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CASE OF BROTH-
MVE IN THE SAME HOUSE
During Entire Time James and Mary
5 Have Not Spoken to Each
Other— Usually Eat Their
Meals Separately
New York —On a 75acre farm, four
Girl, to Wed Heir to One of Eng-
Jand’'s Greatest Estates.
London. —Miss Eloise Breese, eld-
| est daughter of the Iate W. I. Breese,
'of New York, and the lady who is
pow Mrs. Harry Higgins, is receiving
| shouts of cangratulations on her en
| gagement with Lord Willoughby
d’Eresby, son and heir to the earl of
Ancaster. D'Eresby, who is I5 was
| engaged for one week to Miss Muriel
Wilson 11 years ago, but the engage
ment was broken off becauss the
Ancasters are strfet Protestants and
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Durney. brother and sister, who, al
‘Bouse since childhood and are the only
spoken to each other for 42 years
James Is 60 years old and Mary 55
two score years been one of the won
and the fact that, otherwise. they ap
Pear to get along together amicably
in but served to intensify interest in
case.
_ What further adds to the interest of
the sithation Is that neither brother
por sister ever says a derogatory word
of the other to anyone
~ Yet the cause of the period of 42
years of silence toward each other Is
one of the traditions of neighbors
When Mary Durney was 13 years oid
‘she wanted to go to a party ia the
yillage of Chateaugay, and her broth
“or, five years older, declared tbat she
"should not; that she was 100 young
10 go to parties
= The girl tried to slip out of the
Bouse, but her brother caught and de
t ber and refused to permit her
“40 leave the sitting room of their home
until the last vehicle had departed
with its merry load of youthful farmer
folk. As the sound of the wheels of
the last carryall died away Mary was
seized with frantic grief and passion,
and struggled desperately to open the
floor that her brother bad locked, put
Ring the key in his pocket He sat
“Sack and laughed at his little sister's
efforts to open the door. She
———d to force the lock and then
pounded frantically on the door, until
“exhausted by ber efforts and her Im
rage, she fell on the floor. She
ky {hare Tor hours, refusing to move,
‘ad shrieking when ber brother tried
10 get her to rise
When the girl arose the next day
refused to speak to or notice her
» and this is the attitude that
has maintained resolutely, through
fortune and bad, through deaths
the family, through success In
enterprises that came to
through the sickness or health
of both of them.
Her brother, quick to take his cue
apparently feeling as angry as
IR 42 YEARS THEY HAVE NEVER
SPOKEN OR DINED AT THE SAME
TABLE
after a few abortive attempts
vod Do answer to his remarks And
that day, 42 years ago on Octo
11, these two persons dwelling to
. Bave locked their lips against
other.
“The father of the pair died 20 years
During the last years of his life
tried fn every way to break the
jence Detween his son and daughter
they steadfastly refused to com
with his wishes after the death
their father, the mother took up
"n
MISS E1LOIEE BREEZE
(American Giri Engaged to Wed Engilsh
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disapproved of Miss Wilson's liberal
views about Sabbath observance
Lord Willougnby's father claims to
be duke of Ancaster and Is joint
hereditary great chamberlain of Eng
land, which gives him high precedence
at court He and the marquis of
Chalmoundeley both claim the office,
but the house of lords is unable to de-
cide between thew, su each holds it
fn alternate years
Lord Willolughby d4d'Eresby is very
quiet and serious It was expected
last year that he would propose for
Miss Muriel White, daughter of the
present Ambassador White
Lord Ancaster is one of the wealth-
fest peers in England. He owns im-
mense landed estates, is a great bul
wark of toryism and when Sir Wil
liam Harcourt passed his death duties
pil! Ancaster transferred all his es-
tates to d'Eresby in order to evade
eventual payment of the new duties.
This arrangement, under which
d’Eresby could at any moment evict
his father from his houses and prop
erty, was considered remarkable tes
timony of confidence in him
Miss Eloise Breese, who closely re
sembles her mother Is handsome, of
classic type, and als» very witty,
clever and cultivated She is a daugh-
ter of the late William Lawrence
Breese, who died a few years ago at
Islip, L. L, leaving an immense for-
tune to his widow and children. A
fow yours later Mrs Breese gave her
hand in marriage to Henry Vincent
Higgins, the six-foot three son “of the
‘Jacob Omnium’ of the London
Times, and former officer of the First
life guards, and who has recently
been decorated by King Edward with
the Victorian order for his services
in connection with the _ianagement
of the opera at Covent Garden
TO WED KAISER'S SON.
Engagement of Duchess Sophie Char-
lotte and Prince Eitel Frederick
of Germany Announced
Berlin —The engagement of Primce
Eitel Frederick, second son of Em-
peror Willlam, to Duchess Sophle
Charlotte, eldest daughter of the reign
ing grand duke of Oldenburg, has been
announced
Duchess Sophie Charlotte is a slim
graceful girl with pale regular fea-
tures. She is four and one-half years
older than Prince Eitel, who was
wo children, but she met with no bet
“fr success. She died 18 years ago
is. Nelghbor¥ for miles around
stubbornly declined Mary Dur
md. None of the neighbors can
Dt
Liwe
f anyone approaches the house she
paually locks and bolts the door She
La sever been to church or to school
Rey. FP. J. Deviin., of St. Patrick's
ureh, Chateaugay. often calls at the
to gel Mary to attend the serv
But when she sees him approach
she slams and baits the door in
face. All his knocking at the door
_8he merely goes about the
se pllling down the shades
Since day whens she and her
other quarreled over the party Mary
and winter she goes barefoot
| it 18 noted that the farm where
Myes Is only one mile from the
iss Border. one may realize the
g that going barefooted entails
Ber. When the farmhouse ls sur
ef By deep drifts of snow Mary
Butterflies at Sea
born io 18% i
Berlin She | been the constant
fompanion I hie father Grand Duka
Frederick of Oldenburg on his lonz
vachting trig Fie came well ad
quainted with Prince Eitel at Kiel las’
June where ye ing duchess did
skillful work with his small rater
Elizabeth Pr e Eitel is often called
the favorite of the court, and his en
| agement has caused unusual popular
nterest
War Tax Raises Rents
Recent Jaganese papers say that ths
heavy war lax imposed n city resi
dential lands has caused land owners
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{ In the city of Tokio to raise ground
rents. and in turns bouse owners have
increased hh se rents
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: This na
cansed wach dissatisfaction among
the poor
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