Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 25, 11 December 1916 — Page 21

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. - MONDAY, DEC. 11, 1916

THE CLEVER PRINCE Once upon a time there Ured a Prince who waa very poor. His father, the King, had lost all of his fortune in warring with a giant who wanted his kingdom. " ' This giant lived on top of a mountain that overlooked the vast lands of the King, and every time he wanted gold he would cause all his subjects, who were giants also, to throw rocks and trees upon the King's castle until in desperation he would send a bag of gold to the wicked giant, and he would stop until he again wanted gold. At last tiie King had no more gold . to give and the giant sent word to the Kins' that he wanted his castle now that he might become King himself;

that a 'man so poor as be should not be King. The poor old King began to, weep and wring his hands and wonder where she should live and what he should do for a home, when his son said to him, "Father, let me go to this giant and see if I can not find a way to be rid of him and get back your gold." The Prince was so Set upon trying that the King gave his consent, and the Prince without anyone with him or even a sword to protect himself started off for the home-of the giant on top of the mountain. ' . When he reached the giant's house the door was so big that the Prince looked like a little mouse walking in. "How dare you come Into my house without knocking," roared the giant when be saw the Prince. " Your Majesty, your house Is so big and grand and I am so very little that I could not expect to make you notice me even if I did knock,"" said the Prince. It pleased the old giant to be called "Your Majesty.' so he said, "Well, you are pretty bold even if yor are" small, but do you want and where did you you come from?" "Your Majesty," said the Prince, "I came from the lowlands and I knew there was no one there so wise as you; so I climbed the mountain to tell you of a wonderful power that I pos-

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sess and to make your riches invisible to all eyes but yours, for with all your subjects you must be in constant danger of having them overpower you and take it away." Now It happened that this was the very thing that the giant was afraid of, and so he told the Prince that he would gladly know this wonderful power... . ....'- So the old giant took the Prince into his storeroom under the house and showed him all the gold he had taken from the Kiug stacked about the room as high as the head of the Prince. "You must sit upon the floor and do as I tell you," said the Prince, and the giant obeyed. "This power can only be possessed by those who are big and strong like

you. , You must close your eyes and do as I tell you." The giant was not afraid, of course, of such a little man as the Prince, although he really was a strong man, and when the giant closed his eyes, be said, "Now I must bind your eyes so you cannot see." The giant consented to this, and when this was done the Prince began to put the bags of gold through the gratings of the window as fast as be could. "What are you doing?" asked the giant, puttings bis hands to his hea dand trying to remove the bandage. "If you remove the coverlngbefore I tell you the spell will be broken and you will be in danger of loosing your gold, for already the giants who are your subjects are beginning to plan now to take it away from you," said the prince. At last the last bag was removed and the Prince said, "Now I will show you the magic trick, but I must tell you that if it should happen you cannot see the gold you will know that your strength is gone, so I advise you not to let it be known even if you do not see it." ' , , The giant tore the bandage from his eyes, and, of course, he saw nothing but the bare walls. "Now, Your Majesty, call your subjects," said the Prince, "and ask them

if they see the gold. Of course you see it piled about the room, but the spell I have thrown over It will keep the others from seeing it." . - The old giant did not dare say he could not see it, for fear the Prince would know his strength was gone and tell the others, so he , said, "Of course I see it; I will call my subjects and hear what they have to say." When the giant went to call the other giants . the Prince - slipped through the window and ran down the mountain. . ;y When the Giants subjects came Into the room he asked them what, they saw. "Bare walls. Master," they replied. (. .... - -, ' , ;. This satisfied the giant, although he was terribly! frightened that he could not see the bags of gold himself, and when he tried to break av.bar of Iron, to see if his strength was really gone he found that he could not bend-it; fright had made him weak. ; Of course he did not want his eubjects to know this, so he sent them all away and locked himself in his empty storeroom. When it was dark that night the Prince returned with some of his father's servants and carried off the gold while all the giants slept and took it back to bis father's castle. The old giant brooded over his lost strength and the fear that his subjects would flnd.it.out,v.untiI one night he walked to. the edge of the mountain and threw himself over, and that was the end of him. His Bublects were all trees and

rocks which the giant had got a witch to change into his subjects and when the giant threw himself over the side of the mountain the other giants

FOR DIVORCES

JAPAN LEADS WHOLE WORLD

TOKIO, Dec. 11., (Correspondence

to The Associated Press) In propor

tion to its population Japan leads the world in divorce, according to statistics Just compiled by government offi

cials. A great number of separations

come about immediately after marriage. Whereas in England the proportion of divorce is only two to every 20,000 marriages and in the United States It is 82; In Japan there are no fewer than 173 divorces to every 20,000 marriages. .Most of the divorces recorded have been brought about by "mutual consent" and through the efforts of the go-betweens responsible for the original union. They were accomplished without submission to court or law. Out of the 69,000 divorces which were effected, between 1883 and 1902 only 409 cases were obtained by law suits. Divorce Report Filed The divorce report says: "This remarkable state of affairs is attribut-

turned into rocks and trees again, so that the King and the Prince lived in peace ever after and comfort. Tomorrow's Story "Mr. Fox and Mrs. Turkey." . , ; .,

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able "to the fact , that ideas of individual rights aid obligations as well as knowledge and experience of the law are but scantily ; developed in the minds of the Japanese people. But since the Japanese women are now growing In the consciousness of their dignity and rights we hear now and then of cases of women fighting for divorces in the courts of law. In conclusion the report urges stricter regulations, pointing out that the general tendency In the civilized world is toward .gradual diminution of divorce and that the proportion in Japan is becoming alarming.

BLAME SPECULATORS FOR SHORTAGE OF CARS

PITTSBURGH, Pa , Dec. 11. The present shortage of railroad cars is not due to a lack of railroad equipment but to speculation holding the cars loaded and to increased business, asserted .Arthur W. Thompson of Baltimore, vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in an address here. - . ' : . ,

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