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) TTRARST’S STTNDAT AMERTOAN- AMtLKlCsALM e> ^J'FUJALj FUKtAUN 1\JL Wd I “SEM’S” CARICATURES 01 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 T EUROPE BY THE 1 of abandon. In the center is Gabriele d’A Rubinstein. M. Massager, of the Paris Op EARS innunzio with Ida >ra, is at the end. 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. 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