Newspaper Page Text
i
Christmas Welcome—Clarke's
When the joy of Christmas comes, let your home be the welcome place for
vonr neighbors and friends. (Jive them real enjoyment—the best you can do—
by serving CLARKE'S. Don’t be disappointed by delaying your order Eafh
day you delay means a los^ to you.
We Prepay I.mprrsa Charges on t r ‘©'lowing to all points on »h* Adtmi ana Soaihein Express i
WHICH OF THESE SHALL WE SHIP YOU?
I Ga'. 2 Ga‘. 4 Full \ 2 Full
Jug jug Quart* Quarts
$2.50 $4.50 $2.75 $7.75
2.85 S.00 3.25 ®.0<»
3.35 6.00 4.00 10.00
Clarke's Haprvjr Valley Corn
Clarke's Old Tar Her] Corn
Clarke’s Select Old Corn
Clarke’s Private Stock Cora
Clarke’s Sunny South Rya
Clarke's Old Stand-by Rye
Clarke’s Monogram Rye
Clarke's Royal Wreath (Bottled in bond
Clarke’s Pure Rye i Bottled in bond)
Clarke’s Malt Whiskey
Clarke’s Corn-Malt Whiskey
Clarke's Private Stock Apple Brandy-
Clarke’s Select Peach Brandy
Seuppemong Wine Old Vintage)
Sherry Wine (Old Vintage)
■Sherry Wine Royal*
Pert Wine (Old Vintage)
Perl Wine (Royal *
Imported Sherry Wine Kubic
Imported Sherry Wine < Oloroso )•••
Imported Port Wine ‘Old Tawoey i ......
Orders may be assorted, if desireL at quantity nrices.)
11 you do not find what is desired in the above list, wrRe NOW for complete price list,
showing all brands and prices to meet any requirement. Remit Postal or Express Money
Order, Registered Letter or Certified Cheek. MONEY BACK IF NOT SATISFIED.
H. CLARKE & SONS, Inc., Richmond, Va. u;
The South’* Greatest Mail Order Wine and Whiskey Merchants.
HTARST'S SEND AT AVER fC AN-
AMERICAN'S SPECIAL FOREIGN NEWS
ATLANTA, DECEMBER 21, 191H
PAGE S CAUSTIC Duchess of Croy Is Humiliated
IT DELIGHTS Stamped as One of Plebeian Blood
LONDON DINEBS Almanach de Gotha Snubs Her
At Banquets the Ambassador!^ , !), ’:; h, ' ss of ( ' ro - v ’ thp fonner Miss Nancy Leishman. with the
tniKc. 1 heir marriage "is not a marriage ot equal birth” says the
European social roster.
‘"ukes Si> Hits at Foibles of
British Character.
LAUGHS AT THEIR MODESTY
Modern Sphinx Riddle, He Says,
Is "What Is an Ameri
can Envoy?”
al Cable to The American.
■(NDOX, Dee. 20.—Thanks to the 1
:eiit opportunities to practice
ms: upon him. Ambassador Page is
m-m establishing 1 a reputation in Lon- ,
an after-dinner speaker, gifted j
with caustic wit.
‘‘n two or three recent, occasions 1
:;srlo-American banquets he has
M.'ened the proceeding’s by sly hits
i u* English, which Englishmen
n >ng the guests have seemed to ap- j
•'Mte as highly as the Americans.
At une Anglo-American function, j
«t elaborating on the blood-thick-
< : n-water theme and expressing
• profoundest admiration for our
:**arlis!i cousins and their great coun- j
:rv. i-e turned from grave to gay, and j
after admitting the charge that 1
Americans were provincial, he dryly 1
- jggested that Englishmen might be
.nnroved, too. if ’they had their in-
.‘•■ularity sandpapered off.
The M. P.'s "Break.”
vt the banquet of the American So- ;
iety of London, at which were many]
Kneli-.i guests, the Ambassador told
M.ut; good stories of -bis experiences 1
n England. He said that ho was
liking with a fairly enlightened
.> penmen of the Member of Parlia-
ment when the latter remarked:
Now that New York has gotten '
! j of its Governor, who is going to
Vice President?"
Recently he asked another English- |
man, in all good faith, what he j
• loiig il the one great thing that
vm erica ns could learn from the Eng-
-h. The Englishman replied:
You’re sure you won’t be of-
fended if 1 tell you the candid
truth?’
Mr, Page answered. “Certainly;
Americans could learn modesty j
"in us,'* was the answer.
After loud laughter from the Amer- j
ns present Mr. Page said:
”1 see you perceive the joke—it was
-a Englishman who said that.”
Doesn't Spare Himself.
In the same vein Mr. Page ha*
1 "t spared himself or his Ambassa
dorial functions
"The modern riddle of the Sphinx.”
:A said, “is the question: What is
an American Ambassador?
if an American Ambassador
.-liquid try :o tell you what he really
av and if he happened to be in a
truthful frame of mind, he would tell
v on that an American Ambassador
d<is a person to whom Americans
'" me if they- happened to want to
'■ married, or to escape the new
'come tax, or had mines in Mexico,
r desired to remove the bones of
’ dead grandmother. to the other
8 quasi undertaker. lie also
«'i'e*ns bazaars and things.”
HAPPY QUEEN MART! SHE BUTS
CHRISTMAS GIFTS AT HOME
►Soven ign is Slavwd and Shopkeepers Never
< an ( 1 1 large 1 ler Too Much.
Aged Mine. Breshkovskaya, a Fa
mous Revolutionist, Is Recap
tured After Long Journey.
Opposition to Militarism Increases
Steadily—Men of Arms Talk
of Provoking Hostilities.
Special Cable to The American.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 20.—New*
has reached St. Petersburg of a coura
geous attempt by old Ekaternia
Breshkovskaya, the “Grandmother of
the Russian Revolution,” to escape
from Siberia, whither she was exiled
for life three years ago, after the
memorable trial in which she stood
in the dock with Nicholas Tchaikov
sky.
Since then she has been quartered
in a convent colony for “politicals”
at Kirensk, In the Province of Irkutsk.
On December 1 she visited, under po
lice escort, the hut of a political
named Vladimiroff Six other exiles
were present, and they all stayed till
evening
Friend Aids Escape.
When it became quite dark an
other political. M. Andreyeff, dressed
in Mme. Breshkovskaya’s clothes,
emerged from the hut, leaning heav
ily on a friend’s arm, and drove back
to Mme. Breshkovskaya’s abode, de-
‘They Live in Paris, So German
Affronts Bring No Actual
Inconvenience.
Boxing ‘Intellectual
Exercise of Muscles’
Snr'V C3 hle to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 20.—Maurice Maeter-
■k. the Belgian dramatist, holds that
‘•xing is the supreme intellectual ex-
• ise of the muscles.” All others are
it the dead bodies of exercise. The
ihor was great tv astonished to learn
- t boxing is discouraged in English.
- < °b as degrading.
V Maeterlinck has boxed daily for
las. three years, and has attained
- s ki ! l despite his 51 years.
"< bmbative instincts,” he explained,
•»re an integral part of human nature.
/’-• Tran lacking them lacks energy
■’inbat and struggle are of life's es-
" p '■ If they are suppressed man is
•Horseless in his daily war with the
■e/'erns and nature.
if every t,»v were taught how to box.
o world would ere long learn to hold
uman life in greater sanctity.”
Rose-Pink Gas Now
Eights Milady’s Room
Sperial Coble to The American.
LONDON. Dec. 20. —Much discussion
coing on concerning the new Neon
imp, which gives out a beautiful rose-
'Dk color peculiarly suitable for bou-
oirs and tea rooms.
Neon, which is an atmospheric ?& s *
v ‘is discovered by the English seien-
9t - Sir William Ramsay. It is said to
os^ess the property of allowing an
tnc current to traverse it under
•rtain conditions of pressure and tem-
■erature and of turning a large pro-
irtion of it into the rose-pink light.
Church Strike On in
Germany Is Serious
•special to The American.
BERLIN. Dec. 20—The growt'-i of
agitation for .a “universal strike"
racist the Church is causing serious
>pcern among German religious dlg-
daries.
ITe immediate aim of the movement
’ 1 encourage secessions, which have
f*ahy reached very considerable pro-
r * iotis from the established State
'Urcn. Persons who renounce their
glous affiliations escape paying the
lurch tax.
Tragedies of Old
Greece To Be Revived
•Per.ial Cable to The American.
LOME, Dec. 20.—Much interest in SO
S' and archaeological circles centers
•‘''end th© program arrang'd b Mar-
I^enttnl calling for th* production
,, /lumber of ancient tragedies at
old thea*. • f Syracuse
Imong ?:.ese Ik the “Agememnot of
'•'Schylus. of which a nen translation
I ) '"'‘•log prepared by Professor Rmqag-
; distinguished Greek scholar
Aeschylus himself superirtended
“Presentation of this pla> n the famous
**’*r of Syracuse years ag-
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, Dec. 20.—There is much
comment over the plight in which
Miss Nancy Leishman, Duchess cf
Croy, finds herself. The 1914 edition
of the Almanach de Gotha, categor
ically announces that her marriage
to the Duke “is not a marriage of
equal birth.”
Thisphraseology is unusual in the
Almanach, and is intended as notice
that his wife is not entitled to the
privileges of the Kaiser’s court or the
other royal courts of Germany.
When a minor, the Duke sued to
prevent the offspring of his cousin.
Prince Philip f Croy, who married
an Englishwoman. Elizabeth Mary
Parnell, from ranking as a Princess
of Croy or enjoying any of the pre-
rogatives of the House of Croy.
His own matrimonial alliance is of
exactly the same kind as that which
the court® on liis behalf refused to
recognize.
So far. both he and the Duchess
have been silent on this point.
A great deal of annoying publicity
will be the only thing that the young
American Duchess will suffer from
this statement, because the Duke has
plainly indicated his intention of
staying away from the German and
Austrian courts and of living in Paris.
There his French titles give the hign-
i est social status to his w ife indepenl-
iently of any action taken to affect
the position of the Duchess in G 3r-
raany or in Austria.
I The friends of the Duke and the
Duchess, and these are numerous a;
the Kaiser's court, call attention to
the fact that do2ens of royal and
! semi-royal families have in years
gone by vented their petty malic*
against a bride by sending notice hi
the ditor <9 the Almanach de Gotha
that the family refused to recognize
the marriage and that the bride was
not of equal birth with her husband.
The Duke of f'roy i virtually mus
ter of all the revenues of his family
estates, and lias the power to with
hold allowances to other members of
the family.
He also can cancel the privilege of
residence in the numerous palaces
and villas belonging to the family.
j Special Cable to The American.
j BERLIN, Dec. 20.— No one doubts
the Kaiser is as sincere a lover of
(peace as any monarch in Europe and
j everybody here is convinced that he
j has no higher wish' than that he may
! be permitted to end his reign without
I the calamity of a war. Still there are
many well-informed observers of
events who are beginning to lean to
the conviction that one of t\\> things
must happen. The coming t>\V years
must either see the downfall of mili
tarism in Germany or a great war
must come to convince the German
people that an army of millions of
men is necessary to the safety of the
country. Rather than see the aboli
tion of our present military system,
our military officers would face the
risk of a war. eVen if they had to
provoke it themselves.
Opposition Is Spreading.
In all parts of Germany• --ioaAJn
Prussia, it is true, than atiywnere
else—the popular opposition to the
army Is increasing, the burdens are
becoming unbearable and a halt must
be called. The voices condemning a
patriotism bankrupting the country
and pauperizing its citizens are grow
ing stronger.
The limit of the German people’s
patience toward militarism lias been
reached and omens of what will come
are not lacking. A few more Social
ist victories and a militaristic gov
ernment majority in the Reichstag
will be impossibly
Bavaria shown the way. Two
weeks ago, the Bavarian Prime Min
ister voiced the feelings of the whole
German people, when he said in the
Bavarian Diet that although the
Bavarian Government had done what
is considered its duty, when the im
perial Government declared that It
was unable to guarantee the safety of
the empire unless the enormous
amounts asked for on the armv budg
et were forthcoming, the time had
now come when it was the duty of
the Government of Bavaria, to say
that “this continual increase in arma
ments must now cease for wear*, for
the Bavarian, as in fact the whole
German people, is unable to bear
these burdens.”
Praise and Censure.
The words of the Bavarian Prime
Minister have been as strongly con
demned in the Government and mili
taristic pres« as they have been
praised in the papers that represent
the masses of the people.
Only a war might restore the popu
larity of the army and very promi
nent armv officers have never con
cealed their opinion that war would
be a. blessing to Germany.
Sitting close to a group of his!
army officers in a fashionable Berlin
cafe the other night, I overheard a
conversation concerning the incidents
at Zabern in Alsace, in which all the
officers not only expressed their nsua.
contempt of civilians, but agreed that
a few more affairs of that kind
might be exceedingly useful. Tlie.v
might stir up the people of France to
such a pitch that a war would be un
avoidable. which would once more
restore the Germany army to popular
favor.
An army among w\iose officers such
feelings are common, constitutes a
great danger to the peace of Europe.
It is likely to resort to desperate
means to preserve its position, if
steps are taken by the Reichstag to
curb it and put an end to the military
dictatorships which practically exist
in many places beside Zabern.
American Peeress
Wants Women Police
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec 2ft. -Thr Queen has
pot yet begun her Christmas shop
ping in earnest, although a few pur
chases of cairngorms and other Scot
tish articles were made when nor
majesty was at Balmoral.
I These ute in the nature of brooches,
tyU’klos and hatpins, and all are sll-
! ver-mounted. A selection of knitted
i Shetland and other wool scarfs, vests
| and shawls v*nt» also acquired both by
the King and Queen, and his majesty
purchased several handsomely carved
walking-sticks for presents to Ills
friends.
The hulk of the royal Christmas
presents will he selected at Bucking
ham Palace, for although the Queen
privately visits one or two shops,
these visits are principally for the,
purchase of Jewelry, all the fancy*
goods being sent to the palace from
| the firms it is decided to patronize.
A large apartment, generally the
Bow Library, is set aside for the dis
play. large trestle tables being put up
for the occasion. On these the vari
ous goods are arranged with as much
care as would be displayed in dressing
ja shop window. Each article is la
beled with the name of the ilrm and
the price marked in plain figure*.
Queen Mary is an excellent judge 1 f
value, and so no fancy prices are n-
dulged in. When all Is in readiness,
j the representatives of the imporiurns |
, retire and her majesty enters and
j makes a careful inspection. A lady- 1
j in-waiting Is in attendance and sue
I goes round with the Queen and nu%k?» |
I careful note of all approved articles, j
:he number of each required and the
price.
Former Ambassador Wants to See
Mongolia and Czar's Diolo-
mats Fear Secret Mission.
Chinese Legislators
Barred From Seats
Special Cable to The American.
PEKIN, Dec. 20.—President Yutn-
Shi-Kal's coup d'etat in contiscating the
certificates of more than half of the
members of the Chinese Senate and
House of Commons, who were alleged
to have been implicated in the recent
rebellion in the South, has resulted in
the Indefinite suspension of the sit
tings of the legislative body.
The vernacular papers have been
unanimously declaring that the Presi
dent Is still planning a central admin
istrative assembly, to discuss only ques
tions of policy respecting the future
relationship between Pekin and the
Provinces, which* Is still In chaotic con
fusion.
The only solution of the present de
plorable situation Is for the I‘resident to
restore their membership to those mem
bers found innocent of the charge of
actively participating in the rebellion.
Special Cable to The American.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 2o,— \V.
W. Rockhill. who Just handed over the
American Embassy at Constantinop' •
to Henry Morgenthau and is. now vis
iting St. Petersburg, intends going to
Mongolia if he can manage it. Rock-
hill was formerly Ambassador here,
and, although now a private citizen,
the Russian Government persists ia
suspecting that he has some secret
American mission in Mongolia, whi.M
Russia now looks on as its own exclu
sive preserve.
As Rockhill earlier in his career
was Ambassador to Japan and Chin*i
he is looked on here as something oT
an important enigma at present, <•*
peciaily as he Insists on proceeding to
Mongolia. His attitude arouses rau.'h
nervous discomfort in Russian offl
elaldom, which is putting all kind*
of obstacles in his way.
Race Prejudice Now
Problem in England
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 20.—The prnat in
crease in the number of Indian stu
dents in England in recent yearn is
bringing certain problems with it. A
report issued by the Indian studen's'
department estimates that there are
now some 1.600 or 1,700 in the United
Kingdom, of whom 700 are legal stu
dents In the Inns of Court.
Signs of race and color prejudice
have been shown by certain Edin
burgh students who come from over
seas. but these signs are few, though
it is not denied that, with the grow-
ing numbers, the possibility of preju
dice increases.
Lincoln's Inn and the Temple may
welcome SO or 40 Indian, students, hut
when the numbers rise to 200 or 100
at a sing'e inn. they tje-g'n to eonsids
[whether some restrictions should not
he imposed.
God of Love Delays
Ocean Liner's Trip
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, Dec. 20.—The other day
a German-owned liner which runs
between France and the River Plate
reached Bordeaux fifteen days behind
its scheduled time. Not storms nor
icebergs nor treacherous reefs had
been the cause of this delay, but a
woman’s conquering eyes. On the
first day out of port the captain fell
fathoms deep in love with the young-*
e.st member of a returning theatrical
troupe. On the second, in sailorliko
style, be proposed, but “No!" was the
answer he received from the little
actress, who did not relish such hur
ricane wooing.
"Very well,” quoth the captain, “if
you think my proposal too sudden. I
will give you some time to get accus
tomed to me. I will hold up the ship.”
And he yelled do\yn to the chief en
gineer to slow the engines down to
half-speed and keep them there until
further orders. So the liner dawdled
on through th< tropics, and every day
t -captain proposed, and every day i
he was rejected, till finally the actress j
consented.
Germans Will Boom l
Name of ‘Wilhelm’
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, Dec. 20. -Germany is said to |
hold the record for societies with ex
traordinary objects One of these is
entitled "Society for Promoting Good
Manners Among the Poor,” while an-
other unites in the bonds of fellowship
all Germans wearing a pointed beard.
The latest society is that for pro
moting the mure general adoption of
the name Wi'helm, presumably in com
pliment to the Emperor.
Porcelains Bring
High Auction Prices
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN. Deo. 20. Rare specimen* of
porcelains be enging to the collection
of Hermann laaaksohn. of this city,
have just been sold by auction here.
For the 109 pieces catalogued $?8 “00
was realized. The highest price paid,
namely. *2,1'A was tor a Viennese
group. “A GavaMer Lady in Spanish
Costume "
daring in a feeble voice to the guards
that she was not feeling well and
would rest in bed.
Andreyeff played the part very suc
cessfully for three days. Then Mme.
Breshkovskaya’s absence was discov
ered. A hue and cry was raised and.
although friends cut the telegraph
wires, the police on Saturday last
succeeded in stopping a peasant cart,
which was conveying Mme. Bresh
kovskaya and another “political,” a
man, to Yakutsk on the River Lena.
Mme. Breshkovskaya was wearing M.
Andreye’s clothes, and had a pass
port and 200 rubles in money.
Stands Severe Cold.
The valiant old woman, who was
past 70 when sentenced, had stood
live days and nights of exposure in
the bleakest frozen waste of the world
without heaviness of heart or dam
age to her health. S’he was taken
back to Karensk and all six politicals
who had aided in her escape were
placed under arrest.
Peer’s Daughter in
Theatrical Romance
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 20.—Although it has]
not been announced officially, the en
gagement between Sir Edward Naylor-
Iceland and Lady Kathleen Hastings has j
long been known to their friends.
Sir Edward, the wealthy son of an
American mother. long 1ms been re
garded as one of the greatest ‘‘catches’’
in society. Lady Kathleen is the tal
ented daughter of the Earl and Countess*
of Huntington. The Hastings family. |
which Is one of the oldest in England, |
attained to the earldom in the four- I
leerith century.
The young people were first thrown '
together during rehearsals for an ama- [
teur theatrical performance.
Experts to Try to
Perfect Wireless
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec 20.—A committee of
the Britj8n Ass^-uai'"»n and th»- Inter
national Radio-Telegraphy Commission
will soon begin to study the Od'yr.xl
laws which govern and ofir r . Impede
wireless telegraphy.
Both expert bodies to eliminate!
inch obstacles a.s the “stniys" or “Xs” j
of the operator, and :he diff-’i! i s of
comnvjnieatiou encouni-. r *d ibo it mr, j
rise and suiovr from atm •- ' ■ > « >n- j
itions »
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 20.—Women poll e
for “limiting the freedom of tic ;
young in the streets at night and in I
attending places of amusement" will I
be introduced to England, if Lady |
Darwin. American wife of Sir George
Darwin, has her way.
She was a Miss DuPuy, of Phila
delphia. when she married the second
son of the great naturalist. Her hus
band is pluinian professor of astron
omy and experimental philosophy in
Cambridge University.
She is seeking,to persuade the Cam
bridge authorities to adopt her plan
of women morals police.
Monacan Prince Has
Birthday by Proxy
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Dee. 20. An unusual cere
mony was gore through recently at
Monte Carlo on th<» occasion of Prince
Albert's birthday. The Prince, who had
recently returned from Ids American
trip, whs no! able to be present at the
celebration, but the ceremonies went
through all the same.
M. Reymond, Mayor of LaOondamine.
presided at a banquet of 400 Mone-
gasques. A group wearing their best
dresses headed a procession to the an
cient palace uf the Grimaldis and there
joined in the cry of “Vive Albert !!’’
One of the girls next road a respectful
address, aid others offered His Most
Serene. Highness, though absent, a bou
quet of flowers of the national colors.
American Gives Aid
To French Dentistry j
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Dec. 20.—A novel cure for
pyorrhea alveolar!*, or <1 is eased tooth
sockets has been discovered by Dr.
A. O. Valadier, of New York and Paris,
in conjunction with Dr. B. M Bertrand,
of the Pasteur Institute, who have Just
communicated the results of their ex
periments to the French National Socie
ty of Biology .
Afcet protracted researches. Dr. Vala
dier and £t. Bertrand found pus was
contain- < in disease*] tooth sockets,
which * ere thus Infected b/ harmful
bacteria. Including the pneumonia germ.
These subsequently prepared vaccine
which, after several injections, kills
these germs.
XMAS RATES
Reduced ever N., C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A R. R.
Apply any Agent..
Southern Express Company
Kxpr*s* Company
?rw. ATLANTA,'Oft.
Tlttjr *K_ - k*»
v xpma Cb«rf«3 OO PREPAID
tbbcblpfxvr-t mc
rtHSTCfPSBS
i-w
*■“ Southern Express Company
I ncorDorstSd.
Fra* ATLANTA, CA.
_T**y *o
COLLECT
charges at daatinatlon
on piece*
Vellow Label Meant Prepaid.
Yellow Label
package bearing a yellow lab*
shipper has already paid the
While Label
AVhen you re
ceive an express
package bearing a yellow label pay nothing. The
shipper has already paid the charges.
AVhen yon receive
an express pack
age bearing a white label pay the charges.
WHY YOU SHOULD USE SOUTHERN
White Labe! Mean, Collect.
If a package bears
neither Collect nor Pre
paid label it will be delivered without charges, and
collection, if proper, will be made thereafter.
No Label
This System
Is for yonr bene
8t and protection.
Tour co-operation Is earnestly requested.
EXPRESS COMPANY
Because the Southern Express
Company has built up the mogt
efficient syaiem of quick tians-
; ortation on ever 32,000 miles of
allroad, a/rl has connections
which make delivery throughout
the civilized world.
Because there Is direct, en
forceable responsibility to you
for safe, quick and accurate
service.
Because each shipment Is han
dled separately and can be traced
from the time you part with It
until It Is delivered at Its desti
nation
Because In getting a receipt
you have Indisputable evidence
of forwarding that particular
shipment.
Because it Is good policy to
foster private enterprise under
due regulation of your represen
tatives
Because when you entrust your
shipment to the Southern Ex
press Company, you know It will
be handled carefully and deliv
ered promptly.
Full information about any
kind of express service will be
given promptly and courteously
by any agent of the
Southern Express Company