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and even the books. was taken through
the school by the daughter of a directress,
beautiful girl of the Greek type.
I wish could show YOU these 800
Grecian maidens whom saw at this Vas
sar Of Athens. The girls of this country
are notably handsome. and those OF the
Arsakeion, coming out Of the well-to-do
classes Of the. people, would be esteemed
fine-looking in any part Of the world.
They have fine forms, kept so by the COM
pulsory gymnastics. rosy cheeks from the
pure air Of the Mediterranean. and fea-
lures as classic as those Of the ancient
Greek statues. The girls speak a Greek
which is more refined than the modern
Creek heard on the streets They read
the classics at sight. and little ones of
twelve and thirteen mouth Herodotus
and Homer. Indeed. the way the modern
Greek girl talks strikes every stranger as
somewhat uncanny. 1t makes one think
of the remark Of the American woman as
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sau he made the acquaintance Of Sophie
Countess Merenburg. daughter Of
Prince Nicholas of Nassau by his NOR
ganatic wife. Michael married her at
San Reno. He was forbidden to return
to Russia.
Last year Nicholas IL began negotia-
tons for peace. He offered to make the
grand duke a colonel and a "fluegel-ad-
jutant," and to allow him to come to
court If only Michael would come with
out the Countess Torby. his wife. Michael
at first was disposed to agree to those
terms. but his wife declared that if he
went to court without her he might stay
there, so he has not gone to court.
* !;
One other grand duke has had martial
adventures, but has not got into dis
grace. That is Nicholas Nicholaievitch,
commander Of the st. Petersburg mill
tary district. In 1892 he married simple
Nine. Bourenine. Two years ago he
married again, with the cars consent,
the divorced Duchess Anastasia Won
Leuchtenberg. born Princess Of Monte
negro. Grand Duke Nicholas has never
been in disgrace for a good reason. He
is coarse. clustering soldier. a great IA
vorite Of the army, and he has big,
gristly hands which look as if they were
made for strangling czars. With him
ends the list of living grand dukes who
have married outside their rank. But
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signed stealing the dumas rights. In
short there is no time for fighting OBJ
streperOus relatives: so compassionate
Nicholas is pardoning them one by one:
among the scions of the house Of Roman
off.
The number of scions in whole or par
tial disgrace is considerable. Their chas-
tisement varies from complete Punishment
from Russia down to the mere official
ignoring of their wives. Their sins are
matrimonial. Like England's Charles
and many other rulers, Nicholas II
cherishes a snow-white responsibility
Hence he is more than usually intolerant
of weakness concerning women but
Providence designed to plague him in
this most sensitive spot. Nicholas III has
retorted by letting fly his Olympian thun-
ders. He has driven the sinners into
exile and has withdrawn their decorations
and ranks. He has even sequestrated
their property. Perhaps this last punish
ment has caused him no mortal pana.
for thrift Is saving virtue Of Russia 8
autocrat. and the sinners money has
gone to swell his modest savings.
Yet so strong Is the romantic strain in
the blood Of the Romanoffs that all these
ferrors prove ineffective. The cars own
brothers have betrayed him. First. his
consumptive-now dead-brother, Grand
Duke George Alexandrovitch, married the
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MIGHT Schools for Boot
l y blacks and Newsboys-
In the Primary Grade "A
School for Girls and Its 1900
Greek Maidens-The Ameri-
'can Institution Kept UP by
Our Colleges-Modern Az
letics and the Olympic Ga -
"A Talk With the CIR
Chamberlain as to the Mara
thon. and What the Greeks
May Do in the Future.
Copyright. 1911. by Frank G.. Carpenterl
ATHENS.
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AVING made peace
with his subjects,
Gar Nicholas III is
making peace with
his kinsmen. The
task is hard. COu-
sins and uncleS
cannot be hanged
for mere matrimo-
NAL peccadillos. SO
the cars sole al
tentative is TO give
them free nardOn.
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HE shoes Of Amer
lea are now large
~ BACKED by
young G re 9 X $ .
Every town or
any size in our
country has its
Greek bootblack
establishment, and
the work is done
by boys who are
shipped there by
on t ra C t and
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is about. His motives are praiseworthy
he hates discord, and his nervous wife.
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, worships
the idea of the family. And there is
much more serious work on hand. there
are spirits to be consulted, rogues to
be let out of Jail and DEGREES to be
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Solomon Reinach has found it. We
know the melancholy of Mona Lisa.
Married in 1895. she had no children
until 1899. Then came little daughter.
Saloman remembered that once a lie
brarian Of Florence communicated to
MuntS, the great French art historian.
an extract from the ancient "Libro del
Mortf'-records OF deaths in Florence.
From this 1t appears that on June l..
1901. the little daughter (fanciulla) OF
francesca del Giocondo and his wife
Mona Lisa. was buried from the church
of Santa Maria Novella.
What is she smiling at?''
You see. now. Her smile is con-
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as the father of lies" who negotiated
the San Stefano treaty after the last
RussoTurkish war To prevent a mar
riage Alexander III expelled him from
Russia and he repaired to Wiesbaden
and there quickly forgot Mile. Ignatieff.
In the house of the Grand Duke of Mas
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wrong? La Joccnde IS a pllliOSOpny OIL
woman" afirms Bommanan. she is the
Eternal Feminine, says krauS. "She
is manifestation OF feminism Ana,
as woman is all in all, the English Wal
ter Pater aff1rms that she is an encyclo-
pedia. And the only remaining thing to
say was added by the illustrious Carotti:
''She Is all the mystery Of the human
soul and all Its destiny"
Paul Bourget says that her smile will
never be Defined According to Oh. Glenn
ent. lit promises unknown feiiclties, but
will never give happiness" Georges
Sands found her as frightful as Me-
dusa. .Arsene Houssaye declared her to
be satanic Jeoffroy is sure that she is
disenchanted pessimist.
All this sort Of talk troubled modern
specialist VINO knew lot about Leonardo
and remembered his idea Of portrait paint
ing. Summed up in word: II have
SEEM" said Leonardo, "A portrait so fun
of resemblance that a dog belonging to
the original took it for his master ana
manifested his delight
With this in view. Salamon Reinach
started looking UP the real Mona Lisa
He Is the greatest OF documentary archie
ologists; and his brilliant discovery after
long search, makes hash of the high-pres-
sure critics-and shows plain household
facts, tender and sympathetic.
Leonardo da Vinci took four years G50l-
1000 to paint the wife Of his friend,
Francesca del Giocondo; and so far from
his being in love he dropped the portrait
several times to go on business or pleas
ure trips. Reinach is a terrible man. He
chases a date through a hundred man.
uscripts until he trees it. Leonardo
quit Florence in 1899, to return only
in 1901. In 1902 he Travelled in Um-
bria as architect of Valentine Borgia.
He returned to Florence in 1903. went on
pleasure jaunt to Venice In 1903. re-
turned and went to Milan in 15O6 In be-
tween times he finished the portrait.
The truth is that Leonardo painted 1t
gratis for his friend, the husband,
dropping it when business called.
A word Of Vasari put Saloman Rein
ach on the track Of the details-and
the famous smile-poor thing. it was
friend of Francesca del Giocondo and
painted his wife-when he had time
to distract her mind from a great and
abiding sorrow
Vasari says that when he painted
Mona Lisa. Leonardo surrounded his
model with musicians. singers and
buffoons to keep her in gentle gayety
and SO avoid the melancholy aspect we
observe in most portraits"
The conclusion is pure Vasari, says
Reinach: but the fact Is a studio tradi-
ton which Vasari could not have in
vented. What melancholy Of Mona
Lisa did her husbands friend the
painter, go to the expense Of employ
ing professional entertainers to drive
away?
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MOST of Them Have Of
4V1 Tended by Actually Mar
rying Women of Lower Rank,
and, of Course, They Had to
Be Banished From Court by
the Russian Autocrat But
Now He Is In a Forgiving
Mood and Would Overlook
Their Lapses, on Conditions
Even the Terrible Liberal"
Grand Duke Nicholas Michael
ovitch Has Been Pardoned-
Now the Car Has Time to
Devote to Spooks and Other
Affairs of State.
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whose wages are sent back home to
their parents. In talking with these
little fellows you will find them as
bright as new dollars, and il you can
speak Greek you will discover that
almost all have had some education.
Not few have gone to school at the
night schools at Athens and other
Greek cities, and many have begun the
study of the classics at home Athens
swarms with bootblacks and newsboys.
They have come here from all over
the country to earn their own living. 1
see them working at their books on the
streets during their spare moments.
and IL is not an uncommon thing for
a newsboy to practice writing in a
copybook while waiting for the papers
TO come from the press.
i venture there is no nation whose
children are so anxious for an educa-
tion as this, and none where the peo-
plea are more ready to give it. There
are three night schools for poor boys
in Athens alone. with branch schools
in other towns throughout Greece. L
went to school last night which
held 500 boys ranging in ages from ten
to fourteen, and 1 saw one class OF $50
going through gymnastic exercises and
drill on the street outside. They had
an cNceIIVnL QITeCJOT. Iney were
straight and well developed and they
marched we'll, their shoulders thrown
back.
Entering the buildings. l was taken
from room to room, finding each filled
with thirty or forty boys as bright as
any to be found in America. My guide
was director of the Greek National
Bank. who devotes his evenings to this
work. Each class stood up as we en-
tered and they rose again as we left.
In some rooms they were studying arith-
metic, in others geography and in others
how to read and write Greek. 1 was
told that the school was attended by
about 500 bootblacks each year.
These boys get an education at no
cost to them except what they pay
for their books. They are taught
hah is of thrift. the teachers have
savings bank and each boy can deposit
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ST PETERSBURG. March Q, 1911
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lal CORRESPONDENCE OF The Star.
PARIS, March 9, 1911.
4 RE there two Mona LiSas?
A Is the Louvre Mona Lisa
worshiped by Ruskin, Pater and
Rosetti a wrong one. or a copy,
and is the real Mona Lisa at
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Copyright. 1911, by Frank G. Carpenterl
ATHENS.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29
CAIRO'S PRIMPINc UP
Washington Boulevard 2eceivinu Al
tenton From City JaiIor and
His Artists,

Jailor Lutz and the specially fed
workers who board at his hotel. have
been Busy the past Two days hauti
f}ins the Washington boulevard
grass plats trimming the grass and
cleaning it up generally
A number OF the trees planted in
the plats from Twenty-fouth to
Thiltytifth street will have to be re-
moved as they failed to grow. Yes.
terday the gang We're put TO work on
the city's lots, getting the ground in
shane, for he reception OF the flying
machine, which will be exhibited
there. After the Fifth Of July, the
fence on the Washington avenue side
viii be removed back 100 feet and a
park made of the space Grass will
be so~ed in the fall and by spring
1t VIII be an inviting spot It has
been suggested by Jailor Iutz that
i would be a good idea to SOW oat
seed now so as to produce the green
swari at an early date,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29
CREW MT BLAMED At NATIONAL cENETARY
Remains of VIM. Strautz Were Laid
Away Yesterday with Military
Honofs.

The funeral of Frederick William
Strartz WHO died Monday was held
yesterday afternoon. Services were
conilEeted by Father Brown, priest at
st. Joseph's church, al / O'Clock and
special interurhe9 car lett tbs resi-
aenee at 1850 for Tit National Gene
Jeay near Mound City.
During the hour Of the funeral all
The fire bells Of TIT city were tolled.
Deceased had been for many years d
member of the volunteer fire iom-
pany- the Rough and Ready"
The pall bearers at tho funeral were
old friends Of deceased Peter Day.
Louis Hanone, Samuel West. Steve
o'LaughIin, Gus SwoGola ana Frank
Kessler.
At the National Cemetery where
intermnt took place, the funeral be
ing in charge of Warren Stewart Post
g. A. r. of which deceased was il
member. Horace A. Iiamm conducted
the burial seraice which was done ac.
2ording to military honors.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29
HOW THE PRESIDENT
WAS HAzED At YALE
Freshman Taft'S SednCe With a
Delegation Of SOphOmores.

At recent smoker of the Washing
wicked sophomores of Yale. at the
time President Taft was freshman,
hazed him.
When the Yale men discovered Cad
well Q. Tyler of the class of IT In
their midst they insisted on knowing
how the class of IT had hazed the
class of '7S, of which W. Fl. Taft was
member. and they particularly wanted
to know how Freshman Taft had been
initiated into the mysteries Of Yale.
well. that Is not hard to answer"
said Mr.. Tyler. Il happened to be one
of the ten or twelve that visited Taft
on mission conducted solely by soph-
omores We found him In bis room
alone. and Of course the visit of so
large delegation of men of hostile in
tent made its impression. But he was
then, as now. coed natured.
I'VE were determined on nothing
less than a concert and told Taft that
we would try out his voice in song,
and we insisted that 1t should be from
no less place than his study desk.
and from there he sang to us. much to
our edification and delight. He sang
well the songs we told him to sing.
do not believe he was molested after
that, but at all events that is the way
some twejve of us hazed him." Dos
ton Advertiser.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29
INSPECTOR ATTRIBUTES ExPLO.
SION ON STEAMER sT. Joseph
TO HIDDEN DEFECT.
Eighteenth Victim Cied--Two More
Negro Deaths Expected--Enel-
neer VIII Recover.

Memphis, Tenn June 2S.-None OF
he crew of the river packet, City OF
t. Joseph, will be blamed in connec.
on with the recent explosion aboard
le boat and the consequent death OF
ghteel negro deck hands and pas.
jengeFs in the finding OF Capt. II. c.
Waltz. United States boiler inspector
Who concluded his investigation
oday.
The explosion followed the collapse
II boiler fIue, Jos lille, Capt Waltz
Explains, because of Aidden defect
n material workmanship.
The eighteenth victim of the acct
dent, negro passenger, died today
ans is expected that two other
negroes will die.
Engineer Floyd Morgan who was
severely scalded probably will re.
cover.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29
0EAEEN Old NOT REPLY
Would Say Nothing of Alleged Talk
Between Himself and Hines
Going to Washington.

Springfield, His June rs GOV he.
neen was asked tals morning if he
had anything to say n reply to the
testimony before the Iorimer inNes-
tieation committee at Washington re-
lating to a telephone talk between
Edward Hines and himself.
Il have been subpoenaed as wit.
moss" he said: Il di not care to
discuss the matter now But when r
go to Washington ! will be prepared
to answer any and all questions that
may be asked in the matter"
w II. Cook made virtually the same
statement before the Helm inyesti.
ga ion committee at Springfield as he
said at Washington Coy. Deneen at.
the Springfield hearing denied Cooks
statements.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29

public is more keen for summer amuse-
ments than ever before Anticipating
the conditions. the management of Riv-
ervlcw, considered the largest outdoor
amusement enterprise in the world. has
built up 70 the cravings Of the crowds.
idrerview is the only park in the world
that had the courage to put half a nil
hon dollars IA two spectacles such as the
Monitor and Merrinlac' and Creation
each of which leave impressions of glory
and Splendor with the visitor never IA liz
forgotten The Monitor and Merrimac"
IS a most realistic production of the ia
nous battle in Hampton Roads which
reyolutionized naval warfare. "Crea-
ton, with beautiful electrical and scenic
effects and living tableaux. illustrates the
birth OF the universe Each of these
spectacles is described by interesting and
impressive lectures Another peculiar
feature about the amusement park idea
this summer is the demand for exciting
rides Of the thriller type. Riverview
has more Of these than any other park in
the world, and they are crowded with
riders all the time, Aside from all these
expensive shows and rides, Rverview
has one asset that other parks in Chicago
would pay thousands Of dollars for
great acres and acres of shady trees and
green grass. Riverview also EMPLOYS
none but the best bands, which give cons
certs every afternoon and evening.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29
MOUNDS MAN HURT
Gmploye of Illinois Central Stricken
on Head by Falling Door at
Round House.

Joseph Turbeyville, an empIoye of
he Illinois Central at Mounds. was
'adly injured yesterday morning in a
'trange manaer. Turbeyville Is a
'arpenter He was at work in the
ound house when locomotive
rashed into post attached to one of
ne biz doors Of the round house caus-
ng the door to fall to the ground. Sew
raj OF the employees nearby at the
ime attempted to KEEP the door from
alling, but it was too heavy for them
md IT fell with a crash striking Tur.
)yville on the head. He was picked
W In an unconscious condition ana
taken home where ne remained in
nat condition until noon. He is still
in q serious state and may not re-.
royar
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29
CLASH EXPECTED.
SUFFRAGETTES THREATEN To
MAKE THINGS HOT I'M CHI
CAGO ON JULY 4.
Chairman of Sane Fourth Commission
Resents Attitude of Women
Police May Be Called Out
Park Programs.

Chicago, June ga clash between
suffragettes and police is looked for
on the Fourth of July. if the attitude
of Marquis Eaton, president of the
Sane Fourth Commission and Mrs.
Kenneth Luther Hawthorne, chair
man of the Cook County Committee
of the Suffragette party remain lln.
changed
Mrs Hawthorne informed Mr. Eaton
today that the woman's party will put
on IA suffFagette demonstration ut
each one of the parks where there is
a san fourth programme.
Mr.. Eaton declared nothing of the
kind will be permitted. He declares
that the police will be called upon if
necessary.
Mrs. Hawthorne declares that the
police would be exceeding their au-
thority i'm interfering with the demon.
stre,iol and that she is going ahead
with arrangements to take part in the
entertainment
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29
WALKED N SLEEP
NEW MADRID MAN FELL AND
BROKE LEG--Slx MONTHS
IN CAIRO HOSPITAL.

Albert A. Stepp left St Mary's In
Urinary yesterday for his home in
New Madrid, Mo-, He has been at the
hospital since December 18th, 1910,
more than six months. He had been
one of the most patient subjects ever
and is thankful that he mas been able
to return to his home with both of
his lower limbs. one of which was in
such condition when he came here
that there was little nope of saving it..
Mr.. Stepp is the son of Judge
James d. Stepp of New Madrid, on
December 3 of last year while lin a
somnamhilistic state he walked out
OF a SECOND story window at his
home and fell upon the brick pave
ment below, fracturing the bone OF
his left leg about eight or ten inches
above the knee. At the time of the
injury he mad an ugly abscess near
The knee cap A local surgeon set
the bone and a week later sent Stepp
to Cairo for expert treatment and
operation. Tie bones failed to knit
and the abscess added to his troubles
Another operation was performed
and the bones reset and for nine
weeks he lay III bed with heavy wei
ghts attached to his leg to keep the
ends of the bones apart so tilac when
knit the leg woull net be shorter
than the other. Still another opera
tion was made; the ends c. the bones
were sawed out brought together and
a plate about 3ls inches square was
screwed into the bones to hold them
in place, and the leg put In plaster
cast where 1t remained for ten weeks.
When he left yesterday he was able
to get about on crutches and in a
month or two hopes to be able To
resume his usual dgties although the
leg will be little shorter than the
other. He expressed much appre-
citation OF his treatment at the hospi. |
tai and his gratitude not only to tnneI
physicians, but to his patient nurses.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29
CARGO BIG WARFBOAT
Will Be Returned to Her Old Moor.
ings Today---Was Let or Mound
City Ways Tuesday

Ca!fo's big wharf boat was let of
the Mound City marine ways Tuesday
thoroughly oyerhauged and made al
most as good as new It viii be
brought to Cairo today and anchored
in her old phase between Sixth and
Eighth streetsAsW. O. Pritchard. Of
Memphis, who sas been loolQing after
1.-THE repair work har| Hturned to that
city to look after work on the Lee
Line boats,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29
COLD WAVE NEAR DULUTH
Ocean STEAMERS Delayed-SnoW Fell
in Abundance---41 Degrees at
Duluth.

Duluth, MINI, June % steamers
down the lake are sending in wireless
messages stating they are late be-
cause they have been held up by a
snow storm this side Of the Canadian
500.
Snow fell in abundance according
to reports all of last night.
During the s.arm most of the
frelshters anchored and rode safe
until the snow fall ceased.
Forty.one degrees, with a east wind
blowing through the city streets have
brought ort winter wraps In Duluth
today despite a brilliant stmhine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29
GREATER CAIRO ELECTION
Paul G. Schulz, President, and 3. Nc
Manus, Jr., Vice-Presden
M. c. Metzger, Secretary.

Phe greater Cairo Building and
Loan Association met last night at
the office Of Secretary Metzger and
elected officers as follows
President PAU a. Schuh.
Vlce-President y. McManus, Jr.
Seeretary--M. G. Metzger.
Attorney VIM. S. Dewey.
Directors WI P. Greaney, Walter
Den2el, NJ. C. Metzger, w B. Wearen.
The secrtary's report shows a pros.
porous condition OF the association.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29
CORONATION PEERESSES
Representative Sabath's Humorous
Resolution on Stumbling Of Elk
Americans Is Tabled.

Washington, June q. Representa-.
tive sabath's resolution calling upon
secretary OF state Knox to find out
why "ony two dozen or our der
peeresses in Europe, desigySl as
@oilar princess, had been perm ~ to
take part in the coronation, 4 hul
morously considered in the house
committee on foreign AFFAIRS and
tabled 6ls.48 4s@
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-29

L WON'T NUTHER, SAID THE OLD WOMAN
seen hot lighting But. tell me. how
did you get that long. deep. murderous
dent down the side Of your noseT"
Tie veteran frowned and ignored the
question. He began to talk about the
heat. But his wife interrupted.
GO on. Bill" she said impatiently
Tell the gentleman how you got the
dent In your nose"
You shut up. Hannah said the vet
eran.
II wont nuther," said the old wom-
an. "for it just about rifles the skin off
me to hear you braggin' and braggiD
about the marks you got In the war,
while you won't never open your head
about the finest and most noticeable
mark of all-the one | give you with
the fire shovel. "-Minneapolis Journal.