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INVASION; OF ENGLAND
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London, ..Feb. .- .- -One. rather poorly
written play has done for. England what
years -of agitation liy her greatest gen
erals'' and her moer- far-flighted public
- men ha failed to do. ,- Or perhaps It
Ja fairer to-say that the play hat
rrownod the work of the eminent agi
tators, and has 'brought home to - the
Knglish" people in concrete form " the
terrible danger to' which tliey were ex
posed as a result o.f neir military :un-
3 he play la entitled "An Englishman's
Home.'1 , it Is the work of Major Du
Murler, an officer fiow.serving in South
Africa, eldest won r of ithe late George
Du Murler. author' of -""Trilby." and a
brother of Gerald Dtf Maurier, the well-
known Encash actor, but owing to trie
army regulations which forbid an offi
cer on . ttie active list irom engaging
in any other occupation than soldiering,
- the author-Is referred to merelie as , "a
patriot.? - : - - ' r v '
Problem of Xtefsasa, , ?..':'-
The fclay has come at the psychologic
. al moment when all England Is talking
. about tue problem of national jerens,
and-It has caught the national Imagin
ation despite Its crudeneas. It ) Impos
sible to buy a seat at the theatre at
which it is being produced in London, for
two montns aneaa, at.a arrangements
are being hurried forward for produc
ing., it simultaneously at another Lon
don theatre More than a dosen tour
ing companies are already being organ
ised to take It to the provinces, and
the War Office authorities are nego
tiating with the producers to send com
panies to every town and village In the
country to wake up the people to the
danger to which the country U exposed
vy ineir. apatny, k- ,
' Thsa of play.
'The theme of the play is a very simple
one. It deals with an imaginary inva
sion of England bv theforces of the
"Empress of the North.'' but- there is
very Mule attempt to disguise the fact
that Germany la the-Invader. The volun
teer orce on- which. England must de
pend to epel an Invader 1f the regu
lar army Is engaged elsewhere, and the
enemy has managed to elude the fleet
end effect a Undine', breaks down hone-
lesaly and In the end a respectable Brit-j
isn nousenoiaer is rutniessiy snot Dy
the enemy's soldiers because, being a
civilian, he' has nicked up a rifle to de
fend hia own bouse from attack.
The whole secret of the popularity
of the play is that it depicts on the
stage the condition of things which
Lord Roberts, England's greatest living
general, and a host of other military and
public men, have been trying to de
pict on the platform. v Assuming that
the regular . army should be . engaged
un viiu n uoj in ii army viiuuiu mnn
age te evade the fleet, which 4s said
to i py no jneans impossible, Eng-
land wpuld be at the nrcy of her en
emy. About -nine months ago Mr. Hal
dane. the minister of - war, , worked -out
an excellent scheme under which the
territorial army was established. This
Is organised on a voluntary basis for
home defense, and the establishment
asked for was 800,000 men. Only 200,-
Place
for - May
CADILLAC ' THIRTY
All the Cadillac Thirty Touring Cars that we can deliver between
, now and May 1 are sold. We have a few Demi-Tonneaus and
Roadsters for earlier delivery- but very few. Here a list of our
sales; it ought to prove a pretty convincing argument to those who
have been delaying placing their order. It is ai unquestionable
fact that our allotment of one hundred cars is going to prove inj
sufficient tomeet the demand.
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. . f .'?E. R, Edmundson
' ' Blaine R. Smith
- Harry Tattle . ;
, . H. R. Kincaid :
' D.C. Lewis
,;,v"-v Russell Smith V
v Abe Tichnor r -
W. A. Avery Jr. v
jf. C. Olds'
. ' C. W. King . ' ,
J. H. Cook
" . . S. J. Storey :
. Dr. J. W, Morrow
" Besides these thirty -
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SEVENTH AND; COUCH STREETS
OflfJ men have come forward, and It la
admitted that even 800, 000 would be
altogether inadequate for the. purpose
for which the- army is intended.
: The failure pf the territorial army is
largely due to two facts. One is Uiat
tne averace young Briton does not take
kindly to soldiering. - He, is wrapped
up in sport, and anything; revey -business,-,
which Interferes with hia watch
ing cricket and football games and oc
casionally day Ins them Is of second-
J ary importance lc his eyes. The second
reason isrnai nis employers .'orje,oi to
his. being taken- awav for a month or
so every year '.when the territorial arm!
is undergoing it training In camp, and!
nave discouraged volunteering.
- The ' employers, however, are fully
alive -to the need of an adequate home
aerense army, and' tney are pretty wen
agreed that there would be nox obieo-
tion to soldiering if everyone had to do
his Jiliare of it. Then, they declare, the
employer who allowed and -encouraged
hia men to train for the defense of their
country would not be placed at a disad
vantage in competition with those who
refused, to allow their men the neces
sary time for training.
.. - 'He Alternative.
The - is ' an alternative which haa
been preached by the soldiers for more
than a year, ana which I am in a. por
tion to state Iks approved'Tiy the War
Orf Ice authorities, although they have
not felt it to be politic to declare- them
selves openly'. "Service for all". Is com
ing tin England within a few years In
spite of the opposition of, the Socialists
and extreme-Radicals who see in "con
scription," as, they call it. a dangerous
fore leading towarda extreme militar
ism on the German model.
Tbe scheme which has been worked
out fort universal . training la very
different- however, from the meth
od of conscription adooted by moat coun
tries on the Continent. Under 'the new
English scheme, no one,- except those
physically unfit for soldiering, will be
exempt, and the' young men wilt not be
taken away from their business for two
or three years just at the time -when
they should be receiving their most val
able business training. . ! " ;:; ..,,,'; ''
.'. , Training aobolara, . '''"...'':'.'' V'
It Is proposed la start with the boys
in school, when they are about 10 years
old. They will be drilled and taught to
shoot with miniature r-fles, graduating
to trie service arm as they increase In
bodily strength. At the age of 18. they
will pass
into tne territorial army and
111 be compelled to. spend about four
months every year lit camp or barracks
for three years, and to perform a-certain
nnmhav tt ovenlnor Arm nrln . ta
period when thev are not with the col-
lor: Knr the fnH,ilnii Hitpit -vim-nt
every year and keep tip their rifle shoot
ing and drilling. After that , they will
passvtlnto a first reserve and will be
liable to first call in -the event o an
emergency until the age of 30, after
which they will form part of the second
reserve ag long as they are physically
fit. ' M
It is estimated that after the irst
four years of this plan the territorial
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A. J. Winters ,
w W. J. Zimmerman 4
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C' F. Swigert
Lou Baldwin
' F. E. McEldowney
-'Lewis Montgomery !
Dr. J. C. Zan t
Ed Holmes' : '
Newell Barnard
ight cars sold at retail, we have forty cars sold
in the various towns of the state.
Courjt Johann Helnrlck von Bero
Btoff, the new German ambaisador
to Americl. ' ' ...( '
A, J. , Goodbrood, PJoneer.of 1872.
Silett - Squaw WJh Chin Tatooed
-After Fashion of a Past, Ganera
Hion. ' " '
army will have 400,000 men on Its ac
tive list and 160,000 additional recruits
undergoing their first four months'
training. 4 This would be .the average
strength of the territorial force, but be
hind It ; Would be tli first reserve of
600.000 men, and behind that an indefi
nite number of efficient men In the sec
ond reserve: The annual cost of the
scheme la , estimated at about $20,000.
000, which is certainly cheap as an In
surance against Invasion and against the
scares which constantly .upset business
under present conditions. Another strong
point in favor of the scheme is th effect
it would have on the physique of the
British people, which has been deterior
ating so rapidly of late years that the
war office, has been compelled to re
duce the minimum height for recruits'
for the regular army by"mwo inches in
five years.
The regular army would not he
touched under the new scheme, for tbe
Idea of the territorial army is that it
ehall be wholly for home defense. Eng
land must Always have a large nrofes-
sional army recruited voluntarily on a
long service basla. for aervim nwruo
in her colonies and dependencies and for
foreign' wars. 8he never has snv diffi
culty in finding all the men she needs
lor inn service. What she -needs and
what she la going to have is a nation
in arms to aerend her against Invasion.
Indians and Grafter.
' From the Boston Artvir'law
The lawbreaklng Inril
coddled or supported In Idleness at the
national expense. But the government
certainly will not help the solution of
u" nuian priroiem -ny turning tne In
dian tribes out of their lands at the urg
ing of greedy speculators or- settlers
wno want the rich reservation lands.
This Is not a - matter : on .which th
friends of, the Indians can afford to be
i ooos. . .
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W. P. Hawley
Dr. A. H. Johnson
Mrs. J.'R. Wyatt
George H. George
George Warren
H,' B.vThielsen
L.H. Tarpley.
J. W. Perkins
William killings worth'
J. B. O'Shea
W. W. Caldwell
Louis Gerlinger
Unfortunate Country Trying
. . to Convince World There
'Has Been Much Economic
' and . Social Improvement
Densorsliip Is Strict, V
By Charles P.i Stewart.
(European Manager United Jrues.) -London.
Feb. i0. The year 1909 prom
ises to be , one of horror In Kussia of
horror even to a country ao accustomed
to horrors , that conditions . must be
nothing short of . appalling ' before the
people consider them particularly bad.
The government has been trying lately
to convince the world that there has
been a great economic, social and polit
ical improvement in the fears realm in
the past two or three years, The cen
sorship was vigorously tightened a rew
months ago. with the comment to the
official news agency that Nicholas
wanted accounts of crimes, epidemics,
executions and famines suppressed, and
as much as possible made of stories cal
culated to impress outsiders with the
people's prosperity and content.
Tne unprecedented freedom with
which news had been transmitted for
some tlnae before, the order wan issued
had resalted In a general abandonment
of the old channels for smuggling it 'out
as contraband, and while they were be
ing reopened no one nad mucn idea wnat
was going on in the country.
Now that they are working again
wtth' tolerable freedom, it Is beginning
to be verv clear whv the nrevlnua nolirv
of comparative publicity was so sudden
ly apanaoned. Arrairs have , taken a
serious turn for the worse In Russia.
and- the government is plainly deter
mined to keen its troubles as aulet as
possible.- :
''tne aimcultles rt races are not con
nected with the internsl political situa
tion alone. The countrv is. as a matter
of 'fact in the throes of one of the most
startling "graft" investigations any na-
t fin ho. .UU. lrnnw. T , lu . n .1 m . K aI 1 .,
too, on the eve of a violent outbreak oi
terrorism.
But It has other troubles, perhaps
even more threatening Tpr the future
If not quite as Immediately alarming.
Experts are agreed" that warm weather
Kill bring with it one of the worst
cholera outbreaks Europe has ever
known. Agricultural conditions flk many
provinces are. such as to renderwde
spread famines Inevitable. ', Finland is
on the verge of rebellion.. J With .Eng
land there Is a possibility of grave fric-
iiun uvrr cersisn arrairs.
, inquiry into draft.
The "graft" Inquiry Is being pushed
throughout all of Ruesia and BlbeHH.
The .entire official clsss appears to
have been saturated with corruption.
On one side the authorities bled the
people; on the other tbey robbed the
government. In not a sinale Hcnari.
ment. charged with the handling of a
cent of money, it is said, have the cof
fera escaoed. From s-enerala. iilmlnin
and governdrs of provinces down to the
pettiest police officials everyone seems
to have been involved. ' i
It Is not alone trim that thn rur la'
horrified at the discovery of the un
trustworthlness of practically all his
servantsgovernmental losses have
been enormous. What figure they will
reach It Is Impossible to say. It is not
likely that the government Itself has a
very accurate Idea of the amount as
yet, so widespread was the plundering.
Scattering reporta of bomb outrages,
shootings and stabbings have been leak
!nL?ut ,rora St. Petersburg. Moscow,
Keiff, Odessa and other Important
cities for several weeks. Unable to sup
press news of them entirely, the govern
ment has tiled to minimize their Im
portance and to represent them as the
work of common criminals unconnected
with any of the great revolutionary or
ganisations. The truth is. according to members of
the exile colonies here, In Paris and in
Geneva, T.he various demonstrations are
all part of a widespread conspiracy
which contemplates a campaign of
steadily Increasing violence as the year
progresses, culminating In a series of
such startling outrages by the time
the expected cholera epidemic Is at its
Height, that the ferrnrlii. think
will stand a fair chance of actually
overturning the government.
It Is conceded that the mvnhillnn.r.
operations thus far this ,vear hsve ac
complished Jittle but several are de
clared to have failed by only the nar
rowest margins to remove high offl
c,lB flnst whom the terrorists bear
especial grudges, while the Tsarskoe
Belo explosion is asserted to have been
so well planned that the merest acci
dent was all that saved the Csar.
Activity of Polio.
The increasing activity of the police
ft late appears to bar out the revo
luttonarlea claims that the authorities
know what was In store for them. Not
counting the prisoners and suspects
killed for alleged attempts to escapa.
for minor breaches of discipline or
while resisting arrests, 191 men. women
and children of 16 to 31 years of age
were hanged in Russia during I06.
All died for political offenses.
Twelve hundred others were con
demned but secured commutation of
their sentences to perpetual exile in Si
beria, a change which means death bv
a slower process in the course of a few
years, or In the case of the bolder
spirits, bv the bullet or under the lash
for breaking rules which vary witn
every individual official In charge.
-. The- executions show a steady In
crease during the year. The total num
ber in January was 63 and In December
III. For the first Quarter of the vi
the monthly average was 62.. In th
second J. In th third 6 and In the
fourth 3. '
The showing indicate -more hang
ings monthly at present than for anv
decade In th nineteenth century. They
usually take place -at night and almost
Invariably in a dungeon. Th custom
im to pinion the victim, thrust him Into
a sack, tie the mouth over his head,
noose the rope about the part of th
sacking where the neck is supposed to
be and then to hoist the kicking bundle
a few Inches fi-?m the floor by pulling
th free end of the rope over "ft beam
or a hook' in th wan.
The terrorists maintain that the gov
ernments Increasing' resort to th death
penalty Is maklrg them more followers
than any other on thing In Russia at
f resent. Kven the most Ignorant mou
ik Is beginning to realise, thev aay,
that there la no Juatic in a legal sys
tem which Imposes a sentence of but
a few year' exile upon a patricide and
hangs th drunken . merrymaker , who
strikes a policeman.
It Is figured also that tbe elimination
of the arch-spy. Eugene Asefi, who was
denounced by the revolutionary central
committee will be Immensely helpful
to the terrorist cause, information he
gave to th police having led to the ar
rest of score of their ablest disciples
end Invariably frustrated plots against
the officials they wer most anxious to
kill. . . " . - ' 1
Incidentally, one etory of Axef
that it was by his order that th revo--lutionartes.
murdered Fsther Qspon. the
priest wh led the disastrous entl
gavernment demonstrations In St Pet-
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Former Senator William A.
was on crutches in London the result
a fall on the Lucanla.
PARIS TURNS TO
f.
BEAUTY SPOTS"
Daring: Creatures of Society
Beffin to Revive 'For
gotten Customs.
Pari. Feb. 20. Beauty patches,
which were rare during the 1-ecent pom
padour period, are reappearing in Parts
as a result of the anticipated revival
of Louis XV fashions. They are to
be revived with great favor because
Frenchwomen have never entirely aban
doned the cunning little devices which
the ladies of Louis' court found so use
ful. Recently patches have been mot
ly seen on the stage and at costume
balls.
Now the more daring leaders ol socl
eTy are laying In supplies and are ad
vising their friends to use them.
Beauty patches are made of tiny pieces
of black velvet in the shspe of stars,
nioons and crescents. The patch . is
placed on the side of the ee to make
the ye appear larger, and it gives a
vivacity of expression. On the corner
of the under lip it attenuates the face;
if. on the contrary, a woman wishes to
obtain a shortening effect, she places
one niouche on the right cheek end an
other on cne side of the left eye.
In the time of Marie Antoinette some
famous beauty noted for her extrava
gance appeared at court with patches
on her cheek representing a hearse and
mourning coach cut out of black silk
court plaster. Mouche eccentricities
went so far in those days. In fact, that
the clergy Interfered and denounced
them as vanities.
An Orchid Wonder.
London, Feb. 20. Orchid growers
have several times done what the Dar
winians held to be almost Impossible
and hare crossed species. A Mr. Bull
of Chelsea has created a new orchid i
of unusual beauty and botanical In
terest. It haa been christened Odont
loda Chelselensis and is a crocs be
tween Cochloda Vulcanlca Grandi flora
and Odontoglossum Crispum, which are
distinct, in species and in appearance.
Th new wonder, which bore its first
spray of bloom during the hardest frost
of the year, has all the virtues of
both parents. It has the long, graceful
sprsv or the one and the broad, shape
ly petals of the other. The color is
a "crushed strawberry" of a peculiarly
delicate shade. Tbe plant la also a pre
cocity. It has flowered In -Its fourth
year, which is -young for an orchid, and
the present sprsy the only example In
the world Is as nothing to what may
be expected of the older plant.
Sot Hanged, but Married.
London, Feb. 20. -Twenty-three
years ago John Lee was sentenced to
be hanged for the, murder of Kmma
Kevse, by whom he was employed as a
butler at Babba combe. Three attempts
were made to execute him. On each
occasion the gallows mechanism failed
to work A respite was granted him.
Twelve months ago he was released by
th home office. Now he is married.
The bride of "the man they couldn't
hang." as he is called where he lives,
Miss Jessie -Augasta Bulled, chief
nurse of th female mental wards of
Newton Abbot workhouse. Every care
was taken to Insure the -ceremony
should be kept secret, but the report of
the wedding soon spread, and when the
newly married couple left th church a
large crowd had gathered outside , and
threw confetti over them. . ,. ...
Chicago's coroner is arranging to use
the phonograph to take the last denials
or confessions of condemned murderers
snd the dying statements of victims of
foul- play for use as evidence in court.
ersburg three years ago and after waul
beenma a police spy. - Aief was not onlv
Jealous of Gstflin. it is said. but. sus
pected him of knowing thst he. tK.
was a sny and feared he would ". h--trayed
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crark aud ilrs. Clark. Senatornciafir
of an Injury o his leg, caused by,
EUGENE M
St. Petersburg, Feb. 2ft. -A new ver
sion of the escape of Eugene Axef, the
government police spy, from the terror
ists a(ter his duplicity was revealed
and told today.
Azef, who took a prominent part in
the revolutionary movement and at the
same t im- mad reports to thegQvern
ment, whFn accused by the terrorists
persuaded them to let him go- to pri
vate vault In Paris to fully -prove his
Innocence by documents.
Four revolutionists accompanied Axef.
They were under pain of death if they
allowed Axef to escape. Axef arrived In
fans and returned here but none oi nil
companions came' back. -
it. Is not known whether tne spy
killed tln-m or corrupted them., He
managed, anyway, to elude their, Vigi-
lno Revolutionists are searching for
the fcu.f men. -t
Government Annoyed. 1 '
Offers by Russian terrorist exiles to
come to St. Petersburg, if. guaranteed
mmunlty from arrest: to remain strict
ly- on their good behavior during their
stay- in the capital, to furnish full in
formation concerning police complicity
n scores of assassinations,-tn the in
stigation of massacres and In th or
ganization of strikes and riots, and
tinauy to get promptly outaiae .tn
country on completlnr their testlmon.
are causing the government the utmost
annoyance. . ' ' ' -
The radical and reform ' elements
throughout the country; and especially
In the douma, are vigorously urging the
acceptance of all these propositions on
the ground that there la, in any case,,
nothing to be lost by hearing what the
terrorists have to say and that ' they
may render valuable assistance in bring
ing many of the worst type of official
criminals to justice. If tne government
speaks the truth in repudiating connec
tion with the crimes of which the revo
lutionaries tell, it is argued,, it ., has
nothing to fear from publicity. .
Of fleiala Oppos. : -.
Officialdom, however, rules the gov
ernment, and wtth suspicious unani
mity, the highest officials in the rani tl
are opposing any dealings with th ex
iles, as an indignity to which It wouTi
never no jor n administration to sub
mit. There is a pretense on their part
" i-"- uui'wpi ror a run inves
tigation, but the radicals charge that,
wkli as 'little ostentation as possible
they are really doing evervthing in
their power ta hush th scandal un aa
auicklv as they can- 5 3
Aaauionii inrormattnn
Axef s activities is constantly turning
SP- " PP" not to have confined
himself to plots sgalnsf the cxar s sup
porters but to hav instigated various
attempts, successful and otherwise,
against prominent liberals ' - .
- Keodoroffi the terrorist exile, who
??.v.?rt.h'T8tif, uo "i Parirpolice
and insists on belna- TtrHii . r..
!nmI?."i?irr k,llj"S In which he
admits he particloated tell. n,.-....
Siin.?'i1!!r'5 0"Ptrcies. From what
nfr Vf "P lions, Feedof-
off Rays he thinks nm.tki.. tn.. x. -
Of his assasni nation plots were Intended
to succeed and that the others wer ar
"Ifw10 nab, he polite to gain
credit by appearing to discover them
lust In time'; fV,u.iin,n.- u-.,...
-thes -delayed too long nnj the murders
would i earned out strictl'v according
to program.
-. A French scientist lias made this dis
quieting din-r- ti at ttisease germs
ran 1-e transmn ') hv ' hresd mnirr
throncb th"ir r- i rt t;- t,u ,.f f
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RUSSIA
Escapes From Strong Prison
in France, Faces Hard-
ships in South America
and Finally Lands Back
. in Paris Jail.
Paris, Feb. 20". Several months have
passed since Paris was astonished with
a report of the escape ;f mm one of
the strongest of the penal forts' of
France, at, Cayenne, in French Guiana,
of Jacinto Bartelomy and five com
panions defying all th penalties of
recapture. Bartelomy has been caught
and gives an account of an Odyssey
that would appear a work of fancy if
It were not alt proved true. - y-
The six fugitives, after , a voyage
full of dangers by sea, rivers 'and virgin
forests, living on roots and herbs, ar
rived on Venexuelan territory, and de
termined to - go to Caracas. On the
way two of their number-were-crushed
by great serpents, dying almost in
stantly. One was devoured by a croco
dile at the Orlnco river and one was
the victim of the voracity of 'a puma.
After unrelatable fatigues Bartelomy
with his one - remaining companion
reached Caracas. " , :' ( "
JTot .'Wloomd. '. :
But they were not permitted to llv
in the capital ef Venezuela, being
French, and. the authorities threatenel
to shoot them If they did not leave
at once. Without loss of time the two
unfortunates fled towards the Interior,
where the only compsnion of Bar
telomy was devoured by, the "cannibals,
Bartelomy arriving alone at the ooast,
A few days after, a ship passed within
sight and by signals .he got attention
and a boat went ashore to receive hint,
taking him to what proved to be a
Spanish vessel bound for Bordeaux,
where he was again left to his fate.
Bartelomy treading once more Frenm
soil, thought only of reaching Paris,
where his mother and . three sisters
lived. After unheard of difficulties he
finally- arrived at Paris, only to find
that his family had disappeared. - Ani
this man who had run -the course . of
such extraordinary dangers 'to regain
liberty- found .himself alone and -mtg
known In the great city, suffering In
consequence, a terrible mental depres-
Slon, whlc,h led him in desperation ti
deliver himself Into the hands of the
authorities.
' . Again a rrisonar.
Bartelomy Is now again a prisoner,
but the public, acquainted with his
unlucky history feels for the unhappy
victim of such circumstances, a great
compassion and even the police regard
him from the popular point of view and
wun a singular respect. Because, con
trary to all the logic of th law and
the rigid letter of the codes, this man,
full of misfortunes, appears to have
a right to liberty, which he cannot be
allowed to' possess, in spite of all the
risks, which he has faced with a cool
ness worthy of the sentiment of com
miseration produced in all who know
th facts. ! , ... .
"The Changeling"
These verses from the "London Acad
emy" would seem to prove that all the
poets ar not dead. The English news-
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many poems that have merit and "Thi.
Changeling' la as meritorious - as any.
For those who came from Fairyland.
The world is hard to understand
And I wss born in Fairyland -Under
a lucky star. r s,
Perhaps Al women are!
ffyfathf was a golden Ung.'tT
My mother was a shining queen; ,
I hearri.the mevfe KlMe.HiiH- ,ln
They wrapped m in a mantle green.
They led their winged whit horses ut..
We rode and rod till dawn waa mv!
"We rode with many a song and shout
"rivee the Hill
They stol the crying. human child.
And left me laughing by .the fire;.
And that is -why my heart-is wild.
And all-my. lif-a- long. desire.
The .old enchantments hold- me stilt , '
And sometimes tn a waking tranc
I' seek again th Fairy Hill,
The midnight feast, the glittering
- dance!
Th wlxard harpers play for me. ;
- I wear a erown upon my head. , .
A princes In eternity. ,
I dance and revel with the dead
"Vain lies!'1 I hear the people cry,
' I listen-to -their weary truth;
Then turn, again to fantasy, -
-Ana im uniruuoiea nana oi louia -
I -hear the laughter of th kings.
- I see their jeweled flagons gleam
O- wine, of Jlfe! immortal things
-Move In the splendor of my dreaanv
My spirit Is a homing dove
' I drain a crystal cup, snd -fall
Softly into the arms of Lov t
'And then the darkness covers all.
'-.I a T..- .';... Ollv Douglas. it
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Neuralgic Headaches
Nervous Pyspepsta
Nervous Affections
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