The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
KING IF PORTGUAL
 ID VISIT FRANCE What President Should Wear
 Is Question HE HAS FRENCH BLOOD Mrs. William Moore Makes Pleasing Announcement That She Will be Home to Her Friends Ev-
 cry Afternoon.
HE HAS FRENCH BLOOD

Paris. December 4-(Special )-The ap- preaching visit of the young King of Portugal to Paris brings up tho question as to what our President should wear upon that suspicious occasion. King Manuel will wear a most gorgeous uni form of state and M. Mollard. our chief of the protocol Is puzzled how to dress M. Falliere so he may not form too great a contrast with his majesty.
 Of course we have gorgeous uniforms for state occasions also, but unfortunate ly our President is not of build to wear the official costume of general It is a pleasing thought though that the Pres idents of the two greatest republios-Mr. Taft and NJ. Fallieres-are two of the weightiest men in office probably in the world.
 My own opinion is that President Fall Heres would look best in a frock coat and white cravat, decorated with the cordon of the Legion of Honor and the order of the Golden Fleece. President Fallieres. not being very decorative himself. needs these little touches.
 
 sentable President we have ever had in France. Carnot and MacMahan also made a good showing. The personal ap- pearance of Loubet and Thiers was great ly against them. as they lacked dignity and had absolutely no distinction But they were honest, good men. It would be unfair to criticiss President Fallieres on 4,1Ct he is about to expose himself to the chance bullets of the anarchists as he drives around Paris with the youthful King of Portugal
 Blood has ever followed in the train of the 20-year-old King. It is not generally known, perhaps that on his mothers side he is Frenchman; so for that reason we hope to make him doubly welcome. The queen mother of Portugal was the charming Princess Amelia of France and Orleans, sister of the Duo d'Orleans, who will be King of France when we get tired of having republic.
 Mrs William Moore, the charming American hostess, who has long lent lustre to Paris society, has made the pleasing announcement in the Paris
 
 friends every afternoon after 5:3o during the entire winter. This is indeed hospi- table. But then Mrs. William Moore has ever been known for her hospitality. and she is a born entertainer
 One meets the most interesting and dis tinguished people st her house. She speaks French quite as well as English, which gives her 6 great advantage and enables her to lead the conversation in both languages.
 In April Mrs. Moore goes to Riarritz to meet King Edward. Meanwhile. until after the Grand Prix, she will be a well come addition to French and American society in Paris
 The very latest fad in photography-I mean social photographers to have the faces of ones guests photographed on fruit. It is to a California lady, Mrs. Hart O. Berg, that we owe this innova- tion. Mrs. Berg is the very first woman to have conceived and carried out this novel mode of entertainment She has been well repaid. for the discovery by the guests of their hkenesses upon the fruit they are about to eat, invariably provokes much merriment and fun
 Mrs. Berg has become quite famous on this side of the ocean from her connec- ton with the famous Wright brothers. She seems to have flown much higher in the social scale than the inventors in their aeroplane flew into the air. But Mrs. Berg is withal a very practical woman. Her social success has not turned her head. She is learning the art of aviation. She, with Lady Somerset, daughter of the Duke of Saint Albans, and the Baronne de la Roche, are said to be the only women in Europe who in- tend seriously to fly in airships of their own. Perhaps the reason of this is the very high tariff charged by the aero- plane manufacturers for lessons. When her course of instruction Is completed Mrs. Berg intends taking her airship to Algeria for the winter. where she pro- poses to practice. first by taking short flights and as she feels more sure of herself, longer ones. Judging from the great enthusiasm of our society ladies for flying machines and the bird-men who manipulate them, predict We are threat ened in the near future with an epidemic, which can call by no other name than aeromania-
 King Leopold has added another phrase to the 25 which he claims constitute the encyclopedia of the Royal vocabulary This new phrase he has applied to the unhappy natives of the Congo, who must submit, he declares. to the Christian Law of Labor
 Considering the barbarian of his treat ment of the poor negroes of this colony of Belgium. the phrase Is not without humor. Fortunately the time Is not far distant when the despotio rule of Leopold will be over and enforced labor of the ne- gro at an end. Veritable slaves, these unfortunates have been forced by brutal overseers of the King to fetch and carry, whether young, old, sick or already maimed by butchery of the chiefs In command.
 Thus far King Leopold has simply scoffed at the opinion of the civilized world; but now he means to put up a last fight for the req rubber, which has made him so rich. Like Louis XIV, Leopold has hitherto contented himself by saying briefly, T am the state" That won't do any more. The English are pressing him hard, and although commer- cialism is of course at the base of their motives, still the consitions of the Congo will be ameliorated. Having lost the aid of all his supporters King Leopold now | says "The Christian Law of Labor and not T am the state" But the time has gone for phrase-making. as his majesty