Show f w iv r GOOD STORIES ON I j NOTABLE PERSONS Duko Duke Alexis Alexis's Hunt Runt for tor Potatoes Like Haroun Al AI of ot Arabian Nights fame tame many of tho the notable perSons per- per Sons eons In Europe like to go o about In mufti mutU mut- mut U ti ti One of ot th the causes H In a de desire to see seo what hat Is going on but that Is rather antiquated antiquated an an- in these of matter flays daya as The main reason it is 18 i believed for tor this apparent erratic conduct Is to gratify como Gomo taste taste- that might seem to smack of ot the common crowd a taste Innocent In itself but not to bo he displayed before beloro ones one's associates Whether this might be said of ot tho the liking for fried potatoes Indulged in b by the Grand Duke Alexis of ot Russia or not this Is Is at an any rate a 0 story atory told of ot his recent visit to the tho city of ot Paris Parl Every day tho the Grand Gran Duko Duke slipped away from his companions and arid went to toa toa a a. street stall where an old woman served d him with crisp fried potatoes She hadn't the slightest notion who ho he was WM but one da day because cause he paid her herten herten herten ten times the price pric she asked she determined de dc- e- e to find out who her patron was She Sho Inquired persistently and finally one of or her neighbors said He Is Grand Duke Alexis undo uncle of tho the Czar and ono one of oC the greatest c men In RUf Russia Ia Utterly amazed tho the woman asked In heavens heaven's name how hov should I ad address address ad- ad dress him Oh call him your Excellency or your our Royal Roal Highness s. s was the an an- The Tho woman resolved to do so and the next day dllY as ns she was wa sprinkling somo soma salt over the smoking potatoes s which Duko Duio had bought sho said paid I 1 can recommend them to your our Royal Highness for a a. know your Excellency has never ta tasted tod better potatoes The Grand Duke burst out laughing and paid more for tor tho the potatoes than ho he had ever paid before but he was annoyed an an- noyed at finding himself recognized and never returned to buy another potato |