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Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
MORE WEALTH
PETROL KING
Fortune for Him if He Can Make His
Hair Grow With His Own Oil,
1t Is uggested-Schene
Put Up to Him
Special Gable 10 The Herald

Special Cable 20 The Herald
PARIS, July 14.-John d. Rockefeller
continues to occupy and amuse the
French newspapers.
An illustrated weekly publishes a
photograph of Monster le Milliard-
aire,' wearing his toupee and, in con-
trast, alongside it, another picture
showing Mr. Rockefeller with as little
hair as is on the surface of a skating
rink
Seeing these pictures. the same
thought struck half Il dozen editors.
They all wrote next day that Mr.. Rock
efeler is living, absolute proof that all
the much Vaunted hair restOrers" are
useless. For if they were efficacious
the richest man in the world would buy
one hair for his head at least. One
editor advises Mr.. Rockefeller to rub
his head with petroleum and IF his haiI
grows, his fortune is made"
Gil Bias offers a prize for the letter
which best and most briefly answers
the question:: What would you do if
you had Rockefellers Wealth."
Les Debats solemnly declares that
Mr.. Rockefellers published comment on
the relative wealth of France and the
United states proves he knows nothing
whatever of the statistical methods
which political economists employ tc
reach any valuable result. Applying
Mr.. Rockefeller's general conclusion tc
particular case, Les Debats asks him
If he thinks his visit to Compeque has
enriched each iAhahitant of that inno-
cent village by 100000 or the tota
amount he may eXpend there.
Another newspaper announced that II
would find the poorest man in the
world, introduce him to the richest, lei
the pair exchange ideas and publish the
conversation.
Presumably Mr. Rockefeller's body.
guard promptly knocked this idea out
of the editors mnd for ever since, an.
nouncing what it would no. the news.
paper has remained discreetly silent.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
AMERICAN WOMEN'S THIRST
Ice Water Preferred to Wines by the
United States Girls in
London
Special Cable tn The Herald.


LONDON, July 14.-"Water, bring
some ice water right away. When
you've brought that We'll settle about
lunch"
This is a sample of the scraps of con-
versation overheard at any of the
hotels now crowded with Americans.
The managers are in despair over the
abstemiousness of the average Ameri-
can woamn. Although her husband or
brother may indulge in cocktails" the
American woman and her fair friends
cling to ice water at all meals. This
means that every hotel here which
shelters Americans is spending enor-
nous sums on free ice, which must be
supplied at all hours of the day and
night, while the receipts from the wine
lists dwindle year by year.
According to the manager of one west
end hotel the average American woman
orders champagne only when she is en-
tertaining a large party of friends to
dinner. In such weather as that of
yesterday she orders a light hook cup
for her guests but at lunch she and
her friends consume glass after glass
of ice water.
Americans cannot complain, as they
did few years ago, of the impossiiblity
of obtaining ice water in the west end
hotels. Their tastes have been studied
to a nicely, and the well-trained waiter
takes up ice water almost as a matter
of course when he hears a bell ring.
One of the big Strand hotels makes
it's own ice The plant, which is of the
most up-to-date pattern, turned out
forty tons of ice yesterday.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
COUNTESS B0NI IN FAVOR
Place Despite Her Husbands
Marital Misdeeds
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
PARIS. July A-Countess Boni de
Castellane. firm in her determination
not to be frozen out of society because
of her husbands marital misdeeds Is
attending many ultra-fashionable gath
erings.
There was purpose in her refusal Of
Miss Helen Gould's invitation to join
her in the tour of France she is making
in her new motor car Countess Boni
has announced that she intends to stay
in Paris and go everywhere" until all
Paris has scattered to the summer re-
sorts. In her effective gown of NOUS
seline de sole, the countess looked ra-
dant at the horse show a the polo
grounds. She stood seemingly uncon-
scious of all the nudging and whisper
ing that marked her arrival until the
admring word went around:
The little countess is pulling herself
toeether."
She was so perfectly self-possessed
that the fashionables could not do
other than cluster around her exactly
as in the days when her nod was
promotion in social distinction and to
be intimate with her was to be in the
innermost sanctuary of eXclusivism
At the same time there has been
some adverse comment on her action in
disputing the claim Count Boni's credi-
tors urge in the civil court-that she
pay one-t third of the debts he contracted
on their joint names. The creditors
swear a taCit understa nding existed
that her fortune should meet her hus-
bands obligations.
But society agrees that she will de-
feat the creditors lin court.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15

Special Gable to The Herald.
LONDON, July 14.-Mrs. Patrick
Campbell has scored another failure.
Her new play by the Hon. Mrs. Alfred
Lyttleton. THE Macleans of Bairness, )"
will not do, and is to be Withdrawn.
And once more it is proved that Eng
lish aristocratic women, as dramatists,
cannot succeed.
When the Hon. Mrs. Alfred Lyttleton,
whose husband is eX- secretary for the
colonies, had her play, Warp and
Wool" produced by Mrs. Patrick
Campbell last year, it really began to
look as if here was feminine member
of the arstocracy who would do things
as a dramatist. This purposeful little
play was not a success, it is true, but
the picture it painted of the selfshness
of the rich at the expense of the poor
was vivid, at any rate. SO when Mrs.
Campbell, who recently started man.
agement at the Criterion with a feeble
and foredOomed adaptation from the
French, announced that she would fol-
low it with an historical play by Mrs
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
PRISON FOR "FAITH CURIST"
Father Sentenced for Death of His
Children, Whom No Doctor
Attended
Special Gable to The Herald.

LONDON. July 14.-James Cook a
disciple of the Peculiar People was
convicted at the Old Bailey yesterday
of the manslauEhter of his two chill
dren, Dorothy Mary and Hlda, by fail
ing to provide medical attention for
them.
The children died from bronchitis,
and the only attention they received
was that an elder of the sect was called
in, who anointed them with oil and
prayed over them.
Cook said in his defense that the
foundation of his faith was the Book
he had just kissed, and that he found
no injunction to call in a doctor in it..
He wished the jury knew it as we'll as
he did.
The jury, in finding Cook guilty, ex-
pressed the hope that he would be
leniently dealt with, as lie committed
the offense because of his religious be-
lief. Mr.. Justice Bigham, however, said
Cook was tried Nefore him i'm 1895 and
convicted of marslaughter Of another
child under exactly similar circum-
stances. At that time he was let off
with a warning, 'hich he had OBJ
stinately and persistently neglected
Cook was sentenced to nine months
hard labor.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15

"The Best Glass Of Stout i'm the
Strand" This will be seen no more.
Another appetizing legend which has
recently disappeared from Strand
window is that announcing Chocolate
as In Spain" 1t was displayed at a
pastry cooks. the last store of the
kind TO remain in the Strand. Almost
the last of the old-fashioned Strand
shops TO remain in its pristine Georgine
state is Burgess sauce warehouse
which exhales sayory whiffs of the
famous fish sauce. The Strand today is
strange jumble OF the eighteenth
nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but
the last now predominates.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
OFFERS MARRIAGE
TO $4,000 WOVEN
English Agent of New Zealand Agrees
to Find Mates for All Who Wish
Them To Equalize
the Sexes
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
LONDON, July 14.-New Zealand
wants $4,000 women. she has appealed
TO England to send them to her.
At a meeting this week in Caxton hall
several of the agents general and many
prominent colonists spoke of the splen-
did openings beyond the seas for cul-
tured gentleWomen who Will put away
the conventions of a bygone age and
bring a profound common sense and
adap, ability to the young countries
GWdi ing their aid
Sir John Cockburn, who presided said
the great need of the moment was TO
equalize the sexes in Britain and the
colonies. There were a million surplus
woInen in the old country, while in
Canada and Australia there were $780,
900 more men than women.
The most notable speech of the after
neon was that made by w. j. Napier
Of New Zealand.
1--WE want $4,000 women in New Zea
laId,' he said, "to build up the homes
and the domestic life of our beautiful
island. Since the refrigerator was in
vented dairy work has increased by
leaps and bounds, thus making an
enormous opening for women New
Zealand is a most fertile country and
fruit is grown throughout the year
and ia the subtropical districts there
is q real opening for women as mutt
growers.
~ here is also room for hishly
trained school teachers, and il women
WOULD associate in small groups they
could obtain land for long leases from
the government at a nominal rent suit
able for fruit growing, partlcuarlN
lemon culture, and, Furthermore. b<
assist ed with loans toward stock and
| Implements"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
ILLEGAL EPISCOPAL D0lNGS
An English Commission Recommends
Many Reforms From Prac=
tces Now in Vogue
al Cable to The Herald

Gpecldl came TO Inc Herald.
LONDON, July 14.-American Epis-
copalians will be surprised TO learn that
the royal commission on rituaism. af-
ter months of investigations will re-
port that the machinery of the church
discipline has broken down, that the
law governing public worship in the
church in England is too narrow for
the religious life of the present gen.
GRAFTON. The commission recommends
not only the reformation of the law,
but urges clergymen to obey it as in
America.
1t will interest American Episcopa- =
lians with unritualistic tendencies to
learn that the commission reports the
following ten practices to be gravcIy
illegal:
l. Interpolation of prayers and cere-
monies belonging to the canon of the
mass.
2. Use of the words "behold the
Lamb Of God accompanied by an ex-
hlpltlon OF the consecrated wafer or
bread.
3. Reservation of sacrament under
conditions which lead to its alteration.
A. Might of the praecanstifet.
.. Corpus Christi professions with
sacrament.
6. Benediction with sacrament.
Z. Celebration of the holy Eucharist
with the intent that there shall be no
communicate except the celebrant.
s. Hymns, prayers or devotions in
VolVing an invocation of, or a confess
sion to, the Blessed Virgin Mary or the
saints.
8. Observance of festivals of AS.
sumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and the Sacred Heart.
10. Neneration of images and roods
The commission urges the authorities
10 suppress these Illegal practices and
also recommends the preparation of a
. new rubrlc regulating ministers vest.
ure. The commissions report is bound
TO create sensation in the church
everywhere.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
CARRIERS OF GRANDMOTHER
FOR THE GROWING GIRLS

Of the growing girl and drag her down
IL is condemned on this account by the
specialist, who recommends In its stead
the old-fashioned grandmother's gar
ter, made of cotton.
These were knitted by hand upon two
fine steel pins, and usually fourteen
stitches were set on the first pin and
the simplist knitting pattern known
was employed Expert knitters how
ever chose to embellisl their handi-
work with openwork bars between solid
pieces, to vary the monotony of the de-
sign. The essential raCteristc of the
garter was its length, which was never
under one and half yards and often
measured close upon 70 inches: it was
wound round and round the leg as a
rule below the knee, while the final end
was tucked into the rest to keep the
whole sufficiently firm and reliably
secure.
Such garters do not compress the
limbs nor iniure the circulation, nor
do they strain the strength of growing
girls.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
CAR HAS BULLET PROOF AUTO
Large Machine Delivered and Ap-
proved by Minister-Grand Duke
MichaePs Machine Luxurious
Tau cable 10 me Herald.

Special CaDIe % Inc HeraIQ.
ST. PETERSBURG, July "A large
bullet proof automobile, ordered by the
Russian emperor, has arrived in St
Petersburg and has been carefully eX-
amined by the minister of highways
and communications The machine has
petrol tanks of great capacity. 1t is
intended to travel at a speed Of eighty
five kilometers an hour. Grand Duke
Michael has ordered the delivery of a
siXty-horsepower automobile, of which
the coachwork is exceptionally luxur-
ious. The body is in natural mahog-
any. The interior is finished in blue
morocco, II contains two large arm
chairs, which may be transformed into
beds, a toilet outfit, a writing desk, and
a chest Of drawers. outside is an cleo
trio signal apparatus. The vehicle is
lighted by electricity.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
Ne VI PARIS PET
IS REGINA BAOET
Her Alexandrine Dances in the Opera
"Aphrodite" Have Caused
Furor Among Theater-
GoerS
Special Gable to The Herald.

SpeClal 1aDle u Ike Iltl tIus
PARIS. July 14-There is a new SEN
sation in the theatrical world of Paris
Regina Badet in her Alexandrine
dances in the character of the dancer
Theano in "Aphrodite."
while one proposed before the first
performance to go see 'Aphrodite be-
cause it was the mast erpiece of Pierre
Louy or to enjoy Mary Gardens inter-
pretation of the title role" wrote a
noted critic, "a Mew attraction draws
che today-Regina Badet in her
dances"
In an interview Mile. Badet says:
II was premiere danseuse at the
Grand theater in Bordeaux. There l
studied and made my debut This is
my first year in Paris, where made my
initial stage appearance at the Opera
&C nique in Carmen
II owe my opportunity to be the
danseuse Theano in 'Aphrodite' simply
to being physically just that type. My
only merit was having danced with my
whole soul, having put into my dance
the required sensitiVeness, vigor ard
order having had temperament, as we
saw in the theater. AS for the compos-
ing of the figures. the poses, the atti-
tudes, the conception and signifcation
of the dance in 'Aphrodite' the honor
all belongs to Madame Mariquita, our
master of the ballet 1t was she who
created Ccreate' is the word) these
dances, so artistic. which l merely in
terpret.
II have seen her bend for whole days
over old books she has 1 have seen her
60 into the museums to closely examine
has reliefs, vases, whatever could aid
In her studies, such is her taste, her
care and her wish to reconstruct, ges-
ture by gesture, the dance as it was
understood in Alexandria, Aphrodite's
country.
"As for me, repeat, l have only been
the instrument, with my whole con-
science, ardor and love for my pro-
| fession.
The interviewer suggested: "Ther
you love your profession?"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
TOWN HAS A MICR0BE FARM
How Lambeth's Death Rate Was Low
ered-Cutivates Germs and Plans
Their Exterminati

SpeC1al cable TO lhe Herald.
LONDON, July 11-Lambcth pos
sesses one of the most remarkable mu-
nicipal farms" in existence.
1t is devoted to the cultivation of
microbes. and is presided over by DR..
Priestley. the medical officer of health
for the borough. It was established six
years ago. Previously germs and mi
crobes were put out" to be germinated
and identified at a cost of 3s Cd to 5s a
case. It is estimated that the estab-
lishment of the farm has saved the
borough over G3OO a year, in addition
dents.
DR.. Priestly is a we'll known bacte-
riologist. and devotes nearly all his
spare time to the study of his marvel
Gus collection of microbes. The farm
consists of small room, rented at cps
a year, and the only other expense is
the jet of gas used to keep the mi
crobes warm in the incubator Since its
esta blishment the death rate of the bor-
ough has fallen from 1S to IA
per 1000. and it is claimed that this is
largely due to speedy diagnosis of dis
ease made possible by the farm"
Every encouragement is given to local
pra ctitioners to make the fullest use
of the municipal concern free of charge
Thus if there is doubt as to the exact
nature of the disease of a patient, speci-
mems of blood and sputa are sent to
the laboratory. and DIR. Priestley is soon
able to develop the microbes and state
the precise nature of the disease. The
laboratory is especially useful in doubt
full cases of consumption, enabling 9
the disease to be discovered in its in
cipient stages.
DIR. Prestley has made examinations
in connection with 1890 cases OF con-
sumption, or suspected consumption
575 cases of typhoid, 31SS cases of diph~
liberia, besides a great many other in
vestigations concerning food.
The microbes are terminated in tubes
which are heated in a special incubator
and periodically they are subjected to
a careful inspection beneath powerful
microscope.
At the present moment DR.. Priestley
is experimenting with some diphtheria
germs in order to ascertain whether
after they have been dead year, they
can be brought back to life.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
PREACHER HITS
SOCIAL WORLD
SERMON ON SMART SET GETS
LONDON BY EARS
Makes Mayfair Tremble - Preacher
Says Doines at Country Homes
Wicked Beyond Relief-Has
Letters From Servants
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald
LONDON, July 14.-'If the smart set
of society would go live upon some
small island and keep away. as lepers.
from other people. | should have noth-
ing TO say on this subject" exclaimed
Father Bernard Vaughan in a sermon
in the fashionable Catholic church of
Immaculate Conception, on Farm
street, Berkeley square. but ] have
duty to perform to them and to those
to whom they set a bad example.
have received letters from buffers,
cooks, maids and footmen in the en-
ploy of this legion and if l were to read
some of them you would never need to
see the chamber of horrors at Nine
Tussaud's-how in large house and,
worse still, in the country houses, es-
pecially in the hunting districts, things
are permitted to go on which would not
be found in the fastest hotel
There are men here today who are
afraid of some ballet dancers with
whom they live secretly. Some delight
full Jezebels have warned me for daring
| to be so reckless, so tactless in my re-
marks. But / excuse them. Like their
suffragette sisters, they are not quite
we'll"
Mayfair TrembIes
Father Vaughan of the Jesuit
brotherhood has been making Mayfair
tremble in his series of morning adj
dresses on the sins of society. AS be-
fore, so on this occasion, the great edi-
flee was crowded from door to door
and many of the elite sat on the steps
of the sanctuary. The side chapels and
the aisles were all packed, women of
fering at the doors as much as would
pay for box at the theater to obtain
a good position.
Suppose" said the preacher, "Herod
and the women he loved were to come
to the very heart of the Mayfair now.
BY the real representatives of the Eng
lish aristocracy they would be tabooed,
but people who like to be thought smart
would say 1T is SO refreshing to meet
people who carry all before them and
stop at nothing to crafty passions :
| rung higher up the social ladder now
adays are condoned for sins which, if
peTpetrated by a sister lower down,
would be condemned.
Broken Vows
To-day London from end to end is
! Uttered with broken marriage vows,
and in the divorce courts nearly 300
! traitors to their troth are waiting to be
( relieved in this world of what God
! will not relieve them in the next
I "How proud we used to be of our
| large English families, but how
! changed il all is today. Lots of men in
, those whom they call their pals a
nursery full of children.
| "What with club Life, club habits and
! club morals, smart women have no
time to care for a child which they
! seldom see."
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
BREAKFAST AFTER THE BALL
Not Fashionable in London to Leave
Before Dawn, So Hunger Is
Appeased
Special Gable to the Herald.

Special Gable to the Herald.
LONDON, July 4.-Breakfast after
the dance is an Innovation that has
made it's appearance this season in
smart London houses 1t has become
the custom for hostesses to give pri-
vate balls to provide refreshment for
intimate friends and others who stay
late these meals being eaten as the
early sUnbeams penetrate the ballroom
windows.
This break of day repast cannot
strictly be called breakfast. as neither
tea nor coffee nor any of the recog-
nized breakfast dishes figure in it. The
favorite menu is deviled kidneys or
grilled bones, washed down with iced
Pilsener. which is considered whole
somer than champagne. The adoption
of the early morning meal has led to
the report that regular breakfasts are
served to the guests before they dis
perse after a late dance.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
BRITAIN 0vERRUM WITH AUTOS
Many Americans Make Tours of the
Island With Motor Cars and
Cause Comment
To The Herald.

Special Gable TO The Herald
LONDON, July 14.-So many Amer
leans are making use of the automo-
bile to tour England this year that the
average Brtisher has become quite
convinced that every visitor from the
United States is the possessor of at
least one automobile, and while the
sport continues at its present height 1T
would be exceedingly difficult to con-
vince him to the contrary Each year
sees an addition to the ranks of Amer
lean automobilists here, but 1t is safe
to say that there never has been so
great a number as at present.
Every day scores of touring parties
can be seen in and about the city, and
from distant points there pours a
steady stream of cars to the British
capital This week has furnished a
striking illustration of the popularity
of this method of travel.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
speclal Cable to The Herald.

SpeCl0i CADle 10 Ine HeTHid.
LONDON, July 4.AAn eminent Lon
don physician, whose speciality is the
treatment of children, inveighs against
the modern suspender-a substitute for
the garter introduced during recent
years. and very generally worn by the
present generation of girls.
The suspender is an attachment of
the stay that clips the edge of the
stocking above the knee and keeps that
garment taut and trim. Mothers and
nurses applaud its neat appearance and
children like It because 1t is comforta-
BILE But many of them are prone to
the use of the suspender In a very
tense form, injurious to health and
growth, urging against a loose strip Of
elastic its inability to keep the stock
ngs from wrinkling.
The old elastic garter worn loose de-
feated it's own aim; worn tight, 1t in
terfered with the circula tion of the
blood. The suspender in its taut form
Is apt to press unduly upon the hips
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
HER EYES ARE ON LONDON
And Soon All London Eyes Will Be
on Miss St. Dens-She Is
There to Dance
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
LONDON. July A.-Miss Ruth st.
Denis, whose mystic Hindu dances re-
Gently created a sensation in New
York, arrived in London few days
ago and will shortly appear at one of
the West End theaters.
The dancer has been brought over
by Charles Frohman, who said that
Miss st. Denis performance is a Won
derful thing. Nothing like it has
ever been seen in England, he said.
1t consists of three dances-the
Radha dance, in which Miss st. Denis
impersonates Radha. the wife of the
god Krishna; the incense dance and
the cobra dance She wears almost no
clothes and London is expected to sit
up and take notice with vengeance.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
MEN OUTSTRIPPED In DANCING
BY MODERN STRENUOUS GIRLS

so far as he has dsappeared-due
rather to the disappearance of the
chaperone?
'"The dance and the interval between
the dances used, in the age of a more
rigid etiquette, to be his principal, If
not his only opportunity of a tete-a-
tete. Since that time such diversions as
cycling, golfng and motoring have
gradually enlarged the circles of his
facilities. one motive, and that a very
potent one, for dancing is thus being
by degrees eliminated and dancing
tends more TO become the diversion of
those only who love rapid gyration for
its own sake"