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EXTEND LONDON
A NNA HELD oncl her dia
mond stockings. The
New York musical comedy
star is appearing in a London
music hall and setting a new
and expensive fashion with
her gem-studded hosiery.
World To Be Swept
By Calamities in
1914, Seer Predicts
‘Old Moore’ Sees Good Future Only
for the Suffragettes and
Suitors in September.
DEPEW SEES III
Financial Scare, However, Sends
Society Leaders to Resorts
Where Living Is Cheaper*
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 26.—Had it not been
for King George the London season
would have finished three weeks ago
instead of now. Hundreds of society
folks had left town, one reason being
that so few great hostesses came for
ward to entertain and another that
the financial scare the world over has
produced something approaching pan
ic in the highest circles.
The depreciation in gilt-edged se
curities has been enormous, and, as
many society folks are keen stock j
gamblers, there have been forced sales i
at absurdly low prices of sound stocks
to enable the holders to clear their
speculative accounts.
The King was perfectly aware of all j
this, but was determined, for the sake!
of London trade, that the season
should not end so abruptly. Hence 1
the state hall on Friday night, for;
which society was obliged to return
to town. Some, however, wrote re- ;
gretting that they were unable to j
obey the King’s command, as they j
were on the Continent.
Outlook Is Not Good.
It is feared that neither the Good - j
wood races nor the Cowes regatta will :
be as brilliant as in farmer years.
Many of those who formerly enter
tained large house parties for the races
have found it convenient to take the
waters at some economical cure.
Both the King and Queen are in;
need of a long rest after their stren
uous exertions, but. with the excep- :
tion of a week at Windsor, they will!
get little quiet until they go to Bal
moral, where court etiquette is im
mediately relaxed. Queen Mary also
will spend a short time with her great |
aunt in Germany.
Lady Greville, who has not been
out very much this season, has left
London for Mullingar. She was for
merly Mrs. Henry Kerd, of New; York,
the daughter of the late John Grace.
Her brother. Cecil Grace, the aviator,
lost his life in the North Sea.
Princess Hatzfeldt, nee Huntington,
has taken little part in the gayeties
of the season. She Has gbne to Dray - ;
cothu, in Chippenham, where she will
entertain a few' house parties.
Duchess to Take Cure.
The Duchess of Malborough has left
town for Harrogate, where she is to;
take a mild cure with intervals of
playing golf. The Duchess has been a
great success this season.
Mrs. Ogden Goelet is with her
daughter, the Duchess of Roxburghe,
who is expecting an interesting event
very soon.
Mrs. Gebhardt and Miss Gebhardt,
of the American colony in Paris, have
been spending a few days in London.
Mrs. Roosevelt Butterfield, who has a!
large place on the Yorkshire Moor,'
will give her first shooting party on
August 1.
Among the Americans^ at Baron I
Quinzbourg’s musicale on Tuesday ■
night at the Carlton were Lady Ran- ;
dolph Churchill, the Miss©- Wibourg. i
Mrs. Cecil Bingham, Princess Ran
Faustino, Lady Cunard and Lady Lis- j
ter-Kaye.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont and
Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont were
seen lunching and dining together in
London frequently duVing the week.
Mrs. Poultney Bigelow and Dorothy
Bigelow have taken a house near
Farnham, Surrey, for the summer.
Miss Bigelow continues her vocal les
sons with a professional career in
mind.
Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Depew gave
several dinner parties before going to
the Continent, while Mr. and Mrs.
Hamilton Fish signalized their re
turn from the Isle of Wight In like
manner.
Pierces Go to Paris.
Colonel Robert M. Thompson and
his family have returned from Ascot.
Henry Clay Pierce had a sudden
business call to Paris, where he has
since been joined by Mrs. Pierce.
The death of Anthony N. Brady ca.<t
a gloom over the Carlton, which has
had a crowded week. Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Stotesbury returned from a
prolonged tour of the Cumberland
La kes.
Mary Garden arrived at the Savoy
Hotel at the beginning of the week
and after a couple of days left for |
Scotland.
Lillian Russell, with her husband.
A. P. Moore, of Pittsburg, has been
spending the week motoring in Eng
land. arriving just In time to pick up
Anna Held, after the latter’s automo
bile was smashed on the Brighton
road on Sunday.
Other Savoy arrivals include Mrs.
A H. Acton, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Bas-
tins, J. L. Clark and J. J. Neiger, of
Chicago.
Howard Gould, Miss Doris Keene
and Miss Alice Putnam also have ar
rived.
Senator Thompson and his family
have gone on a continental tour.
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Corps Faithful for Centuries, but
Men, Becoming Corpulent, Re
sented Military Duty.
Anna Held's Gemmed
Hose Startle London
Petite French Actress’ Diamond
Stockings Set Stylft Which Brit
ish Society Is Following.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 26.—Miss Anna
Held's diamond stockings have set
London in a furor. The petite French
actress wears them at every perform
ance at a music hall. Many so
ciety women have followed her lead
and jeweled-incrusted stockings have
become quite the rage. Of course,
only the very rich can afford the
novelty.
Miss Held’s stockings are a pale
lavender, and the light striking the
gem* makes a startling effect.
Miss Held will .-'ail from London on
August-9 for America, where she has
planned an extensive theatrical sea
son, in which the diamond-studded
stockings will play a part.
Prince to Renounce
Title to Marry Diva
Nicholas of Thurn and Taxis Plans
to Start Life Anew in
Texas.
BERLIN. July 26.—Prince Nicholas
of Thurn and Taxis Is to follow in;
the footsteps of his two brothers and
his cousin, who renounced their titles
and rank for love. /
Prince Nicholas already has given
up his position In the navy and part
of his inheritance, and Is planning to
purchase a ranch In Texas. The
young woman for whom he is s;un-
hetng all is the Munich diva. Fran lain
Rec^herg. of the Gartner Platz The
ater.
They had planned to be married
quietly in London, hut the family of
the Prince intervened. They will sail
for America immediately after the
marriage.
Hall Caine Calls
Women Best Critics
Famous Novelist Tells SookseJIftrs
That Wives Make Success of
Library Work.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 26.—"If \ou ask me
as an author wihose opinion of my
books I would rather resi my fortunes
upon, yours or your wives’, I tell you
frankly it’s the opinion of your
wives’,” said Hall (.’nine at a dinner
of the Associated Booksellers at Tor
quay.
“If you want to know what the
great, wide public is going to say
about a book, especially a novel, try
It on a woman.” he added. “I do. 1
always have done. And when I have
had success, it has come to me from
women.”
By CAMILLO Cl AN FARR A.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME. July 26.—Bad feeling, which
for some time has existed among the
rank and file of the Sw’iss Guards of
the Vatican, reached a climax the oth
er day In open rebellion that, al
though quickly quelled, affords fur
ther proof that the movement begun
some time ago. which threatened to
disrupt the little army intrusted wl*h
the defense of the sacred palaces, still
exists, and that even His Holiness
failed to restore the cordial relations
which formerly existed -between the
soldiers and their superiors.
The Swiss Guards’ reputation for
faithfulness to the Holy See dates
back several centuries. The first mu
tiny known took place during the ear
ly reign of Pope Leo XIII. when some
privileges the guard had enjoyed
since time immemorial were taken
away by order of the Pontiff him
self.
Tipping Becomes Nuisance.
These privileges consisted mainly
certain tips which the curia cardinals
ap well ns those from foreign coun
tries and visiting prelates were re
quired to bestow on the deefnders of
the church, but in recent times the
custom had grown to such a nuisance
as to discourage prelates of moderate
means from visiting the Vatican.
That mutiny was ended by the
Pope, who on the very day the guards
disobeyed their officers sent word to
them through his private secretary
that those who were not pleased with
the new order of things could leave
at once for Switzerland. The resul*
was only the ringleaders went and
the remainder of the small force of
men resigned themselves to the loss
of the tips.
For nviriy years things went
smoothly. The Guards, though de
prived of a substantial addition to
their pay, were, on the other hand,
required to do but little work, mere
ly mounting guard at the several en
trances of the Vatican and parading
before the Pope once or twice a year.
Look Like Fat “Supers.”
During the last few years of the
reign of Leo XIII the Swiss Guards
led a quiet, sedentary life, devoid of
all excitement, although the th«n
commander. Baron Mayer Von - i
Rchanf'nsee, often endeavored to !
make them a presentable body of sol- j
dier». At his death the guards resem- 1
bled more a lot of coroulent tTyeatri- |
cal “supers” than the twentieth cen
tury embodiment of a once brilliant
corps.
The trouble which the other day
culminated in an assault on Sergeant
Pralong by the soldiers and four da\s
later in open .rebellion to the orders
of Captain Gassou began two years
ago. when Colonel Rewoud was ap
pointed commander of the Swiss
Guards.
Colonel Rewoud. a strict discipli
narian. tried to reform the corps and
to restore the discipline of which
there was no trace left.
The men were required to don fa
tigue uniforms and devote long hours
to target practice a a well as oth*?r
military duties.
Alpine Recruits Secured.
The men prtoested, but the colonel
threatened to resign unless he was
allowed a free hand. In time the oil
riotous element was weeded out a no
new men were brought from the Al
pine villages. *
These recruits, although more
amenable to the strict discipline, de
veloped a peculiar fondness for Fras
cati wine, which is said to have a
strange effect on northern organisms
saturated with oeer. During the last
few' months the canteen has been d >-
ing a nourishing business, but it was
noticed that discipline was on the
\Vane.
Recently Colonel Rewoud discov
ered the reason and issued an order
limiting each man to four, glasses >f
wine a day. This the guards inter
preted as an insult to their manhood.
Th*-"' protested and then mutinied.
The net result is that a number of
the members of the corps are now on
the way to Switzerland never again iO
don the uniform which Michael An
gelo designed for the papal guards.
Special Cable to The Georgian.
LONDON. July 26. “Old Mdore,”
who pretends to lift the veil from the
future, has made his annual prophecy
earlier than usual this year. The
world’s prospect for 1914 Is not en
couraging. as “Old Moore” foresees
it, although the suffragettes should
loudly rejoice.
British women who pay taxes will
vote In March or April next and will
hold offices In December, 1914, Bay*
“Old Moore.” The death of a “royal
personage" in the first quarter of next
year will throw all Britain into
mourning, in the last quarter of the
year a "great personage” will die. He
says the world will be devastated by
earthquakes, terrific gales, mine ex
plosions, aerial disasters, floods and
cattle plagues. European AMft and
Africa will suffer equally from such
i alamitirs.
Turkey Is to be wiped off the map
of Europe. Many persons who ar^
not professional prophets have made
this prediction. Germany and France
will halt at the very brink of a dev
astating war. A revolution is to
deluge China in blood.
But love's ray* illuminate thf» dark
suitor. Any suitor who asks* his lady
love to marry him during next Sep
tember will be accepted and the mar
riage will be a happy one.
M ISS SARAH WIBORG,
daughter of Mrs. Frank
Wiborg, of New York, who is
making a brilliant society suc
cess in London.
Bewails Changes in London So
ciety Due, He Thinks, to
Militant Democracy.
Vatican Condemns
D'Annunzio's Work
“Pisanelle” Is Examined by Censor
and Banished From Catholic
Homes and Libraries.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME. July 26.—According to a re
port from a Vatican source, D’An
nunzio’s “Pisanelle,” which was pre
sented for the first time in Paris re
cently, will meet the same fate as hts
former work, “The Mystery of St.'Se
bastian.”
j The “Pisanelle” has already been
j examined by the censor of the Index,
land the formal announcement that i;
j has been banished from Catholic
homes and libraries on the ground
, that it is immoral is only a question
j of days.
British Plan Five-
Day Line to Canada
Syndicate Will Construct Terminal
Port at BlacAsod Bay for New
Transcontinental Service.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 26.—A syndicate,
strongly supported by British and
Canadian shipping and shipbuilding
companies, intends to construct a ter
minal port at Blackaod Bay, County
Mayo,, for an express line between
that point and Cape Rf. Charles, in
Southern Labrador, whence another
transcontinental railway is to be
built, bringing Canada within five
days of London.
This project will be the deathblow
to the often-talked-of Galway
scheme.
‘Cures' for Cancer
Fakes Says Society
j Vulnerable Part of Cell Still Undis-
] covered, Declare Researchers
of British Body.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. July 26.—The imperial
cancer research fund, one of the
greatest scientific bodies in the world
hold its annual meeting here to-day.
the Duke of Bedford presiding. The
annua! report stated that examina
tions of various so-called cures ma h*
during the year proved thr-m all to h»
valueless and demonstrated again flirt
the vulnerable part of the cancer ceil
was still undiscovered.
Brain Switched Out
During Operation
Doctor Declares Surgeons Are Now
Able To Do Work Without
Any Shock.
Special Cable to The American.
BRIGHTON. July 26.—Sir Berke
ley Monynlhan, of Leeds, announced
at the British medical conference
here to-day a new process of perfect
anesthesia by. switching off the brain
—a discovery credited to the Ameri
can surgeon CTlle.
The shock to the brain in surgical
operations is obviated in the new
process by placing barriers across all
the nerve centers, thus isolating the
field of operation for a week, if nec
essary. Dr. Monynihan explained that
either anesthesia does not put all the
brain to sleep.
The larger and more important
part remains awake and Is liable to
injury, as would be the case were the
patient conscious. Rurgeons are now
able to carry out any operation in the
abdomen thoroughly without inflict
ing intolerable pain or causing any
distress afterward. The isolation is
produced by a local anesthetic—
novoeaine for the skin and quinine
and urea for the parietal peritoneum.
Cabinet Scandal
Hushed by Premier
Asquith and Lloyd-George Fix Mini
mum of Publicity for Divorce
Hearing.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. July 26.—The Oarr-
Gomm-WilHams divorce suit, which,
had threatened to embarrass the
Government because of the official
connection of the parties with Cab
inet Ministers, is, now likely to be
rendered comparatively harmless.
It is said that Lloyd-George and
Premier Asquith strongly urged upon
Crawshay-Williams thfe necessity of
preventing any scandal involving
prominent members of the Govern
ment. It was’feared that the Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, by whom
Williams formerly was employed as
parliamentary secretary, might be
prejudiced if certain incidents alleged
to have occurred in the Chancellor’s
residence in Downing street and at
Criccleth should be publicly discussed.
Consequently, Williams and Mrs.
Carr-Gomin, co-respondent and re
spondent, respectively, have agreed to
abandon their defense.
Queen Alexandra to
Dress Granddaughter
Widow of Edward To See That
Duchess of Fife Keeps
In Style.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 26.—Queen Alexan
dra has expressed ft wish that the
marriage of Prince Arthur of Con
naught and the young Duchess of Fife
shall take place at Sandringham, but
the ceremony will probably be in the
royal chapel at St. James.
Prince Arthur has seen little of his
fiancee. This dors not surprise any
one in society, as the marriage is one
of the usual royal kind—one of con
venience.
The young Duchess of Fife was
stopping with her mother in Efc>nd
street this week. Both mother and
daughter were dressed in the fash
ions of years ago
Queen Alexandra is determined that
her granddaughter shall be smartenec
up. and will herself supervise th<
trousseau of the young Duchess, win
would be a remarkably attractivt
young girl if properly dressed.
Microbes in Veils
Peril Fair Parisians
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July $6.—"Every time 1
come here I am more and more as
tonished by the extraordinary changes
in London social life during .the last
ten or fifteen years.” said Chauncey
M. Depew to The Sunday American
correspondent. "There are no more
outstanding personalities in society—
Gladstone, Salisbury, Randolph-
Churchill—all such men have disap
peared and there Is no one to replace
them.
“Of course, such men exist to-day,
but the legislation of the last few
years seems to have driven all the
noble families out of politics, to have
divorced them from public life until
to-day the man who combines great
social and political influence is an ex
treme rarity.
“In the same way,” continued Mr.
Depew. musingly, “there are no great
ladies nowadays who. as hostesses,
wield powerful political influence.
“Lady Lansdowne and Lady Lon
donderry appear to have closed their
drawing rooms, where, it is not too
much to say, the fate of the cabinets
was determined sometimes.
Deplores Lack of Hostesses.
“Even from the social point of view
there are no such hostesses to-day as
were Lady Burdette-Coutts. Lady
Dorothy Neville and Lady Saint He
ller, who, as Lady Jeune, assembled
every ‘lion’ at her salons.
“I think the decadence Is due to the
democratic movement throughout the
world which at the moment can not
be checked. World democracy is
overthrowing aristocratic dominance,
is striving desperately to extend free
dom and liberty.
"It is a curious thing that this
democratic movement is accepted
everywhere by prayerful demands for
a strong leader to whom democracy
is ready to surrender almost abso
lute power.
“It is so in France. President Poin
care. instead of being a figurehead,
cpn make himself the driving force
of the nation; indeed, democracy al
most demands that he shall. It is so
in my own country. President Wood-
iow Wilson is an absolute autocrat.
Explains Wilson's Pow«r,
"He is doing just what he likes, be
cause he knows the people wish him
to, and will be disgusted with him if
he does anything else.
“You will see that President Wilson
will drive the tariff bill through Con
gress nearly unchanged, and the cur
rency bill. too. although he will have
very great difficulties with the lat
ter.”
“Do I understand that you admire
President Wilson’s methods?” asked
ihe correspondent.
“I do not,” said Mr. Depew with
decision. •
Golden Cards Out to
His Golden Wedding
Russian Millionaire Sends 200 Invi
tations Made of Pure Metal to
Anniversary Affair.
Special Cable to The American.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 26.—M.
Spiridinoff. a well-known Moscow
millionaire, is about to celebrate his
golden wedding. Two hundred guests
have been invited. Each of them re
ceived the other day a card of invl-
tatlorr made of pure gyld.
As each card weighs twenty
grammes, which is rather less than
three-quarters of an ounce avoirdu
pois. the total amount of gold used
is about nine pounds.
The metal was transformed into
these unique mislsves. on which the
invitation was worked In enamel, by
a Moscow goldsmith. Each invita
tion card is valued at about $30.
I Doctors Declare Also That Handker
chiefs of Tuberculosis Victims
Are Menace to City.
Special Cable to The Georgian.
PARIS. July 26.—Doctors here have
begun a new crusade. ‘This time they
are attacking tadies’ veils, which th«y
declare are perilous to health and
I mere receptacles for microbes. They
j also have atfdt d terrors to more live?'
: by calling attention to the danger
'caused bv sending handkerchiefs used
' by tuberculosis persons to be washed
| at laundries
Thousands of blanchivseuMft ar*
a d to perish year’’, as a result of
handling infected linen.
Pastor to Use Boxing
To Make Christians
Minister in Slums of London Will
Try to Stimulate Church
With Athletics.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 26.—The Rev. Ever-
ard Digby has juft been made vicar
of St. Agatha’s. Rhoreditch* one of th»>
“slummiest” and one of the toughest
quarters in the East End of London.
He is a muscular Christian, can
box fairly well, is artil 1 an all-round
athlete, and is the only clergyman
merriber of the National Hportlng
Club, where he can often be seen
watching the boxing contests.
He Intends, so he tell* his friends,
to make men of the young “Hooli
gans" of Shoreditch by turning them
into athletes before inducing them to
attend church.
Czar Gives Hospital
To Raise Birth Rate
Tercentenary of Romanoff Dynasty
Will Be Celebrated by Opening
of $500,000 Institution.
Special Cable to The American.
ST. PETERSBURG. July 26.—Ry an
imperial decree on the subject of in
fantile mortality in Russia St. Peters
burg is to have a special institution
in which children and nursing moth-
1 ers can be received. The amount of
| $600,000, given by private banks of
j this city and Moscow on the occa-j
; s'on of the tercentenary of the Ro- !
i inanoff dynasty, will be devoted to the !
I upkeep of the Institution, which na«
been placed under the patronage of j
the Czarina.
Nobility at Wiborgs'
Vegetable Cotillion
New York Woman and Beautiful
Daughters Entertain at Novel
and Elaborate Ball.
Special. Cable to The Georgian.
LONDON, July 26.—Mrs. Frank
Wiborg and her three beautiful
daughters, of New York, gave a mar
velous “vegetable' ’.cotillion, attended
by a brilliant assembly of fashion
ables at the Rltz Hotel last night.
Among the guests were the Duch
ess of Rutland. Lady Diana Manners,
the Duchess of Westminster. Princess
Teano, Princess San Faustino, Coun
tess Dudley. Lady Honor Ward,
Countess of Essex. Lady Iris Capell.
Countess Drogheda, the Earl and
Countess I’ortalington, Countess
Kimberley, Lady Isabell Wodehouse,
Lady Cunard, Mrs. H. W. F. A. Wil
liams. Mrs. Coleman Drayton. Lord
Basil Blackwood. Lord Desmond
Fitzgerald. Marquis of Granby • and
Lord Alexander.
Prince Colonna and Olga Wiborg
led the spirited cotillion, followed by
a servant dressed as a Southern ne
gro with a wheelbarrow filled with
vegetables. These were distributed
to the guests amid gales of laugh
ter.
The merriment reached its height
when the noble guests competed in a
ragtime potato race, which was won
by Lady Diana Manners.
State Visit to Paris
Decided On by King
British Monarch May Continue Trip
to Spain To Be Guest
of Alfonso.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. July 26.—The King has
given a definite pledge to visit Pari*
in state next year, probably in March,
llis majesty will be accompanied by
the Queen, and it is expected that
Princess Mary will accompany her
parents on this occasion, while the
Prince pf Wales may also Join the
royal party, though this depends upon
the course of his studies at Oxford.
The King and Queen will *be m
Paris for about a week, and will stay
at the British Embassy The sugges
tion has also been brought forwaid
that their majesties should continue
their journey as far as Madrid, n
order to redeem the long-atanding
promise to visit the King and Queen
of Rpaln in their capital.
Both Sides of Reichstag Are Dis
satisfied With Measure Which
Adds Enormous Expense.
By FREDERICK WERNER.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, July 26.—Weeks have
now passed since the Reichstag with
a suddenness that surprised all Eu
rope passed the army bill and gave In
to the Government on all points, and
during the time that has passed It
haR been possible to form an idea of
the feelings of the Government, as
well as of the people, toward the
new conditions.
It Is perhaps not too much to say
that the general feeling on both sides
Is or>f» of dissatisfaction, which on the
part of the common people is mingled
with disgust and contempt of Its rep
resentatives.
Kaiser Is Delighted.
The Kaiser, of course, who now, as
ever, looks upon the enormous in
crease of armaments solely In the light
of the strongest possible guarantee
of continued peace, was naturally
greatly delighted when he, after
months of anxiety, suddenly saw his
most cherished Wishes fulfilled, and
Me is probably the only person In the
Empirp who continues to feel happy.
Tp the Chancellor of the Empire.
Herr von Bethrnann Hollweg, and
Herr von Herringen the victory, of
wltlch they had at times nearly given
up all hope, was a source of great
satisfaction, which, however, has left
a bitter aftertaste of disappointment.
When they planned the new bill,
which called for such great financial
sacrifices, they were were firmly con
vinced that It would with one blow'
establish the absolute military su
premacy of Germany in Europe.
Officer List Increased.
The bill gave this country the enor
mous army of ?*9 battalions of in
fantry. 650 regin. nts of cavalry, In
creased the readiness and efficiency of
the 633 batteries of field artillery. In
creased the siege artillery to 55, the
sappers to 44 and the train to 26 bat
talions. It gave Germany ft largely
Increased number of officers of all
grades and created several high mil
itary officers and a standing army in
time of peace of S20.000 troops.
But in spite of all this, Germany's
military strength, when compared
with that of other powers, remains
the same as before. The new army
bill fails to establish the hoped-for
absolute military supremacy, and in
this fact lies the cruel disappoint
ment. The enormous sacrifices de
manded and made are of no value, for
in France a rejuvenated nation hal
been aroused to an outburst of pa
triotism. such as has not boen seen
slnhe the days of the great Napoleon.
And out of this patriotism will arise
a French army practically equal to
the German In numbers of men and in
equipment on many points far supe
rior. While Russia, influenced and
prodded on by France, Is hurriedly
building new railroads of the greatest
strategical Importance and has moved
several new army corps nearer to her
western frontier.
Sack Open at Both Ends Seems
Idea for Gowns-—Cockroaches
on Stockings.
Makes Longest Shot
With Bow and Arrow
Sends Shaft 459 Yards and 8 Inches
With Ancient Turkish Weapon
at Tourney.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS. July 26.—Thel otlgest shot
with bow and arrow since 1 794 was
made the other day by Ingo Simon, a
member of the* Royal Toxophifite So
ciety, who shot an arrow’ 459 yards S
inches at the annual archery meeting
at Le Touquet. He made another
shot two yards shorter.
He used two Turkish bows, made
of buffalo horn and antelope sinew,
pulling 80 pounds and 60 pounds
Both bows were more than 200 years
old.
The longest distance with a yew
bow was 236 yards 7 feet.
Women's Bank Has
To Enlarge Quarters
Financial Institution Started Two
Years Ago Proves So Successful
More Room Is Needed.
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Special Cible to The American.
LONDON. July 26.— Fa row*« Bank
for Women, inaugurated a couple nf
years ago. has proved so successful
that it has been transferred to new
and enlarged premises In the West
End.
It Is managed entirely by women
for women. , One feature of the es
tablishment is a meeting room for
clients, where they can meet their
friends and write letters.
By MARQUIS DE CASTELLANE.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, July 26.—The net© result of
the fight of fashions in Paris at the
close of the season is to wear a dress
that does not fit. The chief thing
insisted upon is that the folds be ar
tistic.
With this exception, one might take
a sack open at both ends, cut a
couple of holes for the arms to come
through, tie a string of colored sash
around the waist, pull the sack well up
over the sash so that it stands well
avvav from the body, and have there
by the dress of the day.
As a contrast to this, the lower part
of the d,ress should be well drawn
round the legs, and It Should be open
la front nearly tc t ha knee.
Hosiery Is Startling.
This fashion admits of extraordi
nary embellishments of silken hosiery.
Stockings lend themselves particular
ly to all sorts of designs; serpents are
embroidered in vari-colored jewels
and entwined round the ankles.
Some fair wearers prefer butter
flies displayed in front of the leg Just
below the knee. Lizards with jew
eled eyes are also frequently intro
duced. Ladles of the superstitious
idea that cockroaches bring luck have
some of these pests beautifully out
lined on their hosiery.
In not a few cases lace plays the
leading role in the toilet. Many of
the white gowns are draped with
priceless black Chantilly lace, shawls
and flounces form the whole of the
top part of the bodices. Sleeves are
left quite transparent. When black
and w hite is not chosen, delicate rose
pink chiffon with filmy ecru lace
seems to be favored.
Wearers Look Like Jockeys.
Several of the white charmeus©
gowns are made in such a manner
that they give the wearers rather th©
appearance of jockeys.
There Is a simple tendency in the
latest modes for hat trimmings. Crys
tal pendants hang In front. These
ornaments are exactly the same as
those used in the ordinary chande
liers.
One of these freakish creations of
white pique and green worsted Jerald
has just one small white Java spar
row standing ur> in front with its
white claws holding on to the crown..
Auto Scares Horses;
Carter Whips Prince
Driver U6es Lash on Members of
Nobility After Accident to
His Vehicle.
Special Cable to The American.
LE1PRIU, GERMANY. July 26.—A
Princess and two Princes of the
Hou*e Of I.senburg, belonging to the
highest German nobility, were horse-
whippeiUrecently by an angry tarter
whose horses their automobile had
ala rm-d.
Prince Alphons, Princess Antoinette
ami Prince Victor Vonlsenburg were
motoring to Altenburg, where they
were to vis!? the Duke of Altenburg.
head of another former sovereign
house of the empire, when they en
countered a farmer with a load of
wood. His horse shied before the au
tomobile and upret the load in the
ditch.
The driver lashed out with his whip
at the Princess and the Princes as
they rolled by. leaving angry welts on
the faces of all three
He now faces trial at Gera foP his
misdeed, which a century ago would
have been almost high treason.
Lady Paget to Give
Biggest Dublin Party
American Wife of English General 19
Sending Out Record Number
of Invitations.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 26— Lady Paget;
American wife of General Sir Arthur
Paget, has never completely recovered
from the fall down an elevator shaft
In Belgrade Square, and every year
she has to take a cure in lieu of ex
ercise. She is leaving London for Aix
in a few' clay® to reduce her weight.
Like Queen Mary, she has a horror
of growing stout.
Rhe will be at Aix for three weeks,
and will arrive at the Royal Hospital,
in Dublin, shortly before the Dublin
Horse Show, which commences Au
gust 26, and which is the great event
of the Irish season. Rhe is sending
out many more invitations than last
year for her horse show’ party, and
will entertain a large and distin
guished house party.
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Cox College and the Fine Arts are inseparable In the minds of those
who have watched the history of the rollege o he one hand, and the
creation and growth of a public sentiment for fostering and developing
a love for the beautiful on the other.
The Schools of Drawing and Painting, tinder their wise and efficient
heads, are conducted along natural lines, “back to nature" being the slo-
gan all the way through.
The Art studioa are well equipped with casts and statues and all
| the modern appliances for developing technique, while the beautiful col
lege campus and picturesque country around are teeming with material
i lot studies In life.
Cox College maintains high standards of scholarship, both in the
College of Liberal Arts and the Conservatory of Music. Adequate prep
aration is furnished by the splendid Academy Fifteen units are re
quired for entrance to college Next session begins September 10. A
catalogue v ill be furnished on application. .Address Cox College and
| Coneet vatory, College Park, Ga.