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of our little Henri. now in Paris.
Such commonplace marriage has
been reproached as unlikely in one
knowing himself to be- really, the lost
dauphin, but il, is to be remembered
that Naundorm had lived as a very
commonplace person since the tender
age of ten years. Think of thee hor-
ror of that change, from little Prince
Charming at Versailles to ragged pris-
oner and tramp
Should he not have proclaimed him
self He tried to do so. In 1916 he
wrote to his sister, the Duchesse dan
gouleme. and. in 1878. to his cousin.
the Due de Berri. to inform them of his
existence and hidden life. The letter
provoked a terrible scene between Louis
ENI1l, the boys uSurpinG uncle. and
the Due de Berri heir presumptive.
with the life of his father, who became
Charles y. in between. The young,
duke claimed that the crown should be
resigned to the dauphin. saying that
never would he. personally. sit in :,
usurpers seat" Shortly afterwar6 he
was aSSaSSinat ted.
Eaundorf was growing troublesome.
and Louis XVIII started to reduce him
to silence. First. he WAS accused of.ar-
son-setting fire to the Brandcbourg
Theater in Berlin. and acquitted only
after long imprisonment. Next. he was
accused of counterfeiting. You will say
that this publicity gave him a good
chance to proclaim his real identity.
ne uiu II, iouulI anu DTdVel!. ana OD-
serve what he got for it. The judg-
ment of the Berlin court. while ad-
hitting there was no evidence of ceun-
terfeiting, declared conviction to be
necessary, ''inasmuch as the defendant
has proved himself an impudent liar.
in claiming to be born prince. of the
august family of the Bourbons. whence
We give him three years prison.
How he finally arrived in Paris and
was recognized by DR.. de Caro- physi-
clan of the Duchesse d'Angouleme;
Chevaler Cosson, her dentist; de Jolly.
last minister of justice of Louis XVI:
Nine. de Rambaud, chamberlady of the
little dauphin: ST. Hilaire usher of the
kings chamber, and others. is a long
story. Others refused. among them
the Duchesse d'Angouleme. his sister,
who would never meet him face to
face. Some say that she later on al
legged state necessity.
In d word, he was unWelCome. They
even started up rival claimants TO
put a stick in his spokes." He lived
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so long apart, the first great-gre nd
father of the second. and the second
great-grandfather of the third-and all
three dauphins, j. e, heirs to the
French crown The first rcigned glo-
riously as king. the second was lost
mysteriously when his royal parents
were gullotired, and the third is here
before US today, heir. he claims, to the
two others. son of the Paris business
man and rightful king.
there are others.
Up to the eve of the war che French
Society for Studying the Question
Louis XVII fought the Naundorff
claims in the senate; and, far from be-
ing ashamed of business man as le-
gal or technical heir to their old kings,
the reporter of the senate commission,
Boissy d'Anglas, grandson of the ia
nous conventional. appealed thus in
their favor: Let the republic repair
the wickedness of kings. Take these
grateful descendants of Louis XVI by
the hand, and recognize them as all
they ask to be-plain citizens
But the mystery remains.
All Americans know the story Of the
little son of guillotined Louis XVI and
Marie Antoinette, torn successfully
from palace, father, mother. aunt and
sister. and who was rescued from the
temple prison only to be lost or done
away with.
You remember the delicious old gray
beard scamp in Mark Twain's "Huck
leberry Finn" with his tale: y, too.
have my fatal secret ] am the late
dauphin,' During the restoration in
France, thirty different claimants APP
peared. All were easily disproved but
one-the mysterious Naundorff, great
GRANDPA Their of this child.
Holland actively and England pas
sively acknowledged this chld's great
grandfather as the lost dauphin, and a
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one printed by James Roberts in 1900.
Another edition. published in October
of the same year by Thomas Fisher.
! was regularly entered at Stationers'
| Hall. The Roberts edition was not so
entered. although it is certain that the
/ Roberts text was used in the folio of
! 1923.
Among other volumes of distinction
In the exhibition collection the
first separately published edition of
Julius Caesar. dated 1850. and the
unique 1916 edition of Ben Jonsons
collected works. The first Jonson play
in this volume is Every Man in His
Humour. and contains the last
page list of The Principal Comoe-
dams" who performed in the play.
This list includes the name of viii
Shakespeare.
Every Man in His Humour was
first produced. as Jonson says. in 1898
by the lord chamberlain's servants at
the Globe Theater by Shakespeare
company. proba bly, with Richard Bur-
bage as Kitely and Shakespeare
the elder knowell. The first play
exhibited in England before James |,
"Revels' Accounts" was by Shake
speares company.
In the collection there are a number
of the altered" plays published in
separate editions during the eight
eeuth century and several facsimiles
of the first editions OF the plays which
were executed in very limited num-
her by direction of the Duke of Dew
oushire and presented by his grace to
the Library of Congress. the inscrip-
ton being written and signed in the
autograph of the eminent Shakespeare
can critic and scholar. j. Payne COL
Iier An original copy of the play
nv
Kendrick. is one of the first comedies
written in imitation of Shakespeare.
and the library copy of this play -
from the private collection of the
famous actor William Warren and
bears his autograph on the title mage
One of the most interesting volumes
in the collection is probably the least
important. 1t is copy of the Birth
of Merlin: or the Childe Hath Found
His Father which the title page says
was Written by William Shakespeare
and William Rowley. 1t was printed
in 1862 JudSiiSg this play on its merits
alone the suppostion is that ii is en-
tirely the work of Rowley, but there
has never been a scrap of evidence to
show that Shakespeare did not have a
hand in it,
The splendid display of prints contains
many interesting portraits. busts and
views in and about the historic Stratford-
on-Avon. The bust known as the STRAIT
ford bust, and which is i'm the Church OF
shown in several excellent prints. One
is specially interesting because it shows
the colors in which the bust was origi-
nally executed some time prior to 1923
by Garrett johnson and his brother
Nicholas. tombmakers at Southwark. 1t
was the custom of that day to color sculp-
lures In 1898 Malone had the bust
painted white. In 1861 the white paint
was removed and the bust recolored as it
was originally painted, and SO It stands
today.
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a PRIL %, 1915, William Shake
h\ speare, poet and dramatist,
~ died and was buried in the
Stratford- The 1ercentenary
year of 1916 is awakening in nearly
every part OF the English speaking
world an unusual interest in the works
and life OF the great poet In the United
States colleges, schools. societies dra-
matte organizations and libraries are
ali busy preparing to make the three
hundredth anniversary year of the
G-ath of Shakespeare one of the most
SaeH,orable years In the history OF Eng
lish literature. Reviva!s Of many OF
the plays. besides ShaEespearean
'iuasques. festivals. pageants and tab
leaux. are being given IN nearly every
city in the country, while libraries and
other public institutions OF letters are
tire most Interesting of rare Shake
spsaTiana for public exhibition.
In the main hall. to the right of the
entrance of the Library Of Congress,
has been prepared an exhibition of rare
Of interest not only to every Washing
tonian, but to the many visitors who
come to the city in the spring of the
year. There are number of books and
prints. selected with great care from
the thousands Of Shakespeare items in
the national collection, and among them
- the famous Sidney Lee facsimile of
The first folio edition Of 1923. besides
the originals Of the second tl632D. third
1859 and the fourth G5S5) folios.
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FIRST EDITION OF ATTRIBUTED SHAKESPEARE
THAT THE BARD

now at the Shakespeare Memorial Mu-
scum. Stratford- on Avon. known as the
Flower" portrait and presented to
the museum by Mrs. Charles Flower in
1896. This supposition, however, has
been disputed because Of the imperfect
reproduction and the improvements
that have been found in the painting.
The original painting, Of which there
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DREAM" FROM COLLECTION L1BR AIRY OF CONGRESS-

tos there are two originals in the Lii
brary exhibit. OF course, in those early
days. much the same as today, there
were many pirated editions. 1t is au-
thenticated that during the authors
lifetime only three of his publications
were printed by his authority.
The copy of "a Midsummer Nights
Dream" belonging to the Library, is the
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own age. but he was the soul Of many
ages to follow. Between 1892 and
1916 more than twelve hundred differ
ent editions in English of Shake
speare's collective works have been
published.
In this same folio of 1923 is the ia
nous Droeshout portrait, supposed to
have been copied from the painting
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The Renedictines, like moles. are said
to be patiently burrowing amid mill
lion manuscripts, all over Europe, to
pick up details. if possible, of this
period of the dauphin's life
Naundorff's story was vague. but had
no contradictions. He said that he had
been taken to the Nenoee and thence to
Italy, where the Pope, Plus VI, pro-
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BOY NO. 2.

Dutch court. as late as 1891, rectified
the birth certificate of one of the fam
lily from 'Naundorff called de Bour-
bon to de Bourbon" plain and simple.
Where did the great-grandfather
Naundorff come from?
OF what family was he really issue
1t was never discovered, in spite of
Louis %VIITs frantic efforts to assign
him civil status in Europe. where no
body could bulge without papers"
Put aside Naundorff's astonishing
physical resemblance to Louis XVI:
such accidental resemblance might
have suggested the idea of an impos-
ture. But what about the marks he
bore? And what about the persistent
resemblance of his children and grand
children. half of them having the Haps-
burg protruding chin-phenomenon
called prognathism-and all of them
having the famous Bourbon nose.
which had been lost by the Comte de
Chambord and the present Duke of Or
leans. Observe. Marie Antoinette was
not a prognathist--it skipped her, as it
skipped half. of Naundorff's descend
ants.
Still more inexplicable is it that
peasant of Silesia or elsewhere. living
in region and at an epoch when he
could not have posted himself on the
secret of French plots to rescue the
little dauphin fsome of which have
come to light only in the last thirty
years., should have known, for ex-
ample, that a first substitution OF an
other child for the dauphin had been
made in the temple. and that deaf
mute child had afterward replaced that
substitute. He knew all about the hid
ing place in the garnet of the temple
tower and had in his possession copies
of the Laurent letters. now recognized
as genuine and of vital import, Where
did he get them?
At present all historians agree that
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Is the Rightful King of France a Common

TITLE Boy Paris the Son Of Business Man. Claims Dn-Serng Hell
Zig Writes of the Naundo heThe Kaiser Claimed Have
Henri and the 100000 Of Chambd Secrets the Berlin Archives Liable
Out for Public Inspection After the Wharf.-The
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TO THE READER

This figure that thou here seest put,
1t was for gentle Shakespeare cut,
Wherein the graver had a strife
With nature to Outdo the life:
q could he but have drawn his Wit
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J. Payne Collier, the famous Shake
spearc scholar and critic. says that
there is copy Of the first folio in cA-
isteuce with the date OF 1922. W hich in
dIcates probably that the collected
plays were in the process OF printing
during the greater part of that year.
but il was not actually published until
1923. the title page of the finished vol
ume. together with all the preliminary
matter being printed last. 1t was reg
istered at Statioucrs' Hall November s.
1923
The original first folio a COPY OF
which -SOngs to the Library Of Con-
gress ~ has value of $4,000. is an
excellent specimen of the Typography
Of that day. II is to John Heminge and
Henrie Condell the painstakinS ed
itors Of this remarkable volume that
the world owes much. They undoubt-
eddy saved from Oblivion many of the
plays written by the great dramatist,
including The Winters Tale" Mac
BETH and "CymbeIine." which were
printed for the first time in the 1923
folio. PrefiXed to the first folio are
those loyal lines written by Ben JON
son in praise of the great Shakespeare
in which he speaks of him as the
SouIe of the Age:
The applause! delight! the wonder Of our stage,
Not only was he the ".soule" of his
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As we'll in brass as he has hit
His face; the print would then surpass
All that was ever writ in brass:
But since he cannot, reader, look
Not on his picture. but his book.
Until the publication of the 1923 folio
only seventeen of the Shakespeare
plays had been printed in separate
Quarto editions. OF these early quar-
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Is an excellent print in the Library of
Congress exhibition collection. is prob
ably the earliest authentic painted por
trait of the poet in existence. OF the
Droeshout engraving Ben Jonson
wrote.
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DOCKS and Prints Selected With Great
- Care From the Thousands of Shake
speare Items in the National Collection.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-03-23
Reception a Splendid Success

The reception and social given in the
Methodist church Friday night to the
teachers, ball players and two upper
classes was a real success. There
were about Is present. The room haG
been beautifully. decorated with the
class colors and pennants. After some
enthusiastic games short program
was given, consisting of a solo by Mrs.
Blumenshine, comica1 duet and
short comedy by Gordon Vallandigham
and Miss Yeager. Later very dainty
lunch was served characterized by pop
corn balls and cakes having the Valley
City High school initials on them.
Judging from the volume of sound and
genuine enthusiasm manifested, all
were speaking the truth when they
said they had a very good time. A
more enthusiastic and democratic
group would be hard to find. The Of
ficial board with Mrs. F. G. Chambard,
chairman of the social committee, were
the hosts of the evening, and found
great delight in the privilege.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-03-23
Normal Quintet Winner in One
OF Seasons Fastest Contests

Saturday nights basket ball game
between the Normal and High school
teams was the most fascinating game
played in Valley City this season. The
Times-Record prophesied it would be;
but this prophecy was difficult for
those who did not know the teams in
timately to understand, for the Nor.
NAL have disposed of the state univer-
sity, the Moorhead normal and lots of
other big game here in the presence of
Valley City audiences, and while the
High school was cutting a big swath
in it's field, it was just naturally as
sumed that it was much less preten-
tious field. Each team was known to
be leading it's class and Saturday
nights game shows that Valley City
has two of the states best teams, re-
gardless of class. The result of this
game was to correct a natural fallacy
in the public mind, not by destroying
one of it's idols, but by giving it two.
There is no question by that the
High school gave the Normal the
hardest opposition they have had this
season. This means that the High
school put up better game than the
university and other college teams.
The game was a neck-and-neck game
throughout The High school led
slightly in the scoring during the first
half and in addition bombarded the
basket time and again without result.
Fortune favored the older boys, how
ever, in the second half and they
emerged at the end of the game with
the long end of 20 to 27 score. The
play was fast, brilliant and fairly free
from fouling. The big fellows were
fast on their feet and good at the bas-
ket while the midgets excelled, as has
been their experience on other games,
in quick passing, team work and their
consequent ability to work out of tight
places. The honors were so abund-
ant and so fairly even that there
should be no bad taste left in anyone's
mouth.
One man was heard to remark that
they played like a groupe of older and
younger brothers, so evident was the
friendly feeling between the teams.
And in fact this in sense is what fr
was, for all the Normal team were
Valley City boys and all but one
former High school players. The
roofing was fine. The day of the
rough-neck and vicious rooter seems
to be a thing of the past in Valley
City. The roofing squads showed the
very highest courtesy to each other,
to the opponents teams and to the
officials. They were there to COM
municate zeal to their respective
teams and not to prevent the best
work of the enemy or to question de-
cisions and interfere with the doing
out of justice by men carefully chosen
by the management. Valley City not
only has climbed to the top in the
ranks of players, but she has gotten
to a point where she may also bo
proud of her rooters.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-03-23
Pioneer Woman Of Barnes
County Passes Away Sunday

Sanborn Enterprise: Mrs. Leo
Noecker, pioneer settler at Sanborn,
died Sunday evening at $50 at the
farm home half mile south of town
after short illness from pneumonia,
aged rs years and seven days. She
had been up and about the house ear
lier in the day, though not feeling
we'll. It was a shock and surprise to
our townspeople when the report of
her death was circulated
A short service was held at the
house at l o'clock. Public funeral
services were held in the Congrega-
tional church in Sanborn at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, which were at
tended by a large number of neigh.
bors and friends representing every
neighborhood within driving distance
of this village. Rev. J. F. L. Bonhoff
conducted the services in both Ger
man and English.
Deceased IS survived by eight chill
dren and 18 grandchildren.
The venerable husband, the sons
and daughters and all the surviving
relatives have the sincere sympathy of
the entire community.
Mrs. Noecker was the wife of Leo
Noecker and lived over 36 years on the
home farm just south of town. She
was noble lovable character and
made friends with all whom she came
in contact.
She was born in Germany in 1841
and at five years of age crossed the
ocean with her parents in small sail
boat, being nearly eight weeks on the
water. They located near Berlin, Ont.
where she spent her girlhood.
She was married in 1862 to VIM. F.
Rebscher and leaves one son, Charles
w. Rebscher, survivor. VIM. F. Reb-
scher died in 1868 and she then mar
ried Leo Noecker and in 1879 came to
North Dakota, where they have lived
since. Of this last union seven chill
dren survive, all of whom reside in
this county except Mrs. Ottillie knight
who lives in Sour Lake. TEXAS
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-03-23
WORST TO EXPOSE
"LOOTING" OF A. C..

Fargo, March 16-John H. Worst,
in a published statement demands Of
the State Board of Regents valid rea-
sons for his removal from the position,
and he declares his purpose to be "the
exposure of the looting of the agricul-
tural college,"
The president refers to charges he
made when removed, that big busi-
ness" was attempting to gain con-
troll of the college that certain &C.
tivities of the institution might be
throttled. These included milling
Investigations. ... ....
II shall give in due time the full
history of the forces behind the move
ment," DR.. Worst said. "The looting
of the agricultural college has become
fixed belief in the mind of too many
to be dropped without ceremony.
Many still think the work is even yet
in its preliminary stages"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-03-23
Reception at Platou
Home for Mime. North

After the concert at the Normal
auditorium Saturday night a recep>
ton was held at the home of Mayor
and Mrs. Platop, to which guests
numbering about 70 had been invited,
to meet the artist of the evening,
Nine. Dorothea North. All who had
felt the charm of her voice and un-
affected manner at the concert were
more than pleased with her friendly
manner at the reception, which was
very informal. Owing to some of the
patrons and patronesses being absent
from the city, and some of them being
detained through illness there was no
receiving line, but the utmost inform
ality prevailed, making this one of tho
most enjoyable of the social affairs
yet given for the artists of the Pre-
Festival series. In the dining room
the decorations were in green and
white, and a beautiful scene was pre-
sented. The table with its beautiful
service of silver and china was light
ed only by green candles in silver
candelabra, and presided over by Mrs.
John Tracy and Mrs. Eugene Wood.
hams. Dainty light refreshments
were served, the Misses Nelson and
Violetta Peterson assisting in the serv-
ing.
Nine. North left on No. 2 for the
east, after charmingly expressing her
pleasure in meeting the guests, and
her thanks to the host and hostess
for their hospitality.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-03-23
Oranges From Farm in Cuba

F1ngal Herald: We had the pleas
ure of eating an orange from a box
which M. N. Olson received Saturday
morning direct from his orchard in
Cuba. Mr.. Olson bought tract OF
land on the island few years ago
and now has several acres of orange
trees that are yielding. The fruit had
a much better flavor than that receiv-
ed here the usual way. Mr.. Olson is
we'll satisfied with his investment and
the amount to- be realized in the fu.
ture cannot be estimated.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-03-23
Grand Forks Pythians
Coming to Valley City

Garnd Forks, March 15.-The annual
meeting of the Grand Lodge Knights
of Pythias, domain of North Dakota,
together with the Pythian Sisters, will
hold forth at Valley City Wednesday
and Thursday of next week and an at
tendance of between 200 and 300 is ex-
pected.
Grand Forks will be we'll represent.
ed at the Valley City meeting, among
the past grand chancellors who are
going being Mayor James A. Dinnie,
George and Tracey Bangs, James
Culliton, Christ Hanson, Fred Good
man and j. B. Wineman.
The Grand Forks aggregation Of
past grand chancellors and the local
Pythian Sisters will leave for Valley
City next Tuesday evening.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-03-23
Farewell Party to Miss Bong

Mrs. Chas. Otto and Mrs. Frank.
Thompson gave a farewell party FRI
day night, at the home of Mrs. Otto,
for Miss Nancy Bong, who will soon
leave for her western trip. There
were IL guests present to enjoy the
delicious 6 o'clock dinner, the color
scheme of green being carried out IN
the menu. The center piece was a
train of cars, decorated with green
flags, the place cards being tiny suit
cases. Green candles added much to
the artistic effort, while shamrocks
were in evidence in many ways. AZ
ter the dinner, 500 was the diversion
for while, and the guest of honor
was presented with small trunk,
containing gifts from the guests that
would be useful on her trip, many
useful and pretty articles as we'll as
some funny ones being included in the
list. The evening was very enjoy
able one. Miss Bong leaves soon for
a visit at Duluth, MINI. and will then
60 on to the coast for three or
four months trip.