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10 H TTTCARST’O srVDAT AMRRT<*AN- AMERICAN'S SPECIAL FOREIGN NEWS -STTNDAY, NOVEMBER SO T<rrjJ. ‘American Venus’ Wedded to Art *!•••!• *!•••!• *!••+ 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' T 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 ONLY Pianos, 6 Players»2 Grands Open every Evening this Week. Open every Evening this Week. Cr cf LIST OF A FEW REMAINING BARGAINS UNSOLD from our $150,000 stock of instruments. 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