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ItKARST’S SUNDAY AMKRK'AN, ATLANTA, HA., si ndAY, ATKih in, i«#j3.
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Approves Scheme of Mme. Jaul
Dieulafoy, the Dr, Mary
Walker of France.
NOT TROUSERED AMAZONS
Sponsor’s Idea Is to Have Fem
inine Battalion Do Necessary
Clerical Work.
Special Cable to The American.
By LA RACONTEUSE.
PARIS, April 26.—Our new Minister
of War, who is as polite towards the
fair sex as he is patriotic, has ap
proved the plan of organizing a femi
nine battalion proposed by Mme.
Jane Dieulafoy, to whom, of all
French women, the Government has
accorded, in consideration of her serv
ices to archaeology by her brilliant
excavations in Persia, the right to
wear masculine clothing.
The proposal is not so far advanced
as it sounds at first gasp, for Madame
Dieulafoy, in spite of the fact that
'elle porte le pantalon.” is anything
but a ferocious feminist. The new
suffragists receive little sympathy
from this mild old lady. It is not
of any band of trousered amazons
that k'he dreams. But her own ex
perience in the war of 1S70. in which
she “served”, dressed as a man. by
her husband’s side, has convinced
her that the service of women in time
of war can be utilized far more ex
tensively than they have been.
There is an Infinite deal of clerical
and administrative work at present
performed by me« x which might, with
equal efficiency, be done by women.
In this way a considerable body of
"effectives” would be set free for ac
tive service. The organization of this
“battalion of women” Madame Dieul-
sfoy Intends to model on that of the
Red Cross, which she considers per
fect.
Sold Girl's Hair for Drinks.
Mile. Girot, the "belle amie” of a
certain Chelgnon, a journeyman car
penter. was a coquettish young per
son, whose crowning glory was her
magnificent hair. Cheignon was a
Jealous master. Or.e night, in fear
of her life. Mile. Girot. clad in little
else than her luxuriant “ehevelure,”
took refuge with kindly neighbors.
Cheignon one night managed to enter
her bed-room, armed with an ax, a
pair of shears, and several pints of
Dutch courage.
“Your head or your hair!” was the
alternative he proposed.
Judging that her golden tresses
would avail her little without her
head, Mile. Girot pointed to the
shears. In a few minutes her head
was as bare as a Prussian cavalry
officer’s. With a genial promise to
return and cut off her nose, Cheignon
went out, brandishing his trophy, and
stumbled Into the nearest bar where
he bartered it for a round of drinks.
The other day, accused by Mille.
Girot, Cheignon was condemned to
thirteen months’ imprisonment. As
verdicts go nowadays, he would prob
ably have been wiser to use, not
shears, but the ax.
Pajama Parties Too Chilly.
Paris has considered freak parties
a sign of brainlessness. But just now
we are crazy about night gown and
pajama parties which are the dernier
cri in social entertainments’. I was
present at two such last week, but I
prophecy this craze will not last many
weeks and will never be taken up
again, at least not until we have
learned to heat our houses in? modern
American fashion.
When we were not dancing madly
about in order to keep warm we sat
shivering around the fireplaces and
when we finally put on our evening
cloaks and drove home in the first
gray dawn we all felt thoroughly dis
gusted with our own silliness. The
men felt the cold much more than the
ladies, who are used to appearing
partly undressed, and judging from
their audible comments they will not
be verv likely to attend any freak
entertainments this side midsummer.
“Manon" No Mere Fable.
Most of my American readers prob
ably have been shocked by Abbe Per-
vost's famous book, “Manon Les-
caut,” but I am sure very few are
aware that this- dreadfully frivolous
and much loved young damsel really
existed outside the reverend writer’s
brain.
Still, exist she undoubtedly did. and
to-day I may still, though only for a
brief time, show you one of the houses
to which she was a frequent visitor.
Clowe to the prison of St. Lazare,
now doomed, there stands a little
house which is to share the fate of
the famous prison. In this house the
last of the public letter-writers in
Paris plied his trade at a time when
few were able to read and write, and
to one of his predecessors came pret
ty lltle Manon Bescaut to whisper
Into his ears messages of lcr/e to her
lover, des Grieux.
C HRIST OREL I’ANK-
IHRST, the ‘‘Suffra
gette Joan of Are,” who hides
from British police.
» SARAH BERNHARDT BUYS
AN ISLAND FOR TOMB
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, April 26.—Mme. Sarah
Bernhardt has just made a curious
purchase. She has secured a rock
islet situated just off the French coast
at the Pointe des Poulains, overlook
ed by her seaside home at Belle Isle,
where she said, she intends to build
E, LIKE
.FOOLED
Cliristabel Guards
Suffragette Funds
Pankhurst Girl Abroad With Mon^y
to Prevent Legal Action
Against It.
BONDON, April 26.-—There has
been a good deal of criticism o. the
continued residence in Paris of Chris-
tabel Pankhurst, who used to be
called the “Suffragette Joan of Arc.”
Various reasons for her residence
abroad, out of reach of the English
police, who are very desirous of cap
turing her, have been given. A story
that is now being told appears to be
plausible.
It is asserted that Miss Pankhurst
cannot be seized on the order of the
Women’s Social and Political Union,
which is kept abroad in order that it
cannot be seized on theorder of the
English courts to pay for the property
damage done by suffragettes The
treasure, which is said to be large,
is kept across the Channel, and
whenever funds are needed Miss
Pankhurst responds by sending the
exact sum necessary. This money is
put into circulation before there is
any opportunity for the law to lay
hands on it.
Miss Cliristabel has been in Paris
since last September.
Nelson Room Oak
Paneling for Sale
Beautiful Woodwork Taken Out of
Historic Chamber and Placed
on Market.
Special Cable to The American.
BONDON, April 26.—“Nelson’s
room,” at the Star Hotel, one of Eng
land’s most interesting historical
treasures, is to be dismantled of its
oak panelings and ceiling.
The decorations have been bought
by a dealer, who is now looking for
an American purchaser. The price
required runs into many thousands
of pounds.
The work is of the finest Eliza
bethan style. The house was built
about 1590 by William Crowe, a mer
chant adventurer, and the arms of his
company are placed prominently over
the fireplace.
After passing from one wealthy
burgess to another, the house was
transformed into a hotel about the
middle of the eighteenth century.
The principal apartment acquired
the name “Nelson’s room,” owing to
the great admiral’s frequent visits to
the hotel.
STEAD’S SPIRIT COUNSELS,
SAYS ACTRESS-DAUGHTER
Special Cable to The American.
BONDON, April 26.—Miss Estelle
Stead, daughter of the late W. T.
Stead, is starting on a tour as an
actress-manager. She is much like
her father and has been telling re
porters:
“My father is much more interested
herself a magnificent tomb.
FRENCH VILLAGE COUNCIL
WILL NOT HAVE PHONE
PARIS, April 26.—The little village
or St. Martin d’Ordon, in the Yonne
Department, which has a postofflee
and a telegraph office, has refused to
have a telephone put in.
"If the telephone be put in.” says
the village council, “we shall refuse
to use it. When we are in a hurry
we can use the telegraph.”
RIOT MARS FUNERAL
OF MOTOR CAR VICTIM
Special Cable to The American.
BERBIN, April 26.—There was a
riot at St. Elizabeths Cemetery, Ber
lin, on the occasion of the funeral of
Herr and Frau Plunz, who were kill
ed while motoring by a wire cable
stretched across the road.
Thousands of people “rushed” the
police on guard at the gate. Many
women and children were trampled
under foot. A number of the police
had their helmets knocked off and
their sabers torn away from them.
In the cemetery the mob ran over the
graves, broke down the railings sur
rounding private burial-places, and
damaged numerous tombstones and
monuments. Most of the rioters were
women, and the cemetery was after
wards found to be strewn with arti
cles of women’s attire.
FALLIERES’ DAUGHTER
IS SUED FOR DECREE
PARIS, April 26,—The Intransi-
geant says that divorce proceedings
have been commenced by Jean Lane;,
against his wife, who is a daughter
of former President Fallieres. The
couple were married some five years
ago and have one child. The pro
ceedings were postponed until the ex
piration of M. Fallieres’ term as
President.
Mme. Lanes' dowry was $.100,000
and her husband received a well-paid
job as departmental paymaster. The
Intransigeant asks if it is customary
to return the dowry under such cir
cumstanees and whether it involves
tion.
a designation of the husband's posi-
Late Henry of Reuss, Seated at
Desk, Was Informed That He
Was Out Driving.
By FRITZ JACOBSOHN.
Special Cable to The American.
BERBIN, April 26.—Prince Henry
of Reuss, who has just died at Griez,
the capital of his famous little old
principality, was a lunatic like the
recent King of Bavaria; in fact, he
has been crazy for the latr't 20 years.
Unlike the Bavarian monarch’s luna
cy, that of Prince Henry was not of a
violent or suicidal character. In fact,
he was just an amenable imbecile. •
He was allowed to move about his
people and chatter with any one he
met. One of his chamberlains has
told your correspondent the following
story of the Prince, which, it is said,
has not yet been published:
Went Driving at Desk.
The Prince loved outdoor exercise,
but as the doctors did not care to have
him make too frequent practice of
these wanderings, they made him ac
tually believe he was driving in his
park, while in reality he was in his
studio.
When the Prince would express a
wish to go out driving, his secretary
used to say, “All right, your high
ness,” and the Prince would be seated
at hisi writing table, with hat and
co,at on. He did not move, but he wat
thoroughly convinced he was driving
through the country.
After an hour of this immobility,
the secretary would say. “I believe it
is time to return to the castle, as it is
getting a little cold.”
One of Richest Germans.
The Prince, without a word, would
seat himself on the other side of his
desk and again, without moving,
would allow himself to be driven
home, when he alighted from the desk
much comforted by the outing.
The Prince was one of the riches!
men in Germany. His two legitimate
successors are also lunatics and the
Reuss Government 1s now' passing
into the hands of the young Reins
line.
Saved from Death
•' By Ferocious Ants
Insects Kept Savage Landor’s Party
Moving When They Wanted to
Lay Down and Die.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, April 26,—A. H. Savage
Landor, the explorer, hae Just re
turned from an expedition through
Central Brasil. Speaking to the Royal
Geographical Society of the perils and
pains of his journey, Mr. Landor said:
“Sixteen days before we reached the
first settlement on the Peruvian bor
der we ran out of food and for this
length of time we never touched a
morsel of anything. We were so run
down as> a result of this that most of
us got the Beri Beri and this attacked
my legs so badly that they swelled up
to three times their normal size and I
was probably the most helpless mem
ber of the party.
"We owe our lives to the millions of
ants which swarm the interior of
Central Brazil. Several times during
the day various members of our party
would fall over backward In a faint
and as they lay on the ground thou
sands of these ants would attack the
men with such painful bites that the
sufferers would be compelled to arise
and move on again.
“And If it hadn’t been for these ants
doubtless we would have all laid down
and died. They made our lives abso
lutely miserable, but to-day we are
thankful they attacked us so fero
ciously.”
American Men Too
Meek to Capture
Hearts of Women
French Writer Blames Mothers and
School Teachers for Condition
Now Existing.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, April 26.—Why do Ameri
can girls prefer European husbands?
The fault lies with the Americans,
says Mile. Van Vorst In a volume en
titled “The Pursuit of Happiness in
the United States,” just published
here,
“As a sweetheart," she says, “the
American appears to the least advan
tage. He lacks audacity. As a child
he Is under the domination of his
mother and sisters. The school-mis
tress demonstrates to him female su
periority, and later In life, no mat
ter to what class of society he be
longs, he does not learn how to dom
inate the heart of women.”
In the United States, says the au
thoress, the man possesses only what
he has bought. The American wom
an knows that her husband adores
her. He proves it. He does not tell
her.
SCOTCH SHERIFF FELLED
BY MAN HE HAD TRIED
Special Cable to The American.
BONDON, April 26.—While Sheriff
Macleod was walking along the main
street of Binlithgovv recently, he was
overtaken by a laborer, who dealt
him a severe blow' on the nose with a
stick and felled him to the ground.
The assault was witnessed by two
constables, who pinned the man down.
The sheriff was unable to attend the
court and was taken home to Edin
burgh by motor car, but though he
lost a considerable quantity of blood<
it is understood the wound is not
serious.
The assailant is alleged to have had
a grudge against the sheriff, who acts
as a county court judge in England,
and recently tried a case under the
Workmen’s Compensation Act in
w hich the man was concerned.
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Phones:
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Atlanta 63.
Description.
In this Bungalow the gables present
a dignified front, while the shingled
walls and grouped columns add features
that lighten the design. Narrowing
the rear portion of the house gives a
home well suited to a wedge-shaped lot.
The three main rooms may be
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are details which will he found desira
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and have large closets, while the hall
gives access to four rooms, bath, linen
doset and basement. Furnace heat is
provided for, but this is not at all nec
essary, as the one chimney serves the
three main rooms.
This Bungalow, including furnace
heat, may be built for about $2,500.
Plans furnished by LEILA ROSS WILBURN, Architect,
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53-55 Peachtree Street
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71 S. Pryor St.
Slantwise Acr°ss From N®w Court
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Phones 48.
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DRAPERIES
All classes of drapery work
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Phone Main 4335
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