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Show 4 1 a -4 Timely Topics ASV VICTIMS. In that meanest man contest la which entranta already Include tha person who robe a blind man of hla pennies, tha one who at sals a baby's milk and a few other wall kaowa rharacterev must aow ba added tha man who awladlea a Russian grand duchess. If tha award wara ta ke mada today, thia last entrant would stand a good chance af winning tha title. Thera are few neapta In tha world today ao pitifully piti-fully clrcumstsncad aa tla exiled members of tha Russian nobility. Highly cultured, but without training or experience of any practical value, many of them axhauatad by Buffering, they aro now thrown pennllaaa Into a world which they do not underatand. la aplta of these and other handicaps, many of them hava won llvlnga and respect by assuming menial poaltlona and learning how to work. Tha stories of grand dukea and dueheaeee who bava bean discovered ,aa waiters m various large cttlea are common and well verified. Tha llttla fortune that any of them hava been able to bring away from tha wreck are of former grandeur, la generally In Jewels, tha dlapoaal ot which to tha beat advantage la not aa aaay matter. Thia renders them a . aaay pray to unscrupulous adventurera, aa In tha case of tha alstar of tha mar. who haa been able to obtala a verdict In tha Engllah court a agalnat two promotion thieves. Any man with merely a ahred,ot decency la hla compoaltlon would ba glad of tha opportunity ta help thaaa on for. lunate exllea la their painful praoaea ot readjustment. readjust-ment. Ohio Stata Journal. |