Putnam's Pastime (Asher, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Monday, September 1, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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WEDDING TO WAIT
WHIM OF AGED
EMPEROR
Beautiful Los Angeles Girl and
Dashing Austrian Officer Are
Eager to Hear Decision
of Francis Joseph.
REFUSAL MAY MEET DEFIANCE
Soldier in No Mood to Lose His Sweet-
heart Because of Old Man’6 Tyr-
anny, and She Is Willing He Should
Renounce High Rank and Wealth
and Make His Home With Her
Here in Free America.
INTERNATIONAL ROMANCE
LOS ANGELES, CAL.—
Will proud old
Francis Joseph,
emperor of Aus-
tria, permit a
prince of the blood
jftXWKl/jF’V to cast off the
centuries-old fet-
iy YvJ'Vdjt ) ters of tradition
and gather to his
heart and ances-
tral titles the fair-
est flower of wom-
anhood in Cali-
fornia?
On the portico
of a vine-clad,
rose-flanked house
at No. 940 Wash-
ington street, Ma-
rie Louiee Freese
gazes long and wistfully down a broad
avenue of paltnB, and queries "Will
he?”
Illocks distant. In magnificent apart-
ments, where the waves lull out a
tingling love chord against the stretch
of sand and beach, Prince August
Stanislaus Sulkowski, lieutenant of the
Second Austrian dragoons, frets his
hours away and usks the same ques-
tion.
lietrothed are the dashing Prince
August and the olive-tinted, petite
Marie. Me It is whose father battled
with the legions of Italy and Hungary
in 1849; she the petted and pam-
pered child of a rich Spanish house-
hold known for its lineage from the
“Nation s Garden Spot" to the sun-
singed palms of Tnmpico.
They wait the word of the grand
old Francis Joseph that they may wed
—or an imperious forbidding order and
the all too familiar summons that
should whisk the adoring dragoon of-
ficer off about his business to the Vi-
enna barracks.
But Will the Prince Obey?
But will Prince August go, should
his ruling lord decree? No answer
comes from his lips; only a sharp
shrug of the shoulders, a flash of the
light blue eyes and a heightening of
his facial pallor. He may—and he
may not. The reader may conclude ae
he pleases.
The luster of love gleams from be-
neath the drooping eyelashes when
you ask Miss Marie to unfold the se-
cret of an international betrothal that
may or may not culminate in the hap-
piness of life that Is nature to young
hearts.
They are big, wistful brown eyes
she turns upon you. Reproach is half
a mind to burBt forth, but the lan-
guorous disposition of the warm-
blooded Matin creeps over her and she
murmurs: "We can only hope. Why
shouldn't he? What are title and sta-
tion in life when love—the sort of af-
fection 1 am willing to bestow upon
my prince—is at stake?
t "We hoped to be wedded this June,”
she continued as she settled into a
cushion-banked porch seat and toyed
with the brilliant jade necklace that
heightened the color of her graceful
neck.
Hut June came and went and never
a word has August had from his pa-
ternal ancestor.
May Defy the Emperor.
It's the stoical mien of the soldier
that greets the visitor who penetrates
the privacy of Prince August's quar-
ters. His hope is none the less strong,
but lighter-born that he is, a reverse
only would kindle his anger and per-
ha|« cause him to cast off the shackles
of position and comparative wealth.
He doesn't say so in as many words,
but be gives, none the less, the im-
pression that a forbidding word from
the emperor would signal an uprising
in his soul.
True, he admits his severance of
relations with the house of Francis
Joseph, because of his insistence upon
claiming this handsome girl as his
bride, would leave him penniless. But
there are ways to get along, he inti-
mates.
Came Wooing Two Months Ago.
Prince August came a courting two
months ago. lie arrived to press his
suit after obtaining a leave of ab-
sence from his regiment. It is con-
fessed he didn't take the trouble to
Inform bis august relative of the ob-
ject of hlB mission over the Atlantic
and then on across the entire Ameri-
can continent. One is led to surmise
(his handsome dragoon lieutenant
deep down in his heart cherished the
thought it was nobody's busia* ss.
Once he Bet foot on American soil,
the swiftest train was none too fast
to carry this dashing Romeo westward
jto the family bower of the girl whose
WHY OUR CLOTHES WEAR OUT
The answer Is giver as follows in
a recent issue of the OutifUer (Lon-
don) : Most people would reply through
friction when in wear and the wash-
tub when not in wear, but these are
not the main causes, according to ad-
vanced Ideas. It is believed the great
er cause of the damage done by dirt is
due to minute plants called bacteria.
The acid In the perspiration gets much
more than its due amount of credit.
An American writes: "The real de-
struction comes from the fact that the
grease from the fat glands of the skin,
together with the perspiration rubbed
off on the clothing, form a fertile soil
in which these microscopic bacteria
flourish." Some of the bacteria de-
velop powerful acids—that class that
makes sweet milk sour and converts
wine into vinegar. These fibers of
wool and silk, or the vegetable fibers
of linen and cotton, and weaken them
so that the fabric falls to pieces. Of
course, clothing can be, and is, de-
stroyed by laundries that use chem-
icals too strong, which act upon the
fibers of the cloth. Clothes that can-
not be washed should be brushed and
aired frequently, as this tends to keep
the germs out to a certain extent. If
.clothes are allowed to accumulate
dust in a shop or fixture they get
rotten and tear easily,'owing to the
acid-forming bacteria getting in with
the dirt. They should be frequently
brushed, and exposed as much as pos-
sible to the air.
NEW SECT IN AN OLD TEMPLE
volcanic like, it changed his whole
idea of life and career.
Thought Only of Sweetheart.
Prince August tarried not for a
glimpse of the wonders of the great
American mountain fastnesses. The
huge piles of architecture in the great
cities through which he sped held no
interest. His thoughts were in (hat
far-away Los Angeles and at every
mile he pictured the brown-eyed little
senorita.
it isn’t of record that Prince Au-
gust dreamed of complications when
he unceremoniously quit his Vienna
and bade adieu to his regiment. Just
a hasty packing of a trunk or two, a
jumbling of the necesities of male ex-
istence into a couple of haddy bags,
taxi to the station and then a swift
journey to the port of departure.
It is intimated that Prince August
counted not the flight of time in his
calculations for storming the Castle
Freese and whisking away this fair
daughter. He hadn't foreseen, or at
least given serious consideration to, a
possible objeetional finale to his im-
perious wooing and plans for mar-
riage.
Paid Court With Ardor.
lovelight drove its searching rays Into] ing for arrest, a little relaxation, they ,
the innermost regions of his dragoon } were told. Next they learned he was
soul and smote the passion of love till, on the ocean, and then the object of
his mission dawned.
None in Los Angeles knew the hand- |
some, fair-haired, lithe German who j
made his appearance at the Freeee
home. Few learned of his title for j
weeks, and only theq when their en- i
gagement was unofficially announced.
The official notice of the betrothal and j
the date of the wedding are withheld |
for the obvious reason—Frdncis Jo- j
seph. But, his consent obtained, Los j
Angeles expects to witness wedding j
festivities the splendor of which will j
rival that of a court of an Aztec king, j
For Hie Freeses have the money and
the inclination to 6pend it.
Ancient Indian Treaty Tree
Beauty of the Spanish Type.
A sect called the “Sons of Men,”
said to be of Tibetan origin, has been
worshiping since 1906 in the prehis-
toric stone-circle of Stonehenge, Eng-
land. generally believed to be a temple
of the sun. This fact is thought by
some archaeologists to corroborate
the solar temple hypothesis of Sir
Marie Freese is in reality a descend-
ant of Spanish nisi German ancestors.
She clings to the Spanish type of I
lithesome physical beauty that be-
stows upon the Latin race the strik- j Norman Locky'er, the day of the sum-
,ng v sage and well-molded form. mer solstice having been chosen by
C nly the gold-brown hair is the tell- tije uew sect t0 pay their homage to
tale imprint of German ancestry. It (the great luminary. The pilgrims to
piles high on her head, and there, ^jHis ancient temple are mostly Hin-
beld by an embroidered bandeaux, Is dus, Arabians and Persians and their
a lilting ciown to the glowing brown ; Bect j3 increasing rapidly in numbers,
eyes that ehed tender sympathy and
a mouth that breaks into a wonderful |
smile.
There Is the joyousness of youth
He hadn t considered that Francis jn (|10Be sparkling orbs and the droop-
ACCIDENTS AND THE WEATHER
Joseph might cast the eye of disfavor
upon his ventures into the environs of
hymen. He doesn't know yet that the
aged Francis Joseph does—that's
what's troubling him. A decision one
way or the other and this firm-featured
dragoon has plans of his own. He
hasn't disclosed them, hut lie has in-
dicated he can think for himself and . nm tQ lhat of ,he em r
he has a way of doing things all his ( ^ ^ promlnen(
“That Prince August paid court with "'eir circle of Los Angeles society.
Mr. and Mrs. August Freese are the
! ing, slender shoulders sheltered by a
I Spanish shawl drawn close around her
plump throat. There upon the hand Is
the tell-tale pledge of "I’ll cherish and
| love forever"—the diamond ring.
The family of Prince August are
j holders of titles that extend back
i through centuries and with a rank
determination and an impressiveness
that almost swept Miss Freese from
her feet, she admits. But she con-
fesses if. with a smile, and her eyes
shift slowly to a tiled mantel in her
dainty boudoir. On that mantel is a
picture, an oil painting, and it repre-
sents a prince in uniform. It's her
prince. A prince "for a day, at least"
Maybe, forever; who knows?
His visits to the Freese home have
been unbroken daily for these many
weeks. And there have been flowers
in abundance and the confectioners of
Igis Angeles have marveled at the
sweets and the size of the hills. Prince
Augustus lias been a most devoted
dance all this time, if he isn't riding
parents of this international bride-to-
be—If Emperor Francis only hurries
along with his long-looked-for "God
bless you."
Looks Were Deceiving.
The traditional mealbag with
or driving with his intended princess, Btr|ng tii-d around the middle had Us
they are strolling about the Freese i exeInpjificatton in the dusky damsel
home, or enjoying the hospitality of
A certain railroad has made an in-
teresting investigation which shows
that on its system the number of ac-
cidents was greater in the summer
months than in winter. It was also
discovered that the number of engine
failures was affected in like manner.
On this railway special efforts had al-
ways been made to prevent failures
during the severe winter season, and
tlie men were kept up to a high pitch
in their efforts to reduce them to a
minimum. When the warmer weather
set in and the elements were more
favorable it was found that these ef-
forts were relaxed, with the result
that failures and accidents followed.
Special steps were made to overcome
this tendency, and it is now the prac-
tice as early as January and February
for the officials of the mechanical en-
gineer’s department to put in hand a
campaign guarding against failures
when the warmer weather sets in and
the operating conditions become more
favorable. It is said that the results
of this action have been remarkable;
the failures and accidents now record
ed being much fewer than for the
corresponding period of previous
years before anything was done in
the matter.
This great chestnut tree at Philipse Manor, near New York, is being care-
fully preserved, though It Is dying, for under it was made the last treaty be-
tween the whites and the native Indians. It is said, too, that in its shade
Washington Irving wrote "The Headless Horseman.” The tree is more than
twenty feet in circumference at its base and before long will be covered with
trailing vines.
FORCED TO DINE ON BOOKS1 OLDEST CHURCH IN ENGLAND
With the exception of minerals, it
is difficult for one to find on the
earth’s surface substances that do not
tempt the appetite of some sort of
animal. The list of queer articles of
diet includes the earth, which is
munched with satisfaction by the clay
eater, and the walrus hide, which the
Eskimo relishes as much as John Bull
his joint of beef.
It is not generally known, however,
that men, as well as mice and book-
worms, have eaten dinners that have
consisted only of IxAks.
In 1370 Barnabo do Visconti com-
pelled two papal delegates to eat the
bull of excommunication which they
had brought him, together with its
silken cords and leaden seal. As the
bull was written on parchment, not
paper, it was all the more difficult to
digest.
There was also an American gen-
eral who had signed a note for 2,000
florins, and when it fell due com-
pelled his creditors to eat it. The tar-
tars, when books fall into their pos-
session, eat them, that they may
acquire the knowledge contained in
them.
A Scandinavian writer, the author
of a political book, was compelled to
choose between being beheaded or
eating his manuscript boiled iu broth.
Isaac Volmar, who wrote some spicy
satires against Bernard, duke of Sax-
ony, was not allowed the courtesy of
the kitchen, but was forced to
low them uncooked.
Still worse was the fate of Philip
Oldenburger, a jurist of great renown,
who was condemned not only to eat
a pamphlet of his writing, but also to
be flogged during his repast, with
orders that the flogging should not
cease until he had swallowed the last
crumb.
The Church of St. Laurence, Brad-
ford-on-Avon, was founded in the sev-
enth century by St. Aldhelm, a bishop
of Sherbourne, and a service is held
annually in it on the anniversary of
St. Aldhelm's death. The sacred char-
acter of the building had been forgot-
ten, but was traced by a former vicar
of Bradford. This is the oldest piace
of Christian worship in England.
RAINCOATS MADE OF GRASS
the first families of the southern Cali-
fornia metropolis. The prince con
fesBes lie likes Los Angeles, and Los
Angeles has grown rather fond of the
prince.
Both Hoping for Consent.
But there is hope in these two young
hearts that Emperor Francis Joseph
eventually will bestow his consent and
his blessing. The honeymoon plans
are made. Across the continent to
New York will speed this happy pair
—if their dream comes true. Once at
the Sulkowski seat in Austria, there
are social duties to perform und the
management of a vast estate, into con
trol of which l’rince August will come
upon his retirement from the army.
This international love match was
born on Austrian soil—while Miss
Freese and her parents were sojourn-
ing in Europe more than a year ago.
Young officers of the prince’s regi-
ment saw much of him in the company
of the dashing senorita in the few
weeks she remained in the Austrian
capital. But none there were who
would C"dU their association to more
than a passing fancy on the part of
their favorite lieutenant Hadn't he
courted before—courted for the fun
of it? they said.
Elaborate Wedding Planned.
There was no surprise when, months
later, he sought and obtained an ex-
tended leave of absence. He was go-
who was haled before Police Justice
Stein on a charge of disturbing the
peace. From the hack there was no
mistaking the race from which she
came. The moment her face turned
into view a change was wrought, all
the artifices of a professional beauty
doctor and an ambitious amateur lib-
erally supplied with rouge and other
toilet accessories making themselves
apparent in an evident attempt
conceal the fact that she was
ANIMALS DON’T NEED EYES
Animals do not depend upon their
eyesight in the same way as human
1 beings. Cats and dogs could get along
very well without eyes. A cat can
find her way with the aid of her
whiskers. These are the same width
as her body and connected with
nerves which cause her to feel the
to slightest touch.
of Dogs can be entirely guided b>‘
SEAGULL ON A SALMON ROD
"1 have sometimes read accounts of
birds taking the fly of a fisherman."
says a correspondent of the Field, but
1 do not remember having heard of
anyone catching a seagull when sal
mon fishing before. This happened at
Dunkeld, and the lady who was fishing
not only hooked the seagull, but after
playing it for a quarter of an hour,
landed it. The lady was harling for
salmon in the Tay just below Dunkeld
bridge—spinning with a minnow from
a boat—when the Beagull swooped
under the water and flew off with the
minnow. The gull made very good
play, and it was only owing to skill-
ful handling that It was eventually
'netted.' It was, of course, taken ott
the hook, and flew away none the
worse.”
In certain provinces of both the
Philippines and Mexico grass rain-
coats are commonly worn by the na-
tives. In both countries the volume
swal- 0( thR rainfall from the tropical show’-
ers is difficult of comprehension for
people in the United States. The rain
descends in almost solid sheets and
ordinary umbrellas are of no use what-
ever. These rains sift through the
best umbrellas in a fine, dense mist
and soak the user as effectively as
though he were uncovered. Not so
with the grass raincoat. Although ap-
parently light and airy the grasses
are so cleverly woven that the water
never penetrates to the inside of the
mesh. These grass coats give the na-
tive wearers a shaggy appearance,
which baffles description. By reason
of their "natural" color and appear-
ance they also enable the hunter to
successfully stalk game.
DREAMED OF PEARL; GOT IT
E. D. Wermuth, camping near La
Crosse, Wis., dreamed he saw a large
pearl lying on the bottom of the river.
He was so much impressed by the
vision that he dived into the water
at the point where he had seen the
pearl in his dream and brought two
large clams to the surface. In one of
them lie found a pearl worth $500 and
in the other one worth $50.
Ethiopian extraction. It was a wild
tale of domestic disorder and carous-
ing to which the justice listened. At
its conclusion he turned to the pris-
oner and asked what she had to say
far herself.
"Now, look heah. Judge." exploded
their sense of smell. Blind dogs have
been known to scent and find their
way to almost Inaccessible places.
Their hearing is also preternaturally
sharp.
Rats ran see very little, and depend
chiefly upon their noses, muscles,
the much powdered defendant. Ah s touch, and hearing In the case of
not nenh so bad as Ah's painted." i most animals the senses of smell and
And even Justice Stein Joined Ir, touch are more highly developed than
the laugh that followed -Detroit : that of sight, and they do not require
Free Press. to depend upon their sight nearly as
- : much as do human beings In regard to
safety.
The Contrary Way.
"I told our cashier he must clear up j
hts accounts and what do you thin! !
he did?"
"What?"
“He cleared out."
The Light That Failed.
Nell—He had the audacity to say
he was the light of my life, so I
turned him down.
Belle—J suppose he felt quite put
out about it.
OUR CEMETERY IN MEXICO
Probably the smallest bit of real es-
tate owned by the United States is lo-
cated in the midst of the City of Mex-
ico. it is the American National cem-
etery. established In 1851 by congress
and designed chiefly as a resting place
for the bodies of more than 700 sol-
diers who died in this vicinity during
the war with Mexico.
The survivors of Captain Scott’a tragic expedition to the South Pole are
being feted and honored in England, and the public Is crowding to see the
relics, which have been put on exhibition. The illustration shows the actual
tent in which Captain Scott and two companions died. Guarding It are two
members of the exploring party.
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