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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-18

larger capital Of you may and your.
self goifg BANKRUPT ii oa2o Land u
} 1Sonf St0lSstI6G h9f6a196 9ai 9 jz0iWt
James, is a business man, Do you
know fiinr2 iaBlsyia2 btlsipesB mah? When
yoiuI1 tax abOut your little Bshpy can.
die peering Into and lighting up all
the corners OF James, has 1t ever shed
Its rays into James when his eyes
look like steel, and his mouth
shuts like trap. and his voice gets
so silky and quiet and friendly, so
that you feel lovely one minute and
scared to death the next?
Have you ever got a glimpse OF this
transparent James Of yours when he
sat at his desk, thinking. thinking
forehead all in lines, fingers holding
a pencil, the little dots IL makes rep.
resenting things to the mind of
james?
Have you ever taken glimpse into
the interior Of James when be was out
with a crowd OF business men-or pol
itlcians to whom he was being polite
In the interests Of business? Have
you noted the jovtal laugh and the
hearty handshake on the surface. and
has your candle lighted up the cold,
determined purpose of James hidden
vel! within the sec1et places?
And when he has COME home after
one OF these sessions, %hathave you
said to hims Have you said, swell,
did you get what you went otter? You
worked hard for it," or have you
said, You ought to be ashamed Of
yourself, staying out to this hour.
You ought to be. ashamed to think co
much more Of that rough sci Of men"
really, they are nice enough men.
than you do OF your own family. II
you were half man you would Us at
home where you belong"
Yes, and II he were half man, and
hair a man only. he would be at,
home with INSTANTLY; every night Of
his life. putting on his old coat and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-18
5The Gsneyieye WIG u. Due lAnothsr

j y
preparing to rock tie bebs e slesii
while you 20 out into the chem and.
get dinner. at which you VIII have
round steak and worry about the ris::i
!, ing price Of potatoes. Because, i
James Is hall a man. he Is working
entirely for someoae else who IS pay
ing him just as llttlersalary g ,lanes,
can possibly live on But, II he is an
entire man he Is making good on the
Job on commission basis.
Have you ever thought about the
friend that James had before he mar
rled you, you mysterlous thing7 You
never liked Jones much. Your cHum;
was sweet girl. but Jones
James asked him to the house, but
not often. HayeHyou ever wondered
lust where James buried him? James
loved his friend as men can love each
other. Dare you say your little candle
car, cast lis beams into the quiet, lone
~ place he buried him--for you?
Then there was that OFFER he had to
20 10 South America for his firm. 1t
val 4 big chance but you said It
Sonld break your heart. The Arm
wanted James to go because he was
Iheif best man and It would make his
eyeriSsting fortune, The told you. 4
Yoa csied-on his shoulder. too
atdS said It would kill you. Well, you
wouid have been pretty lonesome, and
E,thel!hs might have been killed by the
natives like that poor Young German
you told him about. Your husband
stayed at home with you and the chill.
dren. Another superseded him as the
firms best man. That man made his
everlasting fortune andsis now a mem.
Der 81 the arm. james takes orders
! from him.
Yod shut your eyes when you re-
member this. 1t was his duty to stay
at home, Of course, Can your candle
reach to just what this transparent
creature suffered at the lost chance!
Do you ever read the market re.
ports? NOT, Well, they ate mystic
rlous things, to be sure. James reads
them, however. Perhaps you might
l,.ISdFat those connected with his btsl.
4 tasgahd III vito puzzle them out. They
III IN, ~ Y3 Nl'l;,,t 5 ~ . - ~ Y.2I4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-18
proy.FS Wanted.

II there Is not a proyerb, there
ought to be one. to the effect thtt "a
lnaliar3 letters in the hands Of fool
ish friend are as q poniard In tie
hand otg an enemy. r. letters have
somstlmes gained Immortality for
some men or women, they have uu-
done, others. In those moments Of
-siippsfed ease Ne catch ytHe writer
FuuaSares, and those moments out
weigh hours Of buskined dignity
,Holbrook White, sini the Atlantic
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-18
Club Meetinu.

The regular metcing Of the Wo-
mans Club will be held tomorrow
friday at the apartments in the Y.
NJ. c. A. building. The meeting will
be called to order promptly at three
O'Clock as much important business
will be transacted. The retiring off.
GERS will present the gaveI, books and
records to tho incoming officers, and
the postponed election Of the fourth
vice president will take place besides
other Important business.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-18
Elected officers

an Thesfollowlng officers were elected
BIZ tier T. Webb Sunday school class
Of tbeM. 3. Church South. The meet.
ing was held last evening at the
church. President, Miss Ruth Hon.
man; vice president, Miss Viva Stall.
maker; secretary. Miss Lizzie Elam.
brick;1assistant secretary, Miss Edith
Santer; treasurer, Miss Alma Smith;
reporter Miss Dorcas Prichard; as
slstant teachers, Misses Jessie Ice ant
Dora Cox.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-18
Los VEGAS GETS TAE II
JoHNsoNFLVNNS FlGH,

CHICAGO. April tS.-Jast johnson
and jim FLYNN TIlli fight forty-av6
rounds for tho worlds bcavyweight
championship at Las Vegas, NM, oh
the afternoon OF July 4. This ali
noupeement was made last. night .by
Jack Curley. promoter Of the contest.
Work Of constructing the arena
Curley said, would begin by May n
Flynn aud johnson have agreed to be-
on the scene a month before the. fight
Curiey said that johnson already had
begun light training and that Flynn
would start active work soon I.s
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''somstIr,es

purist How ID. this? Yonr card
reads s'iiR, r. wise Rectiaer and Com.
.pounder.r and you tell me YOU are
:atproofre reader itT;l!
.slss 81 Yiss. Why yess TstestIft e.
fofV j6Sd comp uhd words +JttdEo.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-18
RaIh!ist AstroIOgeI

Miss ST Germaine, Watson Hotel,
room next TO parlor, Hours 10 to 10;
Ito q TO Hands. cards, lie
horoscope; business forecast for 1912.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-18

Call and see tie cook or servani
i':hasq al today niSkes her seem ,ieiigE
bic. !.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-18

8 cents a pound paid for'clean, cot.
ton rags for use on presses
{. WEST yiIlalGIAN.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

heard In the exact tone OF the speaker
with dire results. as has often hap.
pened
lie initiates the voice OF the Coun.
tess Of Flanders exactly and often is.
sues orders which seem to come from
her, throwing everything into confu.
sion
The other day, when a new foreign
Minister called for his first visit and
was being conducted into the salon,
he heard what seemed to be most un.
complimentary things said in the
Countess voice about himself and his
country. He started back in indigna.
ton
Take no notice. remarked the Off
cial who was escorting him 1T is
only that blessed parrot"
A Gift From The American Minister.
In explanation of the chatter that
started an envoy 1t may be noted that
this bird has had a diplomatic career.
, Charles Page Bryan got it in Rio
Janeiro some ten years ago, when
American Minister to Brazil, kept it in
| the Legation at Berne when he was
! transferred to Switzerland, carried il
= to Portugal and brought 1t here two
years ago when he was promoted to
this pest.
When Col. Roosevelt came here in
/ 1910 on his way home from Africa the
parrot achieved fame A regimental
band engaged by the Burgomaster to
serenade the ex-President started to
play in front of the American Lega-
ton. The parrot seemed to take this
as a challenge and Immediately enter
ed into such a noise making competi.
ton that he got into the newspapers.
Crown Prince Leopold read about it
and straightaway developed great in.
/ terest in the feathered diplomat
Learning this, Minister Bryan sent the
parrot to the Crown Prince as a pres.
sent. For few days It was treated
as an honored guest az the royal
palace at Laeken, hanging in King AL
bert's study, but became so talkative
and so often interrupted the roya'
councils that is was Consigned to
Prince Leopold's playroom After q
time the Prince tired of the pet and
then it was sent to his grandmother
At the moment she is entertaining
as a visitor her other grandson, Prince
Charles, who succeeds to his grand
fathers title of Count of Flanders. OF
course the Countess loves all her ter
grandchildren but it is a court secret
that Prince Charles is her favorite.
The Countess of Flanders is extreme
ly fond of music. Every week she
engages special singers or players oil
different nationalities to make music
before her"
She is a talented artist, and hei
engravings and water colors are fire
+ quently exhibited. Very assiduous i,
she in visiting painters and scu'ptors
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
COMPASS GOES CRAZY
IN THE SUBWAY


minor Official OF the 1nterborough
Railroad Company, which operates
the New York subway, curious to as.
certain how a compass would act on
a moving subway train, made a care
full test on round trip between the
Atlantic avenue and Seventy.second
street stations The compass was in
fluenced by the combined counter
forces Of magnetism and active electri-
cal disturbances, the immense quantity
of structural steel the steel rails, the
all.steel cars and the live Juice" of
the electric motive power and lighting
He records in the Interborough Bulle-
tin the alterations of the compass as
follows
I The readings for the most part
showed nothing but series of nerv-
ously palpitRting and sensitive oscil-
latory movements of the dial on it's
pivot swaying back and forth and
keeping well within ninety degrees or
the one-fourth part Of circle. It is in
the complete boxing of the compass
about which the chief interest centers.
For that reason it is sufficient here
to state the places on the trip where
this happened.
! Between Hoyt and Borough Hall
two rapidly successive revolutions
Leaving the latter station and on en-
tering the river tunnel four, in quick
succession; short spell, and the dial
reversed itself very slowly twice; ali
other spell, and again two turns sever.
ally in exactly opposite directions just
before arriving at Bowling Green
Nothing doing until passing Worth
street, then a single whirl; likewise
on reaching Fourteenth street; pass
ing Eighteenth, three, slowly made
leaving Forty-second street, two rapid
| whirls; a minute thereafter, four slow
ly one after the other
Returning from Seventy-secont
street, shortly after starting, one;
passing Columbus Circle, four, slowly
and successfully, and then one more;
at Fiftieth two more severally, but
in reverse direction; reversing again
once very slowly on entering the For
tyIsecond street station. Nothini
striking until entering Manhattan tube
when at intervals the compass boxed
: itself one two, three and finally thre,
, more times on the way to Borough
S Hall"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

studios but alas she buys nothing, be-.
ing very close with her money.
While the Count Of Flanders lived IL
was notorious that her purse was kept
very meager In Belgium husband
has such control over his wife's money
that even under the best conditions
she cannot draw the smallest check
unless It is countersigned by the hus.
band. Il was hoped that when she had
a free hand over his vast fortune she
would be more generous but habits Of
a lifetime ar hard to overcome and
she still only encourages the struggling
with kind words, and does not even lay
out much money on dress.
Her palace stands on the Rue de IA
Regence, one Of the principal streets
Of the upper town, at the end of which
are the Palace of Justice and its splen.
did law courts.
by birth she is a princess of the
proud House OF Hohenzollern. belong
ing to the branch which. though not
reigning, is probably oder, the Altman
ach de Gotha records, than that to
which Emperor William belongs. Not
withstanding this and the added fact
that she is a member OF the Belgian
royal family, she is not so severely
exclusive as she naturally would be
supposed to be.
soIicitude that Embarrasses Friends,
The Countess is much troubled with
rheumatic govt, for which she is al.
ways undergoing some cure-and
which, to their no small embarrass
ment, she expects all her friends to
take also Recently she went to Ouchy
! Switzerland, to take the cure there
She is very fond of staying near the
Lake of Geneva because she has a
great friend who lives there-an Eng
lish woman.
This friend is Mrs. Barton, daughter
of the late Sir Robert Peel and grand
| LAUGHTER Vi Jue ldluOuS STATESMAN. mel
mother, Lady Emily Peel, still lives il
England The Countess of Flanders
has made such an intimate companion
of this very charming and intellectual
young widow (whose husband die
much for Geneva) that in this case sh,
not only breaks a rule of the Belgian
royalists not to stay in the houses o
those whose blood is only blue anC
not royal purple but has more thai
once had her visit her in her Brussels
palace; and that not in a quiet way
but almost as an equal, inviting tht
j King and Queen to dinner during Mrs
Barton's stay and taking her with hel
to tea at Princess Napo'eon's.
The Countess of Flanders Away,
passes a few days at Mrs. Barton'l
home, the Villa Lammermoor, on LAX,
Geneva, when she goes toward tina
part of Europe. Belgians are not ;
little worried al this strong friend
/, ship with a commoner and a foreigner
and the women, of course. are jealou
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
THE TALK OF EUROPE
Louis NapOleOn'S DOuble---W. w. Aston
in Italy---The Countess and Her Par
rotor. LOrenz Will Abandon
Vienna Hospital Work.

BRUSSEhLS May A grandson
of Godillot. the famous double" OF
Napoleon Ill, is reported to have cap
tured the heart OF Chicago heiress.
II was GOdillot who supplied boots to
the French army in the Franco.Prus
sian war, and, according to Gen Ricard
and Gambetta, Gen. McMahonis force
could easily have crossed the Belgian
frontier near Sedan, but for their ill
fitting shoes
Thus, because of Godillot's boots,
the French army suffered a great de-
feat that changed the course Of his
tory. What remained of the boots in
Paris we're sent on 10 Tours, where
they were ultimately served cut to
Chanzy's improvised army. The
troops were afflicted, in consequence,
with foot sores and Jagged when a
forced march was necessary.
Godillot was so much like Napoleon
III. in appearance that it would have
been hard, were they both together, to
have said which was which. In 1878
Godillots appearance on the boule-
wards and at a mass in memory of the
third Napoleon convinced Paris that
tho Eunaror etil1 livad
1t is supposed that Godillot was the
twin brother of Morny. He often went
to see Napoleon ILL.,, but stealthily, at
the Tuileries. The endless military and
naval contracts he obtained under the
cover of men of straw were one of the
means which brought him great for.
tune. He bought the old Hippodrome
for storehouse. He died worth $12,,
0,O00
The late Sir Charles Dixie and Au-
boron Herert first enlisted with the
Germans in the Franco-Prussian con.
test and then desertede to the French
when they learned of the fall of the
Empire at Paris. In order to escape
arrest as spies they hid one night in a
chestnut tree while an army marched
by. Sir Charles afterward said he knew
from the unfailing regularity of the
tramp, tramp that it was German sol
diers, well-shod soldiers, and not
French recruits in Godillots boots
who were going along the road below
him in the darkness.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

marble colonnade and pcrgola. antique
fountains and vases, while In the cen
ter is an exquisite copy OF the Venus
of Syracuse in marble, which can be
turned on rotary pedestal other
treasures collected by M. Aston in
clude a figure OF Bacchus, little statu-
cite of Diana and another vi Apollo.
Miss Lubin. daughter OF David Lubin
Of California, founder Of the Interna-
tional Institute OF Agriculture and its
resident delegate, is TO marry the cid
est son of the proprietor OF the Grand
Hotel Ru3sie, member OF the Italian
Consular Corps The wedding will
take place here in June. Mr.. Lubin and
his daughter have been staying at
the Hotel Russie for some months
George b. Mcclellan, former Mayor
of New York, has been spending a
fortnight in Rome but left on Friday
for Florence to stay a week before
returning home by way of Paris. On
Saturday of last week he dined with
the American Ambassador and Mrs.
O'Brien.
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Booth of De.
troit are at the Hotel Excelsior but
will leave soon for the Italian lakes
and Switzerland.
W. d. Washburn of Minneapolis is
at the Grand Hotel, where his wife is
very i'll. Although he is eighty-two
years old, Mr.. Washburn is hale and
hearty and speaks hopefully of his
wifes convalescence, when they plan
to make an extended tour of Germany
and other parts of Europe.
Much sympathy is felt in the Ameri
can colony and Roman society gener
ally for Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Iddings
of New York, whose daughter Betty
lies dangerously i'll after a serious
operation. Miss Iddings is a brigh
star in the social armament, for ir
addition to being an enthusiastic dane
er and a talented amateur actress, she
| is linguist and musician of exception
al ability, although hardly out of hei
teens. DR.. Bastionelli, who performed
the operation, gives hope that hel
youth may win the day
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
THE COUNTESS AND HER PARROT

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May A.
Among the pets of King Albert's moth
er, the Countess of Flanders, is a par
rot which is the terror of the house
hold. 1t is a male Polly" a remark
able talker with an extensive vocabul-
airy, a great memory and unusual pow
ers of mimicry. He repeats everything
he hears, always, of course, at the
wrong moment.
Sometimes he is banished from the
Countess's apartments. Then those
who are near him talk in whispers or
on their fingers Gan art the parrot has
not yet acquiredD; otherwise when he
goes back to his place near the Count.
ess he reels off every word he has
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
DR.. LoRENz WILL ABANDON

HOSPITAL WORK IN VIENNA.
VIENNA, May 4.-Dr. Lorenz, the
world-famous bone surgeon who treat.
ed little Lolita Armour, announces that
he shall abandon hospital work be-
cause the authorities have persistently
ignored his demands for increased ac-
commodation.
There is no orthopaedic hospital in
Vienna and Dr. Lorenz is allowed only
two small rooms with four beds each
whereas his patients come in shoals
If he had five times as many beds
they would not be enough. All his ap'
peals to the authorities being futile
he has with great regret decided to
give up hospital work altogether
There is little doubt that profession.
al jealousy has something to do with
Or. Lorenz's failure to get what he
asked for.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

but the fact 81 that both the Countess
and the English woman are remark.
ably intelligent and clever women and
the former is glad 20 ind some one
nearer her own intellectual level than
are most Belgians
A popularity Of the Countess. one
remarkable for a person OF her sex
is that she will permit no mirror IN
any Of her reception rooms
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
w. W. AsroR IN ITALY.

ROME, Italy, May 4.-William Wal
dorf Aston spent the whole winter in
his villa at Sorrento, overlooking the
sea. Formerly called Villa Sirena, Mr..
Aston has changed the name to Villa
Aston and grows more attached to his
home every year, as is shown
the increasing length of his stay. He
has been in the habit of living there
only five months each year, generally
alone except when he has his sons or
daughter with him on brief visits.
Nothing could exceed the magnif-
fence of the redecorated Villa Aston.
1t has been almost entirely rebuilt, and
from Rome Mr.. A5tor took fine mar
bles, columns, capitals and sarcophagi.
One fragment with remains of an in
scription upon it Mr.. Astor presented
to the British Museum in London, and
the experts there have been able to
decipher data of historical value.
The garden adjoining his premises
belonged to Sig. Tramontano and Mr..
Astor, hearing that the hotel man was
in need of money for his establishment
offered him the exact amount required
and became the possessor of the lovely
garden which has been laid out as the
Villa Florus, a copy of Pompeian
villa once owned by an illustrious lady.
with all the marbles that should be.
long to such a residence. 1t has a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
ForaetfuI Disraeli's Luck.

Disraen received one morning a let ter from a Mrs. Willyams, whom he did not know, in which she said that she had read his novels with much fn- terest and would like to make his ac- Quaintance. She also asked a question which rendered it necessary for him to answer the letter. Unfortunately the letter was left in his greatcoat pocket, and Dizzy" did not wear the coat until several months after, when he hap pened to be in the south of England and in the very town in which Mrs. Willyams lived. Coming across the letter in such circumstances, it oc- cured to him to call upon her, and Mrs. WilIyams was so fattered at, as she thought, his carrying the letter so long about him and then calling that she decided on leaving him her for tune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
Tombstone Amid Waves.

Americans by the thousand visit Mont St. Michel every year, there to explore the famous old monastery and feast on the renowned omelets of Mime. Poularde, and most of them tarry ell route at St. Malo, the gay watering place on the Brittany coast whose grim past is recalled by the forttfica- tions by which it is begirt. Chateau briand, the father of French romant1- cism, is buried at St. Malo, and no true American sightseer fails to pay a visit to his tomb, nameless, which at h1gh tide is covered by the sea. Jules La maitre in a work on ''the great egot1Sc, as he calls Chateaubriand, tells how the author bargained with the mayor of St. MaIo for the grant of rock whereon to plant his tomb, which, he stipulated, was to be a simple stone with a cross, without name, amid the waves "He was bent," says Cha teaubriand's latest biographer, "on as tonishing the world, even when he could no longer be by to enjoy the eff feet. There was vanity in his very skeIeton"-New York Press
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
Didn't Fear For Mamma.

A Lakewood woman was recently reading to her little boy the story of young lad whose father was taken ill and died, after which he set himself diligently to work to support himself and mother. When she had finished the story she said:
 Dear Billy, if your papa were to die would you work to support your dear mother?"
 Nav said Billy unexpectedly.
 t'But why not?'
 -.Ain't we got good house to live in?"
 ''Yes, dearie. But we can't eat the house, you know"
 ''Ain't there lot of stuff in the pan try"
 'Yes, but that won't last forever
 'Itl1 last till you get another hus- band, won't it? You're a pretty good locker, ma."
 Mamma gave up right there.-Cleve- land Plain Dealer.