The sun., 1908-02-09

passed 10 masculine or feminine friends
And the contents Of the dainty cEse are not
the mild. miniature cigarettes which used
TO be manufactured for women: thev are
always the strong Turkish or Egyptian
products which men carry. The sale Of
ladies' cigarettes is a thing OF the past.
The Duchess OF Sutherland while in Paris
became much interested in the work of
M. QuintOn, the biologist who is now treat
ing successfully hundreds OF patients by
means OF subcutaneous in Injections Of pure
sea water. At his dispensaries. one In the
Montparnasse quarter. where he treats the
poor gratuitously. and one In the Grenelle
quarter. where the working class pay what
they can. he declares he mas cured various
diseases, including gastro-enteritis and
pulmonary tuberoulosis. with sea water.
Nj. Quinton's theory is that the ocean
was the first home Of living beings. Our
blood therefore. he maintains, consists
hrgely OF seaswater. without which medium
the life OF our organic cells would be inn
possible.
The Duchess. who went to both dis
pensaries many times and watched patients
in all processes Of the treatment. is con-
vinced OF its efficacy and intends to open
the same sort OF institution in Scotland
near her estate there. She does not hope
for much sympathy from the hard headed
disciples Of Ksculapius in that part Of the
country. though 70 per cent. OF the French
doctors have admitted the exceIlence Of the
treatment. which has been adopted by sew
eral Paris hospitals.
Now II is announced that the Londoner's
daily bath must go II he wishes 10 be healthy
wealthy and wise. A notable physician
declares that the exigsncies Of the English
climate should restrain sensible PEOPLE
from their inevitable tub.
He says that the human body makes its
own Arrangements and can be depended
upon 70 a certain extent, so II you wash
away the natural oil that IL exuded for its
protection you are exposing yourselves
TO danger, or at least discomfort. Then, too.
he boldly asserts that the greater Fart Of
the body is never exposed 70 the outer air
and does not become dirty very quickly,
even when there is q black fog. which de-
poeits SCOT over everything.
King Leopold. OF unsavory fame. who
reigns over Belgium while he lives in
France. has just purchased another prinoely
estate in the latter country for his favorite
the -Baronne de Vaughan" This is the
Chateau de Balaincourt. one OF the finest
properties in the lie de France.
IL contains a superb park 400 acres IN
extent, standing within its own walls.
It's fine old trees are grouped in a way that
would have delighted the eye Of Vatican
or Fragonard, and its groves and purlinR
brooks, its lovely gardens and the lakes
on which graceful swans move majestioaIly
to and fro would make q fitting back
ground for the joyous festivities of gallant
court.
It 10 a veritable Versailles In minia 'ure.
and the chateau is worthy OF the grounds
which surround 1t. Il Is an immense man.
orial residence Of mixed architecture. half
Louis XVI. half Empire style, and on the
Greek front one may still trace the arms OF
Its first possessors. the Marquises Of Balain-
court.
This ilhlstriOus family. whose chief.
Marshal Of France, was one Of the most
Jealous supporters OF the Bourbons, has left
imperishable souvenirs Of its possession in
the vast halls. decorated by the master
artisans Of the eighteenth century. All the
apartments on the first and second floors,
all the marble chimneys. encrusted with
chiselled bronze. are decorated with pier
glasses representing family portraits. The
interior decoration is Of the purest Louis
XVI. All Is white and pearl gray.
NJ. BOue. who has just sold the Chateau
de Balaincourt to the King Of the Belgians,
was a scholar and an artist. During his
tenancy Of this prinoely domain he filed it
with fine old furniture and ornamented it
with refined taste. He is said TO have spent
900 on it and only abandoned It with re-
gret because he had no family, and the utter