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Duchess of Croy Is Humiliated
Stamped as One of Plebeian Blood
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Almanach de Gotha Snubs Her
HAPPY QUEEN MART! SHE BUTS
CHRISTMAS GIFTS AT HOME
I Sovereign Is Shrewd and Shopkeepers Never p
Can Charge Her Too Much.
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Poet Declares Invisible Mentor | )uli .
Removes Something From In
dividual and Induces Sleep.
Duchess of Croy, the former Miss Nancy Leishman, with the
i t'hcir marriage “is not a marriage of equal birth” says the
European social roster.
UNDERSTANDS INANIMATE
His New Book, “Aspect of the
Unknown,” Is Eagerly Awaited
by Parisians,
By C. F. BERTELLI.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Dec. 20.—Gabriel D’Annun-
r.io, as i beiever in the occult and a
6tudent of psychic phenomena, is the
new role wherein the poet is about
to reveal himself to Paris in a book
entitled “Aspects of the Unknown,”
the early publication of which is
awaited with the liveliest interest by
scientists and literary men alike.
Afier many months of investiga
tion, during which he has attended
with leading scientists of the day nu
merous seances, at, which the services
of the best-known mediums were in
voked, D’Annunzio has arrived at the
conclusion that man does not live an
undivided individual life. Always by
his ; ide, he insists, is his double
magic being, working for him and
prompting all his actions.
“Man himself,” the poet asserts,
“does not require sleep, which is only
an illusion. It is his invisible prompt
er that tires of performing for him
those every-day actions which man
attributes to his own personality.
“When man’s mysterious partner
requires rest, all he does is to re
move from the mundane body some
thing essential to man’s wakefulness,
whereupon sleep supervenes.
Removes Essential Part.
“The process is like that of the
mechanic who, wishing to damage a
piece of machinery, removes an es
sential part.
“Exactly what man’s magic aide re
moves, in order to send him to sleep,
I don’t know, but I am convinced we
shall discover in time.”
The theory of man’s invisible part
ner is fully developed in the book
D’Annunzio is about to publish. In
conversation with me he explained
for the first time how r he is inspired
to write his wonderful prose poetry.
D'Annunzio attributes his creative
power to his ability to read the lan
guage of things inanimate. He feels
the majority of men miss five-sixths
of the meaning and enjoyment of life,
because they have not exercised the
faculty of observation, which lies
dormant in everyone.
“Wherever I go,” he said, "T find
opportunity to practice the power of
observation. For instance, during a
recent railway journey from Arca-
chon to Paris, the train halted at a
■wayside station.
Harmony in Nature.
“Gazing around, I was struck by
the harmony of color and poetry in
each inanimate object on which \ set
my eyes. Sky, tree, placards, the
wooden station building, the train it
self. as well as the peasant, singing
as he bent to his toil, and the heavily
laden donkey—each of them had a
special meaning. Their proximity and
mingling constitutes a language of
things for anyone to read who can.
“I jotted down my impressions im
mediately, and was greatly surprised
in reading them over later. When
ever 1 engage in reading this poetry
of inanimate objects I am In a trance,
with the result that when I come
later to look at the impressions writ
ten at the time, I seem to be reading
notes written by someone else.
“To this continuous application of
the powers of observation I attribute
mv < xtremely sensitive nature, which
enables me fully to enjoy life, al
though at the same time giving me
tremendous power of suffering.
“I quite understand why a lot of
my readers criticise me: the major
ity can not understand my heroes
and heroines. I impart to them my
own nature, and their joys and suf
fering^ are so deep ordinary men
don't understand them.”
Is Intensely Human.
To his friends D’Annunzio is far
from being a superman, but is gen
erally regarded us intensely human.
He has a keen sense of humor, and
enjoys a Joke at his own expense The
tumor circulated lately that be lias
resolved to commit suicide within two
years is the result of nothing more
than a joke he sprung on Lebargy,
the poet. He told France’s premier
actor that a man should disappear
after a i ertain age, and that both Le-
bargy and Himself would feel that
their time had come two years hence:
therefore they ought to commit hari-
kari.
Recently, when entertaining at din
ner a dear old English lady, D’An
nunzio suddenly turned to her and
*aid:
“It sounds a horrible thing to say,
Dut the flesh of a new-born babe is
the acme of flavor and delioiousness—
® r mething between lobster and spring
chicken.”
The old lady, observing that he
seemed to be perfectly serious, looked
the food before them, and then a
horrible suspicion took form in her
blind. Next day the story went around
that D’Annunzio was a canni
bal.
Tuto, Oreglia and Rampolla Called
in Quick Rotation From the
Vatican College.
Art Colony in “Eternal City”
Sadly Misses Franklin Simons,
Noted American Sculptor.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME, Dec. 20.—When one dies
three die. So runs the ancient na
dir ion of Rome when the death of u
Cardinal is announced.
The tradition has been verified,
within the week.
First, Tuto, the learned Spaniard
and trusted friend of His Holiness, i
short time later, the beloved Oreglia,
dean of the Sacred College and a
personality of might in the Vatican,
passed away on December F».
The third to be called was Ram
polla. who died Tuesday—Rampolla,
man of wisdom and the Papal Secre
tary of State under Pope Leo XII.
and a papal possibilitx himself. Once
he was the actual selection for Pope
of the Cardinalate and rejected by the
now obsolete “veto privilege,” and but
recently he was mentioned as the
probable successor of Pius X. had he
outlived the present occupant of the
throne of Peter.
Early Consistory Expected.
With the unusually large number
of vacancies now existing in the
Sacred College, the early calling of
They Live in Paris, So German
Affronts Bring No Actual
Inconvenience.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, Dec. 20.—There Is much
comment over the plight in which
Miss Nancy Leishman, Duchess ct
Croy, Anas 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 ^lis 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 an.’ of the pre
rogatives of tile House of Croy.
His owr. matrimonial alliance is of
exactly the same kind as that which
the courts on his 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 j
staying away from the German and j
Austrian courts and of living in Paris.
There his French titles give the hign-
est social status to his wife independ
ently of any action taken to affect
the position of the Duchess In Ger
many or in Austria.
The friends of the Duke and th#
Duchess, and these are numerous at
the Kaiser's court, call attention to
the fact that dozens of royal and
semi-royal families have in years
gone by vented their petty malice
against a bride by sending notice tu
the ditor of the Almanach de Gotha
that tlie family refused to recognize
the marriage and that the bride was
not of equal birth with her husband.
The Duke of Croy is virtually mas-
ter of all the revenues of his familj I
estates, and has the power to with
hold allowances lo other members of
the family.
He also can cancel the privilege >f
residence in the numerous palaces
and villas belonging to the family.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME, Dec. 20. The season in the
“Eternal City” promises well jn saye-
ty Just now, it being: whispered that
Ambassador and Mrs. Thomas Nelson
Page will open their new residence
in the Delgrado Palace with a grand
ball, to be followed by another later
in the season.
Preparations are also going on for
two costume balls at the Russian Em
bassy. while Duke Don Marino For-
lonia, (\ A Moore’s son-in-law, will
give a dance at one of the largest ho
tels in the city on January If*.
The American colony in Rome is
mourning the death of Franklin Si
mons, the aged American sculptor,
who, though considered by Ills broth
er artists more Roman than Amer
ican. retained to the last his fine
American characteristics.
Mr. Simons was pioneer in the local
art colony and, with Waldo Story,
formed the brains of the American
contingent, which was most respect
ed of all the foreign groups. He cre
ated several notable monuments, and
left several others unfinished. Like
the great artists of Renaissance, he
died in harness, working until the last
few hours.
Isadora Duncan, noted for her re
vivals of classical dances, is now at
the Hotel Excelsior, and, if success
ful in her search for a studio, will re
main for the winter in Rome. She
told tlie correspondent of the Hearst
papers that she does not think she
will ever dance again.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Queen has
not yet begun her Christmas shop
ping in earnest, although a few pur
chases of cairngorms and other Scot
tish articles were made when Her
majesty was at Balmoral.
These are in the nature of brooches,
buckles and hatpins, and all are sil
ver-mounted. A selection of knitted
Shetland ami other wool scarfs, vests
and shawls wav also acquired both by
the King and Queen, and his majesty
purchased several handsomely carved
walking-sticks for presents to his
friends.
The bulk of the royal Christmas
presents will be selected at Bucking
ham Palace, for although the Queen
priVately visits one or two shots,
these visits are principally for the
Mongolia Trade Hurt
By Russian Treaty
Special Cable to The American.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 20—A
Mongolian deputation, which is now
here and which is getting no satisfac
tion from the Russian Government,
is addressing its complaint to Ger
many and the United States. Under
the Russo-Chinese treaty, which Is
forced on Mongolia, the country can
not conduct any foreign trade except
with Russia.
Hut Russian commercial organiza
tion is so backward that it can not
furnish Mongolia with anything like
a trade equivalent to its own raw
produce, and consequently that coun
try is getting impoverished, although
economically it should be on the high
road to development.
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
Row 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
a shop window. Each article is la
beled with the name of the firm and
the price marked in plain figures.
Queen Mary is an excellent judge < ?
value, and so no fancy prices are 'n-
dnlged In. When all is in readiness
the representatives of the imporiums
retire and her majesty enters ind
makes a careful inspection. A lady-
in-waiting is in attendance and sue
j goes round with the Queen and mak?s|
| careful note of nil approved articles,
j the number of each required and the
price.
Chinese Legislators
Barred From Seats
Special Cable to The American.
PEKIN, Dec. 20 President Yuan-
Shl-Kal’s coup d'etat in confiscating the
certificates of more th*»n half of the
members of the. Chinese' Senate ar.d
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 President to
restore their membership to those mem
bers found innocent of the charge of
actively participating in the rebellion.
Grand Dukes and Duchesses En
tertained by Them During the
Gay Christmas Season.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Dec. 20.—The Baron*. s
Castelll, nee Preston, has joined tin
numerous American titled women now
In Pails, after placing her son in
school in Geneva. Mrs. Augustus
Goodman had fifty people to meet hot
at a reception dance at the Hotel A
toria.
Ambassador and Mrs. Herrk’»
Prince and Princess Albert Radziwi.,
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Riddle and Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Lehr were guests
a dinner-dance, given at the Ritz l
Mr. and Mrs. Wert helm, of Nev.
York, in honor of Grand Duke aft*
Grand D’uchess Cyril, who with ot;n..
Romanoffs here are social lions of th*
season, especially since Mrs. W. 1>
Leeds set the fashion.
Royalty Visits Painter.
Grand Duke and Grand Duchgi*.
Cyril this week paid a visit to ttn
studio of Angelo De Guardataussi. trf.
Italian singer-painter. Guardabaa-#
and Zlnabresla sang classical airs. Hi
other guests Included Mrs. John MuTi
roe. Princess Hohenlohe, Duke ar
Duchess Gramont, Mrs. Frederick.
Bell, Mrs. Van Ralts and Mrs. Wsv
theim.
Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mrs. B. 0.
Kirkland, Mrs. Phillip Lydig, Mr. aud
Mrs. Charles Presbrey, Mr. and M
Harry Lehr, Mr. and Mrs. R. Pru;.
and Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Barnard h *'*•
all spending the holidays at the RiU
Mrs. Mackay, with her daughter
Princess Stlgllano-Colonna, has go;-}*
to the Italian Riviera to attend tt\?
wedding of her nephew.
Why Not Give Shoes or Slippers lor
Ch ristmas Presents ?
England Will Send
Its Turkeys to U. S.
Supply There Is Abundant, While
Here it Is Almost Exhausted,
Orders Indicate.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 20.—Although Eng
land imports many thousand tur
keys from Hungary, France and Italy
to provide English fa^e, it is not
generally known that England ex
ports a number of the best turkeys
produced in that country to America,
the home of the rtwl. It sounds like
sending coals to Newcastle, but the
explanation is that on the other side
of the Atlantic most of the best tur
keys are executed for Thanksgiving
Day, and thus England has to be
drawn upon for the Christmas sup
ply.
The merchants at Leaden Hall
Market say the Americans are asking
for the birds to be shipped in lots of
5,000, and, as now happens, the sup
ply from Norfolk and Ireland is par
ticularly good and the Rnglish mar
ket does not feel the drain.
Hems For Christmas Shopping
Solid Gold Cases $25.00 to $100.00
Rings—suitable for everyone.. . $100 and up
Diamonds—white and brilliant. .$15.00 and up
Jewelry—send for our catalogue, or better still,
come in and see the goods.
Every article guaranteed.
Your charge account solicited. Open eve
nings until Xmas. Send for Catalogue.
BANTA-COLE JEWELRY COMPANY
5 South Broad Street
Atlanta, Georgia
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
iiebergs nor treacherous reefs had
been the cause of this delay, but a
woman’s conquering eyes. On the
first day out of por* the captain fell
fathoms deep in love with the young
est member of a returning theatrical
troupe. On the second, in sailorlike
style, he 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 aceu3- !
‘.omed to nv\ I will hold up the ship.”
And he veiled down to the chief en- I
gineer to slow th** engines down to
half-speed and keep them there until i
further orders. So the liner dawdled j
on through the tropics, and every day I
the capta'n proposed, and every day I
he was rejected, till finally the actress j
consented. 1
a consistory is inevitable, a fact which
will naturally arouse in the minds
of the Catholic the possibility of ele
vation of one or two priests of the
United States.
It was said after the 1911 consis
tory, at which the red hat was con
ferred upon Archbishops Farley, of
New York, and O'Connell* of Boston,
that the Holy Father would not con
sider the advisability of another
American Cardinal for the present,
but that was two and a half years
ago. Many events have happened
since to warrant a chunge of reason
ing.
While, of course, not the slightest
intimation has ever been given here
of any such intention on the part of
the Vatican, the names of two Amer
ican Archbishops are always brought
to mind when the subject presents it
self. These are AYchblshops John
Ireland, of Bt. Paul, and James E.
Quigley, of Chicago. The deeds and
attributes, both scholarly and eccle
siastic of the two eminent churchmen
are already too well known on the
American side of the water to call for
extended comment. They are held in
equally high regard at Rome.
Successor to Oreyiia.
The great question now is who will
succeed Cardinal Oreglia as Master
of Ceremonies of the Holy See. Three
names are prominently mentioned in
this connection. They are Cardinals
Ferrata. De Lai and Falconio, the
last named of the trio being well
known to the Catholics of the United
States. It is understood that the Pope
recently approached Cardinal Fal
conio personally, but met with a gen
tle refusal on the ground of increas
ing years.
His eminence is now approaching
his seventy-first birthday. The office
of Master of Ceremonies Itself Is con
sidered next in importance to that of
the Pope himself.
It would seem now as though the
choice lay between Cardinals Fer
rata and De Lai, with the chances
of appointment about equal. It is
certain, however, that every effort will
be made for an early assemblage of
the consistory, which has been de- J
layed chiefly owing to the delicate
state of the Pontiff's health, as It was
learned that the fatigue sure to fol
low' upon the many ceremonies neces
sary would cause serious results to
the beloved “Hermit of the Vatican."
AT THE HOTELS IN GERMANY.
Special Cable to The American.
FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN. Dec, 20.
—Arrivals at the FYankfur;er Hof in
clude Mrs. J. B. and Mrs. B. S Forh- J
man. of San Francisco, and Carl S. J
Plaut, of Oakland, Cal. |
“The Shoe of the Hour.”
Cut u.’ Dull Steel Buckle
Colonials. $5, $6, $7, $8.
WE SUGGEST FELT SLIPPERS
FOR GRANDMOTHER.
A pair of soft, warm slippers would
bring you most forcibly and pleasantly
into her thoughts, when she slips on the
“comfy” slippers that grandson or
granddaughter gave her, and far excel
the little momentary pleasure she might
get from a beautiful piece of jewelry or
bric-a-brac that cost ten times more.
FOR MOTHER.
And when it comes to mother, don’t
you know that a good stylish, satisfac
tory shoe which we can sell for $4.00 or
Comfy Slippers
$1.50
All Colors
useless,
though
who will 1
>e
$5.00 would be greatly preferred, even though the shoes cost one-half as much, to the
pretty things they usually get.
FOR YOUNG LADIES.
The really beautiful slipper buckles of cut steel and rhinestone and the new and most popular tango
sets, ranging from $1.00 to $10.00 a pair or set, these would be exceptionally thoughtful and valuable pres
ents for fiancee, girl friend, sister or cousin, as the case may be.
Bo assured of one tiling, if you come to Allen’s and buy anything at all for feminine friends or
members of the family, the name “ALLEN” will add that satisfied feeling of correctness which no mere
man can diagnose, and then, too, our liberal exchange or refund policy, after the holidays, will take care
of any mistake as to size or appropriateness.
FOR SOCIETY GIRL OR DEBUTANTE.
A beautiful pair of evening slippers of cloth of gold or silver, satin, bronze kid, patent leather or dull
kid with buckles that are almost too beautiful to be put on shoes, even though the size did not happen to
lx* just right, would represent correct footwear that can easily be exchanged for the proper size any day
after Christmas.
If shoes are not wanted or needed, anything in this vast store full of feminine tinerv can be se
lected instead, and this ought to solve the problem for many men, of what to give.
We have helpful, experienced salespeople, seven of them young men and two of them young women,
' glad to give you their assistance.
Come down and talk it over with Mr.
Bean, Mr. Brandon, Mr. Shellnut, Mr.
Mathes, Mr. Hadaway, Mr. Tumipseed,
Mr. Stanton or the young ladies, and
maybe we can solve the problem for you
that is causing troublesome thought—
or what to give.
AND THEN THE CHILDREN—
When it comes to children’s footwear we have
some of the prettiest felt slippers at $1.50 and
$1.75, Romeos and Comfys and Bootees, and
even the little kid boudoir slippers as small as
5’s, 6’s and 7’s at $1.00 a pair, that will save
those little tired feet from running along on
cold floors, and therefore combine utility with
beauty and originality.
One little fellow we know of got a
pair of slippers last Christmas and he
thought so much of them that he put
them under his pillow every night.
Do you think you could get anything
for $1.50 that would cause you to be re
membered more pleasantly?
All kinds of Felt Romeos,
Comfys and Boudoir Slip
pers, $1.00 to $5.00 a pair.
Children’s Red Felt
Puss in Boots
$1.50 and $1.75
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