The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-07

WEARING @
UNDER BAN
DY LA MARaUIsE DE FONTENoi:
Mess some steps are taken Ny
the United States government.
through it's ambassador In PARIS,
to secure official recognition
there of the Order OF the sohs
of the Revolution and or othe.
American patriotic societies, any
American wearing the rosette or rinpom
of the organization in question Wneh
In France will run the imminent rlsk
OF arrest, fine and Imprisonment. Nor
Is 1t BY any means certain .nat .e
French government VIII accord me
necessary recognition to the various
patriotic societies OF the United states,
necessary to enable their Insignia, or
even merely their ribbon. to be worn
In France; for Premier BRAND. VINO
lis likewise Minister of the Interior, has
taken advantage OF legislation already
in existence, to direct not only the
Partisan police and judiciary. but also
all the provincial authorities, TO take
immediate steps to enforce. WIN INC
utmost yigor, the unauthorized wear
ing of ribbons OF orders and orsanlza-
ttons.
In this edict he points out that the
only ribbons permitted to be worn are
those OF orders OF knighthood bestowed
by the President of the French repub-
lie, or else by some foreign governs
ment or sovereign recognized ny
France, and declares that the wearing
in public of the ribbon OF any OF
the French patriotic societies tnearly
a hundred in number). Is illegal. me
edict mentions their names, including
several life saving societies, humanita-
rtan leagues, etc
Having thus put the ban on the So
called patriotic societies of France, 1t
is difficult for the Premier to make an
exception in favor of the patriotic So
cieties of foreign countries; and as the
matter stands now, practically the only
American order, the insignia or ribbon
OF which can be worn III France, Is
that United states counterpart OF the
English Victoria Cross of the German
Iron Cross, and OF the Russian Order
of st. George, namely, the Congress
sionai medal.
II call attention to this, it is be-
cause so many Americans abroad are
tempted by the aspect of the ribbons
of government orders of knighthood
in mems button-holes, to Immediately
decorate their own button-holes with
the ribbons of any patriotic organiza-
tons to which they may belong III the
United States.
some lOGd OIL tUc Ny
the Car and his govern tent are con-
fronted in the enforcement OF SAM
tary regulations designed to prevent
the spread OF the epidemic OF cholera
now raging in his dominions. may be
gathered from the fact that the vast
majority of the clergy. especially In
the rural districts, have declined to
boil the water used in the ritual of the
Greek Church. This. too, in spite OF
the fact that the Department of Pub
In n in Ipith the
Holy synod, has taken the. trouble
to furnish each parish church or
cathedral with the necessary para
phernalia for boiling the water. The
as sacrilegious the use OF boiled water
no matter how much the unboiled
liquid may be teeming with cholera
germs.
This is thoroughly in keeping with
the ideas of the Russian peasantry,
which, numbering considerably over
90,000,000, constitutes the bulk of the
population. The Russian moujik--,
and 1t must be remembered that the
clergy is to great extent drawn
two categories-those which are sent
by God. and those which they either
originate themselves. or else are pur-
posely spread by the doctors, in order
While the peasants are as a rule Will
ling to take remedies for the malndtes
of the second category, they consider 1t
sin to make any attei..pt to. cure
among the latter is smallpox. and
especially the black smallpox. which
go among them by the name OF Gods
sickness" Mothers are convinced that
any child dying of smallpox tmme-
dsiately becomes an angel and. far
when It is III, all the family assemble
around it, in order to rejoice in the
fact that the patient is under the pro-
lection OF Providence; the smallpox
pelng regarded as mark OF divine
favor, Under the circumstances, 1t is
easy to understand the terrible prev
alence OF smallpox, more especially
as the attempts to prevent it by means
by the peasantry and lower clergy, as
not merely an ordinary sin, but as q
most damnable sacrilege.
Prince Albert of schleswig- Holstetn.
after spending the last eighteen years
at Berlin and at Potsdam, first as Of
ticer Of the Garde du Corps, and lat
terly as !, major Of the, Kaiser's own
temporarily retired from active duty,
and will In future live in England. al
any rate until the death OF his father.
The ~, latter Prince Christian, married
HIe queen nae Vi9 IS, daughter, Helena.
being very frall and feeble, cannot eX-
pect to last very much longer. In
fact. his health has never been quite.
strong since he lost one of his ewes
while out shooting at Osborne. a short
time before Queen Victoria's death.
His other son, who had taken service
in the English army, succumbed to
enteric fever while on duty as an
officer of the Rifle Brigade, during the
war in South Africa.
Prince Christian has made his home
! In England ever since his marriage RI
| Princess Helena in 1866 holds the rank IL
OF general in the English army, and IL
also Knight Of the Garter He has a.
a residence In London, in Pail Mali
not far from Marlborough Ho,,sa''
known as Schomburg House; but his
principal home Is at Cumberland Lode
| In Windsor Park, OF which he is ~
ranger, The present Kaiserln of Ger.
many Is his niece; and after the DARN
OF her father he acted as her guardian
until the time Of her marriage Indeed
a portion OF the courtship leading nh
Ito the marriage took place at Gum M
berland Lodge,
IL Prince Albert who was educated
| as an English boy, at Wellington Col
| lege, and who afterwards served for
a time in the Engltah army, was SUBJ