Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-30
MICROBES IN TICKETS
CHASTITY Results of Analyses by
French Doctor.
SUMPTUOUS FRAUD PLANS
Self-Styled Prince Gets Two Years at
Paris.
HAIR DYEING A MODERN ART
0bstnacy of Railway Ticket Agent
Over Three Confines Costs the
Company Over $500.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

CHASTITY results. Each one yielded a sep
arate cultivation of microbes. Among these
fourisbed staphylocci. pneumocci. Loeffler's
pseudobacilli and others with even worse
names. The ten tramway ticket broths
were severally administered to ten white
mice. Eight of these died very rapidly and
the remaining two are dying. Five white
rats drank of the potions and all expired.
DR.. Busquets conclusion is that four out of
five tramway tickets may transmit danger
GUS diseases.
Theater managers grumble chronicaiy
here as elsewhere. but they seem to make
money all the same. The returns for Paris
just published give their total receipts last
year as more than $S.J00,GO0, the largest
figure on record. barring, of course, that of
the year 1900, the year of the last EXPOSE
ton, which exceeded S10OOO.OOO. A decade
ago Paris theater takings barely reached
$JOO0,0OO.
Prince Sergius Crusoff or a man thus
styling himself has just been sentenced by
default to two years Imprisonment for de-
frauding tradesmen on Il sumptuous scale.
Sergius urusoff gave himself out as
cousin of the car and owning about $4,000
a year. His wife, the princess. was de-
scribed as a daughter of the Sultan of Tur-
key, who had escaped from some harem in
her own country, "desenchantee, no doubt,
remarked the judge, showing that he had
read Pierre Lofts latest novel. The prin-
cess made no secret of the fact or the fic-
ton that she had 100000 a year. Between
them. Russian princely couple even ought
to be able to live fairly we'll in Paris, and
they duly set up in a princely mansion, but
do not appear to ever have furnished 1t.
Counsel for the plaintiffs. wine merchants.
said that the mansion remained bare except
for the hall. which contained furniture and
a small fountain calculated to impress Wis
torS.
''Prince" Had Empty Rooms.
Once a process server who refused to be
unduly impressed, forced his way beyond
the ante-chamber and found nothing except
empty rooms behind. Yet the prince had
bought enough furniture to fill the place
twice over. The explanation seems to be
that he had sold it again Immediately. and
as he appears never to have paid for it the
transaction was lucrative one for him.
Cabinet makers, tapestry dealers, furrters.
the Bon Marche and wine merchants were
all done" in the same way, according to
the plaintiffs. The latter, on the strength
of the position of the prince, supplied him
with $3.50 worth of Chateau LATTE, Mouton
Rothschild and other wines of famous He
doc growths. Anethers firm at Rheims kept
the prince in champagne. of which ,'e drank
one thousand bottles or 50 month.
Il have" said the judge, heard that
Russians are fond of champagne" The
present prince is evidently fonder of drink
ing wine than of paying for it, He put in
no appearance or defense at the trial. the
WARRANT against min COulu HOl De SeINtu vi
him and he was not represented by coun-
sci. The court came to the conclusion that
the evidence against him was sufficient. and
in addition to the sentence issued an order.
which there seems little chance of his
obeying that he shall repay $3.50 to the
wine merchant and fine of 800 into court.
1t must be admitted now that hair dyeing
Is not only an honorable profession. but
scientific one. and a thorough knowledge
of the art of coloring Is as essential to the
modern hairdresser as 1t is to the painter.
Paris Is perhaps the first great city in the
world where this fact is fully realized. and
where in consequence hair dyers' syndi-
cate has been organized to which all of the
leading "coiffeurs' belong. The syndicate
has been moving for some time to obtain
recognition and series of lectures which
1t has organized in a public hall in the
Boulevard de Strasbourg has met with I'M
qualified success.
Boudoir Secrets Revealed
The lectures were attended not only by
the leading members of the corporation, but
by a large feminine element. which showed
that the question touched upon very vital
boudoir secrets. The time has gone by,
said one of the leaders Of the movement,
when 1t was considered disgrace to dye
ones hair.
Today it Is rather looked upon as a want
of taste or bon tom to omit to remedy
certain defects in the color of ones hair
Why. for instance. 1t Is argued. should
young woman have hair Of disagreeable
color or one that does not suit her COM
gray? She would be very foolish not to
correct nature when the means are so SIM
pie and so ready at hand. All the efforts Of
the hair-dyeing corporation are at present
directed toward correcting. not false views
among the public. but bad or negligent
practice among the hairdressers
The couture employees too often have
no experience whatever in hair dyeIng.
They seem to take it for granted that it is
sufficient to apply "eau oxigene' any
other kind of dyes in a slap-dash manner.
If the result comes up momentarily to the
expectations of the customer and makes
brunette fair a blonde look dark 1t Is
about all that they seem to care. This is
not sufficient.
Hair Must Match Skin.
The dye. must know how to make the
complexion Of the hair match that Of the
skin: he must be an expert Judge Of the
proper "nuances" and above all, the bum
Cling practices must be avoided which
sometimes result in such shocking colors
as deep violet, a dark green or a glaring
re-. The lectures are followed with keen
interest and as long as the subject Is being
treated so learnedly by the experts of the
hair dyers' corporation there Is no danger
that the hall in the Boulevard de Stras-
bourg will lack a crowded audience.
please return my 3 centimes" The re-
quest was addressed TO ticket seller at
Paris railway station. but in vain Then
the stationmaster was appealed to with a
like result. Several polite notices and let
tiers TO the company received no attention
but summons in due form had to be at
tended to. The case was brought up before
three tribunals, winding up with the court
OF cessation. and invariably with success
to the claimant. who has finally secured
his centmes. less than thirty-third frac-
ton OF franc. the company. 1t Is asserted
having lost more than $500 because Of
this litigation. The plaintiff is a young
flnancier who having missed his train be-
guled the two hours wait for the mex one
by looking at the tariffs posted up at the
station. and having found that he had paid
Is francs. As centmes for a ticket the ex-
act price of which was Is francs. AZ
centimes. had bethought him of applying
for the centimes also by way OF killing
time. So its Indifference and obstinacy
have cost this particular company at least
a good round sum.
Pail for Job Which Never Came.
citizen in search of an official post