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HKARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, 0A„ SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1013.
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Fritz Jacobsoho
ROME
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IS BEST PHI III
LONDON DALEi
‘Jewels Look Best on Pigs’
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So Says Polaire, the Dancer
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[s ‘Ugliest Woman in Paris’
America He Believes Will Revel
in Dramatization of Arnold
Bennett’s Story.
By ALAN DALE.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—The best
thing in London is Arnold Ben
nett’s “fancy” play, “The Great Ad
venture,” at the Kings way Thea
ter. This could be construed into
meaning very little, or even noth
ing, for the paucity of dramatic
material in London at the present
time is sending American managers
home discouraged. However, I’ll
hasten to say that “The Great Ad
venture” could hold its own in a
season filled with pleasure-giving
theatrical events. It is delightful;
it is cozy; it is sedately humorous,
and it is clever.
There is no allusion at all on the
program or in the published play to
the fact that “The Great Adven
ture” is Arnold Bennett’s own dra
matization of his own novel, “Bur
ied Alive”—a story that I shunned
for ages on account of its grewsome
title, only to find anon that it was a
skittish, satirical and gorgeously
amusing storiette. The play at the
Kingsway is “Buried Alive,” made
into a short, pithy and incidental
four-act play.
It contains an actress who is so
admirable, so unusual and so dis
tinctly enjoyable in London, where
one gets the same old fogies year in
and year out, that the occasion be
comes doubly interesting. That ac
tress Is Miss Wish Wynne, and I
use her Christian name with all
my heart in connection with an ap
pearance in America. Wish Wynne
is one of those peculiar women who
seem to arrive suddenly on their
sheer merits. She is no beauty;
she is pictorially quite uninterest
ing. If you met her before sne had
tried the stage, you would say to
her. “Keep away from it; you’ve no
chance, because you are such an
ordinary looker.”
But Wish Wynne is charming.
She is quiet, “natural,” artistic and
magnetic. She “gets” you. You
can’t imagine that you are watch
ing an actress acting. There is
nothing of the theater in her man
ner. Yet, of course, it is all thea
ter. Only art, and art of the high
est order, could get Wish Wynne
over the footlights.
In “The Great Adventure” she
plays the part of the widow, who
marries the artist whom the world
imagines to be buried in West
minster Abbey. Nearly all “The
Great Adventure” consists of scenes
between the man and the woman,
beautifully written, sympathetical
ly acted, ovenveeningly "natural.”
The story keeps to the book pretty
closely. In the begininng you see
the artist with his dying valet, cared
for by a doctor. The valet dies,
the artist takes his place; the valet
is buried as the artist, and the
artist lives to begin all over again.
Each of the four acts is divided
into two scenes, separated by a
passage of time, more or less short.
Electric signs appear between the
scenes, indicating how much time
elapses. It is all most concise and
to the point. At the Kingsway
there is no music, but merely the
“knockings” that prevail at. French
theaters. I think that a pity. Al
though entr’acte music is detest
able and inartistic, I loathe those
French knockings. They sound so
barbaric. Why should London imi
tate such a stupid custom when it
would be so easy to think up some
thing novel and relevant?
The weakest spot in “Th* Great
Adventure” occurs when the artist
is confronted with his dead valet's
widow and curate-sons. This, of
couse, is broad farce. Played as
quiet comedy, it doesn’t convince;
in fact, it irritates. Although it is
very well done, and the curate-sons
are amusing (curates on the stage
have really taken the jocular place
of mothers-in-law), it is a jarring
note in such a gentle and placidly
ironic little play as “The Great Ad
venture.”
The Philistinism of England is
shown in Arnold Bennett's best
vein, and Mr. Bennett raps his own
country, as “own countries” always
are rapped by their affectionate
children. This is as it should be.
Only a man who knows a country
by being born in it can rap it. The
stickler for stodgv clays will, of
course, say that “The Great Ad
venture” is absurd and improbable;
that no such series of events could
conceivablv occur. Yet it contains
truth, sincerity and reality—in spite
of all. I loved it all, from start
to finish, and if only it isn’t spoiled
by a second-rate cast in New York,
It ought to be a bi" winner.
Don’t forget that it needs fine
acting; that without fine acting s t
has little chance with the “masses.”
and—remember, I’ve said that. The
hero, called in the play Ham Carve,
was acted by Henry Ainley. who
was at one time a matinee favorite.
He has followed in the footsteps
of our own Fav^’sham and ceased
to be beautiful. He now acts and Is
addicted to character roles. As the
artist, he portrays a nervous,
dreamy, out-of-the-world creature,
who despises the pomes and cere
monies. Mr. Ainley does it all very
well. indeed, and though he ’s
helped a good deal by the splendid
work of Miss Wish Wynne, he gets
at least halfway th re on his own.
In all, there are eighteen speaking
parts, mostly of no importance
The entire play is intrusted to
Henry Ainley and Wish Wynne. A
young woman called Lydia Bil-
brooke is interesting.
There is absolutely no point of
resemblance between “The Great
Adventure” and “Milestones,” yet
the former made me think of tho
latter all the time, possibly be-
cause they are both so out of th**
ordinary groov . The worth of
“The Great Adventure" is undenia
ble.
Polaire, the Paris dancer, and the stuffed pig upon which sha
arranges her jewels. Both are coming soon to America.
Also Is One of the Cleverest of Parisiennes; Her
Scheme to Advertise a Perfume.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Aug. 23.—Polaire, the
dancer and actress, who declares that
she is the ugliest woman in Paris,
and who is recognized generally as
one of the cleverest, will soon be on
her way to New York with her origi
nal perfume, her Ideas about jewelry
and her stuffed pig.
The pig is ugly, but like its owner,
who will Join Gertrude Hoffman and
Lady Constance Stewart-Richardsoa
In a grbat three-star tour of America,
is interesting. On its ungraceful neck
the dancer places her jewels, for she
declares that is the appropriate place
for gems.
Has Two Life Missions.
Polaire’s idea caused much com
ment. Those who had jewels scowled;
those who did not laughed, but Po
laire believes she has two missions
in life. One Is to dance and the other
to explain that jewels are best used
to adorn a pig.
“I certainly shall take my pig to
America,” she said recently. “I be
lieve I shall have as much reason to
show It there as I have had here 'n
Paris, and as I had in other places ’n
Europe.
“Perhaps it will do no good. I have
only my art to consider; I have no
room for jewels. My pig is welcom°
to them.”
Incidentally Polaire has demand-id
Leper Sings Ragtime
In His Confinement
Dahab Hassan, Syrian, Depored From
Philadelphia, Will Probably Be
Sent to Jerusalem.
Special Cable to The American.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 23. — Dahab
Hassan, the Syrian leper who ✓rrived
here from Philadelphia on the Do-
j minion, has been detained at the New
Ferry isolation hospital, where he
spends his time singing ragtime. Ac
cording to his story Hassan left
England a year ago and proceeded
to Cleveland. Ohio, where he did work
in a tobacco factory.
When he fell ill the doctors decid
ed he was smitten with leprosy, fol
lowing which discovery the American
authorities deported him.
During the voyage to this country
Hassan was naturally a most unpop
ular passenger with the crew, which
was bally scared and gave him a
wide berth, notwithstanding the fact
that there was no danger from infec
tion. He will likely be sent to Je
rusalem. his native city.
of her American managers, Comstock
& Gest, that no one but she in the
three-star tour shall use perfume of
any kind on the stage, the train or
elsewhere. She says she will refuse
to leave France unless she has this
guarantee.
Her rerfume Is Subtle.
“I have a delicate, subtle perfume.”
she declares. "No one else can pur
chase or use it. It is so delicate that
any other scent would interfere with
my enjoyment of it, and unless I am
assured that Miss Hoffman and Lady
Constance will use no perfume at all,
I can not consent to go to America.”
It is said that Polaire has a con
tract with a Paris perfumer who is to
pay her 25,000 francs to advertise n
the United states an “exclusive” per
fume he will soon put on the market.
Ex-Premier Clemenceau’s new pa
per, L’Homme Libre, gives this week
a solution of a prcblen) which has
been puzzling all Paris: Why has
Polaire started the extraordinary
fashion of wearing a gold ring in her
nose at a well-known watering place?
Mile. Polaire declares, according to
the paper, that she adopted the Zulu
style in jewelry simply In order to
avoid being again billed in New York,
as “the ugliest woman on earth.”
Now, she says, American managers
are simply bound to feature her as
“the only living actress who wears a
ring in her nose."
Girl Halts Attempt
To Rob State Lottery
Screams of Clerk Alarm Pedestrians
When Italian Thief Tries to
Chloroform Her.
Special Cable to The American.
MILAN, Aug. 23.—It was only by
the slightest chance that a bold rob
bery of one of the State lottery offices
was averted the other day. A young
fellow entered the office and asked to
purchase some tickets. While the
young woman clerk was writing the
number on the tickets the man sud
denly tried to throw* a bottle of chlo
roform in her face.
She recoiled and screamed, and the
man ran out of the office. Her
screams had attracted attention and
several men started in pursuit of the
man.
A university student grasped the
fugitive as he ran down the street
brandishing a revolver. The student
was shot in the face by the fugitive,
who dashed into a cafe. Just as the
pursuers were closing in on him he
ended his life with his pistol.
MORE BULLS DEMANDED
AFTER EIGHTEEN ARE SLAIN
Special Cable to The American.
MADRID, Aug. 23.—After a ten-
hour bull fight at Santander. In which
eighteen bulls were slaughtered, the
10,000 spectators noisily demand' 1 !
that more bulls be brought Into tht
ring and killed. The Mayor of the
town and local police had great diffi
culty in persuading the audience ;o
leave the arena. Twenty horses wev>
killed. Several of the picadors wer
wounded, one of them seriously.
GONDOLAS OF VENICE GIVE
WAY TO MOTOR LAUNCHES
special Cable to The American.
VENICE, Aug. 23.—Stubborn resist
ance on the part of the Venetian boat
men to modern means of locomotion
on the Grand Canal seems about to
be overcome by the formation of a
co-operative association among the
gondoliers.
This body is providing a public
service of motor launches between
| the railway station and the Adriatic
1 shore.
Americanese Puts “Punch” in
Poetry, According to One
English Admirer.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—The American
language, says a writer in the Lon
don Daily Express, is developing a
new literature which Is imaginative,
metaphoric and full of color, besides
being the time-saving device of the
age. It is the shorthand of spoken
languages.
Precisely what is this remarkable
language? he asks. Some one de
fined cauliflower as plain cabbage
with a college education. In the same
way it may be said that American
is simply th e well-kno^n slang with
a university training. It is super
slang.
To illustrate, let us take a W’ord
which is a marvel of condensed de
scription. Suppose I wanted to say
of a man that he was clumsy, futile,
helpless and undesirable; that he was
slovenly in his manner and shabby in
his dress; that he was intellectually
insignificant and spiritually nil; that
he never minded his own business and
meddled with every one else’s; that
his presence was an abomination to
me—if I wanted to say all this, and
a little bit more, I should merely de
clare that he was a “gink.”
It is this pregnant, compact quality
which especially recommends Ameri
can for poetic use.
Ragging the “Red, Red Rose.”
Suppose Robert Burns had writ
ten his exquisite “Red, Red Rose” in
American instead of English. For
tenderness in the exaltations of a
loved one, American is unrivaled.
Witness:
O my luve’s a red, red rose,
She’s a pippin, she’s just rippin’,
she’s a bear!
She can turkey-trot and tango,
She’s a quince, O she’s a mango,
She’s the candy kid for fair.
Are you there?
O my luve’s like a red, red rose.
Just take it from me, kid, she’s a
dream, she’s a scream.
Pipe her in her glad rags there.
I should w r orry! She’s a bear!
She’s all peaches and cream.
Get a gleam!
And would not Byron’s "Maid of
Athens” be infinitely more expressive
in American?
Maid of Athens, ere I beat it.
Give me back my heart—I need it.
Cut, O cut that taffy, please!
Stop your' teasin’,
Quit the squeezin’,
I implore you on my knees.
I’ll admit you got me going
And my love for you is growing,
But ’s enough, kid.
Call the bluff, kid,
I’ve got your number and I’m wise,
There’s no use your making eyes.
Not only in the language of love
is American so rich. It can be
mellifluous or bitter, as you wish. It
can express hatred as eloquently as
affection, and that is more than can
be said of English. Byron was
severely handicapped whe nhe wrote
his critcism of Scotch reviewers.
Slangina Byron’s Diatribe.
How infinitely more stinging he
could have been had he had the
average Yankee’s knowledge of Amer
ican.
You two-for-a-nickel Scotch review
ers,
You’re nothing but a bunch of brew
ers.
You’ve got my goat, but by Hank!
you’ll rue it.
I’m on the job and I’ll beat you to it.
You’re Just a lot of pikers from piker-
land.
Why can’t you boost a poet with the
glad, glad hand?
You’re a bunch of beany ginks; a
gang of piffly gooks,
You gollywobble, runty-punty, lolly-
pop spooks!
You’ve missed your right vocations;
You’d have been Just simply grand
As nifty engineers of Antonio’s pea
nut stand.
So fade away. Beat it! Twenty-
three! You’re full of flies.
Just put an egg in your goldamed
shoe and beat it! Are you wise?
Powers Anxious to
Seize Turkey in Asia
England, by Proposed Partition, Gets
Arabia—Austria Hasn’t 8taked
Claim Yet.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—The great
powers have been secretly discussing
the eventual partition of Turkey In
Asia recently, the main lines of which
are now clear.
Arabia would go to Great Britain,
Armenia to Russia, Syria to France
and Anatolia to Germany. Italy, of
course, has Tripoli and will probably
receive a few of the Aegean Islands.
Austro-Hungary, alone of the great
powers, has not staked out a claim,
and to prevent her being left out, It
has been semously proposed to give
her the Holy Land.
When the ambitions and Jealous
ies of the powers are stirred up by
the partition of Turkey In Asia, a
new and more serious danger than
the Balkan affair will threaten the
peace of Europe.
CASTLE TO BE HOME OF
TRAMPS OF GERMANY
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, Aug. 23.—Here Is perhaps
a bit of news which will be of inter
est to some of America’s “Wandering
Willies.” A ruined castle at Merlen-
hausen, Saxony, is about to be re
stored by the local authorities, who
will use it as a free rest house and
night shelter for tramps from all
parts of Germany.
Board of Experts Sent by Ad
miralty to Spend Six Months
in This Country.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—England Is
troubled by the superior conditions of
lower-deck life in the United States
Navy as compared with the British.
The admiralty has decided to send
a board consisting of Vice Admiral
Williams, Fleet Surgeon Munday and
E. N. Mooney, of the Royal Corps of
Naval Constructors, to spend 3ix
weeks in America, chiefly at New
port and the New York Navy Yard.
They will begin with studying the
system of ventilation in United States
battleships.
The visit ought to have practical
results for British sailors. The Ori »n
class carry a complement of 800. The
Wyoming carries 1,115.
If the Navy Department at Wash
ington can get 315 more men into a
ship on an increase of nine feet more
length, five feet more beam and one
foot more draught, and at tho same
time house and sleep them much bet
ter, the British constructor has cer
tainly something to learn.
Englishman Beats
Street Car Thief
Russian Judge Compliments British
Subject on Thrashing He Ad
ministered to Pickpocket.
Special Cable to The American.
ODESSA, Aug. 23.—The American’s
reputation as being always ready for
a fight while traveling abroad has
been rivaled here by a young Eng
lishman who grasped the wrist of a
pickpocket when he detected the lat
ter stealing a woman’s purse in a
street car.
The pickpocket accused the Eng
lishman of trying to steal the purse
himself. This aroused the English
man’s ire and he struck the man a
smashing blow on the nose, causing
that member to bleed profusely.
The man was taken to court and
sentenced to six months’ imprison
ment, and the Englishman, who de
clined to give his name, was compli
mented by the Magistrate.
Shop Talk Barred by
Famous Musicians
Composers, Conductors and Singers,
Including Caruso, Fine Violator
of Health Resort Rule.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME, Aug. 23.—At Montecatini,
a favorite health resort, there are
at present the composers, Leoncaval
lo, Mascagni and Puccini; the sing
ers, Caruso and Bonci, and th* con
ductors, Mugnonex, Serafln and Ga-
leffl.
These famous musicians, who are
constantly in each other’s company,
have formed an anti-musical society
in which the penalty for speaking of
music or of the theater when in each
other’s company is a heavy, fine.
Russia to Have New
Steamer Line to U. S.
Promoters Hope to Secure Farmers
for Siberia From Canada and
America.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—A Russian
steamship service between Vladivo
stok, Vancouver, Tacoma and Seattle
is to be established, the outward ship
ments consisting mainly of soya
beans, while agricultural implements
and general manufactures will be car
ried back.
It is also intended to provide spe
cial facilities for emigration from
Russia, and with that object there
are to be low rates, including spe
cially reduced fares over the Trans-
Siberian Railway.
It is honed to induce a large num
ber of farmers from Canada and the
United States to settle in Siberia.
English Housewives
Plan Bacon Boycott
Hope to Force Down Price by Ab
staining From Buying for
Fortnight.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—The “English
breakfast" is threatened with dire
disaster. London housewives are pre
paring to boycott the toothsome
“ra«her”because of the continued high
prices ruling for bacon.
They plan to refuse to buy bacon
for a fortnight, beginning to-day
Enormous quantities are likley to re
main In the hands of the wholesalers
and prices are expected to come down
with a rush.
Optimists predict a drop in price
of at least 3 cents a pound.
RUSS SERFS JOLLY, BUT
LAZY, SAYS VASSAR GIRL
Special Cable to The American.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 23— Miss
Texter, a graduate of Vassar College,
who has been making a tour of Sara-
toff and Simbirsk, typical agricultu
ral provinces of Russia, to study the
land question, has been telling the
Russian newspaner* the peasants im
press her most by their good temper
and dislike for work.
Baron Hirsch's Son
Rewins Erring Wife
De Forest's Reconciliation to Bride,
Who Eloped With Guardsman,
Surprises English 8ociety.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—English visi
tors to Le Touquet, tho fashionable
little French resort near Boulogne,
were amazed this week to find Baron
De Forest and his wife playing goif
together, evidently on the most friend
together, evidently on the most
friendly and Intimate terms.
Baron De Forest was the adopted
son of *he late Baron Hirsch. the
multi-millionaire. who purchased for
his protege an Austrian title, mar-
fled the pretty sister of Lord Gerald,
who, three years ago, eloped with a
yojng guardsman. Then began a w ild
chase of the fugitive pair. The en
tire sympathy of society was with th9
erring wife.
The Baron, cut by every one. be
came a Socialist, but is believed to
be yearning to be received by society
once more; hence the reconciliation
with his popular bride.
Czar's Alarm Bell
System Works Well
Crazed Aviator Tries to Force En
trance and Entire Winter Pal
ace Is Aroused.
Special Cable to The American.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 23.—Tho
alarm bells of the Winter Palace
were set ringing the other day by a
terrified watchman, who found him
self In a fight with a man forcing his
way In and demanding to see the
Emperor, who was at that time at
the Peterhof Palace.
The Invader was overpowered and
proved to be Otochkln, one of the
earliest Russian aviators, who recent
ly has come down in the world.
The Incident served as a dramatic
rehearsal of the entire system of
alarms, armed guards and secret
protection which Is set to work im
mediately If any stranger seeks to
force his way into any of the Czar’s
residences.
‘Corner’ in Quinine
May Increase Price
Manufacturers of Drug and Pro
ducers of Bark In Java Sign
Agreement.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—An increase in
the price of quinine Is expected as the
Tesult of an agreement which has
been signed between the European
makers of -quinine and growers In
Java of the cinchona tree, from the
bark of which quinine is produced.
The manufacturers are required to
, buy from the producers about 1,000,-
000 pounds of quinine a year at a reg
ulated price.
Virtually all the cinchona bark
used by quinine manufacturers in
Europe is now produced in Java,
whence it is shipped to Amsterdam
to be sold by public auction.
Turkey Offers Art
Treasures for Loan
Even With Imperial Museum Collec
tion as Security, London
Financiers Shy.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—Turkey has
been trying to raise a loan in Lon
don, offering as security the antique
treasures In the Imperial Museum at
Constantinople.
The security evidently is not appre
ciated. for so far the loan has not
materialized.
That Turkey is willing to pledge
her treasures proves how dire are
her financial straits, for the Imperial
Museum is one of her most Jealously
guarded possessions.
The Turkish Government has in
creased the collections without cost,
as archaeologists have been allowed
to work in the Holy Land only on
condition that they sent their finds
to the museum.
Champion Elephant
Killer Coming toU.S.
James Sutherland, After Bagging
600, Still Ready for Call
of the Jungle.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—Thirteen years
in the African Jungle, with a “bag”
of 600 elephants to his credit, James
Sutherland, the big game hunter, who
claims to have killed more buli ele
phants than any other hunter in the
world, has Just arrived here.
He has shot 480 bull elephants dur
ing his thirteen years.
After a short stay here, Sutherland
will go to America, but he says that
before he has seen much of the sky
scrapers he will be seized again with
the “Jungle call.” He shoot* for the
ivory.
To Discard Freckles,
Tan,Pimples, Wrinkles
(From Feminine World.)
The use of creams on the face some
times causes hair to grow. You can
avoid the risk of acquiring superfluous
hair by avoiding cosmetics and using
mercolized wax Instead There is noth
ing better for any condition of the skin,
as the wax actually absorbs the offen
sive cuticle. The latter Is naturally re
placed by a clear, smooth, healthy com
plexion. full of life and expression. It’s
the sensible way to discard a freckled,
tanned, over-red, blotchy or pimpled
skin. Get an ounce of mercolized wax
at any druggist's and apply nightly like
cold cream, erasing In the morning with
soap and water. It takes a week or so
to complete the transformation.
The Ideal w’rlnkle eradicator is made
by dissolving an ounce of powdered sax-
ollte in a half pint of witch hazel
Bathing the face in the solution brings
almost instantaneous results.—Adv.
Enormous Orders From Various
American Republics Excite
Interest in London.
Brilliant Young English Com
poser’s Harmonies Have Cre
ated Furor in London.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—Considerable
interest has been aroused in cer
tain quarters in London by. the fact
that various South American Re
publics are placing in England and
on the Continent contracts for enor
mous amounts of arms and ammu
nition.
Within the last few- weeks an ag
gregate of 500-.000 rifles, with a cor
responding amount of ammunition,
has been placed on order, while, so
far as two of the Republics are con
cerned, inquiries are still in progress
regarding the supply of new artillery.
An agent of tne Uruguayan Gov
ernment has arrived in London for
the purchase of military transports.
All this may mean simply mutual
precautions on the part of the re
spective Republics against each other,
but there is a curious element of sus
picion as to the possibility of some
European interference.
Italian Lake Plays
At Hide and Seek
Waters Disappear Every 20 Years
Through Hole In Center,
Then Appear Again.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME, Aug. 23.—Italian scientists
and expert hydrographers are again
puzzled by the sudden disappearance
of the waters of Lake Canterno, not
far from Rome, while the population
of the district is in mortal fear of
some Imminent catastrophe.
The lake has been playing hide and
seek with the villagers from time im
memorial. The records show that ev
ery twenty years the waters recede
through a large hole in the middle of
the lake bed Where the waters go
constitutes the mystery which has so
far baffled scientists. The fish dis
appear and return with the v’ater.
According to a local legend, the wa
ter disappears every time an acci
dent happens in the neighborhood of
the lake. Two boys drowned there
recently.
Cost of Living Up in
Britain 14 Per Cent
Prices of Foodstuffs Except Tea and
Sugar Have Risen at Re
markable Rate.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—Striking figures
showing the increased cost of living are
contained in a voluminous report is
sued by the British Board of Trade,
according to which present prices are
the highest in twenty five years.
Retail prices of food have risen 14
per cent since 1900, while wages have
increased only 3 per cent.
Prices of almost all foodstuffs, except
tea and sugar, have risen, the great
est increases being in bacon, 32 per
cent, and potatoes*. 46 per cent.
People have been able to meet the
advances only by reducing consumption.
Duelling Scars Are
Advertised for Sale
German Firm Promises To Make
Men Attractive Without Aid
of Sword.
Special Cable to The American.
HAMBURG, Aug. 23.—A new Indus
try has been started with the object
of “making men interesting to wom
en."
One firm advertises it is prepared to
provide outs such as decorate the
cheeks of students who have fought
duels in the universities. This can be
done “without pain or interruption to
business,” and. accurate resemblance
to the real thing is* guaranteed.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—Emerson
Whithome. who started in London the
present vogue of Chinese and Japan
ese music, vulgarly known as "yel
low music,” and has produced such
popular pieces as “The Typhoon” and
“The Yellow Jacket,” is planning to
go to the United States at an early
date.
Just where Mr. Whithome got his
inspiration for the composition of this
class of music is not known, but his
creations are based strictly on the
music of the yellow races and are
played nightly.
Resurrects Medieval Harmonies.
He does not, however, confine his
attention exclusively to the music of
the East, as he has specialized exten
sively in a unique form of music
based on that of the fifteenth and
sixteenth centuries.
He came out strongly in this direc
tion at the famous Shakespeare ball
given at the Albert Hall, having com
posed the music for the wonderful
Elizabethan dances which played so
conspicuous a part at that entertain
ment.
Music Charms Prince Henry.
This he did at the special request
of Lady Randolph Churchill—then
Mrs. Cornwallis West. The dances
captivated Prince Henry of Prussia
to such a degree that he now holds
the originals MSS. for use of his own
private band. The dances are orches
trated for over 200 Instruments.
The brilliant young composer is
now engaged on the composition of
several new and striking pieces which
he proposes to produce for the first
time on his forthcoming American
tour.
10,000AskAutograph
Of Paris Centenarian
Famous Writer Published His First
Book in 1830 and Last One
In 1912.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Aug. 23.—Ten thousand re
quests for his autograph and 6,000 for
his photograph have been received by
Francois Fertiall, of the Society of Men
and Letters, who has Just celebrated
his 100th birthday.
The old man became famous imme
diately. He was born in 1813 and pub
lished his first book in 1830. His latest
volume was published last year. Though
he has been a hard-working writer he
Is poor.
KAISER SANCTIONS BETS
ON AEROPLANE CONTESTS
5pecial Cable to The American.
BERLIN, Aug. 23.—One of the Ger
man State governments has decided
to give official sanction to betting on
aeroplane contests. The State gets a
percentage of the stakes on all bets.
The chief objections thus far raised
come from the aviators themselves,
who point out It will be impossible io
tell whether or not the aeroplane is
“being pulled” or driven at top speed
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