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Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
MUST TUNNEL WAY
IN SNOW TO HOUSES
Special Gable to The Herald,


VIENNA, Feb. 2.-In several towns
in Silesia the snowdrifts are SO great
in some of the streets as to reach to
the caves of the houses. The resi-
dents have had to tunnel their way in
and out.
The same is the case in - --eral viii
lagos in the Carpathians, which are
almost completely buried in snow.
In Budapest and Lemberg the snow
in the streets averages three feet deep.
The municipality is helpless to deal
with the enormous drifts, and traffic
is almost at a standstill.
The attempts Of householders to
shovel away the snow from the front
of their houses has only aggravated
the difficulty of L e authorities, for
snow barricades over six feet high are
formed on the pavements.
The supplies of coal and wood are
running short in Budapest. Stores
and provisions are becoming exhausted
in many towns, owing to the complete
interruption that 'xists in rail and
road traffic.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
MAKERS OF STYLES
DISPUTE MRS. FISH
DENY AMERICAN DRESSMAK-
ERS ARE THE BEST
European Modistes Asesrt They Only
FoIow-Worth and Paquin Declare
Paris Still Reigns Supreme
In Their Field
pecial Cable to The Herald.


LONDON, Feb. Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fishs statement that American dress
makers are the best in the world has
stirred up not a little ferment over
here.
Worth, the famous creator of modes,
whose establishment in Paris is reput-
ed to have produced more fashions
than any other place in the world is in
London just now, and when shown
this statement, said:
IF Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish's opinion
has any basis in fact, the question at
once arises, Why do American women
flock to Paris and London to buy their
dresses? 1t has been estimated that
out of 100, 900 American visitors to Paris
70 900 come to buy dresses, and this in
spite of the fact that customs duty,
when they get back home, is so high.
Says They're Not Best
Statistics prove that American dress
makers are not the best in the world,
because they come to Europe to get
their modes. America is a great coun-
try in every sense of the word, but
Paris must still have the dominant rep
utation for dressmaking that cannot be
wrested from her"
WorthS opinion was corroborated by
the manager at Paquin's, who said:
THE pages of American papers
themselves tell the facts of the case.
They are filled with advertisements
of American modistes who offer all the
latest Partisan models as an induce
ment to their clients. AT present Paris
is inundated with American dressmak-
ers. Personally we have an enormous
clientele"
At Redfern's, in Bond street, the
manager said. eft is a recognized thing
that American modistes should come
to London and Paris for ideas. OF
course, they modify the styles to suit
their clients, as we modify them to
suit English patrons. There is no
doubt that American dressmakers do
good work, but it will be found almost
without exception that the workers
have been originally trained or passed
through apprenticeships in Europe"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
SECOND EMPIRE STYLE
i IN HAIR STARTLES PARIS

PARIS, Feb, "A young and very
beautiful Woman-an autumn bride
appeared at an evening party recently
with her fair brown hair dressed in
second empire style, with lunches Of
ringlets hanging over her ears. The
startled company looked instinctively
for a crinollne, but the lady's cour-
age had not gone as far as that, and
the rest of her toilet was modern
Seen from a little distance the coiffure
so long worn by two youthful sover-
eigns of England and France the late
Queen Victoria and the eX-Empress
Eugenie, was seen TO have certain adj
Yantages. The clusters of curls make
a very becoming frame to the face and
well-shaped oval contour gains enor-
mously from being thus accentuated.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
FRANCE is STlNGY WITH
HER HELLO" GIRLS
Special Cable to The Herald,


PARIS, Feb. Paris telephone
service, long eXasperating, tried the
temper of users during the holiday
season almost beyond endurance. A
few months ago a courageous woman,
an actress, became the heroine of the
hour owing to the richness and rotund-
ity of the language with which she re-
torted over the wire to the everlasting
Pas libre," (busy)! She was prose-
cuted for insult, but all Paris synpa-
thized with her. Now, happily. an in
fluential newspaper the Figaro. has
taken the matter up and is collecting
data for a more formal protest than
that of the actress. The real culprit in
the matter is the state, and the tele-
phone is an object lesson in government
ownership. But the long-suffering pub
lie finally fell to unjustly venting it's
just wrath on the unfortunate young
women operators in the exchanges.
They are worked to death. To secure
even a fairly good service there ought
to be at least twice as many of them.
But between official economy and ease
of shirking responsibility there is small
hope of relief.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
TALKS THROUGH AIR "a MILES
Successful Experiment in Wireless
Telephony Made Between Ber-
lin and Nauen
Special Gable to The Herald,

Special Cable to The Herald.
BERLIN, Feb. 2.-The German Socie-
ty of Wireless Telegraphy has succeed
ed in holding wireless telephone COM
munication between Berlin and Nauen,
twenty-four miles away. Prof. Slaby,
in an interview, described the expert
ment as eminently successful. The con-
Versation was carried on partly by Herr
Won Sydow, under secretary of the
state postal department, who received
perfectly ineligible repetitions to his
questions.
Prof. Slaby says the problem of wire
less telephony is solved, but that the
limit of distance is not yet known. He
sees no reason to set any limit, and be-
lieves that the time is coming when a
man will be able to speak wirelessly
with friend in any part of the world.
The method employed consists of the
use of the microphone in connection
with the ordinary wireless telegraphy
apparatus.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
FASHION B0OMS THE
TRADE IN SEALING WAX

BIRMINGHAM, Eng, Feb. 2-There
is boom in sealing wax in this center
Of the industry. This is partly due
to the decision Of the United States
and French governments to do away
with locks and keys and use wax to
seal mail bags, ana partly to a re-
Vival of the fashion of sealing cor
respondence with wax. Society and
other papers, recognizing the vogue,
have published lists Of the most appro-
pirate colors for different purposes.
For instance, a wedding invitation
must be sealed with white wax; an
invitation to dinner, chocolate wax; an
expression of sympathy, violet: a bust
ness letter, red; the refusal of a mar
riage offer, brown; Jealous epistles,
yellow. London jewelers. report a thirty
ing trade in signet rings
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
SHOE BARGAINS
FOR MONDAY
Fine Shoes on Sale for About
Half Their Worth
BE ON HAND EARLY
The Sale is mt the Mammoth Shoe House,
80 So. Broadway, between 5th and
9th sts.. Special Inducements
for Tomorrow.

The Mammoth will have a special
sale day tomorrow. A small shoe stock
was bought for about half the regular
price. This stock will be on sale to-
morrow. The qualities are all of tho
very best and the styles will suit the
most fastidious. Ladies' $500 and $3.50
oxfords ties go for $1.23. Ladies' $3.50 to
$500 oxfords and high shoes go for
$195. Mems shoes will be on sale. from
$1.23 to $245 a pair tomorrow. Every
pair will go at big reduction of price.
The Mammoth's big bargain tables will
be filed with these bargains tomorrow.
Don't overlook this chance to supply
yourself with good shoes for little
money.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
LONDON PLANS
GAY HORSE SHOW
EXHIBITION TO oUTSHINE ALL
ITS PREDECESSORS
Americans Take Big Part-Alfred Van-
derbit ls in London Arranging
Details, and Armours
May Send Team
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Feb. 2.--Alfred Vanderbilt
has arrive at Berkeley hotel, London
for the purpose, as one OF the American
directors of the international horse
show to be held at the Olympia IN
June next, of finally settling the details
accompanied by r. L. McGrann of
Philadelphia, and between them and the
British directors they will set the seal
Of satisfaction upon the arrangements
for the exhibition, which is to be the
most elaborate of it's sort ever at
tempted in England.
1t is to be more of a spectacle than
that of any other show Of horses ever
held in the United Kingdom, and there
is no getting away from the fact that
the Olympia greatly lends itself to such
exhibitions.
To Set New Record
1t is hoped to make the show a dis
tinct removal from the old-fashioned
type of exhibition. 1t is to be a show
notable as a blaze of decoration, gilt
ter of electric lights, sparkle Of music
and a society function, for it is so dated
as to fall 'twixt EPSON week and
Ascot, when London Is crowded with
society and just at the very time when
1t is their chief bore to find something
to interest them.
Mr.. Vanderbilt and Mr.. McGrann will
commence Wednesday three days seri-
Gus effort at checking and altering the
catalogue. Among other details which
will be settled at his preliminary in
ternational conference will be the ar
rangements for the transit of horses,
the parceling out of the special prizes,
the selection of judges, the settlement
of the classes for trotters and road rigs
and the receiving of reports from the
American government to. ard the cost
of transportation of some of the ex-
hibits from America.
Leases English Farm
Mr.. Vanderbilt has leased a stud
farm near London for the better part
of year. and one of the great features
of the whole shov' is expected to be
his team of nearly thirty horses, his
noted Venture coach and retinue of
show traps grooms and strlppers.
Apart from the Vanderbilt horses,
Mr.. SALISBURY, a Philadelphia banker,
is expected to bring over his trotters,
and Heatherbloom, who won tn cham
pionship for the high jump in America,
- covering feet 2 inches, is to compete
against continental jumpers.
1t is almost certain that there will
be this year some classes made in the
catalogue Tor heavy draught horses in
Difference to Americas wishes so it is
expected that a team of six gray per-
cherons owned by the Messrs. Armour
of Chicago, which recently won the
championship prize at a big show in
that city, will come over for the chief
competition.
The judges, it might be explained
will be three for each section, one
American, one Englishman and one con-
tinental.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03


ing turn of mind. That is to say, the
police observed no exceeding of the
speed limit.
Is Lover of Horses, Also
Willie carries a most decorative coat
of arms on his snow white panel and is
gorgeously upholstered. Despite her
love for the motor car, Queen Wilhel-
nina has at least forty horses in her
stable and she argues that it is because
she is so devoted to horses that she
has become an enthusiastic AUTOMOBILE
list.
Nature" says the queen, did not in
tend horses for record runs and pro-
longed use"
Consequently for long distance trips
into the country she uses her motor
car When at home, for short drives
and airings in town and park, she
draws on the resources of her splendid
stables.
Wilhelmina came to Brussels partly
to buy some more toy terriers, or Brus-
sells griffons, as they are called here.
She has a great partiality for these ami
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
WILL COST MANY DOLLARS
TO GET ONE PALTRY CENT
Special Gable to The Herald,

cent Is causing the display of no end OF
red tape at Hanover. The money is
due to a civil servant who was trans
ferred to another city, and he was
credited with it after three weeks Of
auditing his accounts.
His superiors at Hanover have re-
quested the official to come TO Hanover
to receive his one cent-a journey cost
ing So. Probably he win not think It
worth while to make the journey and
order. He will be charged 1h cents
on delivery, which he may refuse, and
then the unfortunate cent will enter
maze of accounts and reports which
only the German bureaucracy. can
create.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
RUSSIAN CAVIAR is
PUT AT FAMINE PRICES
Special Cobio 10 I've Herald.

LONDON, Feb. Frequenters OF the
principal restaurants are not a little
fretful at the sudden rise I'm the price
of caviar. 1t has jumped so suddenly
that the worst is feared.
Is the supply coming TO an enc? they
ask. The delicaCy is now serving I'm
London at % shillings pound. where
as AT the beginning of the war between
Russia and Japan it was only 10 shil-
lings
result OF the great war the sturgeon
fishery fell into a state of comparative
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
EARL, FRUITERER, TO
SELL OUT HIS SHOP
pecial Gable to The Herald,

LONDON, Feb. at is not gener-
ally known that the Earl OF Harring-
ton, eighth of the line, is by trade a
the business of the fruit shop at the
the bushes sof the fruit shop at the
corner of Craig's Court and Charing
Cross is owned by the earl. But the
shop is called Elvaston Stores, after
one of the Earl of Harrington's coun-
try seats, Elvaston castle. in Derby
shire.
Now he is going to shut it up, and
familiar landmark, therefore, will
disappear from this part of Whitehall,
Craig's court ouse, as the reconstruct
ed building will be called, has entirely
transformed the appearance of this
old world court, in the center Of which
stands Harrington house. the town
residence of the arls Of that name.
This fine old mansion, ,'hich is now
completely hemmed I'm by houses on
every side, has just been redecorated
and reopene' by the present earl.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
MARL BOROUGH WILL
HAVE TO EC0NOMIZE
peciaI Gable to The Herald.

LONDON, Feb. 2.-The duke of MARI
borough ie still pursuing his policy of
retrenchment, He has just given in
structions to sell next spring the fa-
nous herd of Jersey cattle in Blenheim
park. Economy is being shown in
other directions
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt are
at Claridge's for a few days. They will
leave for Paris and the Riviere.
The splendid steam yacht Warrior is
being prepared for it's owner, Frederick
Vanderbilt. Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt
are expected here before starting on a
Mediterranean cruise.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03

mails and brought with her no less than
six. These royal pets have long been
notorious in Belgium and Holland. They
are the widest domesticated animals
imaginable. and innumerable are the
trousers of officers and the skirts of
ladies in waiting that they have de-
stroyed. The more savage they are the
more pleased is their royal mistress.
Gets Savage Griffon
Her favorite giffon she got in this
way: One day while motoring near
Brussels she passed a housemaid who
was followed by three griffons, which
she judged from their barking to be of
a lively disposition. She followed the
maid home and noted the address. The
next day she drove to the house and to
her great delight saw the three griffons
at a window, Her appearance was the
signal for much barking, whereupon
the owner of the dogs opened the door
to discover the cause and found himself
in the presence of the queen.
He subsequently presented the finest
of the griffons to her majesty.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
VIOLET VENOERS
FIND A FRIEND
MAYOR HARPER FAV0RS N0MI-
NAL LICENSE FEE
Argues That Los Angeles Streets
Would Look Unnatural Without
Baskets Of Fragrant
Blooms

Mayor Harper has come to the res-
cue OF the flower sellers and If they are
willing to pay the city $5 q month for
the privilege he thinks the traffic can
be satisfactorily handled without in
terfering with the rights of florists and
the public.
The plan of the police Is to keep
the venvers moving and thus do away
with most os the criticism.
If these old peddlers were banished
from the streets Los Angeles would
lose one of her most attractive features.
The sight of thousands of baskets full
of vioets and all kinds of Southern
California flowers on sale on the re-
tail streets Is the most refreshing that
greets tourists as they come to the
land of flowers. Men, women and chill
dren make a livelihood at 1t and in
some cases the practice has descended
from father to son. This is one of the
mayors arguments.
Lately considerable opposition has
been stirred up in some quarters
against these vendors and there are
various rumors as to why this sudden
criticism has arisen over custom that
has prevailed for years here. 1t is
hinted that certain wholesale dealers
have taken contracts to supply the
vendors with violets and that as there
is a shortage they find themselves in
tight quarters to make money on the
deal. BY driving out some of the ven
ders they would break even" or better.
Most of the dealers say they do not
object to the dealers If they do not
insist on remaining in front of their
premises and dragging prospective GUS
toners away from their counters.
Their spirit in fact, is a liberal one,
as they recognize that many of these
men and women are invalids and have
dependants.
The new ordinance may be intro
duced on Monday.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
LONDON SHlVERS;
COAL VERY COSTLY
Special cable 10 INC HcraId.


LONDON, Feb. 2.--The cold is Sc
we're, and, to increase the sutferngs Of
the very poor, coal has risen TO "a price
higher than has been known since 1880
Indeed, for coal sold in the streets in
small quantities OF quarter and half
hundredWeight poor people have to pay
at the rate of $ll 04 ton, Poor stuff It
is, too, but ii atOnes for It's deficiency in
caloric properties by its richness in
Stag.
But while the streets are sloppy and
the atmosphere dense with smoke and
charged with fog outside, In the su-
burbs all is gay. Following the snow
fall at the beginning of the week the
sky is now clear, the air is crisp and
the ponds are crowded with skaters
animated and most unusual scenes for
London.
1t is curioush however, that, while
London ana south England are being
visited by such % cold wave, Scotland
and the north are comparatively warm.
At Stornaway yesterday. where one ox-
poets snoWstOrms All the winter
through, the lowest temperature regis
tered was 40 degrees Fahrcnhoit
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
DUTCH QUEEN SHOWS I
SKILL AS CHAUFFEUR

Special Cable to The Herald.
~ RUSsELS, Belgium,
X Feb. Before going
- from Holland to the
milder climate Of the Medi-
terranean shores, by her
DOCTORS advice, queen VIII
helmina came to Brussels
from The Hague with her
husband in an automobile,
driving it herself with the
skill Of a professional chauf-
feur.
She seems to have been
bent on showing the people
OF Brussels that she can
rival their own Princess
Elizabeth as a motor car
driver, which is saying a
good deal. During her stay
she was seen every morning
In the bois on her twenty
horse power machine, in
most dainty and becoming
motoring attire.
She strongly objects to the
hideous costumes worn by
some automobilists, green
goggles. black mackintoshes
and black silk masks. In
her white suede, fur trim
med coat she looked delight
fully smart, even In Brus-
sells, where smart motoring
costumes for women are the
rule.
Wilhelmina was among
the women pioneers in
motoring in Holland, start
ing four years ago with a
ten-horse power French car.
The first day she took the
wheel and successfully
guided the auto through a
thick Dutch fog. She has a
decided taste for mechanics,
which is, Of course, essential
to good motor driving.
1t can not be said of her
that she drives in a manner
to remind one of Mark
,Twain's shot-loaded jump
ing frog. She went spinning
- not to say scorching - in
the bois in a car to which
she had given the pet name
of Willie in affectionate, if
perhaps not reverential,
memory of her great ances-
tor. William the Silent. Will
lie can go at least thirty
miles an hour untiringly, but
being a law abiding car, of
course kept within the limits
prescribed by Legislators
.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03

desuetude. There is apparently no lack
of sturgeon, but the fishery has not
been worked lately, so London is crying
out at the increase in price of more
than 100 per cent.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03

why" asked the agitator, Should
the wage Garner be at the beck and call
of his employer"
I'm not,," said the auditor, who was
yawning. I've got my employer so that
he minds every word say and asks no
questions. I'm his chauffeur Wash
ington Star
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
The Cafe Bristol

is the Headquarters for French Cuisine
and German Dishes. Select patrons.
Entire basement II. w. HeIImau bldg.
Fourth and Spring SITS.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
FIND FAULT IN
OREADNOUGHT
Race on in shipyards to Win Big
Prizes in Construction--Arm=
strongs Striving for
Record
Special Gable to The Herald.


LONDON, Feb. "A statement is
current in naval ports that the Dread
nought draws considerably more water
than it was designed for. Not long ago
the present chief constructor of the
navy said that a difference of more
than per cent was to be found in the
weight of ships built in different yards
to Identical specifications, but that it
was not easy to find the reason.
Rumor credits the Dreadnought with
drawing three feet more water than it's
designed draft Of 261a feet, although
great importance was attached TO keep
ing the draft at the minimum, for dock
ing purposes and for the Suez canal
Race in Work on Big Ships
Messrs. Armstrong, who are to build
the Superb one of the new Dread
nought type, at their ElsWick works,
are stated to be Straining every nerve
to have the ship ready for launching in
less time than it took to build the first
Dreadnought, which was tWenty-one
months from start to finish, and to
demonstrate that a private yard can
compete with the royal dockyard in
rapidity of construction.
A new building slip has been con-
struCted for the Superb and new work.
shops have been erected close at hand
I'm order to save as much time as pos
Sible, and the latest machinery has
been installed all around the slip.
Portsmouth and DeVonport, each of
which now has a new Dreadnought on
the slips, are said to have entred into
this competition keenly, and it will be a
tight race between the Superb, the
Bcllcrophon and the Temersire.
The two dockyards got long start of
the Armstrong vessel inasmuch as they
had a lot of material ready for use as
soon as sanction was given to COM
mCnCC work
Sir John Fisher the first sea lord,
holds strong views as to the superiority
of the turbine over other means OF pro-
pulsion, and he is grateful to Lord
TWoedmouth and the government for
allowing him to use II in the navy. He
believes that the turbine is not only a
gain in efficiency but that it is great
economy in fuel, in space and in weight,
and as a consequence adds to the fight
ing capacity of the vessel. owing ia
the foresight Of the admiral and the
government. Great Britain will have
seven turbine propelled armored ships
before any other power has one.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03

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