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Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
EVOLUTION OF DRESS
Wilfred Webb Says Our Early Ances-
tors, Being Clothed With Hair,
Did Not Need Dress
Special Cable to The Herald.


LONDON, Jan. 13.-Mr. Wilfred
Webb, at IA meeting of the Windsor
and Iton Scientific and Archaeological
society the other night. spoke interest
ingly of the evolution of dress. From
the prehistoric drawings it would ap-
pear" he said, that our early ances-
tors were clothed with hair and had
little necessity for artificial covering,
Judging from primitive races at the
present day, clothing was not first
adopted as protection from the
weather Starting with the hat, it was
shown that the hat band can be traced
to a fillet which held i'm shape simple
piece of CLOTH Sometimes this fillet was
tied i'm a bow behind, the tails of
which survive in the Scotch cap, sailor
hat and bishops mitre. while the lit
tie bow inside, in the lining of the hat.
is "A survival of the lacing which kept
the lining in shape, or, possibly, went
back to the time when a hat was made
by putting string through holes IN
a fiat piece of leather and by tighten
ing it producing a crown.
''Plumes i'm hats are on the left side,
because in the early times these adorn-
ments were so big that they would
have seriously interfered with the use
OF the sword if worn on the right,
while the helmet of the firemen is
practically identical with those worn
by the ancient Greeks.
1.-The buttons ON the coat sleeve
point to the time when coats We're
very costly and 1t was customary to
turn back the sleeves SO that they
should not be soiled"
Mr.. Webb said he could find no salts
factory reason why in European coun-
tries the buttons on mems clothes
should always be on the right side
and those Of a woman on the left
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
NEW HEADDRESS FOR WOMEN
The Hair Is Now Divided Into Three
Sections and 1t Presents a
Unique Effect
Special Gable to The Herald


LONDON, Jan. 1S-An exhibition OF
supreme interest to women took place
at the Siege Social, Haymarket last
night. The Societe du Progress de la
Couture and L'IGcole de Designs pour
Coiffures had ON view models and de-
signs OF the new coiffure created for
1906, and fashionable hair dressers and
milliners attended in large numbers to
inspect the latest mode of female hair
arrangement
The new coiffure is of q three-cor-
nered shape, after the pierrette style
The hair is divided into three sections
each of which is tied into "A knot, so as
to obtain the desired shape.
In the division of each side a new
piece of postiche progress has been in
serted, sixteen inches long, which taper
and hang over each other, and are fin
ished by bunch of curls. In the back
dressing new piece of postiche has
also been placed. with cable-twisted
curls on each side, meant to come out
of the latest style in hats.
This hat, which is "a Paris model. has
no crown, and is an entirely new ere
alton. 1t is expected to become very
fashionable. Another hat of new de-
sign has crown which gives room for
the center pieces to come down into
the divisions of the hair
The coiffures were exhibited on wax
models, and subsequently twelve young
ladies' had their hair made up i'm the
new style by a dozen of the pupils of
the society. The effect was very strik-
ing, the deft fingers of the artists nut
ting in touches which could not be So
completely displayed on the still models
and general admiration was expressed
at the artistic and beautiful style OF
the coiffure.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
LOVE AFFAIR is FATAL
Dueet, Known as Stewart, Ncrobat
Loved by Noble Girl, Meets
Mysterious Death
nbIe fO 1'ho Herald.


Special Gable to The Herald.
TUNIS. Jan 13.-Ducet the we'll
known acrobat who is perhaps better
known in music halls as stewart" af-
ter a performance I'm music halls at
Cagliari Sardinia, recently, was intro
duced to a noble italian family, occu-
pying a box i'm one of the halls where
he had been playing.
one of the female members of the
family at once fell passionatey i'm love
with him, and subsequently followed
him to Tunis, where he had obtained
an engagement. A few days later
Stewart was admitted to the hospital
suffering from lunacy. Within short
time he has apparently recovered suni-
cently TO be allowed out for a walk.
ono afternoon he met two strangers
with whom he entered a cafe. After
drinking i'm their company he returned
to the hospital and shortly afterward
fell down dead.
An inquest was held and a verdict
of death by poison was returned. The
two men have been arrested. Rumors
are circulating that the affair is the
outcome of a vendetta and that the
man was really killed because of the
intrigue with the Sandman woman.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
KINGS DUST AS PIGMENT
Hearts of Louis XIV and Anne OF
Austria Stolen and Made
Into Paint
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
PARIS, Jan. IA correspondent of
the Temps describes the discovery OF
an affidavit in the national achives
signed Philippe Henri Schunck, a citi-
zen of Paris of about the year 1919.
His statement is to the effect that an
artist named st. Martin, a friend of a
revolutionary official, was present at
the opening of monuments i'm the
Jesuits' church. with another painter
named Martin Droling to get some of
the royal dust to use as monte, a valu-
able dark brown pigment, which was
then usually obtained from mummy
cases and ancient tombs.
81, Martin actually converted part
of the heart of Louis XIV to this use.
Schunck learned from st. Martin that
Droling bought eleven hearts from
other tombs, including those of Anne of
Austria, Marie Theresa, CASTOR of Or
leans, the Regent and Madame Henri
ette and made them into monte.
A picture by Droling, Tnterieur de
Cuisine" is in the Louvre, and it is
quite possible that its dark tints owe
their richness to miuute parts of de-
funct Bourbons.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
"KEELY MOTOR"
CRANKS ARE BUSY
GIVEN PATENTS FREELY IN
ENGLAND
Force by Sitting Down--one Mans
Scheme in Motors Would Make
Lazy Man Captain of
Industry
Special cahte TO The Herald.

LONDON, Jan. 13.-Perpetual motion
"cranks" have a free field i'm England.
Though the United States government
long has refused to issue patents on
ideas involving perpetual motion prin-
ciples, England continues to grant
licenses to all comers willing to pay
for patent papers. Even as late as
last year perpetual motion inventions
were patented, while in 1901 thirteen
perpetual motion machines testified
that certain persons have faith i'm the
possibility of the scheme. Some of
these inventors were men of serious
minds--not Cranks or lunatiCS-and
much of their time and considerable of
their money have gone in developing
their pet theories
One Of the most recent devices-if
made to work-would simply revolu-
tionize the automobile and motorcycle
business, doing away with petroleum,
electricity and other sources of energy.
In a word, the idea is this: The
weight of the rider on the saddle of a
motor cycle. or in fact, of any one
on the seat of motor car drives water
into a hollow bar, which in turn forces
the water upon turbines placed in the
gearing. When the wheels of the motor
go around they pump the water back
into the hollow bar, and there you have
perpetual nOt1On IN q nutSnel, OF,
rather, in hollow bar.
A cycle built on this principle could
easily go around the world without stop
ping once the initial impetus of sitting
down was given, declares the inventor.
SO confident is he of the feasibility of
this machine that he has provided a
brake to stop the motor when neces-
sary Left to itself il would. in princi-
pie, at least, run on forever" like the
brook.
Certain inventors propose to use the
weight of railway carriages to COM
press sufficient air to drive them;
while another plan on the same lines
is to make cycle tires in such a way
that the air in them will drive a motor,
while the motor drives the cycle.
A number of English patents recently
have been issued on the water wheel
and pump idea, which is extremely sim
pie. A wheel with buckets is started
from tank and as it goes around it
pumps water back into the tank, and,
once started, the thing goes on for
ever.
The power of magnetism is used in
several modern perpetual motion
schemes, and electricity, steam, gray
ity, heat light and other physical
forces are combined in highly ingen-
ious pieces of mechanism which look,
to the man in the street, extremely
plausible.
With radium staring science in the
face and apparently upsetting both the
atomic theory and the law of the con-
servation of energy it looks as if the
perpetual motorists were going to have
show all to themselves Disappointed
candidates for patents at Washington
only have to come to England to be
given a hearing, if not a patent, or,
perhaps. both.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
KILLED HER WITH
IRON CRUC|F|X
GIRL BRIDE MURDERED BY
AGED SPOUSE
Forgiven After First Runaway, She
Leaves a Second Time, With
Fatal ResuIts-knife Con-
ceaIed in Cross
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Gable TO The Herald.
PARIS, Jan, 1S.-At the age of 63, M.
Leopold Grandjean became enamored
of Mile. Jeanne Dapre, a girl of 10,
whom he married. May and December
did not get along well. The young
bride left her elderly husband, but re-
turned a short time cfterward full of
repentance.
Very we'll" said Grandjean, in reply
to his young wife's fearful supplicatio
Il will pardon you this time, but not a
| second time" A few days later Nine.
Grandjean went away again. When he
returned home yesterday afternoon he
found her in the act of carrying away
the linen which belonged to him.
"Ah, you here again." he said. you
have done wrong to come back. Re-
member my threat Taking a crucifix
from the wall, he added, You have
five minutes in which to repent The
wife ran down stairs, the husband after
her. He overlook her and struck her
twice with the crucifiX, wounding her
so seriously in the head that she died
in the hospital. A policeman seized the
crucifiX and was surprised that such a
| thing could have inflicted serious
wounds. While handling the crucifix
his finger accidentally pressed a button,
when long teel blade leaped from the
bottom of the cross.
questioned on this discovery Grand
| jean explained that when he followed
his trade of armorer in Mexico he had
| the ingenious idea of concealing blades
in crucifiXes, so that they could be i'm
ported free of duty The crucifix with
which he wounded his wife was a spec
linen of his work
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
GH0STLY VISITOR IS
CAUSE OF W0MAN'S DEATH
WALKS AMONG THE SPECTATORS
AT A sEANcE
Formerly Priest in lndia-Apparition
Appears Very MateriaI Being Dark
complexioned Man Clad in White
and Wearing a Turban
Special Cable to The Herald.

special 0aDlC TO Inc Herald.
PARIS, Jan. 13-Just as spiritualism
III America is reported to have puzzled
doctors of divinity like Dr. Savage and
DR.. Frank of New York, so here in the
old world scientific men appear 10
be puzzled. All interested in.psychical
research will remember the mysterious
Katie King" who Is stated by such Il
scientific authority as Sir William
Crookes to have materialized several
times in the presence of himself and
other persons. 1t is also rememb bere
that he succeeded in obtaining photo
graphs of the mysterious Katie King -
Prof. Charles Rchet. an almost
equally well known man of science who
has long studied these and similar
questions has just succeeded in OBJ
tanning photographs by lashlight of
new materialized ghost who gives the
name of "Bien Boa" Mr.. Richet as
serts that he took every possible pre-
caution against imposture, subjecting
the apparition to tests more severe
than those instituted by Sir William
Crookes. The value of his scientific
deductions is somewhat injured by the
fact that some years ago he was re
peatedly taken in by a spurious me-
dium. AS showing Mr.. Richet's scien-
tific fairness it is interesting to note
that he did not hesitate to expose the
medium when he discovered that he
had been deceived.
In the present case the medium was
Mile. Marthe B, who was be-
trothed to the son, French naval Of
ficer, now deceased, of Gen. and Nine.
Noel, in whose villa at Algiers the
ghost in question was made flesh tenn
porarily on several evenings last Sep
tember. The seances took place in a
room sufficiently lit for persons to see
each other well, and to read the time
by their watches easily. Doors and
windows We're duly barred and sealed
all usual precautions against fraud
being observed.
Mile. Marthe was put into a trance
in corner of the room behind drawn
curtains and left there alone. The ap-
partition eventually came out from be-
hind the curtains. 1t was that of a
dark complexioned man, clad entirely
in white, wearing turban and round
the forehead a band of some bright
metal, portions of it being gold. The
ghost walked among the spectators,
shook hands with them repeatedly, his
touch feeling like that of an ordinary
living human being, and killed Mime.
Noel. Prof. Richet placed against his
mouth a phial containing a solution
of paryta, which the ghosts breath
transformed into carbonate of paryta,
as in the case of ordinary respiration.
The materialiZed phantom appeared on
several different evenings. Once he
was seen to sink through the foo" iii
the middle of the room and to rise
again Immediately from another part
of the floor FinallS he spoke, pre-
mably in French. though that point
is not specified, and said that he was
"Bien Boa" formerly a priest in India.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
Special cable to The IIerald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
LONDON, Jan. 18.-Society has been
discussing at length the coming mar
riage of Princess Ena Of Battenburg
and the king of Spain. Ena is an Eng
lish princess, her mother being Prin-
cess Beatrice. Queen Victorias young
est and favorte daughter. Ena is in
tensely English and, 1t is Whispered,
hates the idea of the Spanish mar
riage. She Is a tall girl, well built,
athletic and remarkably good looking.
She would make two of King Alfonso,
who will have to grow a lot If he
wants to come anywhere near the
height, weight and general buxom-
ness of his consort-to-be.
1t Is a well known fact in inner
circles of society that Princess Ena
has an English admirer, noble lord
and captain I'm the guards. He is a
magnificent specimen of manhood and
one of the handsomest of young Eng
lishmen. Ena and he met at her COM
ing-out ball at Kensington palace last
summer and have been constantly to-
gether ever since. Gossip says there
was a secret engagement and that Ena
was to follow the example of her cou-
sin, Maud, now princess royal of Eng
land, and her aunt, Princess Louise,
duchess of Argyle, and marry a sub
ject instead of a member of a royal
family. The match in every way was
suitable and undoubtedly, but for the
proposal of the Spanish alliance, would
have been consummated.
When Alfonso saw Ena, after look
ing at all the sunny-faced royal prin-
cesses, of which Europe does not loud
ly boast, he threw his handkerchief In
her direction and the die was cast.
Ena and her gallant guardsman made
a fearful fuss, but were quickly sat
upon. Ena refused point blank to be-
como a Roman Catholic. but since then
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
PALACE TO BE HOTEL
Syndicate Buys the Magnificent Es-
tate of the Late "Frenzied Finan-
cier" of England


Special Gable to The Herald.
LONDON, Jan. 13.-Lea Park, Whitley,
Surrey, the gorgeous palace which was
erected by the late Mr.. Whitaker
Wright when at the height of his fl
nancial fame, has been sold by private
treaty by Messrs. Hampton & Sons to
a small syndicate, which intends to
convert the mansion into a first class
residential hotel.
The syndicate. as speedily as possi-
ble, will construct golf links of eigh
teen holes within the private park and
a capital polo ground. The mansion,
when new wing has been added. will
contain 145 bedrooms sixteen reception
rooms, a winter garden, an observatory
and a spacious theater and ballroom.
1t will be a hotel de luxe, with prices
which will not appeal to the man OF
moderate means.
The property which has been acquired
by the syndicate consists of some 435
acres and comprises, beside the man
sion, stabling and gardens, "a lovely
chain of lakes covering about thirty
acres, with here and there temples of
classic design" and visitors to the hotel
will be able in the sultry summer days
to smoke or read or dream in the much
talked-of submerged glass-domed room
which has been constructed under the
largest of the lakes
on Sunday evening concerts, at which
well-known artists will appear, will be
given in the theater, garden city for
rich men is to be built around the out
skirts of the park. The houses will be
surrounded by large gardens and will
command fine views of the beauties of
the estate.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
DID SPANS FUTURE QUEEN
HAVE SECRET ENGAGEMENT ?
Inner Circles of Society Give Up News That the
Bride-tOBe Has an English Admirer
and Had Planned Marriage

her women relatives have prevailed
upon her to accept the gifts the gods
have made. The guardsmau was
threatened, cajoled and finally his
honor and patriotism appealed to. This
had the desired result but the guards
man Is still I'm London as near his
royal sweetheart as can be, but ]
doubt If they meet In public. lie IS
very wealthy, and no one In society
will be surprised to hear that he has
resigned from the army and is now
away on a tour of the world. | ques-
ton, however. IL this tour will take
him out of Spain, for by the next sum-
mer his princess will be reigning In
Madrid.
The ex-Empress Eugenie is the prin-
cipal figure behind the scenes who
has pulled the wires in the coming
royal alliance. Princess Ena is dill
gently studying Spanish and King AL
fonso is applying himself to mastering
the intricacies of the English Ian
guage, which, like most Spaniards, he
speaks with little accent. The young
king is i'm constant correspondence
with the princess, and rarely does a
week pass without a budget of news
arriving from Madrid. Princess Ena
is charmingly unconventional, and
now that fate has singled her out as
Span's future queen, it will be inter-
esting to note how she will adapt her
self to the rigid conventionality of
Spanish court life. 1t is character
istic of the young princess that when
signing the register at st. Georges s
Hanover square, after the wedding of
Lady Ruperta Darlington, she should
have inscribed herself "lIna of Batten-
burg" using the pretty abbreviation
of the name of her Spanish godmother,
the ex-Empress Eugene, and not the
more stately Victoria Eugenie," by
which she is designated in the court
oir
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
Little Girls Life for a Doll
Special Gable to The Herald

GENEVA, Jan. 13.-Marie Favre, a
girl of nine, was playing on the quay
OF Lake Nenchale with other children
yesterday when her doll fell into the
water.
Without a moments hesitation she
climbed over the railings and jumped
into the icy water to save her doll.
The lake is deep in this part and
Marie, clutching at her doll disap-
peared.
The body was recovered later by a
child's arms.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
HUNTS LIONS ON
ENGINES FRONT.
THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF
SIGNAL MANS WIFE
One Of Four Beasts Had Broken Loose
and Was Chased Down the
Tracks by Her on
Locomotive
sneclal cable to The Herald.


PARIS, Jan. 13.-Few more exciting
adventures have ever happened to a
woman than that which befel a signal
mans wife, who came face to face with
lion outside her own doorway last
night.
The lion was one of four which
Travelled with a menagerie in one cage
from st. Etienne to ROanne. The lions
cage was carried on an open truck,
which came into collision with a wall
as the train passed through a tunnel
The corner of the cage was broken,
and one of the lions jumped out on the
platform of the little station at Ven-
Oranges.
The great brute was hurt by the
leap, but, quickly recovering, bounded
along the platform, knocked over the
stationmaster and made off down the
line. A L omotive was ordered out,
and, carrying four armed peasants,
went in pursuit.
The second portion of the story is
told by the signalmans wife at the
crossing about three miles from Ven
Oranges.
"I was on duty" she said, "as my
husband had gone to bed after hard
days work. / had gone to look at the
signals, when 1 heard a deep growl
and saw two red lights glowing in the
darkness.
Ready to Spring
"I turned one of the gate lamps in
the direction of the growl and saw an
enormous lion crouched ready to spring.
it was growing savagely and bleeding
from a wound i'm the shoulder.
81 hardly know exactly what hap
pened but | snatched the lamp from
the gate and dashed it in the brute's
face Then ] heard the roar of an
oncoming train, some shots, and L
tainted"
What had happened was that the
locomotive had come UP and the peas
ants had shot the lion. The womans
husband had slept all the time and
was only awakened when his wife was
carried in. She recovered quickly and
is none the worse for her experience.
Meanwhile another exciting incident
happened at Roanne. The accident to
the cage had not been noticed, and a
second lion jumped out. He was shot
on the platform. Nobody dared to go
near the cage, so the two remaining
beasts were also shot
The proprietor of the menagerie esti-
mates that he has lost $4,000 by the
shooting of the four lions.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
PRAISES MRS. PALMER'S HEAD
Rodin, Worlds Greatest Sculptor, En-.
thusiastic over Bust Which He
Is Making of Chcaqoan
speclal Cable 10 The Herald.

PARIS, Jan. 13.-Rodin, the greatest
sculptor of France, if not of the age,
now Is at work on a white marble bust
or MRS. Potter Palmer of Chicago He
declares Mrs. Palmer's head a fine Ro-
man type, and has grown quite en-
thusiastie over 1t. She gave him sev-
eral situngs last fall i'm Paris, and
there VIII be others when she returns
mere IN the spring. Those who have
seen the bust I'm the city saw II h
something wonderful. There are aow-
ers IN the hair as Rodin always has
them IN his female heads, but in lieu
OF sarlands encircling the bust, as Is
nus won't he introduced a splendid
opera wrap out of whose Elizabethan
Iuihhess rise the beautifully modelled
neck and shoulders
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
ROYAL TRoUSSEAU ON SHOW
Madrid Public Gets Its First oppor-
tunity to Gaze at Princess
Wedding Finery
specIal Cable 70 The Herald.

Special Gable 70 The Herald.
MADRID, Jan. ia departure i'm a
royal wedding procedure was man ked
here when all of the Infanta DOna
Maria Teresa's trousseau and wedding
gifts were placed ON exhibition. The
greatest interest has resulted in con-
sequence among the society women OF
Madrid. The wedding dress is the
bridegroom's gift. 1t Is made of white
aatin with a large velvet mantle of the
same shade. The veil is of Alencon
lace. The kings gift to his sister is an
old collar of diamonds and rubies
Prince Louis Ferdnand's gift to his
brother is a golden fleece with an IN
sigma in diamonds. sapphires and
rubics,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
READY FOR ROYAL WEDDING
Marriage Settlement of the King OF
Spain's Sister and Prince Ferdi-
nand of Bavaria Siqned

MADRID, Jan. 13.-The marriage
settlement of the Infanta Maria The
resa, sister of the king, and Prince
Ferdinand of Bavaria was signed at
the palace this afternoon. There was
royal banquet in honor of the event
this evening.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
Lansdowne Champions King
Calls Ambassador From Berlin

Lascelles reported the incident to his
gov ernment and was recalled to Eng
land Immediately. 1t was officially
stated that he had taken leave of alb
sence. but the slight offered to him was
the real reason of his departure.
Efforts are being made to reconcile
the two rulers, but without result. The
peacemakers, however, are counting on
the coming jubilee celebration of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the kaiser's $
marriage to bring about reconcilla-
ton and also on the expected birth of
child by the German crown princess.
which VIII make the kaiser grand
father.