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Dr. Lorenz Declares Gentle Art of Sleeping
Properly is Important Enough To Be Given
Far More Attention Than Usually Accorded.
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‘hard pavement, gathering fresh
strength from a sound sleep.
Awaking Thoughts.
Unless, on unusual occasions of
fatigue, the refined product of civillza.
tion s not satisfied with the mere
horizontal position as a method ot
inducing sleep. He requires the sup
port of a couch and is very exacting
in his demands in this respect. Not
till these have been complied with
according to his individual conven
fence will sleep graclously relax the
tired limbs and allow the brain-—that
severely-taxed organ of Intellectual
labor—a short rest.
Sleep's most glorlous gift is the
thoughts that «¢ome on our first
awaking from dreamless unconsclous
ness. How many Inventions, how
many solulons of lost secrets owe
their origin to such a discharge of
energy by a thoroughly rested brain!
We need not emile at that Italian
advocate who, on gaining a lawsult,
quoted as the chief Item in hils note
of expenses the “pensleri notturnil.'”
Thugs we are Indebted to sleep not
only for the renewal of elasticity
in all our organs, but also, as it
wers, for our highest intellectual sug
gestions, »
All these matters are so Intimately
connected with recumhbence that even ‘
at this stage one can no Jonger gay
that the question 1s an Ind|flerent‘
one.
Like an Annularly Curved Worm.
All ghasea of life are reflected in
recumbence. The infant, while en-
Joying the highest animal happiness
lin his continual dorsal position, is
. ripening for the cares of life. Baraly
a vear, spent lving In comparative
inactivity, has qualified the little
denizen of the world for spontaneous
fatigue, which forces him to lle down
periodically during his further devel
opment to the prime of life and duc
lng life's moment when one, or an
other, or all his organg have grown
{ncurably fatigue and reduce him-—
like the Infant-—to continual recum
bence. What a difference between
the compulsory bed in t.ue two cases!
in the former, recumbence heips (o
build up the body and develop it for
future work; here it expresses tho
hopeless impotence of exhavsted and
frretrievably lost energles
The above remarks will justify our
subjecting to a short consideration
the recumbence of the infant, as well
as that of the healthy and the sick
adult-—at the same time not forget
ting the dying.
The new-born infant may be com
pared with an annularly curved
worm, striving to unwind itself as
goon as it has discarded the home
which enfolded 't so narrowly, Its
epine forms a single tlat arch of a
hindward convexity, a so-called
foetal kyphosis-—li. w, {ts extremities
are to a certaln extent folded togeth
er in a flexed position at the great
* Joints of hip and knee. It stretches
and straightens its little llmbs to pre
pare them for future gervice; but its
muscular strength does not suffice to
unroll the curved spine. Substan
tially, this unrolling ensues passive
-Iy, through the recumbence of the
little trunk on its couch,
The Child's Bed.
How, then, should this couch he
disposged in order to facllitate the un
rolling of his trunk for the little new
mortal?
It is obvious that If the back with
its hindward convexity be laid on a
very soft couch, its own weight must
hollow out a cavity which will hin
der the unrolling 1. e, the stretching
of the little trunk. The Infant's bed
must, therefore, rather be hard than
too soft; a pillow {8 unnecegeary, for
it hinders the erection of the for
ward-drooping head. (The swathing
pillow used in this country must,
therefore, have a hard under surface,
and the child must be swathed as
loosely as possible.) i
Such a bed would hardly s?\t!sf)’l
the adolescent and the adult, Indeed, |
the conditions in thelr case are utter- l
ly different
The adult spinal column does not
form a simple arch convexed to the |
rear, like the infant's; this arch, on|
the contrary, has an opposite bend, |
corresponding with the loing and the
neck, nt which point it forms rear |
concavities. Any sharpening of these |
normeal, so-called physiologieal curves |
must diminish the man's full heigh*: |
a flattening or leveling of the curves
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will have the contrary effect of in
creaging it.
Besides these physiological curves
the adult veterbral column has also
the pecullarity of a somewhat for
ward inclination as a whole.
Bveryone can prove the correctness
of this fact on himself. Try to lle
down backward on the floor of your
room-—not the bare floor; you may
lay two or even three rugs on it. You
will goon feel as if every joint in your
spine were dislocated and your head
falling backward into a deep well,
Man Taller in Morn,
The hard horizontal couch stretches
the entire body, erects the forward
drooping head, and makes the whole
trunk longer, because straighter, by
leveling the physiologlcal cruves. It
thus corrects the contrary effect of
the upright carriage, in which the
physiological curves are sharpened hy
the specific weight of the body, We
are actually taller when lying on a
hard horizontal couch than when
standing, and taller in the morning
than in the evening.
Strictly, 1. e, theoretically, speak
ing, we ought to lle in our beds on a
hard under-layer and without a pil
low, exactly llke the infant,
The hardness of the under-layer
should, however, be so far modified ag
not to endanger the cutaneous circu
lation &t prominent parts of the body
(sacrum, shoulders, etc.). In prac
tice, however, we find that the in
fant's willingness to sleep without a
plllow soon turns to discomfort for
the growing child.
Pillowless Discomforts.
The absence of a pillow makes the
dorsal position unpleasant, owing to
the backward droop of the head. But
ft makes the side position almost un
hearable, because the head then hangse
to one side and the cervical vertebrae
get bent over sldeways.
For the adult the plllow makes the
dorsal position on a hard surface
bearable, and the slde position merely
possible.
How high should the piliow be? A
simple consideration wil show that it
should not be substantially higher
than what amounts to the utmost dis
tance between the ear and the acro
mion. Under this assumption only, the
neck will neither be bent over side
ways in the shoulder position, nor
forward in the dorsal. Of course, the
pillow also must be @mparatively
hard (horsehalr), |
How to Lie Down.
Therefore, for lving rationally and
hyvglenleally, a comparatively hard
under-layer is requisite (a horsehalr
mattress, with a seaweed or a very
tightly-strun gpring mattress be
low). The |\f||nw must be hard like
wise and not higher than the shoulder
breadth. It 1s quite superfluous to
have the bed of the favorite excessive
breadth; it 18 not at all necessary
that, when the arms are extended
sidewayvs. the finger tips should bare
ly reach the edge of the bed, On the
other hand, the bed must In any case
be long enough. Although the sleep
er, lying with his leg joints lightly
hent, does not as a rule utillze the
length of his bed, vet he must find the
possibility of comforiably stretching
himself out to his full length without
pressing his head or his feet flat.
Joven if the hed cover has nothing
to do with actual recumbence, it may
‘h« remarked that this must not only
bhe warm enough, but, above all, light.
1 need hardly sny that the eiderdown
quilt 1s unequalled In tals respect.
The Sybarite's Bed.
Let us nuw leave the man lving in
such an ideal bed to his invigorating,
‘q;-onmlflu sieep. We wish him bnil
llant flashes of intelllgence on his
first awakening!
. But we can not refuse to cast R/
glance at that sleaper who prefers
the Sybarite's mstaken comfort to
the rational claims of hyglene. We
will presume that he is sensible
enough to prefer a cool, well venti
“mm bedroom to a stifling overheat
ed one. that he does not impede the
circulation of the air above his bed
by having a tester over it. We w i
‘IH( presume that he is resting on so
high a couch that steps are required
for mounting It, or that he is letting
himself be flattened out under a
mountain of heavy feather beds
(called in this country “Tuch enten.")
We will rather assume, to his hon
or, that he is merely partial to a sof
bed and more than a sufficiency ol
soft plllows
We will not assume tha, being in
good health and not distresed for
brexth, he has piled up the pillows
so high that he sleeps sitting In his
bhed--for we are here speaking only
of lving
We merely opine that his feather
plllows are too soft, and we notice
that they close together, llke white,
vapor-laden clouds, over the sleeper's
ears and bury his face in a hot. sti
fling caress. We see him laboriously
gasping for breath.
Feather Bed's Evils,
If he is lying on his back in his
feather bed, his heavy trunk has
made a pit in the soft under-layer.
Not only is the back kyphosis thus
heightened, but also the loin lordoe
gl is increased by the soft under
layer of the bed being pressed down
in the cavity made by his back
Thus, when lving on a soft bed,
the physiological curves of the
spinal ¢olumn are sharpened, the
height of the body is correspondingly
diminished
In the main, this would not m:\t-l
ter. on the contrary, certain advan- |
tages might be gained from f{t |
But lying on too soft a couch|
means discomforts of another kind.|
which. for a man not accustomed to!
v soft bed, may increase tiil they
become intolerable
To wit, the dorsal position on a|
soft, too easlly impressiblea surface |
rroduces fn the adult spine, when
rigid, a severe tension and strain ot
he ligaments. because these can not
vield readily to the changes of posi
tfon which the soft surface gives
rise to
This strain finally causes violent,
even intolerable, pain in the spine—
particularly in he lower region of
the breast and loins. The pain wakes
the sieeper and renders all chance
of falling asleep again utterly im
possible
A Persona! Expertence.
| I am here speaking from a per
sonal experience on a cold and
stormy vovage. I was accustomed to
\x\arm myself by lying with my back
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eminent Viennese sur
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to insure healthful slumbers,
of which he emphasizes the
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‘and my breast by turns against thel
walls of the chip's funnel. I froze on
one side and got baked on the other.
My sleep was excellent in the hard,
narrow berths. On landing and reach
ipg my hotel, 1 straightened and
stretched myseif out in the luxurious
hotei bed, and looked back on the
Spartan comfort of my shlp cabin as
on a trial happlly surmounted.
In the night I awoke repeatedly
with unpleasant sensations in the
back, I dlagnoesed inciplent muscular
rheumatism—a well-deserved punish
ment for the violent falls of tempera
ture so wantonly brought on beside
the funnel. Next day the nocturnal
episode was forgotten. I lay most of
the following night sleepless, owing to
-violent pains in the hack. To my sur
prise next day the expecied rheuma
tism did not develop further, So I
had made a wrong diagnosis,
The third night I awoke shortly aft
er falling asleep with violent pains in
the loins and the small of the back,
‘and feellng as if my trunk must snap
at that part. Restless tossing to and
fro only made the pains worse. At
last the gaving thought crossed my
mind: I was lyilng on too soft a bed!
In the cavity caused by my weight I
threatened to sngp. 1 laid the mat
tress on the floor and was at once
cured,
If the sleeper in the soft bed lles In
the side position his spinal column
gets a sideward curve to some extent,
for 1t sinks Into the cavity caused by
his weight.
This 1s a specially critical position
for children and adolescents, because
it can occaslon a permanently crook
ed figure.
Height of Piilow.
For children and adolescents the
hard bed, with a hard pillow the
height of the shoulder breadth, is an
absolute hygienle requirement. The
dorsal position is better for them than
the side position, as the latter, even
with a hard mattress, can give rise to
a scoliotic position of the trunk. Chil
dren and adolescents must be prohib
fted from lying on the stomach, which
{s unhygienic; 1t i 8 only In cases of
bone inflammation in the spine that
this position may be indicated as a
temporary one,
As for adults, the hard bed with a
hard pillow is to be recommended for
them, too, on the grounds already
mentioned.
Left Side To Be Avoided.
The dorsal or side position is left to
their individual taste, but it must not
be forgotten that iying on the left
side makes the sleeper feel the beat
ing of his heart and may induce the
rather discomforting thought of its
last throb.
The position on the right side has
the advantage of more speedily clear
ing the storhach of its contents, also
of more or less preventing the snor
ing, which strains the respiratory
muscles, and of freeing the heart from
pressure as much as possible. On the
other hand, the right arm is easily
exposed to disagreeable pressure. The
dorsal position insures a more uni
form activity of the two halves of the
thorax, but it encourages snoring. But
an old proverb savs, “He who snores
long will live long."
The most convenient position, com
bining the advantages without tha
disadvantages of the strict dorsal or
the strict side position, seems to me
to he the lying on the right shoulder.
It represents a middle course between
the other two.
Says “Lis on Right Shoulder.”
The right shoulder-blade, with the
costal ridges of the right side, and
the right hind-portion of the pelvic
circle, are the main supporting sur
faces in hijs position The posture
prejuices neither the heart nor the
lung activity, and the right arm suf
fers no pressure. Nor—as in the
strict dorsal position—does the base
of the tongue, as it relaxes in sleep,
sink straight back against the uvula
waving en the play of the air cur
rent, and thus help to produce noises
that can drive a neighbor to distrac
tion.
It the hard bed, with a hard pil
low the height of the shoulder
breadth, is a hyglenic requirement
for the healthy man, it might be
supposed that the sick man, at least,
when condemned -to a longer recum
bence, might profit by a soft under
layer.
Patient Is Heated.
But this is by no means the case,
for every softer underlaver hearts
the recumbent and increases his dan
ger. Moreover, the softer underlayer
is far less of a support to the body
in need of rest than a more resis
tant bed. The more sensitive and in
need of support an ailing part of the
body becomes, the more unsuitable
does a too soft underlaker prove to
be.
AMERICAN'S SPECIAL FOREIGN NEWS
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Concerted Action of Prominent
London Hostesses Resents
'
Ruler’'s Cool Attitude.
By THE COUNTESS OF WARWICK
Speclal Cable to The American.
LLONDON, July 185—Court cere
lmonlals and entertainments of the
season closed officially Thursday
night with the second state ball,
which was postponed from June 29
in consequence of the assassination
of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
As a matter of fact, the soclal sea
son of 1914 shut down to all in
tents and purposes a fortnight ago,
and Thursday night's affair was
somewhat of a wet blanket, for many
of the best people already had left
London.
The only possible reason for hold
ing the ball was King George's anx-
I lety not to have the court blamed for
cutting the season short, after hav
ing previously put a damper on it by
reason of two periods of mourning
caused by the deaths of the Duke of
Argyll and Archduke Ferdinand.
It was in the hope of keeping the
court set here until the latest pos
sible moment that the King insisted
on the second court be held instead
of abandoning it altogether. It is just
another of those rather painful and
palpable efforts made by his majes
ty' to curry favor with his subjects
-—especially tradespeople.
A Struggling Season.
It has had its vicissitudes, thls
poor, struggling season. For the most
part soclety has just frittered along
with plenty of engagements, but
nothing to ger enthusiastic about in
the way of functions.
A notable feature of the present
season has been that Anglo-Ameri
can hostesses have done, less enter
taining than for some years, and
many of them left London in the
height of the season, for instance the
Duchess of Marlborough, who now is
in America.
This seems simply that those hos
tesses who are the very salt of Lon
don's hospitality are at last taking
concerted action agalnst the indif
ferent attitude of Queen -Mary Lo~
ward them and Americans generally.
Pecple are still talking about the
tragic end of young Baronet Sir
Dennis Anson, who leaped to his
death over the gide of a steam launch
in the early hours of a recent morn
ing while returning from a midnight
frolic up the Thames.
Sir Dennis and those who accom
panied him, comprised perhaps the
“swiftest” section of the ultra-smart
set which has done many astonishing
things this season.
The inguest over Sir Dennis falled
to bring out anything except the over
labored assertion by everyone called
that the young baronet was “abso
lutely sober.” Most obvious ques
tions which should have been asked
were obviously unasked. |
The Coroner's jury might have de-‘
manded to know if it wasn't a tnnti
that Sir Dennis was challenged to
make the fatal dive by one of the
party, a woman at that; if It was
not a fact that the dive Anson took
into the grand canal in Venice which
' nearly cost his life was not the re
sult of a similar challenge from the
same woman.
More Inside History.
Also, if it was not a fact that a
member of the party, again the same
woman, to whom Sir Dennis handed
his watch chain before making the
' dive, gave it to a footman on the
morning after the tragedy, telling him
;m give it to any of Sir Dennls'
friends who called for it.
. One might have got nearer the
truth as (o the real reason underly
ing the foolhardy affair. As a writ
!vr in a week!y paper puts {t:
. “The callousness of the modern
voung Mayfair person passes all un
| derstanding.”
. Lady Cunard (nee Burke, of New
' York), whose debutante daughter,
Miss Nancy, witnessed young An
son's dive to death, was one of the
few dinner hostesses this week.
~ Lady Cunard's position as a soclal
arbiter and dictator is to-day un
rivaled among the smartest set. She
{s a wonderful woman in many ways
aind one can not but admire the tire
less energy that allows her not only
to be present, but to be the life and
soul of dozens of functions, week af
ter week
Gets a Compliment.
A very well known hostess paid
her this compliment recently:
“You can always count on Lady |
Cunard as a dinner hostess for your
dance and she's sure to arrive with
a party of attractive girls and men
who can dance and will dance.”
This interesting paragraph ap
peared to-day in one of the London
weeklies
“One of the greatest cnvnmswnrsl
in the art of dress at the present |
moment is Mrs John Astor Her
friends say she spends no less than
five hours every day thinkoug out
in planning new creations. Her
T.ondon house contains four rooms
lined with wardrobes, with another
room set aside tor footwear."
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Countess Nostitz at
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St. Petershurg Home
Speclal Cable to The American, l
ST. PETERSBURG, July 18— '
Countess Nostitz, nee Beaton, the|
pretty American who has won for |
herself the reputation of being !!h‘-!
smartest hostess in St. Petersburg, |
Is spending a few dayvs here, having |
come from the Crimea, where shv;
has a beautiful villa at Yalta, before |
leaving for Trouville and Biarritz. |
Tha Countess is a great favorite |
with the imperial family, with the|
exception of the Dowager Empressi
Marie, who. it will be recalled, re- |
cently publicly rebuked the Count- |
ess for wearing a low-necked dress
and quantities of jewelry at a
memorial service.
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Jap General Injured
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In Headhunter Fight
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Speclai Cable to the American. |
TAIHOKU (Formosa), July 18—/
Lieutenant General Count Sakuma, |
Governor General of Formosa, has been |
seriously injured in the campaign he |
is prosecuting against the headhunters. |
Proposed Berlin Lid
Restaurateurs Say 11 o'Clock Ciosing
Law Will Ruin Them and
Banish Tourists.
‘3Pocu| Cable to The American.
' BERLIN, July 18.—Everybody in
' Berlin who has derived profit from
the city's far-famed night life—and
‘ their name is legion—is In a state of
frenzied alarm over the threatened
‘nhutting up of the town at 11 p. m.
'Regulations to that effect are now
under serious consideration at the
’Pruuun Ministry of the Interior,
which controlg the police laws.
A mass meeting of earnest protest
already has taken place.
The argument which it #s hoped will
have the greatest effect on the au
‘thm‘itles is that Berlin will sink to
an insignificant level as a tourist cen
ter if the 11 o'clock cloging laws e
enforced.
The lucrative American businees in
the summer time, it is specially
' pointed out, is likely to be lost.
The Kaiserin is said to be back of
the proposal, and the ultra-conserva
‘tlve politicians representing the high
church party, of which she Is the
‘head, have declared that the Kalsei's
icapiml was far on the road to ruin.
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Meat Demand Booms
" Steamship Building
Speclal Cable to The Emerican.
~ LONDON, July 18—As a result of
the lincreasing demand In Great
Britain and the United States for
meat from Australla and South
America, and the likellhood of a
similar development on the Contli
nent, there is a big inquiry for
steamers with refrigerated accom
modation.
It is almost impossible to cope
with the growing requirements, al
though no fewer than 229 vessels,
with a cold storage capacity of nearly
half a milllon tons, are already in
service. A large amount of tonnage
is in course of construction and it is
expected that most of the boats will
be placed on the Buenos Aires-New
York route. ‘
Militants' Exile to
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Malabar Suggested
Special Cable to The American. !
LONDON, July 18.—Where shall
the Home Secretary send the mili
tants if they,don’t cease their cam
paign of vin’ence and arson? Sir
Chettur Sankaran Nalr, a judge of
the Madras High Court, has given tae
n.r%wprmsend them to Malabar.
was in a lecture at the London
School of Economics. The learnad
judge was describing the Nairs of |
Malabar, who for a thousand yearsi
or more have a family system which
is matrimarchal and not pa.triarvhul.‘
Females take precedence, and to r'e-|
males belong the wholesof the family |
property. |
Astronomers Work
.
All Summer in Egypt
Speclal Cable to The American. :
CAIRO, July 18.—Egypt Is just now
a center of attraction to astronom
fcal experts, A series of observa
tions which will occupy the greater
part of the summer are being made
under the direction of the professor
of astronomy at Christiania Univer
sity to find the origin and charac-‘
teristics of the zodiacal lights, and
they are certain to develop some new
and interesting data. |
Most of the observations are be-‘
ing made in the clear summer even
ings. The zodlacal lights are well
defined, luminous rays which shoot
up from the horizon, displaying many |
prismatic colors, i
Baths de Luxe for
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The Dogs in Society
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PARIS, July 18.—My lady’'s dog has
become a serfous factor in soclety lifg
here. An establishment for dog baths
ifs about to be opened in one of the
most fashionable quarters of the city,
and it is being widely advertised by
circulars. They read thus:
BATHS FOR DOGS.
Electric Cleaning by Hot Alr.
Special Shampooings.
Perfumed Baths.
Special Scented Lotions, |
Antiseptic Tonfcs. Tollette. |
Warmed Walting Kennels.
And the prices are in proportion to
the luxuries offered.
American Bids High
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For Lecture by Shaw
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 18.-—According to
The Sketch, a very wealthy Ameri
can, whose name is not given, was
desirous of engaging George Barnard
Shaw for a lecture. He wrote a let
ter to Mr. Burton, the manager of
Forbes-Robertson’s company, in
which he said:
“Spare no expense. Offer Shaw a
liner to himself, if need be and any
sum up to 5,000 pounds ($25,000) for
one lecture !n my drawing room."”
The Sketch says that when Shaw
heard the letter read he leaned back
in his chair and roared with laughter.
Standard Oil Locates
Great Tracts in China
Special Cable to The American.
PEKIN, July 18.—The Government
reports to-day that Standard Ofl geol
ogists have located large oil-bearing
tracts in Shensi Province, but that a
Arilling gang has Leen delayed by the
military Q\ursm::g the brigand, ‘‘White
Wolf,” which is commandeering all
transport vehicles. The British resent
the Standard Oil activities, saylng Great
Rritain has the sole right to operate |
in the province. ‘
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Love Letter From ‘Thy Jo’ Printed
by Calmette She Feared
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Was but Beginning.
By C. F. BERTELLL
Special Cable to The American.
| PARIS, July 18.—The sensation of
| the Caillaux trial, whicli bcgins here
Monday, will be the testimony of Al
fred Wesphal, in behalf of the prison
er, which, Counsel Maitre Laßori will
contend, wlill prove conclusively that
she had every reason to fear Gaston
Calmette was about to publish fur
ther love letters written to her by
Calllaux.
Four years ago, Joseph Calllaux en
' deavored to obtain a divorce from
|hls second wife, Mme, Berthe Guey
dan, In order to marry Calmette's
slayer, then Mme, Leo Claretie, of
whom the statesman had long been
enamored.
Mme. Gueydan, however, raised
difficulties, so the husband sent his
friend, Alfred Wesphal, treasurer of
lthe League of Rights of Man, to see
her. It was found that she had pos
‘sesslon of a packet of love letters
which Caillaux, in the course of sev
eral previous yvears, had written Mme,
Claretie, These Mme. Gueydan agreed
to surrender on condition that Cail
laux allowed her alimony of $lO,OOO
yearly after the divorce.
| Letters Highly Intimate.
Alternatively, she threatened {f
Caillaux began divorce proceedings
without conceding her demands, she
would forthwith publish the letters
‘'which would have the effect of ban
ishing him from political life forever
and also ostracise him from Paris so.
clety.
The letters were profoundly intimate
and at the same time contained the
unrestrained expression of Caillaux’'s
inner thoughts, revealing his political
duplicity in the early stages of his
parliamentary career.
Calllaux consented to his wife's
terms, whereupon she handed Wes
phal copies of the incriminating let
ters. It was only some months later,
when Mme. Gueydan recelved her
final divorce paper, that she gave
Wespha! the original letters.
From this evidence Malitre La Bori,
the most eminent lawyer in France,
who defended Captain Alfred Dreyfus,
will draw the following conclusions:
. Early in the present year, Calmette
published a portion of one of the
letters contained in the packet of
originals which Mme. Gueydan has
surrendered to her husband. This
was a letter signed “Thy Jo,” which!
showed how Caillaux, who, as Finance
Minister, at the beginning of the|
present year, was rushing the income |
tax bill through Parllament, had,
previously, confessed his secret oppo- |
gition to such taxation to Mme, Clare
tie.
Feared More Publicity.
Maitre La Bori will contend that
the present Mme. Caillaux, when Cal- |
mette published this letter, was justi
fied in concluding that the editor also
was in possession of copies of other
incriminating letters which Calllaux
wrote her and that the entire packet
which Mme. Gueydan returned had
been copiel during the interval be
tween the time she handed Wesphal
the copies and when she gave up the
originals.
Because she knew many of these
letters contaln gross expressions,
Mme. Caillaux was driven frantic by
the fear that Calmette would put
them in print, and, while in this
frame of mind, she shot him dead
with the dual object of protecting
her honor as a woman and saving her
husband froon irretrievable political
ruin.
It is this chain of .evelations
whereof no French newspaper is yvet
informed which renders not at all im
probable the prisoner’s immedlate ac.
quittal or a nominal sentence with
the beneflt of the first offender’'s act.
Seventy to Testify.
There will be altogether about 70
witnesses, including about fourteen
newspaper editors, Joseph Calllaux;
ex-Prime Minister Louis Barthou, his
political enemy; Paul Bourget, Cail
laux's friend, and Mme. Gueydan.
With the exception of Wesphal, how
ever, their testimony will contain no
fresh revelations.
The defense will also offer medical
testimony showing that Calmette's
life might have been saved if the doc
tors had acted immediately, instead
of taking the wounded editor several
miles to a private hospital when he
was bieeding to death.
|512.000,000 Fund for
. .
~ Chinese Education
'Speclal Cable to The American.
| PEKIN, July 18.—President Yuan
‘Shih Kai has {ssued a mandate order
ing the establishment to-day of an
‘edumtlona.l fund amounting of $12,-
000,000, which shall provide 1,200
‘scholarships for Chinese students at
‘home and abroad, each yielding $4OO
annually. The fund will be created
by depositing $3,000,000 annually in
the Bank of China.
‘D M )
ream Mascots’ the
Newest London Fad
Speclal Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 18.—A greate many
society people are now using dream
mascots in their bedrooms—a little
charm in the form of an eye;, which
i{s worn round the neck at night,
and is supposed to bring beautiful
dreams. |
Flowers and dishes of fruit in the
bedroom are placed there to at
tract good spirits. ‘
PR R R
HAVE YOU A LAZY LIVER?
If you have dizzy spells, poor
sppetite, headaches and frequent
fits of despondency —you may
be sure that your liver is at
the bottom of all the trouble.
: ’
Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery
(IN TABLET OR LIQUID FORM)
ml’romotfl the proper flow of gi
gestive juices, thus toning up the
stomach and revivifying the liver.
Pimples and boils are eradicated.
ERRREMERER LR RRARRR LI LRk R A
ATLANTA, JULY 19, 1914
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Depew Spry at 80 Has
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' No Longevity Rules
!"Alwayo Have Done as | Please,”
Both He and W, H. Crane
Explain.
’Specm Cable to The American.
‘ LONDON, July 18.—For the past
week London has been entertaining
’octogenarian Chauncey M. Depew
and septuagenarian Willlam H.
Crane,
Although neither would consent to
lay down any specific rules captioned
“How to Be Happy Though Elderly,”
both of them abundantly proved dur
ing their stay here that they know all
about the subject.
The former United States Senator,
who is here with his wife, believes
implicitly in the value of living and
says so himself.
“I can't point out any one attri
bute of mine, any innate quality re
’sponsible for my present physical
and mental health” said Mr. Depew.
| “] always have done just about as I
pleased. I never have been an ab
stemious man in the sense of being a
“tee(ntaler.' and have never taken
‘on any amount o? exercise. But, do
'you know, sometimes I belleve that
if & man does plenty of mental ex
‘ercise the physical exercise isn't at
‘all necessary.
“l can assure anyone who Is in
terested that my capacity for being
pleased with life was never greater
gor more keenly developed than to
ay.”
Willlam H. Crane, looking forward
to the coming season’s road tour in
the new “Henrietta,” with the all
‘eager anticipation of a star half his
age.
With Depew, the veteran actor, in
sists that abstention from the things
one likes can not be requisite to
longevity, He says he has always
dore that which pleased him, and
still does.
English Taxi Drivers
' .
Are Invading Berlin
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, July 18.—With a view
primarily to the convenience of
American tourists, Police President
VonJagow some time ago installed a
number of English-speaking police
men at the various prominent cor
ners of the downtown section.
The experiment proved so success
ful that a number of English-speak
ing chauffeurs have been engaged by
the taxicab companies.
The taxi linguists, by consent of
the police, are permitted to wear
American and English flags embroid
ered on their sleeves as a distingulsh
ing mark. They are required to keep
as much as possible in the hotel dis
trict.
. .
China Plans to Build
$4,000,000 Arsenal
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 18.—It appears from
inquiries which are being made in
London by accredited agents that it
{s the intention of the Chinese Gov
ernment to set up an arsenal near Pe
kin. It is stated that a sum approxi
mating $4,000,000 is about to be pro
vided for the purpose.
In the event of the inquirles prov
ing satisfactory, not only will the con
tracts for machinery for the making
of arms and ammunition be placed in
England, but engagements will be of
fered to a number of experts to super
vise erection and conduct of the
arsenal.
. .
U. 8. Fair Officials
Guests of the Kaiser
Speclal Cable to The American.
BERLIN, July 18.—Consul C. H.
Schilling, manager of the German‘
Panama Exposition Bureau, and W.
W. Schultz, of San Francisco, who is
assisting him in the work of collect- ‘
ing German exhibits for the fair, have
returned to Berlin from Kiel. where
they went at the Government's invi
tation to attend the opening of the
newly-widened Kaiser Wilhelm Ca
nal,
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Alpine Passes Still ]
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Closed to Motorists:
Speclal Cable to The American. ;
GENEVA, July IS.-—Much disap
pointmant has been felt by Ame rimn;
motorists over the fact that the fa
mous Alpine passes are still closed l-»‘
automobiles on account of the huge
masses of snow near the summits. |
The Furka, Grimsel and Simp!rrn]
passes may be opened to traffic this|
week, the last-named being a few days ?
later than the other two. It is impos- |
sible to say just when the first car |
will be abhlae to pass over the Grand’
St. Rernard, the mecca of all motor
ists touring in this country. At the|
present moment the summit of the |
pass is covered with a hard, r'rust(-i;
snow measuring irom 16 to 24 feet|
deep, . Workmen will have to cut :1]
“white canal” through this solid
mass. I
Tired, Run-down, Drag\ged
Out, Worn to a Frazzle—
All because you are hot,
bilious and constipated.
MOZLEY’S
‘For 42 Years the
Standard Home Remedy,
will act as a gently stimu
lating tonie, stir up the
lazy liver and relieve that
constipation. You will
have a new and rosy out
look on life.
Summer Time Is Elixir
Time.
In Bottles—Two sizes, 50c
and $l, of any druggist.
Mozley Lemon Elixir Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Social Season Practically Over,
but List tof Notable Arrivals
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Is Undiminished.
By W. ORTON TEWSON.
Speclal Cable to The American,
LONDON, July 18.—Although from
a society point of view the London
season has ended, visitors from all
parts of the world continue to arrive
in thousands, and to-day tne metrop
olis saw more crowds of visitors than
at any previous time during the sum
mer.
The trans-Atlantic contingent eas!i
ly predominates, and it is no exag
geration to say that the American ar
rivals during the week were phenom
enally large. The hotels remain
crowded and the most exclusive so
cial circles of New York, Boston, Chi
cago and the Pacific Coast are weM
represented by the week’s newcomers.
At the Ritz Hotel are Mr. and Mrs.
Chauncey M. Depew, who have ar
rived to spend a few days before pro
ceeding to the continent to join the
Baroness Von Andre, Mrs. Depew’s sis
ter; Mrs. James Smith, who came
from Paris, where she had been vis
iting her daughter, the Duchess de
Vizieu, and who will remain in Lon
don until the end of the month, when
she will go to Cowes; Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Iselin and Isaac Guggenheim,
of New York.
Wilson Gets Golf Clubs.
Henry W. Savage, after spending a
few days at the Savoy Hotel, went to
Paris yesterday, accompanied by
Golding Bright, the play broker. John
Wilson, cousin of Presillent Wilson,
who is staying at the Metropole, ex
pects to sail for New York on Au
gust 15. He is taking with him a
set of golf clubs made by the famous
professional, James Braid, and pre
sented to the President by the Ameri
can Golf Club.
E. Bryan Lathrop, a real estate op
erator of Chicago, has arrived at the
Ritz Hotel, where he will stay until
the end of the month.
Among recent visitors from New
York at the Carlton Hotel is Mrs.
George Law, who was reported as ons
time to have been engaged to Lord
Curzon. Other arrivals at the Carl
ton include George Kessler, of cham
pagne fame, and Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Gunsaulus, of Chicago.
Mrs. Willlam Jay, of New York, has
arrived at Claridge's for a short stay
before going to the continent. Mrs.
William E. Carter, whose husband
{s a Titantic survivor, has also arrived
at Claridge’s and expects to stay there
some time.
Theatrical Visitors.
Joseph Brooks, the New York the
atrical man, has returned to the Sa
voy from Paris. At the same hotel
are also registered H. H. Westing
house, head of the Waestinghouse
Company of Pittsburg; Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Crane, en route for Carls
bad, and Miss Frances Ring, the ac
tress, who is convalescing from a re
cent appendicitis operation. She re
turns to New York {n a fortnight with
her sister Blanche.
Owen Davis, the American play
wright, is here with his family for a
few days’' sightseeing.
'Some Attractive
Round Trip Rates
Air Line Railway
]"Tho Progressive Railway of the
{ South.”
1 SPECIAL ROUND TRIP FARES.
[Wrightaville, Ni G, [ecisnscasa $10:00
’Wumingmn, WOl e iedany. 200
| Athens, Ga. (Sundays) ........ 1.50
| Borden Springs, Ala. (Sundays) 1.25
( ROUND TRIP SEASON FARES.
{Chick Springs, 8. C. ...ce.....$ 6.95
! Borden Springs, Ala. ..ceccea 3.40
!Al\apass, NG s g TBO
| Linville Falls, N."C. ...ccece.s 10.65
%tht!eton, NG R e D
| Morehead City, N. C. .ccoeeae.. 31.90
| Rutherfordton, N. C. ccommaecaa. 9.20
Sprucepine, N, O . iiicasas s 1088
| Wrightsville Beach, N. Cierusas 1855
JJohnson Oty Tenrs . ioiesiaia JOlO
iL’naka Springs, Tenn. .eeccecs 12.15
ATEON VR, Siiesiae i ssmnsusass 3540
’Ashla.r.i, Va o 200
tHOt BPEINgE, VA .cceisevineas 3T.00
‘Norfolk. MO i iai s avinse SAED
‘O}d Point Comfort, Va. ........ 24.25
Virginia Beach, Va. ....ccceeeoo 34.25
‘Washington, D, C ..., ... 29,20
Baltiohors, Ma. i BB
Dasr Park, Md. (.....ccvivees 3333
Atiantic City, N. J. ... 00 ivess 3000
New YorkK City, N. ¥, .. ..cx 3825
Nisgara Falla, N ¥. ... viciie 300
Alexandria Bay, N. Y. ..i..... 47:80
Baratoga Springs, N. Y......... 45.70
Narragansett Pier, R. L ........ 45.00
Providenos, M. L .. ciiavieiis. 055
Boston, MASE ... icc..jiiiecei BB 25
Bar Harbor, Malne ....c.sc.ss 0025
BOrtiand; Maine ... iccaaveia 1.5
Panyen. N, I o iiiiiniane sBO
RUDRRE, VU i i ciiiariceess SBOO
Montreal, Quebec ......cc00... 51.50
Quebec, QuUebeC ....ccceveo.o. DB.BB
ot Bprings, Ark ........i.O. 30,48
San Francisco, Cal. ............ 80.90
Danver;, Calol ... . vieiresns o 01.40
Eansas Cily, MO, .....c.i00400: 3055
Tickets via Norfolk to New
York, Boston and Providence
include meals and berth. Round
trip rates to other places will be
named on application.
All through trains earry all
steel, electrically-lighted sleep
ers and dining ecars.
City Ticket Office, 88 Peachtree St
Telephone Ivy 194,
FRED GEISSLER, A. G, P, A,
Atlanta, Ga.