Life — February 12, 1914 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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Weeding Out the Wieds ICKING out a noble Wied for the throne of Albania has sorely tried the newspapers here and abroad. Careful editors put it Prince William of Wied. But all three, the ruling prince and his two brothers, rejoice in this title and name. More reckless members of the brotherhood have gone into details and named the future queen. Verily, by their wives ye shall know them! About half the papers said that the wife of Prince William of Wied was well fitted to take her place on Albania’s throne, being a rich and popular Wurtemburg princess (Pau- line), with a taste for agriculture and weighing about seventeen stone (238 pounds), which fact had greatly aided her in masquerading as a Berlin cabby. It was at a ball, and she first made the kaiser laugh by her antics, and then filled him with wrath when he discov- ered her identity. The other half of newspaperdom has “ rooted” for Prince William of Wied and his wife, Sophie, a princess of Schoenburg-Waldenburg, the latter being certain to win the adoration of the Albanians because of her talents (guitar playing, singing and painting) and gracious manners, Lire, always the friend of the op- pressed and of the neglected, cannot do better than take up the cause of Giréle (who was Countess of Solms-Wilden- fels) and the third Prince William of Wied, whose wife she is. No doubt the ladies are all fit for the fray—the trouble has been to weed out the Wieds themselves, F, Maude Smith, ft | by aoe can absolutely rely on good service from your elec- tric systems when the car you purchase is equipped with Westinghouse Electric Systems Starting — Lighting — Ignition The powerful starting motor spins the engine under the severest conditions. The lights go on or off at the press of a button. The simplicity and excel- lence of the lighting systern insures utmost reliability and minimum trouble. Maximum spark is always obtained. The spark regulates automatically with the engine speed. Westinghouse Electric Systems require practically no attention. In the following list of 1914 cars, equipped with Westinghouse Electric Systems, there is a car to suit every purchi * Austin Automobile Co, 1A G Barley Coy “Halladay” mn : aser: t Hupp Motor Car Co. WEL. Melotyre Co, + Maree Motor Car Co. { Moreland Motor Truck Co. t The Norwalk Motor Car Co, * Oakland Motor Car Co. t Palmer & Singer Mfg. Co. 1 The Pierce Arrow — Car Co, t Pullman Motor ae § Stevens Duryea Co. } Wichita Falls Motor Co. * Starting, Lighting, and Ignition, 1 Starting and Lighting. 1 Lighting and Ignition, § Lighting Only Full information on these systems sent on request. Sold to automobile manufacturers only. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company Automobile Equipment Department Main Office, East Pittsburgh, Pa. Forty-four Offices : Service Stations in Principal Cities Worth Considering HE Appeal to Reason suggests that some of the surplus from the operation of the post-office be devoted to increasing the wages of the postal employees. It's not a bad idea. If we can afford to pay Congressmen $7,500 a year (plus various liberal emoluments) for sitting around and looking wise, it is certainly unnecessary for us to be stingy with that crowd in the gray uniforms who are on the job about as faithfully and continuously and efficiently as any crowd we know. They work much harder than Congressmen and talk less, How about it, Uncle Sam? Henry Ford thinks that a mini- mum wage of five dollars a day is none too high in the automobile business. It might be worth while to talk'the matter over with him. comicbooks.com