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Empress Eugenie's Four American Beauties

w Seaa,,s.-all Of them married.
of the early court of En-
press Eugene when she was reconstruct
ing Paris society? Where are the un-
married four Maries of Mary, Queen Of
Scots court Mary Heaton and Mary
Seaton and Mary Carmichael and me?"
The ballad does not say, but the four
Bellies Americaines have, with one ex-
ception, left children and they have
handed on the torch. Recently there was
a sale of the art collection of the dowa-
ger Marquise de Ganay, lately deceased
A dispute arose about the genuineness of
very beautiful little Louis Quinze table
and her son, the present Marquis, an
swered that he had seen II among his
mothers things ever since his childhood
--and he was born in 1861. 1T might have
belonged to her own mother, who was the
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Mrs. Ridgway of Philadelphia who lived
with her husband many years in Paris
She had the richly decorated house where
American Ambassadors lived afterward-
and she was the first of the Empress
Eugenies Bellies Americaines.
This was in the fifties, in the first years
of the snowy world that gathered round
the new Empress The others were
Mrs. Pile of New Orleans; Elizabeth
Taylor Corbin, who was married in these
first years to the vicomte de Dampierre
and Mrs. st. John Eskel of New York,
hut wife of the Chilean Minister.
The Ridgways we're from the start
people of mark in Paris as they had
been in Philadelphia. Their daughter
Emile was married in 1858 to the Mar
quis Anne-Etienne, head of the name
and arms of the House of Ganay." The
American bride lived to see six children,
nearly twice as many grandchildren and
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was created Duke. of San Lorenzo by
Pope Leo XIII. and his son--great-grand-
son of the original Virginian-now bears
that title. Another daughter of Francis
Corbin married the Duke de Montfort.
The fourth OF these American beauties
narrowly escaped marrying a, Marquis,
according to her own story. This she
published when Empress Eugene was in
exile and she herself was left alone In
the world with a remnant of her fortune
under the title Maria Monks Daugh-
ter" The lady of the Imperial Court
first appeared as a member of the New
York family of st. John and owed her
position in Paris to the Chilean Minister
who married her. In later years she
dropped out of view. living last in top
floor chamber of the Champs Elysees
quarter with a great artistic crucifix on
the wall to recall her religion, which
had been part of her social triumph.
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livery truck which had been left for re-
pairs.
Broke down high board fence behind
the garage.
The disordered pursuit of the elephant
halted at this spot. The circus attaches
who had followed returned for rein
forcements and definite plan of cam
paign.
Two miles across the fields Tusko came
to an orchard. This appeared to infuri-
ate him. He tore away a row of trees
that made an open path twelve feet wide
straight across the orchard plot. These
were valuable trees that promised a
heavy and profitable harvest this sum-
mer. They belonged to William Jerdon,
whose house was half mile further on.
Mr.. Jerdon might not have known until
morning what had happened to his orch
ard, as he and Mrs. Jerdon slept soundly
until they we're awakened by the crash
ing in of the entire front wall of their
residence.
When they picked themselves out of
the debris they saw their barn over
turned. They also saw in the moonlight
the huge form of the bulky elephant,
calmly enjoying supper of hay-off Of
which he had lifted the barn that he
might get at it more easily.
1t is rather curious thing to relate.
but it is fact-Farmer Jerdon, gone as
wild as the elephant himself, perhaps
picked up piece of two by four" that
had broken out of one of the house sup
ports and made headlong for the intruder.
The elephant that had pushed against
and wrecked the front of the house and
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Guards at the asylum related afterward
that he had approached the asylum
grounds from the rear, but had followed
the fence, not thinking it worth while
to attack the institution.
When the Jamison boys arrived Tusko
had had his drink and was snorting up
the bank and onto the road.
The boys had not stopped quick enough
when they heard his first snort
John, the elder of the two brothers,
was the most seriously hurt. His left
shoulder was misplaced and his left arm
broken.- His brother, Alfred, fell free in
the road when the auto was pitched down
the bank into the river Tusko had just
left and suffered only sprained wrist
and some minor bruises.
Tusko did not bother about the other
automobile parties and struck out again
for Bellingham.
Two miles from the asylum, at the
home of John Reardon country barn
dance was in full swing The Reardon
barn is large one and a favorite place
for barn dances. in which swains and
lasses from miles around gather once
every month or so during the summer.
Tusko is accustomed to music, and per-
haps 1t was the fiddlers that attracted his
attention. At any rate, it was the fid-
dlers who first noticed him. Over the un-
dulating forms of the intent dancers the
musicians suddenly saw, across the floor,
the tusks, trunk and great round head of
Tusko framed in the wide open barn
doors. The trunk was swinging up and
down, in sort Of investigating fashion.
and the ears were Tapping.
The fddlers stopped fiddling.
When the dancers sought reason for
the sudden rough and tumble scramble on
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laboring of the farmers stick on his hind
quarters and, with snort, took to his
heels.
When he realized what he had done
Farmer Jerdon fell to shivering and Mrs
Jerdon tainted. She was just recovering
when neighbors, attracted by the noise
and alarmed by shouts of stragglers who
had picked up the trail and had come
upon the scene, rushed to Farmer Jer-
don's assistance.
The two Jerdon girls we're at the circus
and learned of the elephants visit to their
home when they returned under escort of
the two Jamison boys-their steady COM
pany for this season.
The Jamison boys had brought the Jer-
don girls home in their jointly owned
roadster. They considered 1t their duty
to set out in pursuit of the vandal, and
bravely did so, assuring the Jerdon girls
they would exact full vengeance upon the
elephant should they be so fortunate as
to find 1t.
They drove into the road, where they
were Joined by quite a company of auto
mobilists, rapidly assembling now, and
all rushed away along the Bellingham
road. The elephant had continued its
way across the fields-a short cut toward
the Puget Sound city.
Whether they expected to or not. the
Jamison boys and their companions met
Tusko in front Of the Northern Asylum
for the Insane, three miles further along,
where the road skirts the bank Of the
Skagit River.
Evidently the elephant had sensed
water and turned back for a drink.
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caught up with him easily, but none
among his pursurers could run, it seemed.
Not even the circus attaches.
At the end of the city's main street two
other coupe, were parked in the center
of the road-a village custom. Tusko
might have passed either in front of them
or behind them, but he elected to proceed
straight ahead
He met the touring car first and after
touching it here and there with the tip
of his trunk, in sort of reflective, specu-
lative manner, he caught it by the front
wheel and threw it to the right On the
right was the tobacco and candy store Of
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the square. Mr.. Van Dusen maintains a
soda fountain, which on dance nights
thrives exceedingly. 1t was the only
brilliantly lighted store around the
square.
Van Dusen himselfJ had run onto the
pavement when the screaming began and
was standing there when Tusko appeared
at his side. The proprietor tried to get
inside his store unassisted, but Tusko
would not permit it. He threw the drug
gist through the window, causing him to
wreck several shelves of tinctures
In falling Mr.. Van Dusen, in some fash
ion, became entangled with an electric
light cord and tore it from It's fastenings.
The store lights went out and Tusko was
no longer interested Mr.. Van Dusen was
badly cut and bruised, but was able to 60
home, where he may or may not have had
some difficulty in explaining to Mrs. Van
Dusen that he had met an elephant in
front of his store and had been thrown
through his own show windows.
Beyond this village Tusko entered what
is known locally as "The Garden Of Eden"
"a low, fertile valley. Here he settled
down for the night and caused little dam
age except to chicken coops and out
houses, which were found the next morn
ing strewn about promiscuously.
BY this time the hunt had been we'll
organized. The circus attaches had taken
the trail with two other elephants
as decoys. and telephone messages and
debris had made it easy for them to fol-
low the rambling course Of the runaway.
They came up with him about 8 o'clock
the next morning three miles outside
ley. They knew they were close even
before they saw Tusko, for they suddenly
heard the screams of women and the
shouts of men.
Turning bend in the road they saw
Tusko, few yards away, standing almost
motionless, in silent contemplation of
the upper windows of a farmhouse.
Framed in these windows were the faces
and shoulders of the screaming women
and shouting men. Tusko evidently was
just dec1d1ng Wnat 10 DO 10 tnls mouse
when his brother elephants attracted his
attention.
The keepers were prepared for a
strenuous time. But Tusko was In good
humor. He nosed up to the other ele-
plants and gave no heed when the aston
ished keepers crept close and deftly en-
twined his forelegs with chains. His ia
vorite trainer had left his sickbed to
direct the hunt, and when Tusko recog-
nized him his ears tapped in a friendly
way. He walked along with his friend
without urging, and was led meekly back
to his ring In the menagerie.
The damage was estimated at some-
thing more than $4,000.
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He merely turned it over backward. It's
motor was found, upon examination by
Its owner next day, to be susceptible to
repair. 1t was only the other parts of the
car that had to be discarded
Beyond the town the elephant decided
to turn off the road and strike for the
open fields. Why he should have come
to this decision at a point ornamented
by garage fifty feet back from the
road is not clear. 1t is possible he was.
becoming angered by the shouting behind
him and the increasing number of lam
terms waving in his wake. Also several
automobilists were now on the trail. al
though they were not stepping hard upon
the gas-possibly deferred therefrom by
the wreckage of the coupe and touring
car
At any rate. Tusko turned off where
the garage stood. Past tense is correct in
this instance. When he reached the open
field the garage did not stand where it
had stood. 1t was several feet to the
right and rather more in the shape of
splinters than garage Tusko spent, 1t
was estimated, a full two minutes at the
task of removing the building and it's
contents from his path. During these
two minutes he:
Removed filling station which stood
outside the door This he threw twenty
feet
Upset the entire building, and as it
toppled gave it an extra push which
wrecked 1t.
Overturned small automobile which
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the musicians platform, they, too,
discovered the stranger at the
threshold.
statistical young man who was
present and who took account of
the Immediately ensuing proceed
ings reported afterward that al
though there were only two win
dows in the barn, both scarcely
large enough to permit one person
at time to get through, the entire
company Of dancers succeeded in
getting out Of the two windows
simultaneously.
With the barn to himself, Tusko
entered. making room to get in by
taking with him a portion Of the
wall around the doors. He did not
remain, however, but went out as
he came and continued his journey.
The only serious damage he did
was to Mr.. Reardon's tractor, which
stood under shed nearby. Tusko
turned this over while he was busy
removing the shed from his path.
Tusko now passed over into
Whatcom county, crossing the line
fifteen miles from the circus
grounds. His first adventure here
was another country dance-this
one being held in the square, in a
village which stood in the center of
a populous community. Again
Tusko arrived at the dance sud-
denly. approaching through one Of
the village streets that led directly
to the square. He was almost within
trunk distance from the outer
dancers when he was discovered.
AS the dancers disappeared faster
than Tusko cared to follow the ele-
plant turned his attention at once
to the drug store Of Richard Van
nusen at the northeaa af eoruar ~
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Elmer Jones, which
was closed until after
circus.
The a u t o m o bile
opened the store, car
rying the glass win
dows, doors and the
remainder of the front
inside with it. Store
and automobile were
a to al 10 SIS, the
amount being $3.50,
paid by the circus
proprietors.
Tusko treated the
upe less roughly.
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generosity in kindness. Writers have
chosen to tell of picturesque ram
pages, and have, neglected or UNDER
stressed their simple beneficiences.
No Race Prejudice in Mexico
Nevertheless the immigrant to
Mexico need have no fear of raids
and pogroms. The Mexican has no
race prejudices. Side by side, in
live Indian, half-breed, Spaniard, Chi
nese, German, American. Yet among
the natives there is little conscious
ness of race superiorities or inferiori-
ties. Interbreeding and intermarriage
are both common, and no positions of
trust in business or government have
barriers against the foreigner. The
native has been enslaved and exploited
by foreigners, since the discovery of
the country-by the Spaniard, by the
French, by American commercial in
terests; and yet his welcome to the
individual foreigner is always cor
dial; his interest in new arrivals is
genuine and friendly; and in his en-
deavor to help them in whatever tasks
they may undertake he lives up to his
country's reputation for hospitality.
What better opportunity exists for
the Jewish refugee? In the war-torn
countries of Europe, where he now
exists only by grace of relief organi-
cations, the destruction has been uni
versal, and whatever commerce and
trade is carried on, is always on the
verge of being totally destroyed by
some new political alignment. The
Jew is despised and hated. His neigh
bors while sharing his miseries do not
share their friendship; although all
are equally beggars in misery, they
look upon the Jew as in some way
the cause of Gods curse and take out
their bitterness against fate in con-
tinuous, petty prosecutions and fre-
quent bloody pogroms.
In Mexico the Government, 7 am,
told on the best authority, will deed
land to colony of Jews to be paid for
also an extension of five years before
payments need begin, so that settlers
can pay from the proceeds of their
crops after they have developed their
farms. The State of Morelos, only
four hours from Mexico City, one Of
the richest valleys in Mexico, with
a year round climate like that of the
Adirondacks in August, would be glad
to receive colonists on these terms.
The head of the Agrarian commission
in that state showed me his maps for
the division of lands among the peo-
pie, and assured me that there was
plenty for all who might want to
come. Morelos is fertile valley with
towering 5000 feet above it
Continued on page 16l
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Before war came to Mexico, there
were about $4,000 Jews in that coun-
try. The large majority of them were
German and Austrian, the rest being
Roumanian, Turkish and Syrian Jews.
The former were engaged in trade and
many maintained fine shops in the
capital; the latter eked out hazard
Gus livelihood by peddling through the
provinces. Although the prevailing
church is Roman Catholic, there was
no anti-Jewish feeling. Indeed, num-
Der of Jews stood very high socially.
The "king of the MOVIES" who intro
duced the cinema into Mexico, is a
Jew of Austrian origin. During the
various revolutions which have taken
place since 1910, most of the foreign
ers residing in Mexico left that coun-
try, and it's industrial development
and commercial prosperity have suf-
fered in proportion. Today, Mexico
is anxious for the return of foreign
enterprise, and it is known that Car
rama, just before his death, was CIV
ing thoughtful attention to the idea
of inviting Jews from Russia to es-
tablish colonies. This project has also
been given study by the present ad-
ministration.
The writer of this article has recent
ly returned from two months trip
to Mexico, and he presents many in
teresting facts dealing with internal
conditions in that country, showing it's
adaptability for planned, orderly, and
judiciously financed colonization by
Jews from Eastern and Central Eu-
rOpe,-Editor's Note.
Where are the nomad Jews of Eu-
rope going to settle? Driven from
their homes by the tides of war and
race prejudice they can find no liveli-
hood in Europe; the United States has
closed it's doors to all but a few;
Palestine has given homes and a fair
prospect of prosperity to several thou
sands; but, without the expenditure
of large additional sums for the pur-
chase Of lands from the Arabs as we'll
as for irrigation projects, Palestine
cannot support many more.
These unfortunates must gravitate
to the countries where there is an
excess of land for the needs of their
population. If the movement is un-
organized, the suffering will be in
creased by luckless migrations to de-
sert lands. Guided by rumor, thou
sands will gather their few belong
ings and spend their last strength and
resources travelling to lands where
there is only space and welcome for
Death and disease ac-
them in all their Journey
ings, and each extra mile of road
will be marked with the blood and
bones Of the despairing. Grants of
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money as carelessly through the
streets of New York as l saw people
carrying it in the streets of Mexico
City, Merida and Cuernavaca. There,
the carrying of bags of silver and
gold without any guard, and quite
evidently without fear of theft, is an
everyday sight. In Mexico City I
saw one clerk carrying trayful of
pesos. It was large tray, heavily
loaded with the silver money now uni
versally used throughout Mexico
!. where paper currency is no longer
ftrusted, and he needed both hands to
hold it. Anyone of the numerous
passerby might have grabbed a
couple Of handsful of money and run
off without danger of pursuit, since
the carrier would have had to hold
on to his tray. Yet he only smiled
at the look of amazement on my face
and passed on.
Opinion Of the Mexican has been
founded largely on adventure stories
laid in the wild-semi- desert
lands adjacent to Texas and New
Mexico. AS in the tales of our own
wild west of twenty-five years ago,
the quick action demanded by fiction
readers always assured highly
spiced series of surprise attacks,
fights, villainous Vaccinations and
vengeance. The rocky wilderness and
the foreign customs of Mexico sup
piled free rein to the inventing and
building up Of local color. The tradi-
tion of the quick-tempered, untrust-
worthy Mexican was soon established.
Certainly in my trip through
Mexico, from the peninsula of Yuca-
tan, through Vera Cruz, Mexico City,
Cuernavacs, and up north to Texas,
l found race that seemed to me more
gentle than any had seen anywhere.
To my knowledge the Mayo Indian
of Yucatan has not his equal for quiet
submissiveness. Of course, as with all
untutored people, the Mexican has
little imaginative sympathy for the
pain of others. At bull fight the
crowd sways with what appears the
cruelest of tempers, shouting gleefully
when the bull cores horse with un-
usual viciousness or when the mata-
dor pierces the bulls lungs and he
bucks in the death agony with the
motion and the cadence of a one-step.
Yet the same individuals who make
up this audience, will take their SER
apes off their own shoulders on chilly
nights and throw them around their
dogs. The point is that these people,
like ourselves, are complexity of
emotional characteristics, of ugly and
beautiful, of evil and Of good; but
far less than in us has the veneer of
education covered their manifesto
tions, and their actions consequently
show more fire in hatreds and more
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land to struggling families will be
haphazard. Fortune will smile on a
few and they will prosper on fertile
farms. Others will start a hopeless
struggle on barren soil or in arid
country, continue a few years and
then pass on; an unnecessary incre-
ment to the ever-swelling lists of the
dead or missing.
Unnecessary, say, because tive
months trip through Mexico has con.
vinced me that the wanderings Of
many Jews might end there. With
the cooperation of the American
Jews, thousands of families could find
homes and the hope of almost imme-
, diate economic independence. For
the benefit of those who are tired of
contributing to relief funds I add
that American Jews can help best by
arranging plans for colonies with the
Mexican Government, and that finan-
cial assistance need be comparatively
very slight.
[ know that when the Obregon gov
ernment first published it's invitation
to colonists, the H. 1. A. S. appointed
committee to investigate. Judge
Sanders visited Mexico and in his re-
port discouraged the Jews of Europe
from emigrating to Mexico. His
statements of conditions is undeniably
true; but, in my opinion, he has ne
elected to consider the most crying
need of the Jews of Europe, namely
for farm land, and consequently his
survey failed to cover the possibilities
of establishing agricultural COM
munities. He concerned himself only
with the discomforts awaiting immi-
grants to tropical country; the
backward industrial and commercial
conditions which would leave the
casual laborer immigrant without op-
portunity for work; and the lack of
organization as a result of twelve
years of revolution.
Excellent Opportunity for
Agriculturists
These difficulties make Mexico an
unfit haven for the industrial worker
and his family. On the other hand,
the agricultural districts are in the
of Mexico, on high plateaus,
where the temperature is moderate all
the year; the land is exceedingly fer
tile, and with proper irrigation, yields
several crops year. There is al
ways plenty of water and, even with
out irrigation, one crop can be raised
during the rainy season. The Obre-
gon government has been in power /
two years; it has put down all armed
revolt, and except for small outcrop-
pings of banditry in outlying districts,
the country is quiet and apparently
as free from holdups and robberies
as any country in the world.
Certainly no one would carry
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Mexico as a Haven for Jewish REFUGEES
BY CHARLES B. LYONS

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