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Thursday, july 9.
Todays Financial and Commercial News
AUGUSTA COTTON MARKET
Middling closed today at
•I 4y B c.
Tone Steady.
Middling last year 12%c.
„ CLOSING "QUOTATIONS
Good ordinary ...11 7-8
Strict good ordinary 12 8-8
Dow middling 13 1-4
Strict low middling 13 7-8
Middling 14 1-8
Strict middling 14 ' 3-8
Good middling ... .
Tinges, first 14
Tinges, second i 3 S-8
Previous Day's Figures
Good ordinary 11 7-1
Strict good ordinary 12 S-S
I-ow middling IS 1-4
Stiict low middling li
Middling 14 1-4
Strict middling 14 3-3
<J«od middling
Tinges, first 14
Tinges, second 13 3-8
Receipts For Week
Sales. Spin. Shlpt,
Monday.. 316 304 416
Tuesday 439 72 67
Wednesday. 43 46 Css
Thursday 34 27 214
Fr'day -
Totals 527 449 982
Comparative Receipts
1913. 1914.
Saturday —.
Monday 76 278
Tuesdaiy 102 80
Wednesday 168 16
Thursday S 3 22
Totals 629 396
NEW YORK COTTON
New York. —Steady Liverpool cables
and the failure of the weather map to
show any general rains in Texas seemed
responsible for an opening advance of
one to six points in the cotton market
today. Liverpool was a good buyer of
new crop months here and there seem
ed to me a moderate demand from trado
bouses and Wall street sources but gen
eral business was quiet and after celling
about one to eight points net higher
prices eased off slightly under scattered
realizing os* local pressure which may
have been promoted by private wires in
dicating showers at several points *n the
southwest yesterday afternoon {Jhd ex
pectations that today’s detailed reports
might make a more favorable showing.
The detailed weather report for the
Houston district showing more rain and
lower temperatures than yesterday was
followed by a reaction late in the fore
noon and the market was barely steady
after midday with new crop months
about one point lower to three points
higher.
The precipitation reported in Texas
was' not considered general enough to
fully relieve dvougt hy conditions and tha
market steadied during the early after
noon. August rallied to within five
points of last night's ctose while new
crop positions sold two to eight points
net higher.
Cotton futures closed steady.
High. Low. Close.
July 12.40 12.29 12.29
August 12.35 12.20 12.20
October 12.23 12.12 12.13
December 12.35 12.25 12.20
January 12.31 32.21 12.23
March ;• vA 2 - 35 12 * 26 12 38
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Liverpool.—Spot cotton irregular. Good
middling 7.85; middling 7.36; low mid
dling 6.53. Sales 4,-000; for speculation
and export, 300. Receipts 1,000. Futures
steady.
July 7.0914
July and August 7.09%
September and October 6.72 Vi
December and January 6.59
Februa#* and March 6.60 Vi
April and May r 6.62 Vi
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
New Orleans.—Continued dry weather
in the western belt caused buying in the
en*rl v trading in cotton today. Op suing
quotations were three to four poinis up
and after the call the rise was widened
to five to six points.
At tlie nest of the morning prices
were nine to ten points up. At noon
the market was unchanged to one point
down compared with yesterday's close.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Chicago, Ills.—Wheat weakened today
nuclei- a general rush of selling due to
the large crop Indicated by the govern
ment report. The market opened •>! to
2-4 down and showed additional losses
before there was any reaction.
Bullish construction of the government
report ns to corn gave that cereal a de
ckled lift. Profit-taking hy longs how
ever wiped out all the gain In the July
option The opening was 5-8 to 1 1-Sa
-1-K higher, but deferred months as well
as July underwent a setback later.
Oats rallied on account of corn
strength. v
Higher quotations for hogs carried pro
visions upgrade.
South Dakota advices of serious Injury
front black rust led to relative firmness
later in wheat which closed steady, un
hanged to l-Kal-4 lower net.
,\ fresh upturn in corn resulted from
reports that the Illinois crop was firing.
The close was strong, 5-8 to 3 1-1 net
higher.
WHEAT—
Open. Hgh I.nw Cios*
July .... 7*7. 79vs 7*74 79-14
Sept .... 7S*4 7*7* 7*14 « f i
CORN —
July .... «*% «*U *844 , «BT4
Sept .... *5% 9*74 *514 6*14
OATS—
July .... 37 37'4 37 3744
Sept .... 3514 3* 35>4 35*4
PORK—
Julv . . . .!<*<> 308(1 3040 2057
sept . . . . 2050 20*0 2010 2057
I.ARD—
julv . . . .i»io 1012 joio ion
Sept . . . .1025 1027 1022 1025
RIBS—
Julv . . . . 1194 1192 1192
Sept . . . .117* 1190 11*7 1190
CHICAGO HOC AND CATTLE MARKET
Chicago. llis.--Hogs: Receipts 17.000;
strong; hulk 850*875: light 840*8*2 1-2;
mixed *soaß*2 1-2; heavy 816*8*0; rough
915a835; pigs ?Soa**o
Cattle: Receipts 3.000; steady: beeves
7*os97f>; steer* *lo**3o; Stockers and
feeders 675*800; cows and heifers 3*s*-
9.1? calve* 750n10.50.
sheep Receipts 17.0o0; slow; sheep
136a610; yearlings «00»750; lambs *505•30.
•30.
A VEXATIOUS SORT.
The hopelc** man will never plan a
future free from ".re, hut wends his wn
froth d;.y t*- iln "1 ■ picture of de.-bib'
With proper vim to sit on him would
suit me passing well. My heart would
,«un p» it av«ry t;.amp that drew from
him » ell. ]
Stocks and Receipts
Stock in Augusta, 1913 28,250
Stock in Augusta, 1914 13,592
Ree. since Sept. 1, 1913 337,017
Rec since Sept. 1, 1914 378,903
Augusta Daily Receipts
1913 1914
Georgia Railroad
Sou. Railway Co 39 •
Augusta Southern .. ,s
Augusta-Aiken Ry. Co. ...
Central of Ga. Ry
Georgia ami Florida
C. and W. C. Ry M 3 3
A. C. L. R. R 31 17
Wagon —— 2
River
Net receipts S 3 22
Through
Total 83 22
Port Receipts
Today Last Tr.
Galveston 1394 ——
New Orleans 337 *
Mobile
Savannah 408 —•
Charleston *
Wilmington
Norfolk 27 —■
Total ports test.) 3000
Interior Receipts
Tod*'* Last Tr.
Houston 440
St. Louis *
Cincinnati ——
Little Rook ,
Weekly Crop Movement, End
ing Friday, July 3, 1914.
1914. 1918 1912.
Shipments.. 16,483 12,877 8,869
Stock 43,940 28,296 20,039
Receipts . . 174,652 212,269 144.215
Crop in St. 65,043 57,530 65,305
Crop in St. 14,117,810 13,204,125 15,220,163
Vis. Supply 3,847,540 8,322,101 3,155,915
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
New York.—Gould issues rallied feebly
today after an additional fall of the
lirst hour but not before New Haven and
Chesapeake and Ohio had gone lower.
Chesapeake was induced by the order
of the inter-state commerce commission
affecting pig iron rates. Leaders with
few exceptions, sold under yesterday,
but recovered before noon In increasing
appreciation of the crop outlook and in
dications that the federal reserve situa
tion is likely to be satisfactorily adjust
ed. Washingtons latest attitude to
wards business also w*as taken into gen
eral account. The market made further
improvement in the early afternoon but
dealings became progressively smaller.
Strength was shown by various special
ties. including American Foundries, Con
solidated Gas. Westinghousc and West
ern Union.
Honda were easy.
The market closed heavy. Business
w*as more active in the final horn 1 but
most gains were wiped out. Recurrent
weakness in Chesapeake and Ohio sejit
that stock lower than before.
NEW YORK~STOCK LIST
Last Sale.
Amalgamated Copper ... 70%
American Agricultural 54
American Can 27%
American Car and Foundry •'»-'*4
American Cities pfd 60%
American Smelting 66
American Sugar 107
American Tel. and Tel 121
Atchison 99 Vi
Atlantic Coast Line 120%
Baltimore and Ohio 91%
Canadian Pacific 193%
Chesapeake and Ohio 47%
Chicago, Mil. and St. Paul 99%
Erie .29%
General Electric T 49
Great Northern pfd 124%
Kansas City Southern 2N
Louisville and Nashville 13.)
Liggett and Myers % 212
TiOriUard Company 170
Mexican Petroleum 61%
Missouri, Kansas and Teaxs 16%
New York Central 91
N. y.. N. H. and Hartford 62
Northern Pacific, ex-div. 110%
Pennsylvania 113
Reading 161%
Rep. Iron and Steel 22%
Rock Island Co. pfd 2%
Seaboard Air Line 18%
Do pfd 54
Southern Pacific 97%
Southern Railway 24%
Tennessee Copper 33
Texas Company 142%
Union Pacific 155%
United States Steel ...* * 61%
Do pfd 109%
Virginia-Carolina CChemictl 29
Western Union 59%
AUGUSTA QUOTATIONS
GROCERIES. PROVISIONS
D. B. Reg. Rib*. 60-lb. 12*4
D. S. Reg. Plate*. 8-10. ay 11
D. S. Clear Plates 19
D. S. Bellies. 26-lb MU
Pearl Grltea, 96-lb., all uses 1.95
Yellow Com 95
Red Cob White Corn 98
Mixed Feed Oat* 61
Beat Whit* Oat* t>s
Fancy Head Rice 05*4
Medium Head Rice 06
Japan Head Rice 03*4
Fancy Given Coffee RU
Choice Green Coflee 13U
Fair Green Coffee 12
Tencent Ro*ated Coffee, 100 pkgs.. .*7
Arbuckle's Coffee, pr. c*. 100-1 b.... .19.10
Arbuckle'e Ground Coffee, 36-lbs ..19.30
R. A J. Coffee. 50-lb. pkg* 15
Heno Coffee. Ground. 100 1-lb 21
P. R. Molaaeee, bbia 20
Cuba Molasses, bbla. 28
Rebolled Ga. Syrup, 44 bids 30
N. Y. Gr. Sugar, bbla. or bulk bag* 4.30
N. Y. Gr. Sugar. 4 25 bags 4.35
N. Y. Gr. Sugar <BO 2 ertns), per
lb 4.15
N. Y. Gr. Sugar <6O 2crtns). per lb. 4.55
N. Y. Gr. Sugar 32-844 ertns, per
lb 4 64
12-ox. Evaporated Milk 8.7$
Peerless 5c Evap. Milk, 6 doz ... 2.85
M. Sc L. Stick Candy. 80-lb. boxes . .0644
Ground Pepper. 10-lb. palls, per lb. .1844
Mixed Cow Peas, per bu 700
Whit* Cow Peas per bu 2.31
Tanglefoot Fly Paper 2.70
1- Chum Salmon 80
2- Tomatoe* 70
8-lb. Tomatoe* «|
New Argo Salmon, per do* 3.50
Va. Peanut* 0544
MONEY MARKET
New Yorlc—Mercantile paper 8 S-4.H
1-4. Sterling easier; 60 days 4 SJ6S; de.
maud 4.*765. Commercial bills 185a455
Government Tiond* steady.
Railroad bonds easy.
Call money firm 2 1-2*2 7-8. Ruling
rate 2 2-4; closing 2 l-2»3-4.
Time loans weaker; 60 day* 2 1-2; 90
days 2 8-4; alx month* 3 3-4.
No. Rollo. A girl Is not necaaairily
o*lading a pet xritnd of booze when *he
Is gazing Intently Into the window of a
Fusel oil Foundry, The pieties rnske
good mtrrows and she Is seeing If her
hat 1* on atralght
AVERAGE PRICES
WHEAT. CORN
Figuces Announced For Nation
By Dep’t of Agriculture To
day. Differences in Localities.
Washington, D. C.—Wheat sold for
only 1.4 cents a bushel more than corn
on July Ist, according to the average of
prices for all states just announced by
the Department of Agriculture. In Kan
sas corn was selling for 7 cents more a
bushel than wheat. This was due to the
failure of the Kansas corn crop last
yeav and the fine prospect of the wheat
crop there tills year.
The average price of wheat for the
country on July Ist was 76.9 cents a
bushel. This is 19.3 cents less than the
July average for the past five years. In
North Carolina the price was 31.05 white
inO Oklahoma it was 64 cents.
The average price of corn was 7«".5
cents a bushel ov six cents a bushel
more than the five-year average. In
lowa, corn sold at 63 cents; in North
Carolina 98 cents.
mtTrices
NOT ICR LESS
Notwithstanding Prospect of
Record Crop, Greatly Reduced
Cost Will Not Result.
Washington, D. C.—Despite a wheat
clop estimate this year of 939,000,000
bushels, the largest on record, there is
no prospect, according to the Department
of Agriculture of greatly reduced prices.
Such a large crop would augur very low
prices, said the department In a state
ment today were it not that the world
crops of wheat and competing grains do
not promise more than the average of
recent years. Besides, more than the
usual diversion of wheat from its use as
food for livestock may be expected be
cause of the present relatively short
supply of corn in sections where there
is a promise of abundant wheat.
"With corn selling In Kansas for about
seven cents more per bushel than wheat
it is not surprising, officials say, that
much wheat should be consumed as feed
bv animals. It is estimated that about
45.000,000 bushels of wheat of last year’s
crop was consumed as animal feed.
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
Decrees
6 A. M 72
7 A. M 73
8 A. M 75
9 A. M 79
10 A. M 83
11 A. M 86
12 noon 87
1 P. M 88
2 EP. M 91
AT THE BEACH.
“She most.be still in love with her
husband. ‘
“Why so?”
"She opens his letters with the ut
most eagerness.”
“She's looking Tor a cheek.”
No More Aeroplane Flights
This Year —Churchill
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London—Yielding to the repeated
appeal* of hie wife, Winston Spencer
Churchill, haa resolved to retrain
from making any more aeroplane
Slight* this .year
Tho First I>ord of the Admiralty
came to Nethemvon and inspected
some machines • there, l'naware of
hi* promise to his wife. Major Sykea,
commandant of the Royal Flying
Corps Invited him to have a flight in
a new stability biplane.
Mr Churchill stroked his chin as If
in doubt whether to go or not, but
finally deciied.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Prince Frederick Carl , Cousin of
the Kaiser , is Champion of the
German Athletic Club
Berlin,—The . darling of the German
athletic world at the moment is Prince
Frederick Carl of Prussia, a cousin of
the Kaiser and nephew of the Duchess
of Connaught. He lias just won the
“Modern Pentatlon” organized by the
German Olympit game committee for
officers of the army. The event con
sisted of competitions In pistol shooting,
fencing with the epee, switning, riding
and cross-country running.
Prince Frederick Carl, who is twenty
one years old, captured each event hand
somely, eliminating 180 rivals. He
crossed the tape in the 1.500 metro run
in almost record time, to be enthusias
tically greeted by his mother, Princess
Frederick Leopold.
Prince Frederick Carl Is an export ten
nis player, motorist and amateur boxer.
He Is active in trailing for the Gorman
Olympic team in 1916, and ills vigorous
example is undoubtedly of wide moral
influence on the somewhat sluggish ath
letic spirit of German youth.
Birth-rate Decline.
The commission appointed hy the min
istry for the interior to inquire into the
causes of the striking decline of the
birth-rate in Germany lias arrived at the
conclusion that theio in no deteriora
tion in the physique of the nation. The
decline in the birth-rate is attributed
rather to economic reason, and. to some
extent, to the circumstance thru there
exists a growing disinclination to mar
riage.
It is pointed out in the article that the
recruiting lists for the army prove that
tlie Get-man people are not ’fecoming
degenerate. For years past the phvsl
cal qualifications that must be fulfilled
before a youth is accepted for service in
the active anhy have been augmented
and nevertheless, the physvai conditions
of the youths presenting themselves ev
By Pa ul Rings.
I liavp made the mol to of an Amor-
R-an self invade millionaire my own: "If
you want to become rich be exceed
ingly careful of your personal appear
ance.
I believe it was Morgan who said
so, or was it perhaps Rockefeller? At
any rate it was one of the (treat trust
magnates, who knew from experience
what he was talking about.
My appearance is faultless. From
the top of my silk hat, which is care
fully ironed every morning, to the
point of my patent leather shoes and
light grey spats I am a copy of the
latest fashion plate, and there Is no
Intricacy of etlquitte on which I am
not a recognized expert.
Nobody suspects that I am in debt
to tailors, shoemakers, perfume deal
ers and waiters everywhere, and no
ear hears the soft symphony of hun
ger composed and perpetually execut
ed by my stomach.
One day I was taking a walk along
the lake of the Four Cantons, when I
discovered a jewelry case lying in the
road. I opened it and could hardly
believe my own eyes. It contained n
jnagnificent diamond suhbiirst, a Pair
of ruby earrings and an emerald neck
lace of priceless value. 1 am quite an
expert on precious stones and no mis
take was possible.
"Here is where I lay the foundation
of my fortune,” I said to myself." i
had not a single centime In my pocket
but I was sure to gel a reward of at
least a couple of thousand francs.”
I decided to give my waiter a sub
stantial tsp the next day and I would
threaten my tailor if he did not stop
dunning me I would pay his bill on tin
spot and never give hint another order.
I would pay my perfume dealers and
apologize that the small amount had
quite Slipped out of my mind.
But first of all I would eat, I made
up a delicious menu, beginning with
caviar, turtle soup and trout and end
ing with case noir, liqtier, brandy and
a perfecto.
Should I go to a jeweler and sell the
gems? No, it was too risky. They
Degrees
FEDERAL LEAGUE VS. ORGANIZED DALE-GOSSIP
New York—Where's that $4,000,000 vfar
fund that Organized Baseball told us it
had on tap last fall Just at the lime
that the Federal* were beginning to sit
up and take notice?
, As far as anybody has been able to
see, that war fund was just a myth and
a bluff. It was a bluff intended to
frighten the Federal*, but which didn’t
frighten 'em one little bit.
It seems to most people that It would
have been a mighty good plan for Or
ganized Baseball to have had a w;ft
fund on hand. They certainly need It
now. Such a fund would give them the
real weapon with which to whip flie
Federals. All the other weapons they
have used, such as weekly predictions
ihat the Feds would bust up the next
week, daily shouts of “the Feds are
Jokes’" and threats to blacklist all Jump
ing players, have proved futile.
Atid it seems almost time that Or
ganized Baseball, if It expects to c ush
the Federal!, got busy and used the
simo tactics that have made the Feds
wha; they are -the spending of an un
limited bankroll. Why don’t Ban John
son end John Toner order the magnates
ti begin raiding the Feds? Why don't
they outbid the Feds for players who
rre on the point of jumping? Why
don't they try to get back those who
lave Jumped by offering them high**
vages than the Feds now are prying
the m?
Of course to do that It would mean
tha: Organized Monguel would hive to
onstrap their bankrolls rind pay out as
much money as they expected to make
during the next year or two. But Isn't
it wort?! It? No league can exist that
hasn’t the star players. l» has been
shewn that the players are fickle—that
tbey’ll go wlnfre the most money Is for
them. So why is Organized Baseball
standing idly by letting its best players
Jump, and doing nothing hut going Into
the courts and restraining the players
from playing?
It may be a good move from Organ
it'd Basel,all’s viewpoint to use court
action to bar the players from playing
with the Feds, but If this Jumping and
restraining business keeps up thsFe'll be
only a corporal's guard of players left
In the cavort in the grand old pastime
And It’s a cinch that the fans won’t pay
to see baseball played in the courts.
The Feds have come to realize that
they are In a rather light position and
that the only way out is to spend a mil
lion or two Iti getting real tall players.
And that’s what they are doing Thsv
are bidding high'bidding unheard of
I rices for b*!| players but they know
that If they get the cream of the talent
Iti the Organized Majors the expenditure
will Ik* worth while They then will
have the real payers Orgmixed Bsh*~
ball will have the leftovers. And th#
crowds won’t go to see the leftovers.
A GENTLEMAN
vr.v .six months continue to show im
provement.
For Past Twenty Years.
It has also been ascertained that the
decline in the birth-rate is most marked
among the classes of the population
whose financial position enables them to
bring up and educate children with ease.
The commission draws attention to the
fact that the birth-rate has been de
clining universally for the post 20
years, and that the decline Ims not been
so noticeable in Germany as in the
Romance countries.
It is also contended that the decline
cannot be stemmed by legislation and
that there Is. as a matter of fact, no
need for legislation in Germany, where
the rising generation is of such excel
lent calibre. The nation, it is argued,
depends not on the numbers but on the
inner strength of Its population.
Strengthen Race’s Stamina.
Every endeavor is being made in Ger
many hy encouraging the youth of both
sexes to takt more outdoor exercise, and
In study and the adoption of hygienic
principles, to strengthen the stamina of
the race. It Is furthermore pointed out
in the article that a nation which can
supplj 33,000 young men. in all respects
physically competent and capable, for
whom there is no room in the army,
when even so largely increased ns It has
been this yeav. cannot be described
effects. There is certainly evidence on
every hand that the youth of Germany Is
to apply itself with obvious delight to
outdoor exercise.
This tendency lias also developed in
the army. Hitherto, sport among of
ficers has been mainly restricted to rid
ing. while the men have been kept to ex*
erciae in gymnasia attached to the bar
racks. Football in ta*rack yards is not
now unusual.
had probably all been informed of the
loss ns well as the pawn brokers. Be
sides, I atn naturally honest.
I decided to do the only proper thing
and turn over the case to the police,
claiming the legal reward. As the
person who had lost the jewels must
be very rich she would probably add
another thousand francs to It.
At the police station T was of course
treated with the greatest courtesy and
while I was filling in the necessary
papers a lady came rushing in:
“I have lost my Jewelry case con
taining an emerald necklace, a dia
mond sunburst and a Pair of ruby
earrings,’’ she hurst out. “and 1 have
just telephoned the papers that I sin
willing to pay 6.000 francs reward to
the person who finds it.”
She produced five one thousand
francs bills from her satchel.
“I am very pleased to be able to tell
you that your jewels have already
been found, madam/’ said the ser
geant politely. “This gentleman lias
just handed them over to me.”
He handed the case to the lady who
opened it and looked at me with an
expression as if to say: “It is easy
enough for a man in your position to
be honest.”
Then she thanked me most, cordially
still holding the five bills in her left
hand. She evidently did not know
what to do about tlje reward. Once
more she looked at .my Immaculate
and faultless appearance, and quickly
returned the bills to her satchel, her
eyes at the same time apologizing for
the fact that she hud been In doubt If
only for a moment. /*nd as a true
gentleman, of course, I could not think
of claiming the money.
I dared not enter th** case. T felt
sure that the waiter would have re
fused my order. T whs afraid of going
home, that a number of
creditors were ramping outside my
door and If my tailor happened to be.
among them there would surely have
been an awful row. TWd to pass the
door of the perfume dealer whose pa
tience would probably very soon be
exhausted, too.
But—l was a gentleman.
Nothing sounds quite so absurd as
these weekly predictions on the part of
Bur* Johnson and his colleagues In Or
ganized Baseball that the Feds will cer
tainly bust up the next week. The
Fed magnates have a few million dollars
at stake. Most of them are mighty
shrewd business men. They know that
when caught in a tight comer the best
plan is to leoseri more money and pull
>ourself out of It. That’s what they
are doing They are building now for
next year, and It seems pretty certain
that when they open the BUT, sc hon
they will have in their ranks 4ulte u
number of the big stars who are in or
ganized Baseball today.
The Federal League magnates aren't
:* buncii of boobs as most of the ()r
--g’f.lzed people would have one believe.
The stories to the effect that President
(Timor©, when in* Interested capital in
the new league, told the people that
millions would be made the first year, 1s
a lot of bunk The men who invested In
the Federal League ire of the type of
men who have made success in other
business enterprises and they know
that no big returns can be expected
from any Investment during the first
year.
hi very magnate now In the Federal
League has armunoed his Intention of
sttcklngn%nd of putting up Ills Inst dol
lar to pull the baby league to the top.
Karh one realizes that It’s going to be
a real fight from now on and each Is
prepared to fight to the finish. The
small attendance at the Federal Lgagu#
porks, for a time, discouraged the mag
nates But they have to come to real
ize that it isn't because th»- public Isn’t
in sympathy with them but that Its be
cause the public when It hss 7R cents
i 1 $1 to spend would rather spend It in
watching stars perform than to spend It
wa'chlng Just ordinary [layers do the
ct ores.
And so they are out after the stars
(Jive a woman time to powder her
nose and she will save any emergency.
Any bride will let a boob lead her to
the altar. But that’s the last time he
does any leading when she Is around.
The girls ere getting prettier and
wearing less each year This will be
some fine old world along about IMX.
The reason Father hates to. play cards
with Mother Is because If be loses ha
loses and If he wins he loses.
A peach may he pink and pretty on the
outside, but that is no guarantee hs to
Its Inner substance.
Noise won’t get you anvwl.ere. The
fellow who plays tha hiss drum does
n’t lead the band.
When Friend Wife’s name is Amis and
she heirs Friend Husband talking to
‘Dolly” In bis sleep, || |h a sign that
flic weather next morning will be stormy
and unsettle d.
Listen lor g enough and let the other
fellow talk long enough and he wi I get
around to the point whtrs h« will tell
his right nams.
Kaiser Consents To Prince
Oscar’s Morganatic Match
Emperor William Has Highly Pleased the Democratic Element
Which is Anxious He Should Make it Possible For Them to
Remain Loyal to Him By His Gracious Consent of th*
Marriage of His Fifth Son and the Sprightly Countess In*
Von Bassewitz-Levitzow.
Berlin. Emperor Wilhelm has highly i
pleased Hie democratic element which
Is anxious lie should make it. possible for ,
them to remain loyal to him, by Ids gru- i
clous consent to the morganatic mar* j
riage of Prince Oscar, his fifth son and i
the sprnghtly Gountess lna von Basse- |
wltz-Levitzow, the Empress’ maid of I
honor.
Indeed the recent history of European i
royaltp would lead to the belief that the
mysterious theory of “equal birth" is
rapidly breaking down. Since beautiful
Princess Sophia of Sachs-Weimar, kill
ed herself because .she was restrained
from wedding a simple nobleman the
disintegrating tendency has been still
stronger.
Tradition Broken.
Probably the greatest single factor in
breaking down the walls of 1 lohenzollern
tradition of exclusiveness Is the curious)
position of Queen Mar\ of England.
She is the granduuKhtev of a Gorman
morganatic marriage. Her grandfather,
son of Duke Alexander of WOrtemburg.
renounced ids royal rank to contract a ,
morganatic union with the Polish Coun- *
teas Glandlno von Rhedy. He whs then i
created. Prince and Duke of Took.
So the 'forks do not belong to the |
“higher nobility” of Germany. This class 1
Includes only those who held the title
under the Holy Homan Empire. If
Princess Mary of Teclc had remained in
Germany she could only have been tins ,
morganatic wife of even the youngest j
son of a reigning Germany family.
Indeed her mavrlage with a member
of a family which had once reigned but
long ago lost its possessions would have
been morganatic.
By tlds quaint theory of “equal birth,”
n marquis or even a duke may not have
the “equal birth” of a plain count, sup
posing the count’s family is in the mus
ty old list of tile Holy Roman Empire
and the duke and marquis are not.
“Equal Birth."
The inconsistency of the “equal btVth''
theory was once admitted with ;muel»
sang frolde hy Kaiser Friedrich, father
of the present Emperor, according ta an
anecdote widely quoted. A country gen
tleman of the lowest rank was dis
cussing families with Friedrich and fi
nally exclaimed: “I can't, say I under
stand all these rules, but 1 claim my
f imih Is quite as good as tin* Hohcnzol-
Ufrns!" y
‘‘Very true.” quoth the* Kaiser, "but
tiie Hohenzollerns have got on faster.”
Perhaps tho better standing of "un
equal marriages” is to be attributed to
the almost uniform felicity of such
matches. Two non-royal marriages in
the English reigning family, that of
Queen Victoria’s daughtrV Louise to the
late Duke of Argyll and «»f King George's
sister Louise to the Duke of Fife, turned
out most auspicious to ilie parties di
rectly involved mid at Hie same time
did much t«> build up the present good
feeling between the English rulers and
their people.
Separation.
In Germany Frederick William 11, king
of Prussia tVom 1744 to 1797, bought off
his royal wife to agree to a separation
so he could morganatieally marry Frauln’n
von Voss, a maid of honor to ids daugh
ter, Princess Frederick. Saying it was
slmplv a mailer of state, the King's
father-in-law. the old Duke of Bruns
wick, actually atVangcd the separation
of id's royal daughter and the morganatic
marriage with her rival. Thera was
i little romance ohtu tills transaction, but
the King proved happier with Ids mor
ganatic wife than lie hud been with his
mate of ‘equal birth."
So eager was Prince Constance of
HohUnzollcVn to marry morgmiathaMy
the daughter of Baron Schenk that lie
abdicated the governorship of Hm princi
pality of Hohenzollern in 1850 in favor
of tlie King <>f Prussia. gra
ciously created the bride-to-be Countess
of Rothenberg and “they lived happily
ever afterward."
That same year Prince Adalbert, of
Prussia, for whom the present Kaiser's
third son is named, made a morganatic
match with the famous German dancer,
Theresa Kisser, who had been created
Baroness of Barnlm.
Famous Struggle.
Then there In the famous struggle of
Duke George 11 of Hachsen-Melnlngen to
secure recognition for Ids wife, who was
Ellen Franz, a popular Shakespearean
actress. She was the daughter of an
Englishman and a Naumberg schoolmas
ter. On their wedding day In 1378 or
imediately thereafter, every one of the
court dignitaries and nil the ministers of
state resigned. All sorts of downright
Insults were heaped upon the head of
the talented woman until her tormenters I
received the well-deserved till “souls
of lackeys.“ The Golonel of a Prussian j
regiment stationed In Melnlngen forbid |
his officers to greet the wife of tlie i
Duke (now a Ratoness) when she pass
ed them. The Hohenzollerns ignored
her.
By a curious coincidence on the day
whan his son publicly announced his I
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rntniiiK moi-Kanatic marriage the KaUw
for the first time sent a message of
friendly greeting to the wife of his
“cousin of Sacha-Melnlngen.” who that
day attained her seventy-fifth birthday.
“Ebenburtikelt."
But while the Basseyuitses never had
tlie privilege of "equal birth” with roy
alty, they have held the honor of night
hood as far back as they can be traced.
Tt is to he noted that the BaasewUzes
were nights In the days when the ances
tors of the Princess Fugger was a mas
ter weaver in Augsburg Yet the Fug
gers now have the privilege of “ebenbur
tigkeit.”
Tlie Countess has captivated the
hearts of all Germans who have met
her ns well ms the members of the
royal family, by her sparkling wit and by
her excellent singing voice.
“.After Wilhelm heard her sing he
could not resist her,” is tlie saying with
regard to the removal of the Kaiser's
opposition. She Is not strikingly beauti
ful. but her pleasing appearance has
made her s a brilliant star in the stodgy
court of the German empress. All the
other women attached to the Empress’
service have been in service since the
early days of her marriage and either
nve. or are old enough to be grand
mothers.
The Countess’ heat friend in her love
Affair has been the Crown Princess Ceci
lio, whose brother is the Grand Duke of
Mecklemburg. of wh4rh the Countess*
father is minister of state. Comtng from
tlie same place to Berlin and with the
same vivacity, good looks, and pleasure
in pretty clothes and piquant society,
they naturally formed an alliance against
the stiff and conventional surroundings.
Tiie dav after the marriage of Prince
Oscar and Countess lna the royal bride
groom will confer a settlement upon his
wife. This is the 'morgengabe" (morn
ing gift), from which the term ‘mor
ganatic” comes.
"Unequal Birth."
The marriage ceremony differs from
the usual custom in that the bride joins
her right hand to tlie bridegroom’s left,
hand (a token of their unequal birth)
and for this she cannot Inherit the es
tates of her husband or receive his «royal
name.
lienee, the day after the marriage h«
bestows a new title upon her, according
to the arrangements of the state, and
n financial settlement. This morganatic
marriage Is considered as founding an
entirely new family. The Kaiser will
grant the family « new name and Prince
Oscar will be paid a lump sum instead
of his princely allowance.
Morganatic marriages have from time
to time been attacked as equivalent to
concubinage.
This is a mistake, for the whole sys
tem of morginatc marriages has been
built up by the Protestant Church to
preserve the purity of the marriage re
lation and nt the same time preserve
the sanctity of royalty.
The royai bridegroom cannot msrry
again in the lifetime of ills morganatic
wife unless she is regularly divorced.
The children take the title and rank
of the mother, but they invariably ob
tain high office and rich emoluments
from the royal family when they are
grown and, as in the case of the Teeka,
frequently marry Into royalty.
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