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Fair Exchange.

MFRS. REGINALD VANDERBILT.
AVA Newport's most beautiful dancer.
enlivened many luncheon and dinner
parties there this summer with her de-
lightful wit.
At a Japanese dinner given near the
close of the season in honor of q very
independent and dashing heiress the
young lady's engagement to a poor
foreign nobleman was announced.
An elderly matron, seated at Mrs.
Vanderbilt's table, said, apropos OF the
engagement:
THE count is lucky. But in this case
the word obey might just as well be
omitted from the brides responses"
II think so, too." Mrs. Vanderbilt
agreed. And / am sure" she added
gayly, the count wouldn't mind a bit
if the promise to love. honor and obey
could only be changed to love, honor
and supply"
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riage fete have gone into history. For
his guests, the quiet gentleman who
sat alone at Maxim's, did literally, open
the magic of the orient.
Two hundred and six sailed, but the
maharajah did not sail with them. Az
was not unnatural, he preceded his
guests on an earlier boat.
Nor was it unnatural, therefore. that
a dark melancholy gentleman, bound
for Bombay on the Arabia, should have
stopped off one boat at Alexandria. In
a hotel landau he drove to the Avenue
of Sycamores by the Mahmoudieh ca
nal.
The gardener of the villa with the
Italian loggia received affably hts timid
request to visit the flowers. The Creek
family was absent, and quiet tourists
are often liberal. They strolled from
roses to lilies, from palms to mimosas:
and the dark melancholy gentleman
was so impressed that he seemed struck
to silence. Evidently he had never
seen garden like it He walked Slow
ly, silently as in dream. At last he
spoke:
"Is there not somewhere here" he
asked, "a little cabin covered with
Bougainvilliers roses. in which, long
time ago. they kept the garden imple-
ments?'
''Yes." the gardener answered-high-
class servants never show surprise.
IF you please, this way, sir" Pushing
aside the perfumed tangle. he disclosed
sturdily. in a coat of green paint to
help conceal its existence behind the
roses. Pardon the confusion" said
The dark. melancholy gentleman was
not listening. Great tears rolled down
his cheeks. STERLING HEILIG.
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come to draw water from the canal.
as Rachel was seen by Jacob: and they
slowly walk back to their cabins. ma
jestic in the rays of the setting sun.
The fellah girl found by hazard was
tenderly loved. She gave to the Ital-
ian a daughter who cost her her life.
He wept for the mother few months,
and the child. who lived and grew,
was rather neglected than forgotten.
The Italian became rich. When the
American civil war broke out he was
the first to perceive the value of Egyp-
tian cottons. He bought up great guam
titles and sold them at his own price.
In few months he became million
aire, then a giant speculator He con-
structed the villa with the Italian log
gia, was admitted to the high society
Of the Place Des Consuls. chosen to be
a notable of the Italian colony and
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group of foreign visitors, who stopped.
struck by admiration.
1t was strange group. A young
man, high and slender, magnificently
dressed, preceded other richly dressed
personages. In spite of their age-sev-
eral had long white beards-they show
ed the youth profound respect. One Of
the venerable men, bowling, translated
the story which the beautiful girl was
telling. The splendid youth listened.
When the girl had finished he tried
to speak to her. He began in French
and she understood and replied without
affectation. She told him her simple
history. Tomorrow" said the young
man. II will go and see your father"
The next day the Italian was inform
ed that the son of the Indian Rajah of
Kapurthala, passing through Alexan-
dria, would visit him. The news sur
prised him, but his wife. descendant of
the Negroponti, found it natural
doubtless the kings son had heard
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married the daughter of the famous
Pelopidas Negroponti, who had his
bank anneXes in the Levant.
After his high marriage the daugh-
ter of the fellah girl became embar-
RAISING. Yet at no price would the
father separate himself from her. Su-
perstitious, he saw in the girl sort
of genie of his house. But as his wife,
the descendant of the Negroponti, could
not conceal her disdain, he removed
her from view.
In the corner of his park. hidden un-
der masses of Bougainvilliers roses.
was a cabin where they kept the gar
den tools. This the Italian had fitted
up for the child and its foster mother.
Every morning he would hasten to the
Toulouse to embrace his little daugh-
ter before hurrying to business.
When old enough they took her to
school. OF lively intelligence, she learn
ed everything. Already her father
dreamed of marrying her to some hon.
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become mighty prince, and ruling in
his fathers stead.
But the Parisians did not know this
detail, as we do.
Thus is romance all around us.
He began inviting Parisians to the
wedding, and the idea grew upon him.
His Partisan friends smiled politely; 1t
is common to receive cards from a for
eign shore. You send your card back,
without a present. So it got to be
joke, and they said, laughing: "If he
asks me, I shall attendr'
Meanwhile, you understand. the ma
harajah's pride was elsewhere. He was
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est Egyptian clerk, for whom he would
make a good place in one OF his busi-
AS she had learned French. her father
gave her many books. Above all she
preferred the fairy stories Of Perrault.
like cinderella" and sleeping Beau
ty," and at school she took to telling
them to the little fellahines. who would
listen without budging. Often the twi-
light ended in soft darkness and they
were still listening.
:. =
One evening IS the beautiful girl told
for the twentieth time the story OF
Prince Charming, the children sprawl
ing about in poses that would have de-
lighted painter, they were seen by a
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A Rest.

SENATOR HENRY CABOT LODGE
- was condemning. at dinner in Bos-
ton. the light. vacuous quality Of the
magazine of the day.
81 know a DOCTOR" said Senator Lodge.
who was consulted by a famous novelist.
The novelist, it turned out, had brain
fag So the doctor said to him:
"1 prescribe for you complete. abso-
lutte repose. both mental and physical Go
Off somewhere by the sea. loaf on the
sand, and, to rest your mind. write q
series of ten or twelve magazine stories
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a wedding-transporta to India and
return for $50 guests, everything pro-
vided, to the wines on board ship, or
bay and Maharajah parlor cars up to
Kapurthala Those who received them
had the shock of their lives. The
greatest ladies carried the fat envel-
opes in their handbags when they made
calls. Clubmen got excited over maps.
Here was a Thousand and One Nights
adventure, The quiet gentleman who
sat alone in Maxims would whisk them
on his magic carpet to the fabled
orient.
The maharaja pays the freight:
The marvels of the Kapurthala mar.
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A Lover of Sports.

6. A USTRIA misread the European
"A situation when she declared war
on little Servia," said Gen. Winfield 8.
Edgerly. in Bangor She misread the
situation as completely as the rich lady
misread the question of friend.
"a rich and good lady. whose home
life was not. alas, all that could be
desired, was asked by a friend as they
motored past golf club:
"'Do you like sportsT
"'Well, ! suppose I ought to-. the rich
lady sighed. I married one'".
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used to being maharajah. What swelled
his soul was that he-modern Haroun-
al-Raschid-had come as simple, un-
known tourist to Paris, and been taken
up by the best people for himself. So,
suddenly, Partisan society gasped with
astonishment The maharaj jah had
sent out his promised wedding invita-
tions.
Never were there such invitations to
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Up capital. because maharajah must
live. His capital. like that of all the
Indian princes. is coined gold and in
gots, hidden. India drains the worlds
gold. Now it will come back. All the
rajahs and rnaharajahs are giving "a
years income
An immense wave of enthusiasm to
help England in this war has crossed
India" he says Among the popula-
tions. it is doubtless desire to see
Indian soldiers fight beside the Eng
1ish in Europe Among the princes. it
is friendship to the empire
He is the" maharajah, the only
whom Europe knows personally. Jag
st-jitSingh. potcntate of Eapudthala,
whose romantic connection with Paris
eliminated in 1912, on the occasion of
the wedding of his son. the Tika. 1t
will be remembered how he furnished
transportation to India and back to
the cream of Paris society, his guests.
AL that moment England reproached
him with caring more for Paris than
for London.
He has just proved his loyalty, how
ever, oy being. in point of time. first
among the fourteen princes of India
vino have thus far offered troops and
treasure.
why ne loves Is u teiCef
. story of Cinderella and Haroun-al-
Raschid. Here is the story:
In Alexandria avenue of syca
mores borders the Mahmoudieh canal
1t is a street of wealth. In the cool
evening, when young women in filmy
white and rose make it musical with
their daughter, the breeZes of the Med
iterranean perfume its mimOsa gar
denS.
In it rises a villa notable by its
Italian loggia. At present it is oc-
cupied by happy young Greek fam
lily. The wife with her two babies
knows only in a vague way that her
villa pertains to Alexandria chronicle
and rests in the shadow of a sweetly
melancholy souvenir.
One evening. years before it's build
ing. there came to Alexandria an ltal-
ian from Trieste. He came to make
his fortune, and where SO many failed,
he succeeded.
While still obscure, he made ac-
quajntance of a daughter of the peo-
pie. He had met her. doubtless. at .he
hour when the Egyptian women appear
so beautiful. In the evening. they
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Princess Brinda. Why not ask their
friend the maharajah? Everybody
asked him.
Is Princess Brinda really royal?"
YES" replied Jag-at-jit-Singh, "and
the proof of it is that she is being edu-
Gated to marry my son, the Tika. l
will invite you to the wedding
The Tika. Little motherless son of
Cinderella of Alexandria, grown up and
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After the salutations, and when the
1talian-Greek family had been pre-
sented, he said to the Italian: Where
is your other child?"
The Italian blushed; his wife and
daughters bit their lips. The prince
was told that the young girl mention
ed. being of Independent character, did
not live in the palace and was not suf-
ficiently we'll dressed to appear before
a kings son. II want to see her. he
said briefly. So they went to find "the
other child"
Arriving, she recognized the young
man. The prince sat and talked long
time with her. He questioned her on
her life, he told her of his own, while
all the others stood and listened re-
spectfully. Then the prince put on the
girls finger a massive gold ring bear
ing a diamond of pale green luster
with pink fires. Little friend" he said.
you have charmed me by your look
and by your words. Be sure that 1
will not forget you Do not forget
me-"
Months passed and they had ceased
to speak of the adventure except to
mock the young girl, when one day a
veritable caravan crossed Alexandra.
1t was composed of twelve mules
driven by servants in white robes and
gala ribbons. The sais ran before.
They stopped at the Italians villa.
A grave parsonage Introducing himself
to the Italian said:
II bring gifts which my master.
agat-jit-Singh. mighty MaharaJah or
Kapurthala, hereditary ruler of the
principalities OF Baondi and Bithaoll'
become king by the death of his father.
sends to his young fiancee.
Boxes of sandalwood, minutely cary
ed and eintellished with gold and sill
yer applications, were brought out, one
by one. They contained diamonds as
= pure drops OF dew, pearls enormous
and transparent, emeralds as large and
round as a billiard ball, lapis lazuli
veined with white, agates and corne-
lians in rivieres, collars and bracelets.
There were bottles of worked gold.
filled with perfumes; gold enameled
toilet objects, priceless scarfs of Bun
derland, whole. pieces of oriental linen
that could be pulled through finger
ring. There were silks striped with
gold, marvellous kincobs of Benares
gauzes of Bengal, diaphanous sirras
bordered with gold and pearls. There
were shawls of Thibet, carpets and
cashmeres, little idols of gold, silver.
bronze. marble and ivory, jeweled
poniards of Herat and gold-incrust-
ed katars of triangular blade and metal
handle uniquely made in the Meywar:
The prince sent also hOWdahS OF Sold
j., and silver enriched with jewels and
gold carvings, to put on the backs OF
8 elephants, a palanquin of sandaiwood
! ivory and gorgeous silk brocades
l There was ratt surE.ounted by a
: light gilded dome from which fiutter-
: ed gauze curtains, and which was
drawn along the Indian roads by white
l oxen with gilded horns, their hump
painted blue. There was a giraffe. sad
died and bridled and harnessed mag
nificently, and finally an immense
4 gilded cage in which sang a hundred
nightingales of India, the bulbuls OF
. legend"
= Thus the daughter of the fellah gir
: and the Italian emigrant became SOW
: ereign of the land of Kapurthala, ant
f unique sovereign.
: Enamorsd of European ideas, thu
1 young maharajah would have in hi
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II A V E offered
En- gland my reg
iments and a
years i n c o m e."
says the Mahara-
jah.
H j S regiments
are the famous
Sikhs of Kipling.
His income is So
900, 900, and he is
on his way home
to India to dig
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speak of her beauty and high race.
The prince appeared in magnlhcent
costume whose description has come
to us. He wore a robe of cream satin
slashed with colored stripes. His red
turban. surmounted by diamond al
gret, bore three rows Of great pearls.
Around his neck hung six rows OF
pearls. the largest the size of hazel
nut. His black slippers were covered
with diamonds. 1t was generally known
that the young prince had arrived from
England. where he had visited Queen
Victoria, and was returning to his pa
ternal states.
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The Romance of the
AIaharajah of KaPur-
thala - He Married
Cinderella and Played
Haroun-al-Raschid in
]: Paris Offers $3,ooo,-
600 and His Regi-
ments to Aid in Fight
Against Germans
Heilig Writes of a
Famous Wedding.
Special Correspondence of The star.
GENEVA. Switzerland nd.
September 21, 1914.
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Thus the daughter of the fellah girl
and the Italian emigrant became SOW
ereign of the land of Kapurthala, and
unique sovereign.
Enamorsd of European ideas, the
Young maharajah would have in his
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,ecaI Correspondence of The star.
GENEVA. SwitZerla nd.
September Il 1914
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
WIFE No. Z TRIED
To KILL YOUNG
POLYGAM|ST
A, W. Williams Planned to Have
Two of His Brides Live in
Same Home.

ROME, Jan. 22.-Declaring that he
would join in the prosecution of Ar
.5ur w Williams, of Atlanta, held as
nolvgamist, and telling a graphic
..,r,, Of how his daughter had tried
- Kin Williams for his perfidy, j. B.
6unn Superior Court bailiff, father Of
pnth Dunn Williams, to-day said:
NV daughter Ruth was married to
u.iIisms some time in February OF
,rarch of 1913, at Decatur, 5. c.,
mere she was at that time. She
,.rote MS that she was about to mar
~ before the ceremony, but we had
ever seen her husband until they hao
baen married for several weeks ana
anne to Atlanta to live.
II never trusted him much, put we
,ried 10 help him and my daughter
,, , the best of their marriage. They
ere both of a jealous temperament
WI did not get along very well.
Dauohter Called Her Father.
ON January II Ruth phoned me
,-on, Atlanta that she was havin9
,roi,ble with Arthur and asked me tc
~. down to Atlanta. | went ard she
"a mo that a night or two before ne
IA telephoned her from downtown
,bat he had found a lady in distress
vbo had no place to go. and that ne
,-,e going to bring her nome Win
aputb objected but he paid no at
.,tio,, and in about half an hour ne
snowed I'D at the house with a glri. /
ern,iv believe this was another Wlle'
md that he intended to Keep pom
wives in the same house, put Ruth
would not stand for it and ordered tne
woman away. offering to accompany
ror 10 the street car line. She saws
iar Williams got mad that. struck
bar threw her out OF the door ana
ifrked her A girl friend of Ruth
frorn next door ran over home ana
20 an automatic pistol. Ruth snapped
i in Williams face. put it refused .
,jro and she then turned 1t on the
woman and ordered her to leave.
~ want to say right here that ]
mink INV girl did right to try to
yhrot the man who struck her, ana
IL bc had beat her again, l believe
she would have tried to kill him
Aeter that incident Ruth left the
mace and was staying with friends.
enc made up her mind to quit him.
and was trying to get tie furniture
che had bought and her clothes from
thair home.
How Williams was Cau9he'
- few nights ago | received d
telephone message, stating That city
detectives were shadowing Williams
and that he was at the house with
Woman.
We are greatly distressed over the
affair. but | wanted the people 10
I5row Just how the matter stood. ana
that | am standing by my daughter.
ran Get her affairs in Atlanta fixed
ua
II wrote Mr.. Hightower, father OF
Williams latest victim. to-day that
am with him in this affair and we
viii prosecute Williams to the limit:
an going to Atlanta as soon as l
am relieved from my court duties
her, to make a further investiga-
ton
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
Two Parcel Post
Thieves Sentenced
To Prison Terms

The two negro employees charged
with stealing parcel post packages
at the Union Depot, Eugene Jones
and James H. Gresham, pleaded
guilty in the Federal Court here
thursday morning and were SEN
fenced by Judge Newman. Jones was
given three years and Gresham two
years and six months in the Federal
Prison.
Two other negroes also pleaded
guilty and We're sentenced. Olice
Price, boy who said he was only
10 years old, had been sent out with
sZO worth of stamps and absconded
WITH the money He was sentenced
10 TWO years in the National Training
Schcol for Bows a Washington.
Joseph F. Hogan was postoffic<
employee during the Christmas rush.
lie represented himself as being two
other negroes and got their checks as
Wen as his own. He was sentenced
TO two years in prison.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
DRINK WRECKS
TWO MARRIAGE
VENTURES
Girl, l6, Smiles Thanks When
Freed From Man She Says
Had Weekly Spree,

AIcohoi was the rock on which the
matrimonial barque of pretty Mrs
Lula Sexton was foundered.
Il was two months making up my
mind to run away with my fiance. but
it required less than half that time to
convince myself that l had made a
wueful error" she told a jury in Judge
Pendleton's Court Thursday, testify
ing in her divorce suit against Will
liam NJ. Sexton.
After our wedding, my husband
was drunk every Saturday night, and
his sprees invariably stretched over
Sunday and sometimes well into the
following week. He would even get
mad if | went TO church, and once in
a social card game when | won he
slapped my face before company
Jury Decides in Seats.
Il was Just Is when | ran away
too young to know what was doing
| suppose she explained.
The couple were married in 1913
and lived together six months.
without leaving their seats, the
jury returned a verdict for the fair
plaintiff, who left the courtroom smil-
ing.
Habitual intoXication was the
charge made by Mrs. e. b. Gutman in
her petition for divorce from Au-
gust Gutman They We're married in
1907. and separated in 1911.
Drunk Tuo Years She Saws
MY husband was drunk the whole
of the last two years we lived to-
gether," she told the jury.
Did he drink before YOU were
married." asked Judge Pendleton
Yes, but he promised to quit il
would marry him." was the reply.
Yes, that's what they all say
commented the Judge, cynically. Did
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
OFFICERS ELECTED
FOR COSMOPOLITAN
James 0. VIM Again Leads In
surance Concern-Good Bust
ness Since Reorganization.

Stockholders and policyholders in
the Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Com
pany felt greatly encouraged Thurs
day over the showing of the com
pany made Wednesday at the annual
stockholders melting.
The report read by President James
o. Winn showed a remarkable amount
of business done since the reorgani-
cation, and the report was verified
to a penny by Alonzo Richardson,
certified public accountant.
At the meeting held in the COM
pany's offices in the Third National
Bank Building, the following direc-
tors were named
Mr.. VIM W. L. Peel, John W..
Grant, ]. f. Orr, w. j. Blalock, F. S.
Ellis, Arthur G. Powell. Martin Am
orous. John Temple Graves, all of
Atlanta, and Paul E. Trammell, of
Dalton; C. n. King, of Spring Place;
Josiah Blasingame, of Jersey; j. u.
D. Ship, of Americus; Nj. riley 81
Gainesyille: w. F. Austin, of Seneca,
>. O., ana hopeIl L. oHlPP' " INV"
trie.
The directors elected the following
officers:
James o. VIM, president; Arthur
G. Powell. vice president and general
counsel; NJ. NJ Riley, treasurer;
William L. Pomeroy, secretary; X.
H Carswell, assistant secretary
treasurer; Malcolm \. Fleming
manager of agencies; Dr. W. 5: FL
kin, medical director, and DR.. w. {.
Jarna gin. associate.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
Dixon to Lecture on
Federal Constitution

AN Outgrown Constitution" will be
the subject of a lecture in Atlanta
Monday night at the Tabernacle Au-
ditorium by the well-known orator.
Frank Dixon. under Alkahest Lyceum
auspices His address is one which
deals with present conditions in the
United States.
Mr.. Dixon takes the position that
the face of the world has changed
since the United States Constitution
was adopted and that the conditions
to which it was supposed to answer
nowhere exist to-day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
Receiver Is Asked
For Augusta Bank

AUGUSTA, Jan. ga receiver has
been asked for the Irish American Bank
and Judge Hammond will decide to-
day whether or not to name one The
board of directors adopted a resolution
eral Fielder came from Atlanta with the
petition.
The receiver is asked because certain
note-hc lders are claiming priorities and
because there is no designated repre-
sentative TO collect assets.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
Great Program for
State Chamber Meet

According to c. J. Haden, president
of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce,
line mid winter meeting of the organza-
ton to be held in Macon January 29-3O
promises to be a veritable civic Pen
Jocost."
The program shows the names Of
some of the strongest of the civic and
Industrial leaders of the State. The
discussion will be confined to problems
Of vital interest to the commonwealth;
such as the boil weevil menace. good
roads, State advertising and the prob
lens emphasized by Georgia PRODUCTS
Day November IS of last year
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
Plan French Class
Following Lecture

A French class will probably be or :
here Wednesday afternoon by Professor
Louis DeLamarre, secretary of the
French Alliance of the United states
and Canada, who is touring the South
organizing French classes.
Mesdames oscar Slfer, j. p. Leitner,
R F. Maddox, ~ II. Kiser. John p.
Little. +. o. Foster and Hugh Richard :
son and Misses Jessie Muse, Matte S'a-
tnn a nd Katherine BleCkleY.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
Hall County in Fine
Shape, Hart Reports

The financial condition OF Hall County
is splendid. according to Tax Commits
sioner John c. Hart, who has just re-
turned from Gainesville, where he de-
.Vered a speech.
Judge Hart says that the county tax
rate Is only SO cents on the 500; that
the county does not owe a dollar ana
mat ii has sufficient funds to pay the
EXPENSES Of the current year.