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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-05

first place from the hasty manner
in which King Edwards will was
drawn. The monarch's will in
England is not subject to probate
duty. The ordinary English law
relating to wills does not apply to
the Kings will at all; if it did it
is highly probable that ere this a
receiver would have been ap-
pointed over the late Kings es-
tate, for King Edward bequeathed
1t In a manner that left his wishes
respecting the division Of it open
to a good deal Of doubt.
In the Summer of 1909 King
Edwards solicitor went down to
Sandringham and received the
Kings Instructions to draw up his
viii. Sir Ernest Cassel, the fnan-
cier, who was a great personal
friend Of King Edward, and Lord
Knollys were made trustees to the
will. Under this document Queen
Alexandra was to receive money
amounting to about 100000 and
the use Of SandTingham House and
all its contents for life and also all
the gold and silver and art treas
ures at Buckingham Palace, which
were the personal possessions of
the late King. This document lat
er was submitted to the King, who
signed it after a few minor alter
ations were made in it.
Nothing more was done in the
matter until nearly a year later
when King Edward returned from
his last journey from the Continent
in what his doctors told him was
a dying condition. Sir Ernest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-05
The' Famous CObeIns Tapestries Which
Buckingham Palace to Marlborough House and Which King
George Says Belong to Him.

Cassel, who, with Lord Knollys,
was trustee to the Kings will was
then summoned to Scandinavian,
but he was out of England and
did not arrive until the day after
the monarch had returned to Buck
ingham Palace and was actually
on his death-bed. In his friends
absence King Edward would give
no Instructions about his will,
though he had announced his in
tentiOn of making several altera-
tons in it. The financier arrived
at Buckingham Palace late on
Wednesday afternoon; to him in
the presence of Lord Knollys and
the present King George, King
Edward gave instructions concern
ing the disposition of his personal
property, possessions and estates.
These instructions were taken
down in brief by the fnancier on
some sheets Of foolscap, which
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-05

were sent to King Edwards law
yer post haste to be fully written
out as a final codicil to the exist
ing will. The codicil was to have
been signed by King Edward on
Thursday, but it never was, for
on Thursday he was in a state Of
coma and he never recovered con
seriousness.
The unsigned will dealt with a
number of requests to personal
friends of the King, notably to one
fair friend, who received under it
an annuity of $4,000 per annum.
1t was agreed between King George
and his mother, who were the
chief beneficiaries under King Ed
wards will, to treat this unsigned
codicil so far as the requests to
friends were concerned as if it had
been signed, but when it came to
King Edwards requests to Queen
Alexandra as made under this doc
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-05

CAbove) Queen Alexandra
Wearing the Royal Gems and
Diamonds Which She Kept
After King Edwards Death.
(To the Left Queen Mary,
Her Comparative
Poverty IN Diamonds, Pearls
and Other Mineral Wealth.
ument Her Majesty objected to it
as not truly representing her hus-
bani's wishes. Her Majesty had
good reasons for raising these OBJ
jecticns because the financier who
took down King Edwards instTuc-
items admitted that they were Civ
en- somewhat confusedly and that
they might not represent the
Kings real wishes.
The great point of contention
which arose between King George
and Queen Alexandra over King
Edwards will was whether part OF
the money (abOut $500,000) left to
her by the monarch and all the
gold and silver and art treasures
at Buckingham Palace were be-
queathed to her absolutely or were
to revert at her death to the Prince
of Wales. King George maintained
land still maintains) that the
money and treasures should revert
to the Prince of Wales; Queen
Alexandra claims that they were
left to her absolutely.
n
have an open rupture with his
mother on such a question. Queen
Alexandra was allowed to have
everything she claimed. and Her
Majesty, it must be added, claimed
everything in sight, from the wine
in the cellar to the flag on the roof
of Buckingham Palace.
When she moved to Marlborough
House she took all the gold, silver
and art treasures which had act
ualIy been purchased by or given
to King Edward. The gold and
silver treasures were put down in
the big plate room at Marlborough
House and the art treasures in
the way of old masters, statuary,
priceless old furniture, gifts from
Oriental potentates, china and
tapestries we're disposed about the
different rooms at Marlborough
House.
Over the removal Of the famous
Gobelins tapestries from Bucking-
ham Palace an open quarrel very
nearly occurred between King
George and his mother; the tapes
tries had been at Buckingham
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-05

4 n extraordinary contest be
"A tween King George and
4 = hts mother, Queen Alex
andra, or her testamentary repre-
sentstives. is threatened.
The late King Edward left a
vast quantity Of art treasures, gold
and silver plate. presents and so
forth, valued at upward Of $4,000
900. He had been a very popular
prince and monarch, and during
a long life he ad/received pres
ents from all over the world. The
Indian princes whom he visited
during his famous tour Of India
alone sent him 100000 Of beau
tfful presents.
BY e liberal Interpretation Of an
ambiguous codicil to King Ed
wards will, Queen Alexandra took
possession Of all these treasures.
They included all the most valua-
Bile furnishings of Buckingham
Palace, which she removed to her
present London residence-Marl-
borough House.
The King did not ike to inter
fere with his mothers disposition
Of the property she had already
enjoyed, but the real crisis will
come when Queen Alexandra at
tempts to dispose Of them by will.
There is strong reason to believe
that she intends to leave most of
. these treasures to her favorite
grandson, Prince Olaf, son of her
favorite daughter, Queen Maud of
Norway. King George and Queen
Mary naturally assert these things
should go to their Oldest son, the
Prince of Wales. Queen AIexan-
dra is credited with the intention
Of scattering many ornaments Of
the royal palaces among her rela-
tives In Denmark, Russia, Greece
and other foreign countries.
Il is even said that she claims the
right to dispose Of the Cullinan
diamond, the largest in the world,
which was presented to King Ed
ward by the South African colonies.
II was divided In two parts for the
sake OF appearance.
The struggle for this property is
the real cause Of the savage hos
tility known to exist between
Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary.
They have never appeared together
at any ceremony since King Ed
wards death. Queen Alexandra
has on every possible occasion
usurped the social privileges Of
the reigning Queen, while Queen
Mary has caused her mother-in-law
70 feel q desire to stay away from
public ceremonies.
The disagreement arises In the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-05

TINE increasing attention given
by authors and playwrights
Il to women, their habits, dress
and occupations, has led to the birth
of a new professionalism Of fem
mime adviser on all things feminine.
Her business is to prevent the
author from falling into the numer-
Gus pitfalls that await him when he
describes the dress and couture Of
his heroine.
A bright Parisienne. one Of the
pioneers of the new profession, says
that many literary men live in the
provinces OF live retired lives, which
give them no opportunity of seeing
feminine fashions. That is why
their descriptions Of wOmen's dress
are so often ludicrous.
Novels are read mostly by
women" says this expert, "and
nothing jars more on a woman than
an inaccurate dress description; IL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-05

The
Cullinan
the Worlds
Largest
Diamond,
Given
to King
Edward,
by the
South
African
Colonies,
Which
Queen
Alexandra
Says
Should Be
Hers.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10
ANNUAL CHARITY BAZAAR.

The annual bazaar for the benefit of
Cottage hospital was held last week
Thursday and Friday in Woodsville prov
ed to be the most successful fair held in
recent years, the net profit being about
$500. The success of the fair is due to
the combined efforts of Woodsville and
Wells River ladies, with very liberal do
nations from citizens of both these towns,
also Newbury, Haverhill, Pike, North
Haverhill, Center Haverhill Bath, Swift
water, Benton, Fairlee, Ryegate, Monroe
and East Ryegate. The committee in
charge wish TO make public acknowledge
ment of the kindness of all who assisted
in any way in the bazar, since it is i'm
possible to make individual acknowledge
ment of each favor. Aside from the f.
nancial success, the management of the
hospital feels special qualification over the
general and wide spread interest now be-
ing shown in the welfare of the hospital,
which if continued will go far toward put
ting the institution on a strong financial
basis.
The booths in Odd Fellows Hall were
as follows:
Fancy. Mrs. Robert Hall, Mrs. w. F.
Whitcher, Mrs. G. T. Gates, Mrs. X. G.
Church, Mrs. j. L. Batchelder and Mrs.
d. r. Rouhan.
Domestic, Mrs. w. S. Burton, Mrs R.
NJ. Stahl, Mrs. Walter Burbeck, Mrs.
Alexander Cochrane.
Aprons, Mrs. G. E. Mann, Mrs. j. w.
Jackson, Mrs. n. H. Nutter, Mrs. II. G.
Phillips, Mrs. George Clark.
Candy, Mrs. Jesse Sheldon, Mrs. P. G.
Smith, Mrs. Harry Colby, Mrs. Goethe,
Mrs. w. Z, Mitchell.
Flowers, Mrs. w. V. Ashley, Mrs.
Frank Harrington, Misses Kathleen Nut
ter and Madge Barbour.
Fish Pond, Miss Lillian Leveridge and |
Mrs. Austin Currier.
Ice Cream, Mrs Mary Goodwin, Mrs
B. M. Blake.
The chicken pie dinner Thursday was
in charge of Mrs, Mary ID. Randall and
Mrs L. Z. Collins.
A vaudeville entertainment of unusual
excellence was given in the Opera House
evening, and the fair closed with
a ball in the Opera House Friday evening
The following prizes were awarded:
Dolls-1st, JEANNE Brock, Wells River;
End, Irva Weston, Woodsville; 3rd, Alice
Waterhouse East Ryegate.
Sofa Pillow-Miss Sadie Marston.
Quilt-Frank Lee.
Collar and Cuff Set-Miss Hemoin.
Pendant-Miss Florence Blair.
Quilt-Mrs. II. G. Stearns.
Embroidered Pillow Cases-Mrs. G. R.
Savage.
Apron-John Buckley.
Apron-Mrs. James Block.
Homemade cheese-Equally divided
Mrs. F. G.. Caldwell, G. S. Newell
md X. G. Church; second prize, Mrs.
Jonas Minot.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10

year in Boston. At present preparations
are being hurried for the Third Vermont
State Corn Show in Windsor, Nov. 5-6-7,
which will far excel last years exhibitions.
The mammoth Kennedy arena, in which
it is to be held again, is structure 300 it..
long and 80 #. in width which is second
only to the Mechanics Hall in Boston for
size. The management means to make it
an instructive and wholesome exhibition
without the many commercialized features
that are common to many shows and ex-
hlbltlons IN these days. AS an encourage
ment to our young farmers who are stay
ing at home trying to develope the re-
sources of the state the State Corn Show
with its varied departments and addition
al features has untold possibilities. The
exhibits have been varied and of credit to
the state. This year, as in the past, only
Vermont grown exhibits will be permitted
to compete for prizes. Among the special
features this year will be: the exhibits
made under the direction of the five
county agricultural agents at work in the
state, by demonstrators and others inter-
ested in the Farm-Management Field
Studies and Demonstration Plot Work,
the Grange Department, etc. The exhibit
made by the Windsor County Boys and
Girls Poultry Club will be one of the at
fractions as will the exhibits to be made
by the various school and community corn
clubs. An attractive program and pre-
MUM list will be mailed on request by adj
dressing the Secretary at White River
Junction, Vt.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10
AN ORANGE COUNTY BOY.
BrattIeboro Reforrner.

To live to be 90 years old aud still
practice one profession is not the
happy fate of many men. But such
is the record of Alban Jasper Con-
ant, New York's oldest portrait
painter and to whom Lincoln sat
for the famous smiling" picture
before he was president. Mr.. Con-
ant, who still paints at his studio
every day, was born in Chelsea, Vt.
His taste for painting went some
degrees beyond that of his father,
who was sign painter. Mr.. Con-
ant remembers that when he first
went to New York Edgar Allen Poe
was then figure, and the novels of
Charles Dickens were being pub
lished. Poe, in mastery fashion,
was giving condensations of them
in a magazine. Nathaniel P. Will
lis, poet and writer, was then in his
prime, and the fashionable place of
resort in the summer evenings was
Battery Park. One of Mr.. Con-
ants historical canvases is a por-
trait of Major Anderson, who COM
manded Fort Sumpter at the out
break of the Civil war. This por-
traitnow hangs in the Cullum Mem
orial hall at West Point. Rev. Hen
ry Ward Beecher was one of Mr..
Commits sitters and the late DR..
James McCosh of Princeton Uni
Versity was another.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10
SOUTH RYEGATE.

At a meeting of the First Pres
byterian church held last Saturday
which was presided over by Rev.
Duncan Salmond of Barre, it was
voted to extend a call to Rev. V.
Ziegler, who has been acting pas
tor of the church during the past
year, Mr.. Ziegler came to South
Ryegate from the West to fill the
place made vacant by the resigna-
ton of Rev. w. S. Wallace, who
was obliged to give up the work on
account of i'll health.
Miss Dora Farquharson was
home from st. Johnsbury over
Sunday.
Aleck Smith is in Springfield,
Mass, acting as mail clerk on the
Springfield and Newport division.
Mrs. Herbert Conant of Con-
cord, n. H., is visiting Mrs. Geo.
Brown.
George and Harry Brown have
gone to Billerica, Mass, to do the
carpenter work on a large concrete
barn.
Mrs. James Hooker and daugh-
ter Of Montpelier are visiting at
VIM Farquharson s.
George Roben and wife, Albert
Wright and wife and Mrs. Nelson
took an auto trip to Lyndon Cen
ter last Saturday to visit the Vail
farm.
Mrs. Hannibal Spaulding is a
guest at the home of j. ID. Nc
Allister.
An auction will be held at the
home of the late Archibald Park
on Saturday.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Y. ID. Nelson last Monday,
also a son to Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Cochran.
Fred Fuller and George Sanborn
Of Mortified we've in town last
Friday on business.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10

After the summer with wrecks on
railroads making us all feel that
travel is unsafe, little analysis of
the situation is not a bad remedy
to apply. Like most other walks
of life it is the abnormal which
strikes the imagination and the
normal slips by unnoted. A math-
ematician has figured it all out and
finds that
"A typical journey for all roads in the
country is now 81 miles, and there are
taken on the average 1925, 122 such jour-
neys in safety to each journey which re-
suits fatally: If a man were to ride out
these 2,275, 122 safe journeys at per day
for each business day in the year, it would
take him 1892 years. To have begun in
time to meet his death in 1914, he would
have had to start committing in the year
1778 B. c., when Egypt was under the
shepherd kings, and 45Sy years before Moses
led the children of Israel through the Red
Sea-"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10

Do you know We have more positions than we
can hll with our combined course graduates
There is a good position waiting for you. IL
vii pay you 70 investigate.
CAESELL a Hon, Efficiency Experts. AIbany.NY
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10

viii G. Richmond, a resident Of Ingle-
wood, Cal, will answer any inquiries about
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. He
says further "Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound has greatly benefited me for bron-
chial trouble and cough after used other
thon a medicine" Do not accept a sub
stitute. Gove's Pharmacy, Bradford, Vt
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10

Vermont's sons do not forget her
in their homes all over the land.
Waterbury has just received a gift
OF $1,000 for a soldiers monument.
Franklin Sylvester Henry of Cleve-
land, Ohio, but a son of Waterbury,
is the giver.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10
At the Old Brick Store

Although have special inducement to offer whereby
people something for nothing yet have line
of goods in every department that will stand its own
merit and good the best and better than the rest Use
A. D. LOUISE DRIVER for your Poultry and Stock Our
HARDWARE LINE consists of general line commonly
pected in stoc,. We have ROOFING of the best grades
ranging price from SI2o so per roll. On the GRO
Gerry side we have a select line not to be exceIed.
@ n HNFF H".
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10
Misrepresentation
Is Expensive
BY HOLLAND.

DECEPTION or attempted
~ deception is wrong. 1t
is also foolish. Attempted
deception, deception that does
not deceive. is still more fool
ish.
Successful business men
are not foolish. They do not
attempt deception. Aside
from its being wrong, they
know that it is foolish, that
it is expensive. that it will
not pay.
That is the reason that adj
vertising is truthful, that it
is dependable, that you and
other readers Of this paper
have confidence in it That
is the reason that advertis-
ing pays.
Even Ananias never paid
money for newspaper space
in which to circulate his as
saults on truth. He was a
deal of a liar. If his reputa-
ton is deserved, but he wrote
no false advertisements. IL
that ancient purveyor of ca
nards has a modern successor
the present day exponent of
prevarication is not an ad-
vertiser
Goods that are advertised
persistently must have merit.
Advertising that is continu-
Gus must be truthful. You
can protect yourself by buy
ing advertised goods Of mer-
chants who advertise. There
is too much at stake for them
to attempt to deceive.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10

1t is not to be wondered at that
football has lost its fascination for
Norwich University this season.
No one was at fault for the fatal
accident, but the blotting out of
one life when it is the life of class
mate is a sad ending for an amuse-
ment and a personal loss to his
classmates. 1t is not an empty
mark of respect his school ispaying
him, in canceling the schedule, it is
a personal tribute.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10

Ii the re-apportlOnment plan out
lined by the Republican congress
sional committee is carried into
effect and the South is denied a
representation by delegates all out
of proportion to its voting strength,
Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts
and Connecticut will gain in dele
gates to national conventions and
the other New England states will
not lose any. This plan is to give
districts showing a proportion of 40
per cent. Republican votes, one
delegate; those having from 40 to
60 will have two delegates and those
over 60 per cent. will have three
delegates and each state will also
have the four delegates-at-large.
The engineer of the wreck of the
Springfield express last June in
which six lives were lost has Just
died from the nervous strain and
remorse brought about by the &C
cident. The horror of the wreck
preyed upon his mind until he could
get no rest from it and as he said,
he could always see before him the
bruised and broken woman with the
matted gray hair which lay on the
top of the car when he came out
Of the wreck. He was put into a
place without the train
ing or service which warranted it
at that time and he, as we'll as the
other wreck victims, paid the pen
atty.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10

There may be a question whether
Mrs. Pankhurst will be admitted to
the United States, but the Equal
Franchise Federation of Pennsyl-
vania is not at all in doubt of its
attitude for the decision is that she
will receive no recognition of any
sort, cordial or hostile from that
organization. 1t is safe to say that
the cause will not suffer in this
country if all the votes for wo-
men organizations go and do
likewise.
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One of the exchanges recently
contained a little story with a lot
of truth wrapped up in its midst.
The story was on saving money
and of how man thought he could
save nothing on salary of ten dol
lars a week. Studying the matter
over, it developed that there were
small expenditures which could be
cut out, but they hardly seemed
worth attention. For instance, he
took the ten minutes walk to see
the girl he was engaged to instead Of
riding and in the year he save there
$500. He walked to his work in
the morning, riding home at night,
thereby saving him carfare day,
and that Melted him $3.50 in a
year. He cut his cigar bill in two
and saved $500. Instead of going
to the movies six nights a week, he
went three and saved $3.50. He
left out the pie and fXings to his
noon luncheon and saved $3.50
and then he moved from his large
room to a smaller one just as clean
and Just as comfortable and saved
a dollar a week. At the end of a
year, he found he had saved Sl04.40.
Not everybody can save in just
these ways, but everybody is SPEND
ing money on non-essentials which
are not returning even value of
any kind. Those who have money
may not find the small leaks, but |
those who haven't might be sur
prised to find how much could be
saved without any loss of comfort |
and but little loss of pleasure.
Mayor Gaynor describes his eldest |
son as " a good boy always, and |
without bad habits, but it may be
too easy and liable to let go what |
he has, not knowing how hard it is
to accumulate property" and so
he puts his share of the estate into
hands until he shall realize
is use. And young Gaynor is not
The only person who does not know
low to spend wisely money not
earned. 1t is one of the tragedies
IF modern life that inherited money
S apt to be dissipated. Easy
comes, easy goes applies to all sorts
md conditions Of men.
The loss of about seven dollars,
some time prior to 1904, is going to
cost this country considerable
money as all the money in the San
mint is to be recounted
TO see Just how much was stolen.
AS there are SCI ,754, 900 silver dol
ars, S11O,42S,OOO in gold, Sl06,500
N half dollars, $4,000 in quarter
dollars, $685. in dimes, $4,000
IN nickles and Sl1 900 in pennies at
his mint, it is something Of task
10 90 all over it. 1t would have
been easier and less expensive if
the thieves would have left a memo
Of their stealings.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-10-10

The advance payment on the in
heritance tax of the Morgan estate
has been paid and amounts to two
and half millions. This makes his
estate figure around sixty-five mil
lions, but it must be remembered
that he was worth much more than
that as his valuable art collections
and his books have not been reck-
oned in this advance payment. 1t
is said that this will bring his estate
around a hundred and fifty millions.
Any way of figuring, he had more
money than any one person needs.