The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-10
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 London. Sept 1O-The Paris corre- spondent of Truth" claims to have eppearance of the Mona Lisa from A Dhotogra phers employee wishing to avenze himself on the world at large @foFS what he thought his wrong f1,5 -zzi=zaaissal lae-says.4 spread sul- happened a year or. two before the world learned of the theft.
 -.The picture suppressed to have been stolen was in fact. copy As long asthere was any hope of restoring the oricfuzl the substitute was left in the Familiar frame under glass pane. When all hopes Of restoring the ori- xfnaI- were given up and when certain visitors were beginning to whisPer their doubts about the picture under the glazed frame. the substitute was taken ont and .very. likely thrown in to the fire possibly the original panel a worthless piece4ef wood. met with .sTbe cSovernnlent offiicals were not long in. perceiving the improbabiltty of the theft although the peilce were allowed to follow this scent
 The belief that the: country girl is has been ruthlessly shattered At a 'heauty@Eou1pe etiti5Hs held atA the seaside resort q Folkestone the first five out out girls Competitors from rural Eng land were hopefess1y oaItdistanceds
 4 famous London beauty specialist says that the explanation is easy. Country children she says, are in variabIy prettier than those bred In 4he towns But about sixteen they be- gin -to-- -s=u off looks just w hen the city girl has no stimulus from the out. side to make the most2o her looks
 At the age of 200 or whereabouts, the Duke of Beaufort's pet tortoise has just taken a assVacatioh- sDesertlng his favorite rock inAtfae forest of TlS fl dukes keepers near Newport, nine miles away It had taken the. tortoise exactly twenty-eight days to cover the distance. The Beaufort family records show it has been on the estate for at least 15O years
 I'm not buying today,-I am only tfIssrs7nafKs .s4Tta 4es bS T7 a fashfonably dressed woman to weary store clerk who had been displaying wares for over an hour. The clerk in question the manager. who intimated to the ..shopipng teacher that the store was- mt run as a girls school.
 The marriage of Lionel de Roths- chltd, and Mile. Marie Louise Beer, tfles for14fer-s of London and the latter this &.Itx4 4hfe is Another of a long Jins- 4ofs tnker-hfsa Eriagess between the members sof the Rothschilds. in nat ionaI aflda international politics, is due to the unity on family matetrs, how ever much they may differ on polite al ones.
 Berlin. Sept 1o-As a result of the many accidents among aviators, Ger man aerqpIane- pilots have formed a unfou and deHhand a snffnfmum wage of sGJ t 4nT6f1th. A5Af present they re- cervS from. S25 to S37 "a month and bo1fa thetseIves-
 Vienna, sept 1oLHungary has just taken practical steps against race suicide. 4 new law passed in July provides that all government officials above certain rank will receive from tines tate 200 crowns annually for one child $zr0 for two and when they have nually. lesser officials and all govern ment sTTrIHossss. ehalf of that amount
 London. Sept. 1o-King George has offered to King Manuel a suite in tKensing gton Palace. Thus another
 burden on the taxpayers of Great Britain Al present Manuel occupies A hous at Richmond If she accepts khe' rooms in Kensington Palace he eviu have as follows residents the Duke ofArgyl1. and Princess Louise er-;n-Iaw of King Alphonso, and the Countess Granvii1e
 Rome. Sept 1o-After defying the sun wind and-rain, for four centuries the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius has horse which domina tes the Palace du A-apltole and removed to the court ward of the palace of the Conserva tori, for repairs. Rain has washed off the gliding and bad wea ather has corroded kpaf4Sr6f the bronze.