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TIEARKT’S SUNDAY A MET? IU AN, ATLANTA, GA„ SUNDAY, MAY 11, 101.'
Paul Pierre Rigrtaux
Marquis de Casteflllainie'
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LONDON KSi" PARI
SUNDAY AMERICANS SPECIAL CA11LE LE1TERS RECEIVED FROM ALL THE GREAT CAPITALS OF EUROPE
RUIN
C. de Vidal-Hu edit
Fritz Jacobsohn
ROME
E. B’Aquin
M. Bruce
SS' “Anita Stewart’’ Lives in Splendor
001 American Girl Would Be a Queen
PLUS S SECRET S ensa t£ 0n of Venice at Present
Feminine Germany Does Not ! , l,uch ' , “ "{ vizeu - l ' ,,r,,lf ' r| y A,lita of N( ' w Vork - vvho
J hopes yet to be a queen.
Know What Victoria Louise
Will Wear at Ceremony,
FEW DETAILS MADE PUBLIC
Love Match Between Young Peo
ple Opposed by Both Families
at First.
Special Cable to The American.
BF7RLIN, May 10.—Feminine Ger
many is in tears of disappointment
and chagrin. A Princess of the House
of Hohenzollern i>' going to marry the
man she loves, and no one knows
what she will wear.
When, some time ago. It was an
nounced that Princess Victoria Lou
ise, the only daughter of the Kaiser,
would wed tho Prince Erm1 August
of Cumberland, all Germany was agog
over the news. It was a match be
tween children of the houses of ene
mies.
But that surprise lasted two years.
The wonder switched and became ex
clusively feminine.
"What will she wear?” was the!
speculation.
And then came the rnandate of the;
Kaiserin. No one shall know. Strict
secrecy will he preserved in regard j
to the arrangement for the wedding.
By command of the royal parents,
the bride’s trousj»eau has been divided
for manufacture among a number of
well-known firms, each of which
pladged itself to maintain secrecy In
the slightest details.
As a sop to the insatiable curiosity
of Germany, a few details have
leaked out. The lingerie to be worn
by the royal bride will be chiefly
»of fine batiste, band-embroidered an l
characterized by the quiet elegance I
that is the mark of the Kaiserin’s
taste. The fine needlework involved
In the task was entrusted by her to
a 'number of impoverished noble- ,
women who will emebllish particu
larly. the bridal veil. This is of
point applique, and Is being made
by the lacemakers at on** of the Gov
ernment schools of arts and crafts in
Silesia.
Dress on Exhibition.
The wedding drove, veil and eouft
train may be put on exhibition after
the wedding in the Kungstegcwerbe
Museum, in Berlin.
The wedding will take place May
24. It is really a royal love match.
Day by day more details are learned
of how the two lovers fought parent
al objection, with a faithfulness as
invincible as that of Paul and Vir
ginia, and of how they obtained the
sanction of the Kaiser to the match.
The whole trouble hinged on the
fact that the Kaiser and his daugh
ter are Hohenzollerns, and that Cum
berland is a Guelph. The two fain-
lies have hated each other for years.
\ ill tin hativd of feudal foe* But
he blind little god iv blind indeed.
The proud Kaiser Wilhelm stormed
ind swore when he heard of the
plight of his daughter’s heart. The
old Duke of Cumberland was fu
rious. when he learned that his son
had done the plebeian and pusillani
mous dwed of falling in love.
Ernst August was not even the
eldest son. And Victoria Louise was
the only daughter of the most pow
erful family in European royaJty.
The affair was* impossible.
But the Princess Victoria Louise
was very much in love, and the fath
er’s heart that is the Kaiser's was
touched. Then, when the eldest son
of the Duke of Cumberland was killed
in an automobile accident, the way
became smoother. The Emperor de
cided to sanction the union. Because
lie is the Emperor, the murriage
would have been celebrated even If
the old Duke of Cumberland still
refused to lend a friendly ear. But
the old Duke of Cumberland eaw fit
to acquiesce, and the stony places
in the path of royal love disappeared.
The wedding date was set.
Little Ranccr Still.
Still there is a litle rancor smolder
ing in the heart of the Kaiser. It is
not evident in his attitude toward
his daughter nor toward her be-
* trothed. But bis own son. who
brought the two together in persona
non grata in the royal household.
With the story of the romance of
Hohenzollern and Cumberland, the
details of the disgrace of the Crown
Prince of Germany leaked out.
Two years- ago. the story has it.
t'ne Crown Prince was staying in
Colerina, a great winter resort in
Switzerland. It had been arranged
that his sister, the Princess Victoria
Louise, was to siay with him there,
and as usual, the Emperor first in
quired of his son if there was any one
at Colerina whom the young Prin
cess ought not to meet. The Prince
replied that all wan well. He did
not mention the presence of tlu
handsome and popular ‘‘Count of <’al-
lenb<*rg,” with whom the young
Princess proceeded to fall desperate
ly in love, ignorant of the fact tlv.it
the Count was Prince Ernst of Cum
berland.
In Berlin afterward the truth wa
told# The Emperor was furious at
the Crown Prince for being the cause
of the introduction. The Prince was
banished to Dantzig.#
But Victoria Louise remained very
much tn love, and affairs were no:
mended, until the sanction of the Em
peror wag given.
The marriage is to take place May
24. and after the honeymoon, which
may be passed in Austria, the young
couple will take up their abode in
the somewhat squalid Prussian pro
vincial town of Rathenau.
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DuHioss of Vizeu Has Hopes That Her Husband
Will Some Day Ascend to the
Throne of Portugal
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, May 10.—Americans ar
riving in Berlin from Venice describe
in enthusiastic terms the splendor of
the retinue and surroundings of the
former Anita Stewart of New York,
who married Prince Miguel of Gra-
gunza, afterward made Duke of Vizeu,
the heir of the Pretender to the
Portuguese throne.
"About the first tiling I saw after
reaching Venice,” said Mrs. Fraser of
New York, "was a gorgeous gondola
fitted up like one of the State gondo
las of ancient Venice, manned by a
retinue of servants stiff with gold
lace, a huge Portuguese flag trailing
the water astern and the most mag
nificent pair of gondoliers obtaina
ble. At first I supposed the ex-King
of Portugal must be paying a visit,
but on inquiry 1 learned that the
princess in the boat was the Duchess
of Vizeu. The spectacle reminded
me of nothing so much a«? the ima
ginative pictures of Cleopatra sailing
down the Nile to meet Marie Antony.”
The Duchess of Vizeu is the daugh
ter of Mrs. James Henry Smith, wid
ow of "Silent” Smith. Ever .since
the announcement-of her engagement
to the Prince of Rraganza, the report
has been circulated that Mrs. Smith
would finance the Prince in an at
tempt to gain the throne of Portu-
g;U. At various times the statement
has been made that this American girl
has never given up the hope that she
would some day be a Queen.
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MMGMEBIAN OPERA
IS TOO SEEP FOR
ENGLISH SOCIETY
German Composer’s Work Has
Never Been Appreciated in
London at All.
By HERBERT TEMPLE.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May # 10.—The Wagner
season at Covent Garden this year
is almost over, another week qnd so
ciety people will begin to visit the
opera. Ow ing to the Wagner centen-
nary, the German season has beer
ari unusually long one and several
works by the world’s greatest com
posers have . been . taken up besides
the Ring, but although tlfc audi
ences have been large, they have con
sisted mostly of music-loving for
eigners.
Londoners, even those vvho pretend
to love mhsic. do not, like Wagner,
whom they understand r.o better
than they do Ibsen; they are much
more fond of ragtime, though they
can bear Italian opera..
Wagner Incongruous.
There is something indescribably
incongruous in London' having its
Wagner season each year. The great
est singers that Germany and D“n-
mark have -produced are engaged at
salaries, which, in some cases, are
enormous, the orchestra, which con
sists mostly of Germans, piays won
derfully under the conductorship of
men like Dr. Rottenberg and Dr.
Shuck, both of Germany, levs won-
defully when conducted by Arthur
Nlkisch, who Is excellent when con
ducting a concert, but who gets ner
vous when he cannot give his full
attention to the orchestra but has to
divide it between that and the ar
tists of the stage.
The "musical” critics of the London
press are in despair, for their sense
and knowledge of music are as poor
as their technical vocabulary, and
their criticisms show it, having the
appearance of having been written
by public school boys with the aid
of a dictionary. They never praise
or condemn the foreign singers
straight out. for they know them all
to be artists of international reputa
tion, but give them a judicious mix
ture of praise and condemnation, just
to show that they are real experts,
whose eyes are not dazzled by the
continental halos around the heads
of the singers.
But they draw a breath of relief
when they have to make comments
on the vocal exertions of the few
English artists whom nobody out
side of this little island has ever
heard of. Then their hearts swell
with British Rational pride and praise
flows uns»tintingly from their pen-
ills and they go into raptures at
the singing of the English choruses
who always sing out of time and call
forth heads of cold perspiration on
the foreheads of every conductor and.
stifled “Donnerwetters” on the lips of
every musical German in orchestra
and audience.
Society Buys Boxes.
London society, of course, buys up
all the expensive boxes to get theit
names into the papers. But they
do not carry their sacrifice any fur-
They give away their dearly
HARD TIME AHEAD FOR 18,ODD MILES
S. WILLIAM
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possessor of
a
valuable
rope
of pearls, w
ho
has re-
turuet
1 to London
or
the sea-
son.
Doings of Well Known Traveling
and Society Folk at the Capi
tals and Resorts Abroad.
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Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May 10.—One can be
quite sure the season really has be
gun by the fact that William Gillett
is officially in London and has start
ed his spring series of muls to "just
the sight people’’ with luncheons to
members of the diplomatic corps. Gil
lett is probably the best known and
most inveterate bachelor in the world.
He knows everybody worth knowing,
and to go through the list of his
guests at the end of the season in
spires the thought "how does he man
age it?"
t, who is one of the founders
of the exclusive Bachelors’ Club, is
quite partial toward Americans, who
figure intermittently among his guests
each season. Perhaps his most inti
mate American crony is Frederick
Townsend Martin.
The opening of the opera season in
Covent Garden Monday brought so
ciety hurrying back to town and the
fashionable West End hotels are fill
ing up with Americans, who annual
ly come here for rest and change. In
the majority of cases the hotels get
the change and the waiters the rest,
some times the ambitious American
gets value for his money in the way
of social prestige, but it is'a very
close corporation and not many get
inside the ragged fringe of the outer
ring of society.
Decies’ House Party.
A house party entertained by Lady
Decies, nee Gould, during the week,
for the Punchestown races in Ireland,
had a splendid time. There were in
formal little dances every night.
Among the guests were the Earl and
Countess of Shafterbury, the Earl and
Countess of Drogheda, Lord Bellow,
Lord Castlemaine. General Sir Arthur
and Lady Maxwell, Count Hirsch and
Mr. McCalmont.
Lady Beauchamp, who christened
the British cruiser Lowestoft a few
days ago, was Miss Betty Campbell
Wfiods, of Columbus, Ohio. Her hus
band was made a baronet at the
coronation. She is one of the few
American women who have christen
ed a British warship.
Princess Di San Faustino, an inter
esting and handsome American, who
has been taking part in all the gaye-
ties in Rome, has taken a London
house in Montague Square anti will
entertain there largely next month.
Mrs. Ronalds, who underwent an
operation recently, is progressing fair
ly well, but will not be able to give
her famous Sunday musical parties
for some time to come.
The Earl and Countess of Granard
irrived at Forbes House, May-
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Mrs, W.B. Leeds Has
Returned to London
Mrs. Paget Will Soon Arrive
Berkeley Square—Mrs. Drake
Is Belle of a Ball.
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Eugenic Organization Would
Have Couples Pass Rigid
Medical Examinations.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, May 10.—-It Is not easy
to get married in Germany now. the
number of papers demanded to show
that there is no reason why you
Fhould be barred from holy matri
mony, being very great. But if the
Monistic Society of Berlin has its
way, it will be'harder still, and if a
young couple are not able to con
vince the medical authorities that
they are likely to become the parents
of healthy children, thev will have
to go abroad to get married or stay
single forever.
The Monistic Society proves by of
ficial statistics that not only is the
birth rate in Germany rapidly de
clining, but the proportions of weak-
minded. crippled, diseased or puny
babies born shows a steady increase.
The only marriages which art' legal
In this country are civic ones per
formed before a special official, and
the Monistic Society now asks the
Reichstag to pass a law requiring
those who intend to marry to pro
duce a certificate signed by an ap-
I proved physician, who shall report
I fully on the bodily conditions of each
J of the parties, the certificate ti state
j expressly whether either of the par-
j ties is suffering from an\ ailment
j which might tend to affect adversely
( the health of the other party or that
of the prospective children.
Eighteen Offers of Marriage
Made Titled Woman While
on Floor.
Special Cable to The American.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 10.- Wide
spread interest has been created in
society circles here by the publication
of the "Memoirs” of Countess Lambs-
dorff.
The authoress, who in her youth
was an enthusiastic dancer, stated
that prior to her marriage she at
tended 22;*> balls, and after her wed
ding 55? more.
At the different dances she received
eighteen offers of marriage. This* was
before her marriage. Afterwards 272
men sent her love letters, and a hun
dred of her admirers threatened to
shoot themselves in their despair. •
The number of dances which the
Countess takes to her credit is stu
pendous. Altogether, ehe took part
[ in 2,834 square dances, 4.500 waltzes,
| and G00 polkas, her partners number-
i ing 1,700. .
Of the latter she described 1.200 as
stupid, 300 boresome. 120 offensive, 22
nice and 3 witty.
Coyntess Lambrdorff estimates* tho
total distance danced by her at not
less than 16.000 miles.
both
title
NEVER LEFT BIRTHPLACE.
LONDON, May pi.—Mr. Harry
Wright, a bachelor who has died at
Farnham, Surrey, aged seventy five,
lived the whole of his life without
going more than three‘miles from
his native place. He never rode in
a train or visited Aldershot, which
is within half an hour’s walk of his
home.
the
bought seats to their governesses and
poor relations, for you cannot sleep
comfortably in an opera box, your
jewelry cannot be seen, admired and
envied, because that fool of Richard
Wagner, who was childish enough
to believe' that people went to the
opera to lisrien to music, issued a de
cree that his works must be played
with no light appearing on the stage,
and his disciples, the imported con
ductors, refuse to play under any
other conditions.
On the day when the Wagner sea
son opened King George and Queen
Mary ran away from London to look
at English potteries and set the ex
ample to all London society.
Urges Strike of
Preachers’ Wives
Bachelor Clergy Should Be Stationed
in Stums, Says Eminent
English Bishop.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. May 10.—The Bishop of
Manchester (Dr. Knox), has stated
that if it were lawful for a bishop
to suggest* a strike, his advice to the
wives of the clergy would be to re
fuse to do any parish work.
A rector’s wife in Aneoats. Man
chester. a district which contains
many slums, said recently.
nave
fair, from Paris.
Duchess of Marlborough Arrives.
The Duchess of Marlborough, who
has been on the Continent, arrives in
London to-morrow to meet her
mother, Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, who
ifc due here Monday on board the
Mauretania. The duchess intends go
ing to Fish’Guard and will spend t wo
days with Mrs. Belmont at the Ritz,
for, despite the latter’s threat to boy
cott England, she arranged to stay
two days in London.
It is hoped to arrange a meeting
between Mrs. Belmont and Mrs. Pank-
hurst, if the latter’s health is suffi
ciently improved.
Mrs. Belmont has also promised to
pay a visit to the militant suffra
gette headquarters here during her
brief stay. It is announced that Mrs.
Belmont intends to speak at the in
ternational women’s meeting at Buda
pest in June.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., spent
several days at the Ritz Hotel this
week, going to Paris ta-day.
Mrs. Ogden Goelet, who arrived
board the Olympic, is doing consid
erable entertaining here before leav
ing for the Continent.
Parisian Dancer
Does Not Like Us
Napierkowska, Soured by Her Ar
rest. Attacks People of
United States.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. May 10.—Mrs. William B.
Leeds, who traveled on the same steam
ship as the Hon. John Ward, has re
turned to London and will spend most
of the season at the Ritz Hotel. Mrs.
Leeds is a leading spirit in the doings
of English society, as well as in the so
cial activities of the American colony.
She, of course, still retains her noted
collection of pearls.
Mrs. Almeric Paget (nee Whitney)
has been greatly benefited in health by
her long stay on the Riviera and will
return in a fortnight to her home in
Berkeley Square, where she will enter
tain friends.
Mrs, Anthony J. Drexel, Lady A la stair
Ines-Ker and Mrs. Ritchie have been
most regular attendants at Covent Gar- j
Diplomas as Teachers of Love
Will Be Awarded to Suc
cessful Graduates.
Special Cable to The American.
MUNICH. May 10.—A high school
for matrimonial sciences, or, to give
it its sonorous Teutonic title, “Hoch-
schule der Heiratswis-senschaften”
has been founded here by Professor
Dr. Walter Hassall.
Dr. Hassall hopes that within a
month’s time the academy will num
ber 500 students of both sexes.
These, on completing their course,
will be awarded diplomas as teachers
of love, and will be expected to travel
the length and breadth of Germany
In order to make an active propa
ganda in favor of marriage.
The curriculum at the high school
wifi include lectures by specialists on
the dangers of flirtation. and the
beauties of "all-sacrificing love.’’ Ex
perts in zoology and biology will il
lustrate their instruction by means
of cinematographic displays, and will
explain the interesting laws of affini-
ity and soul attraction and repulsion.
Special courses will be held, at
which the ideals of love v/tU be in
stilled into the souls of rebellious
subjects;, while the probl m of pre
venting the flight of love after the
disillusionment of matrimony will re
ceive great attention.
SEVEN TIMES WOMAN
GIVES SKIN FOR CURE
Special to The Sunday American.
PARIS, May 10.—Mme. Maneuvrier
living at Landrecies, has seven times
allowed strips of skin to be taken
LIKE IS FORMED
Strange Phenomenon Occurred In
Westphalia—Further Sub- j
sidence Is Feared. jjj|
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, May 10.—A thickly wood
ed tract of land about 15 acres iff
extent has sunk in Westphalia, Gcr»
many, and the hollow thys caused
has been filled by water, forming a
huge lake, above the surface of
which the tree tops are barely visU
ble.
Shortly before the subsidence there
were subterranean noises suggestive
of an earthquake. From the upstand-
ing sides of perpendicular fissures
cascades of water poured down into
the strangely formed lake, and
springs in the surrounding hills form
ed a deep river which is overflowing
the adjacent lands. The water in
the new basin, however, appears to
have some subterranean outlet, as
the surface level remains constant.
Geologists have warned the inhab
itants that danger of further subsi
dence exists.
A quaint legend attaches to this
vanished ground. -According to the
old tale, a convent stood on this
wooded heath some centuries ago,
and one night this building was sud
denly swallowed up in subsidence
which was followed by the formation
of a lake, to which was given the
I name of "The Holy Lake.” Grad-
J ually the water dried up and finally
✓ disappeared, but even when the lake
I no longer existed the ground still
I bore the name of "The Holy Lake.”
J Now this lake has reappeared.
from her body and grafted on to her f G1DI CM I I DC NFFDI F*x
son-in-law, who was accidentally * *
SAYS IT IS PLEASANT
burned and would otherwise have
died.
was operated on without an
anaesthetic and at the end oi the
seventh operation fainted. When she
recovered consciousness she said to
the surgeons: "1 am ready for anoth
er operation if it is needed to save
my son-in-law’s life.”
JACK MEGEE PROMISES
TO FLY OVER ATLANTIC
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May 10.—5 a. m.—The
Daily Mail has receiwd this cable
despatch from Jack McGee of Paw
tucket, R. I.:
“Will cross Atlantic in Burgess-
Wright aeroplane about July 4. start
ing from Newport, R. 1.”
Rules for the competition are now
being considered, the Daily Mail an
nounces, by a committee of the Royal
Aero Club. Until they are complet
ed entries cannot be officially recog
nized.
Jen since the opera season opened
BEAUTIFUL GEISHA TO MARRY.
TOKIO, May 10.—Manrio, Japan’s
most beautiful and cleverest geisha,
has become engaged to a student at
the Tokio Imperial University, who
has paid $5,000 to free her from thfe
claims of the tea-house o\tner by
S whom she was employed.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, May 10.—Mile. Thornton, 1§
of Rheims. swallowed a packet or
needles a few week? ago.
A needle was recently removed
from her chest by a doctor, and since
then she has shed forty needles from
her left hand, fingers, both legs, and
her chest. _
Each time a needle makes its ap
pearance the girl feels a slight prick
ing sensation, but she experiences no
inconvenience, and the pricking she
says, is rather pleasant than other
wise.
"It is like drinking soda-water,”
she told the doctor.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BOX,
PROTECTED BY CAGES
DOVER, N, J., May 10.—Dr. Guy
Otis Brewster, physical director of
the Dover High School, is teaching
the girl pupils of the school to box,
and to protect them from injury* he
has devised a wire cage which covers
their heads and the upper part of
their bodies.
A public exhibition of boxing in this
apparatus will be given for the first
time by the pupils at the Tri-Coun
ty Interscholastic League meet in
Morristown, N. J., on May 30.
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tor parish work,
terrible sights, 1
face dirty houst
tvpical second-c
with the bishop. Af-
at which one sees
>u come home and
work, assisted by a
ass servant, tor the
belter type would not live in a neigh
borhood ; uch as this.
"You and your husband may give
your lives to th
turn, you get $1
which you have t
thing. We have
ter six years’ ex
these slum parD
work, and in re-
>0 a year, with
provide for every -
hree t hildren.. Af-
rience I say *hat
s ought to be
worked by bachelor clergy. Without
a happy nature and a happy home
the life - f the i !« i rgyman’« wife in
the slums would be almost as bad as
penal servitude.
“After five years’ service in tli'
slums a clergyman ought to be given
an easier living with congenial com
panions and surreuadiugs.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, MaV 10.- Napierkowska, the
Paris dancer, wtyo has just returned
from America, has made some very
plain remarks on the subject of
Americans. "Really, I have not
brought away a single pleasant mem
ory from the United States,” she says.
"What a narrow minded people they
art—how utterly impervious to -any
beautiful impression! I cannot un
derstand how any one can sincerely
admire them or their customs, or
their towns without any monuments
or trees, and hardly any museums.
“They are ‘hardly civilized. They
jostle you in the street without apol
ogizing. Any charming or stylish ob
ject one sees over there invariably
comes from Europe. They have not
the slightest feeling of elegance of
any sort. In fact. I am completely
disillusioned about them.”
La Napierkowska complains bitter
ly of her prosecution on a charge of
indecency, saying that the dance for
which she was marched off to the
courts like any ordinary criminal
New York had previously been given
by her in several smaller cities with
out the slightest objection.
The judge, who had the intelligen e
I to have her released, is. she savs. the
only exception which proves the ruie
j of general barbarism in the United
l States. .
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