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BERLIN, April 26.—The Kaiser Is i«!d to be sincerely wishing that he had never taken up fanning, or at least that he had been satisfied to farm as other royal personages do Instead of trying to poae and speak a a If hs were an expert. He feels lhaf for the first time In his life he hss covered himself with ridicule to which he Is exceedingly sensitive. Nor Is this all, for his farmer ten ant Herr Sohst. whom he ejected from his farm and grossly offended in publicity stating that he kicked him out because he was a lazy and stupid tenant with no idea of farm ing. continues to make trouble. As may be remembeied the German courts from the lowest up to the highest found the Kaiser guilty of offensive conduct and declared that hie accusations against Herr Sohst were absolutely unfounded. Quite naturally the offended person iesired some apology from the Kaiser and at first he expected that the first gentleman of the country would send him one without being asked, but as this hope proved vain, he finally wrote a letter to His Majesty, but received no answer. When he mentioned this fact to a reporter the radical press began a series of bitter attacks upon the Kaiser which have caused him great annoyance. Thus "Berliner Nueste Nachrich- len” the other day asked the court of ficials to say whether they purposoly kept Sohst’s letter from reaching the Kaiser, or. whether they considered him a troublesome crapk, "The people about the Kaiser,” the paper save, "have had the audacity to keep him In Ignorance of the true state of affairs and their silence in il ls case is equivalent to deliberate lying. They have furthermore per mitted the Kaiser to be made the ob- jeet of much unfavorable comment.” That the Kaiser was wrong .in the | Swiss Inn Could Give Late Financier No More, but It Was Good Enough. Special Cable to The American BERNE, April 26.—Little stones of the late J. Pierpont Morgan are the vogue i:i Switzerland which befell him during one ol his annual visits to Vevey, where he studied at the Slllig School In 1864-56: The American financier was return ing to his hotel at Vevey when his ! motor car broke down at the village of Echallens, in the Canton of Vam: He entered the local inn and asked for dinner, but the innkeeper de murred, stating ;hat he had a most Important banquet to serve to the village authorities, and had no viands to spare. Mr. Morgan was, however, hungry and ordered cold ham and chickens, but again met with a refusal, the innkeeper saying that all the ham and poulet would only be sufficient for his civic customers. He offered, however, bread and cheese and beer, and the offer was accepted. It was probably the cheapest meal Mr. Morgan had ever paid for. but he said It was the best he ever had Police Cut Colors Off Flowers Poles Give Paderewski Russian Officers Guard Doors of Hall Where the Famous Pianist Appears. Special Cable to The American. ST. PETERSBURG. April 26.— ■ Paderewski has been giving a series of concerts at Warsaw, and was everywhere received with enthusiasm, not only as the greatest of living pianists, but on account of his ser vices to Poland. At one concert many private indi viduals and public institutions sent bouquets and wreaths of red and white flowers, trimmed with mag enta-colored streamers. As white and magneta, or ama ranth, rather, are the Polish national colors, the police stood waiting for the arrival of the flowers outside the concert room, and cut off the stream ers with their swords before they allowed the flowers to be carried in. I Some enterprising persons man aged to pick up a few’ fragments while the police were busy with the rest, and gave them to Mme. Pad erewski, who took them away in her vanity bag. V • V v*v •I* • v • •!• She Goes Into Social Seclusion L ATEST portrait of Princess Patricia of Connaught showing one of her famous ropes of pearls. m * i feohst affair was perfectly clear to very body from the first and so con vinced was the whole legal fraternity 'hat he would lose his caee that it f as only with the utmost difficulty ' 'at the Kaiser found a lawyer will ing to defend Mm and in another case vv hieh is to come up shortly he has not yet been able to find an attorney. A well-to-do farmer of private means (widower) seeks partner for M joys and sorrows' of a country ife - Some capital desired.” I'-ils was the advertisement in a t Munich paper, which produced amaz- ng ■'•yenes at an Intended wedding in Jm f little country town of Wallerfels. } h ' advertiser was an almost penni es Peasant farmer, aged 77. I’he^ other morning an old maid, -' <1 :,4, traveled from Murium to see he “wealthy widower.” They met aT the nearest station, and drove in ‘ povt diligence, late in the evening Wallerfels. On arriving they found thf- entire town awaiting them. The tmwd stormed the diligence, and the maid was obliged to seek shelter n the posting-house. The farmer was ” -ailed with all kinds of election- ring missiles, and was escorted mme by the gendarmerie. : 'ater he tried to arrange a meeting w *h his would-be bride in the hotel, the crowd surrounded the hotel mml bombarded the windows, so that _m police and gendarmerie were anally obliged to disperse the rioters Mth their swords. Eventually the Mayor of Wallef- £ entered the hotel where the couple cowering behind closed shut- ® PB ar *d pointed out to the bride that * proposed husband was practically penniless. Thereupon the woman ad mitted with many blushes that she , a,J been obliged to borrow the money ° r her .own journey. The Mayor laid the return fare, and the lady ■ i -ft with a strong gendarmerie escort I* 1 midnight. Jeers at Uniform He Planned Cause of Artist's Death Frenchman Dies of a Broken Heart When Clothes He Designed Proved Failure. Special Cable to The American. PARIS, April 26 —It is perhaps not generally known that the artist De- taille. the sale of whose treasures hast just been held at a Paris auc tion room, died of a broken heart. His death took place suddenly of heart failure as H was officially stat ed. but the immediate cause that worked upon the weakened heart was distress at his failure in regard to the uniform designed for the French army. It pleased no one, was ridiculed on every side, and Detaille’s pride was as deeply wounded for this ill suc cess as some other great artists have been in regard to lack of appreciation in work of a higher order. In fact, the affair preyed up"n his mind and killed him. It is quite t.ru" that the uniform is hideous. This year the few soldier., who were forced to -how themselves in it were jeered at. The mignon ette-colored garments have now been definitely and officially given up. The experiment has cost the nation $60,000. Finds Sole Recreation in Society of Her Ameri can Chums and Arranging Collection of Uncut Gems. BY CHESTER OVERTON. Special Correspondent of the Ameri can. Special Cable to The American. London, April 26.—The socially vivid welcome which the friends of Princess Patricia of Connaught had planned to give her as a welcome home has been unavoidably post poned on account of her mother’s ill ness. Preceding and following the operation for appendicitis on the Duchess of Connaught her pretty and popular daughter has been in con stant attendance. The Duchess remains very de pressed, and Princess Patricia has played the devoted nurse, reading the papers to her and cheering her up with what verbal news of the day she has learned. But Princes Patricia's retirement has not extended to her American chums, and she has received almost daily visits from Mis. Montagu Eliot, who was Miss Nellie Post, and Lady Maidstone, formerly Miss Drexel. The Princess has for a long time been an enthusiastic collector of pearls, and her ropes of the lustrous gems an among the finest In the world. She has now turned her en thusiasm to gathering uncut gems and is employing her seclusion in ar ranging these treasures. Princess Pat is still unattached, and this despite the fact that proba bly no charming young person of her rank has been the subject of so much romantic gossip.^ First it was Alfonso of Spain, who, it Is generally known, was moat at tracted by her, and it is also an open secret that she would not even con sider the match. Since then her name has been associated with Prince William of Sweden and with Prince Eitel Fritz, a'son of the German Em peror. But Princess Pat and her brother Arthur are still strongly disinclined to marry for political reasons, and in the case cf Prince Arthur it is a real stumbling block to his obtaining an important post in the British over seas dominions. BYWARMINISTER 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 lo The American. By LA RACONTEUSE. PARIS, April 26.—Our new Minister of War, who Is as polite towards the fair sex ae he is patriotic, hu;? ap proved the plan of organizing a femi nine battalion proposed by Mme. Jane Dieulafoy, to whom, of all French women, the Government lias 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 a masons that one dreams. But her own ex perience in the war of J.870. 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 men,-which might, with eqvai 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 afoy intends to model on that of the Red Cross, which she considers per fect. Sold Girl's Hsir for Drinks. Mile. Glrot, the “belle amie” of a certain Cheignon, a journeyman car penter. was a coquettish young per son, whose crowning glory was her magnificent hair. Cheignon was a jealous master. One night, in fear of her life. Mile, Girot. clad in little else than her luxuriant “ohevelure,” 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 wap 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 wis^r to u«e. not shears, but the ax. Pajama Parties Too Chilly. Paris has considered freak parties a. aign of brainlessness. But just now we are crazy about night gown and pajama parties which are the dernier cri in social entertainment?. 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 1n order to keep warm we sat shivering around the fireplaces and when we Anally put on our evening cloaks and drove home in the first gray dawn we all felt thoroughly dip. 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 very likely to attend any freak entertainments this side midsummer. “Manor?*' No More Fable. Most of my American readers prob ably have been shocked by Abbe Per- vopt’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 oply for a brief time, show you one of the houses to which she was a frequent visitor. Clo?e to the prjson 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 predecessor." came pret ty IItie Manon Lescaut to whisper into his ears messages of love to her lover, des Grieux. Personal Notes of Americans Abroad ENGLISH PRINCE l vniiTU IUUI it News of Our Traveling Folk, Cabled From European Capitals and Resorts. Special Cable to The American. LONDON, April 26.—London is fast filling up and the presence of an un usual number of Americans this early in the season is notable. The postponed ball which is* to be given by Lady Parget, nee Paran Stevens, at the Royal Hospital in Dublin on Mon day next promises to be a very bril liant affair. There are to be about 400 guests. Lady Paget has been giv ing a house party which included Lord and Lady Barrymore, Lord Grey, the Marchioness of Ormond and Gen eral Pultney. Lady Naylor Leyland, who was to have entertained largely at her Hyde Park house, has been unexpectedly placed in mourning by the sudden death of her nephew* Ronald, 14 years old, who died of one day’s illness. The Duehes? of Marlborough will have a number of relatives staying with her at Cumberland house during the sum mer. and her mother, Mrs. Belmont, will remain for at least two months in this country. Dr. and Mrs. Derby (Ethel Roose velt) arc expected for a few weeks’ visit to London in June, and. accord ing to their present arrangements, will visit the international horse show. Mrs. Sam Newhouse is gown hunt ing in Paris and will return in a week to London. Mrs. Lewis Harcourt is in Paris. Miss Frances Scovell, who is en gaged to Baron I)eMunrim, is at the Ritz Hotel and sails next week for New York. Mrs. Helen G. Wynne Mrs. Vanderbilt’s niece, h?s left the Berkley Hotel for Paris, w'here her children are at school. Lord and Lady Granard are at Forbes House. Halkin Street, for the season. Mrs. Peter Kersmiley has re turned from three months’ visiting abroad and is in London for the sea son. Mrs. K. H. Harrlman, widow of the famous financier, with her daughter, has arrived at the Ritz Hotel from Parif. They will sail shortly for New York. Their arrival in London cre ated something of a sensation by rea son of the big retinue of servants ac companying them. Mrs. Watts Sherman is still at the Ritz Hotel, but spends rno?t of her time w ith her daughter, Lady Camoifc. who is expecting an interesting event shortly. Mrs. James Henry Smltn, with the Duchess DeVizeu, has gone to Paris. She expects to return to London In a few days. Mrs. Joseph Stickney is going to the continent for a ehort visit. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt are staying at the Ritz Hotel, leading a quiet life, in which Mrs. Vanderbilt is undergoing a rest cure. Nose Trouble Cause of Headache, He Says Paris Doctor Finds Malformations Responsible for Suffering. Simple Remedy. Special Cable to The American. PARIS, April 26.—Those suffering from violent headaches will be Inter ested to hoar that, according to a communication just made to the Academy of Medicine by Dr. Guisez, the well known Paris physician, a cure has now been found for a large number of the cases of this disor der, hitherto declared to be incurable. Dr. Guisez finds that the frequent and annoying variety of migraine, which starts from above the eyes and spreads, often accompanied by nausea and vomiting, is really due to a mal formation of the upper part of the nose known as hypertrophy of the middle horn, which under the least provocation causes congestion and a disturbance of circulation at the base of the brain. Up to the present, owing to this cause being overlooked, ill medical treatment, even the cutting of the nerves, has failed. Dr. Guisez, however, by a slight operation, the details of which he gave to the Academy, has found an easy remedy by which he has cured over seventy cases already. He rec ommends all persons suffering from frequent headaches to have a thor ough examination made of the in terior of the nose. This communication iff considered by the Academy to be of great im portance. Nelson Room Oak Paneling for Sale Beautiful Woodwork Taken Out of Historic Chamber and Placed on Market. Special Cable to The American. LONDON, April 26.—“Nelson's room,” at the Sta:’ 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 i-tyle. The house was built about 1590 by William Crowe, a mer chant adventurer, and the arm* of his company are placed prominently over the fireplace. After ] asking 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. Unlike Ancestry He Is Content to Let Others Decide and Plan ( Future for Him. ^ BY HERBERT TEMPLE, Special Cable to The American. LONDON, April 26.—The abaci* Prince of Wales seems to be a far more interesting person than thr bashful “Pragger-Wagger” at Oxford, for never have we heard so muttfi about him as since he went awaf, though nothing of what we hear shows nis character is developing. We should like to hear of all kind* of youthful pranks, something liltt* those that made his paternal gran^l- father when Prince of Wales popi»» lar in all the countries he visited. We should like to hear of him puV ting down his foot and telling hts masterful mother that he wanted X* have something to say about hia owf future. But instead of that he meeke ly consents to be handed over from one tutor to another, always eatia*- fled to have other's decide everything for him. Many of the rumors, of course, ai* untrue. No one seriously believes far instance, that the Prince of Wale* will shortly take his seat In the house of Lords, though, of course, he is en titled to do so as Duke of Cornwall That he will in course of time If thr present government leaves any tract of it when they have finished reforra**- ing it nt one doubts, but it is cer tain he w'ill not do so until he fa twenty-one and shall have finished his university education. So far one thing at least has been gained by his Garman excursion; ht has discovered that the bagpipe an abomination and has nothing t© do with music, wriiich he never knew the meaning of until he came to the native country of Beethoven and Wagner. He is now said to have fal len In love with music and wants to learn not only to play the violin, but also to sing. ANIVERSITY OF FASIONS. BERLIN, April 26.—Professor Dr. Doege, .in eminent German expert on the history of costumes, proposes to found a University of Women’s Fash ions in Berlin. He says this is the only possible way of delivering Ger many from the nomination of Paris fashions. LADY SC0U SENDS HER THANKS TO WHOLE WORLD LONDON April 26.—I,ady Scott has sent the following letter to The Daily Mall: “Would you be kind enough to con* vey to the public my very grateful thanks for the remarkable sympathy* j and generosity shown me? “1 would like it to be known tha< my husband’s Journals will be pub-* fished in full as soon as practicable* Their every word goes to enhance tba glory of the Antarctic expedition and the work of every officer and man. concerned in it. “May I also take the opportunity of* tendering my very real thanks to the press for its consideration on my re turn to England, that it refrained from asking for information or inter view's with a courtesy that has not lacked appreciation?” YACHT TRANSFORMED INTO GAMBLING PLACE Special Cable to The American. OSTEND, April 26—M. Marquet, the casino proprietor, has made ar rangements to have a. luxurious gambling room fitted up in a larise steam yacht which Is to ply between Ostend and other watering places. Gambling will only take place when the yacht Is outside the three-mile limit. GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY TO HEAR SCOTT PARTY Special Cable to The American. LONDON, April 26.—The Council of the Royal Geographical Society has decided tc hold a special meeting for the reception of the members of the late Captain Scott’s Antarctic expedi tion at Albert Hall, on May 21, wher. Commander Elvans will give an ac count of the results. "THE CAR WITH A CONSCIENCE" “Eating” Power S OME Motor Cars “eat” up power before it reaches the place where it is needed—the rear wheels. Rated horsepower and actual horsepower are two separate things. A motor might develop forty horsepower and deliver about thirty-three to the driving wheels because of poor construction and plan of design employed. In Oakland construction we deliver the maxi mum horsepower to the rear wheels because we have eliminated friction and the use of extra universal joints by the adoption of the unit power plant. When you transmit power from one unit to another you waste a little of it through every reduction. In the Oakland, the motor, clutch and transmission shaft bea- ings are perfectly aligned on one shaft and the power waste is very slight, if there is any at all- OAKLAND MOTOR COMPANY Direct Factory Branch, Atlanta, Ga. Sales Room, 26 James Street. Phone Ivy 2102 Sub Branches, Nashville. Birmingham, New Orleans i ! •if 1 I