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AMERICAN'S SPECIAL FOREIGN NEWS
-STTNDAY, NOVEMBER SO T<rrjJ.
‘American Venus’ Wedded to Art
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Ray Beveridge Gets Her Divorce
ByiLSOCIEIfAcWHusbandficessBagglge
Long-Haired, Soulful Coterie;
lakes to Tango—Middle-Aged
Society Dances, Too.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Not. 29 Never In the
memory of the present generation
r;u.s London, socially speaking, been
so drill for this time of the year as
it ras this week. Not a single hos
tess came forward with ev^n a small
dance, and there was nothing more
'■xeitlng than the tango teas, of
which every one 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-
• ver, many wealthy persons have
• •een Mt 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 ore heh-ig
given, followed by supper at one of
the smart hotels. After Christmas
't in generally hoped that society will
awaken
Lady Psget to Otve Dinner.
I^ady J’agei has announced her In
tention of giving a number of dinner
parties In Belgrave Square. The
Duchess of Marlborough will girs 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 James Henry Smith, who will
be at the Rltz 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
larger exodus to the Kiviera than
ever before In February.
The coterie of souls of which ex-
Prernler Arthur Balfour and Mrs.
Asquith are still the leading lights
has taken to the tango and engaged
the Marie Antoinette room In the
Rita Hofei for dances every after
noon. A couple of professional* have
been engaged to Instruct the numer
ous long-haired and rather weird
looking young men how to clasp
the waists of fair ladles 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 are Lady Can
ard. Mrs Hwfa Williams and
Lady Randolph Churchill. Curiously
enough, It Is the middle-aged women
who have taken to the tango, more
particularly the middle-aged women
belonging to th* set which prides it -
self upon unconventionalltlea. The
average dancing man votes the tango
100 difficult, but the conventional
oostTS has learood that unless she
wants in see her floor she had
better cultivate the tango.
Everyone who has seen Princess Ar
thur of Connaught since the return
from her honeymoon has been amazed
it 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 yotmg woman. Of course,
lothes have had much to do with It.
->h^ also ha* s new way of doing her
hair and Is giving greater care to her
complexion.
Her hats are the very latest thing
end her gowns aa Parisian as can be.
Queen Alexandra Pays Visit.
Queen Alexandra was the flrwt vis
itor to the new home of the
naughts and she was loud In her
praise of all the arrangements Their
house In Mount street, (lroevenor
square. Is entirely unlike any other
London Interior. With Its beautiful
# urn1ture It presents a most luxurious
and comfortable appearance
One of the first apartments la 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-
v lame, lie enjoya dancing as much
as his wife. Meanwhile the young
ouple are delayed with Important
public and private engagements In
both town and country.
Next season, they will perform
nanv duties for the King and Queen
Despite the fact that the picture ball
.in December 3 will be the great so-
lal event of the month. It will be
probably the last of these functions
Society folk especially the male cle
ment. have tired of these fancy dress
balls for charity. Moreover the men
object to the expenas of new coe-
jmes.
Cause Much Bickering.
These affairs, although a great so
clefv function, are already responsi
ble for many heartburnings, bicker
jigs and battered vanities. When
the old masters are reproduced It nil
*p at the cost of many old friend
ships Tr> hurry the exhibition of llv-
ng pictures, several mock canvases
wiU be simultgfceourfy revealed.
The Duchess of Somerset's restric
tions regarding the amount of space
.Hotted to each picture has caused
•lany jealousies The edict now ha»
.one forth that no properties will be
purchased. Hence such comicalities
" ill occur as Lady Jane Gray with-
>ut her Fofa and Madame Recamier
being beheaded without visible exe-
utioners or block.
Lady Randolph Churchill will ap
pear as a Botticelli Empress, from an
old Byzantine mosaic, and Mrs John
I Avert v will appear as Botticelli’s
Spirit of Spring.” Mrs. Dubos O
avlor will represent Hitcher's
'Queen Louise of Prussia.” Mrs.
Kingsmill will be the Empress Eu-
«: -nil© surrounded by crinolined at
tendants. Many men will appear as
portraits of their ancestors
Liquefies Carbon
To Make Diamonds
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN. Nov. 29.—The discovery
• f a process of manufacturing real
.‘iamonds Is claimed by Professor
Lummer, of Breslau. He has succeed
cd in liquefying carLon by means cf
a 220-volt arc lamp burning in a par-
!al vacuum.
Lummer hopes to construct an In
strument enabling him to superheat
arbon and then allow it to cool slow,
y It is believed that the result ;r.
droppings crystallizing as vy f >!
will become perfect di&mona*.
Ray Bf-veridf?*, who says *he is "wedded to art,” has jo at
won a suit in London for the annulment of her marriage.
FAKE DEGREES
IF'
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met LIT IN
PARIS. NOISIEST CITY. DRIVES
ANATOLE FRANCE TO FARM
rfin Plllinniirr ^ arnous Author to Leave Beautiful Mansion
Mill bn UnbnLdi ^• ear ^°i s dc Boulogne, Once Peaceful Retreat.
Thriving Trade Is Carried on Mar- Pope Said to Favor Use of the
keting False “M. D.” Diplomas
at $250 Each.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN. Nov. 29. Fraudulent
traffic in alleged degrees from Amer
ican universities has become such a
scandal here that the authorities An
ally are taking drastic measures to
suppress it. It Is expected impor
tant light will be thrown on the sub
ject by the legal proceedings Insti
tuted against. Dr. Emil Freeier, a
German 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
the Chicago Institution, but refused
to disclose their nature or to show
how it came that he used its name.
| 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 Eric
ChapIfrT have become vice presidents of
the South London Hospital for Women.
The building will shortly be erected
at Olapham Common, and be entirely
officered by women doctors.
Universal Language by
Catholic Priests.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME, Nov. 29.—Esperanto, the
gTcat universal tongue which ha* 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 Latin 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 Latin,
were obliged to write down their re
marks to understand each other.
By QEORQE OUFRBSNf.
Surgeon Says Radium
Is Cancer Cure Hope
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 brighter and more confident hope
than ever attended any remedy ex
cept an operation, up to the present
time.”
Special Cable to The Amerloan.
PARIR, Nov. 29.—Much as I leva my
native city of Paris, I can not deny that
I fully sympathize with M Anatole
France, who ha* 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 ha* 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 I 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 rights
whatever When to tnis you add the
fact that Paris is a city that never
sleep*, and that the noises In the streets
and on the river abate very IfttJe dur
Ing the night, you will probably under
stand that It gets on the nerve# even
of the people who love It most, and who
would find It impossible te thrive any
where else.
Anatole France, even alnee he won
his first literary laurels more than
twenty years ago, has lived In a beau
tiful little mansion near the Bols 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 poet I have
been upset and fatigued by motor care
and the thousand and one noises of mod
ern Paris. This quarter has become al
most uninhabitable, like the other quar
ters of the city whose beauty le being
marred by constant pulling about. It
is time for me to be gone.
YELLOWVIES
TANGO AS
T’SFAD
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
Special Cable to The Amerloan.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 29 —M. Sa-
vlnsky, 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 Pavlona to leave her
husband. Prince William, the King's
second son, and take refuge with her
fatiier, Grand Duke Paul Alexandro-
vitch, In Franoe.
PankhurstBodyguard
Ready to Fight Police
LONDON. Nov. 29.—In a fighting
speech at a meeting of the Women's
Social and Political Union, 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, would 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.
King George, ‘Model
Landlord/ Aroused
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. Nov. 29.—King George is
following with the closest interest 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 delivered
by Lloyd-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 th6 provision of
proper housing accommodation.
England Has Fable
Of ‘Ritual Murder’
Spedel 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
Wlillam, apprenticed to a tanner, was
enticed Into a house about Eastertide
in 1135, by Jews, who “gagged him,
bound, mocked and crucified him with
gTeat torment, wounding him on his left
side.”
Become! the Fashionable Color.
Wonderful Mandarin’s Coat
Draws Comment
Special Cable to The America*.
LONDON, Nov 29.—Tell<yw 2s Just
a* popular a* ever. It vies with
the tango as a craze of the moment.
Mr*. Woodbine-Paris, the weLl
known financier's wife. Just has chos
en a lovely mandarin coat, yellow
embossed, with huge rose# in mother
of pearl, rose and dead leaves tints
with pattern of smaller roses in gold
powdering surface between them.
The material Is wonderfully draped,
while there Is In addition a litf.14
tunic of black tulle edged with a lin*
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 fins
tulle, made in kimono form over a
doublure consisting of mandarl&n em
bossed ninon, while across the bust
and under the filmy fabric is & 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 ornaments
of crystals, pearls and long tassel?
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 The Amerfcei*.
LONDON. Nov 29. -Because she in
sists on being “wedded to her art" and
not to a man. Ray Beveridge, known
as the “American Venua.” a sister of
Kuhns Beveridge, the sculptreae. has
obtained an annulment of her marriage
to Madison Bellger, a wealthy merchant
of KI ad ieon, Wis.
The young woman met Bellger when
she wax appearing on the atags In New
York When he courted her she told
him:
“I am wedded te my art. T do not
want a husband “
But Bellger was persistent. Mtaa
Beveridge came to London. He fol
lowed her here and convinced her that
she oould be “wedded to ner art” and
likewise to him. So they were mar
rled on April 20. 1912, at the Savoy
Hotel
8eligsr*a argument did not hold good, I
however, he says His wife devoted all '
of her time to appearing in public, and, !
finally. It le said, she told Bellger #v
did not care to have a husband Then
she brought suit for an annulment, but
| the Chancery Court threw the oase
i out.
Another action waa brought In the
Divorce Court, which granted the ap
peal The young woman Is a grand- ,
; daughter of former Governor Bever^
i ldge, of Illinois.
Mrs. Corey Winning
Big Social Triumph
| Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Nov, ?9.—After a brll-
! I1ant visit to Ix>ndon and Rcptland,
| Mrs. William Corey, formerly Mabells
Gilman, has returned to Paris.
Mrs. Corey made a great stir here
{ owing to her lavish Jewels and unaf-
i footed manner. As the guest of the
proud Princess Dolgorouakl she met
all the great Scottish families.
Many Important people have ac-
I eepted Invitations to visit the Coreys
’ at the French chateau during the
i spring. Among them are Julia
Marchioness Tweedle; Lady Hay;
Dora Countess of Chesterfield; lady
Glenoonnor and Mrs. Farquarson. The
American girl’s conquest In Scotland
was an amazing triumph.
Rodin,Great Sculptor,
Will Write a Book
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
his notes ami thoughts on art.
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
disc ipies. Now he will speak for him
self. His collaborator in the book will
be Washington Dawson, the American
author, his long-time friend.
‘Stovepipe’ Hats Are
Again Gaining Favor
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. Nov 2 a The high silk
hat Is coming into vogue again for
business wear. Soon an assemblage of
business men wil remind one of the
i *0’* hiV 70 s when even college men I
| wore si>k hats regularly. j
Ghandi Arrested for
Helping Hindus Move
Special Cable to The Amerloan.
VOLKS RUST. 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 advtoe a targe num
ber of Indians crossed tha border from
Natal to the Transvaal in a “passive j
resistance* movement. The band went
further into the Transvaal after their
leader’s arrest and later 200 more en
tered without being molested.
Tbla trek of 3.000 Indians from Na
tal Into tfce Transvaal again raises. In
an acute form, one of South Africa's ;
moat difficult problems The trek is
a ohallange by the Indians, as British I
subjects, of the right to migrate from
one portion of His Majesty’s dominions
to another and their action is 1n the
nature of “pesive resistance” to the
i*ecent restrictive Immigration law of
the South African Union.
Booth’s Trip May Be
Cause of Prosecution
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Nov. 29.—Strong influences
arc being brought to bear on the Board
of Trade to make that body prosecute
the Salvation Army, whose leader. Gen
eral Booth, on a trip to New York, oc
cupied the-royal suite on a crack liner.
A competent carpenter employed reg
ulaxly by the Army gets 36 cents a
week, for which at frequent and stated
Intervals he Is required to return hum
ble 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 ami two
pence for Its collective effort, each man
getting a shilling and a trifle over for
his share of the work of a week.
Sir Robt. Ball, Noted
Astronomer, Is Dead
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Nov 29.—Sir Robert Ball,
who made astronomy popular by his lec
tures. is dead after a long illness.
He was witty as well as learned, and
could attract larger audiences than any
other scientist. He also wrote widely
read books 1 on astronomy. j
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