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i 'i'BvBBJ " BBBBJ BYBVJ BBBBBBBI BflHH mmw A BBBB1 CUPID AUTO IS FRANCE'S LATEST lHIQH-POWElVMACHINETO SPEED vi ELOPERS FROM THEIR ANGRY PARENTS. WOMAN RUNS UNIQUE BUREAU 80 Many Runawiy Matches In Paris That Special Car Have Been Fitted to Hasten Lovers to ConJugaJ'Mapplness. Paris. There Iiah been u regular epidemic 'At mysterious elopements In -Paris during the punt six months. Every guard whTch stein parents liavo put about their Inftituatod daughters has been broken down, nnd plft! In ,u twinkling loving couples have been i whlaked away to conjugal happiness ( , carried off apparently on tho wings of Cupid. Indeed. Ciipld has played a most practical nnd effective part In these runaway marriages, but It Is a Cupid of rubber tires, shining wheels and powerful motor power; It's a Cupid with tho speed of Mercury In short, It Is tho latest nmko of racing automo bile For a long while all that could bo wrested from runaway couplos was the statement that they had been married In tho "Cupid's Car." What tho Cupid Car was or where It was to bo found they declined to reveal to any but thoso whoso hcuits wore torn by "tho. cruelty of opposing parents." r Somehow tho secret leaked out, as 1 oven the deepest mysteries will In j time, and lo! there Is In Paris a per fectly equipped elopement bureau with n polished and charming Parlslcnna In charge a regular fairy godmothor she Is to tho elopers and her splendid garago Is a much sought port In the rough ocean of truo lovo. This elegant garage Is a rogular Jckyll nnd Hydo establishment, for. besides providing means of escape, It also supplies enraged parents with high speed cars In which to follow. Mile. Dob Walters Is known In Paris ns tho owner of one of tho finest gar ages In the French capital and many races havo born won In her ma chines. Somctlmos she rocelves word wcokB ahead that her Cupid will be desired on such and such a date, then the mat ter iof wardrobo, route, etc., can all b Attended to with leisure, but more frequently tho couples run Into her I , KJjago, breathlcsB and Incoherently Tt- ' tfPd for speedy first nld. Thon all " . maemolsollo's Ingenuity Is roused and(she soothes, assures and plans as ( sho gives ordors and bustles about fitting out tho brldo with tlnery which hasty flight haB obliged her to leave t DOG SAVES GIRL IN I TRUE ALPINE FASHION VOUNQ WOMAN, LOST THREE OAY8, RESCUED FROM MOUN- I TAIN 8NOW. I Seattle, Wash. Caught in a snow alldo nnd hold captive for 40 hours. and at last dlscovorod, Alpine fash- s Ion, by n groat St. Bernard dog, Miss Lillian Ulrcbard, recently of Daven port, ,.In., but now residing with hor paronts at Tacoma. Wash., Is rocov- Miss Blrchard Was Hurled from the Sight of Her Companions. - erlng from tho effects of tho exposure sho underwent. With a party of friends and tour ists, tho young woman was attempting to climb to tho summit of Mount Hnln lor, near this city; When at an nltl ' tudo of moro than 10,000 feet and within a mllo of the top, a donso cloud obscured everything and a furious snowstorm set In. Snow fell to a depth of thruo feeL In rbo oxclfoment of seeking a tern poran shelter. Miss Dlrchard stopped upon treacherous Ico and was hurled from tho ilgbt of hor companions. Her cries woro drowned by tho roar of tho wind. The men tied ropes to a , bare stump, and, leaving the women h huddled together for warmth, attempt- d to discover the whereabouts of the llrls ' iTbcy returned at ulghtfnll, having leer 09 trace of Miss nianchnrd. HHBJBBMB.'X'tr-C' !'" - - - - behind. She has the routo laid out, the honeymoon planned, a tolegram sent to the mayor or parson, rooms at a distant hotel socured, a substantial lunch packed, Cupid run out, Jacques, tho chauffeur, equjpped, a dainty maid to act as necessary witness in structed, nil four packed into tho double-seated auto with tho luggago In tho tonncnu and honk, honk and an other elopement Is on. After about an hour's resplto mademoiselle's services aro again cnllcd for MonBlcur, very red of face, very dnmp of brow and very florco of! temper, dashes Into tho garage so In nocently fumous for Its speody motor 'carriages, and axcltedly implores Mllo. to bring out her best car and put her cleverest chauffeur at tho wheel. Sho may not wilfully lend him astray as to the road to take, Indocd, f W? '- &5S 'f 1 1 4'JL' J zm Honk, Honk, and Another Elopement Is On. she earnestly asserts that she often helps a little not enough to cnuse trouble In this direction. And who can blame her If Cupid Is mnny horse power superior to any other auto In her garage, or If the lovers got a full two hours' start of "papa?" Surely not tho eloping couple, nnd so her business grows. Cupid Is constantly changing his color and his number, oven his trimmings arc renewed nbout onco a fortnight, so that although Mllo. Hob'a garago Is famous throughout Paris among sportsmen, and has a fame ol a different order unions a number at happily married young people, as yet the Cupid has not been "spotted." To havo the car bocomo fnmlltur would bo to materially Injure the valu ol thla strungo elopement bureau. temporary protection from tho storm was built and a sleepless night pasBrd. Tho next day tho storm hnd subsided. With experienced guides tho search was kept up all day without success. The third day Fred Thomns, of Ta enmnh, was sent for, and with his big St. Hernnrd dog tho part) returned to tho sceno of tho slide. Within 300 yards of the temporary camp the missing girl was found. A grent angle of evorgieens fully pro tected hor from tho lco and Bnow and kept off tho florco wind. Though suf fering from frozen earH, fingers and toes, Miss Illnnchard was otherwlso uninjured. Sho was nearly famished from her long fast It la the third res cue by the samu dog FIGHTS FEROCIOUS OTTER. Game Amphibian Drags Man's Row boat Across River. London A light between a man and an otter took place on tho Illver Eden at KIrkby Stephon, In Westmorlond. The stoiy of thin reninrkable Incident was related by "Tom Darker, who eventually killed tho nnlmal. Otters havo Infested tho river at KIrkby Stephen for somo dns past, and unsuccessful attempts havo been made to unearth them by menns of dogs Mr Unrker set a rat trnp on the brink of tho rlvor and secured It to a treo by a chnln. On going to the place In a boat ho found a fine dog otter fast by two claws In the trap. The otter snnpped viciously nl him, and caught hold of tho gunwale of the boat In tho attempt to reach him Ilepontod blows on tho head, howevor, disabled It, and It sank out of sight and out of reach In tho water. Mr. Ilarker thon loosed tho chain from tho tree, and the otter, thus part ly liberated, actually pulled tha boat from ono side of tho stream to the other In its frantic attempt to escape Hauling tho ottor to tho surfaco of the water, Mr. Ilarker endeavored to dis patch it with his stick, but the otter seized and almost bit tho stick through, nnd gnawed the edge of tho boat, trying to reach Its opponent Tho man thon drovo tho animal be neath tho surface and, fastening tho chain to the boat, pulled up and down tho river until tho ottor was drowned. It was found to measuro 4G Inches from snout to tip of the tall, and to weigh 18jiounds, The Real Thing. "Miss Mercedes Panhnrd has a very mobllo countenance, hasn't sho?" "Yes; she's got the real auto face.' Baltimore American. Miss Marie Peary I BBBBBjFB ''UE3?lBBBBBliLjGtBBBBjKBBBBBBBBl BBBBBjTK B'4utABBBBBBHBP?BBBBVBBBBBBBBjl BBMrfikiaiacS fflBlMiBsBMBW BBBBBsVvV VTF3iBMBUUSrHuyvSKBMBSBBBBBHBBBBB SlstestiB PXliBiWsMrsSSTvTwBaBBE"',,fc' Vf?V!?3BBBBBBBj3 DISrwWiLBb-JAisHHsHsH Daughter of the famous arctic explorer, Commodore Peary; she was born In the Arctic zone. FAVORS MED FEES GEORGIA SENATOR'S SCHEME TO INDUCE EARLY MARRIAGES. Plan Provides for Free Wedding License Under 21 Over 50 Cost $50 Flood of Praise and Protest Brought On. Atlanta. Ua. Senator J. W. Taylor, f5 yearn of age, nnd 11 widower, hns bi ought upon himself a Mood of com mingled protestations anil commenda tions tluoiiRli his advocacy of a gntoT uated scale of inatrlago licenses. Senator Taylor Is u southerner of tho old bchool. He Is the highest Ma son In the state, Is wealthy, hns been In politics for years, and Is Im mensely popular with tho ladles. Ho Is a man of Htrlklng uppcniunco, a magnificent llguiu, and us vigorous as a muu of 40 years. His prominence In the news col umns of every leading paper In the country was ieally the result of a humorous Interview. Tho senute was considering a bill making uniform tho marriage license feoH of the Mute. It wjih not Senator Taylor's hill, but the legislative body was having u lot of fun out of It. Following the sennle debute, Sena tor Taylor gave an Intervluw In which he proposed n graded scnlo of mar riage license fees. If a man marries nt 21 or before, he Is to pay no fee; between 21 and 25, a fco of $1.50; be tween 25 and 40, it foe of $2.50, from 40 to 50 a fee of $10; from 00 to CO, a fee of $50. When a man gets past CO he Ih barred from marital Joys, "I said that 'n fun," declared Senator Taylor, "but I don't know but that I will really advocate a law of Hint kind Why shouldn't there be an net to compel a mnn to early enter marital relations? I am Inclined to be 11 Roosevelt mnn In one paitlcular wn I am dead against race suicide. There Is it strong modem tendency among young men to dodge tho mar ried relationship It Is an unfortunate tendency, nnd I do not know but that I would be per foi tiling poiterlty n gicat service In offering Inducements to early marriages "In my boyhood It wan a badge of honor for n man to marry as soon as ho reached his majority, and many married before that time. Young mon did not fenr to face tho icspouslhlllty of a family ns these anemic young fellows do thcuo days. Mnrrlngo nnd the parentage of progeny is a sacred duty of humanity, nnd any mnn who does his best to further that cnuBu Is right. j "IliipsWilillU 1" UJliinr 1111 amend ment to in) such n hill," said Senator Taylor lmlf whimsically. "I wnnt to exempt wldoweis from nny provisions of my lw. Widowers nro different. They hyo braved tho plunge once, und If if mnn Is daring enough to try it n second, third or fourth tlmo, ho ought to hnvo n clenr trnck. Why, 100k at this letter from a Philadelphia wid ower He sayH he Is bereft of a hotter half through no desire or connlvnnco of his own. He was left with a back yard full of small children, and thought he ought to havo a good woman lo look after them. I believe that (in) man who can persuade a woman to accept a largo and lusty ready made family ought to havo tho undisputed right, and havo n license handed him on n gold platter. If I could, I would vote tho woman a Car negie medj 1. "My highest object, however, Is to force n few benighted bachelors In tho Georgia sennto to bow to tho marital yoke. It Ih shocking to my mind how openly and shamelessly somo Haunt their untrammelcd freedom hero In the highest legislative body of the Empire Stnto of tho south, 1 am rath er Inclined to tho Idea that I will In troduce a kindred bill, making it n felony for a bachelor to offer for pub lie olllco In this stnto." Senntor Taylor has been mentioned ns possible gubernatorial timber when the term of Oov. Hoko Smith oxph-os. REVIVAL OF PIG STICKING, "Pine Toppers" In Training for Sport at a North Carolina Fair. OreeiiBhoro, N C A new Industry hns been hi ought Into this section, ono that promises to pioduce a very lively degree of lnteiett and which may suc ceed In revolutionizing a time honored sport that Is jet dear to those who frequent the fair grounds when tho open season Is on In fact, the ancient sport of pig sticking may ho lovlved If J. F Jordan hns his way about It and Is successful In breeding a type of boars that are Indigenous to tho soil nenr Manchester, where ho has a gamo preserve well stocked with dif ferent varieties of winged and four footed things at which to shoot or spear tThese quadrupeds of tho genus por clnus are locally known as "piuo top pert)," hut even Mr. Jordan's acquaint ance with verbiage because ho was formerly sheriff of this county does not enable him to tell how these frisky, long tusked boars havo ac quired their name. Tho suggestion was made, however, by Garland Dan iel, secretnry of tho Central Cnrollna Fair association, that the name Is based on the fact that these anlmuls enn outtop nnd outrun any other spec! mens of their kind on tho footstool and are so difficult of captuie that not even the fleetest footed negro can catch one. though given u big start by the boar Mr Jordan has two of these racers In training Each ono Is to bo let loobo on tin fair grounds on a certain day. nnd ilu- negro that captures his particular pig will be allowed to tako It hemic- fur fnnilly consideration nnd ludlgetftlon Ono of these racers has u refold of lumping 27 feet on tho level nnd It Is snld to ho Mr. Jordan's 1ioh If not tils full Intention so to trnln this speedy and active runner nnd hioml juniper that Its record shall bo brought to 115 feet. Anyway, tho spectacle of 11 hundred or moro blnck chasers after a pig that has been greased by the hand of nature prom ises to bo one of thoso sights at tho fair that are alono worth tho pried of admission. Britain, Too, Has War Airship, AldershoL- -At least ono military so cial has been well kept In England It Is now learned for tho first time that for the past two years tho con struction v a military airship has been In priVress here, and it Is prob able that wllun tho next mouth Alder shot will hc the first or tho Ilrltlsh aerial fleet flouting over the parade grounds. It y believed that the new airship will uViproxImato the type of l.a I'atrlu, tiiV French military bal loon. It will named for King I'd ward, who recenjly Inspected It. . ... DEBUT OF MISS ETHEL H WILL TrfKE PLACE IN WHITE HOUSE THIS WINTER. Coming Out of President's Daughter In Washington Society Will Be Brilliant Affair Is Only 17 Years Of Age. Washington. Washington's noxt so cial season will be 1 endured moro than usually brilliant by tho debut of the president's second daughter, Kthel Roosevelt. She Is still n child, a schoolgirl, this second daughter of tho president of tho United States, and In tho ordinary course of events It would bo n year, pcrhnps two jears more, beforo she would bo nliovved to tako u place In tho charnjed clicle of pollto Washing ton life. Rut it Is the debit e of Mrs. Rooso velt to give Kthel the samo prestige that went to Miss Alice, that of "coming out" to society within tho wnlls of tho historic executive man sloti. Tho date selected for tho dnhul of tho new daughter of Iho Whlto Houso Is said to bo early In January. Sho will remain In school till tho midwin ter examination, nnd -then after leav. Ing school for the Chrlstmns vacation, will slay In Washington for tho re mainder of the season, to follow to a considerable extent tho experiences of her sister Alice, now Mrs. Congres mnn I.ongworth. Hthel Is tho only daughter of Iho president by his second wlfo. Miss Alice, It will bo recalled, was tho only child of the president by his first wife, Miss I.ee, who lived only n few jenrs after tho marriage. The second Mrs. Roosevelt mndo no distinction between this ono child of n previous mnrrlngo and hor own h"jod All wero treated alike, and tho affection between the president s l wife and his oldest child nro gunulno nnd sincere. In bringing out Miss Allco Roosovolt she had a genuine, plcnsuro, and sho leveled In nil tho experiences of tho daughter culmlnntlug In the remark able wedding that made hor for a tlmo the most talked of young worn nil In tho land. II Is only natural that sho should wish to securo somo of tho samo tri umphs for her own daughter, henco tho hurrying along of tho time for her debut. First will probnbly come n ball, to bo held according to custom In the eaat room, which Is tho sceno of nil the big and olaborato functions. With Mrs. Roosuvolt receiving, Miss Ethel will bo formully Introduced to tho mombors of tho diplomatic corps and their ladles, cabinet members, Jus tices nnd niemborn of congress who tnko part In soclnl life. Most of thoso sho already knows, but the presenta- GIRL INHERITB 12.500,000. Gladys Vanderbllt Comes Into For tune on Twenty.Flrst Birthday. New York. August 25 waB Gladys Vnnderbllt'B twenty-first birthday, when, according to tho will of hor fa- MI8S GLADYS VANDERDBILT. (Girl Who Has Just Come Into a For tune of $12,500,000.) titer, tho Into Cornelius Vnndurbllt. sho cnine Into nbsoluto ikisscshIoii of tho estnto left In trust for hor. which amounted to tho nent little sum of $12,500,000. Miss Gladys Is tho youngest of the II vo direct heirs to tho vnst fortune amassed by tho third lieud of tho hoimo of Vanderbllt. She nnd her mother have been cruising In Euro pean waters, taking tho vwtlcis In tho south of Franco and hunting tho curio shops of Paris for rare old bronxes, of which tho) hnvo iieourcd qulto a number, for tho spacious halls of tho llrcakers, their Newport homo, Mrs. Vanderbllt has cabled to hnvo tho Ilreakers opened. She and Gladys aro coming over for tho Into season, ind, Incidentally, for business reasons tho redistribution of tho Vnuderbllt millions, which, according to that doc ument of fatherly love and wrath, tho Vunderblll will, wus to bo Dually ad justed when Gladys cnine of legal age. Clerks mid accountants wore busy for many months making preparations for this settlement of the stupendous fortune. Alfred, ll'-slnuld and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney all received sur plus accumulations from legacies to beneficiaries to date unpaid. The will stated over and over again that cor tain moiiejs go to "my children, Al fred Gertrude, Reginald nnd Gladys," us If no Cornelius had ever fX'gted. Thus Is tho peuulty that Cornelius, Jr., paid for marrying Mlstt Wilson ugaln brought to puhlie ntitlre tlon Is a very Important part of a young girl's career In tho pollto llfo B This done, Miss F.thol will at onco H find herself In a position of command-' H lug Importance. Sho will tako tho lead- B ershlp of the younger set, a place HBVB vacated when Miss Allco became a HBVB mat 1 011. .Many of tho young women BVBV who were the companions of MIbs HBVH Allco have married, somo have re HBVH tired from Washington, for politics BBV make frequent changes In tho llfo ot BBVH (ho capital, und many a girl who HBVJ shines for ono or two sensons In mid- BBHH detily whipped away when a district BBV decides It wants some now mombor or BBVJ a president seeks to mnko changes In HHBV his HBVJ Oilier girl friends of Miss Roosevelt HBVJ nre still In Washington, nnd though yluMsWBBsWsiysBr'v HibVjb! 5tct m ffH Kthel In younger, thoy must cheerfully accept her swny. HBVJ Tho public appenrances of Mlsa HHVJ Kthel have been rare. Sho was nt tho wedding of hor sister, of course, and Is occasionally seon nt tho the- HHVJ titer with her parents, but Mlas Hag- BBVJ nor nnd Mrs. Roosovolt have steadily favored keeping hern way from public functions until tho ilohut. Ouo or tlo few big affairs sho has BBS nttonded was tho West Polnt-Annnpo- BBV lis football game last winter. BVH Miss Kthol Is bright and accom- BBBJ pllnhcd, lacking perhaps u llttlo of hen BBH sister's brilliancy; she In novortbolosn BBH n worthy daughter of 11 father who Is ASH n man of letter nnd a mother who has BBBj gnlned it reputation nt tho Whlto jBBBJ HniiBO mulched by row of tho many 'HBbJ talented hostesses who havo preceded bSH BH AtuerlcntiH havo causa to bo proud BVH of MIhb Allco nnd were. All who BVH know MIhh Kthel Bay that alio will bMj bo equally 11 credit to tho nation. BBBj HAVE HOUSE IN A TREE. Mr. and Mrs. Felton, of Orange, Mass., BVH Live In Willow Castle. lloston. Mr. nnd Mrs. Frank P. Fol- BBS ton, of Orange, Mnss., now llvo In n BBBj tree. 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