Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
One Hundred and Twenty Five Per
y sons Starve to Death.
LORD KITCHENER A FATALIsT
Famous Fighter Strong IN his Own
Little Beliefs.
TWELVE HUNDRED WARsHTPs
NreIs % Hore Than that Many Have
Y Heen Laid st RoyaI Navy Yards
Thames in -Four
Centuries.
By PAUL LAMBETH


By PAUL LAMBETH
LONDON. April E.-tspsciaI Dispatch 90
The Bee J--rVs snt..-fivs hundred dollars FOR
an undressed foEskin seems almost i'll
credible anu yet that record was made
al the recent spring fur sale in London
Another skin Of the same sort went az
Tie bargain prCe of $50 because il had
few more white hairs I'm q lhan are per
mitted 10 enable a skin to rank Al at the
Furriers' LlUydE BY the time this s. 800
skin reaches its destined wearer II will be
worth A.0a9 and Il would take two skins 10
make stole The color fades in me wear
ing. 80 that this costly fur will very shortly
be worth only third u its present value.
Vanity, they name is really man. For,
truth to tell. il is only IN a country where
the magnificence OF mis- vomens s clothes
nat1e-s a mans seIf-esJeem that colossal
sums viii be spent on them
While these are the mos, valuable flirs.
there are others estimated to make an
ordinary man think he is dreaming when
be Knows the price paid Cor them.
Next 10 the costly foxes ara the long
muuse-grey or dark sea otter skins. sea
ut1ers once abounded in the Behring sea
and even far down as Vancouver But
they are not prolific. and more than a
rare The Russians buy these skins for Soo
apiece and viii cat them .nJo coat collars
for their wealthy mobiles.
Dark Siberian sabies. about a foot long
and nearly VIDE. sold for from si50 10
SZ5s each.
All furs are advancing enormously in
price silver fox leads, with a rise Of 100
per cent. since March. 1919. skunk and
upossum come next with Is per cent.
Real skins. worth only - each forty
Years ago. are now worth $50 each. So il
goes through the entire list ny lady II
she would De fur clad must pay for it.
sortIId Tragedy of Life.
In cold prose return JUST issued by the
local government board. tells series OF
stories as terrible as ever made hideous
the pages df the realistic novelist The
tragic fact that no fewer than l-5 persons
died Of starvation ur mad their death ac-
CELEBRATED by prvation, IN England ami
Wales in EES is revealed by this return.
OF these deaths ffty-tyyo occurred IN Lon
don ana sevenrz--Jhrae in the provinces. De-
tails nf each case are pathetic reading a
sad case is that Of a former bank man
GErr Of Southwark, aged 50. Falnt,ng from
the results OF starvation aud exposure he
Csil on a stone corridor factured his skull
OF distress is given by The case Of oid
aglicuituraI Isborer He hsd been for
merry employ Ell In a brewsry, which had
pensiuned him Off But about three years
before his death the pension had 10 cease,
owing to the financial difficulties OF the
brewery. since thea grimy states the
return. deceased mad only obtained ccca-
sionai work. apparently too proud 10 ask
for relief Al the last ne Was unable 10
work through rheumatism. But he per-shed
with stolid herosm, without applying to
his children or tn the relieving officer for
aay heip or assistance. ln two cases the
tury returned verdict thaJ death was
caused soieiy by starvation. I'm eleven
cases death was ascrhed u starvation in
conjunction with other causes
- 1itehener a Fatniist.
Il 4s only thusr vino hluW Lord Kit
eBSntN weH who are aware how s,ronEts
rataIish is ingfained ,n his character
During The time tsa- ne was commander
fp-chief In south Africa tine taIk IN tine
headuuarter mess turned upon the mill
tarv fuulre OF Jhuse present Ir was sen-
s1aIIv agreed that IL was ineg -ahie mat
Lord Kitchener would sooner OF later find
himself Installed in tile war office. and
certainly az that time everything puinted 20
this Lord Kitchener. hUwever shook his
head ana said. with a smile II think vou
are an wrong somehow { have a feeling
thut cnnvinces me I small never occupy ans
positinn az the War uffice This belief mas
il anything. become strsngt nencd since
that time. OF anrther 1ccasiol', during ta'
suudan campaign. Lord hltchrrtr Nal
warned NOT % expose himself 81 recSiessll
when in action. FL shuu never be- S.-led,
he -afd When mv nmu c1r1rs snail d..
peacefully IN my ben. Many other 'u
stances might be- adduced 600 deronst-au
this father strong side of Lori Ratcnener
character which by the Way appears @
have missed previous notice
NinE % see the Race.
when the siug RETURNS t1 TINS r1uu-r
he VIII proceed a.musJ lmnedia,eiF 3
NewmaIscr 20 see thr race Cor fte -f
ssuineas. ami viii theu return to towr
whore De VIII remain almost entir =
throughout Jie season paginE huJ a 1ris
visit to W ndscr Fils majesty hopes Q
2 Jay several weekend visits 20 ms persons
friCuds this summer anu lntimauun li thi
has sready been conveyed to several who's
his ma1est5 nr1poses 90 aonoT-
Hsaks on Hsnsr skates.
Chimpanznes that ROLLER skate are u
Iaiosi society craze. Thev are being broke
in and trained by a firm Jf London iu
portrrs and supplied 90 fashionable penn
49, naiz after six mnnths training m
ehinpauuee Is sa.d to he 'flt for any 81
ctety and an acquisition In unv home
Roller Skating is extra ~ hts ssiuci
tion. Hs IS taught primarily 90 dress hin
ualf ro eat ana drink. ard % compel
himself generally Ike little huy
a-~ara for the Navy Yard.
me LAYING down of the Neei OF the ne
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