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Astonishing Confessions of
a Bogus Nobleman

II vas st this time, whsa I was
twelve an6 youne Pr1aoe Albert
(ths present Prtnco victos'e fathee)
condeecon1ed to abuse and traln
me, that began 70 practice q pre-
tending 70 b q noble myself. After
IN honr spent With young PriAcs
Albert I liked 10 stride away b.
myself and parade up and down
with wooden sword and loud curses
10 imitation Of my little patron and
his elders.
A. grew older and myself finally
entered the service 1t the palace %
stable boy for the Dmperor's mas
ter Of horse I still sew Prince A.
bert, but. Of course. my former
playmate was now Q young man Of
naors dignity, and no longer asso-
dated with me on the same terms
he had - . child.
But whsn I Joined the army, %
all young men in Austria must. ny
father remembered the old init.
macy between ~. and with permits
sion Of the court chamberlain he
approached Prince Albert, who
then was . lieutenant In that arts
tocratic horse regiment, the Twelfth
Hussars, with 4 request for his in
huence In getting me 4 position in
this regiment. Prince Albert was
kind enough to remember bis for.
mer playmate, and had me assigned
TO tho Twelfth HussarS ~ q pri-
vate. After q years service, dur
Ing which Prince Albert's interest
gained my promotion to be q cor
p0rai, was called into the colonel's
quarters one day and made orderly
to the colonel.
The colonel at this time was the
distinguished Prince Windisch.
Graets, one OF the most dashing sol.
diers OF the day. The Prince was
then conducting a very exciting
love affair with q famous dancing
girl in Vienna. Mile. Taglioni. who
WAS said to be the most beautiful
woman In Europe. At the same
time he was an intimate attendant
upon Princess Lilli Kinsky, a very
beautiful young woman, whose hus.
band was one Of the greatest Hun
garian mobiles, as well as one of the
wealthiest. or course, the colonel
was married-and to a most charm
ing and devoted woman, who trust
ed him implicitly.
II soon became my duty to carry
letters and presents between the
colonel and his two lady loves,
Taglioni and LII. and many were
the precarious situations I found
myself in in my efforts to keep one
from knowing Of the other, and at
the same time to explain to the
colonel's wife his many and pecu-
liar absences.
/ shall tell next week of my
duties and adventures as love mes
senger of Prince Windisch-Graetz
and how I was trained In resource
fulness in managing these intrigues
"a training that was of the great.
est value to me in my subsequent
career. A.
with the members of the house Of
Thurn and Taxis the reader will
not be surprised that the Princess
who exposed my fraudulent mas
querade at that Delmonico dinner
knew what she was talking about
and was not at all worried by my
suit for damages. o.,
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traction or at least remain here and
meet the issue in court"
gave a little hysterical laugh
Of Joy, and, seizing the hands OF
Mr.. Hart, wrung them with hys-
terical emotion, while few forced
tears trickled down my face.
This bit of acting certainly I'm
pressed the worthy lawyer. No
guilty scoundrelswould bstrsy such
heartfelt emotion. More convinced
than ever. OK the Righteousness Aof
my cause, the good hwyey Get 81
work TO prepare papQrs OF attach.
< meht.s With pretended grAtitnde !
len the lawyers office and Ind ny
valet cali up the secrst&rt GU
4 Princess.s ~ 'r
! ,rAs & friend Of the Pria Ssss and
as ,one well informed o. ths tnla.
NOUS career Of that man 0rt4oty."
gheSsaid, 81 wish I to- inform The,
I Princess that Gregory has lsarrsd
)sof her, intention to 90 to- HuIuDs.;
Ind his lawyer Ia preparing paeers
OF attachment to fle 10 that Ct tHe
last moment the bageaGe md 3ew-
I els and personal property OF the
Princess win be seized and make
tsftsimpossiblex for her to san upon
Sthe date .eiei has her stsansnip
! reservatidASr !.
Il This tip to the Princess produces
the results.I had expected Before
the day, was over the Yrincees,
lawyers called on Mr.. Hart ans
said they understood that be VA.
preparing a writ OF att1oAMant
against the property Of the Prtacess
of Thurn and Taxis. II TINS Wa
so they desired to give q bond 10
sufficient amount to meet this wit
and therefore avoid the embarrass-
ment of suddenly tying up the Prin.
cess property at the hour OF the
steamships sailing.
Lawyer Hart at once telephoned
me that in some Hnaccountable way
our secret had leaked out. / flew
into a pretended rage and won
dered how 1t could be possible that
had been betrayed. Lawyer
Hart soothed me and said that
under the circumstances he had no
alternative but to accept a bond
from the Princess and thus release
her belongings so that she might
Gail in peace as she had planned.
Here again l saw to it that the
newspapers were duly informed OF
the intended action of Count Greg
DRY to press his suit for damages
against the Princess and how his
adroit move to seize her property
and prevent her running away to
Europe had been foiled by the news
leaking out to the attorneys OF the
Princess.
This pretended eagerness of mine
to have the issue settled as soon as
possible and my supposed vigorous
pursuit of the Princess finally set
tied such doubt as still lowered
about the ancient lineage of
Count" Gregory
The Princess sailed as she had
intended, and although she has
been eager to push this suit Of
mine to a conclusion, have man.
aged in one way or another to keep
it from ever coming to trial.
When I tell you of my intimate
association with the ancient house
Of Thurn and Taxis In Austria the
reader will not be surprised that
the Princess know we'll what she
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-11-27

was saying when she stripped the
mask from ne and had no fears Of
meeting my suit In court.
Prince Victor. the husband Of the
Princess, was . y6ungsr son OF
Prince Albert Marie Joseph Of
Thurn and Taxis. The father Of
Prince Victor wss about my own
age. and I was well known to him
because was his servant and
lackey.
The father Of the Princess hus.
band had married the Archduchess
Of Austria, Margusrits, and BE-.
came the head Of the great and
ancient house Of Thurn and Taxis.
It was In the palace Of the Thurn
and nAxaa family thst I had my
trst rstattcns with the nobility OF
Austftp.
III rs the custom In those days
10 have the servants OF the royal
palace SOf tka Emperor trained In
the howseAOlds Of members OF the
high nuhtIitys Thus II was that
my fatiier Ms taken into the fam
lily oS IL ose Prince Macmillan.
gran3{AAkUR Of the present Prince
Victor ~ hihSr had applied to
Ne kCast 6hs9n6srlain for q posi-
ten Ct the imperial castle. He was
taken into the Thurn and Taxis
hoasshoM f0r trimming. And when
81 WIS bon my father had been
Ipronots1 from the stables on the
Thurn and Taxis estate to the
house ~ q sort OF under butler.
In the same year that ! was born
Prince vloto's father, Prince Al
bert. was born. We grew up to.
gether-yosang Prince Albert -
master and I ~ servant.
was twelve years old when old
Prince Max transferred my father
to the servants star AT the Empe-
ror's Summer palace. and we moved
from the Thurn and Taxis lodge to
the servants quarters at the impe-
rial palace OF Emperor Francis Jo-
seph. My father had accomplished
the great dream Of his life-he was
a servant in the royal household!
Little Prince Albert remained on
friendly terms with me. He still
liked to play at his princely estate
and order me about. 1t was his
great delight to ride. up to me on
one of his hunting ponies and while
his groom stood by smiling, order
me to flick a bit of imaginary dust
from his shoes. Making great
fuss about my pretended clumsi-
hess, the young Prince would then
take this as an excuse for soundly
thrashing me with his riding whip.
Though he was but twelve years
old. Prince Albert was a preco-
cious youngster. He was espe-
cially interested in the men with
whom his beautiful young mother
was clandestinely in love. He
knew them all. He knew which
his mother most favored, whom
his father most suspected and
which of the least favored ones
were about to be discarded. This
precocious youngster also knew his
fathers latest inamorata--and II
she were an actress he could name
the theatre where his father was
to meet her. II she
was a court beauty he knew in
which garden their rendezvous
were held. He discussed these
choice family affairs with words
and with a knowledge which were
quite beyond his years. But they
were very enlightening to my young
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-11-27
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more jagged edge than before.
Yet the cuticle must be cared
for or it will adhere to the nail.
and then. as the nail grows up.
it will split and form hangnails.
A simple. easy and perfectly
safe way is provided by the
Cutex Cuticle Remover. which
softens the cuticle. gently de-
taches it from the nail. and
takes off the dead. dry. uneven
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dirt.
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to the cuticle

MO matter bow careful you
are. yes sinp(y cannot cut
the esticls without shipping
through In places 70 the sensi-
tive living skia. Examine the
nail I'm under de nasnifyins
slassl You win roe that it is
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dat has besa hacked with a dull
knife. Add In . few days the
asw tissss over he wounds will
grew sp n ittIs coarse. hard
ndees hat win make an uglier.
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Brownatone Ends
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Continued from Pages 10 ard ~
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-09-08
MEMS FALL SUITS
AT PRICES YOU WILL BE GLAD TO PAY


hee
OF in soft
call of
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-09-08
Dorset Field club Notes

The season Of 1921 has been very
good one. The club has been well pat
ronized and It's management has been
complimented many times for the
splendid condition Of the golf coursro;
the pleasant and cordial spirit toward
old and new friends and the ever pres
en- ii-e to provide our summer vis-
Tor, 9Th interesting amuscments.
Tie s,i.c son, hich closed with
the dsnce Labor Day, has seen many
golf events, the results Of which have
appeared in these columns weekly.
During last week the Barrows House
and Merchants Cups were played for.
the results following. The first six
teen qualifying for the Barows House
Cup were Mcssrs. Sault, Smith, A.
Sheldon, Pollard. Brumley, Seymour,
Barrows, Child, de Schweinitz, Aborn,
Wurtenberg, Strachan, Bjorson,
Brown, Mrs. Knapp and Mrs Wurten-
berg. The match play rounds resulted
as follows; First round, Smith beat
Sault Pollard beat A. Sheldon, Brum-
Icy beat Mrs. Knapp, Barrows beat
Seymour, de Schweinitz beat Child,
Wurtenberg beat Aborn, Strachan
beat Bjornson, Brown beat Mrs. Wurt
enberg; second round, Smith beat Pol
lard, Brumley beat Barrows, Wurten-
berg beat de Schweinitz, Straehan
beat Brown; third round, Bnumley
hel. Smith, Strachan beat Wurten-
berg. Final, Strachan beat Brumley.
The following qualified for the Mer-
chants Cups Messrs. II. Sheldon,
James, Hill Campbell, Schroeder, Mrs.
Strachan, Mrs. Atkinson and Miss
Pace The match play rounds result
cd as follows H. Sheldon beat Miss
Page, Mrs. Atkinson beat Mrs.
Stlaehan, James beat Hill, Schroeder
beat Campbell. Second round. Mrs.
Atkinson beat H. Sheldon, SHREDDER
beat James Final, SHREDDER beat Mrs
Atkinson. For The cup for beaten
eight Of first sixteens, A. Sheldon beat
Sault, Seymour beat Mrs. Knapp,
Child beat Aborn, Mrs. Wurtenberg
beat Bjornson. Second round, A.
Sheldon beat Seymour, Child beat
Mrs. Wurtenberg Final, Child beat
A. Sheldon.
Twenty eight players competed in
the annual Labor Day flag handicap,
the following winning prizes. list,
Arnett; End, Pollard; 3rd Woodruff;
4th, H. Sheldon; 9TH, Mcintyre; 9th,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-09-08

guest of Mrs. r. G. Mcintyre for the
past two weeks, returned Monday to
her home in Brooklyn, N. Y.
E. II. Hudson, who has been spend
ing the past two weeks at the Holley
home on North Main street, returned
to New York Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Batehelder and
Mr.. Hill, Mrs. Batchelder's brother,
left last Saturday in the Batchelder
car for their home in Hartford, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Mcintyre gave a
very enjoyable entertainment at their
home on Friday evening, followed by
a supper at the Lantern Tea Room"
The dance in School Hall last week
Wednesday night was well attended
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-09-08
We Stopped----Only to Revive
with New VigOr


FABRICS QUALITY VALUE
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street.
Mrs. John II. Musser, Jr., has her
cousin, Miss Emily Hopkinson OF
Philadelphia, staying with her for a
few weeks.
Edward L. Brumley Of counsel for
the N. Y, N. II. e. H. r. R., who was
in town for the past month, returned
Monday to the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard G. Sykes Of
Evanston, ILL.,, were in town for a day
last week, the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
y. G. Sykes of Church street.
Miss Michter, who has been the
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-09-08

n. J.
Mrs. Alan de Schweinitz gave a
very attractive tea recently at her
home, ''The Lodges" on the West
road.
Mrs. Charles Ramsey Of the North
district, returned last week from a
three weeks visit in Great Darlington,
Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward N. Perkins
spent the week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
Huntington Bigelow Of North Main
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-09-08

week for her home in Minneapolis
MINI
Rev ard Mr. VIM Leroy Haven
and little daughter Carollr lef, last
saturday fer HavCrhal. \ "a where
they vii bc for tie remainder u the
month
Ne Dorset Ina Wa 6iled 20 over
flowing over the week end and labor
Day and during that time turned sew
cral would BE- guests away for lack o.
accommodation
Berniss n sheldon. Thomas n.
Pratt and Harry W Gather 81 Brook
Ign. y. g.. spent the week cud and
Labor Day a, the Pratt homestead on
North Main street.
Mr. and Mrs " 4 Brigham. FORM
er Dorset residents. have returned 10
their home In Tole,io Ohio. after pass
iur tho summer a. "Thc MapleWood"
IN Pitidcld, Mass
Mr and Mrs. Vim n Marley Of
Sycawny, n ", and Miss Winifrod
80 ~ f rrattleboro, were week end
and Labor lay guests at the Manley
homestead on Main street
Mrs 4. " pheloa and son Justin.
u ard John, who hay been At the
Cornell home IN the South district for
the past six weeks returned last week
to their home in Springfield, Mass.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-09-08
EVER WATCHFUL
A Little Care May Save Many Man
chester Readers Future Trouble.


chester Readers Future Trouble.
Watch the kidney secretions.
See that they have the amber hue
OF health;
The discharge not excessive or in
frequent;
Contain no "brick-dust like" sedi-
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Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
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Let a Manchester Depot citizen tell
you how they work
George r. Schlieder, Manchester
Depot, says: Last year my back
started TO trouble me a great deal. II
panied so bad that could hardly
walk at times and when stopped over
the shooting pains were awful. ! had
TO get up often at night to pass the
kidney secretions and sometimes they
burned me badly. ! heard Of Doan's
Kidney Pills and thought l would Try
box ! bought some at Pratt's
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me. Doan's have my highest praise.
Price COO. at al dealers. Don''
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Doans Kidney Pills--the same that
Mr.. Schlieder had. Foster Milburr
Co., Mfrs-, Buffalo. n. Y. 2s-z-sdv
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-09-08

and a good time was enjoyed by all.
Jut Bodman's Orchestra furnished the
music.
Miss Bessie Sheldon, who has been
spending the summer with her sister,
Mrs. A. w. Harrington, Jr., left last
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-09-08
DORSET

Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Dawson Of
Church street, left last Friday in their
car for their home in East Orange,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-09-08
Eastwood LOGS WANTED
AS FOLLOWS:

AS FOLLOWS:
FRESH CUT logs free from large knots and ingrowiny
bark with sound hearts centers.
Logs less than diameter inside
at small end and only small proportion be under II
diameter Logs to be in mutpes length That
is 3Ik IT, It., 1914 fl, IL #.
g. Crooked or decayed logs viii not be accepted
Not less than NJ f. Of logs be bought from any one
person.
Logs be delivered any Rutland r. siding from
DANNY, VT. south
No logs accepted unless definite order has first
been given for
will for all logs described and in
diameter $500 scaled by the
less than IL in and down 70 in s14O0 NJ Payment
made NJ IT, of logs have been delivered siding
Address: c. SWEZEY, Manchester Depot, VT
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-23
"WHITE MULE" IN
FIRE APPARATUS
DEVELOPS A KICK

OF course, when you come to
think of it, the logical place for
fire water would be in a fire eX-
tinguisher. But salesman for a
large breakfast food concern in
this district who prefers to be
known as Alias Honest Abe, didn't
think of it.
on a train coming out of Clovis
Abe had a lower berth. AS he
was leaving the train the porter
handed him a package out of the
upper berth with the remark,
"Heahs 70 whisky, Mistah." The
man in the upper berth had left
the train at the previous station,
SO Abe accepted the package,
which was well wrapped.
Abe was more or less chagrined
to find that the package contained
a small hand fire eXtinguisher. lie
fastened the eXtinguisher to his
car, however, and had no occasion
to use it for seven months. The
other day at Alamogordo a mem
Der of the local fire department
suggested that the chemicals
might have lost their power. A
small fire was kindled and it was
discovered that the fluid had lost
none Of its kick. 1t was white
mule.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-23

Of living was the highest ever
known, being 104.5O per cent more
than i'm 1914. Since then the cost
of living has declined and is esti-
mated by the national industrial
conference board to be now only
80 per cent more than in 1914.
"The present average annual
wage of railway employees for
working eight hours a day is l25
per cent greater than it was in
1914 for working ten hours day.
Under the national agreements
made by the government rail-
road administration with various
organizations of railway employees.
many millions of dollars are being
paid annually for what is not
done. In 1914 the railways had
I7OO, 600 employees and paid them
81 1887, 100000. In 1917 they had
about the same number OF. en-
ployes and paid them $l,74O,OOO,-
600. Today, because of the estab--
lishment of the eight-hour day ana
the advances in wages which nave
been granted, they have about
1850, 600 employees who are beng
paid $3,GO0,000,000 year. While
the increase in the average annual
wage since 1914 has been about
1926 per cent, the increase in the
total pay roll has been about 10
per cent.
Complaints Regarding Rates.
~fThere is much complaint from
mahy sources regarding present
freight and passenger rates. the
Necessity for the present rates is
created chiefly by present railway
wages. The farmer, shipper ana
consumer are all deeply interested
i'm the question of railroad costs,
because the cost is what makes
the rates which all the public
have to pay directly or indirectly
and the railway pay roll at pres,
ent constitutes 60 per cent OF al
operating expenses.
AN the present railway costs
| should be reduced, but the pay
roll is so large a part of the tota
expenses that no substantial relief
| to the railways, which are no'
earning an adequate net return
or to the public, which has to pay
| present freight and passehsel
rates, can be obtained without I
substantial reduction in wages.
Farmers and business men re
Gently have lost many hundreds o
millions of dollars because of de
clines in prices, Wages alread!
have been reduced in many indus
tries. The railroad labor board, il
granting the advance in wage
last July, based it largely upol
the high cost of living. In view
of developments since then a re
hearing of the wage case should
be held and wages fixed which arr
more in harmony with existing
conditions"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-23
install Officers.

The painters and plumbers
unions have installed officers for
the coming year.
The officers who were elected by
Local S23 of the Painters, Paper
hangers and Decorators, for the
ensuing year are: William Ball
president; j. B. Russell. vice presi-
dent; p. Gardner. recording secre-
tary; w. j. Shamphan, financial
secretary and business agent; c. d.
Thomas, treasurer; Thomas Della
hcyde, delegate to Central Labor
Union.
Local Union No. 412, Plumbers,
Gas, Steamfitters and Helpers, i'll
stalled officers at their regular
meeting as follows: l. o. Putnam,
president; P. r. Fisher. vice presi-
dent; p. McCafferty. treasurer; A,
Goodman, recording and financial
secretary.