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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-15

- NE OF the most interesting as well as
unusual Of the rOmances the great
war shaped is that Of George Henry
Warren, Jr.. of New York, Newport and
Paris, and Miss Katherine Urquhart, of
Charlottesville. Va.
Young Mr.. Warren is heir OF the War
rem, son Of Mr.. George Henry, ST. nephew
OF Lloyd and Whitney Warren and the late
Mrs. Robert Goelet. In his pre-war days
he was known as Newport's Speed Prince,
and no name appeared more frequently on
the police blotters for defiance OF traffic
regulations than did his
Miss Urquhart is the daughter OF a
Southern college professor, and is an earn
est Red Cross worker
Young Mr.. Warren has 80 much money
he finds difficulty IN keeping track OF it,
Miss Urquhart, though blessed with
brains and charm, does not come from the
Croesus kind.
Not so long ago Mr.. Warren was en-
gagged 70 a lovely young lady OF his own
set, one who liked as we'll as he to "step
on" the throttle and who oplned the gaso-
line was low whenever an auto went less
than fifty miles an hour
Now she is married to man as unlike
her former choice as his present one is
unlike her In speed yesrning
And all this the war done. changing
the love ideals of young MT Warren. So
short time ago he was the leader Of the
younger members Of the Circus Set. happy
only when terrorizing Newport with hts
ninety horsepower runabout with pretty
Miss Adelaide Cannon by HIS side. To-day
he Is a sedate young liaison officer in the
United States army. somewhere overseas,
and engaged 20 marry a most earnest
young Red Cross war worker Miss Kath-
crime UrQuhart. OF Charlottesville. Va
AS soon as the announcement was made
every one who IS any one IN the Newport
colony. which means all OF the Warrens'
relatives and friends began barking back
70 the years Just before the great war
broke out. And particularly 20 the sum
mers or 1912. All. those were the happy
days for Mr.. George Henry. IT, heir 70
half a dozen millions and member OF
Americas most exclusive set He had
outgrown hts boyhOOd's love Affairs with
Miss Mildred Rives and Miss Kate Willis
and settled down 20 capturing lovely
blonde-haired Elizabeth Adelaide daughter
OF Mrs THEODORE Frelin ghuysen by her
FIRST husband. Harry lie Grand Cannon.
Newport watched the romance breath
iessly: il had TO. because Warren con
Quoted Il at the rate OF fifty miles an hour
IN hts high-powered car. All day long
from after breakfast until Just before din
ner. a streak OF dust anywhere out through
the countryside meant the passing of the
speed king and the smiling girl be had
picked out 70 be his wife
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-15
Loses His Heart to a
Red Gross Worker

But all these stunts were perfectly lady
in a way compared with what came
later Brother George came home with
a new motorcycle warranted to go one
hundred miles an hour. Up to this time
Miss Warren had been content to drive
ladylike electric phaeton. but when she
saw Georges cycle the spirit Of speed
arose within her, and one morning. at the
height Of the smart parade on Bellevue
avenue, Miss Warren came speeding down
the roadway, with George doing his best
to catch her on his old cycle.
From that time speed became Miss War
ren's mania. and all of a sudden George de-
veloped the same trait. When Constance
was hailed into court for speeding on
Thames street George got himself arrested
for the same cause, and so on When
Constance married Count de Lasteyrie
George Warren was knee deep in an az
fair with Mildred Rives. daughter Of the
late George Lockhart Rives. Father Rives
objected to Georges speed mania and
broke up what promised to be a successful
courtship.
but only temporarily for out OF clear
sky Miss Elizabeth Adelaide Cannon ar
rived in Newport to spend her debutante
Summer. Miss Cannon was a rare beauty,
having inherited her mothers lovely color
ing. and George Henry Immediately fell a
victim to her charms.
It seemed highly suitable match: there
was great wealth and excellent family on
both sides and beauty on the side that
most counted. Then, too. the young people
had many tastes in common. When George
Henry pulled his lfT OIL car down to fifty
miles an hour Miss Cannon would sigh
and murmur. "Is the gas running low,
Froggie?"
Yes. George Henry's pet name was
'Froggie," but how he won It no one ever
seemed to know
When asked so leading a question
"Froggie' would put on more gas and
then some. Was II any wonder that he
became known to every policeman and
constable within a hundred miles OF New
port?
Then there were other things this young
pair liked to do. There was dancing, for
example. At one party given by Mrs. Hope
Slater at Hopedene on the Cliffs, Miss
Cannon and George Henry outdanced all
corners, going at such a speed that Mrs.
Slater finally had to stop the music.
They also liked all other sports-tennis.
polo, swimming and football. In every
respect they seemed cut out for each other.
and when their engagement was reported
and not denied, and Elizabeth Adelaide
went around with a wonderful diamond
blazing on her engagement finger. society
nodded appr0vingly and looked for an i'm
mediate marriage
Then another member OF the Cannon fam
lily leaped into the limelight Marian. the
younger sister, married John Dyneley
Prince. q son Of Professor John Dyneley
Prince, Of Columbia College. The young
people had not known each other very
long Miss Cannon was Just a debutante,
and the engagement was very short.
On her wedding day the bride received
her share Of her fathers fortune. and the
bride and bridegroom sailed for PARIS
On their arrival in Paris something hap
Copyright. 1918. BY Star Conpan
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-15

One day at camp he rescued one or the
Red Cross workers from some slight ms.
hap. and thus met the charming young
Southern girl who is now slated to be
come his wife This Young woman turned
out to be the daughter OF the David
Ur1rharts. OF Charlottesville. Virginia,
and cousin Of Mrs. James Alexander Still.
man, Of New York, daughter OF James
Brown Potter. Although connected With
families prominent in New York Miss
Urquhart has never been identified with
New York society and has never even Wis
tied Newport
She IS deeply engrossed with Red Cross
work both in Washington and IN England,
where her grandmother lives. and the
wonder Is that she has had any time q
fall in love-
And now society IS busy wondering What
sort OF q match this viii be- Lieutenant
Warren Is a most nightly changed man.
Like every other man who has gone
through the American campaign IN France
he is different" The toys that once filed
his life are forgotten, he has seen more
horrors in the past eighteen months than
be ever knew existed and he only too
we'll realizes the futility OF a Newport
career. Last January, having gone over
the top several times with his regiment
the old Sixty-ninth New York, he was as
signed 20 the stan of a French army corps
general as liaison officer and has served
ever since on the French front
His courtshiD has been carried on BY
correspondence, and all these months Miss
Urquhart has been doing her bit here AZ
home. The impression in the Warren con.
nection IS that when the marriage takes
place. Lieutenant Waren-nO longer
called Froggie-wiu become a worthwhile
New Yorker Of a type most marvellously
developed by the war. And his wife. who
is a keen philanthTopist and sOciOlOgistr
viii be OF an enormous help TO him
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-15

suit for divorce, and that kept society busy
for some time.
Then the great war broke out, and It
so happened that George Henry, Jr, was
in France and saw the havoc and deVasta-
ton wrought by the Germns. He came
back in a most thoughtful and sober frame
Of mind, and from the moment OF his ar
rival in New York preached the gospel Of
preparedness.
The same youthful enthusiasm that sent
him speeding along Newport's streets az
sixty miles an hour fired him in bis cru
SADIE He was always the first to help
in any relief work for the Allies and he
was also one of the first OF the young
Americans to enlist in France as an am
bulance driver.
All thoughts OF ioy-riding and love-msk-
ing went out Of his head, but his dare
devil GOODNESS that had made him the ter
ror OF Newport now made him one Of the
craclter-jack drivers Of the American Am
bulance.
In September, 1915. while Warren was
endangering his life every hour Of the day
and night, Mrs. FreiDghuysen, back home
in Tuxedo Park. announced the engage
ment OF her older daughter TO Mr.. Luden,
the Dutch banker. Mr.. Ludens sisters,
by the way, are the Countess van Lemberg
Stirnum and Madame van Loan, lady-in-
waiting to the Queen OF Holland.
A few months later the United States
entered the war and Mr. Warren came
home and joined the army. being placed
in the One Hundred and Sixty-ffth In
fantry Regiment.
While he was in training Lieutenant
Warren was noticed By his superior offi-
GERS as the most studious and seriously
inclined Of all the younger officers. When
called upon 10 drive motor car he would
90 at a snail's pace and seemed actually
afraid TO travel faster than ten miles an
hour.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-15

pened that completely shattered the TO-
nance. Within ten days Of their wedding
Mrs. Prince was living by herself in
small, exclusive hotel near the Champs
Elysees and Prince was on his way back
10 America.
On his arrival he went directly to his
wife's family and on the very next steamer
Elizabeth Adelaide sailed to join her sis
ter On the voyage over Miss Cannon
met a young banker from Holland-Henri
Luden, millionaire and owner OF the
largest shooting estate in Holland He
was an exceedingly serious and public
spirited young man, and as Miss Cannon
was in dire distress. she found him very
congenial.
Arriving in France, Miss Cannon found
the whole Warren family lined up TO meet
her and 10 help her in her trouble. She
spent several weeks in Paris before her
sister could be persuaded 10 return TO
New York. And in all this time young
Warren was a great help 10 her
Finally the bride and her devoted sister
came home. and a great change was i'm
mediately apparent in the latter. She was
very thoughtful and subdued and her love
affair with Warren ceased with great sud
denness. There was comparatively little
gossip about this, as Mrs. Prince entered
Great Britain Rights Reserved
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28
GIRLS! MAKE A
BEAUTY LOTION
WITH LEMONS

At the cost Of q small jar Of ordinary
cold cream one can prepare q full quar-
ter pint of the most wonderful lemon
skin softener and complexion beautiier,
by squeezing the juice of two fresh
lemons into O bottle containing three
ounces Of orchard white. Care should
be taken TO strain the juice through n
fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in,
then this lotion will keep fresh for
months. Every oma knows that lem
on juice is used TO bleach and remove
such blemishes as freckles, sallowness
and tan and is the ideal skin softener,
smoothener and beautiier.
Just try It'll Get three ounces Of
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint of this sweetly frag-
rant lemon lotion and massage it daily
into the face, neck, arms and hands. 1t
should naturally help TO whiten. soften,
freshen and bring out the roses and
beauty Of any skin. 1t is truly marvel
Gus to smoother rough, red hands. ADV.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28
First Express COMPANY.

The first express company In Amer
lea was launched 70 years ago, when
an advertisement appeared in the Bos-
ton and New York papers announcing
that civilian F. Harnden has made
arrangements with the Providence
railroad and the New York Boat COM
pany to run a n through from Bos-
ton 70 New York and vice versa four
times weekly. He will accompany the
car himself, take care Of all small
packages that may be intrusted to his
care and see them safely delivered"
Today Harnden might be prosecuted
for publishing a misleading advertise
ment, for his express carr was en-
tirely imaginary, and he carried par
cells In a valise. Harnden had long
been a conductor on the railway, and
his former associates permitted him
TO travel without charge. The rail-
road got nothing in the way of express
charges. Harnden's first competitor
was Alvin Adams, who became the
founder Of the Adams Express com
pany.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28
HAD NOT DEPARTED ALONE
Fake Telephone Call May Have Scared
Tramp, But He HAD Retained
His Business Faculties.

Representative Edward w. Saunders
Of Virginia remarked at Il social gath
Ing that foxy schemes do not always
pan out the expected results, and told
this story as an illustration:
1.-TWO men were having n gabfest
over a lunch table recently when n
told of an experience he had just had
with a tramp.
"tHe came to my house. said the
man, fmpudently banged on the kitch-
en- door, walked in and demanded
something to eat. Right there l decid-
ed to give him the scare of his life.
Going into the next room, I liberated
an alarm clock and pretended to call
up the police station, and told them
over the imaginary wire to hurry down
to my house and arrest a hobo. When
I returned to the kitchen the tramp
was gone
"T see,' laughingly i~nterjected the
other. The fake telephone started
him.
Yes returned the first, n little sad
ly, he was gone with two of my coats,
n hat and enough silverware that
was lying around loose to start Il quick
lunch restaurant "-Philadelphia Eve
ming Telegraph.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28
"Tricks in All Trades"

Every transforming company has as
not the least important part OF its
equipment a pair Of followed coconnt
shells, which, in the hands of the stage
mechanic, sounds more like a horse
than a horse itself. Now that most Of
our melodrama comes to US through
the motion pictures, along comes an
imitator of Gathering hoofs to be at
tached TO a stationary organ. 1t Is
operated from a keyboard by a lever
or button. With the aid of q swell
box the sound can be made to swell
or diminish.
The device consists of six cups, the
upper three Of which are secured to
the bellows and the lower three of
which are mounted on 4 solid base.
To operate them, the organ player
presses a key which causes the first
cup to come down with a thud, fol-
lowed in quick succession by the other
two cups. There Is no break in tine
action. The cups are made of maple.
The inventor is Harold A. Valkenburg
of Oakland, Cal.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28

Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels. AID.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28
DOUBLE film FLAM
Clever Trick by Which JeWeler
Recovered Money.
Had Been Vietimized In Really Neat
Manner, But All the Honors OF
War Were His When the
Game Ended.

This is a story picked up In New
York that has all the elements-save
the love of touch-of a modern mys-
terry story. NJ. Parrish Watson is a
wealthy collector of Chinese art. lie
sends emlssaries all over China Dig
ging up treasures. One Of his agents
has just returned. +
In Picking he was in the shop of a
p~awnbroker. A ~silk-hatted American
a polished man of the world, came In,
to secure q loan on q pearl which ne,
took out Of a velvet bag. The broker
applied the tests and was satisfied the
pearl was genuine. He advanced $lO,-
GOO. Later in the day n of his ex-
perts rushed to him breathlessly with
the startling statement that the pearl
was the most clever counterfeit he had
ever seen. The broker made another
examination and found he had been
the victim of n film fam artist.
Several days afterward he called ev-
cry teweler in Picking into a confer
ence. He told them of his experience
and he said he was simply going 10
take his loss, but he thought it was
his duty to warn his fellow merchants.
He held up the pearl before them.
"Here it is" he said. ITO show you
what I think of II and that the incident
is closed, 1 am going to destroy It," He
placed the pearl o. an iron and with
q hammer smashed it to tiny frag-
ments with one blow.
The next day all the Picking news
| papers carried a story about the way
the merchant had been tricked and
how he had destroyed the bogus gem.
Several weeks went by and the Incl
dent was almost forgotten.
One morning the American who had
pawned the pearl entered the shop. A
clerk recognized him and went toward
him. 81 have come for my pearl" he
said.
The clerk was in a panic. He
begged the customer to wait q few
minutes and he rushed off to his en-
ployer with the news. The broker came
out of his private Office and met the
customer.
81 have come for my pearl" repeat
ed the American. p,
you have the money to redeem itT'
he was asked.
For answer the American counted
out the exact amount and placed it on
the counter. Tie broker went to the
safe and brought back the pearl that
was pawned. He had cleverly tricked
the trickster. He knew there vas only
one chance of getting his money back
and that was to make the customer
believe the pearl had been destroyed
He resorted to this ruse and did not
destroy the pawned pearl but a substi'
tute. A surprised American walked
out Of the place with his counterfeit
1ewel-gnashing his teeth Just like the
smooth villain In the melodrama Of
old.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28
Two Lines Of Eligibility.

Down in Johnson county is a -four
fishing farmers club, and, as there is
a membership limit. naturally there
are a number of folks outside who
would like to be inside.
Two Of the outsiders were discuss
Ing the club n day. and n of them
asked: "How does a fellow go about
getting into the thing?" The other
farmer explained thus: swell. so far
as I have been able to dope II out,
there are just two ways-you either
have to be such a success as a farm,
er that 1t will be a feather In their
cap to get you for a member, or such
a doggone failure that 1t will be good
advertising for them to take you and
make something on. Of you."-Indlan'
apolis News.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28
What She Would Take.

At an Irish assize q deaf old ladys
who had brought an action for dam
ages against her neighbor, was being
examined, when the judge suggested
a compromise, and instructed counsel
to ask what she would take to settle
the matter.
"His lordship wants to know what
you will take?" asked the learned u
sci, bawling as loud as he could in the
old lady's ear,
IL thank his lordship kindly" an
swered the dame "and II it's no incon.
venience to him, I'll take a little whis3
ky and water"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28
eraooadocIo.

'rd have you know that my grand
father came over In the Mayfiower r.
said the small boy with the curls-
@Huhl That's nothing" replied the
boy with the pug nose. my father
came over In a ship what swas struck
by a submarine 7"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28
h Funny World.

Observation-Disclosures the high
price of living, the things we really
like are not what cost the most
money.
McSmith-I thought of that myself
when l saw Newrich accompany his
wife to the opera when he'd rather
have gone to the movies.-People's
Home Journal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28
iust like Her.

'Did you see in the paper about Mrs.
Putton-Ayres being almost overcome
by coal gas7"
@No, but that's just like her. ! sup
pose she q afraid people wouldn't
know they had coaI.s--Bcsten Tran
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28
Forced to Falsehood.

ST like q truthful man."
"And yet" commented Miss Cayenne,
you wouldn't have any esteem for n
dentist who owned up at the outset
that he was going to hurt you terri
bly,"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28
Onposite Treatment.

"What is the best way of freezing
a rival out?"
"By hot competition"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28
The Better Way.

ASK the waiter what's good today?"
you're living in the past. Ask him
what's allowed"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28

Gas trusts would be unable to de-
clare dividends If people didn't have
money to burn.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-28

An honest man thinks that a pretty
woman is also q noble work.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-14
Uy Associated Press)

Vancouver, B. c., Aug. 1.-Nearly
30 per cent of Canada is still unex-
plored, according to the belief of CT
ficials here.
Most of the unknown country lies to
the north of the country drained by
the great Mackenzie river. which flows
into the Arctic ocean.
Even the Indians, it is believed, have
not yet penetrated the wild mountains
the Mackenzie basin. If the
reports of the natives are to be be-
lievcd, the Mackenzie basin contains
one of the largest Of possible oil bear
ing country on the face of the globe.
Natives say that up back of the ba-
sin of the Yukon river there are lakes
100 miles and over in length which nc
white men have yet seen.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-14
BEIN GGROWN
NEAR TULARE, CAL.
(By Associated Pressy

Tulare, Cal, Aug. 14-In the vicin-
Iity Of Corcoran, on Lake Tulare, in
e he western section of this county, ur-
usually successful experiments in cot
ton growing have been made this year
and a largely increased acreage is
: damned for next season. Only the
long staple cotton has been planted
and the crop has exceeded all eXpecta-
tions both IN quality and quantity As
>the growers have contracted for the
sale of the crop to the government at
so cents per pound, it is proving prof
liable enough to induce others to
change from other crops to the new
product.
One advantage which growers here
are said to have over those in other
sections is that, with no rainfall du-
ring the period of maturity an for
some time afterwards, there is nc need
for picking Immediately after the crop
is ripe. The consequence is that there
is no demand for large numbe Of
pickers for a short period and the crop
can be taken during an extendc pc
riod with the usual labor availab =.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-14
AT The Theatre
At the Topic Aird6me Tonight.


You never saw such a bike before!
Not even the old kigh-wheeler affairs
of boygone days were as remarkable
as the weird thing that Marie DresslerI
rides upon when she goes away from
the Job from which she's been fired.
It's some queer contraption, and Miss
Dressler does some very remarkable
stunts with it-stunts that make the
most hardened old crouch sit up with
ter-shaking laughter. "Flred' is
the title of the two-reel comedy in
which this strange steed appears.
"Fired" is one of the funniest things
that Miss Dressler ever did and that's
going some when ner famous comedies,
"Tilie's Nightmare" and "Tillie Wakes
Up," are remembered "Fired' is the
first of a series Oe tWo-reel comedies
which Miss Dresslar has made for re-
lease by World Pictures, and 1t has
been secured by the Topic theatre for
showing tonight. You're due for a
good time-a corking good time-when
you see this picture. You're due fo1
the sort of laughter that cheers and
inVigorateS.