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THE WASHINGTON TIMES SUNDAY MAY 13 1906
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM THE CAPITALS OF THE OLD WORLDL
OF VOTERS
M Paul Doumer ProminentAmong Spellbinders
UNIQUE CHARITY ENTERPRISE
Greatest Activity Reigned n Homesof Societys Brightest
Stars
By the MARQUIS DE CASTELLANE
PARIS May chamber ofhas closed for the tlmo being and
in view of the forthcoming electionsFrench orators are doing their utmost Inthe spccchmaking line Among the menwhose words are listened to with thegreatest interest and who never failSto rouse the passions of the publicwhothor it be to enthusiasm or to hatred Is M Paul Doumer president ofthe now dissolved chamber of deputieserstwhile governor of IndoChina andrecently candidate for the presidency ofthe republic-
M Doumer whose origin Is essentiallydemocratic seeing that ho began lifeas a workman In tho shops of an Ironrounder has in him the stuff of whichleaders of men aro made
Ho has been the first to attempt tobring his fellowpoliticians to reasonand make them see that strong individ-uality In politics was an excellent thingHe has upset their narrow theory thatthe political circle was a charmedprecinct within which none could penetrate but those who had no will of mindof their own
M Doumor has declared moreoverthat party was a secondarytion and that so long as a man was agord patriot and an honest man It
little whetiier he was a Socialist ora Nationalist or a Republican or whatnot
Hat Making ContestParisian social charity Is this season
spoken through a hat as It were Thechief feature of all the charity bazaarshas been the millinery stall The Comtease de GrefIhule has been the latestsocial leader to use hats as a means ofdispensing charity
She sent a circular to all her mostcharming women friends asking each tomake three hats which were to be
their own handiworkNext the enterprising Comtesse asked
the greatest modistes of Paris to act as-a Jury In Judging the respective meritsof the amateur creations When this wasaccomplished the Comtesse announcedthat the hats would be put up at auc-tion the proceeds of the sale to go tocharity and that the style of the hat declared by the Jury to be the prettiestwould be adopted by the big modistesand would become the chic thing for thecorning season
The greatest activity therefore reignedin the homes of societys brightest starsProud duchesses and dainty marquisesere working feverishly with straw andtllk and flowers and plumes concoctingpretty headgear The result Is expectedto be something stunning
Annual Cooking Exhibit-In Paris every year the city authori
ties erect on enormous tent In the TullGardens where for a week are
exhibited all the most delicate andsavory creations of the chefs skill
If you go to the exhibition all youBee Is hunting scenes carved In lardvegetables cut to resemble flowers pot-ted meats In the shape of horses anddogs Ices fashioned like marble palaces but not a single now kind of roastor steak will you behold HoweverFranco owes It to herself to encouragethis manifestation of an art which provides a living for so many of her people for the French cook Is an articlefor transportation which constitutes oneof the riches of the countryCopyright 1906 by the Hearst News Service
TO PLEASE KAISER
Scandal Over Royal TheaterMakes Emperor William
Furious
BERLIN May Kaiser Isfurious at tho discovery of a scandalin connection with tho renovation ofthe Royal Theater This building Isunder the direct control of the crownand all tho omployes nro royal officialsand the actors and actresses royal actors and actresses
Yet when it required the cost of re-building It was not borne by thecrown but by tho state The diet
paid tho bills with thetaxpayers money and paid also 190000 tho amount tho estimates had beenexceeded
The roal for this enormousexcess has Just been discovered TheKaiser had hoped to have the theatercompletely renovated before ho startedon his Mediterranean tour last year
In order to comply with his wishesthe intendant of the theater rushedthIngs His majesty witnessed theopening performance and showeredcongratulations upon the Intendant
Three months afterward the wholeinterior of the theater was dismantledThe parquette flooring which had beenlaid on damp ground was torn upcostly Smyrna rugs which had beenlaid on cement floors not yet dry hadto be thrown away and the work doneall over again
In order that the public should notbecome aware of the condition thowork was carried on at night and evenon Sundays To prevent the workmenfrom striking enormous wages werepaid them and extra bonuses had to bepaid the officials Now the whole story
B public the Kaiser is furious andtho diet is furious
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Indian Potion Gives UnimaginativeEnglishman Occult Powers Which
He Cannot Explain
LONDON May 12 A hardheartedunimaginative citizen of busy
has had mysterious experienceunder the Influence of an Indian powder supposed to possess occult powersUo received the powder from a friendIn India who declared that if usedproperly it would put him into communication with departed friends
Although he quite disbelieved thisclaim he followed instructions withastonishing results He has describedthe experience in tho occult magazineLight as follows
I was sitting in a room alone Within a few minutes the walls of theroom seemed to recede or vanish anda beautiful panoramic view presentedItself a sort of exquisite flower garden on a huge scale with pathwaysstretching away as far as the eye couldreachNo buildings or habitations woreanywhere visible but of people therewere thousands of both sexes clothedIn ordinary attire and moving ingroups along the paths
In some of the groups I recognizedrelatives and friends long since passed away
The Bradford man adds that afterrepeating his experiments with thepowder he has found himself in hisdreams anticipating tho contents ofletters In transit or paying mysteriousvisits to the homes of acquaintancesand strangers being afterward able totell them what occurred on his visits
RUSSIAN POLICE CLOSE
Prominent Moscow Ladies CommittedSuicide Because of Heavy
Losses
ST PETERSBURG May 1ZMoscow Forward Club founded lastfall by a number of ladles of high position and liberal Inclinations has beenclosed by the police despite the factthat the Grand Duchess Elizabethwidow of the assassinated Grand DukeSerglus at ono time Its patroness
The liberalism of the club proved toconsist chiefly of liberal losses and winnings at vlnt the Russian nationalgame which closely resembles bridge
Two months ago Mme Nathalie Rlubakin one of the bestknown memberscommitted suicide The cause of thetragedy was kept secret and the clubcontinued to Sourish
Last week tho suicide of another member took place the victim this time being a young married woman whopoisoned herself with arsenic in thedrawingroom of tho club
The result of the scandal was an investigation which showed that the pro-gressive members of the club playedcards day and night for stakes absolutely Incommensurable with their In-comes
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Snapshots by Badouin Photographer Marseilles
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West Indies where the climate of Martinique did not agree with rim to Al-geria which is at least on the samecontinent as Dahomey
On leading Bebanztn wee accompanied-by his half dozen wives who thoughthey might have been Amazons on thefield acted as porters and looked verysubdued were all burdened withthe Kings belongings while one borea huge umbrella of state above herlords head
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New Viceroys Reform Ideas Disliked by Sporting EleMay Captures Heart of Thirteen
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LONDON May 12 The Earl ofthe new viceroy of Ireland ismaking himself rather unpopular
with the sporting rtemenl of whichDublin is so largely composed
Both the earl and the countess whoare ardent reformers and total abstain-ers have a horror of horse racing andthey let It be known that they attendedthe opening day of theraces the greatest function In Irelandmuch against their wills and that theydo not Intend to go to any other racemeetings
The contrast between Lord Aberdeenand Lord Cadogan and Lord Dudley isof course making Itself felt as the twolatter noblemen as viceroys were tho
patrons of the turf In theEmerald Isle
The Aberdeens however did not object to their largo house party attending every day of the race meeting
Edna MaysEdna May has captured the heart
of a boy of thirteen who is madly inlove with her Young Jack Fletcherwho lives with his wealthy parents nearPortman square used to steal off tothe theater when he was oven youngerto sit in the first row of tho gallery andgaze upon his divinity Since Miss Maysreturn to London Jack has grown bold-er On the first night of the Belle ofMay fair ho sent Mss May a hugebouquerwith his name attached On thesecond night ho was again In the
and sent Miss May a sprawly notewhich vastly amused the actress On thethird night ho boldly sent In his nameat the stage door Miss May full ofcuriosity and guessing the note wasfrom a Juvenile consented to see youngJack But the boy when he was received only stood and blushed and blushed
Miss May thought he was perfectlysweet and Invited him to tea at hernew home in Cadogan place
Tho divorce question now being discussed on the other side is interostingAmericans In London Immensely andall sorts of speculations are being madeon the subject
The case of Mrs Flora Dodge whomarried the Hon Lionel Guest youngerson of Lord WImborne after getting herdivorce in Dakota Is attracting unusualattention
The Wlmborne family wore not hospltablo to Mrs Guest when she visitedEngland In fact they Ignored her socompletely that Mrs George Keppelwho 1 a queen of tact and a personalfriend of Mrs Lionel west Intervenedand spoke to the about it Theresult was that Edward sent forLionel Guest and his American wifebefore he left for abroad and spokevery kindly to them at Buckinghampalace
This Is a hint which Lord and LadyWimborno cannot fall to take and itis certain that when Mr and MrsLionel Guest again visit England nomatter what the now divorce laws maybe they will be received in a very different manner
Lord Roseberys Prodigal SonLord Dalmeny the son and heir of
Lord Roaebpry la causing his distin-guished father some anxiety owing tothe prodIgal manner in which he isscattering money more especially onthe turf
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but fortunately his luck haseo far been remarkable He won a-very large sum over one of his fathershorses the other day and promptly sentpart of his winnings to a hospital
The Infanta Eulallo of Spain is againenjoying tho hospitality of the wealthypeople who are only too glad to entertain a royalty at no matter whatcost or inconvenience to themselves
Her royal highness has been stayingwith Lady Bacha Cunard nee MaudAlice Burke of San Francisco incountry What the Spanish princessenjoys more than anything else Is shop-ping Incognita In London and for
only sending In her bills to herhost and hostess
Sympathy for Colonel Cuthbert-A great wave of sympathy for Colonel
Cuthbert the commander of the FirstBattalion Scots Guards who has beenrelieved of his command on account ofthe ragging scandal has passed notonly through the army but through alltho civilian clubs In London YoungClark Kennedy tho officer who wasragged by his brother subalterns be
cause of his personal habits left London for the Continent last week andwill remain abroad for some time
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE
FAILING IN HEALTH-
Noted Tory Leader Once Immaculate-in Dress Now Drifting Into
Careless Habits
LONDON May 15 Thoof tho Duko of Devonshire loader oftho Tory party has so changed as tobo startling except to his intimatefriends His beard is now snow whiteand ho Is beginning to look older thanhis years while his stoop is more pronounced His deafness Is known to beincreasing and as he is well over
he is not paying that attention tohis clothes he did a few years agowhen ho was one of the best dressedmen In London
The Duke of Devonshire who Is oneof the most conspicuous characters Inthe British peerage Is probably tho mostcaricatured man In English public lifeHe has a habit of dozing off to sleep atany moment and his naps in the austereHouse of Lords have occasioned manymerry quips at his expense
The patriarch of the peerage LordGwydyr is also In London He has at-tained the ripe ago of ninetysix butmay be seen on any pleasant day in StJames Park taking a constitutional-and reveling In tho sunshine
Ho Is the oldest member of tho Houseof Lords and is probably the only livingman who has witnessed the coronationof four English monarchs Twice mar-ried and twice widowed he has an onlyson Capt Willoughby Burrell who Isthe sole heir in remainder to the title
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Abolishes Office Held by Late Marquis dePena Plata Rush Made to
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MADRID May 12 The recent deathof Captain General Blanco former military governor of Cuba to whose lot Ittell to surrender the Island to the vic-torious American troops ban been the
of endless excitement and gossip-in military circles here owing to the
that no less than a dozen generals-f more or less distinguished career
aspired to the honor of being promotedto the rank of captain general of theSnanlsh armies left vacant by thedeath of Blanco
It looked for a while as if the gov-ernment would be forced to create
new captain generalships in orderiff satisfy all the aspirants but suchstep was finally discarded as ridiculous and the King with a display ofdiscretion uncommon of Bourbon
put an abrupt and unexpectedend to the conflict by Issuing a royaldecree by which the office held by thelave Marq j de Pena Plata was suppressed
Cheered Kings ReturnThe return of King Alfonso to this
city after his recent visit to Englandwhere he met his future bride PrincessEna of Battenberg has afforded thegood people of Madrid a fresh opportunity to cheer for their sovereignand everybody is satisfied
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LONDON May 12 opera seasonat Covent Garden is expected to be parUcularty brilliant It Is unlikely thatthe Queen owing to her mourningbe to attend but the Princess ofWales is sure to be frequent occupant of the omnibus AH tho prominent society folks have reengagedtheir boxes Tlfe Americans as usualwill fce seen in force Tho Duchess ofMarlborough Is a constant patron whilethe Duchess of Roxburgh and theDocheas of Manchester are to engageIn rivalry with the daughters of theVanderbilts Lord and Lady Cravenwill as in past seasons be seen incompany with Mrs Bradley Martinwhile the other Americans of title orotherwise are sure to demonstrate thatthey are really In society
OLD PEERS WEDDING
SURPRISE TO LONDON
LONDON May 12 Tho marriages oftwo aged peers forms tho chief gossipof London society The Earl of Mexborough the only Buddhist in the peer-age married in Florence a CatholicDonna Silvia de Ser Antoni of NaplesLord Mexborough who was a widoweris over sixty and a famous traveler andwriter His Income Is 5209000 a year
from coal mines in YorkshireWhen he his conversion to
Buddhism he said Ive come to theconclusion that the faith proclaimed byour lord Buddha is the only one Iknow that answers all the problems of
lifeThe new countess Is the widow of anarmy officer Captain Clerk and is unknow in London society
Thu second noteworthy marriage isthat of Lord Mount Bdgecumbe Thisearl is seventyfive years old HIs brideIs the Dowager Countess of Ravensworth the widow of the late Earl
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Horrible Story of Human Sacrifices-to Imaginary God by
Siberians
ST PETERSBURG May 12 The mostatroaieus crime that lies occurred inSiberia since the famous of thebrothers KalaschnikoCC is about to beInvestigated In Tobolsk
Seven peasants of the neighboring vil-lage of Kobuilka and three women areabout to be put on trial on a charge ofsacrificing a number of Children in orderto appease the wrath of an imaginarygod of pestilence
The Siberian plague had destroyed thevillagers cattle year after year Thevillage was reduced to poverty andmany of its inhabitants were obliged tomigrate to the towns
A local quack who earned a living bymaking children Invulnerable to theevil eye advised the muzhiks thatuntil blood has been shed and a
church raised upon It the village wouldcontinue to be visited by pestilence and
he hinted even worse terrors The pan-ic stricken peasants understood this tomean that a church should be built upon-a foundation of human beings as wasdone by their ancestors in heathentimes
A man named Giazunoff offered to sac-rifice one of his seven children and hiswas followed by the localblacksmith The two children were killedat night and a rude wooden chapel hurriedly built over their remains
When the story became known themuzhiks from a neighboring villageraided the culprits themdown and nearly killed the murderers
FIRST SMART BALL
OF LONDON SEASON
LONDON May 12 One of the firstsmart bolls of London season properis to be given on the of this monthwhen Miss Gladys Grace youngestdaughter of Michael P Grace of Bat-tle will make her debut at herfathers town house in Belgrave Square
Miss Graces sister the Countess ofDonoughmore and Mrs Hubert Beaumont are bewi giving large dinner parties for the which will be abrilliant affair
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Summer Resorts DullReports from the summer resorts In
dicate a dull season as the majorityof those who can afford to leave thecity during the summer months whoare the wealthier classes have decided-to remain in or to Madrid inorder to be present at the brilliantceremonies attending the reyal
Distress Among PoorThe misery among the poorer classes
hero and in other cities is moreevery day
9nly in Madrid more than 6W menwomen and children are being feddally at the cuarteles or soldiers barracks where twice a day long linesof famished and miserable lookingcreatures watt impatiently for theirturn to receive a of the soldiersbean soup and potatoes and a fewslices dark bread
War With AmericaIn congress the question is again be
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in congress nor anywhere nobodyto devote any attention to the
effects of the war that cost Spain theloss of all her colonial possessions
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for the price The sales of ArbucklesARIOSA Coffee exceed the sales of all
coffees in the United Statescombined and the business of ArbuckleBros exceeds that of the four next largestconcerns in the world simply becausethe public actually receives better coffeefor their money in Arbuckles ARIOSAthan they can buy in any other way
Arbuckles ARIOSA Coffee is good todrink It quenches the thirst and tastesgood Most people need it Itdigestion increases the power and
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CHURCHES IN GERMANYS-
ome Protestant Provinces Give Evi-dence of Going Into a Very
Serious Convulsion
LONDON May 12 Abundant indica-tions are discernible that the Britishgovernment in showing willingness toresume diplomatic relations with Servia is on the verge of making an irre-parable mistake No criticism is heardabout the course of the United Statesin sending Mr Riddle to Belgrade Itbeing pointed that a Republicangovernment need not observe proprietiesIR a case like that of the regicides
As matters stand today it can be safely state that the part of the regicidesis again in full control and unless GreatBritain recedes from her position shewill have to be content with taking theblame for having aided one of the mostdisreputable and irresponsible set of In-triguers that ever disgraced a Europeancourt
It is generally that the cabinet will propose to King Peter the acceptance of British conditions But thereis still some doubt if King Peter willconsent to separate himself from themurderers of his unlucky predecessorHe was vacillating for some time butthe rumor is circulating that since hehad a few days ago an intimate con-versation with Geeehteh who is
to have in his hands certain letters written by King Peter previous tothe assassination of King Alexander andQueen Drag he has firmly decided notto remove the regicides from the activeservice
Churches in GermanyIt bas become evident all keen
observers in Germany that the Protestant Church there Is menaced by a veryserious convulsion At the recent gen-eral assembly of the socalled Positive Union Prot Bornnaeuner ofHalle University delivered an addresson The task of the believing communi-ties in the present church crisis Such-a crisis he saW undoubtedly existsand the conviction te almost universalthat things cannot go on any longeras they now are in the church Viewsdiffer on the probable outcome of thecrisis On the one hand the death ofthe church is prophesied sometimeswith deep regret sometimes with mocking triumph On the other hand prophe-cies that the church will regain Itsstability are wanting though theoptimists do not agree on the meansby which this will be achieved
Politics in Ireland-In the course of a recent address
John outlined his peHcy forthe future He declared that theIrish representatives wore content towait for a moderate and reasonabletime for the government to prepare andproduce their plans for the extensionof selfgovernment in Ireland but onlyupon condition that there should beImmediately as the first Irish businessof the government a satisfactory labor-ers but and that the pledge in theKings speech as to sympathetic administration of Irish affairs should be carried out to the very letter
NEW FORM OF BRIDGETAKES HOLD IN ENGLAND
LONDON May new form ofbridge called opposition bridge hasbeen Introduced into England and isbecoming popular through its lively andexciting characteristics It was invent-ed about a year ago In a French gar-rison town it spread quickly throughout the French army and thenthree months ago the rules were com-municated by a young French officer toOswald Crawford the diplomatand writer a wellknown enthus-iast Mr Crawford says that his cir-cle of very soon cameto prefer th new game to the old oneIt Is more Lively
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