The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-01-16
ENGLISH PRESS IS
SENSATIONAL FOR
ONCE
PAPERS NOT BIT STRAIGHT
LACED IN HANDLING RAcY
ERToN. YARDE.BULLER
BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT.

tnlnks the English press a spiritless
calendar OF humdrum events would be
surprised To read the stories published
here OF the inside facts In the famous
breach OF promise suit OF Mrs. Mabel
Louise Anterior against Capt. John
Reginald Lopes de-Buller, son OF
Lord Churston, whom he will sue.
coed.
The suit was decided in Mrs. Ather-
tons favor after she had announced
In court that she did not want the
100000 for which she sued, but that
she wanted only vindication. Upon
that Capt. Yarde-Buller admitted nav
ing promised TO marry her and agreed
TO pay the costs OF the suit.
All the papers publish column after
column of the proceedings In court,
including the calorlc letters that were
written by Capt. Yarde-Buller TO Mrs.
Atherton and vice versa during the
period when each lived for the other
alone.
The space given to the reports OF
the proceedings. the sprightly manner
I'm which the subject was handled,
as well as the graphic style OF the
articles, combined TO prove fallacious
the generally accepted idea that Eng
] lish- journalism -,sltFa-eeHsefystisr
and straft.fuCed.
Here's Lively Bit.
The London Express prints more
than three columns OF the story. and
the introduction would do credit to
the most up-to-date daily in America.
! IL any Yankee thinks the Thaw trial
was overdone in New York or Chi
cago, let him glance at these para
graphs in the Introduction OF the
story In the Express:
Every one waited impatiently
for Mrs. Atherton. She came at
half-past ten. tall. slender, grace
full figure in black and sables.
with lustrous copper-colored hair
and downcast eyes, making her
way through the crowd with some
embarrassment, and following the
usher TO the conspicuous seats or
the front bench reserved for her
and her step-sister, who accom-
panied her.
AS she dropped into her seat
the court buzzed with excitement
and her costume was scrutinized
intently by every pair OF feminine
eyes.
They could see that her hair
was dressed deliberately under
the somewhat pronounced three
cornered black hat, which con-
tanned single long black feather,
sweeping across TO her right ear,
that there were little curls down
the sides of her forehead. and an
intricate scheme OF curls and am
ber-headed pins at the back.
Her Magnificent Pearls.
When she removed her sable
stole the watchful women above
and behind gasped at the rope of
magnificent pearls which en-
circled her bare white throat,
above low collarette. Two other
pearls, even larger, were in her
ears. These were her only orna-
ments. The single touch or cnl-
or in her costume was a single
handful of purple violets pinned
effectively against her furs.
Mrs Anterior could hardly have
evolved more striking ensem-
BILE had she tried deliberately to
dress for the occasion.
To those who did not know her.
her clear4cut profile seemed al
her cheeks 40 thin. They were
pale at 1rst, and flushed after
wards with the realization OF vic
tory.
But when on two occasions she
turned deliberately in her seat and
scanned the crowded benches be-
hind her. as though seeking IA :.
miliar faces, there were involun-
tary expressions OF admiration
even from the critical women, who
watched every movcment-for
she was undeniably beautiful
Wonderful Blue Eyes"
Her wonderful blue eyes search
ed the half shadows OF the seats
under the gallery with just sug-
gestion of appeal to them. Then
she turned again towards the
sworn and expectant jury, and SO
sat. with eyes intent on the sable
muff which lay on the ledge before
her.
Not more than 10 feet away, at
the other end OF the same bench.
sat the defendant. Captain the
Hon. John Reginald Lopes Yarde-
Butler, NJ " o., in morning at
tire that might be summarized
as correct" somewhat nervous.
somewhat plump and somewhat
bald. Sir George Lewis. inscrut-
able as ever. sat at his left, neor-
est Mrs. Atherton. and on the
other side was his father, Lord
Churston.