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THE CHINA MAIL.
Mrs, Miles Poindexter, wife of the defeated United States Senator from Washington, has stirred up a homet's nest in Washington by her public revelations of official secrets, in which she named' wives of 1.Cabinet secretaries as using Government motor,cars, having the Marine Band play for them and getting flowers from Government con- servatories. One of the women named is Mrs. James J. Davis, wife of the Secretary of Labour, who is said',by Mrs. Poindexter to have used Government motor cars on her shopping expeditions,
Gos, the Portuguese possession
on the west coast of India, is called The City of the Past."
At its height it bad a population
of, 200,000 and was renowned for
its beautiful churches. One of
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the most beautiful of these is the cathedral, which houses the tomb of St. Francia Røvler. The city now has less than 1,5000 inhabitants, and most of its churches have fallen into decay. The one eventt of the year is the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Francis Xavier. The body of the caint is in a silver casket, atudded with precious stones, the gift of one of the queens of Spain.
FRIDAY, MARCH 53 19
Charged with stealing a $60 dress in a store. She confessed the theft and permitted herself to be captured to furnish her husband, E. F. Barnard, with grounds for divorce so that he might marry another woman. She said they had tried to secure a divorce, but lawyers told them they had no grounds. "So," she said, "I thought if I could get arrested and convicted he could get his divorce." "I love him so much I cannot deny him anything."
Mrs. Mae Hunt Nolasu and daughter.
Mrs. Mae Hunt Nolon has won the special election for Congress which followed her husband's death. She defcated aix other candi dates
Countess of Strathmore“
Central figures in the forthcoming marriage of the Duke of York to Lady-Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, father of the bride, was photographed at his estate, near Welwyn, Herts, England, while his wife, the Countess, Waa anapped during a recent visit to London. The others here pictured were bridesmaids at the wedding of Princess Mary to Viscount Lascelles and, according to society gossip in London, will act in a similar osp ity at the wedding of the Duke of York.
Count and Countess Frederick d'Jauze,, The Count is to become a motor car salesman. Before her marriage the Countess was Miss Alice Silverthorne, cousin of Ogden Armour, the millionaire packer.
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