New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1925, Page 19

\ e AW Thie HAPSRY IDIRIVES IPIp HP Countess of Lonyay has become insane. The Hapsburg curse has been felt again. e It wes 93 years ago fn & beautiful Jark tn the then proud capital of Vienna. A royal baby was belng wheeled by his nurse Jown one of the flower-lined paths. The baby In the carrlage was dressed in the Jnest silks. On the path played another baby, & jagged, half clothed bit of humanity, the child of ) Hungarian gypsy. The proud nurse took no notlce of the creeping prosy. She rolled the heavy baby bugesy right Jver its foot. Its beggar mother screamed. “My ourse on your royal charge,” ehe shrieked, ¥My cures on him and all his throughout the rears! § f v i N : 3 X “For him and those with him there shall be vy W A B TR 3 ) Raghi 5 Jothing but battle, murder and sudden death.” : E Wit 3 e NN SN ey e s !}:h: c\ml She was still shrieking her awful curse as she g 3 : ¢ \ X i : g was bundled off by police. : { : : Sl e B0 0 The royal babe grew up to ba the Emperor s Joseph of the old Austro-llungarian empive. Truly, the words of the curse have echoed hrough the century. MOST TRAGIC REIGN Francls Joseph's relgn was the longest in mod- Jen history. And his relgn was probably the most jorrowful, Battle, murder and sudden death were t 3l t 1 3 e 3G 3 e e %, $ ! X \ i PRIN RUDOLPH, nels Joseph and mar ra. Both were fttle that could bring him mokles; He R ) : ! \ bl g Sorre f . 5 L N Francis : Yoos ng. It was never bad been an European m h for ona of the e got syin ¢, but he 1ght upe yueen Zitd of Austat S i serh of 3 \! T y J ier they wers the vie- e FE2Y ] tion or whether wer ebout him under the curse of the As the emperor lie dying, he saw about ! pngest relgns on record, vet tha Mttie but tragedy to h His court was honeycombed with ing. Thers was hard put his hand on and say mine. You are true to mo and t INTERNAL STRIFE Austria Hirgary was made of dive Its natives spolie various to Lo sorrow. fided into a score of parties ; ent story, Fran 21TA ESCAPES guistle groug 1 de demands upon the 2@ man filled with trz smperor. As he gra 1 one concession, made iwenty enenfes, He tried to picase all re L sl bR AT ICTT sult was that he pleased none. en as the shadc defeat sp: sver his enpire, Francls Joseph doul the coming victory of the Allies despite forts made by h meeal the nary led upor to abdics 1 it e lool K further, to earlisr days, hera was no h here, had seen the When he ascendd the throne he was a mon- Sarajevo, h Winchester r he pent $3,000,000 in & n buse. A few rooms were for her ser- o\ Tie others were for herself and her horde i ghostl; guests Years 150 Sarah Winchester was beautitul 5 } -/ ; ‘ fam Wrt Winchester, son of the foun A T R R SR Wincheter Repeating Arms Company. Altbugh their mar gnd athough both were § Intoxsating confusion, the A chid was born sh: r Ihisseemed to ewell their flood of joy. Lfe seemed too good to be true. Mrs, Winches- fterwas alarmed. Could any human happiness last? s confided her fears in her husband. } wghed a‘what he thought a silly notion. * “BUILD A HOME"” *Pon't worry about anything happening to me Be told her, “You have all the money you need. You can bulld & home—any kind of a & want and be happy.” In & short time the husband ¢ #ied later. Her husband’s remark seemed to have propk portent to the widow. The words—"'you can bu rooms nibuliding : Loael ! - ) a home"—geemed to be & command from the dead, work in Syl ke : W e As she pondered over this strange omen, came the ghosts. *“Build a home! Keep building it! Keep the b mers sounding. When the hammers ceas sound, you, too, will die,” they seemed to say. In a secluded spot in Santa Clara ve in C: fornia she built the home. It It neared completion the wo back to her. ¢ the neig . BUILT FOR SPIRITS b tractors. She ever WINDOWS FOR SPIRITS ONLY =for th She started the carpenter building a wing to the