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The Dingbat Family Water Is Safer if Not So Romantic iman 'opvrjfht. 1918, International New* 8«m<e |//V® wneftt. iw Ttit Sourer) M'#A«£. COAISClftAiCty — "Pmaec ~Z> MOVJM (■--£*% (Pniuersoppy i-j A Book op verses ^UNDER MEATH J x Tm6 ButioH - ) T HE bitterest disappointment in the life of the Dowager Queen Margherita of Italy arose from an event which should have brought her prolonged and unalloyed happi ness. On November 11, 1869, a son was born to her. Queen Margherita and her husband, the late King Hum bert, who was so foully assassinate# on that fateful day in July, 1900, re joiced with ail Italy. And then came a terrible awakening. Gravely and i luctantly the physicians told the royal mother that the young Prince could not li\e. He was practically a hunchback, and the most sickly and delicate of children, "He will not outlive babyhood,” declared the phy sicians. When one remembers what a mag nificent specimen of manhood the late King Humbert was—a soldier who won distinction on the battle field as a dashing cavalryman.—and when one calls to mind the beauty of Queen Margherita—a beauty whioh she still retains to a remarkable de gree—one can fully understand the poignant disappointment whioh their Majesties felt when they looked at their puny offspring and saw what a physical wreck he was. “I Cannot Marry.” And their disappointment w«* shared in after years by the Prince of Naples—as the King of Italy then was—although he defied the physi cians’ forebodings, and, by a system of careful living and Spartan train ing, developed from a weakling Into a fairly healthy man. “Marry!” he said, scornfully, when Crispi, the great Italian statesman, suggested that he should chooee a German or English bride. “I can net, I will never risk giving to Italy a And the bitter ns & YOU BtEN Y LOOK TOfeT A 4/ajt A Pitcher of 3vst As Poetic \ V' EEL-Pish !i / JUG OP WIN E-~- FftOAV VtXlft IR»V of Covorae. 1 Do IG/VAT2. — AAjyTHIW6 WITHOUT CLOTHES, SI v As BARe#C*rs; Aa/O Bus* -B. \ IS A4L the SAME- it Al MY MODEST y —> FboR. Lt\ /Mooft-T- Da /M&esnace f§UG BEAMS ‘ KUAXy Vr%(i me Do'THEy > \. TUCx*£ YOU CTZ-. - Dis41kc. VJWOWV Yoo W00A16 A&m.E Dauntless Durham of the U. S. A By Hershfield Automobile Against Express Train A Wild Ride for a Girl’s Smile Copyright, ltl8, Hitamational Mows ftarrfee jTH£ CUR. DC5MOND f HORRORS T ANOTHER. .TUNNEL. I'M SHUT OUT / MOW TO NOP\ ON "THIS TRAIN AS SHE LS COMIN^ OUT OPTHE A lTVNNec,t / YOOR LOVER / Durham ls ) IN AN AWFUL \ STATTI f "THOVXgPT HP WAS IN , CIMCINAP3US, V HA HAL^sS AND foil, the I IS ON THAT TRAIN. I, | CANNOT -STOP IT, ' But 1 have a plan j I'LL R.UN AHCAC* 1 AND SURPRISE" THE" 1 VKlAIN IN MY \. OWN WAV ^ second misfit king, ness with which he made the remark was accentuated by the fact that his beautiful and ambitious mother had sent him on courting expeditions to the various capitals of Europe; but even the ugliest princesses had turned their backs upon the hunch back prince who would one day be King of Italy. But Fate was hastening a meeting which was to break down the Prince’s resolution; for love will not be de nied. While he was wandering about Europe in search of a bride, a Monte negrin “shepherdess" was finishing her education in St. Petersburg. The “shepherdess” was Princess Elean, fourth child of King Nicholas of Montenegro, whose great friendship with the late Czar Alexander III led to his daughters spending a great deal of their childhood in St. Peters burg. where they were educated un der the special protection of the Em press. Domestic Training. The Princess was a girl of exceed ingly simple habits. Her great de light before she left her father’s hum ble home at Cettinje, the capital of Montenegro, for the splendors of the Russian Court at St. Petersburg was to don the native dress, mix with her father's subjects, take part in the dairy farming, shoot, KATRINA, YOUR coven. Claude 1 IS MILES FROM t»C.SMONt> TOu u>ft unhand y HAVOC RUIN! By Cliff Sterrett You Know How It Feels Yourself Oopyrfght, 1918, I nternatlonal Nwn Serrloe. wwy of (ousKt NOT Pa )(/£ StFN Ldrsy- ar 'Them l/TelV.' HCW 48ou7 IT PoLLV Do V' ThiNK i'd Be RiAhiu ' The Season/ if l wofei. mf — SlRAW/ PEL LV To Q4V T = , fish and ride, or spend long days among the wild mountain passes that look across the Adriatic to Italy. Never did royal lady have a more thoroughly domes tic upbringing than the future Queen of Italy. She was taught to sew and darn, and was early grounded In those housewifely arts which are sel dom included in the curriculum of a royal princess. She was passionately fond of dairy farming, and it was this passion which led to her being somewhat con temptuously referred to as the “shep herdess" by those who did not agree with the wife chosen by the Prince of Naples. She took the keenest interest in the management of the flocks of sheep and cattle which her father pos sessed, and there was a little incident which occurred some time after her marriage which Illustrates how thor oughly she had acquired the knowl edge of dairy farming. She was out walking in the country with her husband, when she expressed a wish for something to drink, as the weather was very warm. Further on their journey they met an old peasant woman minding a cow, and the King politely asked her for a little milk. Quite unaware of his identity, the old dame refused, but volunteered to go to her cottage near by and fetch a glass of water 1f the strangers would take care of the animal. Laughingly corsenting, their Majesties bade her hufry off. Directly her back was turned the Queen seized a bowl which the peasant had left behind and her self milked the cow until the vessel was filled. Having satisfied her thirst. Her Majesty put a gold piece in the empty bowl, and then she and the King retired. The simple upbringing of Princess Elena, however, was quite tn accord ance with Montenegrin traditions. In Montenegro the women are practi cally the slaves of the men, the popu lar proverb being, “My wife is ray mule." The best wife is the one who is capable of doing any kind of work. Might Have Been Czarina. In spite of her simplicity, however, and the fact that she was unaccus tomed to the splendors of royal life— for there is no more primitive royal residence in Europe than that of the King of Montenegro at Cettinje— Alexander III was so greatly attracted by the charm and beauty of the young princess that he proposed a marriage between her and the present Czar of Russia. Thus it was quite possible at one time that the rural daughter of Montenegro might, have become the consort of the Czar of All the Russias. But Nicholas II was not heart free, and, although a great friendship ex isted between the two young people, the Princess Elena returned to Cet tinje at the age of 18 without having entered into any attachment. Curiously enough, it was at the fu neral of Alexander III, on November 19, 1894, that the Princess first met her future husband. At that time Her Majesty was 21 years of age, a strik ingly handsome brunette, with dark eyes, jet black hair, and a very fair complexion. It was. however, her aim- pie womanliness which attracted the Prince, for he himself wes a man who abhorred state ceremonials and court life. He Immediately fell in love with her, but it was not until the following year that they met again at th« Ve nice exhibition, when he had an op portunity of becoming more closely acquainted with the lady who was to share his throne. DEUCE. H IT M By George McManus Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1913. International News Service. l'l* 'bORR>. 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