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IIKARST’S SI’NDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. OA . SUNDAY. MAY 11, 101T
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LONDON
W. Orton Tewson
Chester Overton
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O IPOH H T^ssT C. de Vidal-Hundt
LJ) HU? JK -U—^ k 1 n Fritz Jacolbsohn
ROME
J. M. E„ O’Aquim
George M. Bruce
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SUNDAY AMERICAN'S SPECIAL CARLE LETTERS RECEIVED FROM ALL THE
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CAPITALS OF EUROPE
ZELIE EMERSON'S
PRISONTBRTUREI
TOLD BY NOVELIST
Lillian Scott Troy, of San Fran
cisco, Describes Fight to Save
American Girl.
Roosevelt Hero
Of Montenegrin
Ruler's Memoirs
King Nicholas Says American and
Napoleon Are World's Two
Greatest Men.
Versailles Fete to Portray All Courts of Europe (RNUTELLI VISIT SPENCER LETTERS
FORCIBLYFED THROUGH NOSE
Writer Declares Barbaric Cruelty
Is Lot of Suffragettes in
British Prison.
Miss Liflian Scott Troy, the
talented San Francisco au
thoress, has written the f off-ow
ing article on England's treat
ment of the militant suffragettes
especially for The Sunday
American.
BY LILLIAN SCOTT TROY.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. May 10.—Although I am
not a militant I am firmly of the
opinion that neither the Irish nor the
women will get what they want from
any English party without fighting
for it.
My attention was first drawn to
the rase of Miss Zelie Emerson, the
Michigan suffragette, imprisoned in
Holloway jail for window smashing,
by the statement of Miss Sylvia
Pankhurst, just after her release
from Holloway jail.
Horrors of the Treatment.
A woman who had been forcibly
fed in Holloway jail told me of the
horrors of the cruel process.
The woman, whoes vivid descrip
tion of prison torture turned me sick
and faint, has a lasting memory of
her terrible ordeal, a strange defect
in her voice and a permanently dis
figured nose.
The doctors know It is a matter
of principle \yith us to resist forcible
feeding,” she said “and to save them
selves trouble they let us starve un
til we reach the point where we are
so weak that it is a /airly easy mat
ter for half a dozen attendants to
overpower us. They first force us
down into a chair, then they tie our
feet and hands, and strap us down
with sheets wound around our bodies.
“Stuffing the Turkey."
Then, to quote a member of par
liament, the stuffing of the turkey
begins.
Feeding through the nose by tube
is much more painful than feeding
through the mouth, although neither
can be described as less than bar
barous, therefore, we*are fed through
the nose in the first instance until
ulceration and probably necrosis has
set in. A large rubber tube is forced
up the nostril, down the nasal aper
ture and into the stomach. The
pain accompanying this process is
maddening.
When the tube is forced into the
nasal cavity the pain is so excru
ciating that notwithstanding the fact
that we are tied hand and foot and
held down by attendants, women un
consciously rise up, tearing their
bonds in their mad struggle for re
lief. The stomach, which has par
tially collapsed from days of fasting,
is then flooded witti a quart of milk
or liquid food.
Tube Pierces Girl's Lung.
In the case of one young girl the
tube pierced her lung. The mucuous
membrane is generally inflamed and
torn after'nasal feeding, and when
ii reaches the point of septic pois
oning, they transfer their operation
to the mouth and throat. The jaws
are forced apart by powerful steel
screw pries and a gag inserted. Then
a thick rubber tube is forced down
the throat and into the stomach.
The precedent being well estab
lished that the only aid Americans,
in trouble in London may expect is
from the United States direct, I sent
a cable to Senator William Alden
Smith, of Michigan, advising him of
Miss Emerson’s condition and treat
ment. _ . ..
When I met Mrs. Emerson 1 fully
expected to find a woman in great
grief. Not a bit of it. She met
me with a radiant smile and invited
me to luncheon.
Mrs. Emerson had seen her daugh
ter late the preceding afternoon. She
said her daughter was very nervous
and seemed years older. Every
time she attempted to speak the girl
would press her hand for silence.
Doctor Remained Near.
A wardress or a doctor remained
within three feet of the mother and
daughter during the interview. The
c-irl told her mother that she had
been on a hunger strike fourteen
days before the prison authorities had
discovered it.
Dr Mansell-Moulin, who is per
haps one of the most celebrated sur
geons in England, tried to impress
upon Mrs. Emerson the gravity of the
situation.
I called on Mr. Laughlin with Mrs.
Rose French, of San Francisco.
The following day 1* called at the
Embassy with Mrs. John Jay White
of Washington. D. C The reply
we received was to the effect that
Miss PImerson had broken tne hrig
lish law (smashed eight rents worth
of glass) and that she was being
treated as were the English women
in prison. . _ .
By a ruse we finally indiu eri Mr-.
Emerson to go to the home ofti< *•
with the result that ten days were
taken off Miss Emersons sentence
;.nd she was reh used.
Special Cable to The American.
BY* FRITZ JACOBSON.
BP7RLIN, May 10.—During the
siege of Scutari King Nicholas wa.s
extremely busy dictating his memoirs
to an English journalist who went to
Montenegro to secure this valuable
document for an important London
newspaper syndicate.
It is understood the price paid to
the king was between $10,000 and
$15,000 for the first three installments
of the work, which will be very
long. It will deal especially with
Austrian intrigues and also with the
mysteries of Nicholas' connection
with the Russian and Italian courts.
When dictating the memoirs, Nichol
as often said:
‘1 boiieve that many European
statesmen will feel uncomfortable*
when all this leaks out, but never
mind, I must defend myself for the
sake of posterity.”
As will be seen In the coming mem
oirs. the date of the publication
which has not yet been fixed but
probably will be in the autumn. Nich
olas ha^ two favorite heroes. The
first is Napoleon and the second is
Roosevelt. He writes:
“Not having been able to be a Na
poleon. I must try to be a Roosevelt.”
The memoirs also will show how
Nicholas Judges all European sov
ereigns. He speaks very highly of
the German kaiser, “my friend,” but
says that the Austrian Emperor is
“nothing but a tool in the hands of
Arch Duke Francis FVrdinand. whom
every Montegenro patriot should ar
dently hate.”
Nicholas also says that the late
King Edward and he were the only
European rulers who knew anything
about international politics and had
he even been half as mighty as the
late English King, the whole of the
Balkan peninsula now would stand
under his rule.
Titled American Heiresses to Play Large Part
Brilliant Event Staged in Time cf Louis XIV
“Rosenkavalier” New Strauss
Opera Likely to Be Heard in
New York This Year.
ALL PARIS CHEERS ALFONSO
Spanish King’s Visit Occasion for
a Great Holi’day in the French
. Capital.
BY CHARLES HENRY MELTZER.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS. May 10.—Paris has looked
her best this week. The streets
echoed the quick tramp of marching
regiments and the gay music of their
bands.
For days the red and yellow flag
oP Spain hung from 10,000 windows
while courteous throngs cheered King
Alfonso. An alliance between Eng
land. France and Spain is more than
probable as the outcome of the
king’s visit.
The hotels are crowded, though the
invasion of the city by the American
contingent still is incomplete.
A peaceful solution of the Balkan
troubles now seems well assured and
business which languished here for
months Is growing brisker.
The latest addition to the great
Paris earavandarie is the Hotel Ed
ward VII, built in honor of the late
Old Lace Used in
Smart Court Gowns
Beautiful Style Adopted for Evening 1
Functions as Well as
State Functions.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May 10.—Rich brocades,
beautifully draped, continue to be the
vogue not only for evening functions
of all kinds, but for the courts at
Buckingham Palace, and there was
never a season where old lace wa.s
so much in request as the present
one. A particularly beautiful “gown”
is going to be made for Mrs. J. W.
Lowther, wife of the popular Speaker
of the House of Commons. This is
fashioned of the palest mauve satin,
in delicate tints which one sees in
the mauve-tinted orchids. It is
veiled with some old Nottingham lace
which is gathered softly around the
hips, while over it is drawn drapery
of pale, peach-colored brocade, em
bossed with little qld world bunches
of flowers in shades of pink and
mauve.
This drapery is brought from the
left side to about the knees on the
right, leaving the drapery of filmy
lace over the mauve satin exposed
on the right hip, as though a piece
of brocade had been cut out. The
drapery also is brought around to
form a pointed train which represents
a clever feat in itself on the part
of the courtieres. Into the corsage
is tucked a great cluster of softly
shaded orchids, while beautiful lace
appears again beneath the brocade.
The court train is another wonder
ful scheme of folds and drapery. It
is carried out in cobweb net, embroid
ered in cream and gold and a kind of
maze of oxidized metal threads. This
is mounted over a deep, soft migno
nette satin, a clump of orchids being
lightly laid upon it to introduce a
soft color relief.
German Prince to
Hold Horse Show
Festivity Planned for Berlin to Be
Staged During Kaiser's
Jubilee.
King George and Queen Mary
Taking Active Part in the
Extensive Preparations,
By CHESTER W. OVERTON.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May 10.—All the wise
councilors and war ministers of
Europe may have their heads bent
ov- 0 -' war maps, while thousands .of
troops rest on their arms awaiting
orders to join in a threatened general
conflict over Balkan affairs; jingoes
may scream war and French military
authorities have fits of excitement
over the "accidental landing of Gor
man war balloons near French fortifi
cations. but none of thi« will in the
least effect the great Versailles fete
to be held in June next, at which
all of the courts of Europe will be
represented.
American visitors- to London who
wish to be present at the wonderful
“Versailles fete” ball to be held in
Albert Hall June 6. will have to apply
at once for tickets as not only has
the price, which started at $2of) each
for the boxes, been raised, but more
than $10,000 worth of ticket's already
has been sold.
American Women Prominent.
American women, wives of English
peers, will play an important part in
the event, which is being held for
charitable purposes, and will probably
exceed in gorgeousness ' any of the
fancy dress balls ever before given in
the British capital
Under the patronage of King George
and Queen Mary, the Queen Mother
Alexandra and the Princess Christian,
the ball will be attended by nobles and
royalty from all parts of Europe. The
fete is based on the reception of
Louis XIV in the gardens at Ver
sallies and will take place in Albert
Hall on June 5.
All ihc great courts of Europe of
the time of Louis XIV will be repre
sented by society women and noble
women. France will be the chief
court. Lady Paget, an American, is
arranging this. Count Elston will
represent Louis XIV, Lady Dudley*
will appear as Queen Maria Theresa
and Prince Paul of Servia, who has
exhibited a great fondness for London
society, will represent the Dauphin.
Women in the French Court will be
Ladies Crewe, Desborough, Islington,
Helen Vincent, Diana Manners, Cas-
tlereagh, Ingestre, Baroness E. De-
Rothschild. Mrs. Cecil Bingham and
Mrs. W. B. Leeds. Among the men
in the court will he Prinjce Alexander
of Battenburg, Lords Angelesey,
By FRITZ JACOBSOHN.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN. May 10.—The German
Crown Prince has launched an idea
for organizing a great civil and mil
itary horse show r in Berlin in con
nection with the Kaiser’s jubilee. The
organization will be after similar fes
tivities organized in London and- New
York.
The Prince sent one of his aides de
camp to America to get ideas on the
matter. The officer has juet returned
to Berlin and has submitted a scheme
to the Kaiser.
The Crown Prince’s show is to be
held in the Berlin sports palace.
Duchess of Marlborough, another American who will take part in the Versailles
rho is regarded as one of the most beautiful women in England.
Fete, and
TERRA NOVA BOUN-D HOME
REACHES BUENOS AYRES
Special Cable to The American.
BUENOS AYRES. May 10.—Capt.
Scott’s ship the Terra Nova, arrived
here this morning and sailed to-night
for England.
The vessel carries the maps used by
the explorer in his search for the
South Pole, together with all docu
ments left by Capt. Scott. Everything
was under seals, which will not be
broken until delivery is made on the
arrival of the steamer in England.
The ship is under charge of Com
mander Breunell, who declined to b<*
interview-ed concerning the details of
the articles on board that had be
longed to Capt. Scott.
FOOT READING FAD HAS
BECOME FASHION OF PARIS
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS. May 10.—Foot reading as
an alternative to palmistry is now
the fashionable fad in Paris. Among
the most ardent adepts of the alleged
science is the Comteese Mellusine de
La Rochefoucauld, a descendant oi
the great writer.
She declares many distinguished
men of letters arc adherents of tii*
cult of the feet.
sovereign.
Titta Ruffo has just arrived from
Budapest. He was much disturbed
when I informed him that Andreas
Dippel, who engaged him for next
season had resigned.
"But I shall go back to America
next season.” said the famous bari
tone, “despite the strange hostility
at the Metropolitan, where, to my
surprise they made me pay for seats
when I attended a performance and
where the manager refused to let me
appear as Rigoletto.
Gatti Casazza, Caruso. Toscanini, >
Geraldine Farrar, Frances Alda and J
Mary Garden are all now in Paris.
Three nights ago Miss Garden reap
peared with Charles Dal mores in
“Salome” at the opera house.
A sensational novelty at the .Metro
politan next season will almost cer
tainly be the “Rosenkavalier,” of
Richard Strauss. The composer
seems disposed to lease his opera on
fair terms.
Among the new arti-ts of impor
tance who will sing n<xt fall and
winter at the Metropolitan will he j
Margarethe Ober. rnezzosopi a no and]
Rudolph Berger. <\ bust tenor, both!
of the Royal Opera House, Berlin, j
Berger is a great favorite of the]
kaiser.
Isadora Duncan is >«» shattered bv
the loss of her two pretty children
she has vowed she will not dance j
again in public. Later she may
train pupil? for the ste.wc. Mean- 1
while, she has gone to Corfu for a
test.
Litchfield, Castlereagh, Alexander
Thynne and Counts DeGramont, De-
Gansy and Alfred Potocki. Sir Her
bert Beerbohm Tree, the famous Eng
lish actor, will represent one of the
cardinals.
Lady Filzwilliam is arranging the
Turkish Court, and she is stopping at
no limit to accurately represent the
splendor of the East. The Turkish
Court gives her unlimited play of the
imagination. I^dy Marsh Is arrang
ing the English Court of Charles II.
while the Duchess of Somerset has
charge of the Spanish Court.
Requests Swedish Court.
Viscountess Curzon, wife of Vis
count Francis Curzon, will represent
the Queen of Sweden in the Swedish
Court, being prepared by- Lady
Milmorey. Visoouptess Curzon is
particularly well qualified to repre
sent the Queen of Sweden because of
her beautiful fair hair and blue eyes
Countess Zia Torby, daughter of
Grand Duke Michael of Russia, will
be in the Swedish costume.
Among the American women who
will lake an active part arc Lady
Paget, the Duchess of Marlborough,
Lady Decics. Hon. Mrs. Cecil Bing
ham'. Lad v New borough. Mrs. William
B. Leeds. Mrs. Schwab and Mrs.
James McDonald.
The ball is in aid of the Soldiers’
and Sailors’ Help Society. The in
terior of Albert Hall will he decorated
to represent th<* terrace outside Ver
sailles. Cost-imer? and designers of
Ijondnn are reaping harvest. Such
gorgeous cost-iar: * ha' never been
ordered from them oef<
Poincaire Wears
Silk Hat a Month
French President Very Hard on His
Headgear—Keeps His Hat-
maker Busy.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, May 10.—A French paper
sent a reporter to President Poin-
caire’s hatter the other day, and has
since entertained its readers with
the information he got as to Mr.
Poincaire’?; headgear. The President
buys his hats in one of the largest
Par's establishments and has dealt
at the shop since he was a rising
young lawyer. The only difference
now is that instead of going to- the
shop to make his purchase, the di
rector himself calls at the Elyess.
The President follows the fashion in
the cut of his hats—but at a dis- J
tance, as he himself puts it. In pri
vate life he prefers an ordinary black
felt bowler, and fpr the sumfner a
plain straw. it is very seldom he is
seen in anything but a silk hat now.
however, and hi.s expenditure on
them since he became President is a
verv heave item, for he uses on an
ASSURES FAVOR OP
FRANCE FOR POPE
Cardinal Bishop of Palestrena, or
His Brother, Preferred by
the French.
Special Cable to The American.
BY THE MARQUIS DE CASTEL
LANE.
PARIS. May 10.—The recent visit
to Paris of Cardinal Vincenzo Van-
utelli has opened up the discussion
of who will be the next pope. The
question is proximate and pressing
because, assuming that Pope Pius X
should recover completely, his career
cannot be long, as r,is holiness will
be seventy-eight years of age in
June. And the very first name which
presents itself as a candidate for
the tiara is that of Vanutelli.
Cardinal Vincenzo Vanutelll’s visit
to France is the first made by a car
dinal since the separation law was
passed. Though he came ostensibly
to assist*at the festivals in honor of
Frederick f’azanman, founder <»f the
society of St. Vincent de Paul, his
visit is also an indication that diplo
matic relations will be resumed again
between France and the Vatican.
Friendly Relations.
Such friendly relations would be
favorable to the candidature of eith
er of the Vanutelli brothers. Both
Cardinals Vanutelli have been friend
ly to France and either would have
the gtolid vote of the seven French
members of She Sacred College.
Cardinal Vincenzo Vanutelli is at
present bishop of Palestrena. where
his parents lived, and when not busy
in Rome, he goes out to see his vine
yard and to take sun baths on the
Roman enmpagna. Cardinal Serap-
hino Vanutelli has a strong follow
ing. Cardinal Seraphlno'? election
would be another step in the direc
tion of bringing the Vatican and
quirinal together.
Cardinal Rampolla will be TO years
of age next August. His election
would mean a renewal of the intel
lectual and worldwide regime of Leo
XIII. The veto power which kept
him out has been abolished by the
pontiff whom it served to elect.
Nevertheless the German and Aus
trian cardinals will vbte against him.
Gibbons Against Rampolla.
Cardinal Kopp, Archbishop of
Breslau, and Cardinal Gibbons, Arch
bishop of Baltimore, made a strong
campaign against Cardinal Rampolla
in 1903.
Another candidate much in evidence
is Cardinal Ferrala. He was nuncio
at Berne, Brussels and Paris. He,
too represents the spirit and ideas
of Leo XIII. If Cardinal Rampolla
cannot be elected his supporters
would vote for Cardinal Ferrala.
Cardinal Gotti, former general of
the Carmelites and present prefect
of propaganda, likewise gets honora
ble mention. He is known as the
red pope.
Cardinal Gibbons will get some
complimentary votes.
Mrs. Potter Palmer’s Triumph.
Mrs Potter*PaImer, one of Amer
ica's foremost hostesses has brought
her household goods to Paris and is
repeating her successes in Chicago.
She has been giving some social
functions and the success which at
tends these proves her to he in the
first rank of hostesses regardless of
nationality.
Correspondence Made Public in
London Times Tells of Sea
Lord's Infatuation.
AMERICAN SINGER SUCCESSFUL.
LONDON, May 10.—Helen Fayre-
bankes, the American soprano, gave
■,\ successful recital at Bechstein Hall
recently. Her rendering of songs by
Schubert. De Bussy, Strauss and Liszt
pleased the critics who ra.y her sing
ing is distinguished by her artistic
temperament.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. May 10.—The Tlm°s
publishes, through the courtesy of
Lord Spencer, four hitherto unprlnted
letters which Nelson wrote in 1797
and 1798 to Lady Spencer, wife of
the second Earl, who was then First
Lord of the Admiralty. These let
ters. lately discovered at Althorp, ap
pear to be the sole remnants of a vol
uminous correspondence, the greater
part of which the second Earl de
stroyed shortly before his death.
They bear witness to the friendly re
lations between Lord Nelson and
Lady Spencer.
First Letter.
Nelson's first letter, dated Septem
ber 23, 1797, which pays a graceful
compliment, offers the present of a
vanquished Spanish Captain’s sword,
and shows that Nelson had already
won a high place in the Countess’
esteem. The second and third let
ters. together with one of Lord St.
Vincent’s, which follows and eluci
dates them further, shows that thi3
esteem was soon to bear fruit. It is
a family tradition that it was Lady
Spencer who prevailed on her hus
band to recommend Nelson at this
period for the high independent com
mand in the Mediterranean. The let
ter to Lord St. Vincent seems to leave
no doubt that she applied the same
sort of persuasion to Nelson's imme
diate commander-in-chief.
Nelson’s fourth letter, under date
of # September 22. 179JL belongs to
the period of his moral eclipse, when
he made his legitimate concern for
the safety of trie two Sicilies and his
loyalty for the Queen of Naples, a
cloak for his infatuation for Lady
Hamilton and an excuse for constant
sojourning in the neighborhood of his
two enchantresses. The letter ap
parently was written in reply to one
in which Lady Spencer gently hinted
that Nelson was suffering in repute
and is a sort of an apology for his
conduct. It says:
“John Bull and all the world may
continue to keep an eye on my con •
duct, may examine me in the field, in
the Cabinet, and in my closet, and l
am vain enough to believe I shail
be thought purer by the ordeal."
Nelson then pays glowing tributes
to the wisdom and goodness of the
Queen of Naples and the beauty and
accomplishments of Lady Hamilton
Referring to the latter, he says: “She
shows all who come near us tha:
she thinks the scars on my carcass
more valuable and precious than the
richest diadem that adorned a mon
arch. She holds my honor and that
of our country so dear that she would
give. I ain satisfied, her heart’s blood
sooner tarnished.
Wife of Sir Hamilton.
This incomparable person ig the
wife of my much-honored old friend.
Sir William Hamilton. I can say with
truth that it would not have been in
my power to render such essential
services to their Sicilian Majesties,
but by private intimacy of Sir Wi!-
liam and Lady Hamilton with their
Majesties and Sir John Acton. With
these friends about me. you will be
lieve that Nelson will always be
found where the honor and interest
of Britain requires his presence."
Nelson tarried about Naples and
Palermo until finally Lord Spencer
was fair to suggest, in 1800. that if
his health did not permit him to be
with the fleet he ought to return
home. Soon after this Nelson re
turned, making the amazing progress
across Europe In company with Sir
William and Lady Hamilton.
Lady Paget, who is arranging
the French court, the most elab
orate to he presented.
Mixed Bathing Fete
Pleased Montmartre
Frolic Is Repeated by Bohemian
Set at Gay French
Capital.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, May 10.— When Montmar
tre saw the success of the “mixed
bathing affair she decided to repeat
the festival and did so the other day.
The#*vent became a distinctly Mont-
martrian one and afforded great de
light as well to the swimmers as to
those of the audience who were not
prudish.
The most amusing incident was
spirited splashing match between
very lively crowd of well-known Par
isian beauties and an equal number
of Montmartre artists.
A very beautiful music-hall artist
wearing a transparent bathing suit
about t'fenty-four inches long from
North to South, in the excitement of
the fight got her bathing suit ripped
from top to bottom and although
most of those present did not notice
any difference in her appearance, she I
herself was horribly shocked ami
mode a rush for the dressing room j
with an indescribable expression <>fj
maidenly despair. convinced that]
while until the accident happened sh
had been perfectly respectab!
ciothes. she would now never hr abl
to show as much as her face again.
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