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The Washington times., 1919-05-18

Well, the denoument was that after a
few weeks Of close cooperation on allied
military effort the young couple were mar
ried.
The ceremony was performed in Trinity
Episcopal Church, Washington, the Rev.
G. w. van Fossen, the rector, officiating
After the ceremony the happy couple spent
at the Hotel Shoreham and then returned
to their respective war duties. Strange
to say, the last play in which the bride
had appeared was called Saturday to
Monday"
Then the lieutenant was ordered back to
France, just as the supreme German effort
t. break through the Allied lines was be
ginning. He had already spent two years
Of dreadful warfare in the trenches and
now he was to return to it.
The young lieutenant took his American
bride with him to his home in Oman, Brit
tany, to meet his family. He had spoken
very little to her about his family, be-
cause both of them were so much absorbed
before them.
To her amazement she found herself
greeted as the Countess de Buat" Her
husband belonged to ore of the most an
cient noble families of Brittany, the chief
o; which is the Count de Buat," while the
younger members bear the family name
"de Benetan de Buat"
Some explanations followed. Lieutenant
Benetan's older brother, the Count de Buat,
had been killed in the war and this sad
event had brought him the title and the
possession of the historic family seat, the
Chateau de Kerdellau, in Brittany.
The names de Benetan," ode Buat" an6
''de Kerdellau" are almost equally famous
ir the history of that most romantic cor
rer of France-Brittany de Buat was
Captain of the Guard at the court of the
Duchess Anne of Brittany in 1890, whose
marriage to the King of France extin-
guished the practical independence of the
duchy.
During the great French Revolution the
de Buats played a prominent part Brit
tany was then largely royalist in senti-
ment and the nobility and peasantry of
this province and neighboring Vendee
maintained a war against the revolution
Its that for ferocity has hardly ever been
equalled in the annals of civil strife
Finally the royalist leaders were all ex-
terminated or driven out. The Count de
Ruat was one Of the last to remain and
escaped in a rowboat to the British island
of Jersey. The adventures of the count
have been referred to by the great novel
list. Balzac, and more recently by the
French historian, George Lenotre Most
OF the original family documents referred
t. by Lenotre are now in the possession
Of the new American Countess and will be
carried by her to America Among them
is a letter written by Queen Marie Antoin-
cite a few hours before her death, telling
her friend her feelings just on the eve of
her execution.
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One of the most interesting documents
which the Countess is taking with her is
the original draft of the royalist conspir-
acy in Brittany, which was signed in the
Chateau de Toutenais, then occupied by
the Countess de Buat. Later an anti
rOyalist mob set fire to the chateau. The
old Countess ran out, holding before her
to protect her against the bowling blood
thirsty mob a picture frame on which was
a large crucifix. Religious sentiment was
still strong, the mob respected the crucifx
and the Countess owed her escape to this
fact
When in safety she examined the frame
and found the original convention relating
&c the rOyalist conspiracy hidden in the
back. The Cruciix and the document are
III the possession of the new Countess.
Much of the valuable collection of por-
traits, miniatures, documents and silver
belonging to the noble de Buat family will
be kept by the Countess in her New York
residence. But she will enjoy happiness
far beyond anything that the possession
Of these treasures can bring-the knowl-
edge that her gallant, titled husband is
now safe from the horrors Of war.
Considerably more than normal allow
ance Of romance has been crowded into the
life of this dashing, fair-haired Western
girl. Back in 1913, before anybody
dreamed that the great conflict was close
at hand, she was enjoying the pleasures
OF travel in the most interesting parts OF
Europe
At Biarritz the famous Winter resort in
the south of France, near the Spanish
frontier, she met the gallant King Alfonso
or Spain, who is very dem OCratic when on
his holiday excursions and particularly
fond of Americans. The King introduced
her to young friend Of his, Portuguese
nobleman, the Prince Jose Braganza de
Avellar. The Prince was said TO belong
u a junior branch of the former reigning
family of Portugal, the Braganzas. Among
his many accomplishments he was the best
amateur bull fighter in Portugal.
An amusing but exciting episode inVolV
Ing the King and the American girl hap
pened at this time. One day it was re-
ported that the King had disappeared from
his hotel. The Queen, who was looking
after the babies, did not know where he
was. His Majestys numerous suite and
attendants had no idea what had become
OF him. The French detectives and secret
service men assigned to watch over his
safety were the most ignorant OF all con-
corning his whereabouts.
Copyright, 1919. by Star Company
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M the trusting American girl who
" marries a dashing foreign noble
man and finds to her sorrow that he is no
nobleman, but just plain fraud.
Now here is refreshing story of exact
L. the opposite kind.
This is a story of an American girl who
married plain, modest French soldier and
then found out for herself that he was
nobleman of ancient lineage and great pos
sessions.
The American girl who went through
this delightful and very unusual romance
is Miss Ruth Maycliffe, who is we'll known
as a charming coincidence. She was the
god-child of the late Clyde Fitch, the noted
playwright and now possesses the re-
markable house at No. 113 East Fortieth
street, New York, the building which was
the dream of the authors life and on
which he expended much of his large
earnings.
At the outset it should be remarked that
Miss Maycliffe was hardly the kind of
American girl who would have been taken
in by a bogus nobleman, for she had pre-
viously been married to a Portuguese
Prince-namely the Prince Jose Braganza
de AvelIar-and was therefore thoroughly
familiar with the genuine article. but that is
another story and will be referred to later.
The truth is that in her latest marriage
she had no thoughts of nobility in her
head and married her husband simply be-
cause he was a good, earnest soldier, and
it was just a gratuitous, supeffuous TO-
mantle surprise to find that he was a
nobleman with coat of arms and quarter
ings and castles and dungeons and every
thing that should go with that particular
variety of humanity.
II was in the exciting months when
America had just entered the war that
Miss Maycliffe met a young French officer
CT the engineering branch of the French
army He had been sent over to instruct
American soldiers in certain recently de-
veloped features of trench warfare and
was stationed al Camp Dix, y. ].
Miss Maycliffe threw herself with all her
energy and enthusiasm as did most Of our
actresses into work for our soldiers and,
Of course, making life happier for our
Allies soldiers, was part Of her task. It
was in this way that she ran across very
young, good looking and light hearted
French officer who gave his name as Lieu
tenant George Benetan.
MY dearest wish, she is to spik re Een-
glish more pairfect." observed the lieuten-
ant My life she is ver-r-r lonely when re
daily military affair are conclude"
Perhaps / can assist you, monsieur"
said Miss Maycliffe, or. rather, the Prin-
cess Braganza de Avelar, as she really
was in social life.
And here it may be noted that Ruth
Maycliffe is a very attractive specimen of
blond beauty, whose charm is much more
deeply felt by those who meet her person
ally than by those who see her on the
stage or in pictures. That was what Lieu
tenant Benetan discovered.
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The French authorities were always con-
siderably worried about the Kings safety
in France, as so many attempts on his life
had been made by anarchists at home 1t
was now feared that something dreadful
had happened. Had His Majesty been kid
mapped? All attempts to trace him proved
fruitless. Towards the close of the after
noon, however, King Alfonso sauntered
back with very small party, including
the Prince Braganza and Miss Maycliffe.
The King had for once eluded the vigilance
OF his keepers and taken his friends out
for an excursion in the mountains.
The Prince promptly fell in love with the
American girl and induced her to become
his bride. They were both we'll endowed
with this worlds goods and they planned
life OF many pleasures. The Prince pos
sessed beautiful estate at Mont Essorial,
near Lisbon, where he kept a stable of
fifty horses and many servants. He had
another splendid estate at Cintra, a Portu-
guese town famous for its beautiful sur
roundings.
1t was their intention to divide their
time between Portugal and America The
L x.
Indeed, she is quite celebrated for her
skill with horses and her performances as
a cowgirl. A few years ago. when she was
almost a child, President Roosevelt heard
that she could tie a steer in three minutes
and sent word to her that he would like
to see her do it. She convinced him of
her ability to do the trick
For the benefit Of those who have not
spent much time on ranches it should be
explained that tying a steer in this case
included rOping and throwing the animal
as we'll as tying him. This was the feat
which she accomplished in three minutes
AS ninety-nine men out of hundred could
not do it at ALL no matter how much time
they had, it was a womanly performance
that fully justified President Roosevelt's
interest and perhaps had something to do
with his hearty support of woman's suf-
frage.
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
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Ancient Lineage.
There were repeated attempts to restore
King Manuel, and, Of course, there were
reports that the older Brsganza line might
be restored. One report stated that GER
tain fervent royalists would do their best
for the Braganzas il the former Anita
Stewart would devote all her fortune to
the cause She declined to do this and
most of the royalist patriots turned to
King Manuel.
1t was confidently stated in dispatches
at one time that the Manuelist revolution
had succeeded and that the republic was
doomed. The Prince Jose Braganza de
Avellar, the American girls husband,
naturally sympathized with the royalist
cause, whether the object was to restore
his distant kinsmen, the royal Braganzas,
or his still more distant relative, ex-King
Manuel
The young Prince headed a band OF
royalists and fought with great spirit
against the republicans But the skill and
daring which had served him so well in
bull-fghting and many sports were no pro-
lection against bullets, and the romantic
Prince was shot in a revolutionary battle.
The American Princess was heart
broken. She thought that she would never
feel any interest in the world again. But
after that she witnessed the immense
losses that others suffered and she felt
that it was not right to be too much alb
soTbed in her own. So she decided that
she would have to live out her own life in.
a normal way.
Ruth Maycliffe's career has had a gen.
erous share of comedy as well as romance
and tragedy. Some years ago she was
playing in a scintillating farce at Days
Theatre entitled Girls by the late Clyde
Fitch. One of the most interesting scenes
displayed a-ahem!-a real bed That
was some years ago, before such articles
we're as common on the stage as they have
been during the present season Treated
in poor Clyde Fitch's delicate, refined way
the bed furnished a very entertaining epi
sode to which few had any serious obje-
ton.
In this useful article Of domestic furni
ture reposed Miss Ruth Maycliffe, appaT
emily sleeping the sleep Of the innocent
Then came a. slight movement Of the sleep
e. and two or three little pink toes Just
peeped out at the bottom Of the bedclothes.
And on one Of those pink toes was a
large, beautiful diamond. which sparkled
gayly in the glare of the footlights for
several precious moments and then disap-
peared.
Somebody suggested that a new fashion
of displaying an engagement ring had been
flashed on an eager world. But Miss May
cliffe denied that this was so. In fact, the
toe ring made only one public appearance.
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Illinois War Veterans,
By Boycott, Force Dry
Ministers to Apologize

that they did not expect the letter
would be made public.
Pass Up Memorial Day.
Memorial Day came and not one of
the soldiers who have returned took
part in the parade, under the leader
ship of ministers. nor IN the exercises
after ii. Nor did any man who had
served in the navy. The parents of
only four soldiers and sailors appeared
at the Memorial Day exercises and
they were there because they are
officers of the Grand Army or the
Women's Relief Committee.
Soldiers are coming home to Morris
every day; all have seen active service.
some were wounded. No time is lost
in telling them of the ministers &C
ton in regard to Sergeant Flood, and
If they pray at all, it is not in these
churches.
So the affair stands at the moment
but it is feared the soldiers and sail
ors will give vent to the feelings at
festival which the upIifters plan TO
have next month in honor OF Grundy
county men who have been In their
country's service. Or'they nay foi-
low the example set and stay away
from the festival which in that case
would be far from festive.
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DeMiLLe's Master Picture of
Domestic Life Is Film Delight

Don't Change Your Husband,
which was shown at the New TruX.
ton Theater last night, is one more
product Of the art Of Cecil 3. De
Mile. It has to do with an odd
problem-that of a fastidious wife,
perhaps too much 50. who detests
cigar 1shes and loathes onions, and
her husband smokes necessarily
and Just loves" onions.
Into the life Of the unhappy wife
comes Schuyler Van SUtphen, just
the kind OF a man she had been look
ing for. Schuyler thinks Sylvia. the
wife. quite desirable, and starts in
to win her from her husband, who Is
unconscious of the seriousness Of
the situation. He is surprised enc
day when his wife announces that
she intends TO divorce him. He lets
her go and she marrIes Sutphen.
Sylvia's life With Sutphen is far
from happy. She finds that her pol
Ished husbands tidincss is only skin
deep. Matters come 10 climax
when Sylvia discovers that her hUs-
band, while denying her clothes, is
buying them for other women.
In the meanwhile. Jim. Sylvia
disvOTced husband. lets his business
drop and decides TO become a model
society man. He becomes aware Of
the relations between Sylvia AND
Sutphen. and he lends the woman.
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Ministers Stay Away From Dinner.

Then the soldiers and a citizens
committee started a war stamp drive.
To boom il, the Commercial Club of
this town proposed to give a public
dinner, and Sergeant Flood was in
vited to be one Of the speakers. The
clergymen advised the members OF
their congregations not to go to the
dinner. and it seems it is this advice
that the Revs. Snider, Richardson,
Fenwick. and AaTensted most regret
Besides, the ministers sent a letter
to the chairman OF the dinner COM
mittee declaring they would not at
tend if Sergeant Flood spoke. The
Rev. Mr.. PenniwelHs name led the
signatures to this letter.
At the dinner Flood made a highly
patriotic speech and said, incid entally.
that dry as Morris had been he and
his comrades were disguised at the
activities OF the Prohibition leaders in
putting over the constitutional amend
ment" while they were fighting in
France. The five ministers were not
among those at. the feast when many
pledges to buy war stamps were re-
ceiVed.
. 1t is said that. the Rev Mr.. Penni-
well persuaded the four other pastors
TO sign the letter to the chairman OF
the committee. The four say simply
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Saving is not a dull duty. 1t l. a
ticket TO the land OF prosperity. Buy
W. s. S.
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COUNTY TO ERECT
CROSS FOR HEROES

A memorial cross for soldiers, sail
from Prince Georges county, Mary
land, and sacrificed their lives for the
United States, Is to be erected at
Bladensburg. The cross will have
engraved on its base the honor roll
OF the county's heroic dead This
honor roll will also be sealed in
metal box, to be placed at the bottom
Of the memorial. The cross will be
erected at the intersection OF the
Washington and Baltimore boulevard
and the new National Defense High
way, now being constructed on the
way to Annapolis. This triangle
park, which is an admirable site for
the token to the county's heroes, was
donated by the city council of Bla-
densburg. .
A campaign for funds with which
to erect the cross is now being con-
Quoted throughout the county. Many
large contributions have been re-
ceived. William Woodward. presi-
dent OF the Hanover National Bank,
sent to the Good Roads League, of
the county, which is undertaking the
establishment of the memorial, a
check for $500.
The cross will stand about 40 feet
high, 65 feet wide, and the crosspiece
will be Is feet long. The cornerstone
will be laid with impressive ceremo-
MES. The committee which will place
the roll of honor in the metal box
consists Of daughters of the represen-
tative families Of the county. They
are Miss Louise Littlepage. Miss
Alice Thornby, Miss Elsie Casey, Miss
The Washington times., 1919-06-09
MRS. MARY CABLE
IS KILLED BY AUTO

Mrs Mary F. Cadle, hfty-two years
old, of 1905 Minnesota avenue south
east, was knocked down and almost
instantly killed yesterday by an auto
mobile operated by Alexander. David
son, of 100 Baltimore street, Takoma
Park
Mrs Cadle was on her way home
from St Teresa's Church. and was
walking near Good Hope road and
Thirteenth street when she was
knocked down Davidson told the
police that she crossed in front of
the machine and then suddenly turn
ed back.
An ambulance from Casualty Hospi-
tai was summoned, and she was pro-
nounced dead upon its arrival. Cor
oner hewitt will hold an inquest over
the body at the District Morgue this
afternoon.
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BARGAIN SALE Of
SHIPS IS OPPOSED

Opposition to the proposed bargain
sale" Of ships by the Shipping Board
was voiced here today by the farmers
national committee on transportation
The farmers know that if private
interests get uncontrolled ownership
of our ships, they can build a Chinese
wall around America which will eff
fectually keep in our products, and
that the farmer will again be at the
mercy of the shipping ring" Benja-
min c. Marsh, secretary of the far
mers' committee. stated. He urged
that the Government operate the mer-
chant marine.
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Undertaken Arrested
For Putting Up COrpses
In PastebOard COffinS

HARRISBURG. June 9-Charles
H, Mauk, an undertaken, who has
been doing much OF the county
work here. has been arrested
charged with burying bodies in
pasteboard boxes and in packing
boxes when he had been paid for
caskets. It is also alleged he
charged for embalming and did
not perform that service.
The authorities say they have
one instance of where he put in
an item for a minister's service
when none was rendered, but in
this instance he afterward refund
ed the money.
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MORRIS. Ill, June 9.-Soldiers re-
turned from overseas have taught =
bitter lesson to five ministers who
carried their interference with per-
sonaI liberty too far to suit the
doughboys. BY the use of an entirely
new weapon-a boycott of churches
they have compelled four of these
clergymen to apologize and the fifth
is still feeling its effects.
All the clergymen are leaders in
the Anti Saloon League and the pro-
hibition movement, and in general
what the soldiers call the uplift."
Chief actors in the episode on the
"uplift" side were the Rev. Elmer
Penniwen. Methodist Episcopal; the
Rev. W. E. Snider, Presbyterian; the
Rev. ]. G. Richardson, Baptist: the
Rev. G. c. Fenwick, Free Methodist,
and the Rev. T. Aarensted, Lutheran.
Mr.. Penniwell is the one who is still
sticking out against the soldiers.
Sergeant Leads Directors.
The leader of the other side has
been sergt. Frank Flood. lately Of the
Bucks" the -149th Artillery. which
ion. He was the first man in Grundy
county to enlist, giving up a good law
practice.
While Flood was overseas he wrote
many letters, and in them he express
ed his opinion freely of those who
were taking advantage of the abb
sence of the soldiers to commit the
nation TO prohibition and other fads.
Flood is known as a teetotalleT, but
he objected to interference with per-
sonal liberty by the prohibition auto
Gratis.
In one of his letters published in
the Morris Herald, the lawyer-soldier
was far from complimentary to the
reform "stay-at-homes.' He said
brusquely that 'ff the reformers and
uplifters got in the army at all they
would be dragged into it by the
law
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NAME OF GEN. CRAIG THIRD
ON GERMAN DEATH LIST

COBLENz, June 9.-Investigation
by the military authorities today
failed to reveal the identity OF the
person who fired three shots last
Thursday night at the house in
Coblenz occupied by Brig. Gen. Malin
Craig, chief Of staff OF the Third
army.
Craig is the third on the German Sc
cret list of marked Americans
The Washington times., 1919-06-09

fs$= A sightseeing bus full
w. * II motion picture actors
who were working on a
N M picture in Seattle, recent
" ~ ". turned over. Two were
killed and Eve were in
iured
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Dorothea Clark. Miss Alice Rackey.
Miss Mildred Gray, Miss Alice Greger-
witch and Miss Gladys Cook. .
The general committee back Of the
movement is made up OF eight moth
ers whose sons lie buried in foreign
soil
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EARLY BIRDS GET s.Ioo.

CHICAGO, June 9.-'Tis is the early
bird that catches the worm. Rob-
bers who visited the offices of the
motor bus company here at > a. N. got
S2,1oo.
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He also rebuked the clergymen and
reformers for stating that the Ameri-
can soldiers in France were not lead
ing clean, moral lives and were
tipplers.
ct enlisted without the aid Of re-
formers" he added. 81 fought with
out their aid. / can die without
their aid, and il am lucky enough to
get through I can live without their
aid"
When Sergeant Flood and some OF
his fellows returned the people Of
Morris gave them most enthusiastic
welcome. but the ministers refused
to take apv ~~-+ - IL The soldiers
cir kin, and their admirers retorted
by remaining away from the
churches.
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AT the NeIO TrurtOn

who left him, nand. Sylvia finally
goes back to reliable old jim.
MetiCulously careful handling OF
details and a spectacular array Of
settings lend a fitting background
70 an all-Star cast, including Elliott
Dexter. Gloria Swanson, Theodore
Roberts, Sylvia Ashton, Guy Oliver.
Lew Cody, Raymond Hatton and
Julia Fay.
The idea Of the play is 50 well
presented, and in such uninterrupted
sequence, that the picture is indubi-
tably a triumph of cinema art. FL
lott Dexter portrays the character
Of Jim in a sincere, lOvable way.
while Lew Cody leaves the audience
gasping at his suave audacity. Miss
swanson is stately and wellpOISed
as Sylvia.
The most remarkable thing about
the play, however, is Mr.. De Miles
marvellous handling and shading Of
the piece. In the hands of another
director, the picture might have
"fllvVered." Mr.. D Mile has raised
this photoplay to the heights Of
masterpiece.
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