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1 lI I i RISE usE OF IiJIM Jl WES WESHEAD HEAD OF 01 PENNSYLVANIA RAIL RAtLROAD RAILROAD RAILROAD ROAD ONCE A RODMAN RODMANGolf RODMANGoff DMAN DMANGolf Golf and Driving Are His Favorite FavoriteSports FavoriteSports FavoriteSportsIs Sports SportsIs Is Devoted to His Home HomeAlthough HomeAlthough HomeAlthough Although Holdn Holdnzj Me Menbership Menbershipin nbership in Man Many CluL CluLPltUburs ChLPlttabur CILLPit1sbar I PltUburs Plttabur Pa PaAnother Another proof that thatthis thattht thatthis this tht is 15 a 8 utmocmtic looratlc country coufttr and that thatthe thatthe thatr the highest offices are a open to the thehumblest thehumb16bt thehumblest humblest it they Lae the ability to torile to torise tot rise to their opportunities has just justbeen justbeen justs 7 been furnished by bv the greatest rail railroad railroad railworld road in to the thetry world world which is going to totry totry tor try the experiment of what kind of a apresident apresident aS president a rodman will make makeIt makeIt makeIt It is not so long ago within thememory the thememory thememory memory of many officials of the Pennvania Penn Pennsylvania Penno sylvania vania railroad that James McCrea McCreawho McCreawho McCreawho who has just succeeded to the mantle mantleof mantleof mantleof of A Cassatt was only plain Jim JimMcCrea JimMcCrea JimMcCrea McCrea and figured on the salary list listof listof listi i of the road as a rodman rodmanHe rodmanlie rodmanie He lie ie was a good rodman a hard hardworker hardworker hardt i worker He has been the same in inevery inevery inevery every other position he has held in inthe inthe 1 1the the 41 years he has served the road roadThe roadThe roadThe The character of result achieved by bythe bythe i the tall muscular silent gruffspoken gruffspokenJim gruffspokenJim gruffspokenJim ya ys Jim made him a marked man man be before before a fore he had been a rodman for twoyears two twoyears twoyears years Then came promotions and andfour andfour andi i four presidents presid nts of the road took a apleasure aple8Sure apleasure pleasure in aiding his ambitions He Hewent Hewent Hei i went up up up through the stages of ofengineer ofengineer ofl engineer superintendent of various variousdivisions variousdivisions variousdivisions divisions general manager of various variousroads variousroads variousroads roads fourth vice president third vice vicepresident viceI viceii I ii president second vice president and andfirst andt andfirst If first vice president presidentHis presidentU presidentHis fi His election to the headship headshi of the theentire thel theentire 1 entire concern was no surprise surprIse for forit forUtU UtU 2 it had been known for a long time timethat timeWi timei Wi i that he was President Cassatts pref preference prefJ prefa erence and for a couple of years prior priorto priorj a i to his death Mr Cassatt had been beengrooming beengrooming beene i grooming McCrea for the place placeThere placej PlaceThere There is no particular romance in inthe inI iJ lit 1 the life story of this man big men mentally mentally tally and physically His success has hasnot hasnot hasl not proceeded from strokes of daring daringoi daringJ 1 I oi or from sudden inspirations Hard Hardrelentless HardIIJ HardS relentless work has been the only syst sys system IIJ i tem he knew knewEven knewt i Even those Pittsburg friends who whohave whoI whohave I have known him as a neighbor for formany fori formany i many years and who love to speak of ofhim ofJ ofI him as a man with a heart as big as ashis asf1i ashis I f1i Il his frame who loves his fellow man manas maniI manit it fi as himself who is everybodys friend friendand friendt friendand iI and who lacks the luxury of a single singleenemy singlef singleenemy enemy never have been quite able to tofully tofully tofully fully grasp his character Though he heis hel is one of the biggest of many big menwho men menwho menI 11 who have lately come out of theSmoky the theSmoky theSmoky Smoky City he is little known to the thecity theJ I city at large largeHis 9 His life divided itself between work workand workIJ workI I I A and his home This Is in itself not such suchan suchI suchfl I IJ fl I i an unusual circumstance there are areall arealltoo i i all alltoo too many who from reticence reticence retlcen shunsociety shun shunsociety shun1i 1i society or who have not the arts artsU JAMES MCREA MCREAHe MCREAHe MCREAj He Has Risen from Rodman to Pres Presidency PresIdency Prest idency of Pennsylvania Railroad Railroador i or inclination to enjoy it even after afterbusiness afterbusiness afterbusiness business has removed all need of hard hardwork hardI I workThis workThis work workThis This was the riddle about McCrea McCreaHe McCreaHe McCreatt tt He shunned social functions yet when whendrawn whendrawn whendrawn drawn into them he shone as a star starof starof starof of first magnitude His fine physique physiquequick physiqueQuick physiquer quick wit and abounding good fellow fellowship fellowship fellowship ship made him immensely immensel popular popularand popularand popularand and had he wished Mr McCrea could couldhave couldhave couldhave have attained almost any political or orsocial orsocial ort social distinction distinctionBut distinctionBut distinctionBut But McCrea knew only one love lovethe lovethePennsylvania lovethePennsylvania the thePennsylvania Pennsylvania railroad and found morepleasure more morepleasure morevleasure pleasure in serving it than in other otherforms otherforms otherforms forms of activity or diversion diversionThat diversionThat diversionThat That is the sole reason why a few fewdays fewdays fewdays days ago directors elected him to the theplace theI theplace theplace I place made vacant by the death of Mr MrCassatt MrCassatt MrCassatt Cassatt CassattMr CassattMr CassattMr Mr McCrea belonged to clubs in inPlttsburg InPlttsburgthe inr Plttsburgthe Plttsburg the Duquesne Pittsburg Pittsburgclub Pittsburgclub Pittsburgi club Country club and Pittsburg Golf Golfclub Golfclub Golfclub i club In New York he is a member memberof of the Union League In Chicago of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Chicago club and in the Quaker QuakerCity QuakerCity Quakerwhere City Cityf where now he takes his resi residence res i idence dence he is a member of the conserva conservative conservaF 1 tive and aristocratic old organization organizationthe the Philadelphia club clubAs clubAs clubAs As a sportsman the new new president presidentknows presidentknows presidentF knows only two hobbies hobbieshorses horses and andgolf andgolf 4 golf He owns half a dozen thorough thoroughbreds thoroughj thoroughbrads brads and thinks nothing too good for forthem forthem 1 them themOn themOn themz On the links of the Pittsburg Pitts burg Golf Golfclub Golfclub Golfclub club Mr McCrea tall and powerfully powerfullybuilt powerfullybuilt powerfullybuilt built his bushy and somewhat forbid forbidding forbidding forbidding ding whiskers a target for the wind windwas windwas windF was long a figure that will now be besadly beJ beaLt aLt sadly missed missedThe missedThe missedThe The new head of the Pennsylvania Pennsylvaniawas Pennslvaniawas was born in the home city of that or organization organization organization ganization and is 58 years e8rs old oldMr oldMr oldMr Mr McCrea Is only moderately rich richmost richmost richmost most of his money being invested in inthe inthe inthe the road He is a firm opponent of ofrailroad ofrailroad ofi i railroad abuses and graft in any form formwill formwill formwill will be a dangerous experiment while whilehe whilehe whilei i he is in power powerr 13 1 1Z I GIRL A MUSICAL GENIUS GENIUSFamily GENIUSFamily I IFamily Family Fiddled Into Prosperity as Re Rel Relsuit Resuit 1 1suit suit of Her Ability AbilityNew AbilityNew AbilityNew New York A titled Italian talian family i iwith i iwith i iwith with more pride in its pedigree thangold than thangold thangold gold in its purse has been fiddled into intoAmerica jAmerica IAmerica America by the musical genius of theyoungest the theyoungest youngest daughter and will arrive in inNew InNew inNew I New York soon The girl who has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been able to accomplish this Is just justpast justpast justpast past her eighteenth birthday She is isthe isthe isthe the violinist In the orchestra in a arestaurant arestaurant arestaurant restaurant here and her remarkable remarkablegenius remarkablegenius remarkablegenius genius has attracted such attention attentionthat attentionthat attentionthat that she will will appear in a musical re recital rcital recital cital in Carnegie hall ballLa hallLa hallLa La Marchesina Pallavacini Pallavacinils is one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the five daughters of Marchese Gus Gustavo Gustavo Gustavo tavo Pallavacini of Italy for 35 years yearsdirector yearsdirector yearsdirector director in the telegraph service and andnow andnow andnow now at 72 retired on a pension of 40 a month on which he is unable unableto unableto unableto to support his large family in the thestyle thestyle thestyle style and comfort to which he believes believesthey believesthey believesthey they are entitledElissena entitled entitledElissena entitledElissena Elissena the daughter who has I MARCHESIA PALLAVACINI PALLAVACINIViolin PALLAVACINIViolin PALLAVACINIViolin Violin Genius Educated by Queen of ofItaly ofItaly ofItaly Italy Italyearned Italyearned Italyearned earned enough with her violin to tobring tobring tobring bring them to this coutnry and sup support support support port them comfortably comfortabl inherits the thetitle thetitle thetitle title of Marchesina with her other othersisters othersisters othersisters sisters and when she was little more morethan morethan morethan than eight years old she declared her herintention herintention herintention intention of studying music Through Throughher Throughhor Throughher her fathers influence she was able ableto ableto ableto to get instruction from Prof Batti Battiof Battiof Battiof of Bologna He recognized the childs childsability childsability childsability ability and took more than usual usualpains usualpains usualpains pains to advance her By the time timeshe timeshe timeshe she had reached her tenth year her herperformances herperformances herperformances performances on the violin attracted attractedthe attractedthe attractedthe the attention of the musical world in inher inher inher her native city cityAt cityAt cityAt At the age of ll the little Mar Marchesina Marchesina Marchesina chesina made her first appearance In Ina ina ina a concert before the royal family familyThe famllyThe familyThe The director was Saverio Nurrissino Nurrissinogeneral Nurrissinogeneral Nurrissinogeneral general director of the Conservatory Conservatoryof of Music and musician in chief to the theking theking theking king and queen He recognized the thegirls thegirls thegirls girls talents and gave her a promi prominent prominent prominent nent part in the concert Other art artists artIsts artists ists had been applauded generously generouslybut generouslybut generouslybut but when the darkeyed daughter of ofthe ofthe ofthe the old Marchese began to sweep the thebow thebow thebow bow over the strings the audience audiencewas audiencewas audiencewas was amazed amazedThe amazedJ The phrasing and the technique of ofthe ofthe I the child were beautiful and dainty daintyand daintyand daintyand I and after the first number Queen QueenMargherita QueenMargherlta I IMargherita Margherita who was an interested interestedlistener interestedlistener interestedlistener listener sent for the director and told toldhim toldhim toldhim him to send the girl to the royal box boxShe boxShe boxShe She obeyed shyly not knowing whether wheth whether er she was to receive praise or cen censure censure censure sure sureThe The queen received her kindlyand kindly kindlyand kindlyand and talked with her for an hour The Thenext Thenext Thenext next day a messenger brought to the thePallavacini thePallavacini thePallavacini Pallavacini house a beautiful violin violinfrom violinrom violinfrom from rom Queen Margherita and with it ita Ita ita a note directing dir ctlng the little girl to goat go goat goat at once to the conservatory and com complete complete complete plete her musical education The Thepayment Thepayment Thepayment payment for the tuition was made by byher byher byher her royal patron patronAt patronAt patronAt At the age of 15 La Marchesina Marchesinawas was one of the musical wonders of ofthe otthe ofthe the institution She returned to her herold herold herold old tutor and then took part in concerts con concerts concerts certs in Rome and Milan but themonetary the themonetary themonetary monetary returns were small and andtwo andtwo andtwo two years ago she and her sister sisterClotilde sisterClotilde Clotilde emigrated to America Theygave They Theygave I Igave gave one concert in Mendelssohn hall hallthe hallthe i ithe the sister playing the piano accom accompaniment accompaniment i ipaniment paniment but as neither girl pos possessed possessed i isessed sessed any business sense their abil ability ability i iity ity was not brought prominently to tothe tothe tothe the front until La Marchesina was washeard washeard washeard heard here by a cirtic in the restau restaurant restauran restaurant rant ran Hawley Knew How HowSenator HowSenator HowSenator Senator Joseph Hawley of Con Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut necticut was never known to miss missspringing missspringing missspringing springing a joke even if it happened happenedto I Ihard to hit a friend and to sometimes hit hithard hithard hard One year Elizabeth Elizabeth Beecher BeecherHooker BeecherHooker I IHooker Hooker was up for president of a well wellknown wellknown wellknown known Hartford society over which whichthere 1 there was much local discussion Alady A Alady Alady lady friend meeting the senator onAsylum on onAsylum I Asylum avenue one morning she ask asked asked asked ed the genial statesman how hethought he hethought hethought thought Mrs Hooker would run runVery runVery runVery Very much like a aduck duck I suppose supposesaid sUIJPosesaid supposesaid said Hawley but I hope madam Ill Illnot Illnot I Inot not have to see her herv herNo herNo No RoomAn Room RoomAn RoomAn An Irishman was recently traveling travelingin in a train accompanied by a minister ministerwhen ministerwhen ministerwhen when two very stout ladies enteredthe entered enteredthe enterttlthe the compartment They placed them themselves themselves themselves selves one on each side of Pat who whowas whowas whowas was of course much crushed Theminister The Theminister Theminister minister on seeing him so placed placedsaid placedaid placedsaid said aid Are you sure you OU are comfortable comfort comfortable comfortable able Pat To this question Pat Patquickly Patquicky Patquickly quickly replied Sure your our honor I Ihavent Ihavent Ihavent havent much room to grumble grumbleTid grumbleTidBits Tid TidBits Bits Heinrich Conried 9L II IIDirector Director of the Metropolitan Opera company In New York city whose re recent rea reacent recent cent production of Salome created such a furore in the metropolis that hewas he hewas hewas was forced to abandon the contemplated run ILLS ESTATE TO PIGS PIGSHOW HOW ROBERT MDONALD GOTEVEN GOT GOTEVEN GOTEVEN EVEN WITH HIS RELATIVESSum RELATIVES RELATIVESSum RELATIVESSum Sum of 8000 Bequeathed to Pair of ofPorkers ofP ofPorkers Porkers rkers to Spite Distant Kin KinProvision KinProvision KinProvision Provision Made for Their Illness Ill Illness illness ness and for Young Ones OnesLake OnesLake OnesLake Lake Ainslie Cape Breton BretonJust Just to toget toget toget get even with his relatives who he hedeclared hedeclared hedeclared declared had fawned on him for years yearsand yearsand yearsand and derided him behind his back backwhile backwhile backwhile while waiting for him to die that they theymight theymight theymight might inherit his life savings RobertMacDonald Robert RobertMacDonald RobertMacDonald MacDonald bequeathed everything he heowned heowned heowned owned to his two two pigs The estate estateamounts estateamounts estateamounts amounts to about 8000 and every everycent everycent everycent cent is to go to the porkers and their theirkeepers theirkeepers theirkeepers keepers keepersMacDonald keepersMacDonald keepersMacDonald MacDonald had no near kin but adozen a adozen adozen dozen distant relatives kept close closetrack clos clostrack closetrack track of him and he declared shortly shortlybefore shortlybefore shortlybefore before his death that their only inter interest interest interest est was in his money This belief beliefsoured beliefsoured beliefsoured soured him against the cousins but butthey butthey butthey they were not aware of the fact and andwhen andwhen andwhen when the old man passed away afortnight a afortnight afortnight fortnight ago they hastened to hear hearthe hearthe hearthe the will read They were greatly as astonished astonished astonished tonished and intensely indignant indignantwhen indignantwhen indignantwhen when they learned fo the disposition dispositionof of the propertyWhile property propertyWhile propertyWhile While MacDonald had never been beenknown beenknown beenknown known to keep swine he no sooner soonerlearned soonerlearned soonerlearned learned from his doctor that he must mustprepare mustI I prepare to die than he sent to a neigh neighboring neighboring neighboring boring farmer and bought two young youngpigs youngpigs youngpigs pigs a male and a female female These he hecaused hecaused hecaused caused to be placed and fed in a pen penat penat penat at the rear ar of the house He thensent then thensent thensent sent for his solicitor and dictated his hiswill hiswill hiswill will saying that if he gave his fortune for fortune fortune tune of 8000 to his cousins it would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be in the hands of pigs who deniedtheir denied deniedtheir deniedtheir their identities and that he might as aswell aswell aswell well give it to porkers which made madeno madeno madeno no pretensesBy pretenses pretensesBy pretensesBy By the terms of this unique docu document document document ment the house is to be sold at atauction atauction atauction auction The funds accruing from thesale the thesale thesale sale are ar are then to be banked and the interest in interest interest terest together with th the income from fromall fromall fromall all other funds possessed by Mr MacDonald Mac MacDonald MacDonald Donald at the time of his death Is to tobe tobe tobe be used to feed and care for the two twopigs twopigs twopigs pigs The attendant is to provide apen a apen apen pen at his own expense and receive receivefor receivefor receivefor for rental and care the sum of two twodollars dollars per week exclusive of theamount the theamount theamount amount paid for executor for which whichservice whichI I service he is to receive the regular regularlegal regularI I legal fee feeIt feeI feeIt I It is is stipulated thatrwhen that when the pigs pigsshall pigsI I shall become hogs and multiply their theiryoung theiryoung young shall be cared for as shall theiroffspring their theiroffspring theiroffspring offspring the fees to the attendant be being being being ing raised 50 cents per week for every everysix everysix everysix six pigs he raises For every pig that thatdies thatdies thatdies dies he is to forfeit ten cents a week weekfor weekfor weekfar for ten weeks unless death is due to tohog tohbg tohag hog cholera when the forfeit is to be bewaived I waived In event of illness among the thehogs thehogs hogs the best veterinary in the prov province province province I I I ince is to be engaged engagedAs engagedAs engagedAs As the interest on 8000 at four per percent percent I II I cent amounts to but 320 per annum annumand annumand annumand and as the attendants fees and feed feeding feedfag feeding ing will exhaust this thi amount the first firstyear firstrear firstyear year the will provides that drafts draftsmay draftsI draftsmay I may be made on the principal immedi immediately immediately ately after the first litter of pigs is isborn isI isborn born Therafter the principal shall shallbe shallbe shallbe I be used as needed until no cash re remains remains remains mains in the bank At this time the thehogs thehogs thehogs hogs and pigs are to be sold and the themoney themoney themoney money devoted to such local charities charitiesas as the executor may elect electIn electIn electIn In case an epidemic takes off the thehogs thehogs thehogs hogs within a given time all that re remains remains remains mains of the fund is to be given to tothree toI tothree three churches to be used in caring caringfor caringfor caringfor I for cemeteries Thus it is for the in interest interest interest terest of the executor to see that bis bischarges bischarges hischarges charges live a long as possible Ex Experts Experts Experts perts in farming are now busy trying tryingto to figure out how long the 8000 will willlast willlast last There are as many answers as asthere asthere asthere there are farmers farmelsi i i WAS FROZEN TO LAMP POST POSTFugitives POSTFugitives POSTFugitives Fugitives Hands Pried Loose by a Policeman Po Policeman Policeman liceman at Street Corner CornerNew CornerNew CornerNew New York YorkPoliceman Policeman Schiffer in inThird inThird inThird Third avenue at eight oclock in theevening the theevening tIleevening evening noticed a man clinging to a alamp alamp alamp lamp post at the northeast corner cornE of ofThirtyfourth ofThirtyfourth ofThirtyfourth Thirtyfourth street At ten oclock oclockhe oclockhe oclockhe he saw that the fellow was in the thesame thesame thesame same position and walked up to where wherehe wherehe wherehe he was He found that the man was wasunconscious wasunconscious wasunconscious unconscious with the fingers of both bothhands bothhands bothhands hands frozen tightly to the iron post postThe postThe postThe The policeman pried the fingers fingersloose fingersloose fingersloose loose and got assistance to carry the theman theman theman man to the East Thirtyfifth street streetpolice streetpolice streetpolice police station There it was discov discovered discovered discovered ered that the mans arms and his legs legsfrom legsfrom legsfrom from the knees down were frozen frozenWhile frozenWhile frozenWhile While first aid was being given an am ambulance ambulance ambulance bulance from Bellevue hospital was wassummoned wassummoned wassummoned summoned Surgeon Cudderback saw sawat sawat sawat at once that the man was in a critical criticalcondition criticalcondition criticalcondition condition He took him to the hos hosjltal hospltat hosyital jltal jltalAt yitalAt pltatAt At the station the sufferer regained regainedconsciousness regainedconsciousness regainedconsciousness consciousness long enough to say that thathis thathIs thathis his name was John Lenahan that he hewas hewas hewas was 35 years old and lived on First Firstavenue Firstavenue Firstavenue avenue Sergeant McAdam then rec recognized recognized recognized ognized him as a man for whom he hehad hehad hehad had a warrant of arrest Lenahan Lenahanwas Lenahanwas Lenahanwas was recently released on 500 bail for forthe forthe forthe the theft of an overcoat he pawned pawnedfor pawnedfor pawnedfor for 2 He failed to appear in court courtyesterday courtyesterday courtyesterday yesterday to answer the charge and andthe andthe andthe the warrant was therefore issuedLenahan issued issuedLenahan IssuedLenahan Lenahan was thinly clothed It is isthought Isthought isthought thought he placed his hands on the theiron theiron theiron iron post while intoxicated and re remained remained remained mained in that position until he be became became became came unconscious unconsciousXRAY unconsciousXRAY unconsciousXRAY XRAY USED AS DETECTIVE DETECTIVESmugglers DETECTIVESmugglers DETECTIVESmugglers Smugglers Exposed in French Custom CustomHouses CustomHouses CustomHouses Houses to Their Consternation ConsternationMinneapolis ConsternationMinneapolis ConsternationMinneapolis Minneapolis Minn MinnThe The French Frenchgovernment Frenchgovernment Frenchgovernment government has employed the Roent Roentgen Roentgen Roentgen gen ray in a peculiar and certainly certainlynovel certainlynovel certainlynovel novel way It is subjecting persons personswho personswho personswho who pass through its custom houses housesto housesto housesto to the Xray in order to determine determinewhether determinewhether determinewhether whether they are smuggling articles articlesupon articlesupon articlesupon upon which they should pay duty In Inone Inone Inone one trial mentioned 167 persons were wereexamined wereexamined wereexamined examined in 45 minutes and on them themwere themwere themwere were found jewels and merchandise merchandisehidden merchandisehidden merchandisehidden hidden for the experiment A small smalljeweled smalljeweled smalljeweled jeweled locket was revealed under a ayoung ayoung I young mans tongue Several watch watchchains watchchains watchchains chains were found in the coils of a awomans ar awomans womans hair Card cases spread out outflat outI outfiat fiat under the feet in the shoes were wererevealed wererevealed wererevealed I revealed Articles wrapped in many manythicknesses manythickness manythicknessts thickness thicknesses of paper and woolen fab fabrics fabI fabrics rics were discovered and the account accountof accountof accountof of this trial says sas these articles instead insteadof insteador insteadof I of being successfully hidden might as aswell aswell aswell well in nearly nearl every case have shout shouted shouted shouted ed out their existence and declared declaredthemselves declaredthemselves declaredthemselves themselves on a manifest manifestWhat manifestWhat manifestWhat What a fine thing it would be if the theRoentgen theRoentgen theRoentgen Roentgen ray could be successfully successfullyapplied successfullyI successfullyapplied applied to proposed legislation and to tolegislators tolegislators tolegislators legislators if it could be made to re reveal rer reveal veal the presence of the little joker in inthe inthe inthe the bill and the consideration lodged lodgedin in the pocket of the legislator to in induce induce induce duce him to pursue a certain course courseof courseof courseof of action The Xray of publicity is isall isall isall all right when properly applied but butIt butit butit It has not yet et been developed to as ashigh ashigh ashigh high degree of efficiency efllcienc as the inter interesting interesting interesting esting scientific principle of the theRoentgen theRoentgen theRoentgen Roentgen ray rayGlass rayGlass rayGlass Glass in Fishs Stomach StomachPalm StomachPalm StomachPalm Palm Beach Fla FlaWhile While fishing on onthe onthe onthe the Ocean pier a negro pulled in a agoodsized agoodsized agoodsized goodsized kingfish On cleaning it he hefelt hefelt hefelt felt something hard in the stomachand stomach stomachand stomachand and pulled out a pair of rimless rimlessglasses rimlesglasses rimlessglasses glasses attached to a delicate gold goldchain goldchain goldchain chain evidently intended for a wom womans Womans womans ans wear The guasses were not broken Emerson Prescott of ofWashington ofWashington ofWashington Washington a patron of the Royal Poinciana hotel heard of the dis discovery discovery discovery covery and bought the glasses from fromthe fromthe fromthe the fisherman 1 1s OUHNS COAl Of AaMSI AaMSIROYAL ROYAL GRANT RECENTLY MADE MADEBY MADEBY MADEBY BY KING EDWARD EDWARDInsignia EDWARDInsignia EDWARDInsignia Insignia Not Hereditary as Generally GenerallySupposed GenerallySupposedRuler GenerallySupposedRuler Supposed SupposedRuler Ruler of England Is IsSupreme IsSupreme IsSupreme Supreme on Matters of ofArmorial ofArmorial ofArmorial Armorial Ensigns EnsignsLondon EnsignsLondonTo EnsignsLondon London LondonTo To those who look with withscorn withscorn withscorn scorn upon a modern grant of arms armsno armsno armsno no less than to those who are unaware unawarethat unawarethat unawarethat that the royal arms are not hereditary hereditaryand hereditaryand hereditaryand and that tha Ptch nch ch member of the royal royalfamily royalfamily royalfamily family 1 posed to receive a war warrant warrant warrant rant per pc ii i to himself or herself herselfit herselfit it it will come as a startling shock to toi toeft i irn hat her majesty Queen Alex Alexandra Alexandra Alexandra andra has recently received a grantof grant grantof grantof of arms To be more exactly precise precisette precisette precisethe tte king has issued a warrant to give giveand giveand giveand and assign unto our dearly beloved belovedconsort belovedconsort belovedconsort consort whom his majesty styles A ALady ALady ALady Lady of Our Most Noble Order of the theGarter theGarb theGarter Garter Garb Arms Crown and andSupporters andSupporters andSupporters Supporters SupportersThe SupportersThe SupportersThe The law which governs the royal royalarms royalarms royalarms arms in this country bears little if any anyrelation anyrelation anyrelation relation to the law controling the thearmorial thearmorial thearmorial armorial ensigns of subjects and andthough andthough andthough though more rigid in its rules it never nevertheless nevertheless nevertheless theless closely closel follows upon the old oldcustoms oldcustoms oldcustoms customs and rules conformed to by bythe bythe bythe the Bourbons when France was roy royalist royalist royalist alist alistThe alistThe alistThe The cardinal rules lying at the base baseof baseof baseof of royal heraldry heraldr are first that the theking theking theking king can do anything in such matters mattersby mattersby mattersby by merely declaring his pleasure by bymeans bymeans bymeans means of a formal royal warrant and andsecond andsecond andsecond second that the royal arms as such suchare suchare suchare are not personal and are not heredi hereditary hereditary hereditary tary but are the emblems of the undy undying undying undying ing sovereignty soverei ty of the realm realmThe realmThe realmThe The sovereign can at any any an moment momentdeclare momentdeclare momentdeclare declare by warrant what the royal royalarms royalarms royalarms arms shall be for the future and andthough andthough andthough though this is usually usuaIl done imme immediately immediately immediately diately upon ascending asc nding the throne and anda anda anda a subsequent change but seldom oc occurs occurs occurs curs such changes do happen There Therewere Therewere Therewere were no less than three changes in inthe inthe inthe the reigns of George III George IV IVand IVand IVand and William IV Each contented him himself himself himself self with the final version of King KingGeorge KingGeorge KingGeorge George III but a change was made by byQueen byQueen byQueen Queen Victoria VictoriaThe VictoriaThe VictoriaThe The tenet that the royal arms be belong belong belong long only and exclusively to the sov sovereign sovereign sovereign ereign dates back to the reign of Ed Edward Edward Jd Jdward ward I if not beyond All the other othermembers othermembers othermembers members of the royal family bear the theroyal theroyal theroyal royal arms differenced by marks of ofdistinction ofdistinction ofdistinction distinction How this differencing Coat of Arms of Queen Alexandra Alexandrawas Alexandrawas Alexandrawas was effected in early times is not notknown notknown notknown known though what was the particu particular particular particular lar difference employed in each case casethere casethere casethere there are plenty of records to show showIn showIn showIn In modern times at any any rate since the theStuart theStuart theStuart Stuart dynasty it has been done by bymeans bymeans bymeans means of royal warrants under the thesign thesign thesign sign manual and privy seal seafof of the sovereign sov sovereign sovereign ereign Anciently the difference marks markswere markswere markswere were two twoeither either a bordure or a alabel aJabel alabel Jabel label For a long time past the thelabel thelabel thelabel label has been exclusively used The Thelabel Thelabel Thelabel label which is now always white is isa Isa isa a straight bar across the top of the theshield theshield theshield shield from which hang three or orsometimes orsometimes orsometimes sometimes five points These points pointsare pointsare pointsare are perfectly plain for the heir appar apparent apparent apparent ent but for all other members of the theroyal theroyal theroyal royal family they are charged with withdifferent withdifferent withdifferent different objects of which a multitu multitudinous multitudlnous multitudinous dinous variety have been called into intouse Intouse intouse use useThese These labels are placed upon the theshield theshield theshield shield and upon each of the support supporters supporters supporters ers and in the case of princes upon uponthe uponthe uponthe the crest also princesses of coursehave course coursehave coursehave have no crest crestNot crestNot Not only are such warrants Issued Issuedfor Issuedfor issuedfor for those who by blood descent are aremembers aremembers aremembers members of our royal family but butsometimes butsometimes butsometimes sometimes also for those who only en enter enter enter ter the tI royal family by alliance Such Sucha a warrant rrant was issued by Queen Vic Victoria Victorla Victoria toria for the late prince consort and andthe andthe andthe the royal arms of this country differ differenced differenced differenced enced by a label quartered with the thearms thearms thearms arms of Saxony were what was as assigned assigned assigned signed to him in the warrant All of ofhi ofhi ofhis hi his descendants except the king retain retainthe retainthe retainthe the arms of Saxony upon their shield shieldbut shieldbut shieldbut but bear the coat upon an inescutch inescutcheon inescutcheon inescutcheon eon As above stated King Edward EdwardVII EdwardVII EdwardVII VII has now issued a warrant for forQueen forQueen forQueen Queen Alexandra and this warrant re recites recites recites cites that her majesty shall use and andbear andbear andbear bear within the Garter our royal arms armsimpaling armsimpaling armsimpaling impaling the royal arms of Denmark Denmarksurmounted Denmarksurmounted Denmarksurmounted surmounted by our crown The sup supporters supporters supporters porters assigned to the queen in the thewarrant thewarrant thewarrant warrant are Dexter a lion guardant guardantor or crowned proper and Sinister a asavage asavage asavage savage wreathed about the temples templesand templesand templesand and loins with oak and supporting In Inthe inthe inthe the exterior hand a club all proper properThis properThis properThis This latter is one of the Danish sup supporters supporters supporters porters The king also permits the thequeen thequeen thequeen queen to use his crown This crown crownby crownby crownby by the way is a fiction It has no real realexistence realexistence realexistence existence and the warrant will not notaffect notaffect notaffect affect the crown her majesty wears wearswhich wearswhich wearswhich which Is a small one entirely of dia diamonds diamonds diamonds monds The crown the queen wore woreat woreat woreat at the coronation was of another pat pattern pattern pattern tern 1If GIRL MAY PLAN WARSHIP WARSHIPBoston WARSHIPBoston WARSHIPBoston Boston Maid Graduates with Honor a al I Naval Architect ArchitectBoston ArchitectBoston I Boston BostonThere There is one girl who mat may ma look the part of a secretary for or some home for stray cats but who is buii bUild ing battleships She is Miss Lydij LYdia Gould Weld of a famous and wealthy wealthyold wealthyold wealthold old New England family She is em employed eployed enployed ployed by the Newport News New Ship 8hi building and Dry Dock Constructi Constmctioa Constmctioacompany Con tructiOl tructiOlcom on oncompany company companyWhen com companyWhen pan panVhen When just budding Into womanhood wonl nhOOd Miss Weld concluded to be of so some someuse me 1 use In the world A little story story is told t0jdconcerning toldconcerning toldconcerning concerning Miss Iiss Weld and Mrs In Luc LucAmes Lucia LuciaAmes LueiaAmes Ames Mead sometimes sometimes ItrlIJ termed a atemporal atemporal atemporal temporal vice regent of the Prince oi 6 6MISS MISS LYDIA GOULD WELD WELDBuilding WELDBuilding WELDBuilding Building Building Battleships Is Hobby of ofThis oThis bThis This Boston Girl GirlPeace GirlPeace Ii IiPeace Peace Miss Weld had announced announcedher announcedher announcedher her intention of learning to build bat battleships battIeships battleshiPs tleships Mrs Mead was horrified horrifiedMy horrifiedMy horrifiedMy My dear Miss Weld declaimed declaimedMrs declaimed declaimedMrs dtClaimedMrs Mrs Mead one one battle ship costs as aamuch asmuch asmuch much as an entire university One Is laeducational iseducational 1 educational and the other Is total totaldestructive totsdestructive destructive I am astounded astoundedMy astoundedMY jMy My dear Mrs Mead responded respond ed the thegirl wgirl jgirl girl your our mathematics are correct correctbut correctbut correctbut but I question your logic Frequently Frequentlythere Frequentlythere Frequentlythere there are occasions in the onward onwardmarch onwardmarch onwardmarch march of civilization ci viUzation when one good goodbattleship goodbattleship rbattleship battleship properly handled is word wordmore worthmore fmore more to God and humanity human it than 40 40average 40average tDaverage average universities universitiesSo universitiesSo So Miss Weld fitted for technology technologyand technolo technoloand technologyand and matriculated Donning her leather leath leather leather er apron baring her wellbred IIbred arms armsgreasing armsgreasing armsgreasing greasing oiling and blackening bJarkt ning herpretty her herpretty hfTprett pretty fingers she worked at thebench the thebench ttflbench bench the forge the lathe the anvil anviland amjJand anviland and at her books After three years yearsof year yparof yearof of savage plugging at naval architec architecture archil archilture architecture ture Miss Weld graduated at the head headof headof headof of her class classPresident classPresident classPresident President Orcutt of the big Newport NewportNews NewportNews ewport ewportNews News company is proud of his fair em employe employe employe ploye and says that he hopes his com company company company pany will get the contract for the thekeeredoNothinf theEkeeredoNothin thekeeredoNothin keeredoNothinf If he does Miss MissWeld MissWeld MissWeld Weld a frail gentlybred New Eng England England England land girl will have the proud distinc distinction distinction distinction tion of making all the working plans plansfor plansfor plansfor for the greatest most powerful fast fastest raitest fastest est and most mo terrible upholder of ofpeace ofpeace ofpeace peace the world ever has known knownRELIC knownRELIC knownRELIC RELIC OF OLD ROMAN DAYS DAYSIngenious DAYSIngenious DAYSIngenious Ingenious Urn for Heating Water WaterFound WaterFound WaterFound Found In Ruins of Pompeii PompeiiNew PompeiiNew PompeiiNew New York YorkThere There has recently recentlybeen recentJybeen recentlybeen been added to the Naples Museum a asplendid asplendid asplendid splendid collection of objects of ofantiquity ofantiquity a aantiquity antiquity dug up from the ruins of ofPompeii ofPompeU ofPompeii Pompeii The one here produced is isan isan isan an excellent example Archaeology Archaeologyhas Archaeologyhas Archaeologyhas has been able to piece together en enalmost analmost ualmost almost entire picture of the uses othese of ofthese ofthese these beautifully designed urns la laRoman I IRoman IsRoman Roman times wine was always mired miredwith miiedwith miledwith with water waterThe waterThe waterThe The host would ask his friends bo bothey bow bowthey hoxthey they would like to have it Some pre preferred preferred preferred ferred to have their wine cooled and Dug from Ruins of Pompeii Pompeiisnow Pompeiisnow Pompeiisnow snow or snow water was pu pt ito itowine co the thewine thep head headvantage ad advantage Yvantage wine Here is where we bav ha vantage over a Roman 1an in our ourrefrigerating OJ wIl wIlrefrigerating refrigerating methods 9 othods which whichus rJi 9I1 9I1us I Ius us to have ice at all seasonregard season seasonregard hiJ hiJregard ill tl ie ieBut er erBut erBut regard to the product of But a custom among aIDOD the thewhich i iwhich I Iwhich which nowadays seems strain strainwas stra fwas Fwas was the admixture of hot ccr iilr ar arthe Ythe i ithe the wine wineSpecial wIneSpecial wineSpecial Special vessels were ere ado ail ailheating i Jheating heating or keeping tie water atu i I Ithey aD aDthey aDthey they were very often ott A of very ve yand i iand jr 11 Tin Tinmany Ti ate atemany a amtLny and elaborate design I Ithese many and very ingenious in enious va vathese ti a athese 1 a aspace these urns each one i fI os osspace I Ispace space for the hot water a aother tother i 6 In Intap other receptacle for hot coal eo cntap 1 Jtap is tap Besides their chief uP us using t1 t1lag j1 In Ining ing water for mixing with wcould fJ fJcould FY FYcould could be used also for eookui cookiGreat yJ1 yJ1Great vGreat lPompeii QPompeii Great numbers have been du JIt JItPompeii Pompeii and Herculaneum wh ii iithe ra Whave nl nllave a aF tb thFy the days of their prime have lave formed beautiful tab tabments tabments o1l na tn tnartistic the theartistic barartistic bar ments It is not probable ib tile ei re reproductl artistic impulse will lead to Jproduction production productl of the theM boutlfumodels IHMuUfu utifal i anciw anciwmodels ancletmodels aaci i iproduction models 11.

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