The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-08
QUEEN ELENA OF ITALY, fl TO-DAY, sGOATHERD PRINCESS

Queen Elena, the Montenegrin ..goatherd princess who now sits upon the throne of united Italy. will celebrate her forty-f1rst birthday to- day. The Italian Queen has been called the most constant of hobby ri-s ders. While King George is a devot- ed philate1ist, or stasmp-collector, and King Victor Emmanuel is an enthu- siastic nuismatist. Queen Elena has a dozen hobbies. Her most recent pas sion is archaeology, and she has per sonally directed excavations which have resulted in many remarkable dis Icoveries. Sketching and water-co1or painting and photography are also among her hobbies. and she takes a lively interest in each new addition to the great coin collection of her royal husband. Her heroisn and devotion l in times of public calamity, such as the Messina earthquake, are too well known to need repetition.
 The Italian Queen has been called the worst dressed woman in Eu- rope.'' but. while this is an exaggera- ton, she assured1y does not manifest any tendency toward brilliancy of costume. Elena detests court func- tions as does the King, and they new CT overlook any possible excuse for
 refraining from giving official recep- lions and banquets at the Quirinal
 Romans often laughingIy assert that l if the Queen should hear of the death of q native African king. she would Immediately go into mourning for him l and thus avoid obnoxious entertain 1 ing. When other royal courts go l into mourning for a month over the death of g king or prince, the Italian royal family requires asfuI year to recover from their grief. Queen Elena's youth was spent in the little mountain country of Mon itenegfo, and there, she hunted, ,hshed, rode, walked and InduIged in various Ioutdoor sports. Montenegrins are nearly all exceptionally tall. and the Queen is no exception, and she towers a full head above the King.
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 William Andrews Clark. who rose from the humble position of a coun- l try school teacher in Missouri, to a iseat in the United States Senate and 1 a place among the worlds richest men, was born quarters of a century ago to-day in Connel1sville, Pa. The builder of the gorgeous Fifth Avenue palace that startled even b1ase New York was not born with a golden spoon in his mouth. In This youth he stud1ea law nsIowa. but abandoned his legal ambitions to be- come a country pedagoEue in Missou- | ri. At twenty-three he went to Col orado. and a year later to Montana, where he won fortune as merchant,
 bank CT, copper mine owner and man fufacturer. He began running for the
 United States Senate in 1890, when he 4 claimed election, but was denied the toga. in 1888 he was again candi-
 date for the Senate, and was elected.
 but contest ensued at washington. and before the investigation was con
 lcluded he resigned. Tn 1901 he made his third try for the Senate. and this
 time he got by.
 The Clark mansion in Fifth avenue
 is one of the sights pointed out to all
 1 New York rubberneckers. It is about
 I the niftiest thing in mansions that the
 American metropolis can show, and
 the interior is filled with priceless art
 treasures in the way of paintings. fur
 niture. books, tapestries. ct cetera, l collected by the former Senator. at
 prodigaI prices in foreign lands When
 the richest man in the Senate quit
 fthat body it isAa1leged that he gave
 his employees cheeks for their work
 lthat were accurately computed up to
 moon of March 4tn, and not q minute
 longer.