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Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
WILL SHE REMAIN COUNTESS?
Will the Earl of Roslyn Divorce His
American Wife, Who Was
Special Cable to The Herald.


LONDON, April 14.-Are the earl
and countess of Roslyn to be divorced?
Clubdom says that they are and they
certainly are not living together just
at present
The countess is staying at the Co
burg hotel in Grosvenor square and
the earl is living in the house off Park
lane, where the countess used to live
when she was plain Anna Robinson,
with nothing but her big eyes, her
slender figure and her American wit
between her and the tax collector.
The countess of Roslyn is bigger
eyed, smaller WASTED and quicker of
tongue than ever, but the earl of Ros-
lyn doesn't seem so much interested
in these tales as he was when he de-
fled his whole family and nearly all of
his friends by marrying an American
actress who was somehow seen oftener
at the smart cafes and driving in the
parks than she was at the theater.
English society which had received
so many American peeresseS has
baked at receiving the countess of
Roslyn and it is said that the earl
is bit downhearted at being cut by
all his cousins.
Anna Robinson and her sister used
to live in a cozy little fiat up Harlem
way in New York not so many event.
full years ago. They always went
everywhere and never wore the same
dresses twice anywhere. Anna made
a speciality of emeralds and her sister
preferred rubies; otherwise, they
dressed exactly alike.
Many ambitious tenderloiners will be
bitterly disappointed if the countess of
Roslyn doesn't stay the countess of
Roslyn long enough to get chance
to introduce her old friends into Lon
don gay society.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
GIVES YOUTHS GOOD LESSON
Wurtenburg Students Who Crowd
Queen From Sidewalk Receive
Sharp Reprlmand by Ruler
The Herald.

Special Cable TO Inc Herald.
STUTTGART, Wurtemberg, April
14.-King William Of Wurtemberg has
taught the students of Tubingen uni
vehsity q severe lesson in politeness to
women.
The king and the queen have been
stopping recently at Bebenhausen.
Queen Charlotte, with only one lady in
waiting, visited Tubingen a few days
ago. The two were walking down the
street when they met number of the
most aristocratic and select set of the
students. These young gentlemen did
not make way but held the pavement so
that the queen was forced to step into
the roadway.
The queen recognized the corps colors
worn by the students. Five days after
ward the president and leading MEM
bers of the Corps Suevia received an in
vitation to the royal residence at
Bebenhausen. Decked in the full uni
form of the corps, with rapiers by their
sides, the unsuspecting young gentle
men presented themselves at the royal
residence and were ushered into the
ante-chamber.
Here they waited for five minutes,
ten minutes, a quarter of an hour.
Then growing weary they looked
aroifnd only to discover that there
was not a chair nor a sofa in the room.
So. perforce, they had to sand. At the
end of an hour, which naturally seemed
much longer, the king entered and, ad-
dressing the young aristocrats, said
sternly: 81 cannot expect all members
of your corps to recognize my wife, the
queen, but do expect men of the Corps
Suevia to make way for a lady whom
they meet in the street"
With that the king turned and left
the room and very shortly the stu
dents were dismissed
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
BARON BOWED LOW
BEFORE FAIR VICTIMS
HANDSOME CHAP SEEKS AND
FINDS EASY MATINEE GIRLS
One Pays for His Breakfast-When
Stories Are Told Before the
Justice He Is Sentenced to Five
Years
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
PARIS, April 14.-Baron de Golden
berg, son of the director of the Rou-
manian State railways, pleaded guilty
to robbing dozen or more society
ladies of jewelry and purses. and when
sentenced to five years imprisonment
bowed low before his fair victims and,
CASTOR fashion, begged their pardon for
having betrayed their trust. The baron,
who is a handsome young chap, mag
niicently dressed and automobiled,
especially on rainy days, when he
offered the ladies the use of his machine
and invited them to dinner at swell
hotels and restaurants. His hereditary
title was apparently not enough to daz-
zle the women, for he usually assumed
that of members of the English and
French aristocracy, calling himself
marquis and duke and exhibiting on all
occasions personal letters from crowned
heads, prime ministers, etc. One lady
said to the judge: while we were
breakfasting at Durand's the baron
asked me for loan of an earring and
a bracelet, which he desired to show
to the jeweler across the street to have
duplicates made for his sister, reign
ing princess. He did not return and I
had to pay 200 francs for the breakfast
he ordered"
An English woman, Lady Grant. al
lowed herself to be persuaded to accept
ball costume from his highness.
While they were taking her measure
ments at Worths the baron held her
purse and went outside to smoke a
cigarette, never to return. All told he
gathered in more than $4,000 francs in
two weeks
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
COUNTESS STARTS LAUNDRY
Former American Girl Accepts Soiled
Linen Patronage From Fashion,
abIes of French Metropolis

Special Cable to The Herald.
PARIS. April 14.-The Countess Rene
Temple de Rougemont, formerly Miss
Edith Devereaux Clapp of New York.
who is noted for her beauty and is very
popular in society, is attracting atten-
tion in a new role. She has established
a laundry, and Paris men of fashion
are giving it generous patronage.
The countess was dissatisfied with
the work of the long-established laun-
dries here and directed her servants to
send the family linen to London. Re-
suits there were scarcely more pleas
ing and were far below the American
standard. Then she established pri-
vate laundry at her husbands country
place.
The countess at first had no intention
of accepting work from the general
public, but her friends were so insistent
that she agreed finally to accept pat
ronage from all Paris society folk who
cared to give it to her. Her prices are
high, but customers say they are JUS
titled by the high character of the
work. Fashionables have appealed to
the Count de Rougemont to deliver
their linen for them, but he refers
them to the American girl whom the
countess has placed in charge Of the
laundry.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
MUST PAY COST
OF WORD MRS. ,
MISS ROOSEVELT VS.. MRS.
L0NGW0RTH
But Even Though She Is Married the
Presidents Daughter Will Be
Handsomely Recognized
by Royalty
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable TO The Herald.
LONDON, April 14.-It is to be hoped
that the American women in London
will not kill with kindness Mrs. Long
worth when she comes among them in
June If she succeeds in appearing at
one-fifth of the festivities which are
being arranged for her by Britishers
as well as Americans she will be very
clever indeed.
The king and queen have intimated
to the American ambassador, Whitelaw
Reid, that they will receive Nh. and Mrs.
Longworth privately in the first in
stance, but there is also to be a royal
dinner party at Buckingham palace in
their honor and among well known
Americans who will be invited to be
present are Consuelo, duchess of Man
chester; Mr.. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid,
the duchess of Marlborough, Lady Nay
lor Leland, Mrs. Chauncey and few
others.
During their stay in London Mr. and
Mrs. Longworth will make Dorchester
house, the town residence of the Amer
lean ambassador, their headquarters,
but the duchess of Marlborough has
invited them to Blenheim for a week
end and Mrs. Adair has asked them to
spend few days with her at her new
house in Windsor
The story goes that the city of Lon
don will also entertain the interesting
couple at one of the luncheons for
which the Mansion house is renowned.
The lord mayor and corporation of Lon
don pride themselves on being the most
hospitable civic body not only in
Europe, but in the world, and they are
sure to turn out a record feast for the
American bride and bridegroom.
Enthusiastic as will be the reception
of the presidents daughter, it will be
nothing compared with that she would
have received had she come as Miss
Roosevelt. Had she arrived last sea-
son London would have gone off it's
head over her. No royal princess would
have received half such a bewilderingly
effusive welcome. She would have had
a thousand proposals. At the Bachelors
club alone fifty or more of it's members
had made UP their minds to propose to
her The Bachelors is made up of the
richest unmarried men in society, more
than half of whom have titles.
British society here is hoping it may
not be disappointed in Mrs. Longworth.
If she puts on the least .standoffish-
ness" it will be. English people expect
the American woman to be all smiles
and civility and to do all the talking.
From her they. resent dignity and pat
ronage. The fact is they have with
good reason formed certain ideals as
regards the American woman and they
like her to live up to them. There is
nothing unreasonable in this. To have
ones ideals. proved false is always dis
concerting.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
He WILL LIVE ON
EIGHT CENTS A DAY
ANY MAN CAN LIVE ON THAT
SUM NOW
British Expert Is Going to Prove &c
the World That This Sum Is
Ample to Put Matter
to Test
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, April H-The principle
that man can live and work in health
on food costing eight cents day is to
be tested in systematic fashion by Dr.
Josiah Oldfieldj a noted expert on diet
and fruitarian.
A London daily paper will cooperate
in the experiment, finding four or five
average men, who will be provided with
work, clothing and lodging for three
months. Their board, which will be
of the highest quality and as much as
they can eat, will be provided at cost
of eight cents per man per day.
The details of the dietary will be
arranged by DR.. Oldfield, who Will
supervise the whole experiment. In a
letter DR.. Oldfield declares that the
experiment is of great Importance
in respect to the physique and stamina
and health of the race"
For the last twenty years or, So" he
continues, ''our people have been
falsely taught. They cannot afford to
result they are living on wastrel food
and feeding their children on what is
little better than rubbish.
"I have demonstrated how the poor
may be fed-and well fed-and on the
highest grade of food, at cost of less
than four pence per head per day.
"If this be true, and if, to raise this
food, five times as much home labor
would be required,Sa great advance has
been made in going to the root of ma
tional decadence and Of widespread
want of employment"
| DR.. Oldfield suggests that each of the
men should be tested as to his physical
| fitness at the beginning and end OF
the period of four-penlly diet, and is
sangune that the last state will be in
| finitely better than the first.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
ROYAL HORSE SHOW PATRON
Edwards Support Solicited for Inter-
national Affair and Big English
Breeders Are Interested
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special CaDle 10 Inc t1eIdlu
LONDON, April 14.-As soon as the
king returns to London for good he
will be approached by a number of
widely known breeders of horses and
asked to give his patronage to an An
glo- American horse show next year IN
be held in some large building in Lon
don. The proposal originated with
Reginald c. Vanderbilt and Judge
Moore, who at the recent Hackney
Horse show spent nearly $60,000 on the
first day of the show in horsehesh.
Mr.. Vanderbilt believes that such a
show as he proposed would give an i'm
petus to the importation of American
horses into England.
For the last few years this impor-
tation has fallen off considerably. On
the other hand Americans buy some
of the finest stock in England to breed
from. Sir Walter Gilbey, the greatest
breeder of hackneys in the country; Sir
Oswald Mosley and Sir Alexander Hen
derson, the owners of the finest horses
in the kingdom, are all enthusiastic
about the Vanderbilt scheme.
1t is expected that by June next a
definite program will have been ar
ranged-Olympia is suggested as the
likeliest place to hold the show-whicn
would include not only hackneys but
thoroughbreds and cart horses.
Talk-o-Phone free. See the proposition
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
HAS ELIGIBLE CRYPT TO LET
How a Southwark Church Made Fa-
nous by Charles Dickens Tries
to Raise Money
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, April 14.-"This spacious
basement to let for storage purposes
is the notice fixed above the entrance
to the crypt of the church of st. George
the Martyr, Southwark, so closely as
with the story of Little Dorrit."
This course is necessitated by the de-
pleted revenues of the church, which
is one of the most historical in Lon
don. The first church was built there
in the twelfth century, and the curfew
bell still rings from the belfry every
night. The present building dates from
1874.
W. Field, a borough estate agent,
said yesterday that he was very sur
prised when his firm received an order
to let the vaults if possible.
1T is the first commission of the kind
we have ever had" he said, although
/ believe the crypts of a few other
churches in London have been leased
for such purposes.
'The vaults contain 1900 feet of SUI
perficial floor space and the rent asked
Is $50 year. They will probably be
taken for the storage of beer or wine
barrels, or, perhaps, furniture. The
coffins were cleared away some years
, ago.
MANY of the ancient churches and
BrdVeyardS In LONDON nave. Deen pul
to curious uses. A chapel of ST.
Savior's, Southwark, was, 1 remem-
ber, let as bakehouse. The banks OPP
posite our office stand on the site OF
the old graveyard of st. Margaret's-
at-the-H Hill. and even now when the
roads hereabouts are repaired bones
are frequently turned up.
"Some little time ago we sold a
graveyard at Buffers place, Dockhead
Bermondsey. Many years ago it was
owned by Mr.. Butler, who carried on
q private burying business. For cer-
tain charge he used to inter any corpse
which was brought to him. Bones have
been found there recently when the
ground was dug up"
Among other instances of the uses
to which the crypts of old churches are
put may be mentioned that of St
Peters, Walworth, which is now con-
verted into billiard room. A gym
nasium has been fixed in another al
Islington. and at st. James, Clerken-
well, crypt which is at present
stored with hundreds of ancient coffins
is to be cleared in order that it may
be used as a Sunday school.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
GRAVE-DlGGERs' BANQUET
able to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
PARIS, April 14.-A gay company of
professional grave diggers met in one
of the most popular of the boulevard
restaurants and had the strangest din
ner ever given in Paris. The proprietor
of the place made it an express condi-
ton that the nature of the feast must
noS leak out and reach the ears of the
scores of regular aristocratic patrons of
the restaurant.
The menu was printed in the most
dismal and ghoul-like terms. 1t was
enough to make any one but profess
sional grave digger shudder.
A newspaper writer who happened to
get himself smuggled into the banquet
room took just one look at the menu
and then made for the door as fast as
he could go, followed by a sepulchral
sort of song, the last line of the chorus
saying:
1--WE expect to see you again"
Every item on the menu bore the
name of some Paris cemetery or con-
tanned some allusion to the tomb.
The first toast was Long Life to
Death, the Queen of the World" The
grave digger who responded to it made
the hit of the evening with his humor-
Gus twits about her majesty.
There were numerous other toaSts, all
smacking of the business of the diners,
and every response received generous
applause.
But if the toasts were humorous. the
songs were not less so. To the most
dirge-like tunes the gay company sang
the merriest of words.
A few men not of the fraternity man
aged to stick there until the end of
the weird feast. They said afterward
that they found the menu full of shud-
ders but the entire affair most enjoy
q b1e
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
TRANSvAAL HOME
BUILDING CROWS
WAR AND DROUGHT FAIL TO
KILL TRADE FOR LUxURIES
Want Musical ruments-Germany
Selling Most Pianos and the
Americans Are on Top in
the Organ Business
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
PRETORIA, April Awhile the war
and droughts have had bad effect on
these colonies and the purchase of
luxuries, such as pianos and organs,
$1,OOO,OOO to $1,500,000 is being spent
annually from the cape of the Zam-
besi upon musical instruments. The
Transvaal has become a great purchaser
of musical instruments. Where in 1902
$109. 80 was thus spent, in 1903 the 1g-
ures increased to $176,120, and in 1904
grand total of $310, 4S5 was expended.
This indicates somewhat the perrna-
nence of home making against the
prevalent theory that South Africa is
only transient abiding place since
the discovery of rich minerals. The
Transvaal country purchased musical
goods in 1904 from Germany to the
value of $163, $50, from England $92015
worth. and $39,59O from the United
States.
Germany Is in the Lead
Germany has far outstripped all
competitors, having increased its sales
In musical Instruments tenfold in two
years and leading the United Kingdom,
despite its preferential duty of 2lh per
cent, by almost double in importations.
The United States increased it's trade
about fourfold in the same period, but
enjoys Only OHe-IOuTIn OL LHe trdue
of Germany, while France, though
making a small showing in the grand
total, multiplied it's exports of 1908 by
twenty. Great Britain holds about 40
per cent of this important musical
trade in the whole Of South Africa,
the proportion being about 100000.
The organ trade has gone to America.
In the first four months of 1904, 1890
organs, valued at $140, 200, were shipped
for Africa from the port of New York.
Consul General Washington makes a
supplementary report from Cape Town
upon the prospects for the sale In
South Africa of American automobiles
of moderate price. He states that at
recent public auction Of two motors
the bidding was spirited, and the high
| est auction prices yet realized were
obtained when a 1920 Cudell car was
sold for $1751.94, and a. two-cylinder
| ten-horse power Cudell car was sold
at $S61.31.
Want Portable Cook Stoves
| A satisfactory portable cooking stove
| for South Africa is yet to be produced,
says the South African Gazette. A
stove which farmer can carry in
wagon, with few feet of piping. for
quick setting up, would find a ready
| sale, as would another pattern which
could be fixed some few feet from the
wall in the middle of the room. This
should have a large oven for roasting
meat and a large boiler for keeping
water hot all day, the fire being capable
of being quickly kindled at little cost
Of wood, owing to its scarcity, Ameri-
can, Scotch, Swedish and French firms
have all essayed to produce the requi-
site article, but failed. the nearest ap-
proach to the requirements being the
Scotch Dover" make, but without
feet.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

ception, men and women pair off and
gossip in twos. Whether this is the
result of extreme insular nervousness
cannot tell, but the fact remains
there is never a general exchange of
ideas, and in this way people miss
much. I am going to correct it If 1
can"
Mrs. Potter Palmer is perfectly fight.
The majority of English people are
painfully shy and though they may be
able to express their ideas well enough
in corner to one or two individuals
whom they know Intimately, they
could not, for gold untold, say the
same things to twenty comparative
strangers in the house of a friend.
Conversational evenings are to be
feature of the program in Mrs Pot
ter Palmer's idea and on such occa-
sions every one present will be bound
TO express opinions in a general con-
versation. regarding some book, play,
political situation or religious text.
The idea is as unique as it is admir-
q hIe
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
LONDON, Apri; 14.-The idea of a
club to which members will be ad-
mitted by invitation only is at once
daring and original; and should be in
teresting-for those who are invited.
The lady who is credited with this
novel notion is Mrs. Potter Palmer,
erstwhile of Chicago, and If she does
hot change her mind and finds the
premises she desires, her idea will be
in full working order before many
weeks are over. This institution,
which will really be more of a salon
than club, means drawing together
the fittest and greatest in politics,
though save for the airing of ideas,
it will be non-sectarian and non-polit-
ical For such an institution it would
be. difficult to find more suitable
chatelaine than Mrs. Potter Palmer
whose personality, position and riches
all fit her admirably for the post.
There is really no conversation in
England" says Mrs. Palmer. I'm the
drawing room after dinner or at re-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
PULLS DRUNKARDS
FROM THE SAL L00NS
ORIGINAL METHODS TO SAVE
MEN FROM RUM
English Preacher, With Brass Band
and Street Parade, Has Unique
Way of Reforming Unfortunates
Who Are Slaves to Drink
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, April 14.-Of all the nu-
merous methods used to rescue drunk
ards in England none is more unique
that that used by the Rev. DR.. Stanley
Parker, and certainly none is more
feared or hated by the owners of cheap
saloons.
DR.. Parker, who is a Wesleyan
minister, every third Sunday calls a
drinkers convention" at Plumstead,
where he is the beloved pastor of an
admiring congregation.
Il always begin my convention by
organizing street parade" he said the
other day. ut is headed by a brass
band, and as soon as we have gathered
a crowd we begin a roundup of all the
saloons in the town, starting about an
hour before they close.
II march them in somewhat disor-
dered array to Plumstead Central hall,
and no matter how unruly they are,
no one is ever put out. l then tell them
that they are the choir and that they
may sing whatever they like. The re-
suit is invariably the most ear-splitting
dissonance, but it gives them the vent
they want for their turbulent spirits.
Now, Parker's new choir has be-
come quite an institution at Plum
stead, and L am proud to say that it
has worked wonders among the drunk
ards.
'I show them appropriate cinemato-
graph pictures. which teach moral
and are exceedingly useful, tell them
stories and crack jokes obvious enough
for their blunted perception to grasp.
They enjoy themselves and come again
and again, and I have reformed some
of the worst drunkards and most noto-
rious criminals in Woowich by touch
ing the humanizing chords in their
nature"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
RUSSIANS RUSH TO THE WEST
Special Cable to The Herald.

SVGCIdI OdUIt 10 IIt IltT etJU'
COPENHAGEN, April 14.-Russian
emigration via Denmark has increased
considerably of late. The steamer Po-
laris has arrived from Kangoe in Fin
land with 700 aboard. One of the Of
fieers did not hesitate to say that over
400 of them were on their way to Eng
land and that they would sail for
America and Canada. More people
wanted to come by the Polaris, but the
ship has rooms for only 700 and the
disappointed ones had to wait for the
next ship. These emigrants are a unit
in one thing-they are anxious to leave
their native country in hurry. The
majority are Jews, and are helped here
by a Jewish committee. Altogether
more than 1000 arrive on an average
every week at Copenhagen alone.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
PEDAG0GUES IN HARD LINES
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
BERLIN, April 14.-The minister of
education fined a rural school teacher
$780, ordering the amount to be de-
Quoted from his salary at the rate of
25 cents a month. The school teacher
complained to a friend Of the starva-
ton wages paid him by the govern
ment and, particularly, because he is
obliged to take out part of his salary
''in kind" by boarding successfully
with the village people, one week in
this house, next week In another, etc.
The government admits that the facts
are true and that, under the circum-
stances, the school teacher has hardly
enough to eat, yet reduces his allow
ance