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AMERICAN'S SPECIAL FOREIGN NEWS
-SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, l!rT3.
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Long-Haired, Soulful Coterie
Takes to Tango—Middle-Aged
Society Dances, Too.
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Beveridge, who says she is “wedded to art,” has just
it in London for the annulment of her marriage.
Special Cable to The American.
liOXDON, Nov. 29 Never in the
memory of the present generation
hat* London, socially speaking, been
so dull for this time of the year am
it v as this week. Not a single hos
tess came forward with even a small i
dance, and there was nothing more '
exciting than the tango teas, of ■
which every one is heartily sick.
The trouble is that the American
hostesses do not care to entertain
under the present regime at court. •
Another reason is that all the great
houses of London are closed. More
over, many wealthy persons have
been hit very hard by the deprecia
tion in stocks and are economizing.
The result is that the theaters are
doing a great business, as they are
the only form of entertainment
Many theater parties are being
given, followed by supper at one of
the smart hotels. After Christmas
It is generally hoped thal society will
awaken.
Lady Paget to Give Dinner.
Lady Paget ha.s announced her In
tention of giving a number of dinner
parties In Belgrave Hotwire. The
Duchess of Marlborough will give a
dance at Sunderland House. It is
hoped that Mrs. Cecil Bingham once
more will entertain, although she at
present is unable to leave (Canter
bury.
Mrs .Tames Henry Smith, who will
be at the Ritz Hotel, also is expected
to be hostess at a dance, but it is
altogether a miserably small list in
prospect. There is likely to be a j
larger exodus to the Riviera than j
ever before in February.
The coterie of souls of which ex
Premier Arthur Balfour and Mrs
Asquith are still the leading lights
has taken to the tango and engaged
the Marie Antoinette room in the
Rltz Hotel for dances every after- j
noon. A couple of professionals havt
been engaged to instruct the numer
ous long-haired ami rather weird- |
looking young men how to clasp
the waists of fair ladies in a suf
ficiently soulful manner. The Duchess
of Rutland, who suddenly has become
an indefatigable dancer, is the moving
spirit of the whole thing.
Middle Aged Like Tango.
Other shining lights arc Lady Cun-
ard. Mrs. Hwfa Williams and
Ladv Randolph Churchill. Curiously
enough, It la the middle-aged women
have taken to the tango, more
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keting False “M. D.” Diplomas
at $250 Each.
REPLACE LATIK
FDR CHURCHES
Pope Said to Favor Use of the
Universal Language by
Catholic Priests.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, Nov. 29.— Fraudulent |
traffic In alleged degrees from Amer- j
lean universities has become such a
scandal here that the authorities fin
ally are taking drastic measures to
suppress it. It is expected impor
tant light will he thrown on the sub
ject by the legal proceedings insti
tuted against Dr. Emil Kreeier, a
Herman residing in Berlin, who was
arrested recently charged with selling
fraudulent degrees from various
American institutions.
The title of doctor has a positive
commercial value in Germany, espe
cially for certain classes of profes
sional men. Dr. Freeier, it is alleged,
was paid $50 each for bits of parch
ments purporting to confer that dig
nity.
According to the charges, he spe
cialized in degrees of the University
of Chicago. Letter heads bearing the
name of that institution were found
in his possession.
Freeier on his preliminary exami
nation said he had connections with
I he Chicago institution, but refused
to disclose their nature or to show
how it came that he used its name.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME, Nov. 29.—Esperanto, the
great universal tongue which has so
many advocates in America, as well
as in Europe, has made another step
forward in the proposal of a large
body of Catholics who have recently
arrived here to adopt it in place of
Latin as the language of the Catholic
Church.
It is even whispered that when they
were admitted to audience with His
Holiness the Pope he did not lend an
entirely deaf ear to the suggestion.
Steady, if slow, progress is being
made toward a universal (Roman),
pronunciation of the I^atin tongue—a
consummation earnestly desired by
Pope Pius X. To show the difficul
ties which exist at present, a story
is told of three priests—from Eng
land, France and Rome, who met at
Genoa, and, after conversing In l^atin,
were obliged to write down their re
marks to understand each other.
PARIS. NOISIEST CITY, DRIVES
ANATOLE ERANCE TO FARM
Famous Author to Leave Beautiful Mansion
Near Boisde Boulogne, Once Peaceful Retreat.
By GEORGE DUFRESNE.
Surgeon Says Radium
Is Cancer Cure Hope
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Nov. 29.—Much as I lore my
native city of Paris, I can not deny that
I fully sympathize with M. Anatole
France, who has just announced his in
tention to leave us and move away to
the country, where the air is pure and
free from the obnoxious noises which
make life in Paris a frightful night
mare.
Though Paris has no elevated rail
roads like Berlin and your great Ameri
can cities, it has become, I think, the
noisiest city in the world. In no other
city that f know of are there as many
street cries and nowhere do chauf
feurs toot their horns more persistently
to clear their way of scared pedes
trians, who appear to possess no rlghls
whatever. When to this you add the
fact that Paris Is a city that never
sleeps, and that the noises in the streets
and on the river abate very little dur
ing the night, you will probably under
stand that it gets on the nerves even
of the people who love it most, and who
would find it impossible to thrive any
where else.
Anatole France, even since he won
his first literary laurels more than
twenty years ago, has lived in a beau
tiful little mansion near the Bois de
Boulogne.
“This part of Paris is no longer what
it was twenty years ago, when I chose
it as a quiet, verdant spot to dwell
in," he says. “For years past I have
been upset and fatigued by motor cars
anti the thousand and one noises of mod
ern Paris. This quarter has become al
most uninhabitable, like the other quar
ters of the city whosfc beauty is being
marred by constant pulling about. It
is time for me to be gone.”
YELLOW VIES
who
t articularly the middle-aged women
©longing to the set w hich prides It
self upon unconventlonalltles. The
average darn ing man votes the tango
loo difficult, but the conventional
hostess has learned that unless she
wants to 'see her iloor em^’v she had
better cultivate the tango.
Everyone who has seen Princess Ar
thur of Connaught since the return
from her honeymoon has been amazed
at the transformation in her appear
ance. From being a rather dowdy and
Insignificant looking girl, she has de
veloped into a really handsome, very
stylish young woman. Of course,
clothes have had much to do with It.
She also has a new' way of doing her
hair and Is giving greater car© to her
complexion.
Her hats are the very latest thing
and her gowns as Parisian as can be.
Queen Alexandra Pays Visit.
Queen Alexandra was the first vis
itor to the new' home of the Con-
nalights, and she was loud In her
praise of all the arrangements. Their
house in Mount street. Grosvenor
square, is entirely unlike any other
London interior. With Its beautiful
furniture it presents a most luxurious
and comfortable appearance.
One of the first apartments is the
ballroom, occupying nearly the whole
of the first floor. Prince Arthur in
tends to give a house warming dance
In the early spring. Although slight
ly lame, he enjoys dancing as much
as his wife. Meanwhile the young
couple are delayed with important
publio and private engagements 1n
both town and country.
Next season they will perform
many duties for the King and Queen
Despite the fact that the picture ball
on December 3 will be the great so
cial event of the month. It will be
probably the last of these functions.
Society folk, especially the male ele
ment, have tired of these fancy dress
balls for charity. Moreover the men
object to the expense of new cos
tumes.
Cause Much Bickering.
These affairs, although a great so
olety function, are already responsi
ble for many heartburnings, bicker
ings and battered vanities. Whet)
the old masters are reproduced it will
be at the cost of many old friend
ships. To burry the exhibition of liv
ing pictures, several mock canvases
will be simultaneously revealed.
The Duchess of Somerset's restric
tions regarding the amount of space
allotted to each picture has caused
many Jealousies. The edict now hns
gone forth that no properties will be
purchased. Hence such comicalities
will occur as Lady Lane Gray with
out her sofa and Madame Reoamter
being beheaded without visible exe
cutioners or block.
Lady Randolph Churchill will ap
pear as a Botticelli Empress, from an
old Byzantine mosaic, and Mrs John
Ijaverty will appear as Botticelli’s
^pirit jf Spring." Mrs Du bos C.
Taylor will represent Hitcher’s
v^ieen IxmJse of Prussia.'’ Mrs.
Kingsmill will be the Empress Eu
genie. surrounded by crinolined at
tendants. Many men will appear us
portraits of their ancestors
Titled Women Aid
Woman's Hospital
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Nov 29 —The Duchess of
Marlborough, the Duchess of Suther
land, the Duchess of Westminster, Mu
riel Viscountess Helmsley, Lord and
Lady Tennyson, and the Hon. Mrs. Erio
Chaplin have become vice presidents of
the South London Hospital for Women
The building will shortly be erected
at (Tlapham Common, and be entirely
officered by women doctors.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Nov. 29.—Speaking on
the use of radium at Middlesex Hos
pital. Sir Albert Pearce Gould, the
eminent surgeon, said:
"The treatment of cancer by radium
and emanations thereof is attended
by a blighter and more confident hope
than ever attended any remedy ex
cept an operation, up to the present
time/’
A. H. BLACKISTON IN BERLIN.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, Nov. 29.—A. H Black-
iston, of San Francisco, is one of the
late arrivals at the Hotel Adlon.
Friend of Princess,
Diplomat, Is Moved
King George,‘Model
Landlord,' Aroused
Special Cable to The American.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 29.—M. Sa-
vinsky, recently Russian Minister at
Stockholm, has been transferred to
Sofia.
It Is understood that he Is In disgrace
at the Foreign Office because of his
connection with the scandal that led
Princess Marie Paviona to leave her
husband, Prince William, the King's
second son, and tal.e refuge with her
father. Grand Duke Paul Aiexandro-
vitch, in France.
Special Cable to The American,
LONDON, Nov. 29.—King George is
following with the plosest interval the
opening of the land campaign. This Is
a matter to which he has devoted con
siderable attention. By his direction a
verbatim copy of the speeches deliverer!
by Uoyd-George has been prepared and
laid before him, and the King Is to go
through them very carefully when he
arrives at York Cottage next month.
The King is in many respects a mod
el landlord, both as regards the ques
tion of wages and the provision of
proper housing accommodation.
PankhurstBodyguard
Ready to Fight Police
England Has Fable
Of ‘Ritual Murder’
IaONDON, Nov. 29.—In a fighting
speech at a meeting of the Women’s
Social and Political Union, v Mrs. Dacre-
Fox warned the Government not to at
tempt to arrest Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
hurst when she lands in England.
An arrest, she declared, w'ould not be
allowed. She said a bodyguard had
been formed with “General” Mrs. Flora
Drummond at Its head sufficient ef
fectively to oppose any physical violence
by the police.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Nov. 29.—The Dean of Nor
wich has recalled the fact that Norwich
Cathedral lent credence to the ritual
murder fable in the Middle Ages.
According to the story, a boy named
William, apprenticed to a tanner, was
enticed Into a house about Eastertide
in 1136, by Jews, who “gagged him,
bound, mocked and crucified him with
great torment, wounding him on his left
side.” *
Becomes the Fashionable Colon
Wonderful Mandarin’s Coat
Draws Comment.
Speolal Cable to The American.
LONDON, Nov. 29.—Yellow 1* tuef
as popular as ever. It vice vrtti;
the tango as a craze of the mom«n\
Mrs. Woodbine-Paris, the wnll
known financier's wife. Just has chos
en a lovely mandarin coat, yellow
embossed, with huge roses in mother
of pearl, rose and dead leaves tint#
with pattern of smaller roses in gold
powdering surface between them.
The material is wonderfully draped
while there Is In addition a little
tunic of black tulle edged with a line
of big diamonds and crystals. The
decolletage is bordered with the same
as well as the tiny transparent
sleeves.
The corsage is likewise a very An*
tulle, made in kimono form over a
doublure oonsisting of mandarlan em*
bossed ninon, while across the bust
and under the filmy fabric is a blue
scarf which peeps out below the
folded sash of black tulle.
The sash is fastened with a bow
behind and hangs down In a single
end on either side of the Jupe, the
whole being finished with ornament*
of crystals, pearls and long tassels.
Sutro Stirs German
Interest in 1915 Fair
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, Nov. 29.—Theodore Sutro*
editor of Hearst’s German Journal in
New York, has returned here after
delivering addresses on the Panama-
Pacific Exposition in Dresden, Lelp-
slg and Munich.
Mr. Sutro was warmly received by
large audiences. The municipal au
thorities in a number of German cities
which were inimical to the exposition
have changed their attitude.
Persistent Wooer Captures Stage Beauty, but
Fails to Holds Her Lone:.
Special Cable to Tha American.
LONDON. Nov. 29 Because she in
sists on being “wedded to her art" and
not to a man. Ray Beveridge, known
as the "American Venus." a sister of
Kuhn© Beveridge, the sculptress, has
obtained an annulment of her marriage
to Madison Heltger, a wealthy merchant
of Madison. Wis.
The young woman met Sellger when
she was appearing on the stage in New
York. When he courted her she told
him:
“I am wedded to my art I do not
want a husband."
Hut Sellger was persistent Miss
Beveridge came to l/»naon, He fol
lowed her here and convinced her that
she could be “wedded to ner art" and
likewise 1o him. Mo they were mar'
ried on April 20. 1912. at the Savoy
Hotel
Seliger’s argument did not hold good, I
however, he says Ills wife devoted all
of her time to appearing in public, and,
finally, it is said, she told Scllger
did not care to have a husband. Then
she brought suit for an annulment, but
the Chancery Court threw the case
out.
Another action was brought In the '
Divoroe Court, which granted the ap- J
peal The voting woman is a grand- |
daughter of former Governor Bever
idge, of Illinois.
Mrs. Corey Winning
Big Social Triumph
Ghandi Arrested for
Helping Hindus Move
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Nov, 29. After a bril
liant visit to London and Scotland,
Mrs William Corey, formerly MabeHe
Gilman, has returned to Paris.
Mrs. Corey made a great stir here
owing to her lavish Jewels and unaf
fected manner. As the guest of the
proud Princess Dolgoroui ki, she moi
all the great Scottish far’1*3.
Many important peop c have ac
cepted invitations to visit the Coreys
at the French chateau dining Hie
spring. Among them are Julia
Marchioness Tweedle; lardy Hay;
Dora Oouiuess of Chesterfield: Lady
Glenconnor ami Mrs. Farquarson. The
American girl’s conquest in Scotland
was an amazing triumph.
Special Cable to The American.
VOLKS UI’ST, BRITISH AFRICA.
Nov. 29. The troubles over the re
striction of the movements of the na
tives of Hindustan here continue. The
authorities promptly arrested Mr.
Ghandi, on whose advice a large num
ber of Indians crossed the border from
Natal to the Transvaal In u “passive
resistance' movement. Tne band went
further into the Transvaal after their
leader’s arrest and later 200 more en
tered without being molested.
Title trek of 3.000 Indians from Na
tal Into the Transvaal again raises, in
an acute form, one of South Africa's
I most difficult problems. The trek is
w challenge by the Indians, as British
I subjects, of the right to migrate from
■ *nc portion of His Majesty’s dominions
* t° another, and their action is in the
nature of ‘‘pasive resistance” to the
recent restrictive immigration law of
the South African Union.
Liquefies Carbon
To Make Diamonds
Rodin .Great Sculptor,
Will Write a Book
Booth's Trip May Be
Cause of Prosecution
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Nov, 29. Auguste Rodin,
the great sculptor, will devote him
self next January to another under
taking of his richly productive ca
reer, the preparation for publication of
notes and thoughts on art.
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Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, Nov. 29. -The discovery
of a process of manufacturing real
diamonds is claimed bv Professor
•
ed in liquefying carbon by means cf
a 220-volt arc lamp burning in a par
tial vacuum.
Lummcr hopes to construct an In
strument enabling him to superheat
• irbon and then allow it to mol slow
ly. It is believed that the resultant
droppings crystallizing as they
will become perfect diamonds.
Rodin will desert his studios and
seek quiet in the south of France or
perhaps Italy. Heretofore Rodin has
conveyed his views on art only
through interviewers, students and
disciples. Now he will speak for him
self. His collaborator in the book will
be Washington Dawson, the American
author, his long-time friend.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. Nov. 29. Strong influences
are being brought to bear on the Board
of Trade to make that body prosecute
the Salvation Army, whose leader. Gen
era! Booth, on a trip to New York, oc-
■ M ed the royal suite on a crack liner.
A competent carpenter employed reg
u arly by the Army gets 36 cents a
week, for which at frequent and stated
interval.- he is required to return hum
bio thanks to Providence.
At the “Salvation” wharf the condi
tions are said to be even worse. A gang
of seven men, loading a hundred tons
of stuff, receives eight shillings and two
pence for its collective effort, each man
getting a shilling and a trifle over for
his share of the work of a week.
Stovepipe' Hats Are
Again Gaining Favor
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. Nov. 29.- The high silk
hat is coming into vogue again for
business wear. Soon an assemblage of
I business men wil remind one of the
s and <0 s when even college men
wore silk hats regularly.
Sir Robt. Ball, Noted
Astronomer, Is Deadj
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON Nov. 29.—Sir Robert Bali,
" “ '• 1 astroi otny popular by his lec-
s dead at: t a long illness.
ia well is lea mod. and
irger audiences than any
I * ter sclenttst He also wrote widely ]
l road books on astronomy. |
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