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New Britain herald., 1915-08-11

London, Aug. II, 1:06 D. m.-The German attack on the fortress of Kovno has been pressed close Reu- ter's correspondent at Petrograd points out, that the village of Piple, on which the Germans have retained their hold notwithstanding the fierce counter at- tacks of the Russians, is only six miles west of Kovno. It lies on the left bank of the Niemen
 Preparations are under way for the possible evacuation of the fortress. All
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REAL CHRISTMAS IN WALL STREET

are filled with gold, money 10 decidedly
easy. Every industry and business "A
the country has felt the effect OF the
rise In war brides and the employees
Of Wall Street are already counting
the fat bonuses they arc to receive
his year.
Only the other day the Stock EN-
change posted its customary notice
that contributions for donations to the
employees were being solicited. In
normal years the disbursement among
the employees OF the exchange ranges
from $3.50 to $1,000. Last year IL
a only 81, 900, taken from tn special
fund. Besides this there Will be nu-
merous private gifts made by members
OF the exchange 10 employees VINO
have done good service in the busy
times. Brokers never fail to rymcrl-
Der at Christmas time their tc.rphone
boys and messengers. whose alvrtneas
has helped them in executing many .
big order.
No better indeX OF IN" prosperity OF
Wall Street this year when compare
with a year ago can he reached than
a review of the lsfiuus Of t'" stocks
and bonds from January J., 1913. .
December ;, 1915. as contracted wi,h
the listings for the corresponding pee
Rod a year ago. From the nrst q
this year 10 December s the tottl
amount OF thc stocks and hou.s LISTED
was $.252. 703. 600. Last year only s .
304, s35, 200 in stock snd bonds wee
listed. The total stock l'St,us tnr
so far IN 1873 amounted To ~Sl.S49."iS.-
500. as compared with Sj21.37b.7uG a
year ago, while the amount ot hon1s
listed was ss0S.45i.> 500. acaln-, SIG.
1870 The total sales ul stocks .
date from January T. 1913. amount
to approximately lG1,5-i.NJ shiles.
compared with ij.9>9.21G Shares 4"
the same period In 1914. an tnlr,, -
Of approximately ia 1913 ,Ua9 shores
Not only il Wall street happy q y
Christmas but the Investor and I -
~speculator have cause 10 Doe than e
full. Prices for practically All stool I
on the list have Increased anyNh, -
from 10 points 10 30" points ,r uy,r 20.
Where reduced dNldru4a N,rr ia
rule last year a. this tim" t'"N a,
now the exception, and cNtl, u v.Gouus
are being announced uV d,r,c-
torates Of all sorts Of companies 81,
most every da! only hast week SIX ts
copper companies increased th,.r ne -
ular dividend rates alI In uddiJlul
declared extra dividends an .us from
a few cents a share to SOU "a share.
1t is too early as Yet 10 Tel, of t.H
Christmas bonuses given iy Stock En-.
change houses, bank, and pr.vafo
banking houses I" Their employees, blt
i is safe 10 conjecture hat they Wi
range larger than for many wears INST
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poor" TO make the annual contrfbu-
tons. go for that year the governors
OF the exchange, for the first time In
years. were compelled to dip Into the
special fund kept for the purpose OF
making disbursements In lean years In
order that the messenger boys. pages.
guards, e~levator men n other en-
ployees might not be neglected.
A Year ago at this time men and
women employed in Wall Street at
what they had considered lifelong Jobs
up to the outbreak OF the war were
glad to take almost n sort Of en-
ployment 10 tide them over the hard
times which We're hen at their worst.
To assist them members OF the Stock
Exchange had organized what became
known as the Wall Street Relief Asso-
citation. and hat body was actively en-
gagged In securing work. medical aid
and funds for those who a been
thrown out OF work through the clos
ing of the Stock Exchange and the
inability OF employers 10 pay the GUS
toinary wages when their " ex-
penses were pillng higher and higher
CIV . ~ 80 a NNfN 80
sions coming in. The Wall Street Re
l.et Association had 100 applications
on It's hands from Wall street en-
p'oyees asking for new Jobs. financial
aid. medical attention and other assist
ancc. That Organization did noble
work around the Christmas period. Se-
curing over 700 permanent JOBS Tor
former employees, placing $50 In tenn
porary jobs and getting 4s0 persons
taken back by their former employers.
The outlook for industrial and bust
ness improvements were 80 dark last
year thai the United States Steel Cor
poratlon, the biggest concern in the
United States. did not deem It prudent
10 offer It's customary stock oonus"s
TO its employees as IN other years.
Previously to 1914 so many shares or
the common and the preferred stock
of the Steel Corporation a been set
| aside for the employees. who were per-
mitted To subscribe for them al prices
below the then existing market level.
Had the customary plan been followed
in lelI those am employees would
have had substantial! profits from their
stock purchases owing to the fact
that United states steel common Is
many points above the price then ex-
! isting. But the Steel Corporation OH
+ cials did not foresee the prosperity
, that was to come from the wreck OF
war.
This year, however, prosperity
! abounds in Wall Street, and everything
points TO the fact that this Christmas
is to be one Of the very fat ones for
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Zywiec Castle, Galicia, the old part.

The smaller meals are always
served in the private study of the EN-
peror, n the lunch, which takes place
at half past II or l o'clock, consists OF
soup, tish, vegetables, n light sweet,
fruit and coffee, with generally a small
glass of wine.
THE dinner at night Is a still lighter
meal, very often consisting of a roll, a
thin slice Of ham and a small glass OF
wine or beer. BY . O'Clock Franz Josef
Of Austria retires to rest, and most
surely to this regular. moderate life
must be attributed his very long reign
and wonderful health
Miss Ryan entered the service Of the
Archduke Stefan to look after his two
daughters, the Arctduchesses Renata
and Mechtildls. These two young
women are now married to distin-
guished members of he Polish nobil-
ity, the first to Prince jerome ltadzi-
Will and the second to Prince Oig,erd
Czartoryski. 'That the crown should
be offered to Karl Stefan" she says.
comes as IA surprise to me, because
II was generally understood when |
was in Galicia That IL Poland had a
King again the choice would fall on
Prince Jermoe Radziwill."
Miss Ryan describes h Archduke
as "a mar Of extraordinary genius,
with an infinite knowledge Of all mat
tiers nautical and possessing the Won
derful gift OF being able to inverse
equally well in English, French. Ger
man, Italian, Polish and Hungarian.
He Is considerably owe six feet. an
adept at skating, dancing and tennis,
and has two hobbies Of which he IL
~passionately fond--painting and music.
II have heard his rendering of Cho-
pin compared to that of Paderewski
and many Il time ] ave sat among an
audience spellbound by the passion
and intensity of his marvellous play
ing"
The average Austrian, Miss Ryan
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Japan and the United States Now
Strong Contenders for Toy Bust
ness That Was Cermany's

II made q nice memento-when the
victim was oblieing enough to year
long hair-and 1t did little cal dam
age.
Another big effect Of the war 10 the
entrance OF the Japanese into the
business Of providing for Christmas.
Last spring the prospects we're that
Germany would not be able to get her
usual shiploads Of toys across. and as
she had sent about IS per cent. Of all
the imported toys. dealers here were
anxious. They looked hopefully to
Japan: maybe she could make toys
to take the place Of those Of Germany.
Boxes Of samples were sent to Japan
and the artisans Of the F1owery Land
started in. They did make toys and
two months ago consignments were
received here. The articles were fiimsy
and inferior. hut Japan's toy business
with this country has increased 400
per cent. since the war began.
Said one Of the big New York toy
dealers:
1.-THE Germans have been at this toy
making business for centuries. 1t is
not to be supposed that others could
do so well Immediately. We must
give the japanese time. They have
plenty Of artistic ability and perhaps
In ten years they can catch up. !
expect TO see them make toys like
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TT was nearly ten years ago that
Mrs. Ralph Adams Cram. a resi-
lent uf that older section of Bus-
ton known AS Beacon Hin" under
took to revive the good old English
attitude toward Christmas in that
quarter Of the city.
1t seemed to her highly important
thai "A Christian community should
give joyous expression to its beliefs
at Christmastide and she further be-
lieved that her idea would create n
better neighborhood spirit. Many of
her friends joined with her and with
Mr.. Cram. who was her able lieuten-
ant in the work. In instituting rs an
annual Yuletide feature in their Sec
ton what IL now known as the "Bea-
con Hin Carols"
The people Of the neighborhood il
Illuminated their houses On Christmas
eve, and, headed by Mr.. Cram, six
carolers went forth ON their rounds.
Their carols We're received with gen.
nine pleasure, even with enthusiasm,
and on the second year twice as many
residents Of the district illuminated
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M|HTF;S, n..y sAs ring sA oat in OF sAr, o,a
w mas carols the day before
Christmas they will find
Wall Street in a happy frame OF mind.
From the messenger boys who dart
about tho Street carrying securities
valued at hundreds of thousands of
dollars up to the highest paid officials
in the financial district Christmas this
year will have q very real meaning.
For December c5. 1915. will be a day
OF plenty IN Wall Street. a da. on
which almost every denizen # the
canyons OF the financial district will
have cause to be thankful for the
blessings which are his and for the
bonuses which will be- dealt out with
a lavish hand by Stock Exchange
houses, banks and private banking
institutions. Indeed, Wall Street is
convinced hat this Christmas Will
be a very fat one n hat every man,
woman and child who is employed in
the financial district and has done his
or her duty faithfully and well Will
be generously remembered by hts or
her employers.
And what n contrast this Christmas
will be 10 that ~ a year ago. Deem
Der rs. 1914, found Wall Street In any
mood but a happy one. The Stock
Exchange was closed except for a very
limited sort Of trading, security prices
were steadily declining and employees
were glad to hold their jobs, eve On
a reduced salary. Christmas had come
without the customary boom In stocks
which usually accompanies the holi-
days, and even the most irrepressihle
members ~ the Stock Exchange had
not been able to rouse enough ANNA
ton TO indulge in the skylark!ng which
usually takes place on the floor OF the
exchange the day before Christmas,
Even the extra dividends, which the
richest OF the railroads and the in
dustrial companies usually declare
during the month of December. had
been purposely overlooked that year
owing TO poor business and the low
prices which the companies were re-
ceiving from the sale Of their euor-
mously curtailed outputs. Even
Garry elevator man in the Stock
Exchange. and the hsppieN man In
Wall Street according to h!s own tcs-
timony. felt his usually eXuherant
spirits dropping. His CHEEKY Merry
Christmas, Mr.. -" with which he
unfailingly saluted every member of
the exchange who entered his elevator
car failed 10 bring the usual custom
airy response in the shape of a five
dollar bin or perhaps a gold Certiti e
cate. Instead HIS portion a been
silver dollars and bills Of the smaller
denominations.
The Stock Exchange IN that bleak
year Of 1914 had f%oregone the usual
Christmas collection taken from the
members of the floor for the benefit ol
employees owing 10 the fact that the
members were themselves feeling "toC
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tells u.s.. takes nothing seriously but
his religion. He rarely misses mass
10 matter how his day or his night
may be spent. She we'll remembers
meeting the notorious Archduke Otto
AT mass one Sunday morning, lie
stood reverently with bowed head.
\ ct a friend OF Miss Ryan's, who was
also at mass. remarked as they left the
church:
"You remember they were speaking
of him at dinner last night. The court
tries to hush up his last drunken de-
bauch. when he invited his favorite
companions to visit his wife at her
country house at 3 o'clock in the
morning.
"They all entered the house and
made for her private apartments; she
was In bed. of course, and most ter
ribiy alarmed and frightened NJ the
commotion and noise, Luckily n of
the men was sufficiently sober to pre-
vent matters going o far; he drew
his sword and protected the Arch
duchess until help arrived"
''How horrible!" Miss Ryan OK
claimed. "And he has just stood
through this mass, so calm and digni-
fled. have never seen such a fine
looking man and he certainly does not
look like a drunkard.'
During my stay In Austria Miss
Ryan writes. ~ several times me- this
much talked of Archduke and he
seemed to be one OF the most delight
full and fascinating OF all the Austrian
Il.l,,.p l,,t 7 n~ enrraI IN admit thnt
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their homes while II Vas an easy
matter L. choose II large band of ex-
cellent voices from those who volun-
tcered to go about singing carols.
II was not until the third year, how
ever. that the movement was really
launched, Then all the householders
of that historic old hill were invited
to Jo!n by means of the following card
sent 10 every one In the district:
To ALI WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Greeting; We again bespeak your
good viii and assistance in adding TO
III. cheer Of Christmas eve by placing
lighted candles in the windows OF your
houses between 4 and 10 at night. TO
the end that the hearts Of passersby
may he gladdened and hat the day OF
god will and glad tidings may be Mt.
tingly concentrated.
The response was most h~eartening.
Louisburg Square glowed and twinkled
with II thousand lights, and In the
window of many an aristocratic old
home candles blazed from ancient
candlesticks worth their weight In
gold. Beacon street. Mount Vernon
street and streets surrounding were
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- NE Of the big things that the
world war o raging has
~ done TO Christmas concerns
poor 10, the Indian. He had
reputation as a picturesque and
ferocious savage and therefore he was
valued in Toyland. He was supposed
10 he = great warrior with heart OF
stone and devilish ingenuity In tor
turing prisoners. So the children
wanted Indians to give them shud-
ders.
But the war has shown the Indian
No. He did not know how to DO
savage. His efforts were puny and
s!ngularly lacking In inspiration and
originality. About the best he could
do was TO tie a prisoner to a stake
and set the squaws to tabbing him
with blazing pine knots while the joy
Gus tribe whooped and danced. When
they were tired they roasted the pris-
oner TO death. 1t was all primitive.
crude. obvious. nnscientific.. And h
Indians were not thorough. 1t was
only occasionally that they roasted a
prisoner: usually they spared women
and children. quite often they adopted
them and treated them kindly. They
scalped their victims, but that was
merely so they might remember them.
The piece u out Of the scalp was
not much bigger than a silver dollar.
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those Of the Germans ana make them
cheaper"
There is to be no toy famine. Fol
months all kinds Of influences were
brought to bear on the British Govern
ment to induce It to let German toys
into America. London did not want
to spoil Christmas for American chill
dren. but did want to strangle German
industry as q var measure. At last
It agreed to allow the importation Of
all German and Austrian toys ordered
In good faith by American citizens
prior to March !. At the end Of Sep
TENDER a firm Of importers received
0 1000 cases OF toys from Germany.
1t is possible hat others may be
equally fortunate.
About 90 per cent. Of the toys held
up when the war started got through
last year and large stocks have been
held over. There was a good deal
OF toy smuggling In tramp steamers
and cargoes got In through Denmark
and Holland by permission Of the
British. But three months ago the
blockade frightened and the blowing
up Of the steamship Ley.and II
WINGED New York importers that II
does not pay to take chances. Rates
OF insurance are high and perils in
running the blockade great. Nearly
every importer In New York had from
25O TO go cases Of toys on the Ley
land.
The German toys that have arrived
recently are not a part OF last years
output. They were made this year. for
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like a 10 rent automobile. American
manufacturers have found that they
cannot produce these at a profit. Ger
many also makes and sends owe some
better mechanical toys, bat the great
bulk Of these and the electrical toys
are made in this country. And they
constantly grow more ingenious.
Americans lead the world in the
production OF toys that appeal to the
boys instinct for making things. Puz-
2les and building blocks have their
vogue. but those boxes of steel Orders,
wheels. beams. pivots, nuts, &C. by
means Of which boys can construct
windmills. wagons. railroad signals.
bridges, cranes. derricks, motor trucks
or houses meet instant approval and
sell by hundreds OF thousands. There
are several kinds made bv rival deal
ers, who are all doing well. Foreign
crs have not yet begun to initiate these
toys.
Americans also excel IN the making
~ wooden playthlngs, but the old
Noah's arks u OF which a child tum-
bled scores of animals. BIRDS. trees
and houses. all th!cKly covered with
paint. and .mprcss!onistic as TO form.
are found no more. They were to
crude and primitive for modern taste.
Christmas this year Will bring tooi
chests to more boys than did any
previous Christmas. These and their
contents are American. The tools
are well edged and can he used for
rcal work.
Above all IN Importance, numbers
ana variety. there are dolls. armies Of
them, OF more kinds than ever before
German, French, American, Polish
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itglOw with window LIGHTS from % unHl
10 O'Clock on Christmas owe.
On the fourth GEAR the party started
out with between twenty aud thirty
members, carrying tim lanterns. which
had been especially made for thcfu
after mn appropriate model The liz "
from the candles within came thruuih
holes punched IN the sides of the LAM
terms. The band was accompanied nv
Il bell man" n young nm wlo,s
bell announced the approach of to
carolers.
The first part of tho old t,uglish
bell mans cry might have been uu'ta
properly used at this time, Talks
care of your fires and candles h@
charitable to the poor, and pray for
the dead: for II il only fair to s.r
that these celebrations are viewed
with some apprehension by the fire.
department. 1t Is, Of ourSr Very i'm
portant that tho candles suo.ld 20
securely fastened,
Although there is no formal ...
~ization. this little cluster of pl'H.r r
the sake of convenicnc" ht~ ...u t't I'd.
the Beacon Hill Christnl A>-'ru'.
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n, JEANETTE l.. GLIDER.

MOTHER chroniclcr of the in.
N side history ~ royal families
n dppears in the person OF Miss
.Nclic Ryan, who spent many
years as English companion in IL
family Of the Archduke Karl Stefan
Of Austria. Her book My Years at
the Austrian Court" will be published
BY the John Lane Company In the
course Of a few days. The Arch
duke stefan is n cousin Of the Elm
per1r Franz Josef, He was almost
unknown 10 the general public until
t was rumOred that Poland was TO
ne united under 4 king once more
and the crown was 10 be onered 10
Kari Stefan Of Austria.
An interesting fact is that Miss
Ryan has dedicated her book TO THE
youngest daughter of the Empress
Those who have followed the gossip
Of the house OF Hapsburg Will re-
member that the lady who calls her
self Countess Zanardi I.andi claims
20 be- that person. In "a chapter en-
,ltled Caroline. Youngest Daughter
If the Empress" Miss Ryan bears
out tho statements that the Countess
Landl made In her WI book.
She tells US that the Empress OF
Austria was determined that her nth
born child. Caroline. should De brought
up away from the court and in APP
parent o~bscurity. SO that h could help
form the mind of at least II or her
children. In the year 1882 the En-
press Elizabeth spent several
IN Normandy travelling about under
the name of Countess Hohenembs. 1t
was said that she had met with an ac-
c!dent while riding horseback n Was
laid up at A chateau in Normandy.
The Emperor visited her there occa-
ssonally. travelling incognito. and in
this little corner of Normandy. accord
ing 70 Miss Ryan and the Countess
Land, a fifth child was born.
Greet secrecy was maintained, n
to Prof. Braun, the faithful friend
end physician of the Empress. was
given the difficult task Of finding the
tight sort OF family for the child to
De brought up in. 1t was finally ar
ranged mat for tho first few years
caroline was to pass az the daughter
OF an Austrian lady of good position
out no, Of the ~aristocracy. This lady
and 0cr husband lived in a fla in
Vienna on the next floor to that oc-
cullei by the drcssmaker OF the En-
press. 80 that without difficulty or sus-
p.c.o0 the mother could see her child.
When Caroline was IS she was al
loWeG 10 call the Empress mother in
Stead II Aunt FLY, as she had pre-
vousiy done. When she was about
~ years of age Caroline learned that
her mother was the Empress n why
II was that she was kept hidden away
from the court.
After the Empress's death she had
'ery unhappy time and was Obliged
TO face very widely circulated rumors
that the Emperor was not her father.
She ad a very unhappy young wom-
.nhooG and finally married the only
man sac knew. who Vas a lawyer and
q lieutenant in the army by the name
OF Richard Kuhnelt. Her mother had
ley her over s5O0,O 900, which left her
N very comfortable circumstances. but
kuEHclt managed to get rid Of It. Then
hey Namo 10 America and settled In
canada, but in 1908 they agreed Ia
separate. lie went to New York and