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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-17
Matrimony Matter of Politics.

Even today the marriages vi 10y f'i'S
made often without affection, some
times without acquaintance-are the
marvel of simple minded folk. But IN
the middle of the sixteenth century
when Mary Queen of Scots lived ana
suffered, royal matrimOny was pure
matter OF politics. From Queen Eliza
beths point of view 1T was essential
that Mary should marry no Frenchman,
no one who would help her in designs
against England, or join in hostility 10
the Protestant party in Scotland. Sucn
was the devotion of the virgin queen
10 these political convictions that she
sent one OF her cast off lovers. Robert
Dudley. to win the Scottish queen with
propositions of marriage Mary scored
at the match and married her cousin.
Robert Darnley. instead After the brier
ecstasy of the honeymoon Mary discov-
cred her husband to be handsome
fool" He in turn, concluded that as the
husband of a queen he should have the
title of king This he demanded, and
She with a keen knowledge of his de-
fectS and a strong will OF her oWn re-
fused. Straightaway he began to con-
spire with her enemies against her The
queen had a secretary. an Italian named
RiZzio. whose official relations with her
were naturally intimate. Darnleys new
friends persuaded him that these rela-
tionS We're something more than those or
a queen and servitor. and with Darn
death. The man. who seems to have
been a coward. was dragged from be-
hind the queens skirts by a band or
Darnley's followers. thrust into an adj
joining room and there put to death by
repeated sword thrusts.
At first the news of the completed
murder was kept from Mary. When she
heard it.. being herself no whit cow
ard. she said: Farewell, tears. We must
now think of revenge!
Revenge or what seemed much like ii,
came slowly but remorselessly. SEEM
ing reconciliation took place between
Mary and her husband though he con-
tinued to demand the crown matrimonial
and she TO refuse it. Some two years
after the RiZZio tragedy Darnley was
lying i'll in wing of one of the royal
residences called Kirk o Field. when
"a sudden and mysterious explosion of
gunpowder blew the stone edifice to
pieces and it's bedridden tenant out into
the fields. where his body was found.
The body showed no mutilation nor pow
der stains. History fails to show any di-
rect participation of Nary in the affair.
but the famous Earl of Boutwell,. who
had become her favorite and prime adj
wiser, was certainly deeply concerned. A
pretended abduction by Bothwell's men
was followed by her marriage to the abb
ductor three weeks after he divorced his
fa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-17
DR.. Huntoon Goes to Bermuda.

DR.. Andrew j. Huntoon Of the civil
service commission departed today for
stay of ten days at Bermuda. The doc
tor did not 20 for the benefit of his
health. he declared. hut as n midwinter
diversion will take daily hikes about the
island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-17
ENGLISH PEOPLE REVIVE
OLD-FASH|ONED DANCES
Exhibition Given in London
Proves to Be interest
ing Event.
pecial Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON, December TO- 1912.
While Americans are seeking to Danish
the bunny hug and turkey trot." Eng
lish people are busy reviving Morris dane
ing and old folk dances. and society is
taking to them. OF course, they ought to
be seen in the open. but that is impossible
in London. and yesterday the Folk Dance
Society gave an exhibition at the Savoy,
where the jolly human patterns weaved
in and out against a white curtain.
No village green could give You just
that effect of statuesque beauty-che
dancers seen in the round every curve
and motion clear-cut on the pale back
ground. The dancers We're young men
and women this time. and they danced as
though they would never be old. with
vigorous, downright rhythm that sent it's
pleasure through the house. The young
men wore white fiannels and the young
women short frocks of dark electric blue
and when they all swirled round to the
thin throb of the music the white and the
blue made delightful contrasts and de-
signs. There was an old English SIM
plicity and earnestness in the dancing; it
was even more athletic than it was beau
tiful
Mems Sword Dance.
The strangest OF the dances was the
mems sword dance from Marlborough in
Yorkshire. 1t has a wild jig of tune in
it, tune that rushes round and round
like savages about a fire. and the strap
ping yourg fellows danced it joyously
with fiourishes of long wooden swords.
They got more and more breathless, until
a good shout seemed a proper thing to
end with. One felt that this dance goes
back a long way, and it was easy to be-
lieve the theory of it's origin in the sacri-
fetal rites and dance intoxications of a
Yorkshire before history. The other sword
dance was more Sedate. 1t had chorus,
sung by man who placed the stage and
called the dancers out one by one in a
sort of robust chant. The swords were
woven into a pattern the dancers
turned and crossed. In between the
dances the We're old country songs-far
too good these to- be buried in antiquarian
books
Worcestershire Song.
There was Worcestershire song in
praise of Nelson, taken perhaps for some
broad sheet ballad. very simple and
strong. Altogether. the English Folk
Dance Society has never given us a bet
ter afternoon. After all. why should we
not see these things on the village green?
The dances are not difficult to learn and
they need no expensive costumes. One
hopes that the people who are busy re-
viving village life will not forget these
native festivities. for although they may
begin as an artificial growth they are so
close to English life that they should soon
strike root again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-17
FAMOUS WOMEN OF HISTORY.
- MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
1542-1587-PART II.
J..
1542-1587-PART II.
Copyright. 1912. by Willis ]. Abbot,

formal appeal to Elizabeth to be per-
mitted to pass into France, permission
was refused. The old claim of Mary to
the English throne still ranked in the
virgin queens breast.
Then followed long years of imprison-
ment. Parliament clamored for the life
of the Scottish queen. at one time de-
manding it by a unanimous vote. But
of womanly pity. more believe because
she knew that the execution of Mary
would arouse the wrath of all the Cath
olics in her kingdom. But the queen 8
hesitation was finally overcome by the
detection of plot for her own assassi-
nation to which there was grave reason
to believe Mary was a party. Elizabeth s
chief adviser. Lord Walsingham, with or
without the knowledge of the queen, set
deliberately at work to lead Mary into
some written utterance that would lay
bare all the secrets of her intriguing
mind. Through a brewer who supplied
her private table with beer. he suggested
to her means of communicating with
her friends. Letters were sent back and
forth in the beer barrels, and Mary wrote
with perilouS frankness. But the brewer
was mere stool pigeon. and turned over
the correspondence to Walsingham. FL
nally letter showed plot to assassinate
Queen Eliza beth, and Walsinghdm STRUCK
his final and fatal blow.
Ordered Tried for Treason.
With seeming reluctance Elizabeth or
dered Mary's trial for treason. The re-
luctance was assumed rather than real,
but history must admit that Elizabeth
had every reason to act and to act
firmly. The trial was brief Its verdict
death. After eighteen years in prison it
took but a few days to make an end OF
the Scottish queen.
1t was on a cold February morning that
Mary. with the indifferent air of perfect
courage, assembled the scaffold. She was
robed in black, but on being told to re-
move her outer garments. displayed her
self in an underrObe of bright scarlet.
Dramatic to the last. she laid her head
on the block without word. and with
the fall of the AK the career of one of his
tOry's most expert intriguants ended.
Even today historians vary in their esti-
mate of her. She is painted as a mar
tyr and a murderess. crafty cOnspirator.
and a simple minded victim to the jeal-
ousy of Queen Elizabeth. Somewhere be-
tween the truth lies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-17

THIS 81 DESK. as shown
in picture. made OF hard
wood, light oak finish; has
leatherette top. Is strongly
constructed: very desira-
BILE piece of furniture for
children up TO }
years Yours TO- en- An
morrow for. w. now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-17
Mary's Army Cut to Pieces.

Events then moved swiftly and disas-
trously for Mary. Though she raised an
army numerically superior To .lat which
the hostile lords rallied against her, il
was honcycombed with dissension among
the leaders. So in the end Mary's army
was cut TO pieces by "A vastly inferior
force, and she became again d fugitive.
1t was at this timee that. seeking to dis
guise herself. she shaved her head and
donned that wig that years later struck
with horror the people who witnessed her
dccapitaton.
One faint hope remained now To the
dep0sed queen and those Of her seryi-
tors who remained faithful To her-name-
~, to escape 10 France. This could be
done most easily by crossing into Eng
land, provided the eagle eye of Eliza beth
could be evaded- But hardly had she set
foot on English soil when Mary was
recognized, captured and locked up in the
castle of Carlisle. Though she then made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-17

Just at the moment the English situa-
ton was most acute Mary's kingly hus-
band died \ chance thrust through the
vizor OF his helmet had slain his father
What killed the son? lie was scant
eighteen years OLD, physically perfect
mentally a good humored BOBBY Inc
stories of the time were that his mother'
Catherine de Medici. had poisoned him.
Evidence? None. except chat the name
OF de Medici was already involved IN
long list of cold blooded murders. Cath
crime brooked no rival in power and she
would rather sacrifice her son than see
the brilliant Mary Stuart the dominant
force in France.
Her husband gone. her French crown
lost. nothing remained to Mary but 10
return to the land of her birth; 10 re-
sumo the crown her right To which nau
never been questioned. This she did'
and for four years reigned peacefully
She was but eighteen years old when
she returned to her throne. and became
once again a pawn not merely OIL poh-
tics. but in the marriage market
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
SHOURDS RESTORES LOOT
Philadelphia Trust Official May
Escape Prosecution.
IRv Telegraph 20 The Tribune. J

Philadelphia. March a. - Walter :.
Shourds, formerly vault superintendent Of
the Merchants Union Trust Company hero,
who disappeared several months ago after
taking $4,000 i'm cash from the safety de-
post vault of the company in which the
reserve fund was kept, has been found in
Berlin, Germany, according TO information
given out to-day by officials OF the trust
company. They also declare that all the
securities Shonrds took from safe deposit
boxes at the time he fed have been re-
turned Nothing is said about the money he
took
Shortly after Shourds disappeared IL was
declared that he had broken into the safety
deposit box of George Burnham, jr., the
wealthest client and also director of the
trust company, and had taken securities to
the value of very nearly a million dollars.
The trust company officials refused to con-
firm this and Burnham refused TO deny IL.
II was explained to-day that Shourds,
through his attorney. had effected a COM
promise by which, through the return Of
the securities belonging to Burnham and
some personal papers of Burnham's which
apparently are of no value to any other
person, he will escape prosecution.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
WHITNEYS FORM A TRUST
Corporation Takes Over October Noun
tain Estate of $4,000 Acres.
lBy Telegraph to The tribune.


Pittsfeld. Mass. March IA deed was
filed in the Berkshire Registry OF Deeds to-
day conveying 1900 acres OF land on Octo-
Der Mountain, in Lenox. Lee and Washing
ton, from the estate of William G. Whit
ney TO the October Mountain Real Estate
Trust. corporation of which Harry Payne
Whitney. Payne Whitney and Thomas J.
Regan. OF New York, are the trustees. The
trust company Is capitalized al 100000, and
the shareholders of stock. valued at 1900
a share, are: Harry Payne Whitney. 30
shares; Dorothy Whitney. 30 Payne Whit
ney. 10, and Pauline T. Paget. TO-
Thomas J. Regan is secretary of the
Whitney estate. The grantors in the deeds
were; Harry Payne Whitney: his wife. Ger
trude Vanderbilt Whitney; Payne Whit
ney: his wife Helen Hay whitney; Pau
line +. Paget her husband. Almeric H.
Paget. and Dorothy Whitney. The trust
shall continue five years after the death Of
either Harry Payne Whitney or Payne
Whitney. William c. Whitney created Oc-
tober Mountain estate prior TO his second
marriage In creating the estate one hun
dr"d farms were bought
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
Want Habeas Corpus Modified.

Nearly all the interests in the Brandt
case except the attorneys for Mortimer L..
Schit and Howard S Cans appeared be-
fore Justice Gerard in the Suprem" Court
Yesterday ard asked him to modify the
order granting the writ of habcas corpus
for Brandt so that 1t would incorporate
tho question OF bail. At IL was handed
down the order remanded Brandt to the
Tombs and he was then admitted to bail
under the two indictments against him. 1t
was feared that I'm this form the appeal
from the order might be thrown out by
the Appellate Division on ii techncality
Brandt having been admitted 10 bail before
,he appeal was taken. and Section ZOOS of
the code OF civil Procedure saving that an
appeal from an order granting a writ OF
baheas corpus must be taken before ball is
given.
John Willett, representing District At
torney Hogue. OF Clinton County, presented
the petltion for the amendment OF the or
dor and Deputy Attorney General McQuaid
and Assistant District Attorney Johnstone
made no objection but Mirabeau l.. Towns
representing Brandt. objected vigorously to
any change In commenting on the request
of the first three attorneys for the change
in the order Justice Gerard said:
"You three attorneys came into court ana
signed the bail order and now you want
me TO cook up an order for the purpose OF
taking AN appeal. II looks To me as n
three educated lawyers come into court and
Say they did not know what they were do
ing when they signed the order"
Justice Gerard asked the attorneys to
point out 10 him a section OF the code
giving him the power TO mako the amend
mept. When they were unable to do this
he said II looked TO him as though the at
torneys wanted him to read something into
the order hostile to the prisoner. He said
that when any section OF the code that ap-
piled was found he would consider II and he
would give the attorneys all the time they
wanted to look UP the authority for the
change.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
DOUBLY SURE OF SUICIDE
Woman Drinks Poison and Puts
Gas Tube in Mouth.

Mrs Evelyn Pratt, aged thirty-two years
was found dead in a chair yesterday after
noon I'm a furnished room at No. 2SS Pacific
street, Brooklyn A gas tube attached 10
an open let was in her mouth and an
empty glass which. according to an ambu-
lance surgeon. had contained carbolic acid
stood on a table The woman's mouth was
badly burned from the acid. Near the
glass lay a sheet of paper on which was
written note 10 Henry Wagner. a butcher
with a shop at No. 2s6 Smith street. with
whom she had been living. The note was
dated March IA and read:
Your cruelty and III treatment have
driven me 20 do what ] have done: May
God Judge US both. EVELYN.
Among the woman's effects was a news
raper clipping stating that Evelyn dhe last
name was cut ouO. OF No. $50 West 45tf
street. had gone into the Office OF the
charles r. Fitch cash register factory, al
No sa Eighth avenue. where several car
pcnters were working. and after drawing q
revolver from hcr nun had placed II
against the abdomen of Benjamin Rosen
helmer of No. i5l Fast ssth street. con.
ndehtiaI clerk. and pulled the trigger
The weapon missed fire. and the woman
Nht heiI'o ny H"ii'N "a ''' "a P'''''' = ""'
turned her over TO Patrolman Conkey, OF
the East nth street station, who started tc
take her before his captain. As they were
walking along the street she drew pow
ler from her muff and before the officer
could prevent swallowed II. She fell to the
sidewalk and was removed 10 Flower Hos
nl,ai hy Dr. Bsrnell Later she vas trans
lsrrtd 10 the criminal ware OF beIlevue
9osenhciroer refused 10 press any charges
sg,l,ist The woman bu, admitted that he
kHsw her.
The police say Wagner sdmitted M re.
iaffoue with the woman. ThHN are fnuedN'
o,ing 10 md oUt under what name She was
eonflned al Bellevue, ~ they believe ths'
Pratt n not her right name.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
CHOKES WOMAN; ;R0BS HOUSE
Negro Man Assisted by Maid IN
Daylight Burglary.

Mrs Jennie 3. Davis was choked INTO
insensibility by negro in her home at
No. 531 West 18th street yesterday
afternoon She was then gagged ana
bound. and her assailant. assisted py
Mrs. Davis's negro maid. looted the en-
tire house escaping with jewelry ana
other property valued at more than
$1,000.
The negro and the maid were putting
bits Of brac-a-b brac into a large bag III
the drawing room when they were sur
prised by Mrs. Davis. The man instant
ly turned on Mrs, Davis and choked her
until she was unconscious. Then he ana
the woman continued their work of rob-
berry.
Mrs. Davis remained unconscious for
more than an hour When she came to
her senses returned she worked herset
free of her bonds made her way I" a
telephone and summoned the police.
Then she fell fainting to the floor Her
fourteen year-old son. Ralph, arrived at
the house before the police, and he called
physician who revived her.
She told the police that the maid had
been employed by her about two weeks
and gave her name as Molly clark
! This IS believed 10 he fictitious name.
Mrs. Davis. who is a widow. owns the
house in which 81 lives and rents ' .,,l out
six OF the rooms ', men. All the iew-
| elrv of her dodgers. which they had left
| i'm their rooms was stolen.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
DINE: DISCUSS RELIGION
Forward Movement Speakers
Urge Men to Fill Churches.

The campaign OF the Men and Religion
Forward Movement, which has been con-
cerning itself with a revival OF religious
enthusiasm throughout the country for the
last year. will resume active operations in
this city on April ~. Last night prepar-
atory dinner was held at the Broadway
Tabernacle. The Rev. DIR. James a. Fran
els, of Boston. and Dean Charles r. Brown,
OF the Yale Divinity School. talked to some
four hundred and fifty men, and advised
them that the purpose of the movement
was TO bring the Gospel into the business
life OF the community.
Dean Brown said that the movement was
necessarily movement of men. because re-
ligion was mans business. and not wom-
ans. Men were the natural leaders in all
things. he declared. with few exceptions
women had never been enrolled among the
great II men said Let US go to church"
the world would go: but woman said every
Sunday, Let us go to church." and nine
tenths Of the world stayed home or played
golf"
As an illustration of the need of the
movement Dean Brown spoke of the Law
renee strike. He said he had spent two
weeks in Lawrence. and had visited the
homes of the mill owners and mill work
ers. The contrast. he declared. was pitiful
and disgrace to the nation and the age.
If religion played the part II should In the
life of the average man. said he. such con-
ditions would be impossible.
DIR. Francis said the purpose of the move
ment was to adapt the old Gospel to the
needs of the twentieth century. New York,
he said. was the metropolis OF the coun-
try, and should lead in the movement
President John III. Finley. of the College
of the city Of New York, was the toast
master.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
SAILED.
STEAMERS AT FOREIGN PORTS
ARRIVED.

AERlN EI,
Rotterdam. March 12-Brma CRuss,. New York
Kobe. March i3-Xaiomo CBr,. New Yoyk via
Sabang Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Genoa. March II. m-Berlin Eerh Ne"
York via Naples -
81 Vincent. c Y. March i4-Arrno CBO. New
York for Fremantle. etc.
Hong Kong. March l3St Patrick tBD, New
Bombay, March Netherby Hall CRr,, New
York via Algiers. Aden. etc -
Pernambuco, March 11-Craighsll oBrl' New
Bordeaux. March 12-St Laurent FrJ. New
Para March 13-Cuthbert oBr). New York.
SAILED.
Queenstown March Il, 4:15 p m-Olympic
tBrl Cfrom southampton and Cherbourgl
New York.
Liverpool March 1f-Celtic (Bt), Ne" 10TH
via Queenstown. -.
London. Marcn lf-Minnetonka tbr)' Ne"
York ,- ,,,.,,
Naples March 49, II m--Ameriea d'ao'
New York. -
Santos. March 12-Asiatic Prince (Br), New
Rio de Ianeiro. March 13-Queen Amelie
(RrD from CoroneD. New YORK
PASSED.
Butt Of Lewis, March l3-Excelsior (Ger)'
New York for Copenhagen.
Fastnet. March li--Wells City tBr), New
York Tor Bristol ..
scilIy March A. m-Prinz Friedrich
Wilhelm GER, New York for Plymouth.
Cherbourg and Bremen. .,
Perrin. March l4-Barotse OBJ, Calcutta and
Colombo for Philadelphia and New lor OF A.
Lizard. MIrCh II. a m-Noordam tDutch)'
New York for Boulogne and Rotterdam.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
PERCIVAL ACCUSES WIFE
Says Her Love for Horses and
LIQUOR Caused Trouble.

Mrs Ethel Mae H. Percival well known
az an exhibitor at the annual Horse Show.
having had her say in her divorce suit,
Lewis A. n. Percivsl. president Of the
Amalgamated Paint Company Of New Jer-
sey, Yesterday made several accusations
against her when her motion for $500 a
month alimony came before the Supreme
Court
Percival obtained divorce from his wife
in Reno. New, and FIVE DAYS later married
another woman Mrs. Percival. who re-
fused 10 recognize the Nevada divorce,
sued, naming the second wife as corespcn-
dent
Through his counsel Percival said that
most of his domestic woes came through
his wifes great interest in horses. He
said she spent much time in riding acad-
emies where she became acquainted with
halT a dozen men, whose names he men
toned and who, he said. were the actual
owners Of the horses that stood in the
name of his wife. Percival also intimated
that an sdmirer of Mrs. Percival committed
suicide because he had been denied per-
mission TO see her.
The plaintiff and defendant were married
in 1850 Two wears later, said the paint
manufacturer, his wife became addicted TO
the use Of liquor. and from that time on
she sought. the association Of men inter
ested in horses. and against the protest OF
her husband He also told about her ex-
treme extravaganza, saying that one Of her
habits was to frequently change her auto
mobiles for newer models and that II cost
him all he could earn 10 keep Mrs. Per
cival in the style that she demanded.
Percival did not think he should be COM
PEELED to pay the plaintiff $500 pending the
trial Of the suit. Justice Blur will decide
on this point
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
TAKES POISON ON WEDDING DAY
Bronx Man, Robbed of His Savings,
Tries to Die.

Because he had been held up and robbed
Of t3Oo which he was Ia use to furnish n
home for himself and bride. Joseph Guraro'
OF No. $50 Crescent avenue, attempted 10
commit suicide yesterday by swallowing bi-
chloride of mercury At Fordham Hospi-
tai. where he is prisoner, II was said he
would recover.
Guraro. who is twenty-seven years ola
and makes his home with his aunt Mrs
Angelina Guraro. IN The Bronx. returned
an hour after he had started to go to work
and said that ne had been robbed of his
savIngs. lie retired to his room, and his