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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20

They showed that Luis
had been arrested for smuggling dope across
the Spanish border for which he was booted
out Of his native land They stated that he
had tired Co re-enter the country by dressing
In womens clothes ami using a forged pass
port He WAS baushed again. He had been
arrested IN France for indulging In a braw
with some drunken sailors and hustled out
OF that country
III, count agreed that Luis was about as
reAate AS paff-adder' but what could
they 30? 1t certainly stupid for an old
woman 20 want 20 marry such man. but
they had 10 admit that 90 be fool in love
and marriage didn't constitute legal insanity.
They sad 1t was eycryones right TO marry
the wrong person and that most Of them DO.
The de BrogHe family lawyers insisted the
Princess had reached her second childhood and
that mentally she was a minor and had not
reached the age of consent The court .au he'd
that one off ana told the Princess TO 90 ahead
and make fool of herself
The Princess vanished for a while and
everyone thought she WAS hiding her face in
shame on the contrary, she was having II
lifted again.
Someone said that If they lifted her face
much more she would have bagEy knees under
her eyes. When the bandaCcs We're removed
the Princess noticed that there We're still
few wrinkles left. She had them covered with
a coat Of enamel which made IL impossible
for her 20 smile or change her expression.
one little smirk and her masterpiece would
be ruined not that Luis cared about her face.
He had his eyes on her checkbook.
D.. The courtship Of the oddly-matChed couple
made fashionable Europe laugh.
Luis was very attentive and showered the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20

FOOLISH old Princess Amcdee de Broglie
H. yho has had her face lifted so many
! times that her heart is almost in her
throat is paying the last debt Of her stu
pendous stupidity.
She has pawned her last trinket and is so
lo,yn-and-out that church mice are rich by
comparison.
she Is living in a furnished room over
smelly fish market in dim, grim street IN
Paris worst quarter
The tragedy Of her life is that If her fam
ly and friends attempted TO help her, the
Eazi Army Of occupation would say, Yer
ten" The Germans, as everyone knows,
don't believe in charity. Let the fittest sur
yve The aged and infirm die, they say
The Princess is 81 years old and cannot
stand for hours in the hreadline. SO when
he rangs n hunger torment her she slips
on an old rag ~ a coat and paws through
ash-cans of the nciEhborhood with the
scraps she is able 10 find this titled human
scavenger lives from day 10 day soiacod per-
haps by the happy memories Of her early life
before she met and married the Bad Boy OF
Europe
There's no fool like an old fool even
when she's royal" said her friends when the
Princess. in 1850 insisted ou marrying the
outcast Prince Luis Ferdinand Do bourbon
cousin Of the late KING hlp'oneo =
She could not have found "A more ahouin-
able man outside OF an institution lie viii
run through everything SHE has M few
years" they went on
II took just SIX years 70 fli'A that
prophecy.
A few years qgo the last Of her securities
we're sold followed by the fabulous heirloom
dc Broele Jewels
Then wen, tNc broad acres - t.'1 do
Loire. the ancestral domain that had come
down from medieval times ard yielded hum
dreds Of thousands of dollars year IN rents
After that she lost her palatial mansion AT
10 Rue Solferno Pans and finally. the his
toric Chateau de Chaumont- Lore. where
for years kings and others. including BcnJa-
min Franklin had been entertained. That
too. with all its priceless art treasures went
under the hammer TO pay the debts Of her
scapegrace husband.
The Princess was seventy-four years old
and Prince LUIS forty-two when they met IN
1880 The Princess had been a widow for
many years and had large and loving fam
ily She had an income OF over 81 900 600
year. for which even her enemies respected
her. She was the heircss OF the Say sugar
millions az well az the huge de Brogle for
tune left her by her first husband.
Then she met the Prince
Luis had been kicked out Of Spain and
France so often that he was known as the
Man in the Iron Pants" His cousin Aphonso
had stripped him Of his titles and estates
FOR conduct Of a nature too delicate TO men
tion'-whch was something for Aphonso.
who was no lily himself.
Luis settled in Italy. the only country in
Europe that would put up with him. His
mother the Infanta Eulalia, gave him small
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20

away only TO find the old lady hale and hearty
and amused by her husbands pranks.
The Princess always travelled with a large
private menagere. including dozen dogs,
several pet ROSTERS and a donkey
When the couple went for a walk. the pets
went along too The Princess would lead off
the strange procession, ending with Luis at the
rear. like a convoy.
The noisy troupe had to be housed in or
near the same suite with their mistress at
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a - ~ ~ ~ p ~ - AAANA -
hotels.
The barking. bray
ing. rowing an q
stamping caused fur-
Gus complaints from
guests a bove. below
and on all sides The
Princess answer was
to have the tormented
guests transferred 10
distant parts Of the
building and the rentals
Of the vacated rooms
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allowance to keep him
from darkening her
doorstep He added to
this by selling his serv-
ices as a gigolo.
He was sitting alone
i'm a cheap restaurant
in the Italian part OF
the Riviera when Prin-
cess de Broglie came
by with a stunning
party Someone point
ed him out as the
rottenest specimen TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20

part OF each year in France, under a sort Of
parole in his wfe's custody
1t viii always be mystery how Luis
managed TO spend all Of his wifes fortune.
1t is no mean trick TO spend income Of
81 600 600 a year. 1t takes cleverness and wit.
Luis didn't buy art treasures because his
wife had a couple of castles fun. He didn't
spend ii on women because he had promised
TO behave himself. lie did not give it TO
charity because his only charity was himself.
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Princess with gifts, for all Of which
she paid She forbade him 10 kiss her
for fear that her face would sag or
crack. Messengers pocndcd her flahhy
body for hours and dressmallers worked
themselves into frenzy designing
clothes that would lop a year, even six
months, off her appearance.
II looked for a time as though Luis
would be reformed by his aged love. 1t
is certain that he swept her off her tot
tering feet and they made all haste TO
be married.
The ceremony took place in London,
after officials IN France, Spain and even
Italy refused 20 have anything n do with
the dssolute fortune hunter
The Princess Eiggled her way through
the rites and after the honeymoon had TO
have her face enameled again
Luis was just five feet tall and always
wore corsets. the Princess found out He
used the daintiest of perfumes and wore
lace underclothes He plucked his eye
brows and curled his hair Like his wife.
he had had his face lifted couple Of
times bat il didn't change his character.
The Princess persuaded the French
authorities TO let LUIS spend a reasonable
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be found in all Europe"
Instead Of looking at
the degraded e%-princeling
with contempt, the foolish
old woman felt sorry for
him. She insisted on meet
ing the outcast that every
one despised.
Luis saw in the Princess
only "A woman VINO was not
too old 10 sign her name 20
a check and whose bank ac-
count was as liquid az Nj
agara Falls. That was all
Luis wanted 10 know
Then the Princess an
nounced that she was going
10 marry him
The staid de Rroclie
family rose up in horror
and begged the courts Of
France 10 stop such OBJ
vious folly. They said
AWeiee was incompetent
and ought 90 be put away
10 Keep her ont Of trouble.
Tnoy laid before the courts
unprrtable things about
Luis which were already
commonly known on the
b0.levdris II Paris
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Yet somehow
he not only ran
through the in
come but the
tire rae q q o u $
prin clip a ! as
well!
one Of Luis
fav ite pas
times was tor
IA ntin z the
lives Of [ h e
Princess five
children by her
marriage to de
Broslie.
w h g n tn G
couple would go
off on a trip,
t h e old ] a d y
W O u ] d z e I
homesick for
her c h il q re n
and grandchil-
d 7 e n. l. u i s
would send off
kilograms say
ing the Princess
was dying and
to come at once.
T h e n eirs
would rush off,
even though she
might be thou
sands Of miles
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put on her bill. twas usually staggering one.
After year of travelling, the Princess took
her husband to San Reno Italy. TO spend The
rest of their life. And spend" was riga,
far as she was concerned.
Every so often she would return to France
just long enough to mortgage another chateau
or sell a block of stock.
The marriage lasted for six years until
the Princess financial situation grew desper-
ate She never thought she would live long
enough for the Prince to squander her fortune.
But she did.
When Luis discovered that his meal-ticket
was broke he left her.
The Princess returned to France
Louis moved to Venice TO gigolo the Sum-
mer tourist trade 1t was there that he met
lovely Thelma Attebery Of New York for
mer dancer with a sound income from gilt
edge American securities. She looked good to
Luis and he announced that he had fallen in
love at first sight.
He begged the Princess TO divorce him or
at least have the marriage annulled But she
refused for two reasons-one was her religion
and the other was that she still loved the
Prince.
Luis then turned TO the Roman Rota.
Church Council and asked them to annul the
marriage He told them that he and the
Princess had been married in civil ceremony
in London and asked them to dissolve the
marriage
The Princess turned thumbs down on all
this and refused to give her consent. She
had made her bed and was ready TO lie in
it, forever if necessary.
Thelma and Luis were disappointed at the
outcome. Even the ong-suffering Infanta
Eulala. mother of Luis had accepted Thema
into the family circle with the hope that she
might be able to reform him.
Luis reformation had to be put off again
and Thelma returned TO America her chances
Of becoming Princess blackened out perma-
nently.
Luis has had bad luck with Americans
Years before he met Thema or married
the Princess he had become engaged TO Mrs
Maybele Gilman Corey. former actress and
widow of the multi-millionaire steel-king Will
lam Corey. Mrs. Corey was delighted at the
prospect of marrying royal prince, but when
she heard some back-stairs gossip about him
from her servants. she called the whole thing
off in hurry.
Luis career as a gigolo has been wrecked
by the war The only tourists in Italy today
are British bombers but Luis still gets his al
lowance from his mother.
But at that he is a lot better off than
his old wife who is sans fortune, sans husband
sans everything.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-14
Armistice Day State MasOns
Well Observed BestoW Two
I'm This City High Degrees
C. A. Short, T. S. Purse
Get Capitular Honor
At Georgetown Meet
ing.

One of the largest turnouts in
the history of Hope Chapter, No. z
Royal Arch Masons, Georgetown
took place last week when the
Capitular degree was conferred on
Grand Master Clarence A. Short OF
the Grand Lodge of Delaware, An
cient Free and Accepted Masons of
Dagsboro, and on superintendent
of John M. Clayton Consolidated
School, and Past Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Delaware, T.
Scott Purse of Seaford.
It was the annual visitation of
Grand High Priest George E. Van
dergrift of Wilmington. He and
Most Excellent Grand High Priest
Gerald M. Pine of Denton, Md,
head of the Maryland Royal Arch
Masons, spoke.
Past grand high priests attending
t he session included: William
Frank Sharp, State Senator Harold
w. T. Purnell, DR.. Charles r. Can
non, DR.. Calvin E. Afflerbach, ru-
raj supervisor of lower Delaware
schools and past state commander
of the Department of Delaware, of
Georgetown; former State Senator
Asa Bennett, Frankford; John w.
W. Harry Lewis, West A.
Trotter, William o. 'Wingate, Hen
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Milford chronicle., 1941-11-14
Keep Sick Children
Home, Spare Others
A Few Days Rest In Bed Speeds
Recovery Generally

Sick children should be kept
home from school, out of contact
with others, says DR.. T. e. Hynson,
acting director of the Division of
Communicable Disease, State Board
of Health. The common cold is
especially infectious in the early
stages, he says, and is readily con-
fused with other contagious dis
eases, particularly measles.
DR.. Hynson enumerated as fol-
lows the three reasons why chill
dren with acute colds should not
be sent to school: first, child with
an acute cold is too ill to learn
much If he is in school; second,
there is the great danger of his
injecting others with the cold; and
third, he lengthens the time of his
own recovery because of fatigue
and exposure.
In order to speed this recovery,
children who are kept home from
school should remain in bed and
away from other children, even
those in their own family, and es-
pecially away from babies, as ba-
bies are particularly apt to catch
colds and develop complications.
Colds are not ordinarily consid-
cred serious and, in themselves,
this is true, says the director, but
they do often lead to more serious
trouble such as pneumonia or
chronic sinus infection.
Rest in bed allows the child to
build up his resistance and gener-
ally increases the chance for early
recovery, while neglected colds are
likely to string out all winter. 1t
is no help to the child himself if
he is kept home from school and
then allowed to play around in the ]
house, though it does prevent in
fection to children not in the fam
lily. There is no point in keeping
them home from school, the health
officer said, and then allowing them
10 run around the streets or out-of-
ioors, particularly with other chill
1ren who may catch their colds.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-11-14
AlnlslOllSe Sale
Reduces Debt
In Kent County
Levy Court Votes Reduc-
tiOn Of Deficit In Ac-
cord With Economy
Pledge.

The Indebtedness of Kent county
will be reduced by $4,000, money
from the recent sale of the county
almshouse property near Wyoming.
Announcing that all but the
amount necessary for costs in con-
nection with the sale, will go to-
ward the county's debt, Dawson
G. Minner, president of the Levy
Court, and Ernest V. Keith, attor-
ney for the court, stressed that
none of the money will be used for
operating expenses of the county.
They said the proceeds of the
sale is the taxpayers money from
real estate asset and logically
should be applied toward reduc-
tion of the Indebtedness, in ac-
eordance with the pledge of the
present Levy Court when it as
sumed ofice last January to oper-
ate the county's affairs on a sound
business basis.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-11-14
Lack OF Funds
May Cause A
Delay In Work
At Playground
Appeal Being Made To
General Public to Help
Complete Job On Pro-
posed Recreation Gen.
ter In Milford.

Mayor Edward c. Evans, chair.
man of the Milford Bathing Beach
and playground committee, an
nounced today that unless sub
stantial donations of cash were
forthcoming Immediately, it may
become necessary within the next
few weeks to close down the work
entirely on the project.
During the past few weeks great
strides have been made toward get
ting the pond in shape with many
Of the stumps being removed from
the bottom. This work coupled
with the cleaning out of the mud
has cost great deal of money,
using up much of the cash solicited
during the past drives.
AS it has been explained in past
articles the PWA. is furnishing the
labor for the project, but the mon
ey expended for materials must
come from the local citizens.
Through the use of the city owned
truck, tractor, pump, etc., credit
was built up with the PWA for
materials, however the purchase of
a tract of timber (Which inciden-
tally will more than furnish
enough lumber to complete the
bath houses, piers, etc. has used
up this credit.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-11-14
Down State
Scouts tsHOnOred
AtHOnOrCOll
Awards Presented At
Rally Here Last Fri
day Night; Special
Film Is Shown.

More than. 400 Boy Scouts, Their
parents, and friends from rs Kent
and Sussex towns attended the raj
ly and Court of Honor for the two
counties in the Milford Armory last
Friday night,
A parade from Plaza Square to
the armory, led by the Greenwood
High School Band, preceded the
program.
Mayor Edward c, Evans gave the
address of welcome, Herbert ].
Wilkins, field scout executive, re-
viewed scout activities, and songs
were led by Fremont I7oeffel. for
mer coach at Tower Hill School,
Wilmington. Dover Sea Scouts
staged a ''stunt slsit" and there
were songs by Harrington Scouts.
Young Americans" March of
Time film on scouting, also was
shown. kr :;
Secretary of State Earle d. Will
ley, leader in youth work, was in
charge of the Court of Honor. Fol-
lowing are the awards:
Second class awards presented
by Franklin ]. Butz, Georgetown:
Troop 49, Camden-Wyoming-
Mahan, Wallace Minner, Robert
Vandergrift, Richard Hairgrove.
Troop 81, Dover = Donald
Vaughn, Beckley Herdman, Robert
Cummings. Troop 1872, Dover
James Scott, Ray Walls, Ira Gland
ing, Jerry Collins.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-11-14
Houston Firemen Are
Serving Supper TOnite
Home Cooking Specialists Prepared
To Serve Excellent Meal

The members of the Houston Vol
unteer Fire Company, aided by
their wide-awake ladies' auxiliary,
are putting on their famous annual
supper in the firehouse this eve
ming (Friday, November 14), The
supper, a two-day affair, started
yesterday Thursday, November
1s),
AS usual at the supper the eeatss'
viii be placed on the table and ev-
eryone admonished to pitch i'm
and "take-out." Highlights on the
menu include real old fashioned
fried oysters, home cooked ham
these hams are cooked in large
iron pots over a slow hardwood
fire out in the open and are the
last word in tastiness), chicken
salad, potato salad, all kinds of
pickles and homemade relishes,
iellies, jams, preserves, rolls, cof-
fee.
The Houston firemen, with the
help of the wives, mothers and
sweethearts, have been making
these annual suppers, their great
est effort to raise funds to keep
their organization going. Each
year hundreds Of people from all
sections of the state and Maryland
come to the suppers, and by dint of
hard work and cooperation, enough
money has been raised through the
suppers together with appropria-
tions from the state and county to
nay off the debt accumulated in the
early thirties when the new mod
ern firehouse was erected on the
corner of Broad street and Rail-
road avenue.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-14
Accident Board Sets
Lower Premium Rate
VIII Mean Reduction Of Payments
For Some Employers

The Industrial Accident Board
has approved a new premium rate
based on good safety records dur.
ing the past year which will mean
reduction of payments for some
employers.
The board has made the proposal
effective for policies which termi-
nate December or thereafter. Pol
icies which expire before Decem-
ber l cannot come under the new
plan until December 1, 1912.
Eighty-two Delaware employers
with about so per cent of the total
amount of premiums in the state
are affected by the proposal. In
1889 the total premiums in the state
amounted to $360,OO0, but this fig
ure has since increased due to the
increase in benefits voted by the
legislature and the increase in
wages since the beginning of the
defense program.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-11-14
ii. L. SeaInen Is
Century Club
Guest Speaker
President OF LObden Car
Wheel Co., Wilmington,
Gave Interesting Talk
On Monday.

The members of the Milford New
Century Club on Monday at their
regular meeting were honored in
having Mr.. Howard L. Seamen OF
Wilmington, president of the Lob
dell Car Wheel Company, speak to
them on "Women's Stake in Am
erican Industry" Chairman for the
program was Mrs. August r. Faix.
Appearing on the program with
Mr.. Seamen were four members of
the Wilson College Orchestra. Mr..
Seamen, in his talk, discussed GUS
toms, institutions, principles and
practices that make up the Ameri-
can way of life. Being personally
interested in industry he gave
many instances of speed produc-
tion, specific shifts of raw and re-
placed materials for defense out
put and cited instances where wo-
men are filling positions of impor-
tance, summing up all of this by
the sentence historians will mar
vel at the results achieved by Am
erican industry in this defense
emergency" He defined American
individual freedom as tripod, one
leg of which represented demo-
cracy, the second free private en-
terprise and the third as civil and
religious liberty. One support, if
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Milford chronicle., 1941-11-14
VT. w. Officers VIII
Visit The Sussex Post
Auxiliary VIII Accompany Depart
ment Officials To Glendale

officers of the Department of
Delaware, Veterans of Foreign
Wars and their Ladies Auxiliary
VIII make an ofiicfai VISIT to the
Raymond Reynolds Post No. 1881,
Veterans of Foreign Wars Of Ellen
dale, on Wednesday evening, No
vember 19.
Commander Richard Altvater Of
the Delaware Department with Mrs.
Clara Bradley, President OF the La
dies Auxiliary, will be accompanied
by their staff of officers, many OF
whom are we'll known in veterans
affairs, on this visit.
Major Jess Mckay of the old 59th
Pioneer Infantry, adjutant of the
department, will attend and is ex-
pected to make a short address
during the evening. Surgeon Cen
eral Meredith 1. Samuel, another
well known Delawarean who was
recently honored by the national
organization, is expected to attend.
Mrs. Clara Bradley, president of
the Ladies Auxiliary, lives in Fell
ton, and is the first Kent countian
to be elected president of the aux
iliary. She is also active in several
ladies organizations in this section,
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Milford chronicle., 1941-11-14
SpOrtswriters
Banquet At
EastOn Nov. l8
Many Milford Fans Are
Expected To Attend
Annual Affair N ext
Tuesday Evening.

Next Tuesday evening, Novem-
Der IS, the banquet hall of the Eas-
ton (Maryland) Fire House is ex-
pected to be filled to the brim in an
effort of every sportsman on the
Peninsula to honor Bill Nicholson
and Jimmy Foxx, big leagurers of
national fame and native sons of
the Eastern Shore.
Rabid ball fans throughout the
Peninsula are looking forward to
this event with such interest. Just
ly proud of Jimmy Foxx and Bill
Nicholson, fans and fannettes alike
from Wilmington to Cape Charles,
Va, are expected to honor these
two great athletes,
Ed. Nichols, President of the
Eastern Shore Sports Writer'S As
sociation advises all interested pur-
chasers not to wait until the last
minute to secure ducats as only a
limited supply have been printed.
Nicholson, a native of Chester
town, got his diamond start while
playing for Coach Tom Kibler's
Washington College nine. After
signing a Philadelphia AS contract
he saw very little service with the
House of Mack and was shunted
to the Southern Association circuit
but was later purchased by the
Chicago Cubs and has proven dur
ing the past two years as one of
the better hy-chasers of the Ma
tional League.
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