The evening world. Newspaper, February 11, 1913, Page 3

x, BETROTAA KIS HEROMN ROMANCE “Mictoria Loutse, in Love With Mere Count, Must Wed Prince Her Father Chose, A SACRIFICE TO STATE, Ammouncement That Ernest Augustus Is Successful Sui- tor Surprises Nation. BORAX, Fed. 11.—Through ell Ger @any delle are tolling to-dey the news that Princess Victoria Louise, the war lord’ youngest child and only daugh- ter, whom the people call the “Mouse Maid,” is at last betrothed. Since the “Mouse Bfasd” fret put up her hair, three years ago, every eligitie royal bachelor of Burepe has sued for her hand, but it is @ miner princeling— Ernest Augustus of Oumberiand, heir to the claimant of the suppressed tmrone of Hanover—who will marry her, He alone fills the homely re- quirements of the Kaiserin, whe hes insisted that her future son-in-law be of royal lineage, unstained by ecandal and possessed of @ castle “within commuting distance of Berlin.” Carlsruhe, the most picturesque city of Northern Germany, was the ecene of the berothal. Prince Ernest Augustus had been there for days when a q@ecial train bore into the town the" Kaiser, his consort, Princess Victoria Loulse and Prince Oscar, Wilhelm's fAfth son. @ETROTHAL COMES AS SURPRIG! TO NATION, ‘The morning passed with the people ot Carlsruhe wondering what surprise was in store. At 4.30 in the afternoon It came. Kaiser Wilhelm, representing the Hohenzolierns, and Ernest Augustus, representing tho Hanovere—houses ee- tranged since Hanover sided in war- ime with Austria, and Prussia sup- Dressed its throne—were formally recon- ciled. Then mail hand ef the “Mouse Maid" was put igethat of the man Wilhelin had picked out for her. Yetoria Louise's choosing and, while country 1s giving itself over to of rejoicing, it is not unlikely whe {9 a sad little political puppet of a Mouse Maid. Of all her suitors, it was the Hereditary Count George Constan- tine Fugger-Habenhausen, a mere lieu- lepant, upon whom the princess smiled. MERE COUNT WAS PRINCESS'S CHOICE AS HUSBAND, Vietoria Louise met the count when dpe “came out,” at seventera, Up to that time, she had appeared only as a gawky girl, with two pigtails flying be- hind her as she raced ber pony throush | the country roads, and timid, mouse- ice eyes. But as a devutante, Germany »y the beauty » emed to nave developed overnight. The pigtail were gone—turned into the great mass she astounded of gieaming aair, piled gbove her heal. The carci wkward riding dresacs, tue habiitmeits of a royal tomboy, had | given place to @ dazzling gown taat | wae wore ae eaaily ws if she hud brougat a new personality Into) On the political jove map of Europe, there war an immediate realignment. x-King Manuel of Portugal cast hie tarnished crown the ring; Arche duke Charles Joseph followed: | the Prince of Wales * to Day court. Prince Leupold of Batterburg and King Alfonzo of Spain wanted her And then came Lieutenant, the Count ii hls dashing uniform of the du Corps. became swecthearts, and in naking forgot the chasm uf ank that lay between t he prin co@s was Walsked away to St, Morita Md it that (here was a sort al third degree used to erage the memory 0 ¢ petart count," th when the princess returned to Berlin wig began tu lve the Augustus, shown, The ” a s ls definitely s pace seen wit ne. There in another yin rout~al vurse, Aways a eeaemeee THIS CHAUFFEUR ESCAPES as a chape of oat, a fow yards | OF FORMER EMPLOYERS | Q'Brien, Running His Car While Drunk, Is Put on Probation and Signs Pledge. Jin O'Brien, @ chauffeur, of No, 2 Weat Eighteenth street, will have to re featn from intoxicants for one vear or | ko to the penitentiary, So the Justices of Special Sessions declared to-day when O'Brten was arraigned for sentence on the charge of driving an automobile while drunk. Justioss Deue!, Herrman and Salmon | heard trom a former employer of | O'Brien that he was an honest, indus: | trlows worker and they were not aware he was @ drinking man. O'Brien, who | was arrested at Fifth avenue, near ‘Thirty-third street, Feb. 4, eald he was at @ wedding the night before and bed drunk too much, ‘Tf it had not been for the ef your employers,” Justice Deuel told O'Briem, “the Court would beve eent | ou to the penitentiary. In order to! protest the public we are goiug to sake an experiment by placing you un tion for one year, If in that tine yu touch liquor you will sent lo ric OBriea fm the What Is the Ideal Age to 2 On What Is Marriage Possible “Men Have Held Wom- en’s Noses to the Grind- stone Long Enough,” Writes a Non-Negleeted Wife, Who Says Para- sites Are Preferred. “The Way to Live on $15 a Week Is to Hustle,’’ Says “‘A. N.,’’ Who Has the Right Brand of Wife, and Had $10 to Marry On. THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1913. GERMAN PRINCESS’ |‘‘ Bully for Her,’’ Shouts ‘‘An Observer,’’ Cheering for Girls Who Hoodwink Men Copyright, 1918, dy The Pres Publiahing Co, (The New York Werk). BY NIXOLA GREBLEY-SMITH. WOMAN may put her life into a man’e keeping, help 66 mental gets the most from life. Many women share this distinctly cynical view of the advantages of decorative useleesness. But I think they are est Augustus was not the man of | wrong in asmuming that uselessness {# #0 generally decorative. Yves, And very fow mon spend time or thought “doing thetr halt, polishing their maile or beeping ele agures.” Tet, ot the same age, they appear much younger than women who give years to the various embalming processes which they regard a preservative of Deanty. More women lose their figures through mental and physi- | eal lasiness end through usre- etrained gtuttony than by house- Bold and maternal cares. ‘The figures of women shoppers 40 not average eo woll as those of women workera, The woman behind the counter 1s younger looking, year for year, than the woman in front of it, if for no other reason than because she gets up in the morning at a regulur hour, dresses and oes out into the air, getting @ certain amount of exercise in going to and from her employment. WOMEN WHO KNOW HOW TO LOOK YOUNG. The women inost successful in keeping their youth ere actresses, leaders of society and the large number of women wage eirners who are paid well enough to enable them to dress and feed them- welves properly. Society women are busy, actresses are busy, wage earning women certainly enjoy no beautifying lelaure; yet they are more youthful in appearance than the members of the Kimono sisterhood who too often at- tribute to household or family cares a decay of beauty which is really due to stagnation and degeneration of the mind and body. To interested Is to be young. Perhaps that is why men appear younger than woinen, There is nore {1 Ife to Intereet the average man than the average woman, If a woman really regards herself as @ mere | essory after the first great fact, then perhaps right in conchading that the more useless she is to others the more useful she is apt to prove to her- self, The Bible, of course, says that man em of the race and women the or afterthought, while many viologiste believe, on the contrary, that the female principle oxisted before mau was evolved at all, that he is, In fact, | morely the racial corollary of woman, | Acvording to the Biole theory, woman might very properly reward her ex noe as merely eupplementacy to ma nd so regulate {t according to preferences, ‘But if she believes she has an equal and eves @ pricr right to ex- igtence om her owa account, then she hes surely a right to dispose of her days as she sees St. Aud elim- inating for the moment the consid- eration of mai make a bet! time and tatonts by a life of use- fulness without regard to wrinkles, loss of Sgure, &c., tham by a cen- tury of massage and nail pelishi: Moreover, if she takes mental as welt as physical exercise enough, her figure ‘* his time polishing her nails, doing her hair and keeping her figure slim and graceful that 1s admired and doted upon by husbands and others.” This paragraph is taken from a letter of a feminine reader who signs herself “Not a parasite nor a neglected wife. Just an observer.” The general tenor of her philosophy fe that early marriage ts best, and that the woman who is merely orne ome ecomomy @ coupte cari often do eplendidty with a email ene. It is a mristake i abe ity rey z 3 a. i { 7 H : i eink on it, too, that her husband is de- to her. It isn't the dutiful wife and mother that te worshipped. Oh, no! It'e the woman who thinks i © & Not a parasite nor a negtested ‘wife, thank you, s0eT AN OBSDRVER. THEY DO NICELY ON FIFTEEN DOLLARS A WEEK. our i:lendahip goon ripened into love. Very shortly after we became aware | of our mutual attachment we bi came engaged and about two years jater we married. At that time my bamk eecsunt was @ ten dollar bill, which we squandered for a firet class passage to New Jersey, a wedding ring and ® emall gum which we pressed (7) the clergyinan to take. Believe me when he #aw the number fa tio | corner of the bill the welcome sign in (ae mat was turned toward the | otreet. | My #alary Was unde. sixty dollars a month and within @ week or so after my wedding 1 among others im the same concern was “let go.” young lady two years my junior and | will take care of itself. But let the reader who anys ef the parasite, ‘Bully for her!” expound her point of view. @he is followed ty a young husband whe tells how to be happy op 815 @ week. NOT ENOUGH WOMEN WHO ARE PARABITES, Tear Madam: A good sized income ds certainly a fine thx at the time | tee vm] of merring, but with excelent <—— Ag my wife trusted me eo explicit- ly to provide for her, I began to nestle fer money tn reel earnest. By keeping my eyes it wae net long befere I had je@enough | to start in housekeeping, After paying the first moz nt, twen- vy dollars on same furniture and etting In some foodstuff, Lieve remained in our excaequer about three dollars. The only debt that | she | Case has baftl ? *maeees onto,“ QOUGAT A TICKET 10 | JERSEY, A WEDOINGRING, and Tie nest we j and as an asset I had my ideal woman, an attractively arranged, tastefully furnished modern three- Yoom and bath apartment and an @wakened ambition. Also I class as an asset the responsibility which ® Man incurs when it is up to him to meet his bills promptly and pro- vide decently for his better half. ‘We have lived together for five yeare and each year has been a happier one than the one before it. Her happiest times are when she Je doing eome little thing for me or for others and 1 find my greatest pleasure is in trying to make her happy. My income per week has ranged from minus to thirty-odd dollare—perhaps fifteen dollars a ‘week would be @ fair average. I joney and my wife We consult each other on all questions—those per- taining to the house I generally allow my wife to decide, and other questions that como up from time decide. fe wettied that point at the start. It seems to be her alin to make our home what it 1s,—a place to hasten to at all times for Dieasure, peace and quiet, A. N. ——— PRETTY GIRL FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AT DOOR OF FASHIONABLE CLUB Strange Case a Mystery to the Police and Doctors of New Rochelle. ‘The identity of a well-dreseed, beau- | n tifu) girl, apparently about eight yearns old, who was pleked up u ectous before the Manor Club in bem Manor and ts now in the m= Pel- New Rochelle Hospita! in a delirtum, could | not be lvamed to-dey and a general Qlarm hae been sent out through West- @hemter County and to the New York police. Gince the girl was picked up by Secre- tary Dey of the club, at 9 o'clock last night, and bnought } he elurbh has on euffictencly dentit o ave watch hot recove plain Hee 4 doctors ine her, for beyond caltir niother repeatedly she gives sign of normal memory, Other f declare she is not a ephasia, th watohing hor cannot de- than (ermine what ie remonsible for her condition. ‘There were no marke of violence on | bid socis! gayetios, They are as much to wer body end nothing to explain her @resence mm an unconscious condition before the door of Pelhais cinh, The gtr! weighs about ana auburn hb. biack silk skirt, u putt a long pieck aat end a black velvet te. {BUT HE PREFERS THE PaRAsiTe wHo _ THIN ‘would act as ® greater deterrent. TAKES WOMEN'S RIGHT. POLISHES HER NAILS AND SHE'S TOO LovELY TO Worn TO DIVORCE ALIMONY: | Mrs. Violette Spanto, the Juno-like wife, HUBBY NO. 3SAYS. WIFE SUES TO GET HM OFF HER LST Was Railroaded to Jail When She Tired of Him, Spanio Tells Court. + HIT BY STEPDAUGHTER. Tale of Woe That Began With Hazy Wedding at Party Answers Complaint. “Twe husbands were the fathers of five of this woman's children, My client te the third husband. He fe the father of three more of the ohiiren of this woman before you. If Your Honor will but gslanco at our affidavits you will see wy this worma: seeks a separa- tion. She has evan tried to rattroad him to jail that she may be rid of him Thie was the plea mate by Miss Frieda Thomas, lawyer, before Supreme Court Justice Davie to~lay in arguing esatret the appitoation of a woman for alimony. Migs Thomae te attorney ¢or Sylvester Spanio, who early in his married life Was & prosperous produce merchant. is suing for @ separation on the ground of amielty and non-support; simuitan- eoumty he ie suing her for separation, about Nov. 2%, 1907. But he te net sure he was really wedded at abl, for the records ef the City Clerk and the Board of Health reveet no entwy of euch en alliance. As he recalig the event he was tm vitea by Mrs. Spanto—then Mrs, Corde, MUST PAY OWN DEBTS Cuvillier Bill Demands Surren- der of Privileges if They Get the Vote. i ALBANY, Feb. 11.—The question of taking from women certain privileges now extended to them by law should be aubmitted to the people at the same time they vote on the proposed constitu- tional amendment to «ive women the right of euftrage, In the opinion of As aemblyman Cuvillter. He bas drafted a referendum measure which would rcHeve a busband from paying counsel fees and alimony in ivores actions and from paying debts contracted by his wife, It also would take from women thelr present dower rights, SULZER FOR ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY. Governor Believes Life Imprison- ment Without Privilege of Pardon Better. ALBANY, Feb, 11.—Gov. Sulzer favors the abolition of capital punishment, be- eving that life imprisonment, without the privilege of pardon or commutation, In this he agrees with Col, Joseph F. Scott, Superintendent of State Prisons, who last year recommended to the Legisia- ture the substitution of Iife tmprison ment for electrocution in capital cases. The Governor discussed with “ol. Boott yesterday the appointment of a warden at Auburn Prison to succeed George W. Benham. Charies F. Ratti- gan of Auburn in a candidate, but Col. | Scott has declined to appoint him, Gov, Sulzer has promined the place to Mr. | Rattigan and Col. Scott's refusal led to reports that the Superintendent would resign. It is understood, however, that the situation has been adjusted amicably and that Col Soott will reteia Bia po- sition. pee CARDINAL GIBBONS URGES RIGID LENTEN OBSERVANCE. | Censures Those Who Go to “Rest” Resorts—Dances, Theatres and Cards Taboo. BALTIMORE, Feb, 11.—Cardinal Gio- dons said to-day that {t time that some of those calling themselves Chris- thang cull a halt on thetr lack of rompect for the season of Lent and their utter |‘ atarcgard for the rules und observances use, | of o other} eu victim of; the Church to spend this holy season in the season. ‘ “They are not obeyin ‘ommand of repentance for their ains, ‘Ihey imagine that by going off to nome restful place they are observing the rules which for- biame as those who danon and ente: ato other fering of amusement. Der ves, a widow twice over—-to @ party at the home of her relatéves. When the party ended, he declares, he was informed that he had made Mrs. Corbo his bride, and, as the bride wae charming to look upon, he made no protest. He has since recalled that the ceremony was per to her. He gave ap hie dueinese and {se now employed as a produce buyer. Mrs, Spania became very violest te- ward him, Spanio asserts, @he threat- ened to kill him, he ewears; ehe induced men to assault him, and @he failed to cvok meals for him with euffloient reg- ularity or containing enough sutriment to restore him to health. In September, 1911, he comtiaues, she induced her daughter by her ret mar- mage—Antoinette Corbo—end Mies Cor- bo’e flanoe, Charles Garian, to ewear to false charges of non-support against him, and ho was sentenced by a Magis- trate to @ term of six months. When he emerged trom custody, Spa- nio says, returned to his home, full of forgiveness for the injuey done to him, only to find there was more in store for him. In hs eworn statement he este forth that Mrs. Spanio informed him bluntly that ehe desired to get rid of him; that she would do all in he BLOPING BRIDE Mumehreys of Morristown and Walter | Eng!ishmon can endure |.andships, away last Gaturday and were quietly by their relatives since, everywhere for the elopers, with rice and wu, the Columbia Law College. Friday he iived at the Cornell ¢ He 4 Jones and revolutionary fame. the wedding through the newspape: Hotel Touraine in Gearn that the couple had left the hote! WHO NBEDN’T HAVE RUN AWAY AT ALL BRITISH PREMIER y | SAYSNATION WILL: at HED SCOTS PLN a ‘ to Explorer. be ad wt LONDON, Feb. 11—~The tragic deqth of Capt. Scott and tis compentons wes” referred to to-day in the Howe of °° Commons ty Premier Asquith. se “We all at this moment,” he said, “1 5 under the deep impression created ty” the reading of the last message to the"! world left by Capt. Scott, one of ea, i fost moving and pathetic utterances im the annals of discovery. It te the maes- sage of a brave, enduring man in ther? face of the most tragic end to a caresr Of self sacrifice and devotion to the eet” vice of his country. We can only 5 | that Dis last appeal will not fall on ears.’ | ‘The Premier was so deeply moved tha® | his words were almost inaudible ¥ Mr. Asqutth’s statement indicates the British Government will take care f° the dependents of the dead members e@\rh the expedition. Otherwise a Mi House find will be opened. Of the five explorers who perisheG) # Capt. Scott, L iward A. Wilson ea 1) Petty Offices E. Hvans were married, EP — The chants and shipowners of Care | diff, trom whteh port the polar ship ’ A rra > rec their city a statu | apt. EROIC DEATHS IMPRES® ALU ENGLISHMEN. nt 4 PAPA HUMPHREYS IS ‘ Out of tie gloom that settled over oharging cruelty, among a score of British nation there rome to-dey th@ other things. Mre, Spanto's motion for IN F RGIVING MOOD spirtt of Old England rejuvenated. eilmony pending the trial of the ac- jdeei of heroism (n modern times hag tion came before the Court to-day and done so inuch to stir the veins of patrios | Miss Thomas placed all the teyal stum- —— | Usm in this complascent land y) | Diing blocks she could think of in Mrw. Those last inagniticent words of the Spanio’e way. And Mrs, Walter Mott Jories| «reat exniover, soled with romen fingers into the records of Bip HE 18 HAZY ABOUT MARRIAGE , y, P ated : ‘AND DATE. | Will Welcome Daughter-in- | Joumer. | a Into the Genet 6m In his complaint Mr. Spanio deciures a q One cannot mins the glow of pride he believes he wae married some time Law in Poughkeepsie. the almost traightening the to each citizen as he reads Scott's final m By “Phe Hidden Honeymoon" should be} to his countrymen. “f do not regre@ © the title of the romance of Miss Helen| this journey, which has shown ta@ <~ R. Jones of Poughkeepsie. one another, and meet death with at While socloty clroles of the two towne | Sreat & fortitude as over in the pasty Were conjecturing as to the outcome of | ,,pere NONd! joused the ancient SBR, the attentions of the gentleman, and) nothing olse of recent years. wi Matohmakers of both places were furs | where one gues in London to-day t@ee? nishing food for gosslp, the couple went] picture is the same. There is « Syueeet ternity and heartiness in even hake of greeting and died itke Ei re heard on every lip. . PATRIOTIC SPIRIT OF ENGLANQ,.. 1@ AROUSED, © etter ‘The great facts that stand out freage the story of the death of Scott ang MaR> companions are those that show quails’ tles in the men far finer than married, And they haven't been seen| “Ssual hand words: ‘The family of the bride is searching ether offerings in hand. The attentions of Mr. Jones were ac- ceptable to the family of Miss Hum- phreye, A warm welcome awaited the bride at the home of the bridegroom's ether, ‘The youn, "| nhysical courage. it ts dot ¢he ae Ta the cate ee nator | knowledge that this little band of Sve. uo Morristown, where she lived at tho| “ore overwhelmed in the fury of apn Antarctic storm that has ¢o awakened, the patriotic spirit of England. come Another picture that has oe Sout heart in Pngiand te that bome of her fathor, Rev. F. Langdon Humphreye, a retired Episcopal min- feter, The bome is one of the most Deautiful among the residences of the Normandie Heights section of Morris- town. Mr. Jones te @ Cornell graduate of Last year he was graduated froin Up to last of Capt. Oates, who, knowing himedtt t bo @ hindrance in the advance of hist); | comrades, struggled to hte feet in thelo, | shelter tent during one of thé fret blige, zane the: encountered on the pet “1, with the casual ng ‘outside and might * walked votuntarily, wastes and disappeared foreret Hcott’s interest in the weltam® men was emphasised by prags i. ihe last business he e left to Join the rag ooh Be , e is the son of Mrs. his family gone # isd ‘into th Capt. of his tieally before New Zealand. The bride’ father upon learning of hurtied, with his son Malcolm to the this city, only to This was power to wet him out of the way. on manday: The bride ts a talented aE eT ican to oma ag Rr musician, being an artist wih the je declined SAYS STEPDAUGHTER AND HER[UUncem, belnk an artist wists the) i: from the cransaetion and decided FIANCE ATTACKED HIM. made a muscial trio, the musle of which | that the total receipts should go t@y Matters sitnmered along unpleasantly ‘often entertained t ‘oung colle increase the financial reward of the i, until’ 1, when Mra Spanio oon-| man and no douvt helped along ro nen who had undertaken to share Witll,,. spired egain with Miss Corbo and Mr. |dreame of the future, But wai the dangers of the Antarctic teas Gartan, this time to inore serious im-|where has the happy couple goue gion. we port. They set upon him one night, he declares, using a knife, a hatchet and a club. Fortunetely for hhn, he had Bained atrength In jatl, and ed himeelf to auoh good eff. left marks on Mr. Gerlen: Prompity arrested again, A Magistra’ held him for the Gran@ Jury and (h body indicted im on a charge of a sau Spanio's Justification came, he says, when he was placed on trial before | Judge Swann tm the Court of General | Sessions. He took ‘he sited 9.8 own | behalf, and told his sad tale, When the leet word lett nln ‘tps, the afdavit con- Unues, Judge Swans Givecied the fery to bring m a verdict of “net guilty” forthwith, “You are a mush abesed man,” the Jwige 1s represented as saying. “This | ‘te the pininest case I have ever neon of | @ woman Who was through with a trying to ‘railroad’ him ¢o Jat! 1 adv. you not to try to live with her any more “What do you advise, counselor’ Judge Swann is said to dave asked of Miss Thomas, The lawyer = replied that she had advised him to get a sep- aration and the court's permission to | keep his three children, without the | necessity of living witn or eupporti Mre, Spanto. days late Mr, Spanio began © Court for a sepa Mrs »had » ted Bota Iren h Peter, five years old; Anthony, 4nd Syivestor jr, thirteen months Justice Davia reserved decision on Mes, Spanto's petition for altmony. | ——— Destug Woman Dosing in ber homme fon of No chair in the Kitchen of Death. | x te | Albert Go-- New In rept Rertha peat the dames and was burned, Both women were takey Recpital, ardere Mys, Gergen died, | a alt esa aca cares ve [emus ‘Twenty good smokes end True! j 4 aa a> 4 ae | ree 3 a haa SUPERFLUOUS HAIR |. z, somaMt@rteand Moles, Se, See Bs ENGRAVING. 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