The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 26, 1936, Page 10

DESIRING ABOVE ALL TO FREE HER | PEOPLE, JACQUELINE ACCEPTED HUMPHREYS PROPOSAL - SHE SECURED A DIVORCE FROM THE DUKE OF BRABANT, AND IN 19422, AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-TWO, TOOR. HER MQD HUSBAND .. = 'n'ru THE FAIREST PART OF HOLLAND LOST TO HER. THROUGH THE FOLLY OF THE DuUKE oF BRABANT, THE LOVELY COUNTESS JACQUELINE LEFT HER WEAKLING HUSBAND AND FLED TO THE COURT OF HENQY T[ OF ENGLAND . oy @0 YEAQS LATER HUMPHREY AND JACQUELINE LANDED IN BELGIUM Wit AN ENGLISH ARMY. THE DUKE OF BRABANT WAS NOT PREPARED TO RESIST INVASION, AND THE CITIES OF HAINAULT QUICKLY OPENED THEIR GA*res ATTRACTED BY HER BEAUTY AND LARGE INHERITANCE, THE KINGYS BROTHER ~HUMPHREY, DUKE OF GLOUCE STER - EAGERLY PROPOSED MARRIAGE TO HER , PROMISING TO AID HER WITH SHIPS AND MEN TO RECOVER HER LOST DOMINIONS ...... Q)1 AT TIME HENRY T OF ENGLAND : CONFIDENTLY BELIEVING THAT HER AND PHILIP, THE POWERFUL DUNE OF > = ¢ HUSBAND \WOULD SOON RETURN BURGUNDY, WERE PINCHING OFF THE o R TR ‘ WITH AN ARMY TO RESCUE HER , NORTHERN PART OF FRANCE BETWEEN | £/ % * THE HEROIC JACQUELINE MADE ?EM Eufiéli'%m HAD AN EYE ON prree—— e READY TO DEFEND MONS AGAINST SENT AID TO THE Dut‘ZgN L ngiflF ; g1t B Mt THE ADVANCING BURGUNDIANS . FEUDAL DIVISIONS OF BELGIUM AND NORTHERN FRANCE - 1424. FINDING HIMSELF INVOLVED IN A SITUATION: MORE DANGEROUS THAN HE HAD BARGAINED FOR AND WITH SCANT HOPE OF GAINING THE RICH STATES THAT HAD ATTRACTED HIM TO JACQUELINE , HUMPHREY TREACHEROULSLY DESERTED HIS WIFE IN MONS AND FLED TO ENGLAND. @<cominG DESPERATE, SHE DisPATCHED A MESSAGE TO HUMPHREY BESEECHING HIM FOR HELP BUT IT WAS INTERCEPTED BY THE ENEMY. HOWEVER HUMPHREY HAD NO INTENTION OF RETURNING, AND COLDLY LEFT HER TO HER FATE/ @ MeDIAEVAL TOWN OF ARLES IN SOUTHERN FRANCE WAS BUILT INSIDE A RUINED ROMAN AMPHITHEATER - - ORIGINALLY ARLES WAS AN UNFORTIFIED TOWN -~ MENACED BY MOORISH RAIDERS IN ¢ THE 8™ CENTURY, THE PEOPLE OF ARLES MADE { THEIR AOMES IN THE NEARBY AMPHITHEATER THUS SECURING A READY-MADE WALLED C\TY THE NATIVES OF MADAGASCAR A COUPLE ARE CONSIDERED MARRIED IF THEY EAT FROM THE SAME BOowL / .u ENGLISH WARSHIP OF OLIVER CROMWELL'S DAY . .......1653 . THE 17TH CENTURY SAILING SHIP suows MARKED CHANGES FROM THOSE @ MONEY” oriGiNALLY MEANT msl.mpéi%ssg,%s“ggcfifie ool A WEDDING GIFT OF MONEY TO 4 4 CASTLE 1S MUCH LOWER,,GIVING THE HULL A A BRIDE EXPRESSLY FOR BUYING . , LESS TOP-HEAVY AND MORE GRACEFUL PINS, WHICH IN OLDEN TIMES : : APPEARANCE:....:. THE TWO SQUARE SAILS ON THE WERE VERY EXPENSIVE - -0 oeer : . Wm“““mmmw JIBS. [ ——————————