two stories. In front there Is
vast greensward. covered with wild fow-
ers, shrubs, ornamental and fruit trees;
at the back q great court surrounded by
numerous stone buildings proclaims the
modest gentleman farmer
Such Is the proprietor. Baron Desm1er
d'Olbreuse. I would think that they have
a moderate income from investments, re-
cent marriages and savings, and that the
farm brings in less than ever. Beauchet-
FilIeau, the brother-in-law. admits with
a melancholy smile that their neighbors
do not know the high alliances Of their
family with the Kings of England and
Prussia.
Ana added the husband d;i Si
at our way Of living In the past. but is it
not really extraordinary? We descend
from Alexander d'Olbreuse, brother of
the historic Eleonore His wife was a
demoiSelle st. Hermine, own cousin, by
her mother, to Franco Disc d'Aubigne. who
became. first. wife of the poet Scarron,
then Marquise de Maintenon, secretly
Evening star., 1911-05-28
Hale Old Veterans.

<ST TNCLE JOE" CANNON said of the
~ veterans of the civil war the other
day.
They look old. but they look tough
and sinewy, too. Don't commiserate with
them on their weakness. or you wiii
probably fall into Binks' plight.
"T told father said Binks. that le
was getting too old and feeble for busi-
ness. / suggested that he retire
And did your father take that advice
kindlyr a friend asked.
"'He kicked me downstairs.' said
Binks."
Evening star., 1911-05-28
Women and an Orator.

MRS. CLARENCE H. MAckAf' at
1VA garden party at Hampstead, L. l.
praised a noted orator.
However" she said. he Is, IKE most
orators. too much given to monoiogue 10
be a really good conversationalist.
But when ladies are present, some
one objected, ..he surely doesn't monopo-
lize the conversation then?"
Mrs Mackay smiled and shook her
head. :
He Is very polite" she said. but l
am sure that In his heart ne REGARDS
ladies only as inteSSNetions.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

PHILIP Won KOENIGSMARK AS A
VERY YOUNG MAN.
No other portrait exists. The day
after his assassination his body was
burned, and with 1t his clothing,
books, papers, furniture and pOr-
traits, wherever found. Though prob
ably an ancestor OF King George ",
the representatives of his family
did they exist-wOuld not be entitled
to coronation tickets.
Sophia -Dorothea did not attempt to con-
ceal her relations with Won Koenigs-
mark. The two lovers had even resolved
to elope, but at the moment when Philip
had made all the arrangements he was
stabbed to the heart and left dead.
Next day they burned his body. They
Evening star., 1911-05-28

Have they not good claim to corona
ton tickets?
No flaw can be picked in the descent On
either side. In the darkened farmhouse
parlor hangs the smiling portrait OF their
Eleonore-from whom descended directly
Sophia -Dorothea, George II. Frederic,
Prince of Wales, George III. the Duke
of Kent, Victoria, Edward VII and the
present King George V-grandmother six
times removed! Is it too much for love
and reverence?
In the library they have all the family
papers, before Eleonore and after; every
will, deed, birth and death certificate,
Evening star., 1911-05-28

ING GEORGES
common or garden
French cousins,
living on a farm
near La Rochelle.
want tickets to the
coronation.
They have not
yet received them.
It Is q strange
story.
They are not
princely cousins,
Evening star., 1911-05-28
CIingerS.

~.GOv. PENNYPACKER. in witty
z address in Philadelphia on the
divorce evil, said OF wives:
"A good wife is like ivy-the greater
the ruin. the closer she clings. And
bad wife is like ivy, too-for the closer
she clings. the greater the rui
Evening star., 1911-05-28


Az q young girl, before her marriage
with the Prince of Zelle. and prob
ably painted for him just after the
disputed period of her life, when she
was or was not d dancer I'm Venice.
1t In certainly by Mignard, and hangs
In the Berlin Museum.
with light all night. It's gorgeous gaming
palaces never closed. All Venice was
razzling masquerade of beauty, pleasure,
riches and art. Operetta and vaudeville
were born there. When the time came
for the prince to return to Zelle he could
not bear to leave 1t all behind. So he
took with him some Venetian elegances.
dancers, singers and. what was more.
Nine Eleonore d'Olbreuse. a beautiful
young French lady. to whom he was i'm
mensely attached.
Was Eleonore professional dancer?
The present representatives of her fam
lily are the very essence of countryfied
responsibility. Down on the La Rochelle
farm Baron Desmier d'Olbreuse and
Beauchet-Filleau. who married the bar
on's sister Eleonore-the name has always
been continued-recently published in the
Archives de Ia Saintonge" learned re-
searches to prove her to have been during
a certaiIA time the paid companion OF the
Duchess 6 Thouars and her daughter-in-
Evening star., 1911-05-28

granddaughter. the Provost de Gagemont-
Olbreuse already mentioned. These two
heirs of Sophia-Dorothes who got $4,000
apiece for the old homestead were none
other than George III OF England and the
mother Of Frederick the Great!
They took the money-drove a hard bar
gain with their obscure French relatives.
So Provost de observation-disclosures. seeing
no cause for delicacy, insisted on being
qualified In the title-deed as cousin to
the Kings of England and Prussia" The
former consented, but the latter "ener-
getically refused" Down on the La Ro-
chelle farm they can show you all the
correspondence.
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at the court of her husband in Hanover,
and promoted to be colonel of one Of his
regiments. Outraged by the brutalities
and vulgarities of her princely husband,
Evening star., 1911-05-28
DOP Up Unexpectedly on

DOP Up Unexpectedly on
! a La Rochelle Farm
Forgotten Story of P1ebeian
Ancestry Olbreuses Still
Alive in France-Say That
Eleonore Was Not a Dancer
king of England's Lineage
Philip Won Koenigsmark
Made a Bad Blotch.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

espoused to Louis XIV! Were those not
winderful destinies for two obscure RirIs.
brought up on neighboring farms?"
And the King Of Prussia" asked.
THAT is known. official history. he
answered ''The unhappy Sophia-Doro-
thea, mother of George II of England.
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burned his clothing. books. furniture and
portraits. Only one of the latter re-
mains, taken when Philip was scarcely
more than a boy; and in the official cata-
logue of Berlin it long bore another name.
AS to Sophia -Dorothea, she was conduct
remained prisonerl pr thirty-two years.
Evening star., 1911-05-28
Bv Herbert Kaufman

The diplomas nelong the Tree of Knowledge-the
various learning bending with students
of the learned will be with OF fresh
recrusa fathers will shortly support
their sons and transfer that job to the word
Autumn daOning this spring in the Groves of Minerva
N.Y. But the national brow is increasing in height It's
mighty poor block nowadays that doesn't number A. B, ST.
Ph d. or an D. among houshoders Great! But unor-
tunately the A. S. S. still to hold his
The conviction rapidly gaining strength that OF the best
courses at college athletic Aside from its most benel
strengthening bodies to stand the strain OF study
fs another teaches to do things tor the glory
of eed- shows them how strong through trying
little each day proues that development only be
through application trains play far and accord
ing the their eO beto vie cean and to keep
at it tape broken and the whse sounded and the
last batter is out.
Too many bookish great pest to a nation
too ignorami ueracy commonwealth but
there is also danger in a surplus Of theorists
To stuff information into brain is rammed into
Strassburg goose, is not enough
The tendency of the college supply instead Of apply and
therein lies greatest weakness Of the acaaenic1an
So long the majority Of instructors without 0orld
business experience long aned by the merely
Evening star., 1911-05-28
@fovpyrsxA<. islo, hy Hersert Ksurnaa.


rcuum the bearer of university degree will be handicapped
his ewe until he has acquired through experience that most
essential of all distinctions, degree of common
And because he sngula1y lacking in practical tenden
the Average college fails find community
welcoming his entry into service.
The pass-key upon him. He stand in line
and take his chance with other applicant for the position
prove himself well his erudion. He
with graduates of the strees-wh the seeant alumni
of the School of Hard Knocks.
He shoD that his heart jamed with his
He demonstrate his ability
with shifting conditons-to think his feto concuoe for
himself and by himself.
He forget that he has been hitherto nurtred
dieested knowledge.
ideas ideals standard they have been
committed print He saturated with precedent but he has
established precedent
He bring the scales upon which he will be measured
sufficient weight originality cope with the seuudness, the
native wit, and the readiness Of the autotrained.
His diploma simply signifies the conventional mold in which
intellect has been shaped He has been marked and labeled
but tested.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

PARIS. May 16, 1911.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

,ecial Correspondence Of The Star.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-07-07
National Players
Opera House.

The National Players have al
ready presented to Oakley's The
atre goers four of their choice sell
ections, with two more to follow
on Friday and Saturday nights
~ Out ofthose rendered, St. Elmo
seems to have created the great
est impression.
Each player seemed to apply
himself or herself to the necessary
act, SO that all the parts were
credibly rendered.
While it is true that the symp-
athy of an audience is either won
or lost by the character presented
rather than by the effort An Act.
or or Actress has put upon some
certain part, yet the rendition Of
it all was excellent.
st. Elmo Murray by Ralph
Cloninger and Edna Earl by
Donna Vickroy won particular
favour Mr.. Cloninger has app.
cared on Oakley Stage before and
is very well known for his natu.-
al ability and talent as an Actor
Donna Vickroy seemed to enter
into her subject with increased
fervour as the play preceded, Sc
that her closing sentences be.
spoke the enthusiasm and zeal
manifested in her work as IN
Actress.
The Management is due much
credit for the able assistance sec
ured in this Company and their
running of affairs in general.
They will doubtless be favored
with good crowds by the presen
tation of such pieces.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-07-07
SERIAL No. o82o7.
CONTEST No. AT.
NOTICE OF CONTEST.

ANO A~& ~ OAN ANN~
Department of the Interior, U. S. Land
Office at HALEY, Idaho.
June 1, 1911.
To Brigham Sharp, of Reardon, Wash
ington, Contestee:
You are hereby notified that John T.
Kidd, who gives Oakley, Idaho, as his
postofice address, did on May 10th, 1911,
file in this Office his duly corroborated
application to contest and secure the can
collation. of your Desert, Serial No. o82o7,
made April 10th, 1910, for S12NWA and
NhSWA, Section II, Township 1875,
Range age, Boise, Meridian, and as
grounds for his contest he alledges that
said Brigham sharp has abandoned said
entry and has moved out of the State,
that since the time of said filing the said
Sharp has made no improvements on said
land, that he has made no effort to obtain
alter for said land, that he has not cleared
brush from any of said land and in no way
has he lived up to the requirements of the
Desert Land Laws of the Unites States.
You are, therefore, further notified that
the said allegations will be taken by this
Office as having been confessed by you,
and your said entry will be cancelled there
under without your further right to be
heard therein, either before this Office or
on appeal, if you fail to file in this Office
within twenty days after the FOURTH
publication of this notice, as shown below,
your answer, under oath, specifically meet
ing and responding to these allegations Of
contest, or If you fail within that time to
file in this Office due proof that you have
served copy of your answer on the said
contestant either in person or by regist-
cred mail. 1t this service is made by the
delivery of copy of your answer to the
contestant in person, proof of such service
must be either the said contestants writ
ten acknowledgement of his receipt of the
copy, showing the date of its receipt, or
the affidivat of the person by whom the
delivery was made stating when and where
the copy was delivered; if made by reg
istered mail, proof of such service must
consist of the affidavit of the person by
whom the copy was mailed, stating when
and the post Office to which it was mailed,
and this affidavit must be accompanied by
the postmaster's receipt for the letter.
You should state in your answer the
name of the post Office to which you desire
/ future notices to be sent to you.
p. F. HORNE, Register
c. II. CARTE, Receiver.
First Publication July 9TH, 1911
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-07-07

Some one has said that "any
fool can make money. but it
takes wise man to save it,"
Like many other we'll known
sayings that one is not at all
true, because ANY fool' cannot
make money. Those character
istlcs are usually found in the
man who is a successful money
maker are not as a general rule
present in the makeup of q fool.
To the latter part of the above
statement. however, we cordially
subscribe. for it takes not only
wisdom to save money, but pat
fence, determination and self-sac.
rifce as we'll. No valuable thing
comes easy. A fat bank account
is a cheerful thing to contemplate
but to secure it IS no snap. No
man can accumulate without u.s.
ing the services of good bank
and there is where we come IN.
We help in the savings process,
we make it easy and convenient
to save and we encourage the
habit of paying you tor doing it
If you have not opened an &C
count yet, begin next pay day
Get a start, ifonly with a FIVE.
dollar bill. You owe it to your
family and yourself to save some,
thing.
We pay 4 per cent. on Savings
Deposits, and compound the in
terest quarterly.
Farmers Commercial and Saw,
ings Bank. Oakley, Idaho.