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Famous Hope Diamond Is Working Its Spell Again At LfucJ Marfrap Ma\ Hlamr- ll for llrr Nrw?>l Trot: ?- lil?* ami lli?* Baleful (inn Sri'ins lo !??. (?oo<l yc Publicity Ap*nt for the Now \pn;: May n.v iiowuwn wool) ir?iirlitt. 1)24. *!? Th? riww l.irh. Nov. i." - The f:t- , *uh H.pr diamond. icmi; rank-i ? a tali man of i \ il ? . ??? < it il r- - oily to the great Koh-I-Noor. >11 toe rnmp.iK - a pa in. No Irs* <'rs>nag* Hum \1:?v Yoba ? de*p May" who dane? <1 In i i.ito possession of it as ? lit lc Kran. !h Hope. only r.vol her way out of It again an elopement rises in llo? f?i blame it for her Isii ? trou . tin- niys!) Hons sliootlnu .* hfr current husband. t'aptair -John A. Smuts, a cousin of Uon 'eral Jan Smuts of Africa. From tin? day- tlio pr? rioif; jauble a * wrenched from it^ s?-: ;lng in the foreiu.ei !?' a llindti Idol and taken l?y From a (traveller, Taverniei.*. k to ? Franco to becoinc I lio n? r ot ('the French crown eoMivt'on. the "French blue"' us ii origin; liy w.-.s known. hi>s traditionally id:? .1 tho life of everybody in'n whose possession it came. But as May Yoba said a v.-ar or so ago, "I'm like i rubber ball ? the hard or I fall, tin lii.ihn I bounce. So Hroudwa.v i> won dering if the lam m. ,si?.n tun. not be a blessing In dUguise to jJ' Madcap May." Tl?" l.,f t ?-\ ?)dolt of the baleful ut'in lias I it ** great little publicity 4?u.-nt for; the ageing May . And the quel of llii" la !????! c\lri:n;?T ioti. Broadway thinks. may lie an elusive little "l?lue diamond club". or something of ih*? s?rt. ?May operated ri "Mae diamond Inn" near Huston until recent iy. when it burned and left ii r and her hushan<l "buike" onr(- more. Milt right ???*. the H ipe diamond, even though it h:?d long sine" paused out of h r posession. ought to be a pond "stake" to set her up in business once more. The Victorian era Rein expert Streetei. who wrote a boiik about the Hope Diamond and other fa mous Kcmti, certainly had t he right dope who he wrote "it as If the diniond needed tven in his tory. a dark background ti? show up its fascinating hues." The Koh-I-Noor faded Into the ''gendary realm when it cnnie <v> Queen Victoria's possession 4nd was prudently lucked away .nto the crown jewel collection. I*he dark Imck ground had been ? Sromoved. I (Not so with tiie Hope diamond. [?Events have iflultlplied about it. ! to make it perhaps the world's .best known diamond, though it is l?far less valuable th-'ii the Koh Jl-Noor, being worlli a mere quar ter of a million or so. Ta vernier, who took it from 'France to India, where the sup 'eratition of the baleful influence ^of gems originated ? not without ?Treason as India's history shows ? wa*- torn l-? Mis 1\v ?!??-- ?? - i ?-"tly n(t-T In* "iM I; t ?? I .? mi i > NIV. Ml:io 1> tt'li IK I it out of Louis XIV- and .-li'Ttly lo.- t li? r p!.mm> ;i ; ? r i favorite. I.oitl.s XV. wh.i inherited the sloto\ dwk>d l.y lork iau i: away among tli?? r.. vit '.!*?? d ro.ut I.ouss X Vl4 liroiifht i' f. ? rt l? to auorn hi* e.?r.<ort. Mario Anioin ? 1 1 ? and piith l<v?t ill* ir heads, as did I'r!:; i -i l.:iniln Hi-, v. ho liaiT !?e?*u ].i rmi.n-d l-y Mario ? Antoltiee to w. ;?r it. Tlu? R* tn w.is stolon ditrinp' ill-- Kn n? li r volution a tut ?l i?l n >t appear av.i:.i until l.v.u when it hti?l lM-i-n i ::t d.iwn to ilisitttNo it. until ii wci^IkmI only its present 14 1-2 k", IVmiel Kliiisun s'iM ?? ; lli'itry Thomas ' Hopo. who>o daughter. the wif of t ho dllU? ot W t*USlJo, loft it to li'*r sou. !.o:?l Franels Hope. TU?'!v. hack In tin' l.ito tiltut ies, "Madcap May." in tin- h? ithi of lii-r Kloiy in a iun:deal eomf dy star. latidod hi London and rap iur?d l.nrd Knuicis - the dia mond. In l -'io iltip.'.l with Major Putnam Itrad!- ?? S*r.?ne. *<on of a f.i'jmt 'nr.v-r of N<-*.v York. Site 1 ? f t ih?- ilor.""dl.in>oii'l behind. hilt ? ir ihrouKli wi:l? :? half tnMI'oii ? Ir ?*?;:! ? whh'li lor lin-h:tnd had Kivt-u !:??!?. Th"ii Si run;; ? i ? ???rte.d her. "Madenp May" wont to ?he Imt i o hi 'tin ||]?> India rubber w.?* working nr.'i slio came up neain. In Afrira tdie :ni<t and married ?<'aj?i.*> it; Saint*. follow il 'him through the war as a 1 1? -il Crosji i.nrse. and thru brought him to America. I"|w and down* ??n t'liuw!. Onrr?- '? \rad'*n;? May" was ri-di'.'/'-d ??? tie- rat: k:- ?T scrubwo When Mexican and U. S. Labor Groups *4et 1 H-ie^ates to the American Federation of Labor con vcnUon'm I'l I'aso. Tex.. n.. r M-jitv-K-ntuUvcM of the Mexican Confederation of Labor at the American gate of the inter national bridge American and Mexuun flags ?*t-r* flying The visitor* inarched three miles on foot frum their Juan-* meeting place, acruaa the bridge, through the streets of ?1 Paso, to Liberty Ilail, where the Americans were assembled. man. I.u>t year she made a "mmr-liark" in vaudeville. The ''Mine-Diamond Inn" now de stroyed by flri* followed. M<e?n I lino, the Hope diamond ohanjceil hands several times ami stories of it m influence continued. To It was attributed by the supcr MititioUM the death before an au tomobile some years uko of the young son of the "Ned" McLeans ' of Washington, who bouuht it in lf?06. . The uem now belongs to Mrs. Anna Thompson ljodge. wife of llnfaco Podge, the automobile iiianufaeturer. Ilut the publicity there of still belongs to .Madcap May Yuba. I ho most spectacular of its latter day owners. 1*1 ASK SI'MIAV KIMTION Salisbury, Nov. 25. ? Tin- Post 1 uhlishing Company, publishers of the Salisbury Post, the after-' in?<?u newspaper of this city, is planning a Sunday morning tril lion of l he paper, it has been iinnoimct'd here by ilio editor. The Post, whieh has bi*"n pub lished for nearly iwt-my years, has been expanded rapidly for last few month*, it was *aid. and finds the enlarged issue and Sun day edition made neeen*ary by presxinc demands. The first nil it ion of the Sun day issue, it is now planned, will begin Sunday. November 3??. The Post now hug the leased wire of The Assoeiated Preys and ??? cording to the publishers, this rvlw will lit1 rxtfi'dt'il in ciivit in.' s -.111 i!ny morning edit ion. TlltKHYS M)\V IN TKXAS Houston. Nov. 2.". ? Farmers in !!??? iui?-i:t?r of To.xa* arc* soiling tiuk>>- as low iii 12 en's a P'miii.I *??i the ho'?f. Houston. j?ri?*v> i.intf Ho ill 1 v to 21 -out s. < ( |(oi? SHOltT IV STATU WISCONSIN Maillftii. Wis. Nov. 2*i. ? Tin1 ral>bau?' nop m Wisconsin thin yi ar was inns, or 20 por rent iikiI- r 11?23. Klooil* and heavy rains !n il>?> Itarins-Kotio rliii district iv r?'sponsil?lf lor tlio lower yield. MELICK r.itnss \\ oki) l?l Z/.l K BOOKS? 81.35 SritiiMl edition or lit*' orl uilt:tl IrMilt t!i:il i? ailllll** inu. iiiti'ri^iilK mill 1 ii vti'tl) lint; Try 1 1 ? It l-> i a.-x-insiting MELICK ? lSTHMA i No cure for It, but nelcomi I relief is often brought by? VICKS ? V A PO RU B Oct IT Million Jara U?0ci Yturly MEET YOUR FU1END3 AT Ol'R Clean Soda Fountain at THE ai*oti?kcai;y SIIOl* Christmas MOM K Y roit vor Our (lll'Klllias ('lull |MI>S >??u Hit* Itioiit'9 uIh-ii >??ii Join ii. JOIN TO I) \ ^ IU- siiiv flint > > >11 ci'l > ? >ii r 4*hrl?liinis Clin k. \?k lis lor lull In format IoiiJ INDUSTRIAL BANK vww DOVT I.KT YOl'K It \|)l \'l'OI{ KKKKZK I,ct lis wash out your radiator and till with alcohol rind fresh water. Tide- water Buick Co. Next Camden Bridge. ALBERT E. SMITH PRESENTS ? BORROWED HUSBANDS ? Starring ? FLORENCE VIDOR and ROCKLIFFE FELLOWES Alkrama Today Great - 6<?eat ? Plam that veqse OVER AGAIN ? I'M uSTeNING IT HAS A VJ0N06RFUL SV4IM6-DOTTIC MOORE A ! KNOCKOUT How a boot TAKIN6 UP THESE f l&URE^ON) At>VERn6(M&' IIY TAVI.OU MOM'N Celling l'li-(>?nrr Before NOVO LETS take < DP "THIS ACAJERTiSitOO . C0MT8ACT ? C.I C D i :ar v con THANKSGIVING SPECIALS at MITCHELL'S On Sale Wednesday LADIES HATS Our Nrw York r?*?i<lcut hinrr lia* ju*l shi|>|H*(l u* another lot of filial* Itraul it'ul trimim-d Vf*lu?k? iiirlnilcil in tlii* lot are up to SUMM). I1< > wii? al>!<? lo pick tlicm lip for a low prin- ami mi? pas* I li rliaurr for Hiimlrrful ?a\ in^- up to you ? - WKI>NKSI)AY SPECIAL ? $5.00 LADIES DRESSES ii. ?rr arc thr very lalr*l patlrriis. mIyIcm and HfavoH ? -Materials arr Point I n ill-, t iliariniM'iiH, <!rr|H* <|<? Uiiiir, Sat ins, l*liii<l Hunnrls, fir. Vrry lairs rrra tions of flu* I\lodihiiV i?rl. Kvrry one prirril for lllis suprr I'vrnl about lialf pricr ? Jusl l?l?- llir prirr of each ill your in intl in regard to <pialit\ ? lint? your pork?*l-l?ook pays only what wv jisk Ill four super special groups, AT $10.00 $14.50 ,$19.50> .$26.50 I)0,V OVUM I. O O THKSK ON WKI)NF,SI)AY z \ !!.* * i< k a r. N AM IKS IIKKE DRESSES FANCY GINGHAM llcrr irt lo nrl I In- tvliolc Iohii talking ? 8.1IH) vului'K al 81/J.v? for Wrdiirwilav, Much* of nrh'cl Aniiiskcag (iiiijdiain? Hcaiitifiil pathm* in rliccks, pluidfi or plain rolor* ? (lollur* and nilTs in rniilra?tiiitt color* or nliitc 1 Vurl hut* ton*? Sizes uri* .'{(> to IH \ rhaiirr for thr prrfrcl ihirly^ixi". and lh?* *lyli*h slonl*-? They ft<> mi -nlr WM>M\SI) \ V? while (iiir lot la**t al eitrli, nnlv $1.95 MITCHELL'S DEPT. STORE
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