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the reverse. They were both right. Four years
later the luck began with the failure of the factory
the Fonderes Lemaitre closed its doors and boarded
up its long rows of windows. My father was penni-
less again and there was one more mouth to feed.
Back to Paris went the five of u.s. The blow took
all heart and ambition out of Father and it actually
did kill Mother. l had sister twenty-five years
older than myself who, financially at least, was do
ing very well indeed. She lived in splendid style,
with jewels, marvellous clothes, many servants car
man except one-marriage. The man who for many
du PEACE, wealthy and generous though not very
young French nobleman.
This sister who seemed to me at the time like
gorgeous rainbow, adopted and took me into her
magnihcence Because she did this kind thing am
going to call her Marette Latour which was not the
name she used. j am doing so because she was both
very kind and very mean to me and wish to spare
her in telling the truth.
want it made clear that was brought up very
strictly is almost always the case when child is
entrusted to cocotte. They always seem to try to
atone for their irregular social situation by lean
ing in the opposite direction with the child. had
my lessons every day and drove in the Bots always
under the eye of my governess just like any little
society girl Then sent TO a boarding school in
the Avenue d'Oreans, the Luxembourg Gar
dens. 1t was all very correct and proper but knew.
From an early age / realized my sisters position,
what it meant and pondered it many a day.
At the age of fourteen, j understood it so we'll
that saw trouble ahead. Mariette was no longer
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of smiles for everyone. She simply oozed LOT
benevolence. Although she loved all the wo1l
was pro-everybody, | could see that she had
an extra fancy to me, and wanted to know hi
"You keep away from that old she-(
warned the stewardess, "She's white SLAYER
did not use that word, but another, harsher,
term which | did not understand and so she
explain. The stewardess told me all aboI
white slave" traffic which fourished then 4
largely on young girls imported from Europe|
not believe word of it about this dear smil1
lady until the steamer was leaving Lisbon. |
two fresh, pretty girls not over sixteen years
came aboard and when the steamer left wei
panic because their escorts had missed the BOD
The absentees were two young sons of VI
Argentine ranch owners, supposedly, and TIL
had been for the captain to marry them, as Cd
could in those days. The dear old lady can
ward and took the girls under her wing, JUST
stewardess said she would, and told them til
young men would undoubtedly be on the nexI
She would chaperone them on the steamer al
did Also she had boarding house and her
dressmaking establishment in Buenos Ayres,
they would be taken care of until their futu
bands arrived.
The stewardess informed me what was
for the girls. The kind old thing would inde9
them to her boarding house, but the cousin
have no jobs for unskilled hands just then, s
would have to live on the bounty of the old
until the next boat came in
The boat would bring no bridegrooms, nor
letter. Investigation would show that the W
plantation-owning parents were myths. TIL
ling old lady, still smiling, would now agree
dreadful joke had been played on the poor CIR .
by this time would be penniless in debt and
of clothes. Also she could not afford to boar
any longer without pay.
1t would look as if the girls must starve
no, the benevolent old devil would find WI
She would announce that one of them had
noticed by Senior Huypuchero, with the HI
candle-power black eyes, the 10000 head of
and plantations so vast that it takes days I'd
them. This very important Senior Huypucher1
is saluted not only by miserable peons but
folk, would take care of one of them, and
equally important senior would take care of the
When these men grew tired the girls wou
to others, gradually dropping lower and fnisl
the back rooms of the resorts of Buenos Aires
leo, Paramaribo, Rio de la Plata, Guayaquil ar
haps end their sorry careers in the harbor of H
Something told me that this was the truth. A
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By the Baroness de Vaughan

CHAPTER ].
by weekly Britain Rights Reserved
T AROSE from nothing to royal throne True,
never sat on that throne, not quite, because my
almost unbelievable destiny refused to carry me
quite that far.
rut was near it, oh, so near it; as the Americans
.sy right next to it, as mistress of the heart and
millions of king.
Because was power behind the throne OF Leo
pold King of the Begans, my life has been written
about countless times by men the outside-all
wrong.
Women really believe thousand of them,
have pestered me to tell them my secret, just how
did it. They cannot understand how |, compare
lively unschooled in the arts and graces of Co
COTE could catch and hold king until the very
moment of his death. This question cannot answer
in sentence nor many sentences ] can only relate
what happened and my theory of why monarch,
well along in years who had had many women, knew
women so well, turned from all the marvellously
gowned and groomed beauties to me and stuck 70
me. ] do not blame women for wishing to know the
secret and ] will tell the truth Some may not like
it, but must not quarrel with the truth.
II is best to start at the very beginning and show
you how modestly equipped was to capture king.
cat may look at king, but the king is not likely
IN look twice at the cat unless it is extraordinary
cat, and was not an extraordinary cat
My father, Jules Delacroix, was French Of an ex-
Celenl IdJnlly In tne lily VI llle' S'CSlIeHb
family dsinherted and cast him out because he per-
sisted in marrying my mother who was in their eyes,
nobody. As civil engineer in Paris he earned
enough to take care of the two but soon there
moro. As the years went by they had twelve chill
dren and still had not yet arrived on the scene.
My father, cursed with the fatal gift of inven-
ton. spent much valuable time perfecting patent
of his and at last called TO Bucharest in Rumania
where a large factory the Fonderies Lematre
offered him salary and royalty in connection with
the of his patent. He went there taking with
Juliette who afterward opened flower store in
Montmartre and Leopold name curiously sugges-
tive of the future Of their next and last child who
was to be me.
Just everything looked rosy, / was born in
Bucharest thirteenth child. Some prophesied that
this would be unlucky--a few thought it might be
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existed only to support a XII
his satellites. No doubt a file
the same way about a dog.
Carlos was assassinated, and
Portugal scratched away
royal fleas and became re
You may well wonder u
much attention was paid to a
grace boy and a woman v
any social standing. Ther|
two reasons-the boys faml
the fact that Mariette wal
known as a Paris beauty,
name was continually mentid
the newspapers among thos|
ent at races and fashionable
ing places. This YVES ever
true in South America, VIII
that time Paris was looked d
the centre Of the universe.
On the steamer my imag1
was thrilled and Mortified bJ|
thing a stewardess told me.
was a nice, plump, mothei|
lady on board, with the sI
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{. 4. STUDENTS
WIN DISTRICT
\ D n ORS
Bexar Teams Gain Laurels
at Conference Liter
airy Meet.

Bexar county succeeded in winning
her share of laurels of literary events
in the lnterscholastic District meet,
which was held at San Marcos Sat
urday.
Besides Bexar there were represen-
tatives from Blanco, Caldwell, Comal,
Gonzales. Guadalupe, Hays, Karnes.
Wilson and Atasc0sa counties.
The winners were:
Senior girls defamation Alice
Station, Gonzales; Lenora Hays. San
Marcos; Louise Davis, New Braun
fels: Senior boys declaration: Cor
don McGraw, Luling: Louis Joseph,
FloreSyille; Harold Blanton, Harlan
dale. Junior girls defamation
Dorothy Raby, San Marcos; Jimmie
Tiller and Amy Norwich, Prairie Lea
Melba Schuman, New Braunfels.
Junior boys defamation: Drubert
Hampe. New Braunfels; Condo Hos
kins. Gonzales; Fred Saver, Alamo
Heights
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MUSIC MEMORIZED.

Music memory contest: Jesmys
Lyons and Dorothy Blum, Hays
county.
Music memory contest for rural
schools: Herbert Humer and Henry
Bckindcr. Bcxar county.
Debate: Joe Humphrey and Carl
ton Weaver. Luling.
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Seeing Red Snow
Not So Foolish
As 1T Sounds
WASHINGTON. April 10

WASHINGTON, April TO-
Explorers who report seeing
"red snow" in the Far North
are not seeing things" neither
are they batty from too much
tea and pemmican, scientists Of
Nature Magazine reveal.
"Red snow" is caused by
form of algae filled with a color
ing matter called endrochrome
and which multiply astoundingly
in contact with moisture, they
say. Thus it makes the snow
seem blood red,
Admiral Peary on his North
Pole dash reported fields Of "red
snow" and Surgeon Goodsell
made microscopic slides to prove
it was an honest-to-g goodness fact.
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HATCHER SKEPTICAL
ON FERGUSON'S PLAN

AUSTIN. April 10.-Doubt is in
dictated by W. Gregory Hatcher, state
treasurer. as to the feasibility of Gov
crnOr Miriam \. Ferguson's proposal
to issue S3.OOO,000 State of Texas
manuscript" bonds at ) per cent
and invest in oil royalty funds of the
University OF Texas, but Hatcher said
he was for the plan. if it can be car
ried ont in pursuance with the state
Constitution" he announced Satur-
day.
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COLONEL TO VISIT
C.M.T.C. CENTERS

Colonel James V. Heidi, C. NJ. T..
c. officer for the Eighth Corps Area,
will make a trip through Oklahoma
Colorado and Arizona in the Interest
Of recruiting for camps to be conduct
ed during tine summer.
He is scheduled = lave TGr. Sain
Houston April IL and will visit Okla
homa City. Denver. Fort LOAN.
Phoenix. Ma and il raso De -src
returning I? Sun AItpmo.
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LAUDS DIVISION.

To this message the commanding
general of the Third Corps Area add
ed the following:
"The difficulties under which the
Third Corps has labored 10 improve
its positiun have been numerous and
great. and the part the Nineticth Di.
vision took in establishing the pres
emit advantageous position of this
corps is deeply appreciated BY the
corps commander, and he adds Lis
congratulations to those Of the COM
manding general Of the army for the
vigorous and untiring efforts of the
personnel thereof whose resolution
and fortitUde are worthy Of the best
traditions Of the American army.
Signed. ]. j. Hines
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$. A. HEADQUARTERS.

After the war was over the Nine
tieth Division, along with practically
all Of the other divisions was disband.
ed. but under the National Defense
Act. the 3J1th Infantry was recon
structed 4 unit Of the Ninetieth Di-
vision. Organized Reserves. in Noverl'
her. 1921. and headquarters were rs
tablished in San Antonio.
Among the personnel Of the organi.
zation are many decorated veterans Of
the World War and many of San Al
tonio's most prominent business men.
Captain Lcr V. HUnnicut. Of tho roy
ular army. is the executive officer OF
the regiment.
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800 Chinese Damask. -
in hes wide, exquisite de
signs in self patterns. In
gold, pink. green, blue and
other shades. Yard
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MUSICAL OFFERINGS
TO FEATURE PROGRAM

A musical program by the Mistle-
toe Melody Maids. followed by vesper
services and a fellowship luncheon
win be given at the Army y. VI. {.
A. Sunday. at p. m. Rev. VI. II.
Keen, pastor Of the Alamo Methodist
Episcopal church, will conduct scr
virpe
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Splendid quality, 10 inches
wide, in stripes, checks, plaids,
etc. In wanted colors. VIII
make lovely frocks.
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GENERAL KINDS
WILL REVIEW
DIVISION
Formal Tactical Inspection
Under Way at
Post.

Opening his formal tactical and
training inspection of the Second Di-
vision for 1926, Major General Ernest
Kinds, commander of the Eighth
Corps Area, will review the entire di-
vision on Foch field at Fort Sam Hous-
ton at s o'clock Saturday morning,
May /.
Immediately following. he will in
spect the Second Tank Company and
Second Ordnance Company.
UNITS INSPECTED.
Monday he will resume his inspcc.
ton of the rifle companies of the
First Infantry and the intelligence sec
tiOns of various units and rifle COM
panies of the Twentieth Infantry.
His schedules for May 4 includes
rifle companies of the Ninth Infantry
and Twenty-third Infantry.
On May ) the Twelfth Field Artil-
lery and Fifteenth Field Artillery and
trench mortar platoons will be in
spected.
Second Engineers. Second Signal
Company. Ammunition Train and
service batteries of the two artillery
regiments will be inspected May g.
Inspection of the Second Medical
Regiment. machine gun companies Of
the division. Military Police Company
and Division Air Service will take
place May Z.
OFFICERS ASSIST.
Inspection of barracks and messeS
will be made by Lieutenant Colonel
W. F. Jones. Ga at Corps Area head
quarters, and Lieutenant Frank Nor
ell. cOmmandant of the school for bak-
crS and cooks.
Inspection of stables will be made
by Lieutenant Colonel c. F. Martin.
G-1 for the corps area. and Licuten-
ant Colonel r. ]. Stanclift, corps area
Field inspection of the division will
be made by General Kinds at Camp |
Stanley from May 10 to ii. !
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HUMANE SOCIETY
MAKES 1888 CALLS

z. A. Hell, animal agent Of the
San Antonio Child Protective and
Humane society made 1SS calls last
month 10 investigate complaints Of
cruelty 10 animals. Twenty animals
were killed in a humane way.
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CARROLL
SPONSOR OFF,
s. A. OWN
Light Feature Writer to
Review Regiment at
Camp Stanley.

Officers of the 357th Infantry,
San Antonio's own" Of the Ninetieth
Division, have elected Miss Bess Car
roll, feature writer Of The San An
tonic Light, as sponsor to the famous
wartime regiment which won such an
enviable record in the st. Mihiel and
Meuse-Argonne offensives.
Miss Carroll will review the regi-
ment at its annual encampment 10
be held this summer at Camp Stan
icy.
Although the 357th is rich in tradi-
zion it has never had 4 sponsor and
Miss Carroll was elected this spring
and will be initiated into the regi-
nent in the near future.
Notification of her election was
sent Miss Carroll by Colonel S. F.
f'recelius commander Stanley
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BRILLIANT RECORD.

. The Both Infantry went TO France
rs part Of the Ninetieth Division June
10, 1918, and took part in the ST
Mihiel drive and the operations on
the Meuse-Argonne. Its casualtie:
we're heavy and its achievements bril-,
liant. In the Meuse-ArgOnne the reg.
5ment pushed the German salient back
mt the Bois dc Bantheville and Grand
Carre farm. In the engagement the
regiment accomplished the mission OF
the 10th Brigade and won for the
division the following praise from the
high command:
-The army commander directs that
you convey to the commanding gen
eral, officers and men of the Nine
tieth Division his appreciation Of
their persistent and successful efforts
in improving the line by driving the
enemy from Grand Care farm and
the Bots de Bantheville. Signed. II
A. Drum
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DISCLAIMERS CONTEST.

Rural school defamation contest
winners were: Senior girls: Thelma
Moses. Bebe: Ella Lieck, Elm Greek;
Grace Gambert, Culebra, BeXar
county. Senior boys: Milton Wer-
ncr. Cibolo, Bexar county; Thornton
Bradley, Bebe; Carl MOsmann, Guile
bra. Bexar county. Junior girls :
Lola Smith. Oakland: Ruby Moss.
Bebc: Della Reinsinger. Clemens.
Junior boys: Carroll Franklin, Guile
bra. Bpxar county; Clarence lam
brcchr. Cibolo. Bexar county; Allen
Anderson. Anchorage.
Extcmporaneous speaking: John
nCzcIlp San Marcos
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
PARDON GRAFT |
IS CHARGED

CHICAGO, April 2s. Frank
"Porky'' Dillon, former convict who
was sentenced to Joliet penetentiary
In 1922 for robbery with gun. was
pardoned by the State board while
he was d fugitive from justice. the
authorities learned today.
Dillon was arrested In connection
with the death of q beer CANISTER
last week. When he proved an
alibi. the police intended to send
him back to joliet. nut he produced
q pardon signed BIZ Governor small
Chief of Detectives Schoemalxar
said that money cot the pardon.
Dough talks for the crook.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
PATIENT ON, PAROLE
DUPES LEAGUE WARDS

EASTON, Pa, April %. Local
police brought to light the unusual
antics Of man. now in the Ritters-
vile State Hospital. who came to
this city several weeks ago, fleeced
three women and then returned to
the hospital.
The man, whose name is Stewart
williams. OF Allentown, first visit
ed the Easton Social Service
League, where he secured the
names of some Of it's dependents
and then went to three Of these
homes, where he represented him
self as an attorney to dupe them
out OF small sums.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
SOON To DEBATE
FARM RELIEF
By FRED j. WALKER

A new variety Of bogey man.
standing beside plow and looking
over a list of candidates, loomed
over the Capitol today.
II was the shade Of the Ameri-
can farmer as pictured by an inl.
posing group of Representatives
seeking to patch up their differ
ences and unite behind farm relief
legislation before the opening OF
the long deferred general debate
next Monday.
Confronting the members were
three separate relief bills reported
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
HELD AS AL 7 D
RING QUEEN

TOMS RIVER, n. J.. April 2s.-
Indictments found by the Ocean
County grand jury. made public
today, include that of Mrs. Lila
Carr, Of Lakehurst. on charge OF
receiving stolen automobiles and
grand larceny. Mrs. Carr formerly
lived at Newark.
It is alleged that Mrs. Carr is
n member Of an international ring
engaged in receiving and disposing
o. stolen automobiles,
She was arrested three weeks
ago and held under $4,000 bonds,
with her mother, Mrs. CorreIl Clay
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
WOMAN DYING, BEATEN
BY MATE WITH HAMMER

ALBANY. N. Y, April 2s.-Mrs.
Mary Hurley, s5. mother Of two small
children. was dying today at the
Albany Hospital of a fractured
skull. and her husband. Thomas. 80,
was being held by the police on an
open charge.
After a grilling which lasted most
OF the night, police announced that
Hurley confessed he beat his wife
over the head with & hammer in q
quarrel.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
~, $50 U. s. WAX DEAD
LIE BURIED IN EUROPE

A total Of 46,234 American dead
was brought back from the battle
fields OF France, the War Depart.
.ment announced today.
There are III ,552 American soldiers
hurled in Europe.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
WOMAN 81. AVER
Or Il TO DIE

PARIS, April rs. Antoinette
sierri, known a the .'Female
Landru. has been sentenced to
the guillotine, the first woman 81
face the falling knife Ii = score
OF years.
Antoinette was convicted q Kill
ing II persons with arsenic. It
was alieged that after poisoning
several % her lovers she calmly
slept III the same bed with their
dead bodies.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28

Somebody got that money. but ]
don't know who, ne declared.
At the same time the authorities,
both Federal and city. were taking
steps to remove Walter Stevens to
Florida where he is wanted on q
homicide charge.
Stevens was paroIed BY the State
board Of pardons He was arrested
last week ii raid. His removal
to Florida vii be On a. Federal
charge.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
GEORGIA EDITOR URGED
FOR TRADE COMMISSION

Senators Harris and George and
Representative Brand of Georgia
called at the white House today
to urge on President Coolidge the
appointment of Hugh Rowe. editor
of the Athens Gal Daily Banner,
to the Federal Trade Commission.
Al vacancy win occur on this
board next summer when the term
OF Huston THOMPSON expires
The Washington times., 1926-04-28

by The Agricultural Committee.
With the urgent legislation"
slate practically wiped clean, de-
bate on farm relief was expected
today to be allowed to run as long
as the farm bloc desired,
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
ORDERED TO FIGHT BEES
WIFE ASKS A DIVORCE

OAKLAND, Calf, April 2S.--The
marriage VOW "to love, honor and
obey" does not mean that a
woman must help her husband
battle bees, according to the suit
for a divorce brought here today
by Mrs. Isabel E. Prising. against
George w. Prising, wealthy fac
tory owner.
Mrs. Prising alleges that when
she refused to nelp him he ac-
cused her of violating her marriage
VOW to obey him, then struck
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
becoming
Lakehurst.

ton. of Lakehurst. becoming
Fred McGoldrick also was In
dicted, charged with working with
Mrs. Carr and others, not yet
arrested.
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| 1anking the party were Col S. A.
Cheney, who made the advance ar
rangements, and Captain Wilson
Brown, the presidents aides. Mrs.
Coolidge wore a green chiffon and
velvet dress with hat to match. They
stood in the Office of Superintendent
of Schools, Fayette K. Congdon, who
held the same position when the
president presided over meetings of
the school committee as mayor of
Northampton.
First came the teachers of the
high school, then hundreds of stud
ents of all ages, and then a mingling
of folk of all classes. Somewhat in
contrast to the formal cutaway coat
of the president was the rough
ers. They had defied the weather to
shake the hand Of their old neigh
Dor.
Mrs. Coolidge appeared exhilarated
by the whole visit. She had begun
to wave her greetings through the
car windows before the train had
come to stop. Here at the recep-
ton it appeared as though she could
call every third person by name and
to scores she directed some kindly
personal question. She relieved the
embarrassment Of many and warmed
all, as the universal smiles showed
as they left the room.
From time to time came some one
who drew an extra word. Among
them were Jim" Lucey, cobbler-
philosopher and Old friend; the Rev.
Kenneth Wells. pastor of the Coo
lidges' church. the Edwards Congre-
gational and Benjamin Cook, the first
mayor of Northampton, who is Sc
years of age. Last to pass and shake
hands were the state and local police
who had stood guard.
At the end of the reception the
rain had stopped, although the skies
still glowered. The party returned to
the train where another throng wait
ed until the return journey began.
One person who was not able to
greet the president today was John
Coolidge. He was only six miles
away in Amherst, but three college
recitation hours kept him busy.