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UtEPFORT) lfATT TRTBWK, MEDFOKP, OREOOX, STTXDAY. NOVEMBER r.0, 10.10. Royal Wedding Reviewed In Letter Written Home By Frances Sparrow Tht- romance uml bounty a sub debutante of Amoririi may ft ltd in the c-UHtoins and life of European royalty are expressed in an inter esting manner in a letter recent )y received by Mrs. A'ex Hparrow from her daughter. Miss l'ninces, who is devoting r. year to study anil travel abroad. Miss Frances viewed a few of the wedding activ ities of Princess Giovanni and King lioris and draws a bively pieture of the affair in her letter home. The certain "Mr. Jones" nf whom she speaks is none other than Mussolini, himself, who pre fers or demands to be called "Mr. Jones" by the Kiiwlish and Ameri cans, who might connect his name with slighting remarks or criti cism. Members of the local ranch col ony are interested in learning that Miis Frances was a guest of Mrs. Itubert Washburn at a lunch eon during her stay in Florence. M i's. Washburn, wife of the late Col. Washburn, formerly made her home in the Table Hock district on the ranch now. owned by Cant. .Shelby Tuttle. Kxcerpts from the letter follow: , Naples, Italy October 1 ! 30 "V left Florence Thursday morning and arrived in I'erugia in the afternoon. We dashed thro";h some museums and churches until dinnertime, our hotel was up high so we could look out over the country and see high mountains oh the other side. It was the love liest view I have ever seen. Across on a mountain we could see the little old fortress town of Assissi. Little do you poor things guess what your daughter has been do ing uf late. Friday morning we got Up at 10:3o and stationed our selves in the lobby, Tho hotel wasn't a bit full, only about -people around us. Some newspaper reporters, one or two Knglish and t lie rest Italians. The hotel man agers rushed wildly about. The bell boys carried great baskets of flow ers in and two boxes of candy as large as big Mngnin boxes. A red Turkish carpet was put down from the lobby to the edge of the pave ment and millions of people were gathered in front of the hotel, leaving room only for cars to drive up. Gendarmes in black trousers witli a red stripe down the trouser legs and great black three-cornered hats kept the crowd back with swords. Millions of people watching, waiting before the hotel which was all hung with banners, 'ilow the crowds envied us for we were free to go fn and out of tho front door and stand in the open xiiuare in front. It was such fun to go out the door and have millions looking at you. At 1 1 o'clock n great black enr with ,a crown on the door drove up amid the shrieks and cheers of the crowd and wo Inside stood up as the crown prince of Italy and his wife, tlie princes of Belgium, Muietly and uua&ium tnply entered the lobby followed by a gentleman ami gentlewoman in wailing. They walked right into the midst of the few of us, bow ing to each one, and went to their rooms. The prince even looked at me and bowed. My heart just stayed in my mouth. Imagine be ing one of who could almost touch them when millions were outside dying to pet a glimpse from the distance. 1 was just weak kneed afterwards. Then some of us went outside under their balcony and others of us stood on a smaller one while they came out and bowed and smiled to the people. Talk about hobnobbing with roy alty! That afternoon arrived the duke and duchess of I'arma. and of Genoa, of Savoy, etc.. until the hotel had housed 21 of t he no bility, and a few poor mortals in cluding us. Kvery now and then there would be a sudden murmur and we all would stand up, leaving room in tho middle and the royal pair, with a h.mdsome uniformed man making way for them, would walk right by us. I could have touched them several times. Loads of them ate in the (lining room ad joining ours aid went to the opera that night. Must of the women had bobbed hair and all of them looked just like anyhody i-lse. The princess has a wonderful sun tan way down her back. A sun tan backed bathing suit! The prince is very good looking. It was such fun to wander about the lobby bump ing into nobility. I wore my black velvet. . Leave for .s.si The next morning we arose at 5 o'clock and all of I'erugia took its way across the valley in the early mist to deai- little Assist. We ar rived at 7:30 and stood in a mob until 11 o'clock. We didn't .have any tickets so we all separated, each for himself and in the end had as pood a .standing place as anybody in the ticket- place. 1 llirted with guards, craw led on my ha mis and knees, looked wistful and muttered the magic word "Americaine" until 1 got through. At one time the guard pushed some of us back out of the ticket place, then a good looking young one raised his arm and beckoned to me to sneak through when the officers weren't looking ami did 1 do it! After standing for five or more hours in a sipiare about the front of the little old church, held in place by bright and beautifully cost timed Italian and Bulgarian troops, the wedding party arrived. The prince and princess of Italy, the king and queen of Italy. King Boris of Bulgaria and his father, the ex-queen of greece, her daugh ter, the other princesses of Italy and Mr. Jones (safety's sake) of a certain important gentleman of Italy. Also one or two hundred chil dren --in white satin ditntses and- maids of honor and many, many others. Just as they arrived, it be gan to rain and as the last one en tered the church the largest hail stones 1 have ever seen came down. Itaiu Fulls on Party At first 1 found myself under a raincoat with a woman, a civilian ami two young Bulgarian soldiers, next huddled under an umbrella with five Italian yombs, nil very informal. After that we got into our car which was in the town square opposite a balcony hung with red velvet and at 1 o'clock the new queen of Bulgaria and King Boris came out on it and waved to the crowds. She is Very, very sweet. 1 ju.st love her. King Boris is very home ly like his pictures. She was so pale and sweet looking In a white velvet dress and she smiled and waved to everybody. 1 almost cried. Think of leaving your own country to become queen of a .strange people, with u man you probably do Jiot love! The reason the princess was married at such a small town as Asslsl was that she had made a vow that hhe would be married In the town of St. Frances. Bump Into Queen 1 forgot to mention that the day before we stopped for a few min utes at a hotel that the ex-queen of Greece, Sophie, sister of the kaiser, was staving at. It wan a small country hotel and very In formal. The queen was standing in an open doorway in the hall so B. and IX bumped into her by mistake! 7). Of course they had to excuse themselves and got a nod of acknowledgement. D. almost knocked the poor woman over. I could hare pushed up against her too but I didn't dare. But then she wasn't anything new for she ate at a table next to ours in Florence. To return to Assist, the dear old Fox Movietone and Paramount were there so when you look at "the eyes of tho world'' ut the wedding think of your daughter and know that she saw it all. The town opened its gates at 1:30 and we flashed back to Perugia." Iti.iL ..i-.uii (u li iiroL'rcss the sltaiiol is pretty well filled. This course! is conducted on Thursday nii;lils ' from 7 to S. Thanksgiving cheer was dis pensed by several of tho iruops I during, the week when tney uavc . I baskets of food and clothing to t I needy ones. All the troops are! ! making extensive plans for t'hrist ! mas cheer and entertainment n S the near holiday season. ! Saturday night. (last niKlitj, j marked the initial appearaiu c uf i a local Girl Scout broadcast ovei 1 KMKI), local station. This weekly j event will be "on the atr" for an j indefinite period through the win : ter at least. t The I?oy Scouts have from I ' to 5:30. and the Girl Scouts fro in i 5:30 to 5:45. I Koosevelt troop, under the 1i jreetion of their captain. Miss Vera j Humphrey, are working hard to j get their meeting place in the re-creation room at the playground, i all nicely decorated by Christinas. ! lings and new cretonne drapes add quite a festive appearance. Faintly Oiiincr At .lackMinvillo JACKSON V1LI.F. Ore.; Nov. :':). (Special.) A family dinner was enjoyed at the John "Viiniiifch;im home Thanksgiving. Covers wore placed for forty-two. Relatives and friends present were: Jim Wiuninghum and fam ily, II. C. Whitney and family, Mark, lictdon and Floyd Smith, Mrs. Kitsy .lamer. Mr, and Mrs. Kd Pence. Robert Dawson and family, G rover Burnell and family. Mrs. Polly Watkins and son, .Mr. ami .Mrs. Frances Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Kd Russell, Mr. and Mrs.' HAVANA, Nov. (pi a pre- T Hesty KuuUen, Jake. Charley and , monition of death w hich he lone Knutzcn, Win. Hacker. .Mr. ; thrust aside throimh ivm- of beiim Heath Johnson and John Winning ham and family. County expenses hi Good hue county, Minn., have increased TOO pereepf In the last L'L' vears. thouyl.L a coward, haunted Mi J. M. Keith-Miller, plucky Aus tralian aviator, whom air officials here believed today perished in an attempt to fly from Havana to Miami yesterday. FURS RepaMnf) and remodeling of alt fura a ipeclalty. Bartlett Fur Shop 06 E. 8th. South of Craterlan What the Girl Scouts Are Doing Ky Mrs. 1. .1. WilNon. Jackson school troop' with Mrs. Welty as leader, held their first meeting last -Monday after school with nearly t wenly-five enrolled. Monday will be their regular meet ing time hereafter. This troop has the red rose for its emblem and red is the troop color. We hope to be able soon to announce the time, and place of basketball practice for Girl Scouts of the city. Mrs. Myra Russet) will have charge of this activity which is to be limited to scouts of tho hih .school and Junior high troops, M iss Kuth Luy announces that registrations for the tap class are now closed. The enrollment was heavier than anticipated and when fgf WATCH REPAIRING li VJfiAr JEWELERS MtDfO.BD.ORty' i zr JOHN H. LOOK , Palntinr Dflf;nmtln 8pecllty - Phone 118 or 1451-4 - . V 1 . mmsss?,; - - - - - - h STABILITY M. Born & Co. Famous for 55 Years Made-to-Measure SUITS Guaranteed to Fltl $25.50 UP Lee's Men's Shop ' Next to Rlalto Theatre Medford's own Building & Loan Assn. There is no fluctuation on stock invest ments in this Association. Funds de posited are always worth 100 cents on the dollar. A safeguard carried by this Association is the Surplus Fund accumulated over a period of twenty-one years. Jackson County Building and Loan Association Organized 1 909 , - .j Annua ree Doll Event Begins Tomorrow, Dec. 1st c T Y One Doll Given with 51 cent Purchase We have 2000 Dolls, but we vant all our friends to get one so we limit this offer to to a Customer A These 9-inch Jointed Babies Are Unbreakable!! SANTA CLAUS has asked us to help him by giving Southern Ore gon children these 50c Baby Dolls FREE I 01 See Windows "ASK FRED" See Windows I PAGE SEVEC 1i Fin Interior Work ( I'
