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DIETING FAD HAS
BECOME A TRIAL
: jSOME PHYSICAL CULTURISTS
ARE NUISANCES
Hostesses Grow Weary— Some An.
nounce Their Servants Cannot
Arrange to Cater for
Cranky Quests
Special Cablo to The Herald.
,^ LONDON, May 12.— 50 great a trial
has the dieting fad become that a num
ber of well known English and Ameri
can hostesses here have put their heads
together, and have drawn up a para
graph which Is printed and sent out
.with Invitations for week ends or other
wise to country houses. It runs thus:
"I am sorry to appear inhospitable,
but . my housekeeper and cook cannot
arrange to cater for any guest who is
obliged to diet"
The truth is, for months past the
food faddist and tho follower of the
simpler.' life have given no end of
trouble in other peoplo's houses, and
' servants, who are all autocrats in these
days, have decided that they won't
put up any longer with the one or the
other. Were the food faddists all to
take the same menus they might be
tolerated, but it Involves complications
to feed 'at the same table the carni
vorous, graminivorous and frugivorous.
Duchess of Marlborough's Cranks
The young duchess of Marlborough Is
known among her friends for her ex
itreme good nature, and the story is
1 told against her that recently at Blen
1 helm she had no fewer than nine
■"cranks" sitting at her table, each of
iwhom had to be supplied with a totally
I different class of food. One thrived
upon a monkeyllke repast of nuts and
raisins; another devoured grapenuts
; and I cream, j a third swallowed quarts
of ; boiling water with semi-cooked
minced beef, a fourth was convinced
that death lurked for her in anything
.which contained starch and sugar. An
other, sipped fearful and wonderful con
coctions in which vegetables had been
stewed, and bo on. Is It any wonder
that, even the duchess' good nature
gave way?
' '.. It Is no uncommon thing to be awak
ened at 5 o'clock in the morning in
your friend's country house by men
boxing as if they were prizefighters.
They are merely performing physical
culture exercises which , they impress
upon at breakfast is , a pastime
which means the foundation of health.
Faddists Annoy Each Other
. ; The lady who makes mysterious
noises in the room adjoining yours In
trying to reduce her waist line by
bumping up and down on the floor. Her
neighbor on | the other side, who may
be , making a semi- "rest" cure," has
considerable | reason to complain of
this, for how on earth can her nerves
■be soothed ■ while these weird sounds
■ ara to be heard at all times of the
day and the night?
There is no getting away from it,
the hygienic brigade has become a
.nuisance. No one resents their carry
■ ing out all . their fancies In their own
houses; it is the intrusion elsewhere
which .is so provoking. Dr. Saleeby's
little book, ''The Doctor and the Simpler
: Llfe." has converted not a few food
faddists. Among his remarks is this
one: "Nothing is really harmful in
the way of food, but thinking makes it
so." Another is: "It does not matter
much what we eat, so long as we do
not eat too much." While another re
markable statement is: "Once make up
your minds that eggs or fish disagrees
with you, and you will be justified by
the event." . The doctor, like other sen
sible people, is a firm believer in the
potency of "suggestion."
ANGELS WOULD NOT STAY
Princess Declares Ferdinand of Ba.
varia Is Too Fond of His
Brunette Seraphs
Special Cable to The Herald.
. MADRID, May 12.— 1s Princess Marie
I Theresa, King Alfonso's sister, going to
3 get a divorce from her husband, Prince
Ferdinand of Bavaria? It is whispered
here that she is, and the whisperers al
: ways finish that statement with a nod
.which says plainer than any words
could say it: "Serves him right, too."
. Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria Is a
■ handsome fellow with three fads. He
loves mechanics In any form.
He's an expert on absinthe and he
, sa*ys that It's a mistake to make angels
in. the pictures blonde. All the angels
he has ever known are brunettes.
■ He spends his time running engines
of various sorts, adding to his knowl
edge in the absinthe line and paying
court, It is said, to various ungcls ~ot
many different complexions.
Sap Marie Theresa Is a good Catholic anfa
I she may not be able on that account to
I get a real divorce, but a separation she
Is certainly going to try for. She Is a
typical Spanish beauty with a pair of
I eyes that can look daggers or smile
; . with saccharine sweetness, as her mood
happens to be. 4
TAKE AMERICAN STAGE WAYS
French Actresses Attend the School
j Opened by Pupil of Jeffer.
son and Learn Things
Special Cabls to The Herald.
PARIS, May 12.— Stage-struck girls
■who "wish to master the subtle French
art of declamation and stage earring"!
need not wait until they can follow
every word at the classic Comcdte
Francalse. Miss Grace Hawthorne,
who was a pupil of Joseph Jefferson,
has opened a dramatic school near the
Champs Klysees, where Americans can
study plays at once In their own lang
uage and in French. Besides, they have
the advantage of frequent visits to the
houses of French stage tradition. Sev
eral French actresses, are attending
>Mlss Hawthorne's school, whether with
a view to Imitating Bimone Lahore'}',
who is acting In English, or because
Jefferson's fame and, the .'success of
'American actresses In Paris have con
vinced them that America has dis
covered useful new stage principles. -
VMASCAGNI OPERA A SUCCESS
"Iris," New Production by Celebrated.
Composer, Hailed In Florence
as a Wonder
- OpecUl Cable to The Herald.
FL.ORENCIS, May 12.— The nrstvper
formance of Big. Mußcagnl's new opera,
.' ;'lrls,V. at the Pollteana theater was a
■ great success. The tucheHtra was ad
inlrably,directed by the nmentro hiin
r self. Th« theiter was filled with lead
jug members of Italian aristocrutlu so
ciety. Tin- count of Turin in the royal
' : tox congratulated Bin. Mascugnt on his
? » great success.
M*T II
MAKING HIENCH EASY FOR
STAGE STBUCK YANKEES
Special CAblo to Thj mr«M.
PARIS, May 12.^BtaR««-«tnick Amer
ican Rlrls who wish to master the
subtle French art of declamation nnd
stage cnrrißßA need not wait until they
ran follow every word at the classic
Comedle Francalse. Miss Grace Haw
thorne, who was a pupil of Joseph Jef
ferson nnd afterward of Divine, has
opened a dramatic school near the
Champa Klysees, where Americans can
ASK FOR NEW
DIVORCE LAW
BRITONS OPPOSE ACT FOR
SEPARATION ONLY
Called Unjust to Women — Change
Which Will Allow Abused Wives
to Marry Again Demanded
by Many
Special Cnhle to The Herald.
LONDON, May 12.— Following up the
pronouncement by Justice Bargrave
Deane on the Knglish divorce law, Sir
Gorell Barnes, president of the London
divorce courts, and Alfred Plowden,
metropolitan chief magistrate, have
made a statement on the same subject
which has aroused enormous interest.
Mr. Plowden's suggestion, which is
considered the most remarkable and
daring ever made by a magistrate, is
that magistrates should be empowered
to grant divorces instend of separation
orders.
Sir Gorell Barnes, speaking In court,
said since the summary jurisdiction net
for women had been passed in 1905 ju
dicial eeparutlons had risen in number,
and he was convinced that the result
of the act had been to cause women
in numerous Instances to rush to court
on the slightest provocation and en
deavor to make out a case for an. order.
Evil in Separatibn
Experience in the divorce courts gave
one considerable opportunities of Judg
ing the laws governing^the relations. of
husband and wife, and, in his opinion,
said the president, it was desirable to
express the conviction which was forced
upon him— namely, that permanent sep
aration without divorce had a "distinct
tendency to encourage immorality," and
was an unsatisfactory remedy to apply
to an evil which' it was supposed to
prevent. . «■•••-■ <
"That the present state of the English
law of divorce and separation is not
satisfactory can hardly be doubted," he
continued. "The law Is full of Incon
sistencies and anomalies, amounting to
absurdities, and does not produce de
sirable results in certain important re
spects." • ■
Provokes Great Debate
The natural result of this has been a
great rush into print, through the me
dium of the daily press, of lawyers,
clergymen, laymen and women, all tak
ing part in the discussion.. The gen
eral legal opinion, judging from the
correspondence, appears to be in favor
of easier means of divorce, because it
is held that the act in question hns
done good in granting the much-needed
relief. At the same time it imposes
temptations and disabilities on a sep
arated wife driven by a husband's bru
tality to get a separation. She is pro
hibited from marrying again, she Is
exposed to all the dangers and diffi
culties attaching to such a position,
and it would be riierely an act of Justice
to women to equalize the dlvorcie laws
so that the^ wife who is able to prove
persistent cruelty on her husband's part
should be able to regain her freedom
and the right.to marry a better man.
Disapproved by Clergy
As to the clergy, the feeling is that,
as the divorce laws do not meet with
their approval now, to extend their
scope as suggested would be resisted
by the church to the utmost.
Most of the women who write are
victims of the act, and complain that
by the mere separation from brutal
husbands they are neither married nor
unmarried, living alone without a pro
tector and debarred from seeking one.
A suggestion on the male side which
seems to meet with some approval in
In favor of a royal commission being
appointed by the government to take
expert evidence on the subject.
AUTOS CAUSE EMPTY BARNS
"Stable to Let" a Monotonous Sign in
West End — Passing of Horse
Changes Habits of Londoners
Special Cablfl to The Herald.
LONDON, May 12.— N0 more striking
illustration of the rapidity wlth,.whiuh
the automobile is superseding theTiorse
can be found than by a walk in th«.
most fashionable quarters of the West
End. On every hand Is Been with mo
notonous regularity the sign, "Stables
to let"
West End estate agents all agree
there is an unprecedented number of
stables to be let. "People are giving up
their carriages and pairs and are going
In for automobiles," eald one agent.
"You see It is much cheaper and not
so much room \« needed for an auto
mobile :is for horses and carriages, and
they are much less trouble. Many
people hire electric broughams for the
season and have them kept at a garage.
A good many stables are being convert
ed into garages, but there are many
more stables empty than are needed for
such use."
Another agent said: "The, automobile
has revolutionized the habits of fash
ionable people. Many more 'people live
out of London and a great many who
come up for the season Instead of tak
ing a house, as formerly, go to a hotel.
Hotels now are so comfortable and
charges are so moderate that people
find it cheaper and more convenient.
I have never known such a bad season
for house letting."
LIVES WITH TWO GULLETS
Strange Condition Found in Body of
. ' Man Who Starved to Death
Thereby
Special Cablw' to r Xne Herald.
LONDON, May 12.— Medical evidence
in an Inquest on an old muh who was
found dead in bed revealed that the
man pogieesed two gullets,' und the food
which he had taken, instead of going
down the gullet leading to the stomai-h
had found its way into the second
gullet, which, contained a greater part
of the food. • The* result was that the
man' had been starved to death. It
wan considered . remarkable that the
man had livnd to the uge of «J.
'LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, MAY i 3, 1906.
study play* at onre In their own lan
guage and In French. Beside*, they
have the advantage of frequent visits
to the house* nt French stage tradition.
Several French netre*»e* lire Attending
Miss Hawthorne's school, either with
a view to Imitating Plmftne Lebargy, |
who Is acting In Kngllsh, or because '
Jefferson* fame and the succens of
Amerlcnn actresses in Par!* have ron- i
vlnced them that America hns discov
ered u*eful new ntßge principle*.
AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS
Dreaded Disease Make* Its Appear.
ance on Persons Returning From
Dark Continent
Special Cahlo to Tne Herald.
LONDON, May .12.— The authorities
are Investigating the death of John
Mahon, on« of tho first English vic
tims of the dread African mninriy
known nit "sleeping sickness," which
so far has hafUcd science, and is still
olnsHfd us absolutely fatal..-;
Two years ngo Mr. Mahon was su
perintendent of the botanic gardens* nt
iCntebbe, Uganda, when he was bitten
by tho fly which rarrle* the trypano
sonifs, or germs, of the deadly, disease.
He whs Invalided from an undefined
complntnt, which proved, after some?
month*' residence In England, to be
the dreaded sickness.
■ For the first eighteen months after
his return he performed some light
duties nt the colonial Institute. After
that the torpor which Is characteristic
of the disease seized him and he went
to university college hospital for treat
ment. From the first it was known
that his case was hopeless, but every
thing possible was done. A man who
saw Mr. Mahon during the latter
stages of his illness describes him as
lying In a bed In a bright sunlit ward,
curled up on 'his right side, his faco
almost hidden In the pillow. His
cheeks were flushed and sunken and
he was breathing heavily.
"His wife, who was present nt <the
bedside," Bald the gentleman, "re
marked to me that she had practically
lost her husband; it was only the form
of him that lay there, although she
quite believed that Mr. Mahon knew
her voice. As a matter of fact he
stirred In his stupor as she was speak
ing to me. -Poor Mr. Mahon was
wasted ahnost to a skeleton, In fact,
a mere mass of skin and bones. This
is one of the phases of the latter stage
of the disease. Nasal feeding was re
sorted to in his case'y from the time
the more serious symptoms began."
Lieutenant Forbes Tulloch has I been
invalided home from Entebbe suffering
from the same disease.
MONTE CARLO IS PROSPEROUS
Gain of Half Million Dollars Shown
in Business of Last
Year
Special Cable to The Herald.
NICE,, May 12.— The Casino at. Monte
Carlo has had a record year. The
bank's winnings amount to $50,000
more than last year.
The remarkable v fact Is that, not- x
withstanding that all this money has
been lost by the public, so many of
the public should be winners. Some
never lose! True, it is but seldom that
visitors have the good fortune of the
young Pole, Count Jean Sobransky,
who recently, late in the evening, won
$70,000, from which he made a large
present to a wonuyi who brought him
luck.
Perhaps nothing amazes' the novice
more than to see a punter leave his
pile of notes' untouched on the table.
The punter has won again, and the
croupier picks up the notes and counts
them deliberately, spreading out each
note in front of him on the table — re
places them on. the winning color, takes
$2400 from the packet on his right, and
again counts, solemnly $2400 and throws
them on the top of the punter's packet.
Where is the punter? Why does he not
takes his money? He has actually gone
to another table and is punting there
al?o. Will he be back? No; and the
deal goes on, and perhaps the pile Is
again Increased by another $2400.
TENOR IS LOST IN LONDON
Covent Garden Singer, Unacquainted
With Big Town, Can't Find Way
From' Theater to Lodgings
Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, May 12.— A funny story Is
told of the dire predicament of a cer
tain tenor who arrived in London a few
dyas before the opening of the Covent
garden opera season.
He took up quarters at a small West
End hotel, then went out and called
on his agent, who took him direct to
Covent garden. When he wanted to
return to his hotel he found he had
forgotten the name of the house.
Here was a fix, and as he had never
been In London before and didn't know
the names of the streets, he had not the
least idea the' direction the cab had
taken him from the station. For two
days the tenor was the most miserable
man In London, until by a vigorous
search Che agent discovered the lost
hotel.
DOG EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Animal Which Participated in Crime
in Switzerland Given the
Death Penalty
Special Cable to The Herald.
INTERLAKEN. May 12.— After a sen
sational trial at Delemout for the mur
der and robbery of a man named Mer
ger last December, a crime in which a
dog was proved to have participated, a
man named Srherres and his son have
been sentenced to the maximum pen
alty, Imprisonment for life. The most
curious feature of the trial was thai
the complicity of the dog received spe
cial attention from the court, which
specifically ordered that It should un
dergo the death penalty.
ADVERTISING MEN OF LONDON.
UTILIZE GENUINE SIGNATUKES
Special Cable to fya Herald.
LONDON. v May 12.-«-A new advertis
ing dodge has been Just adopted here.
People in various part* of the country
have been puzzled by the receipt of
an advertising letter bearing, pinned
to one of the top corners, a Blip* of
paper with the signature of the re
cipient.
Many persona have been deceived by
the Implication that the flrms which
sent the advertisement have been In
communication with them previously,
and that the appended signature Is a.
token of either prevloua business or. of
siieclul private knowledge of the re
clpKnt. The firms ■ who aent out the
circulars with the signatures attached
reckon ou* thlH Impression, ' and often
do good business as a result. .Borne of
HAIL THE REIGN
OF THE DOLLAR
'LONDONERS EAGER FOR AMERI
CAN TOURISTS' GOLD .
Season Promises to De Prosperous,
English Newspapers Print Non. .
sensloal Stories of Extra vn.
gance of Yankees
Special r'ablo t.> Tho Herald.
LONDON, May 12.— The London ho
tels were fairly well filled with Amer
iiius a week ago, and they arc still
more so now, bemuse there wan a big
nish'of them for safety to thin side
of tho chatuiPl nt the beginning of the
week, as they did not relish the notion
of getting mixed up With any Donny
brook business in I'aris on May day,
and here they remain for the present.
I Hotel malingers and West Knd. trades
1 people are looking forward to drawing
nn unusually large amount of Amer
ican dollars tills season and nre pre
paring accordingly. A great deal of
nonsense is being printed in some of
tho London papers .about the extrava
gance of the wealthy Americans.
Take, for instnee,, the Daily Kxpress
"The keynote of this campaign of
extravagance was struck this week by
Rodman Wanamaker from Philadel
phia, who wnlkod into the Carlton and.
said he would Just take an entire floor
for himself and fnmlly."
This being such an apparently
strange proceeding, I inquired at the
Carlton, to find the statement all rub
bish. Mr. Wanamaker has not ar
rived yet nnd the Carlton manager
would not rent a whole floor to the
greatest millionaire alive.
Then the Express proceeds: "More
money will be spent by Americans in
London than ever before. They are
coming prepared to scatter their dol
lars with a reckless hand, for the last
year has been one of unexamp-led pros
perity |n the United States and many
men have jumped from comparative
poverty into affluence. The first am
bition of these people is to go abroad,
and London is their first stopping
place.
"Picture dealers, curio dealers and
booksellers see a prosperous season
ahead, the old-furniture . industry is
already booming and It Is believed that
this year's booming of 'antique chip
pendale chairs 'for American export'
will break all. records, at the Midland
factories. . • j +'•'„.•• v
Fashionable millinery and dressmak
ing establishments are already execut
ing orders for American millionairesses,
who are buying more" in London and
less in Paris every year.
"But there Is one real warning
which 'may be given to the young
American in particular, against a cer
tain type of Britisher whom he may
encounter, for' many times American
visitors have been victims of confidence
tricksters."
ADVOCATES USE OF LIME
FOR; CONSUMPTION
ITALIAN PHYSICIAN HAS NEW
METHOD OF, TREATMENT
On Theory That. "Spontaneous" Cures
Are Due to Increase of Lime Salts,
Artificial Means for Augmenting
Supply Resorted. To
Special Cable to The Herald.
NAPLES, May 12.— Dr. G. Angutlli
has submitted to the medical associa
tion of Naples an elaborate report upon
the successful method adopted by him
in treating tuberculosis by the admin
istration of salts of calcium or lime.
Strict examination of certain of Dr.
AngullU's patients by independent ex\
perts has impressed the medical fac
ulty at Naples with "the great benefit
from Dr. Angullll's method. When a
patient is said to have been cured by
some spontaneous means it does not
mean that the diseased lung has been
replaced by healthy tissue, but that
the damaged' area has been Impregna
ted with lime salts. Tho germs of the
tubercle, hitherto acting in nn open
and unrestricted field, find a barrier
raised against their onslaughts. It la
a matter of common knowledge that
phthisical patients do not possess in
their blood tho normal quantity of
salts, especially of calcium, and as Jt
Is the deposition of these salts In dis
eased glands or lung tissue which ef
fect the so-called spontaneous cure,
Dr. Angullll argues that providing the
phthisical patient he supplied with a
sufficient quantity of calcium from
outsldo sources he should be able to
build up his lungs and elsewhere* bar
riers Impregnable agaln'st ■ the. on
slaughts of the tubercle bacillus. With
this in his mind, tho. Italian doctor
found willing patients who were only
ton glad to submit themselves to his
treatment, a treatment which prac
tically consists In injecting Into the
patient's blood certain quantities of.
chloride of calcium once a day for
three months. ■'.''«'•''•'"
The treatment Is based on rational
and scientific principles, for, as already
stated, it is the principle on which na
ture depends in those cases where the
patient Is supposed to have been
blessed with, a spontaneous cure.
the methods by which some of the
advertising Hrms In question obtain
the signature's of stranger* In the hand
writing of the latter ara Indeed ex
traordinary.
Many business houses In Urge towns
are quite unaware of the demand for
those names and addresses. They take
advantage of the fact by selling at
so much a hundred the old letters of
customers or Inquirers, The enterpris
ing advertising firm. which. buys them
cuts off the signature and appends It
to a . i-lrcular letter which .he sends
to the person In question. .
The quest for these old letters hug
now entered upon a new phase, firms
In London ; are employing nun and
women to . search • refuse, boxes and
refuse heaps for discarded papers and
letterik'jmflManMlßllnffiEfiHH
LEMONS GET CREDIT FOR
MAKING PltlMA DONNAS
Special CAbta to Tho Herald. . 5 *?\
PARIS, May 12.— A new theorist con
tends that the rich bassos, baritone*
and contralto* from the southlnf Franc*
owe their tones to the lemonA, orange*
and tomatoes the people there eat to
many of, nnd that In less productive
regions the people develop R sweet tooth
In the absence of arid fruits and Indulgft
tin freely, In marmalndes nnd Jams that
Ihrtr voices become harsh.
Dr. Poyet, a physMAii attached to
the Conservatory of Music, srleers and
MORMQNS IN GREAT BRITAIN
Utah Society Claims to Have Over a
Hundred Thousand Converts
in England
Special Cable to The, Herald.
LONDON, May 12.— TIip Mormons
are- conducting a really active and ng
jrreßslve campaign in tho heart of Lon
don.
"Joseph. Smith found the gospel writ
ten In Egyptian characters and lntterd
of gold on tablets in the state of New
York," said a missionary at a mass
meeting held In connection With the
seml-nnnual conference of the London
society in Flnsbury town hnll. "There
Is evidence that the lost ten tribes of
Israel went to America and that the
red Indians are descended from Israel
itlMi stock." #'
KMor Miles ,T. Jones presided over
the meetings and the principal speaker
was President Heber J. Grant of Utah,
who was regarded with reverence on
account of his personal acquaintance
\vi,lh the "prophet."
A challenge was thrown by one of
the American elders: "I challenge the
world for proof that Joseph Smith wok
not a prophet and that Mormonlsm Is
not true," he said. "I will give any
one $100 who will prove those things."
There, were no tnkerf, but ono woman
created a diversion by boldly remark-
Ing that the Latter bay; Saints were
falße prophets.
She was crushed by the spenkers,
who one nfter another volubly nsscrted
the divinity of Joseph Smith and the
truth- of the gospel of the Book of
Mormon. There wns a little excite
ment for a time, but It soon died away,
tho Interrupter contenting herself with
making the one protest.
The London Mormons claim that they
are not polygamlsts. They claim that
since 1900 no member of the sect has
married more than one wife, and this
has, so the missionaries assert, con
duced to the rapid spread of their doc
trine. They claim 120,000 converts in
England.
ONCE CRUEL NOT ENOUGH
English Courts Declare No Decrees
Unless at Least Two Instances
Are Proven
Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, May 12.— The heaviest list
of actions which the high, court of Jus
tice ever Jiad to contend with was sub
mitted this week when the law courts
reopened after the Easter vacation, the
feature being an Increase in libel and
slander actions, breach of promise of
marriage, and an enormous number of
cases of divorce. Of libels there were
twenty-seven against newspapers. The
divorces numbered 23G.
An Interesting illustration of how the
English law regarding divorce differs
from the American was shown- by what
Is considered here an important ruling
by Justice Bargrave Deane. It was a
case in which an American woman, a
Mrs. Nixon, applied for a divorce on
grounds of misconduct, and one act
of violence on the part of her husband.
"Very thin," were the words with
which the justice characterized the evi
dence in support of the wife's petition.
"It seems to be taken for granted that
misconduct together with one act of
cruelty is sufficient warrant for the
court granting a. decree nisi for di
vorce. Such a procedule would open the
door to people trumping up cases. I
wish to point out that an isolated act
of cruelty on the part of the husband is
not sufficient. The court requires at
least two corroborated acts of cruelty,
as well as misconduct before granting
a depree nisi against the husband.
Therefore, I give the public warning
of the fact thjit isolated acts of cruelty
will not be accepted in the future."
Mrs. Nixon, however, was granted a
decree nisi with costs and custody of
the one child of the marriage.
MUST PAY FOR USE OF PHOTO
Court Rulen Pictures Cannot Be Repro-
duced and Sold Without Author-
ity of Person . Concerned
Special to The Herald.
PARIS, May 12.— A case of great in
terest to photographers and ■ popular
actresses came before the courts. In
1902 Mine. Nadille de Buffon, the
statuary artist, was photographed 'In
the costume of the Queen of Saba, the
photographer executing: his . worjc at
a reduced price. :
In the following year Mme. de Buf
fon was greatly surprised to find that
her photograph figured on postcards,
with her name at the foot. She com
plained to the photographer, 'who re
plied that as Bhe had paid an artist's
price she had been treated as an artiste,
and that in virtue of this reduced price
he had the right of reproduction. Never
theless, he added that he -would give
the necessary Instructions for the sale
of postcards bearing the photograph
In question to cease. At the end of s«v
eral months, however, Mme. de Buffon
saw that the photograph was still on
Bale, and she took action against the
photographer.
The court found that the photograph
er could not make -line of . the photo
graph without the authority of the per
son concerned. Mme. : de Buffon, the
Judgment ran, went, to the photograph
er's of her ,own accord; and, though «he
posed at a reduced price, she had not
given her permission for her likeness
as Queen of Saba to be reproduced. .The
court granted an injunction against the
salo of the photograph and ordered the
photographer to pay Mme. de Button
500 francs damages. ' ' ■ '-•'
REMEDY FOR SEASICKNESS
Cure 'Recommended by Celebrated
Explorer Tried by Dr. H off a of
Berlin and Proves Efficacious >
Special Cabla to The Herald.
BERLIN, May 12.— Dr. Hoffa, one of
the members of the commission for de
veloping Tenerlffe, who- recently rer
turned from that place, where he as
sisted at a reception to King Alfonso,
relates that while on the voyage out
he employed with the greatest success,
for the first time, a cure for seasickness
recommended to him by the celebrated
explorer, Rug«n .Wolff .of Munich, :
On this occasion he applied hot linen
bandages to the forehead and tied them
at* tightly as possible. The bandage*
were renewed about i«very minute and
a >half for hand an hour, iiftor which
Hn jfii lay down for an hour. On arising
ullliiymptouig had entirely disappeared.
The doctor- nay* the symptoms did n-.t
return ■ during ■ the entire > voyage, . al
though v the roughest '• weather wut ex
perienced. ;
«»y« the chief thin* In producing good
voices la plenty of the right kind ot
food; that-all the (treat singers of hl«
acquaintance nrfl lnrffft eaters— the De
Ufßzkon, AlvAren, Delmas and many
woman singer* whom Dr. Poyet gal
lantly declined to name. Bonldes th«
nutritive value of tha food, he thinks
there may bo some peculiar actlnn on
the vocal cords Justifying the tradition
that great singers frequently gulp dfttvn
quantities of food Just before ft per
formance, rt
POPE SAYS WHAT
WOMEN CAN DO
OPPOSES THEIR POLITICAL OR
THEOLOGICAL ACTIVITY
Have Much Left at That— Medicine,
Charity, Peace Movements and
Antl.Duel Leagues are Fitting
Fields for Their Work
Bpeclal Cable to Tho Herald.
VIENNA, May 12,— Fraulein Thelmer,
who has Just returned from Rome,
gives the following fuller account of
her Interview with the pope: "I asked
the holy father,' sho says, "whether
he approved of the movement Ih favor
of woman's rights.
. " 'Certainly I do,' ho answered, 'In bo
far as it does not" conflict with the
morals of Christianity. We must all
work, I assure you. I work very hard,
and why should not women work?'
Not to Dabble In Theology
"•When asked regarding the entrance
of women into the profession, his
holiness said:
" 'Woroen ought to pursue* tranquilly
all studies except, of course, ' theology.
Let them become advocates and doc
tors, especially the latter. In medi
cine women have a wide field j open
to them, in the care of women and
children, but there is one field espe
cially In which women ought to be
employed by public as well as private
enterprise, and that is the care of the
poor.' t r
Keep put of Politics
"When I approached his holiness,"
Fraulein Theimer continued, "on the
subject of politics, he expressed the
most decided opinion against' women's
participation. 'Ah, no; women In par
liaments,' he exclaimed; 'that would
be too much. Men alone make con
fusion enough, without women. No,
no,' no.' •
"His holiness accompanied this with
an energetic pantomime of his hands.
He resumed: 'The direct Influence of
women ir' politics I can understand.
Women should influence those with
whom ■ they come in contact to vote
rightly, and should educate their /ons
to nt, them for their duties as good
citizens, but political 'women, ah, no!
>'4_lßut in the betterment of the lot
of the working ■ classes, in the peace
movement ■ and -in 1';1 '; the anti-dueling
league, in all three of these women
can work to the glory of God and the'
good- of mankind.' " r • y .' : .
LONDON FACES AN EPIDEMIC
County Council Admits That Water
Supply Is Tainted With
Sewage . ,
Special' Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, May 12. — A really serious
1 question confronts the people of this
city in the matter of impure drinking
water. At the present time there is
reason .to believe that London is In
actual peril of an epidemic of disease
from drinking sewage polluted water.
The danger affects directly the whole
of the east end, with Its millions of
working inhabitants, who, in ,the pro
portion of one-third of the whole popu
lation of London, draw their drinking
supplies from tho mains, of the old
East London Water i company, now
taken over by the water board. So
serious is the situation that the water
board has presented a, bill In parlia
ment to. enable it to remove the pol
lution from the sources of supply. . The
water board has confessed that It la
supplying East London with sewage
infected drinking water, and has asked
parliament to (sanction the expendi
ture of $3,500,000 in placing the Intake
several miles higher up the river in
works for tho purification of the water
from sewage. v-
Sir Alexander Binne, the distiiK
gulshed consulting engineer, who form
erly was chief engineer to the county
council, declared at a dinner given .In
his honor this week by the Municipal
and County club that a time will come
If the present state of affairs continues
"when there will arise among the
teeming millions of London an epi
demic which will startle the world."
WAS KING'S OLDEST SUBJECT
George Fletcher, Who Has Just Died,
Aged 118 Years, Was" Honored
by Edward
Special Cable to The Herald,
LONDON, May 12.— George Fletcher,
known no King Edward's oldest subject,
has Jußt died at Kllley. Ireland. *He
was four days more than 118 years old.
About a year ago Fletcher received a
.congratulatory letter and gold snuff
box from the king in recognition of the
fact that he was the oldest living sub
ject of the British crown. Until shortly
before his death he had retained all hlB
faculties and was In good health. He
voted nt the recent general elections.
FAll IN %^§^^
H. J. WOOLUGOTT, Distributor. 124-126 North SDrlnoSL H
. ■ ' i 'v Mfliißissi mMwyftyiiM fc nil i
ANTS THE MOST
CLEANLY TRIBE
NOTED FOR CARE OF THEM-
SELVES
Where Bolomon Erred— German Pro*
fessor Combats Vl«w« Which At.
sign Almost Human Intel.
• ligance to Them
special Coble to The Herald.
STHASBUnO, May 12.— According to
.„ rasrherlch, a learned entomologist
of Htrasburg university, Solomon erred
in commending the ant to the sluggard
nn r shining example of wisdom and
Industry. -The German savant think*
Solomon would have better Justified his
claim to be regarded as the wisest man
that ever lived had ho extolled the ant
an an exponent of cleanliness. He has
Just published the results of an ex
haustive study of theso wonderful In
sects. He combats tho views of those
Investigators who assign to them al
most human Intelligence. But as ex
ponents of that ylrtuo which stands
next to godliness! he maintains that
ants stand pre-eminent, and if the hu
man race would pattern after them in
this respect, half the diseases on which
doctors thrive would vanish
Abhor Dirt in Any Form
Ants, he declares, abhor dirt in any
form about their persons. Nature has
provided them with implements that
serve tho same purpose as combs and
brushes In the hands of civilised folk,
and they make far more effective use
of them. They are never too busy to
clean themselves. No job is so Import
ant to the ant-that he won't knock oft
work to clean himself. He does not
wait until his day's labor* are finished
to Perform his ablutions. Ho Is never
too tired to lend another ant a hand—
or rather a leg— to effect a thorough
scouring Ho will tolerate loafing oc
casionally, for the professor asserts It
is a mistake to suppose that ants are,
everlastingly hunting up Jphs; but ha
won't put up with dirty neighbors.
Cleanliness is the supreme law of the
community. .
But. the professor rather detracts
irom the credit one would otherwise be
disposed to give them for the practice
of this most exemplary virtue, by tell- '
ing us that ants are driven to it by the
conditions of their existence. ';'
"Without the most scrupulous clean
liness,' he says, "they could not recog- •
nize each other nor communicate any
thing. The cohesion of the individual
with its fellows is maintained solely
through the medium of the sense of
smell, if the ant Is covered with dust
the possibility of its being recognized'
Is diminished to an extraordinary! de
gree. The attennae, in particular, must
always be kept clean, for it is only '
with their aid that the ant remains in •
close communication with Its tribe."
"Funerals"— Phase of Trait
It is their highly developed sense of I
cleanliness, the professor says, which ,_
also explains) the ants' "funerals," !
about which so much has been written.
Ants, it is well known, carry their dead *
to definite burial places, where 'they I
arrange them in' most careful order. 1
The little creatures do not,' however," ■■<
dd this with the object of. providing.- 1
their dead comrades with a last' rest-
Ing place, Dr. Escherich states, "they
merely obey the instinct 6f cleanliness, I
which .impels them to remove all' '
refuse from the nest and carry It
away to a definite spot." • .■■•".'
PEDIGREE GOES WITH HORSE
French Court Makes a j Ruling Irru
portant to Purchasers of'
Thoroughbreds
Special Cable to The Herald. .
PARIS, May 12.— An important' de
cision affecting the sale of thorough
breds In this country has been given
by the third chamber of the Paris court.
Madame j Myrtille Beer bought eight
race horses for ' $4000 from ; Com to
de Bressen. The purchase was
made 3 last May, '< and it was
stipulated that the count ' should
be able to buy back the animals and
to bear all the necessary costs of the
transaction. As the count did not show
any desire to repurchase, Madame Beer
had the horses sold at Cheri's in Octo
ber last. Before doing- this she tried
unsuccessfully to get the stud book cer
tificates of the animals. As the result
the sale did not come up to her expect
ations and she sued Comte de Bressen
for $6000. She also sued for a smaller
sum a M. Aumont, who refused to give
up the certificates of one of the animals.
The court ordered the count to pay 11800
conjointly with. M. Aumont. The judges
further decided that certificates : arc
necessary in the case of race horses
offered for sale, as under the turf code
only horses and mares born and trained
In France, whose pedigrees are In tho
English or French _ stud book are al
lowed to enter for events. The Judges
specially Bet forth that In the. case of
Beer against Bressen and Aumont the
absence of due certificates depreciated
the value of the animals offered for
sale. Both Comte de Bressen and M.
Aumont have to pay the law costs In
connection with the action.
GETS $75 WORTH OF KISSES
Man Milliner Affectionate \to Too
Many of His Girls and
". . ! They' Sue Him '
Special Cable to The Herald. .
PARIS, May 12.— A man. milliner of
the Him ile la Pi ax has been sued 'in,',
the Pauls courts by twenty of his work
girls for having . kissed, them."- The
court inflicted the maximum penalty % '
for every kiss bestowed •on each ' girl,
and it was found that he had enjoyed \
$75 worth,", -. ;>'.\-. , ' . •