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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24

400 years ago by Spanish princess, Kath- crime of Arason, when she came to that country as Queen of Henry VIII This lace belonged to the late Queen Victoria who left it to Princess Henry of Batten- berg, who in her turn presented 1t to the then Princess Ena at the time of her marriage. A queer turn of fortune wheel has brought this old Spanish lace into the possession of a Queen of Spaln who was born an Englishwoman.
 This recalls to mind that priceless lace is owned by different members of the English royal family. Queen Mary has a rare fiounce of Honiton lace that was on the wedding gown of her mother, the late Princess Mary, Duchess of Teck, and also some splendid point q dAlencon lace which once belonged to Queen Ade- laide The Duchess of Connaught has a large and very valuable hchu of Youghal point given her by Queen Vic toria and Princess Henry of Battenberg owns and wears old lace of great beauty and value which was a present from Queen Victoria at the time of her mar riage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
ITO THE VOTERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY

We, the undersigned, who have known MT. F. L. Erwln for the past twenty years, feel it our duty to call the attention of the voters to his can didacy for member of the Board of Revenue He is man of wide ex- perience. He was a constructor and builder of railroads and bridges con tinuously for twenty years, but, being . man of affairs, he retired from the railroad business to look after his own business affairs. in which he has been eminently successful. lse knows how to build county reads and bridges. and should the County decide to build any addition to the Court House or build new jail during the adminis- tration of the next term of the Board of Revenue, his services would be in , valuable to the County. as he under stands blue prints and ,the cost of the
 various construction materials and in
 that way would undoubtedly save the
 County many thousands of dcllars.- It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
Pilgrims To Mecca

Y rom 11t-Blts.
 Although one Of the most inaccessible cities on earth, Mecca each year has vist' ors in such numbers that il must be ranked In this particular with London and New York. Even the worlds me tropolis on the Thames can boast nc such cosmopolitan character as is m- parted to this mysterious city in the vii derness of Arabia by the myriads of pill grims who. at the cost of incredible pains. annually crowd into it's confines
 This city Is the oldest place of resort in existence, yet of all the millions who have visited il not a score of Christians are known to have come ou, alive. No flag Of citizenship would save man. life were he known to be a Christian with in the sacred precincts of the city, where the Prophet himself decreed that no un- believer should set foot.
 Of the 225. .oOoooo Moslems in the world only 15 5000 live under the Turkish flag yet most of them acknowledge the Sultan of Turkey as their Caliph, the successor of the Prophet. As Mohammed shrewdly foresaw, the Mecca pilgrimage binds to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
QUEEN VICTORIA OF SPAIN
An Ideal Mother and the Possessor of
 Many Accomplishments

From the New York Sun.
 The Queen of Spain, who has just made herself very popular with the Spanish people by influencing King Alfonso to , grant clemency to the revolutlonist Cha to, is only 24 years old. She has four living children and has lost one
 She herself was born in 1887, the first jubilee year of the late Queen Victoria. ;. She was the first royal child born in Scotland since the birth of King Charles I there in 1900. Like all members of the English royal family, the young Princess Ena received a broad education and has many accomplishments.
 From her mother she inherited a love of music She herself sings and plays well. She is fond of the drama, and as a child she became a clever and com potent little actress. With happy recol- lectons or her own childhood, Queen Vic toria is .ln ideal mother. and intensely fond of children. She also takes a keen interest isl the children of the poor, and not long ago presented a handsome sum to a creche that had been opened at Seville.
 Queen Victoria has kept up her love Of outdoor life. Her stable is one of her chief delights She owns many fine Eng lsh horses, and often has a favorite mount brought out to her in the court yard of the palace to feed with bits of sugar, carrot and apples. She and the King do much motoring, and in sum mer the Queen, who loves a picnic. will often give one for her children under the forest trees in sight of the snow-capped Sierras.
 When at Madrid the queen likes noth- ing better than her daily visit to la gran ia, Spanish for farnihouse). the royal estate near the capital. which has eX- duisite gardens and fountains and ter 5, races, which rival those of Versailles, yHere King Alfonso plays polo and the 4'Oueen amuses herself with trout fish ing.
 Queen Victoria Eugene has her moth- CTS love for lace. and owns the won derful lace brought to England close on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
HIDDEN HOUSE.

HIDDEN HOUSE.
 REVIEWED FOR THE BOOK SHELF
 BY PAUL COOK, AUTHOR OF
 sADRIFT WITH THE TIMES.'D
 By Ameie Rives CThe Princess Trou-
 betzkoy), with frontiespiece by Gayle
 Porter Hosklns. J. B. Lippincott Con-
 pany. Philadelphia.
 dual personality is the theme of Amelie Rives' latest novel, entitled Hid den House. It Is a slender volume and the story itself Is a slight affair but the technique of an experienced writer is easily discernable in the treatment of the story and Miss Rives succeeds rather well in superimposng a startling narrative on somber background.
 The characters include a daft old Scots man, whose home is situated in sa wild and mountainous region of Virginia, iso- lated from all other human habtation and the ideal location for mystery. Then there Is the daughter of the old man who Is part of the time mild and placid young woman, with wondrous pleasing ways and a meekness most fit to adore When she is that quiet person her name is Molina. But, alas. she isn't always Molina. As the result of an inherited streak of insanity which has run in her family through generations, there comes time at regular intervals when the an- gelc Moina Is transformed into creature of flame, who dances wildly on the bleak mountain slopes like a very nymph of pleasure, singing mad songs. leaping on the wings of the wind and shilling, '1 am Robina, Robina!"
 Now Robina is a person of very differ ent temperament from Molina, although the two identities are found in the same person. Robina is a fascinating creature, and it is not surprising to the reader when young thinker on deep subjects so- journing with the old Scotsmans family in order to give his brain cells a rest, falls desperately in love with Robina and quite forgets a previous attachment which he had found for the dove eyed Molina. Of course the young theologian does not know until the tragic climax of the story that Molina and Robina are identical. RO- bina's escapades are really quite thrilling at times and her fire dance in the lonely mountain home, before the fascinated eyes of her father and her lover. is a rather vivid bit of descriptive writing.
 The story, of course has a sad ending and Is not by any means rich in mental pabulum, but if you happen to be gong away on the train, or wish in some other contingency to while away an hour or two without great mental effort. Hidden House. may be found worth while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
Certain Royal Authors

From the London Chronicle.
 The announcement Of the Princess Flu lalias book reminds us that royal authors are numerous England's list is quite long one. Elizabeth wrote learned com ments on Plato, and many translations from the classics, and even the warlike Richard l is supposed to have been some- thing of a poet Edward VI is credited with "a most elegant comedy" which, however, has not survived. James Is works fill two bulky volumes, and, com ing to modern times, we have the Leaves from a Journal of Our Life in the High lands from Queen Victoria But the only lndiscretion came from Henry VIII who was ''Fidel Defensor.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
' TOMORROW" 2"

TOMORROW"
 A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. By Percy
 Mackaye. Frederick A. Stokes & Com
 pany. New York.
 "Eugenics" tboth the positive sort through selection, and the negative sort through safeguarding is a science that IS Just beginning to achieve recognition.
 In his three act play, Tomorrow Mir. Percy Mackaye has handled the subject of selection most dexterousy, at the same time weaving love story that is in no way subordinate to the ethics
 Brieux, the French playwright, lays more stress upon safeguarding, but it is interesting to see each side of the case from the viewpoint of two such clever writers as he and Mackaye.
 In Tomorrow there are two families suffering from hereditary taints.
 Insanity prevails in one of them and blindness in the other, and for this reason the stress that MT. Maekaye lays upon the proper selection of percentage touches a ! theme that is at once world wide and sig nifcant.
 A womans wise choice in marriage means that, posterity shall be what it should be-sound. wholesome. free from disagreeable hereditary and withal nor mai.
 Tn dramatzing such theme MT Mack aye has made very human play of very serious biological subject.
 California Is the scene of the action in the first part of the play with all it's warmth of color and beauty enhanced by the writer's clever descriptive abilities.
 The finale takes place in the Monterey country, an environment lending itself most pleasingly to the mystery and won- der of the drama.
 Just a paragraph or two from ''romor- row will give an idea of the authors theme.
 The heroine Mana in refusing to marry the dssolute son of an adoring mother, says to her;
 Dear God my friend, you and l are women. Do we not hear that word silly ringing in our souls like the judgment bell: Silly women-silly women. ThinN of us. Our eyes-ours-hold the doom of the ages; the life of a planet pleads al our lips: the growth and beauty of our species-they wait on our smile. And yet oh. pity ourselves-our eyes are ravished by flying moment; darkness, death with a kiss we SOW them in the upturned gazes of children; and the choice of a thousand years-what is it-a flash of binding desire,
 'Ah. why indeed in the world. Is it only to conceive and bear-the children of silly women? Have we never conceived the children of God ?-borne and suckled them in dear dreams? Have we never selected what breed our bodies shall bring forth? Not we, Mrs Henshawe, We silly women only know-we have got to get married for the sake of ourselves, for the world except for the sake of our children. And so. my friend we women say to each other: Don't be silly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24

WINGS OF DESIRE" By NJ. P. w
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24

teachers heart thrilled over Tommy's unexpectedly good showing. for not one of the questions remained unanswered. But upon subjecting the papers to a more careful perusal her pride in Tom mys proficiency had q fall. After seven of the ten questions Tommy had written politely:
 T am very sorry that this is a subject on which I have no information"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
What She Expected

From the Houston Post.
 Well, dear. my book has been accept ed, and the publishers want more! guess I'm a genius, all right
 "Oh, George.'
 Aren't you pleased?"
 ''Yes. for your sake, but the divorce will break my heart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24

would be to the interest of every tax payer of this County to see to it that he be made a member of the new Board soon to be elected. MT. Erwin IS a man of financial ability, which he has shown in the management of his own affairs, good farmer, good mechanic, good business man-in. deed one of the best qualified candi dates for the place He is Good Reads Advocate and his policy will be to grade and macadamize the main roads of the County to the County line at once.
 w. s. BROWN,
 STERLING J. EOS TER,
 BLACKWOODBENTLY CO.
 J. C.. JONES.
 C. M. PARRISH,
 PAUL H. EARLE.
 w. J. YIELDING,
 FELIX I. TARRANT,
 J. M. BIBB,
 J. T. MILLER,
 w. J. LOVE. M. D.,
 s, l.. EARLE.
 s. H. WiLKS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24

gether his disciples into a unity which could be effected in no other way.
 Mecca says pr. Samuel NJ Zwemer of Arabia "has become the religious cap ital and the center of universal pilgrim age for one-seventh of the human race"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
No Information

From the New York Times.
 Glancing hastily down the pages of Tommy Jones' examination papers, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24

oGftlEb. By Talli J. Bouknight. The Neale Publish ing Company. New York.
 Written in blank verse, "Ophiel' Is a strong and gripping recital of how the good always oyercomes the evil in every thing.
 Ophlel, cast from Heaven with Satan, begins at once to surround the soul of Sebastian, a youth who has before him the promise of great and worthy ca reer. In spite of all that is brought to bear upon him he gives his life to the church Ophiel had seen in the face of the youth Sebastian the likeness of one who had been very kind to him and returning to Satan he tells him that he has been unable to accomplish the task of encom. passing the soul of the boy.
 Satan naturally becomes very much an- gered and casting Ophiel into outer dark ness he at once undertakes the task of the destruction of Sebastian, which he had as- signed to Ophiel.
 Seba stian in the meantime has set about doing much good in the New World, teaching tribe of Indians Christianity and lending his sweetness and gentleness to all with whom he comes in contact. There is an old hag named Olate, who refuses, however. to accept the new faith. She claims that she is a sceress with wonderful powers of dlvihation and Satan makes her his accomplice. In the tribe of Indians there Is a maiden who has a lover named Winnemoca. To Winnemoca Olate goes and begins her evil work by telling him that the youth sebastian is trying to take his sweetheart from him and in older to get his revenge he listens to Olate's advice and betrays his tribe to rival nation with disastrous effect.
 Every follower of Sebastian is included in lie destruction which follows.
 Ophiel, after witnessing the massacre. leaves his place of darkness and re- nounces his evil ways and returns to plead Gods forgiveness.
 OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED. (RE-
 VIEWS LATER.)
 THE LONE ADVENTURE" By Hol- lwell Satellite George Fl. Doran Com pany, New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24

"VISTAs OF NEW YORK" By Bran der Matthews. Illustrated. Harper Broth CTS, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
TnEBOOK,S SHELF
By THE BIBLIoPHILE

any other marks he ever set for himself,
 and in John Rawn'' he has produced
 masterpiece which is entirely different
 from anything he has done heretofore. The figure of John Rawn is really sig
 nal achievement. He dominates the story
 from beginning to end as he would dom-
 mate any scene in real life while his eX-
 traordinary power held. The story is a l life study of this man, though it is also
 more than that-in it's largest aspect il is
 study of the American people of today
 and an arraignment of their besetting sin
 in going in all ways too swift a pace. It I is, In short valuable document ofsmod-
 ern American economics, and may serve
 to open the eyes of the public to some of | the things which may be at the bottom of
 conditions existing in the United States | today. It carries a message. yet 1t is not preachment. It is first, last and all the
 time fascinating story, told with the
 vrility the theme demands.
 From a humble position as & clerk In a 1 railroad office to the presidency of a com
 pany organized for the purpose of har- | messing the latent power of the atmos phere, is the monster stride made by 1 Rawn during the course of this narrative.
 He Is sublime egotist. At home his egotism has been fostered by wife who,
 if she is not really affectionate, is dutful,
 and tolls and pinches that the petty van ties of Rawn may be satisfied. He has | always had the ambition to be rich but , he is 4o before the chance presents itself. 1 Then he steals the idea of a young engin- | cer who aspires to become his son-in-law,
 and by the exertion of sheer will power | persuades this man to lend his brains to
 the scheme that Rawn may reap the re- | ward
 Industrial situations are always inter
 estng, and with the complications intro
 duced by MT. Hough this one becomes
 doubly so. There are many contrasts,
 chief among which may be mentioned
 Hawn and Halsey, the young engineer. | Rawn believes that there is no brother
 hood like the brotherhood of moneyed | men. Halsey, on the contrary. is an al 1 truist who works that his fellow men may | be benefited thereby. It is the different
 attitudes of these men which really make the story, for although Rawn becomes | rich. rich in fact that he becomes ashamed of his faithful wife and divorces her to marry the charming secretary who ] is his mainstay in business as well as in a social way, things go wrong and Halsev not only becomes enamored of the new Mrs. Rawn, but refuses to finish the ma chinery he Is making, realizing that it will do away largely with unskilled labor. To tell more of the story would be lay ing open a gold mine of action and in-
 terest which the reader will enjoy all the more by discovering for himself
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-10
ANNUAL MEETING OF
 CONNECTICUT MERCHANTS
o. E. Wulf on the Executive Commit tee-coIoneI Upham of Meriden Pres ident.


 The Merchants association of Con- necticut held it's annual meeting We'd nesday night at the Hotel Taft, New Haven. The association comprises the department stores and leading dry goods and millinery stores of the state The association Is organized for mu- tual benefit and protection, and to i'm prove general conditions in retail merchandising.
 The business meeting was held at 4.30 at the Hotel Taft. After the routine business and a general discus sion of business conditions throughout , the state, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:
 President-Colonel c, L. Upham of the firm of Ives, Upham & Rand, Mer- iden.
 Vice president-I. Wise of the firm of Wise. Smith & Co. Hartford.
 Treasurer-C. A. Cock, Howard & Barber Co.,, Derby, Conn. Secretary-H. NJ. Shartenberg of the firm of Shartenberg & Robinson of New Haven.
 The executive committee consists of George A. Gay of Brown. Thomson company, Hartford; J. R. Hughes of Reid & Hughes. Waterbury; w. E. Malley of Edward Malley company New Haven; A. M Cooper of the Rowland Dry Goods company, Bridge port; o. E. Wulf of Porteous & Mitch ell company, Norwich; c. A. HisIop James Hislop & Co.,. New London; J Walsh of R. c. Walsh, Ansonia; T. H Mclean of Mclean Bros, Danbury.
 After the business session the members adjourned to the palm room where a banquet was tendered by the New Haven merchant members of the association. The principal speaker was L. Cobburn Pinkham, secretary of the National Dry Goods association who pointed out the advantages oi merchants associations, local, state and national
 This was the third annual meeting of the Connecticut Merchants associa- { ton. and was attended by a larger number than at any previous meeting.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-10
Mrs. Bernard GunsaIve.
WEDDING.
Mccarthy-Fitch.

On Sunday, May 5, Samuel Noble Mccarthy, formerly of this city, and Miss Goldie A. Fitch of Ashland, Va, were united In marriage in Ashland. The wedding was held at the priests house at Ashland by Father Goslin. The witnesses were MT and Mrs. Will fam l.. Germyn of Huntington. Mr.
 Mccarthy is a brother of the Rev
 John Mccarthy, formerly pastor of the First Congregational church. He was born in Norwich and had learned the printers trade here. About 12 years ago he moved to Providence with his 1 family, going to Huntington about four years ago, where he is at present en- ployed in the composing room of the Daily Advertiser. Mrs. Mccarthy is a highly esteemed and popular young woman. Both the bride and groom are partially deaf. The extent of their deafness Is such that they resort largely to the fingered language. The happy couple will reside in a handsome apartment in Huntington, Va.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-10
WILL FINISH SUPREME
 COURT DOCKET TODAY
Last Case to Be Argued Is Hendrick
 vs. Lowe.


 The supreme court here on Thursday opened with the concluding argument in the Connecticut College for Women vs. Harriet F. Alexander, appeals from land condemnation proceedings. This was followed by the arguments in the appeal of Eunice H. Allen vs. city of New London.
 Miss Allen, who formerly resided in New London, but now lives in Bridgeport, sued the city of New Lon don for injuries caused when she fell down on an Icy sidewalk near the Old Town mill in Main street. The suit was heard in the superior court, sit ting here last fall, and the jury award ed Miss Allen $2,00O.
 Corporation Counsel William J,
 Brennan for the city of New London
 moved that the verdict be set aside Judge Ralph Wheeler directed that
 Miss Allen accept $500 or allow the verdict to be set aside. Miss Allen refused to accept the $900 and appeal ed to the supreme court. The verdict was set aside as being excessive. The next appeal argued was in the
 case of Frank H. Allen, admr.. vs. the
 J. w. Bishop company, in which the company appeals from the refusal of the judge to set aside the verdict ot
 s3,OOO which the plaintiff secured as
 administrator for Joseph Beaudry, who
 was fatally injury at the new Taftvillt
 weave shed, which the Bishop com
 pany was constructing.
 Maj. Hadlai A. Hull informed the
 court that there was probability oi settlement in the case of James V
 Luce vs. Mantle Menhaden Oil ant
 Guano company, and the case was al.
 lowed to go over to next week, wher the supreme court sits at Hartford. when court comes in this morning i it will be for the arguments in Philii | E. Hendrick vs. Robert A. Lowe ant
 others, which is the last case on in, docket.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-10
KINDERGARTEN TRAINING
 FOR ALL NORWICH CHILDREN
The Hope of Those Who Know It's Benefits = Teachers Held Final Meeting of Season.

For their last regular meeting of the year. the Norwich kindergarteners met on Monday at the Laurel Hill school house.
 Miss Elizabeth Kinney gave an in- terestinE talk on the use of the en- larged building gifts, Illustrating her work with class of teacher pupils.
 As a pleasant surprise at this final meeting, delicious refreshments were provided by an appreciative friend.
 The kindergartners of the Central, Greeneville and Wequonnoc districts met once a month for discussion of topics pertaining to their work. Oc- casionally they are addressed by spe- cialists in some line of child culture.
 With the consolidation of school dis tricts it is hoped that every child in the town will be given the opportunity to receive kindergarten training.
 The first grade teachers of Norwich schools, who receive yearly their class es kindergarten n-trained pupils, sent the following unsolicited testimonial to the kindergartners at the time of their March meeting:
 To the Kindergarten Teachers, Most
 Cordial Greeting;
 Because we are sensible of the re- suits of your work, grateful for your help, your earnestness and patience, and thankful for your sympathetic un- derstanding of the children. we wish to express our sincere appreciation, and to promise our hearty co-opera- ton.
 We believe that the kindergarten is of the greatest benefit to the child. Experience has taught us that the Kindergarten child has a mind richer in it's general mental content. has bet ter control of his body, and fits into school work more easily than the best untrained child.