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I STARTLING EXPOSURE OF INNER LIFE OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE AS TOLD BY COUNT ERNST VON HELTZENDORFF TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX • i i i'I i ..... ., i■.i ----— — ---- T... tli. ...iti..,M ..p ti,..cn i 1.1 ,1 i « i. ... «k« krrr rliruuirlr* for Ilia lrlr»4 * oont 1 ra*t ««*■ Hrl?xendt<rfT. Ikr Intlrr't rrtrUlh lift of tbr ilinrr Ilf# of tb# ibi|M-ri tl fUerman eourf. hit* long Itrrft rr< t suiml ihn ilKii Ut l-IJ rspt no lb# |h »»r«tur of its lanrrnjuit Tb«- l.«clt*k “U bn'« M U«" *ny* of bfan “fir bo* Intiao ale kaow lr tlfte of tb# ar rrf arr» Irr of • oatf»ent:tl eorrt irk* Mi la rueaidrrrd by tb# rrn ao#n< «••# .reat Ifriiulm an Mtitbortty <»n ■nr-b aMirn." InMhrr authority anj»: “Few people bate bee i more t lo*e|v :it aftolrtl nltii or kawn more of tbr MitHMidiNr toner ma blurry of Orr nuMiy tban be * Ie4|«e«i probably baa morr aourre* of ter re i Inform * i Ion nt bla romnuinil tban aay rontrmporary In eltll life, nntl for (be taal alt years tbr Hritlsb t.o% rrnmeat ba« matt# % doable nor of liU • ant ai••re ol secret laformntfoa tlimuth a opreinlly organised department nllb wbteh I rQarai M*ffia aa a toluatary € mat « on llelirr adorff be rant# aa *n ilnanie of I ri4«eut •• trral y ears prior to tbr outbreak of tb# war; be ba* been lit la* io retire ment la France alMl %nsnat. Ibi 4. and it nn tbrrr that I r «4 nr a t rerrftrf front I be rroai print*#** late personal aatjntaat permission tt» make ••nblle tb*«r re«elatlnna of the Inner III# of tb# llobmrollr ras— t hat 9 be demorraeie* of tbr world mlabt eomr flo know tbr real, but heretofore bidden, personalities of the two doinl nant members of tbr aufnerney they are now arrayed ***ln*t. ^»4 I M-4-M-M-4-H +4-+++4-4-4-5-+V+ ; Trautmann Affair + % X : Cause of Trouble i 1 i aii tit ■ ■ « i « i i ». a i a i a i m ■ _« a,.« a Tit: Trauttnann affair was one M>'h caused a wild sensation t Pots*(am in the autiittin of ‘ * I 'J 1 s'.-miik- implicated in it In a somewhat <*uri.«u* nmtiner. I rhaio-ed to in- lunching at the Es plam-d- In Berlin, chatting with Ea 1 r«»(ue of 'he French ctnhavsy. Our hostess was Frau Breltenhach. a wealthy Jew.*" a woman who came from tJortmund and who was spend- i lug mom-v like water in order t*. ! wriggle into Berlin society. As per I sons! »dju' nt of the crown prince. I was. of .our*.- on«* <>f the principal gu*-s-s. sir. I 1 suspected that she was | aagleie f- . a ca*-.| -*f Invitation to the) tw-gf l«all ct the M.irnior palace. Frau lire i'.-til-a- h was lunching with | sigi.-eti gu.-sts a' .»ne hlg. round table. | her 'laughter Elise. a very smartly dress.-.) _-,ri of ii-aeteen. seated oppo rite to h* r. It was a merry party, in- j ctud.:i£ ■(* it did. some of the most MmsD.-i is-rs..n* in the empire, ajnong them being the Imperial chancellor. BethiruMUi-HoIlweg. and that grand *etgt.-ur. wrho was a favorite at court. | the tnu’.'tailllUmalre s.-rene highness. | Prtn-e M ii.tnillan Egon ztt Fuersten te rg ttf ttie latter it jpny tv* said that t»- m*n rivaled hl« Itiflnence with the e- ,{ier.*r. What he said was law in ] «J* tuiany. iu- rs' - ’.rg was head of the fa- 1 T1; U- “I • e's trust.*" now dissolved ha' *' that t ■ . with it« capital of *'**• •••'»*• * s -i gr. ;t force in the German - - * --r-ail w.-M, Indeed. - i- !> :i t-s.r t; 5Tii- * I • v '* lie of the kii'scT's •!.»• aii augusr tut purely dec orative aiid e. || tdn.was actu ally inveu'.-d for him n* colonel mar shal of •* . I'r • ..art in excuse t-. wear - : a-eforra and srorg***»ns d«--*«rii' -ns - l-.fitted a man who. I*ss ig a hundred millions, was ati itats-rt". ■--<■ t. . !»--ror in his deep Eld s.-i tor world jstwer. Young Man Across the Poorr. Tbr ■ Ii <. rty w < the pwi*«we *4 a ■ - etiri.-us dram.--. A< we -hatted I r- | (liar far across tiie rr-> d- d r• :-i. a! a laid set 111 a window tE. re s»t !-<iie a dark-haired, •allow gootl !-. l;'tig young civilian, who . ■ o. a rmli-T ie.r.st t!..ai «-r. \ *"* t> s (.y.- were fixed straight u{»*u F’ise Itr.itenb.-n-h, as though -he exercised over him stum* •image fasetnatt*>n. Ileif a d--r*n tlm.-s 1 ^ I a ne.st across rml on .s. -.-ti <|.w- that the yoc-'.g man h-.-l n*. eyes for ihi* no t • * r wind tie- t:d>le. h.s gaze lieltig hi*--' «!*•*« the d ■ -liter of the great ftni * icier. v. ! f. • n distinct belief that the wing «-:i tl- 1 "v fare was familiar t<* It was lot ttf first time I had «* him. jit 1 <-■'!*»,| not reetd! the elr •atti ‘ • • » In which we had met. Tw=. i igtits later I dined with the J’.r. ). !■■■< h* * their tile- house In the Al»e» . ms».» lie only guest la-sides tin - \i< the t'oiuitess v«m Rasse w it/ . i d after tllnner Frau I’.reiten b di look tie- eount- -s aside to talk, whil. I wr.-d with h< r daughter Into the winter canlen. with its high paltns 5ii I s-"> ns ex« ♦ lj-11 over looked It*- gwr*lens of ;'ir* Austrian em bassy. V'bii the man I -I hr light us oof f». the pretty |3l*e e.i:;-:.-n- •) (.> question • >* about life at the crown prilJer’s court. -|I"W tit *di Interesting It must h»* to hr |» r-. nni adjutant to the ttwtti prince" V th* r Is dying to get a oomuiand t*« on. >*c th** r.s.-ptions at Potsdam."* th*- tr rl su'd, “tody today ahe wa« * ml't a well, whether yon routd possibly i • y ur li.fluenee in that dlre.1t.Mi." In aw Instant I - •* why I had been Inv ited to dun ■ ,s . d lunch, sms so UltetL | rrrt.s-ted = :«! Then I sni<! • *1 th' not it ink that u ,!| !«■ very dif flr’ilt. I will se, w . : .tan be done. Itat 1 hope that If I a: 'ill you will uicifuy ><*ur mother." Who I looked in at th- court niar •*ml» ro>-m in the palace next inorn tnc. I wrtpbbsl d->w.. the name of mother and daughter for cards. A Week later the crown prince and [iStur-« gave a grand ball at the Mar ts .w palace at Potsdam, and the oir pecer hltMHdf attended. yrru ilrti'.ubacf g wgeously r.f tfsvd. made her how before flic all ... . - and tier daughter did the same I ' . . « . *.. ’ .h«-n I duneed with her, I saw how im !iresst-d she was by the glitter and glamour of the Potsdam court circle, and h> the fact that site was in the presence of tlie all-highest one. i'rom words she let drop that night as she hung ui«m my arm. I wondered wheth er she was really as ingenuous as she pretended Sic- was, 1 found, an ex trcmely discreet and clever little per son. a fact which further increased my officitd interest in her. Questioned by the Emperor. <*tie night about two months later I had on appoint incut with Max ltein hnrdt at the Deutsches theater, in iter tin. to arrange a royal visit there, and ifier the performance 1 went hack to the palace, prior to retiring to my rooms in the Krausenstrasse. The guards saluted as I crossed the dark courtyard and having passed through the corridors to the private apart- i ments 1 entered with my key the crown prince's locked study. To my surprise. I found “Willie” seated there with the emperor in ear nest discussion. With apology. I bowed instantly and withdrew, whereupon the kaiser ex claimed : “Pome in. Heltzendorff :.l want you." Then lie east a quick glance at the young man. who had thrown himself In a ln::y attitude into a long cane lounge chair it was as though liis majesty was hesitating to speak with me, i r asking liis son's permission to do so. “Tell me. HeltrendorfT." exclaimed liis majesty suddenly, “do yon know tliis person?” and he placed before my g- e a cabinet photograph of the pretty Klise. tvs. i answered trankly. "it ’s Fmitelln Rreltenbaeh. "An«l what do you know of her?” In quired his majesty. “You introduced her and her mother to court. 1 believe.” I suv that the emperor had discov ered something which annoyed him. What could it be? At once I was compelled to admit that I had set down their names for invitation, and. further. I explained all that I knew about them. "You are certain yon know nothing more?" asked the emperor. “Under stand that no hlame attaches to you.” I assured him that I had revealed nil that 1 knew concerning them. "Hold no further communication with either mother or daughter.” his majesty said. “Leave for Paris by the eight o'clock train tomorrow morning, and go to Baron von Steinmetz. the chief of our confidential service in France.” Then turning to the crown prince, he said: “You have his address." “Yes." said the younger man. “He is passing as Monsieur Felix Keumont, and is living at 114 Ids. Avenue de N. uilly. close to the Pont." I scribbled the name and address upon the Tmek of an envelope, where upon his majesty said: "Carry my verbal orders to Stein metz. and tell him to act upon the or d« rs I sent him by courier yesterday. And you will as-ist him. He will ex pi- In matters fully when you arrive." Then, crossing to tin1 crown prince's w riling table, le- ma jesty took a large j envelope. Into wlii- 1 he placed the pho- I tograph witli several papers, and | sealed them with the crown prince’s sea I. “Hive this to Von Steinmetz from tile." ids ma '••st v said. T bowed as I took it from bis majes ty'- hand, my curiosity naturally ex • iit-d regarding Frau Rreitcnluieh and her daughter. What. I wondered, was in the wind? “And. Meltzendorff, please report to me." remarked the heir, slid lounging lazily in the rlinir. Rowing. I took leave of my imperial n aster, and next morning at eight o'clock, set out upon my mission. Baron von Steinmetz. i inmi'i ina iwiron v,,n iMoinmetz liv ing in :i good-sired linns, in the Ave ni:de Neijtlly, not far from the bridge. <*!!•• of tin* cleverest lind most astute ffii'inls ihnt Germany possessed, and 1 man liigii in the kaiser’s favor, he h 1. in the name of Felix Keumnnt, purchased, with government funds of course, a cinema theater in the Hue Lafayette, and ostensibly upon the ..is of that establishment lived comfortably out at X tiilly. At eleven o'clock in the morning his v; let. evidently a German, showed me In. •'1 quite understand, my dear Ilelt r. ndorff." lie «aid. as he took from the emperor'< packet the picture of Frau leiti Klls" and stood gazing at it. “It is quite plain v.-hy you should have hei n sent by his majesty." “Why. 1 don't understand. F.ut his j majesty told me that you would ex pi ii. The young lady and her mother are friends of mine." “Kxaetly. That's just it!" lie ex claimed. “You apparently know hut little of them -eh?—or you would not cull them your friends!" These w ords surprised me. but I was the mere astounded when he contin ued : “You of course know of those dis graceful aiiejiviiious letters which have ' een continually arriving at court—of the emperor's fury concerning them.” i replied In the affirmative, for. ns a ■ after of fact, for the past/ three months the whole court hail been flood ed with most abusive and disgraceful correspondence concerning the cama rilla that had again sprung up around the kaiser. The emperor, the empress, the crown prince and princess. Prince fatei. Sophie Caroline. Prince Henry of Prussia and others had received let ters. most of them in typewriting, con taining the most intimate details of scandals concerning men and women around the emperor. Fully a dozen of these letters ad dressed to the crown prince he had handed to me—letters denouncing in ; A LETTER FROM THE CROWN PRINCE'S PERSONAL ADJUTANT 1 TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX, POSSESSOR OF THE > I SECRETS OF EUROPE. Yrteux Xmlon. 4 par Moret-sur-l.olns:. * Setnc-et-Marne, . 1 February 10th« 1017. < | My dear l.eQueiix: i have just finished reading the proofs of your articles describing ' my life as an official at the Imperial court at Potsdam. and the two or * three small errors you made I have duly corrected. , The gross scandals and wily Intrigues which 1 have related to you < were man* of them known Co yourself, for. as the lutiinnte friend of < I.uisa, the ex-crown princess of Saxony, you were, before the war. 4 closely associated with many of those at court whose names appear la * these articles. , The revelations which I have made, and which you have recorded , here, are hut a tiihe of the disclosures which 1 could make, and If the * world desires more, I shall lie pleased to furnish you with other and 4 , even more startling details, which }«u may also put into print. My service as personal adjutant to the German crown prince is. hap- , i fiily, at an end. and now, with tl»e treachery of Germany against ci\ili ration glaringly revealed. 1 feel, in my retirement, no compunction In exposing all I know concerning the secrets of the kaiser and his son. With most cordial greetings from . Your sincere friend. < ' ► * < Signed) ERNST VOX HELTZEXDORFF. <\ .. . A A A A A AAAAAAAAAAA. a . A. A A A A A A .. < some eases perfectly innocent people, destroying the reputations of honest men and women, and abusing the heir to the throne in an outrageous manner. On at least three occasions “Willie” had shown me letters addressed to the kaiser himself, and intercepted hy the kaiserin. who. in consequence of this flood of anonymous epistles that had produced such a terrible sensation at Potsdam, had ordered that all such letters found in the imperial postbag should lie handed at once to her. “The identity of the writer is the point that is engaging my attention.” the haron said, as he opened a drawer and drew forth a bundle of quite a hundred letters, adding: “All these that you see here have been addressed either to the emperor or the empress," | and lie handed me one. which on scan ning I saw contained some outrageous i statements, allegations which would! make the hair of the all-highest bristle t with rage. “Well." I exclaimed, “that certainly j Is a very interesting specimen of anonymous corr spondenee.” “Yes. it is!” exclaimed the haron. “In Berlin every inquiry has been made to trace its author. Sehunke (head of the detective police) was charged hy the emperor to investigate. He did so, ; and both he and Klewitz failed utterly. Now it has been given into my hands.” A Typical German Investigation. Presently, when I sat with the haron at his table, he switched on an intense electric light and then spread out some of the letters above a small, square mirror. “You see they are on various kinds of note paper, bearing all kinds of wa termarks. of French. English and Ger man manufacture. Some we have here are upon English paper, because it is heavy and thick. Again, three differ ent makes of typewriter have been used—one a newly invented importa tion from America. The written let ters are, you will see. mostly in a man’s hand.” “Yes. I see all that," I said. "But what have yon discovered concerning their author? The letter I received bore a French stamp and the postmark of Angers." He placed before me quite a dozen envelopes addressed to the emperor and empress, all hearing the postmark of that town in the Maine-ot-Loire. Others had been posted in Leipzig,' Wilhelinshaven. Tours. Antwerp. Her- j lin. Wiltnersdorf and other places. "Thi> investigation is exceedingly : difficult. I can assure you.” he said. “I have had the assistance of some of the host scientific brains of our empire in making comparisons and analyses, in deed. Professor Harbge is with me font Berlin." * A few minutes inter the professor • himself, an elderly, spectacled man in gray tweeds, entered the room. 1 knew him and greeted him. “Sixteen different varieties of paper have been received at the Nones and Manner palaces." the haron remarked. “Well. I have worked for two months, night and day, upon the inquiry. 1 ' have discovered that eleven of these | varieties of paper can he purchased j at a certain small stationer's shop. ; I.ancry's. in the Boulevard Hatissmann. j close to the Printemps. One paper es- j peel ally is sold nowhere else in Paris, j It is this.” He held over a mirror a letter upon a small sheet of note paper hearing the watermark of a hull's head. “That paper was made at a mill in i the south of Devonshire, in England, destroyed by fire five years ago. Pa-1 per of that make ennnot he obtained anywhere else in France." he declared, j I at once realized how much patience must have been expended upon the in quiry. and said: “Then you have actually fixed the shop where the writer purchased his paper?" “Yes." he replied. “And we know that the newly invented typewriter, a specimen one. was sold by the Maison Audebert. in Marseille. The purchaser of the typewriter in Marseille pur chases his paper and envelopes at I.an cry's. on the Boulevard Hatissmann.” “Splendid I" I said, for it was clear that the haron. with the thnusand-and one secret agents at his beck and call, had been able, with the professor's aid. to fix the source of the stationery. “But,” I added, “what Is wanted from me?" Why. I wondered, had his maj esty sent the haron that photograph of Elise Breitenbach? “I want you to go with me to the central door or the Printemps at four o'clock this afternoon, and we will watch Lnncry's shop across the way." the baron replied. The Writer of the Letters. • This we did. and from four till six o'clock we stood, amid the bustle of foot passengers, watching the small stationer's on the opposite side of the boulevard, yet without result. Next day and the next I accompa nied the prosperous cinema proprietor upim his daily vigil, but in vain, until Ids reluctance to tell me the reason why I had been sent to Paris annoyed me considerably. On the fifth afternoon, just before five o'clock, while we were strolling together, the baron's eyes being fixed upon the door of the small single fronted shop. I saw him start, and then make pretence of indifference. "Look!” he whispered. I glanced across and saw a young man just about to enter the shop. The figure was unfamiliar, but. catching sight of his face. I held my breath. I had seen that sallow, deep eyed countenance before. It was the young man who had sat eating his luncheon alone at the Espla nade. apparently fascinated by the beauty of Elise Breitenbach. “Well," exclaimed the baron. “I see you recognize hint—eh? He is prob ably going to buy more paper for his scurrilous screeds.” “Ves. But who is he?" I asked. “I have seen him before, but have no exact knowledge of him.” The bnron did not reply until we were back again in his house at Neuilly. Then he said : “That young man. the author of the outrageous insults to his majesty, is known as Franz Seeliger. but he is the disgraced, ne'er-do-well son of General von Trautrnann. captain general of the palace guard.” “The son of old Von Trautrnann!” I gasped. “Does the father know?” The baron grinned and shrugged his shoulders. Then, after I had related to him the incident of the Esplanade, he said: “That Is of greatest interest. Will you return to Berlin and report to the emperor what you have seen here? His majesty has given me that instruc tion.” The baron told me of his long weeks of patient inquiry and careful watch ing: of how the young fellow had been followed to Angers and other towns in France where the letters were post ed. and of his frequent visits to Berlin. He had entered a crack regiment, but had been dismissed the army for forg ery and undergone two years’ impris onment. Afterwards he had fallen in with a gang of clever international hotel thieves, and become what is known as a rat d’h"tel. Now. because of a personal grievance against Ihe emperor, who had ordered his prose cution. he seemed to have by some secret means ferreted out every bit of scandal at Potsdam, exaggerated it. in- ' vented amazing additions, and in se cret sown it broadcast. His hand would have left no trace if he had not been so indiscreet as to buy his paper from that one shop close to the Rue de Provence, where he had rooms. i nc «. rest ot tsenerai von i rautmann. On the third night following I Stood ■ in the emperor's private room at Pots dam and made my report, explaining all thnt I knew and what I had wit nessed in Paris. "That man knows a very great deal —hut how does he know?” snapped the emperor. “See Sohnnke early tomor row.” he ordered, “and tell him to dis cover the link between this young blackguard and your friends the Hrei tenbnehs. and report to me.” Next morning 1 sat with the astute Schunke at the headquar; rs of the detective police in Berlin, and there discussed the affair fully, explaining the result of my journey to Baris and what 1 had seen, and giving him the order from the kaiser. "But. count, if this woman Breiten bach and her daughter are your friends, you will be able to visit them and glean something.” he said. “I have distinct orders from the em peror not to visit them while the in quiry is in progress." I replied. Bator that same morning I returned to the Manner palace to report to the crown prince, but found that his high ness was absent upon an official visit of inspection at Stuttgart. In the meantime I several times saw the great detective. Schunke. and found that he was in constant commu nication with Baron Stoinmetz in Taris. The pair wort' evidently leaving no stone unturned to elucidate the mys tery of those annoying letters, which were still falling as so many bombs into the center of the kaiser's court. Suddenly. One Sunday night, all Ber lin was electrified at the news that General von Trautmann. captain gen eral of the palace guard—whom, truth to tell, the crown prince had long se cretly hated because he had once dared to utter some word of reproach—had been arrested and sent to a fortress at the emperor’s order. An hour after tk» arrest his majes I ty’s personal ad jute nt commanded me !by telephone to attend at the Berlin t Schloss. When w* were alone, the i kaiser turned to mo and said: [ “Count von Heitzendorff. you will [ say nothing of ydur recent visit to anonymous letters—you understand? You know absolutely nothing.” Then, being summarily dismissed by a wave of the Imperial hand. I retired, more mystified than ever. Why should my mouth he tints closed? When I returned to my rooms that evening Sehunke ring mo up on the i telephone with tile news that my j friends the Breitenbaehs had closed ; their house and left early that morn ing for Brussels. “Where is Seel Igor?" I inquired. “In Brussels. The Breitenbaehs have gone there to join him, now that the truth is out, and his father is under arrest.” Tlie emperor's fury knew no hounds. ! ITis mind poisoned against the poor j old general, he had fixed upon him as ! the person responsible for that dis graceful correspondence which for so many weeks had kept the court in con stant turmoil and anxiety. Though his majesty was aware of the actual ] writer of the letters, he would not listen to reason, and openly declared that he would make an example of the silver-haired old captain general of the guard, who. after all. was perfectly Innocent of the deeds committed by his vagabond son. A prosecution was ordered, and three weeks later it took place in camera, the baron, Sehunke and a number of directives being ordered to give evidence. So damning, indeed, was their testimony that the judge passed the extreme sentence of twenty years’ imprisonment. And I. who knew and held proofs of the truth, dared not protest. Elise Breitenbach. Where was the general’s son—the real culprit and author of the letters? I made inquiry of Sehunke, of the baron, and of others who had, at the order of the :i!l-liighest, conspired to ruin poor Von Trautmnnn. All. how ever. declared ignorance, and yet. cu riously enough, the fine house of the Breitenbaehs la the Alsenstrasse still remained empty. About six months after the secret trial of the unfortunate general I had accompanied the crown prince on a visit to the Quirinal. and one after- : noon while strolling along the Corse, in Rome, suddenly came face to face with Fraulein Elise Breitenbach. the noted confectioner's at the corner of th*» Piazza Colonna. and there, at one of the little tables, she explained to me how she and her mother, having become acquainted with Franz Seeli ger—not knowing him to be the gen eral's son-—they suddenly fell under the suspicion of the Berlin secret po lice, and. though much puzzled, did not again come to court. Some weeks later mother and daugh ter chanced to he in Paris, and one day called at Seeliger’s rooms in the Rue de Provence, hut he was out. They, however, were shown into his room to wait, and there saw upon his ! table an abusive and scurrilous type- j written letter in German addressed to the emperor. Then it suddenly dawned upon them that the affable young man might be the actual author of those infamous letters, about which all Ber lin knew and was talking. It was this visit which, no doubt, revealed t* the baron the young man’s hiding place. Both mother and daughter, however, ] kept their own counsel, met Seeliger j next day. and watched, subsequently J learning, to their surprise, that he was tlie son of General von Trautmann, and, further, that he had as a friend one of the personal valets of the em peror. from whom, no doubt, he ob tained his inside information about persons at court. “When his father was arrested we ! knew that the young man was living j in Brnssels. and at once went there in order to induce him to come forward, make confession, and so save the gen eral from disgrace,” said the pretty girl seated before me. “On arrival we : saw him alone, and told him what we j had discovered in the Rue de Provence, 1 whereupon he admitted to ns that he had written all the letters, and an- | nounced that he intended to return to j Berlin next day and give himself up j to the police in order to secure his I father’s release.” “And why did he not dp so?” I asked. ! “Because next morning he was found 1 [lead in his bed in the hotel.” Fearing the emperor’s wrath, thu \ Breitenbachs, like myself, dared not reveal what they knew—the truth, which is here set down for the first time—and. alaspoor General von Trantmann died in prison at Mulheim last year. (Copyright. 1917, William LeQueux.) BUILT FOR KING'S DAUGHTER Famous French Road Constructed by Louis XV to Render Travel More Easy. The high road running along tlie edge of the plateau of Craonne, France, frequently mentioned in the official communiques during the second battle of the Aisne. and which is going down to history under the name of the “Ohemin des Dames." (the ladies’ way), dates from the time of Louis XV. This road, beginning at the l’aris Maubeuge road, about ten miles north east of Soissons. crosses the plateau of Craonne, a distance of about twelve miles, then descends into the valley of the Ailette to cross the Yaucierc woods to the domain of the ancient chateau of Dove, near Bouconville, where the Princess Adelaide. Sophie and Yictoire, daughters of Louis XY. visited one of their ladies of honor. Mine, de Narbonm . every summer. The roads of the region were de testable. Out of consideration for the princesses a new paved road was built along the crest of the plateau and from that fact it derives the name of the “Chentin des Dames.” She Used Her Voice. Tilt* Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Xew York has a maid with a voice. She can yell louder than any Comanche on the warpath. Kceently she let loose her voice and bellhops and porters rushed to her from all over the big hostelry. lu answer to her cries she pointed to one of the rooms. "Th re's Leprechauns in there.” she cried, "tit tle devil men. with bald heads' and whiskers, leaping over the bed in yon der room.” "Leprechauns.” cried a {Kirter. also from the Knierald isle, and he devoutly crossed himself. •rLepro chauns, indeed." whimpered the maid. "There they are iu there. I went in. and bless my soul, if these little devils did not go lea pin’ about lookin' for all the world like l’addy MeFaddcn's two uncles over in Ballyshanon. Sure, I won’t go in there again, job or no job.” With compressed Ups aud doughty manners, the little party of men went into the room and then, after a sup pressed gasp, they laughed. For gam boling about were two tiny marmosets. “Pets, are they?” repeated the maid. “Well, may be they’re all right, but they look like devils just the same, ami I’ll have none of them.” Sudden Change of Mind. “Why in the world don’t they give up their automobile aud try to pay some of their debts?” asked the lady who was alwavs worrying about the troubles other people hath “Probably,” her husband replied, “for the same reason that we don't move into an apartment we can afford, instead of keeping up this place and wondering how long we can avoid go ing to smash.” “Oh. but I despise a man ’ who is willing to let the world see that he's a failure*, instead of being brave enough to keep up appearances, at least.”— Judge. Not Knocking at All. “I wanted to talk to you yesterday." “Why didn’t yt>u call me on the ! telephone?" "It wasn't important enough for me i to go to all that trouble.” WHITE LOAF IS REGRETTED Its Successor in England is Not New However, as Country Had Noth ing Else Years Ago. We all monrn the death of the white loaf. We look with disfavor upon its gray successor, and we think of the j dingy edible as something new—“ow ing to the war.” We have forgotten that with our grandfathers a quits white loaf was a rarity, observes Lnn | don Answers. English millers had the shock of their lives when they discovered the whiteness of foreign flour. Nothing could he produced by our mills to sat isfy the baker, who in turn had to j please his customers with white bread Imports of flour increased, and all be cause the British public were en amored of white bread. Rumors of wonderful machinery pro ducing white flour in Budapest caused English millers ro visit Austria-Hun gary. The rest.it of the deputation was that in 1S7S the first complete plant to reduce wheat to the white j flour was installed in Bilston. So started the home manufacture of white bread. We have had to hid fare well. not to an old friend but to an enemy alien invader. Serum for Infantile Paralysis. Prs. M. Xeustaedter and E. .T Ranzahf describe in the Journal of tiie American Medical association ex i perlmenrs they Iiave been making on i monkeys in developing a serum for the treatment of infantile paralysis. The I sernin fs derived from the blood of : horses. Their report says: “The five neutralization experiments j were po^it*^ without exception. The | serum protected one monkey complete ly against a rather slow-acting virus of the eighth generation originally re i covered from a human patient. On j account of the scarcity of monkeys ' j we eotild not make as many experi ments as we would wish to do. so we ; I report the facts without drawing eon I elusions. We feel, however, that we I are Justified in using the serum in hu j man eases. especially when human ; serum fs unobtainable. and shall re port when a sufficient number have been treated.” Caring for Birds in England. T’nder the will of the late Lord Lu- 1 eas. land and premises in Xorwalk have been bequeathed to the Hon. Ivor 1 1 Grenfell. This property of 3.000 acres • was acquired ten years ago hy Lord Lucas. Viscount Grey. Hon. E. 8. Mon- ! tague and 11. Russell, all keenly inter ested in l ird life, in order to provide | protection for rarer kinds of birds. Elaborate precautions have been taken to preserve from disturbance some j young birds of a very rare species and careful study is made of the habits ! of the colony of birds on the estate > hy the headkeeper and others in the | employ of these bird lovers. National Forests Productive. On the Humboldt National forest in Xavada there are 315,740 sheep, the } largest total to be found on any one of the national forests, while the largest number of catle—75.81S—is found o l the Tonto National forest in Arizona. The average annual value of the meat product of these two tracts Is esti mated at .82.000.000.—Popular Me chanics Magazine. SAVING NICKELS AND DIMES Shortage in Small Coins Declared Due to Widely Adopted Prac tice of Thrift. Shortage of small coins, complain*-1 of by banks, may be due partly f ■ the practice of saving buffalo nickels and the new dimes, bankers say, according to the Minneapolis Journal. Many persons have formed the !i■ It of putting away the buffalo coins or file new ten-oent pieces on th> well established theory that the sav n accumulate considerable sums in way and yet do it so gradually t “he never misses it.” “The shortage of nickels and din*- - probably is due in part to this prac tice. There is. however, an even i *>re stringent shortage of pennies, which has been felt for the last six months." Bankers said tb** penny famine pr* * - ably was due to recently Instilled thrift among children. Pennies given them by parents, coins that formerly wen hack into circulation as quickly a little feet could flutter to the corner candy store, now find their way into the toy bank. The Shifted Shame. The ex-convict who rece: testi fied that he, u mere unsoph -ar.-d rounder of thirty or more, u ".red into stealing from his employ* a woman to whom he gave pan ' the money, reminds me of a hoy v - brought into a prison In New 1 afternoon in .Tilly, 18G0. As t! key led him along the youth i cell a man with a smooth. somewhat hard face. The boy d and addressed the man in th> “You,” he cried, "are the my being here!” “How comes that?” inquir. Hi--k-» the pirate, for the man in the v s none other. “Why,” snid the boy. “I stole ■ hire a boat so I could go down to It- 1 loes island tomorrow an*l see you hanged.”—New York Sun. Why He Didn't Register. An Indianapolis man who i: - a practice of bragging about hi' short comings. said that there were s- V« reasons why he didn't register ' r conscription. “The first one is that am only Sts feet one inch tall. “The second one Is that, taking r r height into account, I am too fat f - my stature. “The third one is that I ha\- only one arm. “The fourth one is that my teeth .•.re bad. "The fifth one is that I am too -1.” “Well, what are the other so rea sons?” he was asked. “Well, the other SO don't rr rr r. The five I have enumerated w.*ul _ ve me the necessary alibi."—Indian News. “He'lt Get You Yet.” Two extremely well dre"- I ; g men were sitting one day i:. spick and span high-powered i - drawn up by the pai Fort Benjamin Harris..a as a of student officers, tired at ! swung by, returning from the *-a treaching ground. The young i a grinned at the student officers :t i -:ie student officers grinned back. Then one of the latter sang out: “Oh, you kids! Uncle Stun hasn't got you now, hut he'll get you y- r. — Indianapolis News. The Limit. Bess—Is he so impossible? June—Oh, fierce! Why. part naiurna are both stuck on him. Compensations. “Elizabeth's baby cries all itigtr '•>•• says. “Why should she mind? I- . t ter husband a floorwalker?” His Excuse. “On what grounds do you claim r\ 'inption from military service "My mother says >he didn't rai~»* me o he a soldier.” Ending of the too modern n ^ t 'So they were divorced and lived hap pily ever afterward." We always feel that Providence agin” us when it rains on circus , Grape-Nuts Made from choice whole wheat and malted barley, this famous food retains the vital mineral elements oi the grain, so essentia! for balanced nourish ment, but lacking in many cereal foods. From every standpoint good flavor, rich nour ishment, easy digestion, convenience, economy. Health from childhood to old age Grape-Nuts food, j "Tlere’s a Reason”
