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BOSTON SUNDAY POST, MARCH 1917 S9 Fofmer Clarence Mackay Is in Paris Beautiful Society Woman Is Now the Wife of Dr. oseph A. Bkke, Brilliant Surgeon, Treating French Formerly Had Charge of a Harvard Unit NEDDA OF THE NORTH END A Xouchihg Story of the Trials of a Child-Wife txft Behind in Boston by Italian Reservist Who Went to Fight for His Country of Mri. Joseph A. Blake, wife of the noted American surgeon, was taken in the ciL- i- 1 Mrs.

Blake was Se American Hospital Paris. She is scAi with a wounded French poilu. Mrs. Oarence Photo (C) by International Film Syncc. Irs.

A. Blake, present wife the'tipted American surgeon, and fMmer wife of Claroice Mackay, pHsident of the Postal Telegraph Company, has come into fame in Paris. IJri Blake, formerly connected with" the College of Phjrsicians and Surgeons in Kew York, later in charge of one of the early Harvard units in France, is doing brilliant surgical work in the American hospital in Paris, and it is in this hospital that his wife has become an Idol of wounded French soldiers. iBArs. accompanied Blake abroad following their marriage which took place after the preeent Mre.

Blake and darenoe Mackay were divorced and she had given up her temporary reslderoo In Portland, Mo. Dr. Blako and his first'wtfo had also hoen grantad a divorce, the family dlfterenoes of the Blades and Meckays eauBlng.a deeldod sensation on account of their soelal prominence. Tangled Family When the fiunily arose and got into'the In ISH. the present Mrs.

Blake, then Mra. Clarenoe Mackay. was siMd for fl.OOS,(IOI> for alienation of affoctlona by Mrs. Katherine Ketcham Blake. But the first Mrs.

Blake did not press the suit to trial and was granted a divorce fropa her husband on the ground of tion. While Mrs. Kathortne Ketcham Blake and the suigeon were Ing to reach an adjustment ef their differences In oourt. efforts were made to bring about a rooonotUatlon. These.

Jean Francis of the North fhcy called her. Only a few recognized the hurrying shape as it passed through the short winter dusk homeward, a ragged shawl over her head, a pinched babe clasped to her shrunken breast. Once only she stopped where three gilded balls hung over a wretched doorway, entered, and snatched the shawl from her head. however, failed In eplte of the faot that Mrs. Blake onoe said that noted surgeon the best man God ever The present Mra Blake has entered heart and eoul Into her pltal work in Paria She has personally nursed many French soldiers and has bemi one of her attendante In the operating room when he hae performed some of his most difficult operations.

Dr. Blake Is the American surgeen who a tremendous stir by say- thai the great majority of wealthy society girls, who took up nursing soon after the war started, were totally unfit for their work. He declared too many of them were In Ited Cross service merely for adventure which might Include a romance with some soldier hero. The young women nurses bitterly resented this charge, inslating that they had gone Into the work to sacrifice their time and strength for the cause of humanity and for that rsaaon alone. you give mo something for she pleaded.

is for my he Is She spoke In the Italian of the SloiUane, and In the uncovered face end neck Shone the golden brown of many hours spent under tha open skies of farawwy Sicily. A Perfdct Beauty A perfect little The Madonna hereolf could not have deelred a more lovely handmaiden. But of these things the wife took no note. will give you five cents, although it IB net worth that much. But you mufit let me buy tt I cannot bo bothered to keep it for Nedda eolsod the nlokel, and with her baby hurried, nnproteeted.

out into the cold once more. She stumbled up five flights with her burden, and when She had reached the cold and darkened room the callsd home, she placed the baby on the bod, and hurried out once more for a llttte milk. But the milk was 'cold, the would not drink it, and Nedda, poor little girl-mother, finally conceived the plan of waiihlng It In her own mouth, until It was warm enough for the Imby to drink. Wife of Italian Soldier Nedda is the wife of an Italian re- servtst, who has been struggling to cars for herself and her baby ever since her Marco answered his call for volunteers, and left Boston to enter the service. Diving In a darkened room and unable to get work, someone who knew of the Italian War Belief Fund found her and rescued her.

But the story of her I suffering and her desperate struggle for life has been told by Lewis Niles Roberts, In the hope of interesting Americans in the great responsibility which has been placed upon their shoulders. In the wives and ctdldren of the men who have gone back to fight. Brent Artlat 'Interested John Swent, the decorator of the Boston Public Library, and one of the greatest of living artists, becamei so Interested In the destitution from which the families of Italian soldiers in the North Bnd wore suffering that he nutde an exquisite and well-nigh priocdeas oharodal drawing of Nedda which Is pttbUshed In Mr. litUo story and is now reproduced by the Sunday Poet WBOT NEW FRENCH PREMIER REPUBLICS GRAND OLD MAN AIDED BY AMERICAN WIFE Love Amid Lemon Trees AU the more traglo le the fate of Nedda, when her wretched poverty Is, contrasted with the happier early days of their love. i had been a and girl love, theirs In the stragidlng hillside village behind Palermo, and It had ripened frankly and openly among the lemon trees of that peaceful countryside until the old priest blessed them and gave them to each other.

A small legacy of 800 lire from old grandfather. who had died the previous had made their emigration posrible; and though there wae no better or stronger workman than Marco In the vlUage and Nedda could wash at the rivewildo with any girl thereabouts and cook homo-made macaroni with the best of them, yet she and Marco decided upon thle Journey to faraway Amerloi In the hope of larger opportunltlee and better things In life. It was Idea principally." Nedda seemed such a little thing, small even for an Italian woman, but well made, and as yet unbent by drudgery like the older women of her class. She was so thin she looked only a slip of a girl, and would have been taken by most observers for her own sister Instead of his wife. Happy in Tenement Nest "So these two arrived in the country of their dreams, and a week later found them living In a tiny bedroom and still more tiny kitchen in a tenement house in the Italian quarter in North End.

The rent was high for such poor accommodations and living was dear, as they soon, discovered, and when war with her sick baby, her last gone, began in Europe prices rose still higher. Finally. In tha midst ef tMr pmtm happlneas, oomee the iMwa of Ztaljra eiriranee into the great war, and the oah of that country for her loyal aotw. Of course Maroo goea With all the Impetuosity of his Latin blood, ho answers the call to and poor Uttle Nodda, etlfilng her desiro to dotor her him off with her blaes- Ing. Dark daya follow.

Maroo has left a little his savings, which amounted to 190, In the bank for ber. In this portrait of Nedda. the wife of an Italian rqseiwist, John Satflrent, artiist. who has recently finished the mural decorations in the Boston lie Library, has captured all the charm of sunny Sicily. the ub- Thero were, however, plenty of Jobe to be had for an able-bodied youth like Marco, who was not afraid of hard manual and In all the city there was not a more qpntcnted couple thsm the Lucettls." But the winter was a hard one, the little new baby needed many and everything -very dear beoauae of the war.

haimlhsss with her baby would have bMn a hoauttfol tMng to the onlooker. If there had been anyone to see It. Bho was la ttils newfound Joy. She praiwd to her little ple- tnre of the Madonna with for the goodaoes which had given her a bambino to comfort her Just when her heart was breaking for Maroo. weekly -vlstt to the bank and the Bight ef the pitifully small man remaining on her deposit book attrrsd her from her apathy with a eensp ef the neoeeeity of finding work without further delay.

But where eheuld She mm for it? She knew It wae useless to go back to the emploirment agenetee. for she had no references and they seemed eo Indifferent to helping her. She attempted to get a place In many shops and stores, but her slight of English add her hesitation and timidity were her undoing. "Finally she tried the small Italian shops In her own quarter, but tbey all seemed to be eupplled with help. She was retunilhg home, quite exhausted and hopeless, when.

In passing a fruit stall at a corner of the street where she lived, evidently kept by om of her comparilots. at which eeverar persons were making purchases, ehe heard the proprietress Say in Italian to impatient buBtomer: must wait a minute. have not four hands to serve everyone at once. My assistant has left Nedda stood still. Hero was an' The little tale goes on td relate how Nodda finally lost her place through no fault of her own, and, again without work, pawned every possession she oodld part with for the sake of feeding her child.

At last help earns. The Italian relief, hearing of the plight of Nedda and her young one, caide to bring her comfort and cheer, the bare necesritlee of life, in the very nick of time, until her Marco should return to care for her again. France has again called Alex- 'andre Ribct in an hour of hot, the statesman, whose American wife lent added interest to his as seen from this side of the The grand kdd man of the republic Finance is one of a small number of eminent statesmen who are necessary to the salvation of the AU at 75 years, Alexandre Ribot has been literally drafted gs the Pmmier. oif his Cabinet to M. Briand, the retiring who went out of power as the result of months of political intrigue difdcted at his minister of war, M.

Lyautey: Whenever a serious crisis in the history of the third French republic has as this Cabinet upheaval the midst of momentous military events at the the super- epaa, ever been ready to take the the ship of state. On evmy occasion he has piloted her safely through the dangerous shoals intrigue; France seems supremely confident that she has thosen wisely again. Alexandre Ribot A European needs be a colossal figure to attract the Interest of Americans, but America's interest In Alexandre Rlbet has been twe-fold. Flmt because of long, career ef public serirlob; second, because of his A meri- cad wife, because of ber hue- baad'p career, brushing so closely to the presidency, has nearly been on eev- and may yet be "the first I I Chicago Olri Mfne. Ribot was Miss Mary Burch of CMeage, a woman of great beauty, per- soiml ebaitn and Intellectual force.

In her childhood the wife of the new premier WM to Paris by her father has lived there ever since. At an early age she was married to M. De- maageot. a rising young lawyer, but a few years later was left a widow. M.

Demangeot committed her interests to the guardianship of his own closest friend, M. Ribot, and the Intimate aequalntance thus formed between the latter and Mme. Demangeot ripened, after years, Into love and mar riago- Mme. Ribot has been ambitious for hmr advancement and has of much sselstanee to him. after the war an American was the guest of a stu-ewd of French affairs and the piMntsd out to hie friend two moil In the Qiamher of XkmuUes as these ot all la that body best worth preesnt nottee and future following.

One of the men was already famous the wMid ever. Hhi name was Leon Qambetta. Of Slffrdy NoraMii The other was then comparatively un- mwwn. JU wae Alexandre Felix Joseph Ribot. a Norman, with all the coolness of Jadgment.

steadlnees of nerve and flioillnfrff ef purpose of that masterful raao, bom at Momer. in the Depart- imMit of Fas Calais, on Feb. 7, JMR At 21 he had received his degree ef dootor of laws from the university at that day Ribot has had ths ex fortune to fiieo every storm Franch poMtlee for two 'Veare and to have oqme through MVmlty and erodit. He has been In several cabinata, minister of of fiaamo mts In ail of these his work has been of the highest order. When the uplieavaie of poliUca placed others In command he withdrew calmly and chterfuUy to his seat in the Chamber of Deputies and applied himself to the public welfare with good conscience and industry In the humbler functions of those offices.

If Presidents were elected by popular vote in France instead of by a constituent assembly of both houses of the national legislature, undoubtedly M. Ribot would have long since sat In the President's chair, eo remarkable Is the confidence he enjoyamong his fellow countrymen. Political intrigue, however, makes FreMdeuto in France. Saved France Financially It was thle wonderful confidence in Rlbet that has enabled Franco to preserve her economic Independence since the beginning of the war. For in August, Ribot was minister of finance, and in addition to poeessing unimpeachable integrity he was a'financier of wonderful skill and Justly regarded as one of the greatrat authorities In matters of finance.

When the war broke out, all the small the farmers, the peasants and the professional men with small incomes at once proceeded to hide their gold and silver, some in the walls of ttieir apartments, others In their gim- dens and In their fields. They also hastened to withdraw, as quickly as pcs- stble, all the. money that tbey had In savings banks, private and public Instl- tntlona. In the end this could prove nothing short of a calamity for the war loan project, BO vital In the early part of the war. and it was distinctly up to Ribot not only to restore eonfldence In the treasury, but to Induce hie people to loan the money that was to buy victory.

It was characteristic of Ribot that he should make his successful appeal in the following calm but telltng Hia Cdnvlnclng offer die pu.bUe.** said M. Ribot, "the old type of rente at per cent, familiar to our ancestors, which was so popular with us. before advantages (sometfmas tollaoious) of more remunerative Investments came to be vaunted to the holders of rentes. "Ths 6 per cent Is the traditional Franoh security, which was to be found everywhere. In every house (I was going to say, under every thatch), which our knew, and which they loved, because It vras an Integral pmrt of fTanoe, a souvenir the days succeeding her long warn.

"The new 8 iMirm It without fear of being belled by the evenb- win soea be that ef the restoration. We shall find It everywhere I trust. In the most modest bu- rrau drawers, as well as In the safes of the poseeseors of great fortunes." This appeal together with the poster that foUowed opened a hole In the toe of the French stocking, and money flowed freely Into Rlbot's hands. Of CommandiiiK Presence Ribot is a man ef lofty stature, spare in figure and yet of omnmanding and distlnguliAied presence, conveying the impression of great culture and refinement. He is, pertiepa, the moet stately and decorative figure In French public life today, le a most aoeompUshed musician, the author of several standard works on English Jurisprudence and Judicial tnstltutlons, is possessed of a mosf extensive knowledge of English and American literature and has for the past 10 years been a member of the French Academy.

To Ribot, France owes the Franco- RuQsian alliance and he had much to do with effecting the entente with England. His firmness and courtesy were more powerful Uian any other single infiuonoe in smoothing out many of the anlmosltieB that lingered after the Frmioo-Prussian war. It wae in one of hia terms as premier that France acquired her share in the European division of sones of control tai And to XUbot, Frmioe owes the debt of bringing about an investigation of the Panama Canal soaadal mid fixing the blame on the guilty partlee. He vras obliged to reform hie oablnet early in 1888 in order to get rid of two of his ministers who were implicated in the scandal. France was so much excited over the whole affair and Ribot went about his investigation so deliberately that the chamber failed to give him a vote of confidence and hia ministry fell.

But he came back again in 1888. Myetery in Canal Qraft One of the largest beneficiaries of the corruption fund of the old French Panama Canal ComiNuiy was designated by the letter When Ribot wae accused 4n the Chamber of of using his offloial position as minister of foreign affairs to shield one of the principal personages inortmlnated In the Panama was the only charge of the kind ever brought against indignantly denied the imputation on his honor, and declared that if he had asked Baron Cottu of the company to abstain from revealing the identity of it was because he had learned that the of the ambmisa- dor in Paris of a friendly foreign power might otherwise have been drawn into the discussion on the subjeet in court. The name that was on everybody's Upa in oennecUon with the affair was that of the late Baron Mohrenhelro, the envoy of Russia, notorieuely was In constant finanoUM straits, and eo- casionally reduced to extraordinary expedients to make both ends meet. The matter was never cleared up. But not long afterward Mohrenhebn, who had until then been a great favorite with Alexander III.

and his Czarina, was somewhat rudely shelved by his government, not encouraged to return to his native land, and lUlowed to In comparative obscurity. The enemies ef Ribot subeequwitly aviUled themselves of the above queted admlsrion whloh be had made In the Chamber of Deputies to Insist that he had insulted Rneria by virtually tfai- puting dlsboneaty, and even MackmiUl, to her ambassador. They even went so palatable error, since It was he and not Ribot who had indicated that the charges of dishonesty relating to the letter In thd Panama scandal referred to Baron Mohrenhelm. In order there migbt be no mistake concerning his views about the affair, the Czar availed himself of the occasion to bestow upon Ribot the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Alexander Nevskl, the hlghr est.

but one of all his ordera, as a public token of his unaltered favor and high regard. Since 106 when he was last the premier and minister of Franoo Ribot was not actively engaged in polltfes, except for spasmodic appearances In various cabinets. usually In the rapacity of minister of finance. "The war, which Is perrorming miracles, hae made of M. Ribot," says Henry ILapause, "one of our greatest genmwla With admirable sureneso of vision and marvellous self-command, he has conceived and realized the measures called for by the eltuatlon." INIERCEPIED LOVE LETTERS More of Bert and the Introduction and See How to Read the Letter B.

RYMKUS IS CHAMP RAT CATCHER OF BOSTON B. Rytnkus is a firm believer in the asserveration that any man who can do something a little better than someone else can is on the road to wealth. Often in our younger days we were told that the world would wear a trail to any door, no matter at what remote location he dwelt, if he could make a better rat trap than anybody else. Well, Rymkus specialize in rat traps, but he knows how to use one. For Rymkus is the champion rat catcher of Boston.

Bert got just what he deserved. The idea of writing such a letter to his Sally She was perfectly dismayed when she got it. But it take her long to see that the joke was on Bert. Every line of his letter spelled jealousy Tuezduy. Sally a line before the office closes.

When you wrote the other day, you mention Jack Rice. so hard to write all tlUs, and diree whole days are pretty long to wait. Folks say been having a pretty good time with him on the house party. Never ntind how, 1 know. Of course, if wrong, I shall burn this up, and never know how much suffered at the thought of losing you.

Till Saturday morning then, Yours, JBERT. Sally was a clever girl. She immediately proceeded to turn joke around, and wrote her lover a regular German war note. Several white spots on looking glass made it hard for him to read. Now the spots are reproduced here, to make the task of deciphering just as difficult as it was for Bert.

See if you can solve the blurred words. The Boston Sunday Post offers a prize of $3 for the first best solution of the puzzle. Prizes of $1 each will be awarded for all other answers deemed worthy of merit. ADDRESS THE PUZZLE EDITOR. LAST WINNERS Three first prisra of Pk each were awarded the following: Edward L.

Bennett, Mratello atreet, Brockton. Mra. Oewfe Skier, 16 Arra street, Mlddle- boro. Mrs. M.

Scliroeder, 500 Colnmbus arenne, Boston. Prises of each were awarded the following: S. MeCarthjr. Portland street, Wor- ceattf. J.

K. Bica, la Pearl street. W. T. 486 Broadway.

Broratt. Mra. A. 8. Torna, 48 Bererly street, Meitoae.

Willlaaa O. Kara. 341 Medfwd street, 8om- Joeeriiina A. SnUlnui, 86 Modfori street. Arliaston.

H. H. Tlnaicemte, 81 West Cedar atreet, Boston. Ricbard Taylor. 30 Hleb atieat.

Natlek. Q. A. Taylor. 8 IiMlla street.

Boston. W. Lewla, 48 Bhodora atreat, leweil. Ifarlen B. Shaanni, 787 Broadway, West Somerrilte.

Ruth Kellabar, 84 Bewdola atreat, Sontk Lawrence. LOST LEGACY BECAUSE AUNT SAID MARRIAGE MORALLY EVIL to induce the ill-fated Preeldent Carnot, who was not a particularly man, to writs an autograph letter of apology to Alexander XXI. deploring the faot that should have given rleo to a question In the public mind as to the Intom'ity of hlz repraeeutaUve la VTanee. The ei the Caar was a wonderful tribute to Ribot, for Alexander III. gave the Praeldent to underetand plainly that he haA Immb dwtttr bf wm- JOt course, he rune second to our old friend the Pled Piper who cleaned the rodents out of Hamelln, whatever that is.

But If we are to believe the old tale, the Pled Piper failed to collect for the Job. But Rymkus did collect to the tune of IM cold, hard dolliurs. coin of the realm, simply because on our recent "rat" day he delivered 282 deceased rats to the city yard. He won the first prize of 1100 offered by the Municipal League and In addition pulled down a special prise of 150. did he do It? he answered.

"Some of the kind that catch them around the neck; some of the big wire ones that catch them alive." "What do you use for the answered the rat catcher and turned his back on the newspaper man. French Women Still Lack Lovely Carls Writing of the lack of energy on the part of American business men to get buslneee In France, lease F. Marooeson, In the John lame book on "The War After the War," says: "Another American In Paris found out that there was great need among French women for curling Doepite war, and sudden death, the French woman Is detemilned to look her beet. Bestdes, she Is earning more money than ever before and buying more luxuries. thaae facts, the sent the following oable to a wAl-known concern in the middle Weet: "Rush fifty thousand worth of curling Irons.

Cabis acoeptanoe." He also cabled his financial references which would have started a bank. Ho, too, was doomed to dlaappolnt- mont. After a fortnight came the usual Istter from America containing the now famllter phraso: "See Btaiik Blank, our Parts He may be able to take oara of you." Manfully be went to aee Monsieur Blank Blank, who not only had no curling Irons, but refused to dieplay the gUghtoal iataroat la than. The London society beauty, the Mrs. Sybil MacNanghton, married in spite of the fact thrf her rich aunt hated marriage.

Now she is cut out of a leacy and mu(h exceedingly valuable property. Because her aunt thought marriage a prominoit London society woman has missed a legacy. The Hon. Mrs. SyUI Macnaughton, wife of Capt Macnaughton, of Lord Macnaughton, is the social queen who deeply regrets the strange hatred of marriage held by the late Miss Frances Graham of Liverpool, who left property valued at $500,000.

MORE POST READERS ENJOY LOVE LETTERS There wasn't any one "first best" solution to the puzzle contest for last week, but there were three very good answers which were mailed at precisely the same hour. So the Boston Sunday Post is giving a first prize to each of these contestants. The very biggest mistake was one In of our oontostants wae the be- simple arithmetic. Bert wrote the lot- tor on Tuesday. It was night, or late afternoon, because he said that the office vraa Just closing.

Then he said that he had three whole days to wait, and that he would meet her a certain morning. Now that morning must have been Saturday, because Friday would have made it less than three whole lovers count hours! The other thing that bothered many tween "hofw" and Bveryond seemed to think that something belonged there, but few thought of putting in a simple period. Suggestions from our readers as to how we can make the puzsles better will be most welcome. We know they are popular, for the number of answers has Increased by leaps and bounds, and this week we had over a thousand more than last week. Mrs.

Macnaughten hds loelTMMe than the 82500, as she was also to Alhara a liberal Interest In some sxessMlngly valuable property. She is not ettrprised that the legacy is held up as she die- General Haig Predicts Breciking German Line An Interview reported to have been granted by Sir Douglas Haig to certain correspondents in France, in which the oommander-in-chlef Is said to hava dsclarsd that this year the German front will he broken and that the war will be decided on the batUefleld, led to questions in the House of Commons. and Is being made the eubject of inquiry by the British govemmsnt. He said in part: "There is another matter which must not be lost sight of, and It is that the western front Is, and wlU remain, the prinolpal front of operations. am convlncsd that the decision of the war will take place on the western front, and that Is why we must dsvoto all our to making that front de- fenslvsly and offsnaively the best.

"There Is no doubt that the German western front will be broken by the Franoh-Britlsh armies. "This year will be decisive In the sense that it will see the war decided on the la to say, an event after which Qmnraany will defeated militarily. may he that the year of decision win also he the jmar of peara. We all hope that It may he, and we ehaU do an that la 1 ear power that this may be so. I wUdi to speak with all franknoM to ray country and to Its allioo, and to say to thorn that If Germany, which is a great which I mean a numerous cannot bs entirely beaten this year, we shall not hesitate to carry on the war.

"For- our tranquility and tim security of the world there can be no peace without complete victory, for an Incomplete victory, a premature and halting victory, would leave military Germany able to declare a terrible revenge in the very near future." According to the Exchange Pmrla eor- respondmit's tranMarion ef the view. Sir Douglas also stated: "It mattor who starts tho German or British. No tho enemy south, or any of the ealtento formed in his flank as a feeler, or on the old bat- are ready to receive him. "His folly will coejf him dearly. We are keeping our armies In training.

Without doubt ws shall break the German £ront completely and at niany places. Our eavairy te awiUting the opmdng of the gate that the defeat wUl not hara ths pMsihtllty of IntremOilag himself even fiur behind the Oarasaaa bablad meat ef their front a powerful imtwork of railways, with which to defend themselvss. It will tako sevwal months to annihilate the enemy, but we will strike, without respite and terribly, right up to the total destruction of Its army." The Paris Journal publishes another account of the Interview, written by M. Andre who said: "Ths striking figure of the marshal will go down to history. His aristocratic bearing which he derives from his Boot- tlsh ancestry, and radiatlag nsss give to his sUghtost word or action a of particular human grandeur.

It is sufficient to leek at tho steel eyes ef this leader of men to divine the implacable wlU. It is sufficient to hear the modulated voice to know what a heart beats In the brrast of this warrior. At the doss of ths Interview I understood the prestige which he wields and the admiration which he excites. with Hindsnburg qns could not help thinking that each people gtto the leader It Germany an old fox; here, a gentleman." FREE THOUGHT "Scribbles Is a freetblkksr. Is fm "Wdl, no editor win give him any- tblag for bif covered a long time ago thaf fw reabon or other her aunt marriage to be degrading.

Her rich aunt left practloally everything to the Eocleeiastieai Commission-, ers, by a will made In 1818. her niece claimed that Miss GraUam was not of sound mind when she of her estate thus and set up an'eAniS'r will of 1910 under which receHradi a legacy of 1600 and the freehold and leasehold property. Mrs. Macnaughtsn declaredxtogt hbr aunt suffsred from an that It was morajly wrong for a woman to a than. She always, tt was added, bhwef Ike man and pitied the the dates of the two naugfatsn married and elaiaieditolff.

In oonsequenra of this deluslra, gne wgs cut out of the second wlIL This obsession was borne out by the evtdenee of the Bishop of Carlisle, who said that Miss Graham, speaking to him of a conversation she had with a esrtaln man about marriage, remarked; "He talked to me as if I was aa anbaaL" Extracts were also Miss diary, In which referred to tho heads of the ohnrab aa hogs" and "swines in 0 eouat of their vtowe aMto- rlage and children. In eptto ei tbaee contentions, however, the Jury reUad that Miss Graham was of aoand toind when made her later will and the Judge accordingly, pronouaeed la fbver of that document. LOVeS HARD RGAD "You'll find hard to dtoeearage," eaid the peratotent mfftor, meledraaiat- day I'll laalM sMt you love me. tbea aat tiU tbew I will dla aay tt iMBft- iMs giri. miai tmm Ito tor a Beai.