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responsible for military aviation have de
vised an armored airplane which they be-
lieve would be virtually immune from anti
aircraft fire from the ground. In such
an attack great numbers of airplanes would
fly over an army sending down a rain of
bombs OF this character IL, for some rea-
son, the poison gas bombs were not to be
used.
The spectacular tests conducted off the
Virginia capes last summer demonstrated
the effectiveness Of demolition bombs
dropped from airplanes. In these tests
nine one time German warships, one a
ireadnought built shortly before the world
war started, were sent to the bottom of
the sea within few minutes after the at
tacks began. Had these ships been in at
ton, with their magazines filled with pow
der, it is unquestioned that their destruc-
tion would have been completed sooner.
The relative value of the airplane and
the battleship is still being argued. 1t is
cne that will continue to be argued for
some time to come. without attempting
to go into details, II is sufficient to say
that the tests demonstrated beyond doubt
the deadly character of aircraft attack on
a fleet.
Aircraft is also being used for the
launching Of torpedoes against vessels OF
the fleets. The navy has been conducting
experiments for long time with torpedoes,
firing them much as they we're fired from
surface craft. An airplane .swoops down
Close to the water and let's go the torpedo.
II automatically continues in line In the
direction fired. The advantage is that the
airplane does not have to get near the
ship that is the target. The torpedo is
let go and the airplane is off again in the
air.
Lack of funds and the infancy of the de-
velopment, however. have prevented the
United States from building up any great
stock Of such materials. Most of the chem.
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with all sorts of characters and all condi-
tions of men. One can imagine what field
was offered to an author with a keen sense
of humor and facile pen who also
master of the different dialects and localisms
of speech. Ikku's cracking pages are well
spiced with incidents, anecdotes, dialect and
chat. The two characters, far apart in So
cial station, are as different as are Don
Quixote and Sancho Panza on Cervantes's
pages.
Here let me confess that I often suffered
tortures from laughing inwardly-or trying
to-when it was my duty, for politeness'
sake, to keep a face as solemn as that of
Daibutsu 1t is not telling tales out of school
to say that Takahashi, after having seen
numerous things and the way they do them
in America, had many a laugh at what in
his country seemed too odd for dignity.
Besides, we were living in the era of transit
tion when two civilizations clashed when
old glories and things once valued were
going to the scrap heap and when former
proprieties and edfices of culture were being
knocked to pieces.
The old world of pomp and palace seclu-
sion of sham and symbol, was passing away
for reality and the new world was being
ushered in AS one of the beginners of a
better time" / felt that among the young
men of the new generation-Ito Okul'o
OKuInd ana 1dfnaSdLa were young Hlen tHCi
and even the Emperor was only 1S-Taka-
hashi would in time not be the least For
"Seest thou a man diligent in his business,
he shall stand before kings; he shall not
stand before mean men,"
Apart from his rather unusual expert
ences Takahashi had that spirit of friend
liness that makes friends and helps one up
the ladder of fortune. I like to recall also
that in those days, when only a dozen or
in Toxic, the youthful Emperor from his
carriage would greet us with a bow The
young Empress coming to visit my sisters
school-the initial one created by the Gov
ernment for girls-treated the American
lad more friend than as an alien.
T9kahr -hi's record o. 1871 is that of 1921.
hough with ampler opporturites-a book
The New York herald., 1921-11-27
Life Sketch of Hara's Successor Presents Side
of Statesman's Character Not Revealed
in Biographies

lover. a patriot. man with genius for
friendship
The old photograph on this page was
given to me by Takahashi before he at
tanned his majority. He stands by his wild
owed grandmother, whose shaven head be-
tokens retirement from active social life.
In this picture read a parable of filial piety
and domestic loyalty The civilization of
Japan is based on the idea of the obedience
of children to parents and of the reverence
of the young for the old
In his domestic relations the new Pre-
mier, Korikiyo Takahashi, besides a happy
early childhood, has ever been fortunate.
AS his name indicates he was the kiyo, or
first born son, of Koretada Takahashi, a
Samurai, or gentleman, of the Sendai clan.
When the time came for him to take "a
helpmeet for him" Gas the sacred record has
it. but which we have altered to the more
practical "helpmateD the north and the
south were welded also. His bride
Shina, who was also the first born in her
family. her father being Kinzaemon Harada,
from the far south even from Kagoshima,
in Satsuma.
1.-THE Oriental" as have found him after
fairly long lifetime and not a little ex-
perience is as different from the one seen
on the stage, In most of the movies in
yellow newspapers and as tourists picture
him as chestnut burr's externality is from
the luscious meat of the nut itself "The
Oriental" of the aliens fancy is largely a
literary legend existing chiefly for the sake
of those who wish to make copy" or game,
of him.
One Japanese proverb matches Words
worth's fine line 1.-THE child is father of the
man." it is this: "The sage keeps his child
heart till he is sixty"
Takahashi at 65 is a sage, a superior
man an exDerienCed statesman lover Of
good books and of hard work and peer
among great rulers. Yet, meeting him in
recent years also in my own country, find
no essential difference between the lad of
1914 with whom l spent many de-
li0htful hours in literary recreation and
the one who, in great measure, ho'ds in his
heart and hand the destinies' of a nation
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Greenland Journalism

A CCORDING to the captain of British
~ bark. journalism in Greenland is in
rather primitive stage. The captain
makes frequent voyages to Greenland and
Is held to be an authority on conditions in
that country. The one editor in Greenland
Is Dane of the name of Moeller, who con-
ducts the only newspaper and enjoys the
singular distinction of printing the paper
for the natives and teaching them to read It.
Mr.. Moeler is not only the editor and
proprietor; he is the reporter. printer, dis
trbuter and business manager, and every
two weeks he performs a long Journey on
skates to dispose OF his journal. Originally
n contained only few crude Illustrations
but gradually other matter was introduced,
until now it contains articles on the affairs
Of the day. This man actually taught his
subscribers to read his paper. first intro
ducing words. then sentences, and now ar
ticles on the topics of the time.
The New York herald., 1921-11-27
BY Mel. YORKE.

BY Mel. YORKE.
Special Correspondence to THE NEW York
HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, by THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
London, Nov. 10.
TIME fashionable women of England.
the members Of the aristocracy-the
peerage-are facing a crisis Poverty
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PARIS, Oct. s, 1921.

PARIS, Oct. s, 1921.
YUYHE Duke of vallombrosa was sorely
distressed and deeply perplexed.
n His marriage to the charming, ex-
ouisitely beautiful and vivacious seven
teen-year-old daughter Of Nine. Bourg de
Bozas was turning out to be mistake.
AS the head of one of the oldest noble
families of France, the Duke knew that
his wife was discrediting his noble name.
Among the old noblesse Of France the
sense of family honor is keenly felt II
Is dearer than life itself and more sacred
titan religion, more valued than wealth,
more cherished than love, more desired
than happiness. Life itself is not permit
ted to stand in the way of the vindication
of the honor Of the family.
II was the Dukes duty to the honor of
his family to divorce the gay young wife.
But the precarious health OF the Dukes
mother restrained him. He realized that
the old Duchess, who loved her son with
the tenderest solicitude, would be broken
hearted II the slightest suspicion reached
her that the young Duke and his young
wife were not devotedly happy.
II was a distressing situation for the
Duke. Night after night he saw his gay
young wife depart for the bright-light
places OF amusement, where her charms
attracted endless admirers and where her
evenings we're spent jazzing her life away.
Bu. B., take action would spread gossip
and scandal which would reach the ears
Of tho Dukes aged and infirm mother and
q ,stroy her happiness and perhaps hasten
bar end. The Duke patiently endured the
situation in affectionate regard for his
mother.
For four long years the Duke Of vallom-
brosa suffered the pain Of husband who
we'll knew what was going on in his fam
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lily, but, silently mortified, endured all this
rather than allow even a whisper of his
unhappiness to distress his mother.
Recently the aged Duchess died-and
died happy in the ignorance of her sons
misaIliance. And now the Duke was free
to act.
Nothing now stood in the way Of taking
action to vindicate and clear his family
honor of the stain that had been put upon
It by the youthful follies OF his young wife,
a girl ambitious for admiration and over
anxious for amusement.
Shortly after the funeral OF his mother
the Duke OF Vallombrosa returned to his
home on the Boulevard Suchet to find an
automobile in the courtyard In the car
sat the Dukes pretty wife with young
man with whom she was just about to drive
Off
The Duke stepped up to the machine,
opened the door abruptly. and without say
ing a word reached in his long, muscular
arm and closed his powerful fingers upon
the back Of the coat collar OF the terrified
Young man on the cushions. With the
giant-like strength that he possesses, the
Duke lifted the trembling Lothsrio from his
seat, dragged him through the door of the
limousine and hurled him across the court
ya-d like bag OF soiled linen.
without looking to see wnat had become
OF his miserable victim. the Duke entered
the automobile, took seat beside his wife,
closed the door, and quietly told the chauf-
feur to drive to the address OF the
Duchess's mother. When he arrived there
he gave his wife into the charge Of her
mother and, without emotion or excite
ment, told her coolly that the end had come.
Divorce proceedings we're Immediately in
stituted, through which the Duke Of Val
lombrosa readily secured his decree.
The gossip had IL in Paris that the num-
Der of correspondents mentioned in the
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which his father bore, being the
MARQUIS de Mores, as well as his other
title Monte Maggiore, was conferred by
the King of Aragon in 1850: The Duke Of
Savoy, King of Sardinia. conferred an ad.I
dltional title, that of Asinara, which carried
an island off the coast OF Sardinia, in 1775,'
and, later on, IN 1918 he gave the title OF
the Duke of vallombrosa to the Manca
family. SO, to fully identify the Duke Of
vallombrosa, it is necessary to add the
uames OF his other titles. which are:
Duca DELI Asipara. Marquis de Mores ct
Monte Maggiore, Count de San Giorgio,
and the Baron de Tiessi, Tissi. Ossi and
Usini.
When some four years ago, the Duke of
Vallombrosa married the beautiful sevel.
teen.year-old daughter of Madame Bourg
de Bozas, of a family which also possesses
titles of Marquis and Count and is of the
most exclusive society of the French
metropolis 1t was thought that the union
was remarkably happy choice.
The Duke OF Vallombrosa, scion OF the
great Marquis de Mores, who was an un-
usual figure in his day in the life Of Paris,
was considered the greatest matrimonial
catch in France. Many ambitious mothers
looked with envy upon the great good for.
tune of the Bozas family.
Tall, handsome, powerful in his athletic
build, serious in character, kindly in ma
ture, the Duke de Vallombrosa, while mo-
resembling his noted father "a much as his
brother, Count Paul de Vallombrosa, haG
many Of the qualities and traits Of char.
acter that made his father pdmired and
feared
His education at Yale University, In
America, where he was born at New York,
IN 1885, as Luigi Riccardo Manca, gave him
a thorough knowledge OF life End cosmo
politan conception of affairs, combined with
an intimate knowledge OF languages whicn
tCl 1921. by Star Company.
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were promptly appreciated by Morgan,
Harjes & Company, the Paris bankers.
where he is employed in a responsible DO
sition, following the lead in the profess
sion of banking that his father had made
before him and, perhaps, inheriting some
of the financial genius of his grandfather,
the New York financier, Baron de Hof-
mann. His brother, Count Paul de vallom-
brosa, is also following the banking busii
ness, being with the Bankers Trust In
Paris.
Count Paul de Vallombrosa has much
more Of the character and looks very m zen
like his father, the Marquis de Mores, being
impulsve and outspoken, courageous and
varying in m ,ods. Both brothers are great
sportsmen and indulge much in athletics.
They are considered excellent shots. - They
are-poted fencers, taking after their father,
who was the best sword of his day in
Paris, where he often proved his prowes3
on the field of honor In spectacular duels
which were the talk Of Paris.
The Duke of vallombrosa met Mile.
Marie Theresa de Bourg de Bozas four
years ago, when she was young girl OF
seventeen. full of life and vitality and with
a charm OF youth and beauty that at once
attracted him. It was case of recipro-
Gated love at first sight and marriage
was arranged shortly after. The wedding
brought together the elite of the French
city the list of names Of guests reading
like pages from the Almanach de Gotha.
The Marquise de Mores, mother Of the
Duke of vallombrosa-for the Marquis lie
Mores never succeeded to tho title OF the
Duke Of vallombrosa, as his father out
lived. him-was happy % see her son so
well married and with such brilliant pTos-
poets of a happy future before him, fci she
lived alone for her children's happiness
The Marquise de Mores was an Ameri.
can, having been the daughter of the ew
York fnancier, Baron de Hoffman,. ''or
maiden name was Mss Medorahde Maria
Hoffman, and she married the Marquis lie
Mores at Cannes in 1882. She was well
known in the society OF Europe and
America
But Il was not long before the Duke
found that II was merely bubble OF hap
piness he had blown for himself, and, that
in its iridescent icolors reflected in the
light of added knowledge, the danger
color, red, prevailed more than all the
others. A mistake had been made! the
character and tastes Of his very young
wife did not at In with his more serious
views of life. She seemed possessed with
the demon of modern pleasurel She
wanted to be amused all the time; loved to
dance and INDUCED this passion to the
fullest in all the devilmad fantasies o.
up-to-dste terpsichorean art She was
well-known figure in all the fashionable
dancing places of Paris, where, night after
night, she could be seen jaz7ing, or fox
trotting. or tangoing, surrounded by the
insipid, feminine types of young men who
popularize themselves with their feet in
such places Her great love for admiration
soon attracted many devotees about her
and II there had been three orchestras con-
stantly playing, instead Of only two, these
would not have satisfied tie iazzing desires
of the young French duchess.
When the Duke of Vallombrosa was In
great Britain Rights Reserved.
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The Famous Duke de Mores, the
Illustrious Father of the Young
Duke of Vallombrosa.

after having been trapped by the treachery
of those upon whom he had depended for
protection on his lonely voyage through
the great desert.
How many of those wild savages he
accounted for In his stand for life will
mover be known, but he must have made
them pay dearly for the life Of one white
man! To finally conquer this lion of
valor. they had to so cut his body with
their swords and fill 1t with their bullets
that his wounds could not be counted 1t
was the end of an anachronism in the
midst of the nineteenth century, He died
IN the full ardor of youth that had, per.
haps, committed many errors. but all we're
generous and often they we're heroic
or great, massive stature, the Marquis
de Mores was a powerful and formidable
opponent in no matter what field he might
be encountered. Mustached like the
musketeers of old, his strong, masculine
features looking like bronze of Michael
Aagelo with their sun-made color; his
face lit up with eyes that seemed to burn
with the fire of enthusiasm, he was
always in search of adventure, whether IL
required mental or physical effort
He was in every episode OF the history
OF his time; in all political intrigues or any
other exciting incidents that fed the news
Of the day. You could always find him in
restaurants or cafes, where conspiracies
we're being hatched. as often there to
Illustrate plots as to assist them. Often
for months all Paris would be occupied
with reading OF nothing else than "Mores
ct ses amis' (Mores and his friends)
For while the Marquis de Mores was al,
ways alone in his schemes, he was so
forceful and potent IN the methods he err.
ployed to attain what he sodfht that the
public could not believe II to be the worf
OF one man. so he seemed veritable band
in himselfl So, whether he was writing
scathing political articles. doing some sen.
sational exploit, OF went on the field Of
honor. either as witness OF principal, IL
was always "Mores ct ses amis."
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America he confdcd to friends that ne
admired the American girls very much
indeed and had at one time thought OF
casting his matrimonial lot with an
American But, as he watched the de-
velopment of the American feminine char
acter, ulder the influence Of the modern
shimmy and jazz. he found that the
American girl seemed more to pleasure
born than to life of peaceful conjugality.
So he decided to come back for mate to
his dear France, where girls are trained
from their childhood to be real wives and
where a congenial comradeship could be
found to make ones life happy. 1t Is
strange that the ont French girl he
selected 10 be his mate for life should
have developed all, and even more, OF the
Objectionable qualities which he found IN
the American feminine makeup.
The Duke Of vallombrosa was not
ignorant of wnat his wife was doing. He
knew her every move While he was not
opposed to amusement in the modern
dances himself he did not think that It
was something of which to make life.
Moderation in pleasure was unknown to
his wife. 1t had to be continual. The
Duke realized that things could not go on
as they we're.
But he concealed all this from his
mother. Not word would he have spoken
to her OF the marital cross he was bearing.
He would not permit the least thing TO
worry her. He wanted her to pass her
days in peace and tranquility. as has
already been explained. He hid his own
unhappiness and put aside the arranging
Of his family affairs and putting his house
in order to save his mother pain and sor-
row. He acted, and made his wife support
him In, the acting. "the happy home" in
his mothers house.
The Duke of vallomDrosa's divorce has
revived memories of his illustrious father,
the Marquis de Mores, which are intensely
interesting Those who remember the
father of the Duke. who died in 1896, do so
with an admiration and respect that is
we'll deserved and worthy Of this dis
tipgushed character. The memories Of the
Marquis seem to act like an inspiration
which illumines the countenanees of those
who speak OF him.
This modern knight errant, who sought
adventure the world over, seemed to have
been born too late In d world that had
grown too old. He was a type of another
age, who, to have realized his life to the
fullest should have been born, when he
could have been placed inNhis proper frame,
at the time when Alexander Dumas mus
keteers we're swashbuckling, crossing their
swords in their magnificent manner and
Drawing all for what they wanted to ac
complish.
What Imagination, seeking thrills in
romance, could think OF anything more
Erandiose and typical OF the life he had
led than the fight which this French
gentleman put up in the Sahara desert.
supported by only two Arabs and two
blacks, against a tribe OF natives7 He
faced hundreds of his adversaries for over
two hours all alons-one white man
against all those hundreds OF blacks
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Duke of yallom-
brosa's divorce was
so great that 1t
made the small
army OF Peggy
Hopkins Joyce's al
legged home-break-
ers small indeed.
But there Is no
truth in this. No
person was men,
TONED In the trial
of the divorce. The
cause given tor
wanting a separa-
tion was incom-
patibility OF char
acter and. differ.
ence of tastes.
The Duke OF Val
lombrosa's family
dates back to the
feuda house OF
Manca, OF the Is
land OF Sardinia,
and. as early as In
the year 1900. his
ancestors W ere
fourishing a n d.
re at favorites
with the then rul-
ing monarchs The
title of M o r e s,
W hic ch was that
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-09-07
COUNTY AND NEARBY.

Miss Bertha Westland of Highland
and Glenn Thomas, who has been
telegraph operator at the Chicago and
Northwestern Station at Dodgeyille
were married Tuesday last
LOO people attended the ball game
at Richland Center Sunday a week ago
when r. G. contended with Boscobel
for one of the decisive games Of the
last deys of the pennant chase. Rich
land won to 4
The Rev. G. E. Jones, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Dodgeville
preached his farewell sermon Sunday.
He has accepted g call to Rossville,
Ind, one hundred miles south of Chi
cago.
Occupants of a Ford sedan owned
by Raymond FIGHTER of Boscobel es-
capped serious injury when the car
tipped over in Madison one day last
week. The top of the car was torn
off and the sides smashed.
Rev. FIR McNulty, until recently in
charge of the church at Argyle, has
been transferred to Kendall, Monroe
county. He has been located at Argyle
for the past II years and is highly
esteemed by persons of all creeds.
Nicholas Poole, "a, aged resident of
Richland Center, obcessed with the
idea that he was . burden upon Ills
son, Marion, with whom he resided,
attempted suicide Wednesday. The old
gentleman was seen wading toward
deep water in Pine river by passer-
by who rescued him. The old man
was taken home at once but it is
feared that the exposure of his volun-
tary plunge into the water may prove
too much for him.
If the management of the Big White
Fair would do more advertising they
would draw far bigger crowds than
they do. Last Thursday the biggest
attraction on the grounds was the
autos trying to get out of the mud just
inside the gate. Then on Friday a
fist fight was pulled off that nearly
broke up the races and not so many
years ago they burned down half the
town without letting anaone know
they were going to do it.-Pick & CAD.