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between two members of the proud La
Rochefoucauld family over their use of
their own names
Count Sosthenes de La Rochefoucauld
acquired some Partisan notoriety when be
happened to be in the car of well-known
speed maniac. For a Joke the speeder
kidnapped Nilda Duplessy, the sweetheart
of Count Roger de Nissocq When the
Count recovered his sweetheart the speed
ers had had serious collision, in which
both the girl end La Rochcfoucauld were
injured.
Count Sosthenes de La Rochefoucauld
has inherited a share in the fortune made
by Monte Carlo gambling tables. which
of course, places him very high in the
social scale. His sister recently married
Prince SiXtus of Bourbon-Panna, ?
brother of the ex-Empress of Austria.
The most distinguished member Of the
La ROchefoucauld family was Francois
Duke de La Rochefoucauld, who lived from
1913 to 1880. He ranks with Francis
Bacon as one of the great leaders of Euro
pean thought in the perioa-of awakening
following the dark ages. There is in his
"Maxims" and other works a remarkable
combination of profound thought with
humOr and cynicism.
The great La Rochefoucauld would un
doubtedly have found occasion to philoso
phize over the squabble between two of
his descendants as to whether one of them
should marry a musical comedy actress
1t was he who wrote:
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to
virtue"
"True love is like ghosts which every
body talks about and few have seem"
Our virtues are most frequently but
vices disguised"
I've have all sufficient strength to en-
dure the misfortunes of others"
vice"
THE gratitude of most men is but
secret desire of receiving greater bene-
fits"
eve hardly find any persons of good
sense except those who agree with us"
''In their first passion women love their
lovers; in all others they love love-
''In the adversely of our best friends
we often find something that is not ex-
actly diSpleasing'
1--WE need greater virtues to sustain
good than evil fortune"
"A man who is ungrateful is often less
to blame than his benefactor."
''There is great ability in knowing how
to conceal ones ability"
"The pleasure of love is in loving. We
are happier in the passion we feel than in
that we inspire"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-10
Young Count Stanislas de la Roche.
foucauld, Who Loves the
Pretty Comic Opera Star
More Than Family and
Social Position.

The lawyer lwelt on the honored name
of La Rochefoucauld, ''illustrious in many
centuries of French history" and showed
how little it harmonized with that of the
young actress "of bohemian surroundings
and foreign parentage." He was seeking
to appeal to any reverence for the old
aristocracy that might linger in the court
of republican judges and officials. There
is, in fact, vast amount of sympathy
for the aristocratic father among the con-
sentative classes, but his position under
the present law was not strong.
Young Stanislas had as representative
Maitre Lemery, Senator for the Mar
Unique and one of the best-known lawyers
in Paris He put the sentimental side of
the case very strongly and said that what
France needed was young people who
loved one another and would raise chill
dren, and not people who would wait for
years to marry only for social position.
The court decided that Mile. Cocoa was
young woman of good intelligence and
character; that the mere matter of birth
could not be a ground of objection to the
marriage, and that, therefore, Edouard
de La Rochefoucauld's opposition was re-
jected.
The Count, more enraged than ever at
the idea of having musical comedy blood
mixed in his noble family, announced his
intention of appealing to a higher court.
There was not much prospect that he
would have any success, but he went to
it remorselessly. In the meantime the son
went ahead with preparations for the
wedding and arranged to have it per-
formed at the fashionable Church of st.
PHILIPPE du Roule.
In his efforts to stop the marriage the
father has even appealed for help to the
Pope and the King ofItaly.
The marriage had once been fixed for
November %, and after the legal proceed
ings the date was changed to December 1.
Then it was postponed once more by the
young Count while he tried to make his
father consent and give him suitable al
lowance.
The angry father once warned his son,
even if he obtained the legal right to
marry, his income would be entirely cut
off.
"You know that you have never shown
the least ability to make a living" said
the father. "Let me see you go to work
as a newspaper writer and support your
self and your wife"
"0h, no, Pm not going to work." said
Stanislas cheerily. "Alice can support me
very nicely, and everybody in Paris will
be joking about the musical comedy ac-
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Although very young, Stanislas de La
Rochefoucauld has tried to make a name
for himself as a writer, but it is hardly
like that his earnings would go far toward
keeping up luxurious home with a musi-
cal comedy wife. After a stay in Rome
he wrote several articles criticizing Italian
women, which naturally aroused lot of
resentment in Italy. He also wrote other
articles criticising society of the present
day as vulgar, insincere and money-wor-
shipping.
He signed these articles rs. de La
Rochefoucauld." Then his cousin, Count
Sosthenes de La Rochefoucauld. who is
one of the most fashionable men-about-
town in Paris, and also writes OCCASION
ally, became alarmed at the thought that
his cousins articles might be confused
with his own through their having the
same initials. He therefore sternly called
upon Stanislas to sign his name in full if
he really must sign his name. For a mo-
ment it was thought there might be duel
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-10

stage. For a time
the young Marquis
de la Falaise, now
better known as
"Mr. Gloria Swan
son." was quite de
voted to her.
One of the most
successful pieces in
which she played
bore the lively title
"Phi-Phi." Another
was "Dede" and an
OF h er was "Ta
Bouche" (literally
"Your Mug"). The
performance of the
last piece, by the
way, has just been
prohibited b Y the
British censor on
the ground that it
is full of those
things that sound so
funny in French, but
cannot be translated
properly into Eng
lish.
"Phi-Phi" was a
piece that mixed up
ancient Greek and
m o d ern Partisan
ideas in an amusing
way. Mile. Cocoa
wore a very fasci-
mating collection of
Greek costumes in it.
Another piece in
which she played
was "En Chemyse,"
which was slightly
medieval in charac-
ter, as its title sug-
cests. In this she
wore a very sweet
and artistic costume,
which included a
Juliet cap of rose
and blue, an over
dress of Saxe-blue
velvet, and an ac-
Gordon pleated skirt
of rose-colored silk.
, 1926-08-21

New york Jack Dempsey and Gene
Iunney WI meet cr heavy weight caan-
pjonshjp in he stadium at PHILADELPHIA
on September 23rd and Tex Richard an
nounced bout viii be subject to judges
Iecis Joe New York and Pennsylvania
comn.isa 3n understood to be accorded on
the alter Of capacity of stadium seventy
five 5aousara be doubled by erection on
wooden seats.
Baseball Scores
American League: Boston / Chicago 0
PhjIa. 9. Dtt.o.t l, No other game. rain
National League: PhiIa. 3, Pitts. l, PhiIa
Q, Pir.s A, CHM. 2, New York 1. ST. Lou
is 4, Brooklyn 2.
, 1926-08-21

Following are records of previous
successful attempts:
Aug. "a p, l875-By Capt. Matthew
Webb Of Eastbour0e, ENGLAND. Dover
Sands England. to Sangatte Beach, France.
Time ooh. 45m. Estimated distance
travelled. 80 miles Second gJtempt.)
Sept. 5 Is. 191I-By Thomas w, Bur
CESS of London. Eng. Dover Admiralty
Pier to Cape Girls Nez, France. Time
oh. 35m. Estimated distance travelled,
80 miles nineteenth atremDt)
Aug. SIS, 1923 By Henry ?. Sullivan
of Lowell, Mass. Dover Admiralty Pier
to Cape Girls Nez. Time-27h. 23m.
Estimated distance covered, As miles
third attempU.
Aug. Il u, 1923-By Sebastian Tira-
BOSCH of Buenos Aires, an italian, Cape
Girls Nez. to Dover Sands. England.
Time-16b. 23m. Estimated distance
travelled, II miles (third attempt.
Sept. 80. 1923-By Charles 10th of
Boston. Cape Girls Nez to Dover Sands.
Time-16h. sam. Estimated distance
travelled, 28 miles Twelfth attempt),-
By the Associated Press.
, 1926-08-21

goal only six miles away At 9 p. m.
she was two miles out from shore. The
b0nlires and the searchlights showed her
the way and 40 minutes later she walked
up the beach amid the cheers Of the
people from the surrounding resorts
with the honor of being the first woman
to swim the English Channel.
Asked to say something regarding her
experience. Miss Ederle replied;
All / can is that, when | started oil
I was determined to stay until had
planted my feet on the English shore
and [ am glad to say | did. feel proud,
indeed, and SO would you, if you were
receiving all tlese letters, kilograms,
and cables of congraJulation Christ.
ian Science, Monitor Arg. Ith.
, 1926-08-21


men. Her time Of I1b. BIN. bettered
thar of any of the male swimmers. Sc
bantam Iiraboslhi, the Italian. previous
ly held the record Of l6h, 23r., in cover
ing an estimated distance. as he was
carried hitber and tbither by the tides.
of 27 miles, Charles 10th was next with
16h. sim. in swimming rs miles
Capt. Matthew Webb of England who
in 1878 was the first man to cross the
Channel, swimming from Dover Sands,
Eng, to ~Sangatte, France. was i'm fha
water ooh, 45m. and swan approximate
" 80 miles. Henry il. Sullivan of Low
ell. Mass required 27h 23m in crossing
from Dover to Cape GINS Me-. He had
to swim AS miles.
Thomas w. Burgess of London, who
was Miss EderIe's mentor in her victory,
, 1926-08-21

Dover. Eng, Aug. Z CA. P0-The
English Channel has been defeated by
Miss. Gertrude EderIe, the 10 year old
United States girl swimmer.
Old Neptune, after numerous preVi-
GUS refusaIs. including Miss. Ederle her
self. at last has lifted his three prOnged
spear and permitted q woman to swim
across the turbulent waterway dividing
england from France.
And as If 10 a most deferential mood
he accorded the former American and
Olympic champion such generally favor
able conditions that not alone did she
succeed in her task, but she accomplish
ed it III shorter time than any Of the
five men who, from 1878 10 1923. were
able h make the journey.
Starting from Cape Girls Nez. France
at 1903 a. M. Friday under splendid Wea
Their and tidal conditions, the New York
girl churned the waters of the Channel
almost continuously with her strong over
hand stroke and the crawl kick that
brought her fame as an amateur natatog,
until $40 D.. m. Friday.
Then she touched bottom at Kings
down. between Dover and Deal and
walked happily ashore underitEe glare
of huge bonfres built along the beach to
guide her toward the chalk cliffs, and
with large crowds of spectators acclaim
ing her.
She had brought ashore with her a new
record Of I4h. 3lm. for the swim, and
was pleased with her achievement. Il
am a proud woman" she declared. That
was all she said,
Landed In Fine Fettle.
Notwithstanding the long time she had
been in the water Miss Ederle required
no assistance when she landed. Seem
iDgly she,was in fine fettle, she desired to
take to the water again and swim out to
the tug which had conveyed her. She
was advised not to do this, however.
Miss Ederle is the sixth person to
swim the channel. The five others were
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09
CLARK THANKS
VOTERS; SMALL
EXPENSE LIST
especial to The Dispatch)

PHOENIx, Sept. S.-Witl1 state re-
turns indicating clearly his nomination
by a minimum majority of 1900, e. S.
Clark, republican candidate for gover-
nor, tonight issued a post election
statement expressing his appreciation
Of the efforts of his numerous friends
in his behalf, declaring the stamp Of
approval has been placed on the sort Of
campaign he conducted, and adding
that nothing remains to disturb the
partv unity as a result of which the
party can go forward to election Of all
it's nominees in the November election
Commenting on the outcome of the
election, Raymon Dyas, campaign man.
ager for Clark, said that while he was
greatly gratified at the outcome of the
election and thankful to the many who
voluntarily assisted, that it was par
ticular source of pride to the Clark
campaign committee that the entire ex-
penditures of the committee for the
campaign were less than $4,000, while
the expenses of Clark were less than
5000, as will be shown by sworn state
ments filed with the secretary of state.
The republican candidate for COVER
nor announced that he will take brief
rest after which he will enter upon a
campaign to acquaint the people with
his views as to the necessity for secur-
ing action in the development of the
Colorado river, rehabilitation of the
state banking department and the des-
perate need for measures of relief for
oyerburdened taxpayers.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09
WINNER
OVER LENROOT
IN WISCONSIN.
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. g. (AP)
Governor J. J. Blaine, republican
progressive, carrying the endorsement
Of United States Senator Robert M
LaFollette, yesterday defeated Sena-
tor Irvine l.. Lenroot for nomination
for senator, but saw the defeat OF
his own candidate, Norman L. Ekern
in the gubernatorial race. Fred r.
Zimmerman, progressive republican,
who headed an anti-LaFollette fac,
tion, was victorious over Ekern by
$4,000 plurality and Blaine saw the
usual LaFollette plurality cut con-!
sderably by Lenroot. Blaine was
pledged to seek reconsideration OF
adherence to the world court and
amendment of the Volstead act.
Nomination of the five progressive
republican congressman appeared Ger
tain except possibly John D. Beck IN
the eighth distric., with the remain
der of the state officers also assured.
for the Blaine-LaFo1lett group.
The victory of Zimmerman was at.
tributed by politicians to his support
of the principles of the late Robert
M. LaFollette and the promise to
3
Gustry alike, and at the same time
because of his opposition to the ele~
ment known as the Madison ring"
described as the Blaine-Ekern forces.
Frank J. Kelly, wMo made his plat"
form "wet" in campaigning Tor the
senate, ran a poor third. Fate of the
ldemocrats, needing 10000 votes to
keep their candidates on the ballot.
remains in doubt with few precincts
reported. Senator Lenroot tonight said
he would not support Governor
Blaine, adding he had no regret be-
cause of his defeat.
The defeat of Ekern may cause Phil
LaFollette to become an independent
gubernatorial candidate in Novem-
ber with the LaFollette sup
port. aAa
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09
ADVERTISING IS
BRINGING SALES
TO FRIGIDARE

"A striking example of the value of
newspaper advertising is seen in the
srecent Frigidaire price reductions, .
says r. ]. Davis. local distributor of
Frigidaire electric refrigerators.
"In the six years preceding last De-
cember the company had sold less than
10000 Frigidaires. Then it undertook
newspaper advertising on big scale
in every city where it had representa-
tion. 1T used these papers to carry its
message of convenience, sanitation and
comfort to housewives of. the United
States
Already it has boosted it's monthly
sales to around the $4,000 mark; it has
sold more than 100000 Frfgidaires; it
has exhausted the capacity of it's pres
ent plant and is now adding SO acres of
floor space to its production facilities
at an approximate cost of $40, 900, 900.
Newspaper advertising brought the
company great demand for it's prod
uct, which enabled it, to get into guam
tity production and reduce it's selling
prices.
"As a result, Frigidaire is today
within the reach of the average pocket
book and is no longer regarded as a
luxury, but as a modern household es-
sential. Today electric refrigeration
can be found in the rural districts. in
hotels and apartment houses and urban
homes everywhere.
Newspaper advertising, by spreading
the gospel Of electric refrigeration, has
done great thing for the housewife,
for the retailer of foods, the confec-
tioner, the ice cream manufacturer and
all others who require constant depend
able refrigeration
1t is a significant fact that the Delco-
Light company picked The Douglas
Dispatch as its advertising medium in
this city, as the newspapers used by
this company are selected only after
careful study of their local interest and
Influence.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09
WHITEWATER
WEBB

The rodeo at Webb drew a record
crowd Labor Day and hundreds of cars
lined the grounds. The barbecue din
ner was efficiently served by the ladies
of the district who served more than
500 persons in two hours. The barbe-
cued meat was cooked to a turn, and
wit hthe addition to the menu of every
variety of fresh vegetables grown in
the district the feast will be long re-
membered An interesting feature of
the day was the cigar race, in which
Charles Gardner took first prize and
John Cox second. Ike Price won first
prize in the first pony race and Bu-
ford Slower took second. In the second
pony race, William Hudson and Clell
Hudson placed first and second, respec-
lively. Those participating in the rop-
ing contest were: Ike Price, who took
first money, and John Clout, Charles
Gardner, William Hudson, j. B. Wyatt,
Regan Gardner, Fred Tanner, Tom
Price, John Cox, Ralph Cowen, Jack
Cruise and d. H. Taylor. In the calf
tying contest, Charles Gardner took
first money and Fred Tanner, Regan
Gardner, Tom Price and Frank Sproul,
all of Rucker, tied for second. Hous-
ton Barnes took first money riding
steers, and Regan Gardner placed sec
ond. A. Mcdonald, riding Pancho Villa,
and Chapo, riding Rebel, took first and
second money, respectively, in the
broncho riding contest. Following the
sports, the Tombstone band furnished
music for the dance which lasted until
1870 a. m. 1t is felt that everyone had
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09
Three Men Robbed Of A
Quarter Million in Gems
By Bandit Trio on Train
(By Dispatch A. P. wirs1

DANVILLE, ILL.,, Sept. g. - Reports
from an agent of the Illinois Central
railroad at Champaign to, the sheriff's
office here state three men were bound,
gagged and robbed of several hundred
thousands dollars worth of jewelry in
a stateroom on a train of that road by
three other men between Champaign
and Chicago tonight. The bandits are
said ito have left the train at Cham
paign and escaped in a hired automo-
bile.
One of the men robbed was able to
attract attention during the stop in
Champaign and effect their release.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09
FlJN|ERA AL FOR
mrs. ]. XALIS
AT 2::3O TODAY

The funeral of Mrs Fotine xalis
who died Saturday morning, will be
held from St. Stephens Episcopal
church at 2:3O this afternoon. The
Rev E. w. simonsonj rector of St
Stephens, and Jaikim Papadopulos
priest of the Greek orthodox church at
Los Angeles, will officiate.
After the services the funeral pro-
cession will proceed north to Twelfth
street west to G avenue, south to
Eighth street and out that street to
the cemetery Mrs Xalis was the wife
of James xalis, president of the Lyric
Amusement company and leaves seven
children. She had many warm friends
in Douglas who are grief stricken at
her sudden and unexpected death.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09
Father! Help Your
Weak Fral Child
Easy to gain 5 pounds of solid flesh
in 80 days

He needs every bit of strength and en-
ergy to grow up and face the world
and to combat the disease that all chill
dren encounter.
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound
Tablets have helped thousands Of little
ones - many of them in worse shape
than your little loved one.
Full of health giving vitamins and a
combination of strength and flesh
builders that do help the ailing child
in just few days.
They put on weight, too. You can
get 60 McCoy's Tablets for 60 cents at
the Douglas Drug Co., or any druggist
anywhere. Try them for 80 days and if
you are not joyfully satisfied with re-
suits, get your money back. Ask for
McCoy's-they are sugar coated and
children love to take them.-Advt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09


MATTOON, ILL.,, Sept 8.-Three Jew
elry statesmen, en- route from Chicago
to New Orleans, were robbed of dia-
monds and other jewels valued at APP
proximately half a million dollars to-
night by three men, who bound and
gagged them on Illinois Central train
No. 13 as the train entered Champaign.
rThe robbers then descended from the
. train and, hiring an automobile, es-
capped from the city. Police in cities in
all directions are searching for the
trio, who are armed. The three sales
men, Joseph Riskin of New York City,
William Davidson and Morris Minsk 8,
both of San Francisco, manager to free
themselves as the train entered Mat
toon. The yreported the robbery to
the Mattoon police who spread the
alarm. The holdup men overlooked a
wallet containing jewels valued at
more than $4,000, among the personal
effects of Riskin.
| Davidson, who had been i'll since
Monday, told Nation police he only
decided to make the trip to New Or
! leans after he learned that Riskin and
Minsky were going on the same train.
The three: obtained a drawing room
and were sitting. talking when three
men forced their way into the car and
with drawn guns commanded the sales
men to stand in corner. The robbers
then searched each of their victims.
From the manner in which they
worked Davidson told police here,
"the thieves were evidently working
on a fixed schedule They entered our
drawing room about 20 minutes before
we entered Champaign, and one fellow
kept looking at his watch
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09
AVIATOR IS KILLED
(By Dispatch A. P. Wire)

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, Sept. s.
Dave Matthews, %, a Santa Barbara
commercial aviator, and Louis D. Bau-
hause of Santa Barbara, a passenger,
were killed here today when Matthew'S
plane went into a tail spin at an alti-
tude of 1900 feet and crashed into the
ground near the flying field from
which he had just taken off. 1t was
Bauhause's second airplane accident.
Three years ago in his first crash his
brother, w. B. Bauhause, was killed
and Louis narrowly escaped death.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09
WHAT'S SMART in MEMS WEAR
Straight-front coat be-
coming popular among
men of wealth

Ms the better dressed men of
"A the larger cities begin to
appear in their fall suits, the
straight-front coat is seen with
increasing frequency.
The style analysis bureau Of
Hart Schaffner&Marx reported
seeing straight-front coats worn
for the first time at the United
Hunt Club autumn meet at Bel
mont Park last November.
At that time only a very few
were seen, but a recent analysis
on the floor of the New York
stock exchange showed four
teen per cent Of the men wear
ing straight-front coats, and
they are also observed in num-
bers at Newport and Southamp-
ton, Long Island.
This shows how rapidly the
style has developed among men
Of wealth and fashion-men
Of mature years and established
position.
The Importance Of style in
clothing is increasing. There is
no doubt of this. AS we have
pointed out-different types Of
men are following different
style trends. The type Of man
that wears the straight-front
coat will not give any consid-
GRAFTON whatsoever to the
short twenty -eight inch one and
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09

wIsCoNsI RAPIDS, Wis, Sept. g..
Two children are dead and eight
persons i'll as the result of eating
a deadly fungus growth Saturday
night, mistaking it for mushrooms.
Herbert Page, 5, and Elmer Page, 8,
died today.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09

two button coat which are be.
coming more and more popular
every day with what we call
the Broadway Type" Of young
man. Any observer in style can
find in the theatrical district of
New York that the majority Of
young men are today wearing
the shorter coats.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09
CON So5O.OOO

CHAMPAIGN, I'LL, Sept. 8---Three men
who bound and gagged two passengers
in a stateroom on a Chicago bound
Illinois Central passenger train near
here, stole jewe1ry estimated at $780,
900 and escaped in an automobile which
they, obtained after leaving the train
here. .Is4 s.-.,-..
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09

James Van Ort, living on ranch
east of Pearce, was here Tuesday. His
wife, who has been receiving medical
care in New York, is much improved
and is expected back very shortly.