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M. Boldini, the famous artist, is at the left, dancing with
Mrs. A , an American heiress. Both Boldini and his
3 CELEBRITIES TANGOING SE'
| “willowy” style of painting are caricatured. Next are sev-
j eral Parisian financiers practicing the “52” steps in a whirl
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of abandon. In the center is Gabriele d’A
Rubinstein. M. Massager, of the Paris Op
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innunzio with Ida
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ENGLAND FACES
General Sir Alfred Turner An
nounces Seance Which Prom
inent People Will Attend.
PRAISES POWERS OF PSYCHIC
Declares Photography Has Given
Proof Communication May Be
Had With the Dead.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 6.—So amazing are
he claims of Buccess in psychical re
search by General Sir Alfred Turner
i hat London's Interest In the occult
an been whipped to a remarkable
height.
The famous soldier announces an
extraordinary seance, to take place
on December 14, The dignity and po
sition of the persons connected with
the recent seances at Sir Albert’s res-
<dence and at other places remove all
doubt regarding the genuineness of
their faith in spirit manifestations.
Among the prominent persons in
this group are Sir Oliver Dodge, Sir
W Barrett, Lady Muir Mackenzie,
\Bs. Hartford Platt and F. R. Ben-
* Next Sunday these interested per
il,,ns will go to Beckham, where Mrs.
Buskins, a famous medium, will offi
ciate. According to Sir Alfred, she
has been ill for five years, and, il-
ihough too weak to travel to Mayfair,
she has expressed an earnest desire
to hold a seance.
Especial effort will be made to com
municate with the spirit of the late
William T. Stead, and Sir Alfred
hopes that many secrets of existence
after death will be disclosed at this
mportant communion. Sir Alfred
said to The Sunday American repre
sentative to-day.
•j have studied psychic phenomena
for seventeen years, but only recent-
have I given utterance to my
\ iows, because the world has been
unprepared until recently to listen
to such facts that living beings can
communicate with the spirits of peo
ple who have passed on.
"Spirit photography has given oc-
cular proofs to many skeptics, and
now we find the public mind more
open than heretofore. Spiritualism
must be approached as a religious
rite. Half-hearted believers ask what
good Is communication between the
living and spiritual world. I answer
that spiritualism prepares one foi
death and builds for one a philosophy
of life which is invaluable to happi
ness.
"\f the seance next Sunday even's
which will astonish the unbeliever
may be expected, for Mrs. Hoskins is
powerful as a psychic."
French Flier Tries
To Pawn Aeroplane
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS Dec. 6.—It is seldom that
an article, however bizarre its nature,
is refused bv the French Mont de
Piete, or State pawbroking estab
lishment.
An aviator In the Midi, however,
has had to suffer a disappointment.
To save the expense of garage for
tho winter, he got into his new ma
chine and flew to the nearest large
town, where he tried in vain to put
It into pawn, aeroplanes not being
on the list of articles taken In pledge.
8TAID OLD LONDON TIMES
UNBENDS TO NOTICE DANCE
Modernist Passion for Gay Color and the Spec
tacular Its Explanation of Vogue.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec 6.—Now that the
tango has been ’banned and barred
by many cities and has been forbid
den to Catholics, it is interesting to
note the progress the new dance has
made in England, where it has be
come a craze among all classes of so
ciety.
Even the dignified London Times
devotes a column or so to it daily.
Society has gone stark, staring mid
over it. and professors are cropping
up from every corner of the earth to
teach it.
E. Emile Jacques Dalcroze inaugu
rated his School of Eurhythmies nt
the King's Hall. Covent Garden, only
a fortnight ago, and already he has
nearly 1,000 pupils.
“The object," the inventor said. *':»
to teach people to realize the rhyth
mic melody of life. The new science
is based upon the natural instincts
of the human species."
Says The Times:
The “Times’ ” Comment.
"We may fairly ask, then, to what
sentiment of our own time the tango
responds. It Is certain, for one thing,
that it has only become as popular
as it is because dancing in general
has become more popular.
"This may be laid to the credit of
the Russian dancers. It Is due to
Pavlowa, who has succeeded in con
vincing the general public that danc
ing is true poetry, and to Mordkin and
others, who have persuaded them that
a male dancer does not necessarily—
as Southey thought—deserve to be
ham-strung for effeminacy. This re
vived Interest in stage, dancing Is one
of the reasons why people are anxious
to perform in the ballroom a dance
like the modern tango, which !s
adapted to the theater.
Tango a Pageant.
"The rage for the tango is, in fact,
part of our new sense of pageantry.
The latter days of the waltz in Lon
don were days which saw few pomps
except the Lord Mayor’s Show. Much
has changed since then. The last two
reigns have given us a revival of roy
al ceremonial..
"At the present moment feminine
apparel has a note of exotic fantasy,
while the staid yellow and brown
bricks of our streets a:~ being dally
r^olaced by Babylonian palaces with
majestic columns. The dances of a
spectacular age must likewise catch
the eye. That is the secret of the
tango."
It Is "Restful.”
And one critic thus describes the
new dance:
"No longer will it be permitted, as
in the drawing room Lancers, to seise
a lady round the waist and whirl her
violently off her feet.
"The practice of gripping a lady by
the throat, or twisting her round and
round, after clutching at her back
hair, as performed in the Apache
dances which were so popular In
Mayfair last season, will be discour
aged by those dignified and gracious
courtesies of the tango.
"It is the dreaminess, the absent-
mindedness of the tango, which ap
peals so much to its devotees, and it
so restful after the violence and jerk-
iness of the turkey trot. A man maj
compose poetry or say his prayers
while he dances it.
Brains, Not Pull, Now Demand for Plumes : Dance Craze Reaches : Has Stuff Ghosts
Test for Diplomats
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 6.—When the se
lection board met at the Foreign Of
fice to interview candidates for the
future diplomatic representation of
England a number of “nuts" of the
first water, Just fresh from the uni
versities, appeared.
One might have thought monocles
and the latest extravagances in socks
and ties were among the essential
qualifications for budding Ambassa
dors. But the candidates have to be
brainy in these days, and the visi
tors found themselves up against a
stiff oral examination, particularly in
the matter of languages. The pres
ent-day system is a decided advance
on the old plan of admission to the
Diplomatic Service largely, if not
mainly, by influence.
Increases Disease Royalty in England
Noted British Scientist Points Out | Terpsichorean Art Figures More
That Birds Prevent Dissemina
tion of Deadly Germs.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. Dec. 6.—Sir Harry Ham
ilton Johnston, famous traveler and
zoologist, who found the okapi in
Africa, deplores the vanity of wealthy
women to adorn themselves with the
plumage of rare and lovely birds.
Sir Harry, in a recent lecture, com
plimented the United States for hav
ing closed its ports and markets
against the importation of the feath
ers and skins of certain birds and
urged similar action by Parliament.
All birds of beautiful plumage are
insect eaters, he said, so to slaughter
birds ie to permit the infinite multi
plication of creatures that carry
germs and cause about two-thirds of
the world's diseases.
Largely Than Formerly as a
Palace Pastime.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 6.—Balls and more
Informal dances are likely to figure more
prominently In court programs. The
first of these will take place at Sand
ringham in the course of the Christmas
holidays, when the King and Queen
will issue invitations to the county fam
ilies living In the neighborhood of the
royal estate. There are also to be
two state balls at Buckingham Palace
next June, and at least one Informal
dance in February.
Both the King and Queen are fond of
dancing, as are almost all the younger
members of the royal family. Princess
Mary, a skillful dancer, will be allowed
to be present, though she is not to make
her appearance at any court function
until 16 year* old.
Are Made Of, He Says
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, Dec. 6.—"Teleplasma” is
what ghosts are made of, according
to Professor Yon Schrenck Notzlng,
the famous expert in psychical re
search, who has Just published a
book, "Materialization Phenomena,"
to prove that spooks are composed
of tangible stuff.
In his psychical experiments with
a French medium, Eva S., Notzlng
took elaborate precaution to prevent
deception. The medium was often
entirely nude when photographed by
nine cameras simultaneously, *nd
also by a bioscope, which showed
spirit matter emanating from her and
materializing into specters.
Notzlng claims he has proved
"there are such things as ghosts."
SOUTH AFRICA
Indian Coolie Situation Also Is
Causing Grave Alarm—Re
bellion Is Threatened.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 6.—The Govern
ment and press here are greatly agi
tated by the Indian coolie situation
in South Africa, which is rapidly ap
proaching a crisis and which threat
ens to have tremendously disastrous
effects on Great Britain’s prestige
throughout India and South Africa.
Cabinet Ministers are now realiz
ing that their tardiness In dealing
with the widespread dissatisfaction
among the scores of millions of ne
groes throughout the British Emplro
is quickly leading to a racial con
flict, which will likely culminate in
an organized rebellion.
This crisis in many respects re
sembles that which beset the United
States during the Civil War.
Revolt in Natal.
In NiUpi, the largest province of
United f* nth Africa, the situation ia
gravest and nearly 150,000 Indians
are In open revolt against the NataL
Government.
The trouble originated about twelve
years ago, when the white inhabit
ants, believing that cheap labor was
necessary to work the .sugar planta
tions and other manual industries.
Imported thousands of coolies direct
from India. The coolies worked un
der indentures, and the white em -
ployers expected that when the con
tracts had expired the Indians would
leave the colony and return to India.
Thle the coolies refused to do. In
stead they settled in Natal as ped
dlers and small trader*. The climate
suited them and their numbers great
ly increased, while their wants, be
ing few. they were easily able to un
dersell their white neighbors.
The antagonism between the whites
and the Indians rapidly became acute.
The Natal Government consequent
ly passed a law to prohibit emigra
tion of coolies Into Natal.
Walter Winans Is
Taken Up by Alfonso
Special Cable to The American.
MADRID, Dec. 6.—Walter Winans,
the American sportsman, who is a
favorite of several European sover
eigns, has now been taken up by
King Alfonso.
His Majesty has sent him a. signed
portrait of himself, and also has con
ferred on him the insignia of a com
mander of the Order of Isabel the
Catholic.
KING RETURNS TO ROME.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME, Dec. 6.—T ie royal family
returned this week after five month3
spent at San Rossore and Racconigi
in the Alps, this being the signal :'of
the opening of the social season. It
promises to be one of especial bril
liance.
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