The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17
Is Wealthy, Very Beautiful and
 a Brilliant TaIker
SPURIOUS CHOCOLATES
King Haakan and Queen Maud of Nor way Have Become Immensely Pop ular in Paris in Compara-
 tive Short Time.
BY PAUL VILLlERs.

in American society in Paris is the
 wealthy Mrs. Glasgow of Chicago. As
 Mrs. Glasgow is a very beautiful woman
 and brilliant talker she is always a
 welcome guest wherever she goes, but
 this is not all. She is also an author | ity on art matters.
 Mrs. Glasgow is a great friend of Mrs.
 Potter Palmer who has shared the ex-
 perience of many other Americans who | visit Europe to buy works of art in being | duped and imposed upon by art dealers. 1 As Mrs. Glasgow also intends to buy | largely pictures, bronzes and antiques
 while she Is over here she has adopted sn | unique method in order not to be cheated. | She has engaged MT. Guy Laking, the | art adviser of Queen Alexandria and the | curator of the treasures in Windsor pal alec, to instruct her i nhow to be able to detect limitations.
 Although Mrs. Glasgow has only been ! taking her instructions in art but a short while she has shown such aptitude and | intelligence that she already is known as a connoisseur, and people follow her | about at the art sales, getting hints from | the things she notices, and 1t has only to | become known that Mrs. Glasgow has | bidden for thing for everybody to know
 
 spurious imit1tion
 l Three fads have seized upon fashion
 able Paris. The first Is the dainty lit tie nightcaps which are tied over the hair on retiring. Those nightcaps contain a sachet of the wearer's favorite perfume. During the night this perfume permeates the hair and becomes, as 1t were, part
 of the person. It has been found that this method of pertaining the person is mo affppfiIal than nnttinp scent on the body, which in some cases be- comes too strong
 By pertaining the hair the scent be-
 comes evasive and fascinating and all so- ciety ladies are catching on to this new and charming manner of making them selves more fresh and attractive. The second is to have souvenir table cloths, on
 which each lady guest embroiders her | name, and the last is the paper dresses. At the Rachel ball. to which only the very smartest and most elegant of the 'gandes dames' of Parisian society are invited, these dresses were all the rage. | The most beautiful was that worn by Mrs John J. Astor. who danced the whole 1 evening. She and N. Andred de Jon l quieres led the cotillon "a PAmerlcaine,
 and the graceful figures executed by them
 were much admired.
 i These paper dresses have one great ad- l vantage. Although they are made of pa- 1 per they are not expected to be worn
 more than once mad q lady can appear In a new dress every evening.
 It has been noticed for some time by
 the authorities that large quantities of chocolate were being sold at astonishing ly cheap prices, and inquiries have been set on foot which led to the discovery
 that this chocolate was being sold at re-
 tail pricves cheaper than 1t would cost to make
 The chocolate was examined and 1t was
 found that 1t contained some foreign
 fatty matter. Further inquiries were
 made, and 1t was found that this substi- ute for cocoa butter was being sent into France by a Liverpool firm
 This firm circulated most of the choco-
 late firms in the north of France, stating that their substitute could not be detect
 ed on analysis, and that it was used large
 ly by well known firms in England and
 France, even going so far as to name
 some firms which had boufht from them
 thousands of tons of this fatty sub
 stance, which is made up of palm oil, cot
 tonseed oil and white wax. M. Boon,
 the director of the little municipal labor atory, thought the matter sufficiently se-
 rious to be brought to the notice of the criminal authorities, who are now making investigations on behalf of the French Treasury.
 Although not absolutely injurious to
 health, the chocolate made from this substance Is not good to eat. and in tho case of delicate children eating it might even have fatal results.
 Among all the royal personages who have visited Paris none have become so
 justly popular within short a time as King Haakon and Queen Maud of Nor way
 Although their visit was an official one they had requested that all official
 ceremonies be made simple possi-
 ble and while they were here they walked
 quite frequently through the streets alone
 and unattended, boarding an ordinary bus
 or street car when they were tired and
 entered into conversation with ther
 neighbors.
 Boarding bus at the Madeleine church it was my good fortune to get seat next to the young King of the Norsemen, who most graciously submitted to being inter-
 viewed on the conditions that politics and
 the church and state questions were left out.
 He declared himself delighted with
 Paris and the French people, whose good manners in not staring at him or running after him in the street were in pleas
 ing contrast to the ill-bred Germans who
 had often annoyed him in Berlin. When I told him that l was corre- spondent for American papers the King said: ''I have always been interested in America and have no higher wish than to visit the country where so many of my countrymen have made their homes and
 shall certainly go there some time" One of the most brilliant features of fashionable society life are the musical soirees given by Count and Countess Ar thur de Cabrias and Countess de Cabriac who before her marairge was Miss Fanny
 Ffthian, Is very fond of music, and this
 love of music 1t was that first attracted her to Count Arthur. who is well known in Paris as musician of great talent These two well matched people enter tain a great deal, and their invitations are sought after by all who are in so- ciety. And the American colony, as well as the French aristocracy. are always well represented at their lat homes.'' The musical soiree which took place TO- gently at their residence In the Avenue dEylau was the last for this season, and was also perhaps the most successful. Count de Cabriac rendered the duet "Au Clair de la Lune," by Lulli, with Mile. vallandri in a marvellous manner. At the Societe des Concerts d'Instru- ments Anciens Casadesus gave to perfec- tion "Les JIaisirs Champetres." by Mont | clair and also La Gavotte" and "Le Tambourin," by Montclair.
 Mile. vallandri also gave Les Airs Tendress (menuet of the eighteenth cen tury) accompanied by the ancient instru- ments, which was greatly applauded. Guests present were: Duchess d'Uzes, M. and Mime. Beghait. Prince and Prin- cess de Broglie Prince and Princess de Ia Tour q Auvergne, Prince and Princess