LADY BEATRICE BUTLER.
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ADV BBATKICE FUAMJis
Elizabeth Butler Ib not only one
tlio moKt beautiful girls n
Great Britain, but in the matter of nil-
restore she ran make pretty nearly any
(want she likes and bnck It up with the
records In Burke's peerage. Lady Heat
rleo Ik Just passing out of her teens.
She was horn on March 2(1, INTO. Her
father In Marquis of Ormonde, Karl of
Ormonde and Ossory and Viscount
Thurles of Tliurles In the County Tip
perary. Her mother was Lady Eliza
heth Harriet Grovesnor, eldest daugh
ter of the Duke of Westminster. The
house of Butler of Ormonde Is one of
the noblest In Ireland and the oldest In
Irish history. The Butlers and Ger
fildlues. rivals in power and equals In
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I.APV nEATRICE BUTLER.
renown, have been at the head of the
flue nobility of Ireland ever since the
Anglo-Norman Invasion. The first of
the. family to arrive on Irish soil and
set up a castle was old Theobald Fitz
Walter In the reign of Henry II. lie
wan chief butler of Ireland, whence the
Biirname. His father was llervey Wal
ter, who married in llfid. That seems
to have been the foundation of the
house and the descent has been pretty
clear since then. Little Lady Beatrice
may, therefore, be truly said to be the
daughter of a hundred enrls, hut she Is
one that, may he admired. She lins a
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very pretty little sister,
Mary, who is Just 1(1.
Constance
HchiiIU of Open Air Life.
Women will have to organize n new
crusade against wrinkles and the lmth
erllke, growing-old sort of look of the
skin It' they pciMlst In following up nil
thek open-nlr pursuits which belong to
man's kingdom. l''rcsh air In all kinds
of weather may be conducive to health,
but It Is very trying to delicate skins.
Women who row nnd ride bicycles
should substitute oatmeal or boiled
breud and milk for soap. The dry skin
Is especially sensitive to the effects of
sun uud air ami needs nil the precau
tions! It Is possible to find to keep It
smooth nnd white, l'otntoes boiled In
milk are said to bo very effective In
wliliciilng and softening the skin, nnd
nlnioud meal should be on every toilet
table.
Get Their Slioen ninckencd.
The spectacle of a woman availing
herself i f Hie services of it bootblack on
the streets has become so common ns to
attract no more nttut ion than Hint of a
woman rending a dally newspaper In
a street car or "L" train, says the Chl
cngo Chronicle. It was not so long ngo
that a woman with n newspaper wns
considered to he doing something very
"mannish," and she wns stared at lu
eouseipience. Women have dared to
WOMBX IIAVB BKCOUB PATnOXS.
brave pnbllc Inspection by sitting In the
chair of the street corner bootblack and
reading a paper while the Industrious
bootblack gives them a "patent leather"
or a "russet hi1IhIi." Women require
the cleaning of their shoes as often and
with as much reason as men do theirs,
and the "Indies' boot blacking parlors"
that have lecii opened lu the shopping
district have proved decided successes.
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It Is next to Impossible to polish a run
set shoe unless the foot Is In It, as the
friction of the cloths must be violent.
It was because of this that the young
women mustered up courage to put
their dainty feet upon the box.
The Remands of Hociety.
Society demands that you should
look well. Not that you should be a
locality, but that you should, on oc
casion, put on your best bit) nnd tucker
and help up tlie picture that, all In nil,
constitutes society. You speak of tho
social world lis selfish; so It is, for It
demands from all Us votaries absolute
unselfishness. You must lenrn to have
no Ill-feeling toward anybody. If n
chatterbox tells you that .Madame
Malice has made you the subject of her
ridicule you must make yourself smile;
go forward and meet Madame Malice
with n pleasant word, a courteous bow.
and you must entirely forget that she
has ever said anything but Hint which,
was pleasant. Society ceases to boj
good when malicious sayings are recog-!
ulssed. Ilutli Aslimore, In Lndies'
Home Journal.
Mr. Rrynit an Kxpert Rwlnimcr.
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan, wife
of the Democratic presidential candl-
nnie, is up 10 nine m iimny wujs. r oi
unc iiiiiik I hi in u linn iicucrr 111 im:.
wheel, ult hough lis yet she is not nn ex
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pert rider. Being comparatively n
novice, slie lias not yet reached tin
stage of wearing n r.hort skirt, hut free
ly acknowledges t lie advantages of such
II (liilliiil t 111: i,ir.i-iiiinp, ,nj.m-iiv.
n t. i... r.,..t ..i.it... i.t. H. .nil,.
She is also a splendid swimmer nnd
rather prides herself on her natatorial
ability. She Is also proud of her mem
bership lu the Sorosis of Lincoln, Neb.
It does not belong to the federation
clubs, but is In the Nebraska State Fed
eration. The Lincoln Sorosis has n
membership of twenty-live,, to which
number It Is strictly limited. Three or
four mimes lire always on the waiting
list. No one Is ndmltted who Ii.h not
some claim to membership through In
terest in current events or some specinl
excellence In other, directions. Mrs.
Bryan lays no great stress on her ad
mission to the bar. . She regards Is as
an ordinary matter in view of the large
number of women now practicing law.
There Is no dress reform In her creed,
only nn lden that sensible attention to
the first laws of health should be con
sidered; nlso that dress should be dis
tinctly feminine, not extrnvngnnt, but
as becoming us possible nnd suitable
to the occasion She wears evening
dress when the event requires It, but
not decollete gowns. Evidently super
stition doesn't count with her, for on the
linger with the gold wedding band she
wears n large opal.
I'nrleaa Hrlc-n-Brnc.
The folly of excessive accumulation
In the way of brlc-a-brae, ornaments
and the thousand and one trifles scat
tered through the modern home Is
never more forcibly impressed thiiu
when packing away household goods
and gods, previous to the summer ex
odus. Each article has some associa
tion that renders It lu n degree precious,
and yet half of them disfigure rather
than ndorn the apartment to which
they belong. How much wiser Is the
mistress of the Japnnese home, who,
while keeping It exquisitely nent, never
cumbers and litters It with cheap or
excessive ornamentation. She under
stands tho rest to eye and brain In
frequent change of surroundings. To
day she hangs up n piece of rare em
broidery, and In front of it places n lit
tlo table, with some one choice vase
holding n few carefully arranged
tlower sprays. Across the comer a
screen with richly painted or embroid
ered panels Is set, nnd everywhere the
eye looks upon some object worthy of I
suuij ami numirntion, and so few are;
they ns to admit of genuine enjoyment j
nnd appreciation. After a few weeks
a complete change Is made, one set of ;
art treasures removed and another put
In their place, lty this method a suc
cession of charming Interiors are se
cured far more educating nnd refining
In Influence than the crowded tables,
cabinets and mantels found lu tho
American dra wing-room.
Announvlnu the Hoby's llirlli.
In sending announcement cards of a
baby's birth the baby's name Is prlme-l
lu full on a small e-ird which Is inclosed
with the parents' card. If deal ml It
may be attached to the larger card hv
a bow of very nam w white satin rib-t
boil, or sliver cord. The date of birth
Is added, but n t the weight of th
baby, nr any other particulars of any
sort wha'ewr ladles' Home Journal
A man feels drowsy after a hearty
dinner, Invause a large part of tin
blood lu the system govs to the stomach
to aid lu digvstioii, aud leaves the brain
poorly supplied.
TWO CUBAN NUISANCES.
Venomous Crawler that Male Thing
Unpleaaant.
With the coming of the rnlns In the
tropics, many of the Insects and smaller
reptile which lire out of doors In the
dry season seek shelter lu tho country
houses and beneath stacks of cane and
trash. While bites and stings from In
lifts are rarely reported, still they are
more frequent than one would believe,
Of those which do not often trouble
mankind much north of the latitude of
a crnxx rBXTiPED.
Havana ore the chigoe, or 'Jigger,'
which burrows beneath one's toe-nails
and lays eggs which develop festering
sores; the scorpion and the ceutlped
In Cuba the scorpion develops Into a
pest, especially In the country districts;
and, together with the ceutlped, U a
foe with which the Spanish soldiery
i are compelled to reckon. Both the
centiped and scorpion hide beneath rot-
ten wood, the "trash" of the yard and
I cnnefield nnd fnllen leaves. The bite
' of neither Is suttlcient to cause dentil
i In an adult, but many children have
j been killed by them in every Island of
: tho West Indies.
i These two ore the worst, nnd It would
seem as though they were endowed
-,,. Blln,)I.,.iimnn Instincts, for
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they appear at times and lu plnces
when and where least expected. The
centiped moves with the rapidity of a
streak of light, leaving behind it If it
traverses the limb or body of a human
being Its venomous track punctured In
- alli.
Its punctures are from the
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front pair of legs, which have poison
ducts or glands; but Its bito Is worse
tlinn these, and sufllclent to cause vlO'
lent fever In a grown person. With Its
flat, glistening body, its scores of legs
twinkling like the mischief, and Its
rapid motions. It seems the embodi
ment of evil ns It is.
The Island of Culm is almost as free
A CUBA! SCORPIOX.
from poisonous snakes as Is Ireland,
and the only annoying pests are those
mentioned. One might stay In the
Island for months and years without
being bitten, tho cities, as Havana and
Santiago, not being Infested.
ADOPTS AMERICAN MODES.
Wife of New Japanese Minister Haa
Discarded Native Dress.
Among the recent additions to diplo
matic circles In Washington are Min
ister Hoshl of Japan and his wife.
Mme. Hoshl is about 33 years of age
and of the most pleasing personal ap
pearance. She is short, probably 4
feet 10 inches in height. Her dark
hair Is very abundant, her large brown
eyes are soft, yet bright, and her com
plexion Is clear and rosy. In dress,
her costume is that of tho American
woman, yet ns she has only recently
laid nslde her native gowns, her ward
robe of western robes Is limited. She
has placed herself In the hands of a
tutor, lu order to master the Intricacies
of the English language, and by next
winter will no doubt be able to pre
side at a tea In the most approved style,
as far ns conversational ability Is con
cerned. Mme. Hoshl has been married ten
years, but there Is only one child In tho
family, a boy of 6 years of age. nis
name Is Hoshl Kikaru, and he Is a
bright little fellow, wandering about
the house lu evident loneliness for his
many playmates In the East. The wife
0f the miuister Is a fine musician and
devotes much of her time to that art
A Wise Word to Mothers.
j When the school days are finished
and the home-coming over, many girls
i are more or less dlscontended In the
' home because there seems no special
: place for them to fill. In school they
j have had duties and occupations, and
I have become accustomed to regular
hours of employment.
Wise Is the mother who at this try
I Ing time Is willing to make a place In
! the house for the little would-be re
! former, or the enthusiast who would
like to put Into practice some way her
ldeas of notlse keeping and hon.e-mak-
lng. Let the new ways and the new
Ideas be tried, and show some hospi
tality to them and some sympathy to
other views than your own.
A division of labors and responsibil
ities Is a happier way of meeting the
difficulty than a giving up and over
of one's Ideas and domain to the per
haps overzeatous young woman who
should have gained tact and sympathy
0fe
JAPANESE MINISTER AND FAMILY.
and some knowledge of how to live
happily with other- If her school days
have been of any value. Encourage
her to use her gifts, not only In her
own home, but for others. The New
York Evening Post says that the girl
who has pleuty of room for expansion
In her own home Is usually the least
anxious to try homo-making under an
other roof.
WARNING TO WHISKY DRINKERS
Crusade Against Ptrona: Potation In
autftiratcd by a Kentucky I)rulU
Trobably the bravest man in the Uni
ted States Is a druggist doing business
In Nlcholnsvlile, Ky. Ills unme Is Jus.
W. iJordon, and he has fitted up lu tho
front of his drug store what ho calls
a poison window, and a hottlo of the
corn Juice dear to the Kentucky lienrt
Is there. The window Is n grewsome
thing. It Is a whole-course of lessons
to the inuu who wnuts to commit sui
cide. In the middle, white and grin
ning, Is n skull. Clulchod lu lt teeth
Is the deadly cigarette, nn nsh clinging
at Its til). At the right of the skull is
the bottle filled with the good corn
juice of the Kentucklan's daddies. At
Its left Is n bottle of port wine. Scat
tered about In the foreground are cards,
dice oud poker chips.
The rest of the window Is filled with
iniall Jars containing liquid poisons nnd
papers upon which are heaped powders
WUISKVAMO.NO TIIK POISONS.
enough of various sorts to end the trou
bles of a regiment. Every article is'
labeled, from the cigarette to tho prus-!
sic acid, and to prevent an possible
misunderstanding of his meaning Mr. ;
Gordon has fronted the whole deadly j
collection with a startling sign, which i
reads: "Every article In this window:
is poison."
A PERILOUS FEAT.
Three Wheelmen Perform Foolhardy
Antics on the Starucca Viaduct.
Three New York wheelmen, en route
to Chicago, a few days since rode at a
rapid pace across the coping of the
great Starucca vlnduct at Lanesboro,
Pa. When lu the center of the struc
ture they waved their lints at a picnic
party below, which watched their fool
hardy antics with brenthless interest.
The breaking of a portion of n wheel
or the swerving of a few Inches and
A FOOLHARDY FEAT.
the rider would have been hurled down
Into the fields below, a distance of over
100 feet. They were the first venture
some riders to perform the hnre
bralued exploit.
Towed by a Deer.
The shores of the great Lake Chelan,
In Washington, one of the most pictur
esque and remarkable bodies of water
In America, abound In game. In some
places the lake is so narrow that a deer
may swim It. A paper published nt
Chelan, at the foot of the lake, tells how
a young man named Alan Itoyce recent
ly made the capture of a deer lu the
water.
Royce saw the deer from the shore,
swimming across the lake. Though the
chase seemed hopeless, as he had no
gun with him, Koyce got Into a Innit nnd
rowed after the animal. He soon saw
that the deer was milking lstter time
than he was, hut. In the language of
yachtsmen, if he could not outfoot the
animal, he had some chance of "out
pointing" It.
So he rowed across the course of the
doer, forcing the creature to waver.
Then he rowed so ns to cut off the new I
course; and after a while, by heading :
first one way and then another, lie
came alongside the frightened creature, I
and with a ipilck movement seized It
by the tall.
Thoroughly frightened, the animal
swam 'faster tlinn ever, and made
straight for the shore. . Koyce got Into
the bow of his boat and held fast to
the tall; he wns drawu through the
water much fastpr than he could have
rowed.
Meantime his pursuit of the deer had
attracted the attention of Mr. J. A. I
Green on the shore! Mr. Green got a
rifle and came out in another boat tc ,
meet them. Coming quite near he fired
at the deer and killed It. ending the
spirited chase. It turned out to be a
very large and fine buck.
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Wild oats cot as much as ever. In shears by holding It under water. Fast
sn'te of the fact that everything els, en thli piece of glass to the end of the
has been greatlv reduceJ in price. tube by means of few small tacks
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Bomethlnu that Will Interest the Jo
nlle Member of Every Household
-Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
of Many Cats and Canning Children,
She Pot Uloonier an Her Dolly.
irginlu Montmureiu'l, you are looking
like a fright;
I'll put you in the closet, to cry the live
long night;
You are n naughty dolly, for you never
comb your hair,
I cannot take you walking or show you
anywhere;
Your hands are always dirty and yon
never wash your face;
You're iilwnyu sprawling on the ground,
ii nd never know your place;
You were a splendid dolly when I got you
long ago,
And everybody said you were as fair and
white as snow,
But now you're getting cureless as you
walk along the street,
And papn says you like to wear stone
bruises on your fi-et.
You are a horrid dolly, oh, Virginia, I do
dure! i Aud I must spank yon soundly, though
! , y " lillk 1 a
me play,
I guess you'll have to go to Jit il to pass the
time away.
There are no buttons on your dress, your
hands are never clean.
And you must wear the bloomers now,
the baggiest ever seen.
Oh, yes, you must he punished, your be
havior is. not right
Arid when you wear the bloomers you will
he n funny sight!
James E. Kinsella.
. Wanted to Go Home.
The two smnll boys who wanted to
fight Indians hnd gotten some distance
from home. The romance had dwin
dled and n discouragement which nei
ther liked to confess hnd taken pos
session. "Look here," snld one of them nt lust,
"I've been plnyln' I'm Slerry Snm for
two days now, haven't I?".
"Yes," wns the reply.
"Well, I'm kind o tired o' that game.
I think I'll piny the prodigal son."
a Point of Merit
Throe mtle nmldt118 wero (il8(,0U!.s.
flbout the baby brotliers wno !ltu!
nkon .. thftlP rMi.i,,n,.B i the three
families during the past year.
"My little brother Ned's got a lovely
silver mug Hint grandma sent him,"
said the first little girl; "it's Just a
beauty; and he had a silver knife nnd
fork from grandpa, too."
"My little brother Walter's got a bee
yutlful carved rattle that Uncle Hen
ry sent him from China," snld the sec
ond little girl; "mother's put it away
In a drawer to keep till he's grown up."
"My little brother Freddie's not half
so big as your brotliers," said tho third
child, with an air of one endeavoring
to conceal a feeling of triumph, "but
the doctor says he's hnd more spasms
than any other bnby In this neighbor
hood, so there!"
Curious Stone Worth Thousands.
One day several years ago n bare
footed boy who was wandering down
the shores of a little creek lu Georgia
saw an odd stone lying lu the sand.
His sister wns making n collection of
carnellans and he thought it would
be nice to take this pretty stone home
to her. So he put It in his pocket, nnd
when he got home his father and moth
er nnd sister nil looked at It. They
were certain It was not n carnelinn, nor
could they tell what It was. So the
boy kept it. One day a gentleman from
Cincinnati, ,who had property interests
In Georgia, came Into the town where
the boy lived, nnd one afternoon he
saw the peculiar stone and became In
terested In It nt once. He asked per
mission to take It with him and have It
examined. And when he gave It to a
lapidary he found out that It wns a
beautiful opal, worth tens of thousands
of dollars. And In two weeks' time the
boy who found It knew that he was the
richest boy in Georgia. Since that
time ninny fine opnls hove been picked
up In that part of the South, but few
of them equal the one first found.
Where Fishes Swim.
If you go to the lakes or to the sea
shore this summer you should take a
waterscope along with you.
A waterscope Is a device which will
enable you to peer down to the bottom
of a lake or stream and see the sea
weeds, with the fish resting among
them. Any boy can make one of them
very easily, and he can have no end of
fun using It.
The waterscope consists of a long,
narrow box, covered at one end with
glass ordinary window glass. To
make It get four pieces of smooth,
straight-grained pine wood, one-quarter
of an Inch In thickness. 20 or 24
Inches long and 2Vi Inches wide. Have
these pieces made true and exact In
measurement. Carefully tack them to-
WATCHINO THE FISn.
gether with brads In the form of a long
; box. It may be well before Joining
them to daub on a little white-lead
paint, o as to make the Joints water
tight. Now cut a piece of glass the
size of one end of the long box. You
1 can readily cut glass with in old pair of
driven close to Its edges. Then pntty
It carefully round, and, when the putty
Is thoroughly dry, paint the box and
putty, taking pains to fill all the cracks.
This Is necessary to make the box
water-tight. .
In a day or two your waterscope will
be dry enough for use. On some bright,
sunny afternoon push your boat out on
the hike or stream where you wish to
experiment. Thrust the glass end oi'
the waterscope well under the surface
of the wuter and place you eye at the
other end. You will find that you can
see through the water with great dis
tinctness, often to the hiding places of
fish among those forests of the lnke bot
toms, the sen weeds. The object of the
waterscope Is to cut through the dls- i
turbed surface of the lake where your
boat stands, nnd nlso to protect your
eyes from the reflection of the sun on
the water. Of course It does not act
like a telescope, and you cannot nee to
the bottom where the water Is very
muddy or where It Js very deep. '
Rut you will be astonished nt what
a fairyland of beauty the waterscope
will reveal along the edges of some of
our clear lakes on a sunny day. Often
you can see a big clam, with his mouth
wide open, waiting for Ills dinner to
drop Into it, or a la.y pickerel or a sun
fish resting nenr the bottom, and some
times you will see lost objects of vari
ous kinds, including trolling hooks and
lines nnd other things of n similar na
ture. The writer once knew n ninn who
found a watch which he had dropped
Into the lnke by means of a water-
scope.
Obeyed Orders.
"I once knew a iiiiin named Muggins
who was a queer sort of a person," said
Congressman Mondell of Wyoming,
"nnd I always thought a good deal of
him. Once he hired nu Englishman to
work on his ranch. Hut when they
gave him n trial It turned out that he
couldn't ride nor rope.
' 'Johnny, said Muggins, 'kin yer dig
post holes?'
"Johnny thought he could, so Mug
gins sets him to work making holes in
the ground. He draws u straight lino
for him nnd then he sits down at one
end and tells Johhny to go ahead.
" 'You just dig post holes, Johnny,
along this line until I tells yer to stop.
Ain't Just made up my mind how far I
want yer to go. Hut I'll tell yer.'
"Johnny digs post holes, and Muggins
goes out every day to see how he Is get
ting nlong. But In a few days he gets
a call to attend court In Cheyenne nnd
stays away two months. Wheu he
comes bnck he asks:
" 'Whnrabouts Is thnt'nre young Brit
isher that was here wheu I left V"
'"Oh, Is It Johnny you mean?'
" 'That same critter,' says Muggins.
" 'Oh, why, Johnny he left here about
two months ngo with six months' pro
visions aud a pack horse and said you
told him to do something or other. He
hasn't showed up since.'
"Muggins threw his leg over the back
of a cow pony, with n grim expression
and a growl and begun to follow John
ny's troll by the post holes. By night
he catches up with him. There wns
Johnny with his pack horse and his pro
visions In camp.
" 'What be yer dolii' hero?' said Mug
gins. " 'Bless mo heyes. Mr. Muggins, but
I'm glad to see you!' shouts the Eng
lishman. "Ow long, sir, are ye goln'
to keep me n-dlgglu' these bloody post
'oles?'
" 'How long?' shouted Muggins. 'Ye
plagued fool, you're three uillcw ucrost
the county line now. Tack up and come
home." Washington Post.
In His Own Country,
A novelist, like a prophet, sometimes
suffers from lack of appreciation on the
pnrt of his neighbors.
"The folks hereabouts take him calm
ly enough!" was the remark of one of
Thomas Hardy's neighbors in Wessex,
England. A recent article, "In Thomas
Hardy's Country," In Temple Bar, fur
nishes additional proof that the people
of that locality are entertaining n great
man unawares.
Thy writer questioned the driver of
a van over n road near Casterlirldge if
he knew Hardy.
"Hardy, the poet? Yes, I often sees
'en goen' nhirng in a volne noble study,
with 'Is 'ead down an' n lot o' books
under Ms orm. 'E never 'nve nobody
with 'en. They tells I Ms books are
wonderful deep, but I ain't read 'em,
not I. I don't get tlnie for readin' notli
en' but the labels on the parcels I carry
an' the names of the public houses."
Again the writer of the article en
countered, In place of n stolid indiffer
ence, mild envy of Hardy nnd open
contempt for the region, rich lu associa
tions, which the novelist has so fully
described.
The critic in this case was an old man
who wns found nt a railway station
near Egdon Heath. In response to the
usual Inquiry about Hardy came this
delicious bit of depreciation:
"Oh, the writen' chap! I've read
some of his works. They says 'tis a
gift. Seems to me 'tis just writen'-- -Just
sltten' down an' writen' and not
doeu' nothen' at arl. What do 'e do, I
ask 'ee? Here be I doeu' more proper
work than Hardy ever did, nn' they
don't tark about I, an' say. There's a
great chap, like they do about 'e."
Joke Was on Her.
At a certain court function Lady Har
rington was bedizened with diamonds
and jewels, and looked like a stage
queen of Indifferent character, and she
bitterly complained to George Selwyn
that she was to walk with Lady Ports
mouth, who would have a wig and a
stick. "Never mind." he said, "you will
only look as If you were taken up by
the constable." This sne repeated ev
erywhere, under the Impression the re
flection was on Lady Portsmouth.
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