The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02
WARLIKE DESIRES
ARE DISCOUNTED
LautiCe Does Not Believe Japan
Wants to Fight.
is CATERING ENGINEERS
King Leopold May Have To Answer
To His Subjects For the Manner
In Which He Spends
Money.
is SCATTERING ENGINEERS
BY PAUL VILLIERs.


Paris, February Especial cable IN
Eugene Lautier, the distinguished "colla-
borateur of the well-known Paris paper.
lie Figaro" is one of the few French
journalists who does not believe in the
supposed warlike desires of Japan.
IF Japan were getting ready for war
she would not be scattering her energies
the way she does" he writes in current
number of the paper "She is simply
seeking an outlet for her surplus popula-
ton in neighboring and laying the foun-
dalton of commercial empire.
In Manehuria the activity of Japan is
increasing every day. In the southern
part where Russia has coded the rail-
roads Japan has, during the last few
months, established SO new telegraph sta
lions in spite of China's protests. Aroused
by this the Russian government has de-
clared that 1t intends to follow Japan's
example in Northern Manchurla."
The United States will thkk twice be-
fore they begin war with Japan, whose
navy has been tried and found not want
ing. They will not commit the mistake
of considering the Mikados navy a
quantite negligeable as did Russia, first
because it would be wrong, and second,
because it would be dangerous.
King Leopold Of Belgium may find. it
hard to answer his subjects who are in
curing of what right he is using the
revenues of the Congo state to pay the
expenses of hls ever changing mistresses.
Money wrested from the natives of the
Congo is said to have paid for the castle
which Leopold gave as a Christmas pres
ent to Baroness Vaughan.
The troup of Sicilian actors and ac-
tresses who were recently charming
America have reached and conquered
Paris. The Theatre Marigny opened its
doors to them, their season" being I'M
der the direction of NJ. Lugme-Poe.
The impressario and chief comedian of
the troup, Giovanni Grasso, began his
dramatic career as Snowman of arionettes
at a popular theatre at Catania, and
he put so much expression, passion and
pathos into these performances that the
famous tragedian, Rossi said to him one
day. Throw all this rubbish into the
fire and act yourself. Show what there
is In you"
Grasso followed the advice SO well
meant chose a company and acted with
great success in Catania. He was thus
encouraged to go further afield, and WIS.,
tied Rome and Turin, and thereafter
Buenos Ayres. Grasso's acting is distin-
guished for its fire and enthusiasm. His
fectly understood, although they act In
the little known Sicilian patois.
The manner in which their passions
and emotions are barred and revealed to
the audience, without any of that north
ern and Saxon reserve which obtains even
on the stage, is the most astonishing part
of the acting of these people. Grasso is
the personifieation of unveiled human
ity."
AS great as himself and taking a large
share in the reputation they have made,
is his leading woman, Signora Mini
Agualia, who is a superb actress, remind
ing one of a Duse, but more of the people
The plays they present are mostly live
ly and vigorous dramas of Sicilian chiv-
airy, full of laughter, anger, love, tears,
righteousness, hatred, frenzy and vio-
lence
The Sicilian dramas made humid. as a
French critic says, by the tears of Mimi
Agualia and frightened by the laughter
of Giovanni Grasso, reflect in their in
tensity the whole rainbow of human pas
sions."
Paris physicians have come to the con-
clusion that sweets are not as bad as
they are painted-that is to say that
candy, far from being so deleterious to
the human organism. as some hold are
on the other hand, beneficial to the or
ganism and yet as a kind of human fuel,
helping to sustain the heat of a persons
body.
1t was at dinner of physicians most
of whom are also qualified as dentists.
that a discussion arose on this subject
and the decision was come to. One of
them remarked that he always noticed a
great increase of cases of dental caroslty
among children in the holidays, owing to
their over-indulgence in sweets.
The practitioners all agreed, however
that except in the case of person suffer-
ing from diabetes or dyspepsia are not
nearly so harmful as is generally sup
posed and If people. and especially chill
dren, took the simple precaution of wash
ing the theeth three times a day. especi-
ally at rising and going to bed, they would
not spoil them.
Sugar is a caloric, or heater, and
pound of sugar in sweet meat form con-
sumed by one person each day is call
culated to be sufficient to keep up the
bodily heat. Some reservations, however,
were made by the doctors in regard to
chocolate which contains a greater
amount of fatty matter than sugar.
Indeed, there is more fatty or buttery
substance in the manufacture of choco-
late than in caeao, its essential basis.
Chocolate should never be eaten by peo-
pie inclined to dyspepsia, kidney troubles
or sluggish liver. In all other cases "a
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