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TRIARCH OF OLD WORLD ROYALTY is 81 TOMORROW
Queen Elizabeth Of Belgium and Dow.
ager Queen of Spain Also Have
BIRTHDAYS This Week

reason OF the wholesome charm ~ her
home life, pre- senting as ii do so
striking a contrast to that of her hus.
b bands predecessor on the throne. Leo.
pold.
She has also o them all by her
quiet philanthropy. and by her :. np.4
and unaffected way of going about 10.
lieving poverty. sickness and misery
wherever she could find them. B1,
her people have now learned ~ ilp,iz.
her. and II may safely bs asserted thai
there is. no crowned head In Eir,n.
that has so great n hold upon tho
hearts OF her subjects.
Sending her children across 10 Eng.
land. where they have been since las,
August at Lord Curson's beaut.fN
country scat Of lakewood. which he
has placed t her disposal for the
purpose, she has remained ever since
by her husbands side, occupying a
small villa with him in that small
corner of the Belgian sea coast which
Is all that remains OF King Albert's
dominions. II is a bit OF TERRITORY
that has been successfully held BY
the Belgian troops against the Ger.
mans, all of whose efforts 10 drive
them out and to thus complete the
conquest Of Belgium have been with.
out avail.
The fighting has gone on uninter.
ruptedly. There Is not a day during
the past ten months when the royal
couple have not been under fire, and
while King Albert is at almost every
l.,~ - ,la ne ~ o..
organizing the d~efences and devis,ng
new points OF attack upon the Ger.
mans, encouraging his officers and
men and rewarding feats OF exceptional
bravery, Queen Elizabeth. dressed IN
the simplest fashion. in black, is in the
trenches, tending the wounded. while
shells and shrapnel are flying above
her head. or else soothing the dying In
the hospitals close ty, where the
moans and groans Of intolerable SUI.
fering are drowned well nigh 10y the
never ceasing noise of the German and
Belgian guns.
This noise. the terrible scenes thai
she has witnessed. the hardships and
fatigue that she has endured the
losses that she has sustained OF all her
most intimate and precious treasures.
have been sufficient TO wreck
the health and shatter the nerves
of eve the strongest men. And
yet she il "A frail. dainty. deli.
cate little woman, tremendously
feminine, and who until the war
suffered greatly and froqucatly ;:om
III health, owing TO the climate Of Be-.
gium being 80 different from tina; Cd.
the Bavarian highlands among which
she had been born and reared.
And ii has added to the pans of me
sufferings which she has had ~ en-.
dure to know that chief amo:s the
German troops who have been rav4s-
ing Belgium, devastating the country
from end To- end and perpetra,iu. Al
sorts Of act, of cruelty and harharisn
upon hor Belgian lieges have been ur-.
cisely the Bava'ian regiments .rl p.
her Bavdrian relatives. among 'hen
her own brother, Duke Francis # "a.
virll.
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Sad Birthday for Duchess Of Mecklen-
burg-Strelitz, Hated by Ger
mans as English Princess

ginning Of the war N the ground that
she belongs to the r%cigning house Of a
foreign country now engaged in hos
~tilitics against Great Britain.
The sequcstration f the annuity.
however, Is only one of the least of
the troubles which have overtakcn
the Grand Duchoss-still wonderfully
alert in body II mind-in the even
tide Of her cvcntful life. For besides
the loss of the great popularity which
she formerly enjoyed. not alone
In Mecklenburg-Strplitz but also
throughout all Germany, she feels
cruelty the fact that her grandchildren
are arrayed ON opposite sides. and that
she is cut of from all intercourse with
her favOrlte niece, Queen Mary Of
England. to whom she is very deeply
attached. and who was wont to spend
"A few weeks with her at Neustre,itz
every fall after the old lady had given
up her charming and hosp.table house
at Buckingham Gate, in London. on
the death Of her husband in 1904.
The Grand Duchess's grandson, the
present ruler of MISUNDERSTANDING.
Is in the field in France. with the
luAiN va ''A'tA'As '5astH hafhtt afE''
among whom he was wont to spend
more than half the year until his
| accession to the throne "A few weeks
before the outbreak of the war. lie
was a very familiar and popular figure
In London society.
one of his sisters, since the disco
luton Of the extraordinary mesalliance
which she contracted with a French
patent medicine manufacturers son,
OF the name Of George Jametel. is now
married to Prince Julius Ernest of
Lippe. who is also serving at the front
In France against the British, as a
Prusslan officer. while another sister,
Duchess .Iutta, is the wife of the
Crown Prince of Montenegro. who is
fighting on the side of the quadruple
entente against Germany and her al
lies.
Although until the commencement
Of the present international c~onfiagra-
ton the aged Grand Duchess was re-
nowned for the sunniness Of her char
acter. her disposition to look on the
brightest side of life. and to make
the hest OF everything. It cannot be
denied that her long life has been one
of many sorrows. They may be said
TO have commenced when her wonder
fully good looking husband MAS acct
dentally blinded by their only son,
Adolf.
The latter was playing as n boy
in the courtyard II the palace at Neu-
s%trelitz. when his father happened to
pass. In some way or other the hard
ball which the royal lad vas throwing
to a companion, struck his father with
such force in the right eye as to de-
stroy its sight The other eye became
shortly afterward sympathetically af-
fected. as is so often the case. and
total blindness ensued in consequence.
Grand Duke Frederick William man.
aged to conceal his affection In the
most wonderful fashion. and at HON.
Ihurg, where he was wont to spend the
month Of August each yea until his
death, ne was so clever in responding
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imposts to the point Of ALMOST entire
immunity.
Grand Duke Adolf was a sad faced
unhappy looking man. HIS entire If-
having been cluuded by the memo.y
Of the accident 10y which he blinded his
father. Moreover, he had no end of
trouble and sorrow with his two
daughters, one of whom, now Princess
Of Lippe. became involved as a younc
girl. through her own foolishress and
ineXpericnce and through the criminal
folly Of her govcrncss, in a scandal Of
international notoriety, prior to her
amazing mosalliauce To the French
apothecary's son. George Jametei, who
has been a frequent visitor TO the
United States in recent years.
The early period Of his other daugh-
ter's marriage To- the Crown Prince IL
Montenegro "a also troubled by much
disscnsion, which compelled her on
several occasions TO seek refuge with
her parents under circumstances which
attracted popular attention. although
20 they have become a united couple,
Finally, the late Grand Dukes only
son, the present ruler Of Mecklenburg-
Strel!tz. was "A source OF much worry
10 his parents 10y reason OF his Wild
ness and the number OF scrapes IN
which he was constantly becoming In
volved both at home and abroad
scrapes which led TO the breaking of
Of the match which had been arranged
for him with the kaiscr's only daugh.
ter, now Duchess II Brunswick.
Grand Duke Adolf died last year
rathcr suddenly at Berlin without his
English mother, old Grand Duchess
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the race OF al the ''ini''''o"' ."a'
set the pam OF Il saidH'' SpoIt w, nss
young King puopIlns over WIN Nv
ana enthusiasm the uN"as,S W.
nriniy eStaol'Sheu upoI' NV '"'o
u al any tlihe IN huhure"S vi !."S,
its popularity was AT Il '"" y ,""e
Wheh queen '"rlstiha assumes ~.
sencN on the Shddeh uealn oi "et n"
band thlrty years ago 30 h'',n war
this me case mat il wa ir'''I ~
dlct"d, both IN spain ana aoIoau, ma.
ere many months were PaSs'u o"ih''
restoration "ouId taNe pace vi a"-
oth'r fepuDiic De proclaifieu'
Foreigners are never liked in spain.
least of all Austrians and members OF
the house Of Hapsburg. Her adver-
saries took every possible advantage
Of this fact and placed ali sorts of OBJ
stacles ard pitfalls in her path. But
II was in vain. She commenced by
corQuering the profound respect Of the
people of the land of her adoption. and
then their affection, by the able and
devoted In which she admin
istered the kingdom for her son. Now
she has the gratitude OF the Spanish
people Tor giving them a ruler Oh
whom they have every reason TO be
proud and who has succeeded In en-
citing as much sympathetic interest,"
abroad as he enjoys In his own native
land OF the Hidalgos.
Just at present queen Christmas
life at Madrid is not exactly a bed OF
roses. For SPAN mas uhtii
now held aloof from the war now
raging, yet II mas mad the erect OF
creating no niue u~npieasahthess AZ
'he court OF Maurid' for' whereas
the sympathies or queen CHRISTINA IN
the cohnlct are naturally with her ma
1--WE austria, OF whose armies her eid-
est pr"'her FREDERICK IL heherhIIssiino
those OF queen Eha' OF inc lnlahta
i.ou!S'' VINO ~ a tFIhcess ot Tue rouse
vi rr"nce' oI i~IinceSS heatrIee' Wiie
oil the iniaht Aitohso' are All win the
0uaurupIe entente queen INA ana
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ceramics as MS speciality. he has also
occupied himself with other forms of
Oriental art. and comes 10 us we'll
qualified 20 undertake the various re-
sponsih!lities which viii devolve upon
him. He is a native Of Amsterdam.
which has been his home up & the
present, though much OF his time has
been spent IN study and travel outside
Of Holland, Including a year In Japan.
He has held a museum position
before. but was about - receive an
appointment al the Louvre last sum
m"r, when the outbreak OF the war
caused It's postponemcnt by the
Ministry, with the result that he came
to America this spring to study the
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Bronx River. not far from the man.
sion. the Lorillards built a snnff 'nl'
This mill, which is said to be haunted
is still standing. All this prIport5
was taken over by the city for Brpu>
Park and the mansion was for a time
used as a police station.
Recently the building has lecl
placed in the care OF tho Bstu.cal
Garden and. by permission 4 n"
managers OF IN" garden. the Br0rN
society has arranged a gallery on tn
second floor for the exhibition u pant
!ngs. The room is about sixty fee
long and eighteen feet wide Appar-
emily. two rooms have been turned
into one; for on one long wal there
are two hreplaces and four windows
while the opposite wall is broken by
three doors. II Is difficult TO eNhiNi.
pictures properly in a room having
walls with this arrangement hut al
effort has beer made g. selec, works
which will show to the best advantage
The twenty-one paintings chosen
are all by American artists and IN
clude "Carmencita," by William VI
Chase; "Venice,' by Samuel Coiinan
THE S%pinners." by Walter Gay 'Je-
rusalem. the Golden" by Thomas HOY
endcn; Aurora" 10y VIII II. Low 'on
the Old Sod" by William MaErt'h,
"Evcning on the Harlem k!v"r ~
Arthur Parton: My liuHk'' ny
Charles Schreyvogel, The Rridd' FRO
cession,' by G. Y. Turner, landscapes
by Albert Bierstadt, Asher Il. n3raNd
David Johnson and John + k'rs"'t
and marines by A.. T. Bricher AMI j. l.
Nicoll.
The Lorillard Mansion IS open gree
daily from | to 5 i. NJ. II - roa'at'
Ivy the Third avenue elevated rams
from the Bronx Park station ~ -
trolley from the subway a. West
Farms. -
The competition now boz '''
at Mrs. II. L. Whitncy's Ga.''''rs ''
young painters has been N'r" '.
Ccssful. Last Tuesday cvt' N~ ''
exhibition was open until ? u..rH ava
owing to the success Of ~ 'N'
they have decided to open ..' -.
les next Tuesday evcnirE o.'
o'clock. This is done IN ora,' -. -'
those who are interested III
who are unable to attend d.
"A chance To visit the Ea.|''t
evening. The competition -
architects is now being al ,"-'. -
will open at $ West lagH'3
September 10, The Slhj''
announced at Gao Fifth uNrN .'
was selected 10y Mr.. Thnmt- l''- '
OF Carrere \ Hastings. IT..
ton for the architects j. W.
aging, over sixty to date. |.'.' '
several inquiries from on N"
ana entries from every r.''
I United States are e>per'ct b
ford Saltus has kindly d. .''.
toward the prize, lie als' .."'' .''
500 toward the third pr.
sculpture competition. The - was
is a copy of his letter.
My DEM MIR. PIETRo-p''' '" ...'',
the enclosed 500 from mo a~ ,
for your next exhibition IN' t
To he awarded to an ar,-' '" ~
Woman OF foreign birth
"Hclieve ne, my dear sir
yours most trI',
u. SANFORD SALTS
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At their meeting on June II the
trustees Of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art voted to establish a depart
ment Of Far Eastern art and 10 APP
point as its curator $. c. Bosch
lteitz. The creation Of such "A de-
partmcnt as one of he mali divisions
of the museum. with n trained expert
at its head, has been under Considcra-
ton for a number of years. but Nari-
Ols circumstances have hitherto pre-,
vented It's being carried into effect
The purpose in mind has been to
bring all the examples of Far Eastern
art in the huscum under the Charg"
Of oue competent authority on the
subject, ven though some Of them are
held under conditions which prevent
their being brought together, ami to
rely upon the same auth lrity for
guidance In the systematic organiza-
ton and development OF this collec-
ton hcncoforth,
AS 1t Is now To he organized, this
department viii include the arts of
China and Japan and those of other
countries which have close artistic
nfTiliation with them, such as Csrea
and Tibet, For the present the en-
hihitiOn space devoted to the new de-
partlncnt will necessarily remain rs II
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tended for the building are on view
at South kensington. Exhibitions in
Paris md Vienna ,the latter in 1870
brought him increasing fame, which
eliminated IN his triumph at the
Rore International in 1911.
During the yea 1915 pictures by
James McNei.l Whistler. George w.
Bellows and Arthur Il. Davies have
been purchased for the Rhode Island
School of Design, Providence. from
the income Of the Jesse Me,calf Fund.
These works are the Harmony in
Blue; The Duet" by Whistler; Rain
on the River" 10y Fellows, and the
Recall Of Spring" by Davies, En-
cravings OF the works by Fellows
and Davies appear in the July issue
OF the Bulletin of the Rhode Island
School Of Design. Rellows's Rain on
the River" shows the Hudson at a
point opposite New York. The storm
which j. passing across the rough
cncd surface of the stream H. vio-
lent, hut ii does not prevent the ac-
tivitics of life from following their
usual course. The artist has found
in the sheets of rain, the gray clouds,
thu hillside park in tho foreground
and the effects OF the wind a con-
genial and animated subject, expressed
with his customary vigor and sin
certify. Few OF Davics's works pos
scss more delicacy and charm of con-
ception and treatment than his RE
call Of Spring" in which the dcscrip-
tive is suhordinatcd to the decorative.
The list of paintings by American
artists purchased from the income
of the Jesse MetCalf Fund now in
cludcs examples Of Winslow Homer.
George Hitchcock. William NJ. Chase.
Il. Swain Clifford. J. Alden Weir.
Childc Hassam, Mary Cassatt, John
w. Alexander, Eugene Vail, John
Singleton Coplcy, j. II. Twachtman.
Emil Carlson, George Inness, charlcs
H. Woodbury.. T. w DowinG, Dwight
W Tryon and William Sergeant Ken
dan, in addition to the three above
mentioned. All these have been
bought since 1900.
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a great battle. even though il spells We.
tory FOR the German arms. j. almost in.
variably the precursos q fl big batch Of
wounded soldiers. often Germans though
sometimes French or English.
The chemical laboratories in the higs
schools or ~"gymnasia" have been found
readily adaptable for operating rooms.
Most Of thin have water facilities which
are invaluable and most of them are
light and airy.
The ordinary recitation rooms are
used for the most part for the soldiers
and the smaller rooms. one-tme officers
of Instructors. are available for officers.
Almost the only serious changes that
have leen necessary have been the IN
slallation If bath rooms.
Frciburg FLOWS the example Of Lu-
beck and other German cities in giving
its soldiers "A good opportunity Ia sec
the town bcfort leaving. either for tbs
front or for home. Parties Of sight see
ing soldiers. many Of them crippled, are
always To he seen about the streets oi
the beautiful little Black Forest city.
The first thing one sees in approaching
Freiburg and the last thing a one leaves
is the Great Red Cross banner. flying
over building after building. suggesting
instantly the title of City Of Hospitals"
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GEN. GOURAUD i.
HAS A RECORD
IS YOUNGEST GENERAL OF DIVISION
IN FRENCH ARMY-WAS
BORN IN 1867.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.)
Paris, May 2S.-General Gouraud, re-
placing General d'Amade in command of
the French expeditionary force at the
Dardanelles, is the youngest general of
division IN the French army, horn in Paris
in 1867. lie l. the best known for having
led the force that saved the situation at
the time of the revolt AT Fez. lie had al
ready distinguished himself III the Soudan.
in Mauritania and Morocco. II was he
who paciiird the turbulent district Of Ia.
plateau oi Adrar; he also captured alive
the previously elusive bandit Samory.
He was named brigadier general az the
beginning Of the operations against Taxa.
Recalled Ia France al the outbreak Of war
he was given command Of a brigade. then
of u corps of colonial troops. He has been
wounded three times during the war. but
has never ceased hi service.
lie l. taller than the average Frenchmen.
wears the old fashioned pointed beard, has
very regular features and eyes that midi
cate the cool energy he has shown IN this
campaign. lie i grand officer of the
Legion Of Honor.
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FREIBURG CHANGE.
IN WAR MARKED
FEW GERMAN CITIES HAVE CHANGED
AS MATERIALLY AND NOTICE.
ABLY AS TOURISTS MECCA.

Freiburg. Baden, May 2s.-Few towns
or cities have changed as materially
and noticeably OH account of the war as
Freiburg, one time Mecca of American
tourists bent on visiting the beautiful
Black Forest.
From a quiet, peaceful little city, well
equipped with schools, il has become "a
City OF Hospitals To which scores of the
wounded are brought daily from the
west front, especially from nearby Al
SAGE. The Red Cross fiag floats over
score Of buildings that once were ell.
ucational institutions, theatres and
amusement resorts.
Children now 20 Ia the famous Cniver-
sity of Freiburp for their lessons. be-
cause their own school buildings now
are used Ia house the wounded German
and French soldiers. Fully a dozen
school buildings have been requisitioned
for hospital work, all of them being al.
ministered by the German Red Cross in
contradistinction Ia the regular hospit-
ais Of the city. In addition. every avail
able amusement hall and theatre is
serving the same purpose. In the au
ditorium the gallery and even OH Oh
stage of the famous old "Festhallc"
SoIulers HOW lie, OF fOlNaltSclnR >tfOli
in the adjoining garden that formerly
was filled, nightly AT least. with dcvotees
Of Bacchus.
The Red Cross workers in Frciburg
art proud and justly of what they have
accomplished. for the present quarters
Tor wounded were set up and ready four
days after the war began. before mobili.
cation even was complete.
The Turkish Italian War. one Red
Cross matron explained. taught the Ger
man Red Cross that il must be- ready
for emergencies. Consequently there
was ON hand a vast number of gray pain
cd ron beds. bed linen. blankets. stretch.
ers. n supplies of all kinds.
When the war started everyone in
Freiburg turned Ia and helped. The
scholars in the high schools in one day
succeeded in getting their benches and
seats out Of the way and in storage. In
another - hours they had cleaned the
old buildings from cellar 10 garrett and
ON the third day had carried in the hos
pital apparatus. II needed only one ad
ditional day Ia put everything in order
and stand by for the first consignment
Of wounded.
For nine months the fighting has ncv
or been very remote from Frciburg and
II has consequently been 4 constant hos
pital center. Street cnrs run over into
Alsacc gather up loads of wounded and
bring them back. The official report of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-28
IT'S GREAT FOR BALkY
BOWELS AND STOMACHS

We want all people who have chronic
stomach trouble or constipation, no mat
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Berlin, May 2S.-The German illus
trated newspapers give pictures Of the
Tclefunken wireless station al Damas
Gus. The apparatus came originally
from the Hamburg steamer Peter Rick
mers. which WAS sunk in the early days
Of the war. II j. stated that the Da.
mascus station has repeatedly spoken
with the great station at Nauen. near
Berlin and that il has intercepted wire.
less messages from the Eiffel Tower in
Paris.
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Race Horse Trainers at Front.

" correspondence ui the Associated Press
Berlin. May 2s.-IIor~e racing enthus-
lasts. IN looking over the field IA anticipa-
tion Of another season Of sport. have e~ti-
mated that nineteen of the available train
err havc been called Ia the front. Some
forty-dve jockeys, nearly all OF them
accounted accomplished riders. are nov in
the army. Eighteen additional trainers,
who specialize in %trotting horses are 1t the
front.
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london. Nav 2S.-An amendment 10
the army act has been proposed by II.
j. Tenant. under secretary Of war. by
which parliament il asked to give the
war department power To transfer sol
dicrs from one command to another with
out their consent. even If Ia a different
branch of the service. Such transfcrencc
however. shall not deprive the soldier
q fany pay or allowance formerly receiv.
ell.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-28
Sir Mark 0Idr0y Resiuns.

london. Nav Owing 10 III health
Sir Mark Oldrov has resigned as chair.
man Of the new British DYES copnay.
which hopes Ia wreSt the supremacy in
the anilinc dye industry from GERMANY
His successor il James Falconer. IN Ed.
inbureh member of the house of com.
mons.
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Business Firms Assist Recruitinu.

London. Nav 2S.-ScveraI English
business firms. in an effort to encourage
recruiting. have joined in an agreement
10 give a day off 10 an cmpIoye who per
suades a candidate Ia present himself
for enrolment in the London Rifle Bri
yade.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-28

federate Veterans reunion ia RichmoSS.
June l-3. MIR. Jones will be- accompanied
by his daughter. Miss Helen Routh Jones.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-28

of Pensions jones j. To leave here in "A few
days 10 attend a. Governor %FcrguSon'S
personal representative the United Con
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To Represent Ferguson at Richmond.

Austin, Texas, May 27.-Commissioner
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