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HKARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, 0A„ SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1013. 7 D (O) IFt)(0) l\J ® rton Tewson O) A IQ) IT Paul Pierre Rsgraaux A N n Chester Overton 11 /n. 11x^11^3 Marquis de CasteiSane SUNDAY AMERICAN'S SPECIAL CABLE LETTERS RECEIVED FROM ALL THE GREAT CAPITALS OF EUROPE C. de Vidal-Himnidt Fritz Jacobsoho ROME J. M. E. D’Aqurtn George M. Bruce i IS BEST PHI III LONDON DALEi ‘Jewels Look Best on Pigs’ 4*94* 4*^*1* 4*94* 4*94* 4*94* 4*94* So Says Polaire, the Dancer 4*94* 4*94* 4*9*1* 4*94* +•+ 4-94* [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 ► Guaranteed pure. L.. The smootnest. ^ White or Flesh Tint, L Talcum Puff Company Tf Mil flanufaeturers, Baik Tenalaal Bnlldlag, Brooklyn, N«w York. ^ I TATE SPRING UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT A high, cool, healthful retort, in the heart of the Cumberland Mountains of East Tennessee, an unexcelled climate. 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