The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-03

IL tEGlBE DuReS OF ana VINO
became AN Austrian archduchess
last week. through her marriage TO
Archduke Charles Francis. heir pre-
sumptiye to tina Austrian throne. takes
her name from the one kitchenmaid
ceived place in the Calendar OF Saints.
In fact, Saint Zita. who got her sanct!
~ In the kitchen somewhere in the
thirteenth century. Is the patron saint
of all scullerymaids and general house
servants. When the now widowed
Duchess OF Parma insisted upon giving
the name of Zita to that daughter OF
hers who will. in the course of time. be-
come Empress of Austria. Queen OF
Hungary and OF Bohemia. as well as
titular Queen of Jerusalem. she wished
TO imply that her child would be at all
times servant of the humblest kind
or the church. The Alphabet Of Saints"
devotes the following lines to Saint
Zita:
~ for Saint Zita. the good Kitchen
maid:
She prayed. and che prayed. and she
prayed. and she prayed!
One morning she got SO abs oroed in
her prayers.
She simply neglected her household
affairs.
Too late she remembered twas bread
making day.
And she trembIed to think what her
mistress would say.
She flew TO the oven. looked in It,
and cried.
Glory be to the Lord! the breads
ready inside!"
The angels had kneadcd It. raised IL
with yeast.
Made the fire. put the pans in the
ovcn--at least
e.
was done
Tor the bread was all baked by a
quarter to one.
TO pray like saint zita. but not to
be late,
Is the way to be good. and df pos
sible) great"
Collectors in all parts of the civilized
world are being appealed to for infor-
nation as to the whereabouts Of a sill
yer casket. adorned with Jewels, and
containing the head OF Saint Margaret
of Scotland. Queen of Malcolm Ill AT
was removed from the body, and in
closed In silver casket. Ultimately
the body, without the head found it's
way from its magnificent tomb at Dun
fermlnc to Spain, and came into the
possession of King Philip II. of Spain
who entombed them In his Palace of
the Escurial, once the residence. but
now the mauSoleum, of all the reign
Ing house of Spain
The silver casket containing Queen
Margarets head Is known to have been
deposited in Edinburgh Castle for safe
keeping. in 1867. by order of Mary
Queen of Scots. but after her defeat
at Langsidc. was deposited with the
Baron Of Durie. Abbot of Dunfermllne
well known Catholic family in Fife,
with whom II remained until 1897, when
ii was given In charge of tho Jcsuits
and taken by them to Antwerp. where
it remained until 1922. Thence IL was
taken to the Scotch College of Douai
There are several authentic records of
Its having been seen and venerated at
Douai. as late as in 1856. 4 few years
afterwards the great French Revolution
broke out. and when the Scotch College
at Douai was looted the silver casket
containing the head of Saint Margaret
was carried off from the college.
IT has never been heard of since. 1t
is more than probable that 1t has found
It's way into the safe Keeping Of some
Catholic family In England. on the
continent of Europe. or here, In the
Western Hemisphare--possibly in tho
chapel of some remote castle or cha
teau, where II is an object of profound
generation. 1t is also possible that II
may figure among the treasures OF
some non Catholic collector Of objects
of historical, archaeological and artistic
Interest. But whoever has 1t in his
possession would. by disclosing the
fact. earn the gratitude OF the Scotch
nation. of the Roman Catholic Church
and in particular of Samuel Cowan, the
well known Scotch historian, who is
now busily engaged upon a history of