Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-30

Hundred, OF ealIy dressed princes came
with long trans ot tine guards. bands
and banners But he Princess fooled
thcm all And away they went As fast
as they came
Ouc dav She rode down the path by
thc hcid in which sat Arrl Her golden
hair blew IN he wind about her fair
face and she turned a smiling facr on
Tho shepherd boy sitting SO seriously near
ms sheep
That night Nrrl told his father he
meant to try tor Tho hand Of the Pnnccss
~ hat fol4' shouted Roma Here
the WISE mrn and tho learned princes of
ail lands have failed and YOU mean 10
attempt the Impossible
Anil made no r2pt> !ut the next
morning he went to the palace and stated
lie would try to SOLVE the problem
You VII hc put INTO this prison.
SAID the soldier ON duty and must re
main there tll you arr able 20 get out
unmded Ii you do not accomplish
his YOU MI have to remain till We release
vou tomorrow AT noon and youI trial
will he q failure
trcI sat alone IN a small room which
seemed to hc q cell buiit If strong roWs Of
heavy stone The Wai was high aud
near the top there was only one small
window. Arrl examined II closely. here
seemed no WAY of escape The wall stood
3 solid one Of stone. tile window was
far above his head
The sunlight grew dim, then lis parting
RAYS shot straight down through tire
window and lighted corner ot the room
II am gong IL examine cVcrN hIt of
this wall sand AreI With hIS staff
he struck the stone Il sounded hard
and solid He kept on striking all over
the wall aS high n he could reach. Then
be stood on hls chair to rvach tho upper
part. Presently the wall gave 8 hollow
sound
.IIa. ia. said Arcl aloud so
part Of tins wall is hollow will sec
about that
lie placed the CHAIR on the table and
stood on It Then he dug ms staff into
the VIII 1t was only paper winch
had been painted to resemble stone. So
hc tore away 4 large section. and tins
showed that behind il was 3 barrier 81
woven reeds There were hundreds
woven together into a strong wall. lt
would be impossible Il break it through
Arcl thought a moment
There arc dozens of reeds there.
he said But [ can cut one n a time
and within two hours viii have a hale
large enough "a get through ! csnno,
break the wall as II stands, but can cut
each reed and titus destroy II gradually
80 one hy one he broke or cut the
reeds til! Al last after two hours work
he thrust hIs body through and lcaped
10 the ground outside The Princess
happened to toe passing
~ ell done. she laughed aS She looked
~ the lad hlushlag i am sure you will
make a wise a husband as YOU have d
prisoner II the Others had used their wits
~ you did they would long ago have won
ne
80 Arel was married TO the Princes,
and when BE became king he was known
1ar and WIDE Tor his wise judgment
Italy Extending Franchise 10 Women.
Italy hs~ joined the list ol European
countries which ere extending the fran
chise 10 women IS q war measure Pre-
mer Orlando has made public dcclara-
tion IN support Of the eniranchiscment Of
Italian women Commenting on tins
stand on the part Of the Italian govern
ment Alice Paul chairman Of the M
tional " oman 5 Party, declared II should
have the immediate effect OF producing
action on suffrage in the United States
Senate