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Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
LADY ESSEX BIG PEARL
NEARLY WENT TO THE DOGS

Special Gable to The Herald.
LONDON, May 18-It is with double
pleasure that the countess of Essex
wears her pearl pendant now. She
laughingly tells how the pear-shaped
gem, worth $17OO, nearly "went to the
dogs" at her villa on the Riviera. Her
children devotedly love small pet
dog named "Bobbin," perhaps, because
he is wound up" to all sorts of mis-
chief. Lady Essex, who was Miss Adele
Grant of New York, returning one day
from motoring to Monte Carlo, was
taking off her motor veil when she dis
lodged the pendant from the ring at
taching it to it's chain. She placed the
rare pearl on a little table and forgot
about 1t for an hour-then it had
vanished Carpets, rugs, furniture were
vainly searched for the pearl. 'Bobbin'
seemed very much interested. Wag-
ging his tail, he frisked around the
searchers. But instead of yelping, the
dog kept moving his silent jaws, like a
COW chewing her cud. Finally happy
thought struck Lady Essex. She seized
"Bobbin," set him on her lap, opened
his mouth and there, under his tongue,
lay the pearl. Had it not been found a
serious lawsuit might have resulted,
for the EsseXes suspected the honesty
of a certain servant who formerly
served in a royal family.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
.FURORE IN PARIS
OVER "SALOME" :"
STRAUSS OPERA MAKES GREAT
IMPRESSION THERE
Unveiled Again, No One Seems to Care
If She Had Seven VeiIs-As
Revealed, They Applaud
Wildly
Special Cable to The Herald.

special CdDle " o. l1tldlu
PARIS, May 11.-"In 'Salome' the
dance of the seven wells was perfect.
But l do not remember that there were
seven veils.'
So remarks a critic of the perform
ance of Oscar Wilde's worst literary
work here. The utterance is typical of
the warm enthusiasm with which 'Sa-
lome," rejected by frigid New York, is
received - an enthusiasm in which
Wilde's wretched fate is forgotten.
This is not the first time "Salome"
has been produced in Paris. That
charming dancer, Lima Monte, person.
ated the heroine during Wilde's heyday.
1t is dufficult to tell why such piquancy
was added to the revival.
But the fact remains that he or she
who did not attend the dress rehearsal
must not be counted now among the
most fashionable of the fashionables.
Princes and princesseS struggled for
tickets of admission; marquises, coun-
tesseS, millionaireS and their wives were
strewn, victims, downtrodden in the
furious charge. Only the supreme lead
ers of society, great actors, daring
actresses, dramatists and noted jour-
nalists survived the struggle and had
opportunity to applaud the rehearsal
The Countess de Greffulhe, the Mar
quise de Ganay, the Princess Cantacu-
zene, the Princess Murat set the tone
or the pace, if you please.
Messages so influential that they were
orders were sent around. "'Salome'
must be prodigious success" The fact
that Strauss, who wrote the decadent
music, is a Teuton. only added to the
perverse joy that commanded the tri-
umph.
Honest critics declare Wilde's work
lacks originality, but is remarkable in
Haunting a Biblical subject spectacu-
larly, like review.
Nevertheless Emma Destina displayed
energy, nerve and enhancing fascina-
tion as Salome. And Burnaud, as Her.
cd, brought out, as only Frenchman
can, all that is essentially farcical in
that character. The music pleased del
icate taste; the costumer and the scenic
artist had SCOPE unlimited by cost.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
WOMAN'S DESIRE TO
GLITTER MAKES TINSELlTlS
,nooio1cohle In The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald
LONDON, May 49, Fashiona Bile
women have adopted new dress craze
diagnosed as "tinselitis." The symp-
toms differ from "sequln1tis, the
malady of last season, and the sequlneu
Gown will no longer be chief favorite.
"Tinselitis' has affected dress, mil
linery. notepaper and picture post
cards. and has opened a new profession
for women.
"There is an extraordinary demand
for tinsel," the manager of a large pic
ture postcard firm said yesterday. IL
began with the postcards of actresses,
in which only the jewels were pickeo
out with tinsel. The favorite picture
postcard is now a blaze of this glitter
ing powder.
"The new craze opens up splendid
employnent for women. The cards are
embossed with a raised, uncolored pat
tern of flowers or scenery. The artist
must then tint the card, and where the
tinsel is to be applied a specially pre-
pared gum is laid on. The glittering
powder is then shaken all over the card
and tilted off again, leaving the correct
quantity clinging to the gum"
A well known French costumler re-
CARDS "tinselitis" as one of the most
artistic of complaints.
There is an innate desire In the
feminine heart to glitter" he said.
1.-The millionaires can indulge in dia-
monds. 'Tinselitis' will be the pet dis
ease of the enormous number of women
who cannot afford real diamonds and
will not wear paste.
1.-The most delicate effects can be OBJ
tanned on dresses by tinsel powder. We
are making a debutante's gown for the
next drawing room of white chiffon on
which are scattered tiny silver tinsel
rosebuds. Gold tinsel poppies on black
tulle is also one of the latest designs.
Many ladies are adding tinsel work
to their knowledge of fancy embroidery.
'Tinselitis' has also affected mil
linery, and flower toques are now
made, the center of each blossom being
filed with silver, gold or jet powder"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, May 1S.-Mrs. Harold Bar
ing, formerly Miss Marie Churchill of
New York, who married into England's
great banking family, is deep In the
graces of King Edward. The British
hostesses admit this; not without lit
tie envy, because it is rumored on the
other side of the Atlantic that it was
that American resourcefulness that
brought the smiles of the British ruler
her way She was recently hostess at
her Biarritz villa at a dinner which
Edward VII graced by his attendance.
She naturally wished to make the most
of her opportunity. This is the secret
the servants are whispering-how she
brought triumph out of defeat:
At 6 o'clock her new dinner costume
from Paris had not arrived and the
guests had assembled. The maid was
in despair. Not so madam. She called
into her presence the butler and his as
sistant. To the latter she gave instruc-
ton that at the opportune moment
during the early part of the dinner
after the maid had notified him that
the new gown had arrived, he was to
spill the soup, anything convenient,
into her lap. The more he spoiled her
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19

dress, one she had worn once before in
the presence of the king, the more she
would be grateful.
Program Carried Out
The program was carried through
perfectly. The man stumbled admir-
ably and the dress was soaked and the
bodice ruined by green turtle soup. A
laugh had just gone around the table.
The king had made a witty remark.
Even as the butler served the soup to
the king there was no indication in his
impassive face that the moment had
arrived, and the hostess was serious up
to the moment of the stumble. A cas-
cade of soup from the plate he held as
he stumbled fell upon the hostess cor
sage and thence down the whole front
of her pale blue skirt.
"Oh, OH" gasped the ladies, who no
longer envied their hostess.
The butler trembled, apparently. The
king was kind and offered his sympa-
thy.
You are excused for the evening,
Gaston," said Mrs. Barring, quietly, and
the culprit withdrew in apparent con-
fusion. Then to the king:
"If your majesty will excuse my
brief absence 1 believe the damage can
be repaired"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
FINANCE"
PRESENTED TO POPE
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
ROME, May 1S.-Mr. Lawson's 'Fren-
zied Finance" with dedication by MT.
Lawson himself, has been presented to
the pope. John Adams Kayer of New
York, Mr.. Lawson's former publisher,
at a private audience with Cardinal
Merry Del Val, papal secretary, pre-
sented a specially bound copy of the
book in cardinal red morocco, with gold
tooling. Mr. Lawson's inscription is as
follows:
I'm praying for rseting place for
this offspring of turmoil and passion, a
resting place among the sanity sages
of your shelves, among the modern
wordsmiths of your storehouse of wis
dom. I plead the great priest to give
me a 1.-THE of your boundless soil, a
tithe in which to plant my palpitating
kernel of truth.
"Once planted. my seed, watered by
tears of the countless tricked and plum
dered of all lands, warmed by nature S
rays, toughened by gales and hardened
by frosts, will grow until some day-ah,
God! that day-it will inspire the neck
heeled to move, erect, strong, resolute
and great. oh, priest, grant my
prayer"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
ON VERGE OF MARRIAGE
WITH OWN DAUGHTER
Special Cable to The Herald.


TOXIC, May 1S.-A strange incident
is reported from Osaka, with the dis
appearance of wealthy merchant
named Sakamoto. who was to have
been married next week to a pretty
girl of 20.
Sakamote, who is AZ, was first married
twenty-five years ago, but after the
birth of a baby daughter he quarreled
with his wife and deserted her at
Omori, near Yokohama. He then went
to a northern province and built up a
lucrative business as a merchant. His
wife died two years later and the
daughter was adopted by family liv-
ing at Osaka.
A few months ago Sakamoto retired
from business and went to Osaka to
live. He became acquainted with this
couple, and finally arranged to marry
their supposed daughtaE. He discovered
quite by chance that Ms intended bride
was really his own daughter, whom he
had deserted nearly twenty years be-
fore.
Sakamoto disappeared after leaving
a substantial sum for his daughter.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
CURB CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
IN THE SCHOOLS OF BERLIN
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
BERLIN, May 1S.-The Berlin school
board has sent instructions to teachers
in the public schools that only in ex-
treme cases should they engage in cor
poral punishment, and when necessary
extreme care should be taken. Leading
authorities in Berlin are opposed to
corporal punishment. Prof Baginvay,
distinguished head of the Emperor
Frederick Childrens hospital said
Teachers can well get along withoue
such punishment, for the consequences
never can be seen beforehand"
Prof. Bernhardt, instructor in nervous
diseases in the university, said teachers
need not engage in corporal punish
ment.
Prof. Gurlitt, one of the leading peda-
gogues of Germany, said:
II am for complete prohibition of
corporal punishment
Leipsic teachers petitioned the magis-
thate to take this step, and at the same
time urged the establishment of special
classes for unruly pupils.
DR.. Leo Hirschlaff, publisher of the
Journal of Psychology and Pathology,
said: Il question every right of COR
poral punishment as shown by the noted
authority, DR.. Moll. Blows on tender
organs are dangerous to health"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
CARD LEAvERS'
ANNOY GUESTS
HOTELS TRY TO PREVENT THE
INFLICTI0N
Aggravated Form of Advertisement by
Persons Invited to Society En-
tertalnments Worries the
FashlonabIes
snoo,a1 cable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
LONDON. May 1S.-Hostesses are al
ready much troubled by recruo-
escence in aggravated form or tnat SO,
cietxT nest known as the "card leaVer.
THE card leayer is a man of consider
able social standing who earns pre-
carious living by permitting hlrnselL 10 10
be hired by fashionable shopKeepers ~ ~
leave their business cards at houses "
which he may be invited 10 olne' sup
or dance. ,.,.o,,,
These cards he drops in most unlikely
nlaces sometimes on q table or chair,
or else slips them into a drawer Whlcn
is supposed to be dedicated to the prl-
vate business of the mistress OF the
house. The great art in card leaving
is to get card In a quaint or eXtraor-
dinary place, the avowed design oelng
to create astonishment when dlscoV-
cred. i,
But this is nothing to the manner IN
which wealthy American VISITORS are
being harassed at first class hotels oy
men known as special agents. 1hey
are perfect terrors. The special agent
is nothing new exactly, but like the
card leayer, he has come this season In
a. more willy and more perfected shape.
Hotel managers are at their WIS
ends to prevent the special agent from
reaching visitors. This is how the tnlng
is done: A gentleman, always well and
fashionably dressed with polished
and cultured manner, calls at the in
ouiry office of the hotel, hands over
plain visiting card and asks for a GER
tain American visitor by name.
The card is taken up to the visitor in
question, who, in nine cases out of ten,
gives instructions that the caller be
Nefo i've THINKING
some one whom he has met before, but
for the moment forgotten. When shown
UP he finds the man represents some
firm of automobile makers, art dealers,
tailors or something else.
Women are pestered the same way.
An American sufferer from special
agent said:
at is not easy to escape their atten-
tions, they are so cunning and so per-
sistent Their cards never give any
indication of their errand. They usually
come primed with knowledge of their
prospective victims career gathered
from goodness knows where. They do
not even hesitate to use the name of q
friend of the victim, by wT1om they pro-
fess to be introduced. The result is
that some American visitors are adopt
ing a nom d'hotel.' But that is not
always successful"
In endeavoring to avoid these unwel-
come visitors awkward mistakes arise,
particular friends sometimes being
turned away rather rudely. The other
day a visitor at one of the hotels re-
ceived the card of a lady who had been
recently married, but whose name he
did not recognize. The lady was there
fore told that the gentleman she had
asked for had received her card, but
could not see her. Next day the visitor
was Mortified to receive letter from
the lady which apprised him Of the mis-
take he had made.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
ENGLISH INSPECTOR A
REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, May 1S.-There has just
retired from the detective force of Scot
land Yard a man who, after nearly
thirty years of service, has won rec
ords of which Sherlock Holmes might
we'll oe proud. This is Detective In
spector John Walsh, who helped to cap
ture the dynamitards of the eighties, tc
track down the anarchists of the nine
ties, and who arrested the notorious
"Invincible No. l." who closed the in
famous Autonomy club, and who has
taken no small part in the work of pro-
tecting Queen Victoria, the present
king, the czar and the kaiser, as well
as other rulers of Europe. Pressed fo1
the most interesting incident in con-
nection with his career, he would only
recall the incident of 1.-THE Forty
Thieves
1.-THE Forty Thieves" continued In
spector Walsh, were a well-known
band of criminals when 1 first Joined
the force in 1878 and was stationed al
Bow street. They consisted of a num-
Der of pretty girls between the ages OF
IA and 18, who walked the streets OF
London and decoyed men into dark
thoroughfares in and around st. Giles
and the Seven Dials, where they were
set upon by a less attractive gang OF
men in league with the forty fair ones
deprived of their valuables and some
times beaten-sometimes worse. The
men numbered among them some OF
the worst criminals to be found in
London, and how they managed to get
hold of so many really pretty and
really young girls and maintain hold
over them has always been something
of a mystery. Among the men were
some Of the most famous criminals of
thirty years ago, burglars, coiners, foot
pads and thieves. Along with some
colleagues at Bow street 1 was instru-
mental in breaking up the gangs, and
within twelve months there was not one
of them who was not doing penal servi-
tude"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
MAXINE ELLIOTT WON'T BE
BACK UNTIL MIDWINTER
Special Cable to The Herald.

PARIS, May 1S.-Maxine Elliott spent
four busy days here on her way to Nice
to pay fortnight's visit to Miss Muriel
Wilson. During her stay here she
passed her mornings comforting with
dressmakers about costumes for her
next seasons productions; her after
moons driving in the Bois or at the
races, and every evening she dined out
at some fashionable restaurant After
her trip to the south of France she will
divide her time between England and
Paris until autumn. September she
will appear at the Lyric theater in Lon
don in a new play by Henry Esmond
entitled Under the Evergreen Tree"
She will not play in New York until
after Christmas.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
WOMAN CANNOT WED;
LAW SAYS SHE'S A MAN
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald
PARIS, May 18.-Mlle. Deschamps,
who was about to be married to M.
Lenoir. yesterday at La Haye NAL
herbe in Normandy, discovered that
the marriage would be illegal, because
in the eye of the law she is a boy.
The bride and bridegroom and their
friends were gathered together pre-
vious to the ceremony, when the viii
lage schoolmaster-who is also the viii
lage clerk and registrar of births
burst into the room, exclaiming: 1.-THE
marriage is impossible!" He explained
that his predecessor had mistakenly
registered the birth as that of a boy,
and under the registration Mile. Des-
champs would become liable to serve
as a soldier this year.
The bride and bridegroom hurried off
to the local mayor and magistrate and
implored them to authorize the mar
riage, urging that the mistake in the
register was self-evident. The author
tiles turned deaf ear to their plead
ing, for French red tape is not to be
treated lightly, and it will take time
to repair the mistake.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
FEUD BETEWEEN HOTELS
ENDED; OWNERS QUIT
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
PARIS, May 1S.-Every self-respect-
ing American making tour of France
includes Mont Saint Michel in his itin-
erary. AS a result of an inspection of
that place just made by the under sec
retary of fine arts, visitors will now
find important changes.
For years homeric struggle has
been waged on the mount by the
Poulard family. Both branches kept
hotels, Nine. Poulard, sr., being re-
nowned for her omelets, and Poulard,
jr., for his beds. Their rivalry was
such that they made the picturesque
and ancient pile hideous with. contra
dictory advertisements.
Peace now reigns. Nine. Poulard, ST.,
consents to retire and Poulard, jr., sells
his hotel to a syndicate. OF the other
improvements the chief is modifica-
ton of the dixie in such a way that the
sea may again surround the mount.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
SEEK TO WED BY PROXY,
BUT LAW SAYS mo"
Special Cable to The Herald.


BERLIN, May 1S.-This weeks South
American mail steamer from Ham
burg will carry to far-off Peru wo-
man we'll known in Berlin society, who
is travelling half wa" around the world
to get married because the law does
not permit her to wed by proxy here.
Her future husband is young Ger
man engineer in Peru.
For propriety's sake-not wishing to
incur the cost of a journey home-he
wanted to welcome his sweetheart in
Peru as his wife, and not as his be-
trothed. To that end he induced the
local German consul general to execute
an official certificate attesting that the
engineer conferred upon his brother
in-law, living in Berlin, authority to
marry his f1ancee in his name.
The girl went to registrars office
armed Jointly with the consul generals
certificate and her intendeds under
study. The unsentimental officials,
however, looked up the records, and,
finding no precedent for marriage by
proxy, solemnly gave it as their opin-
ion that German bridegrooms have no
authority for leaving to other men the
utterance of the fateful words on their
behalf.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
Mr.. C0cKRAN'S HONEYMOON
SPENT PARTLY IN A TENT
specIal cable to rhe Herald.


LONDON, May 1S.-Congressman
Bourke Cochran will have an interest
ing story of his honeymoon to tell the
New York reporters who meet him at
the pier on the arrival of the Adriatic
the middle of next week. He left Amer
lea last December, expecting to be home
in six weeks. He was compelled TO pro-
long his absence on account of the III
ness which attacked his wife in Spain.
The doctors at Algeciras ordered Mr..
Cochran to take his wife to Egypt,
where, they said, she would find the
climate very helpful in recovering.
That was in January. Within ten
days Mr.. Cochran and his bride were
camping out on the desert, living in
tent, sleeping on cots, and eating the
plainest of camp fare. Mrs. Cochran
rapidly improved under these condi-
tions and eventually was completely
restored to health.
TT was a long way from the Bow
cry, though" Mr.. Cochran remarked
with a little shudder.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
RUNAWAY PRINCESS
LONGS FOR THRONE
LOUISE OF SAXONY SURE OF
KINGS PARDON
Struggle for Royal Child the Basis OF
Her Effort-LittIe Anna Is lncor-
rlgibIe and Must Be TickIed
to Sleep
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
DRESDEN, May 1S.-The Dresden
book referred to last week turns out to
be more sensational than the advance
notices indicated. Fight for Royal
Child" is the title. 1t gives in intimate
details the life and character of the
countess of Montignoso, the divorced
wife of the present king of Saxony, who,
as Prince Frederick August, married
Princess Louise of Tuscany in 1891.
The book is a human document in the
form of a diary kept by Frau kremer,
who was dispatched by the Saxon court
last autumn to Florence, to remain
month with the countess and her
daughter, the baby princess, Anna Mon
lea. and then bring the child back to
Dresden.
Countess Whimsical, Hysterical
Frau Kremer depicts the countess as
a hysterical, whimsical person, without
f1xity of purpose, and actuated, as in
the case of her flight with the Belgian
tutor. Giron, from the Saxon court in
1902. wholly by impulses Of the moment.
The baby princess, now years DID, is
described as an incorrigible child, VINO
has to be tickled to sleep, and has
strange passion for the smell or pen
zine. The countess love for her child is
declared to be a fiction. She continues
to wear her wedding ring, and refers 10
the king of Saxony as her husband.
Confident of Reconciliation
She constantly expresses confidence
that a reconciliation will yet come, and
told Frau Kremer repeatedly that II
she could only get the king alone and
away from his intriguing encourage she
would know how to win him back. She
asked the governess, some day Wnen
she was back in Dresden with the child,
to contrive to get the king alone in the
park. when the countess would steal up
and surprise him and hold conVersa-
ton which would soon right matters.
Frau Kremer tells of seeing on the
countess bedroom table what appeared
to be Goethes Faust" The countess
confessed that she had sewn Faust"
in a Bible cover to avoid curious eyes
at mass during her exile with the old
countess at Ronno, Austria, after the
Dresden escapade.. her parents having
farmed her out tof the countess In the
hope that castigation and partial
starvation would drive the devil out or
her soul.
The diarist reports that the countess
must have once had great affection tor
Giron. but that it became utter aversion
and finally indifference. She read the
newspaper account of his engagement
but it did not interest her.