The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-05
It Belongs to Mrs. AL
ph onso Smith and
Causes Much roubIe
STILL REPOSIIS
IN TISSUE PAPER
Fashioned for Schleppencour. 1t
Brings About Wordy Rupture
Between Exchange PROBES
sor5 in Berlin-Mrs. Smith
Regretted Expense Of
Unused Gown.

J
/ Berlin, March, ;.-Ihc story Of a
| woman's court train, wlich still re
| roses in Berlin in the modiste's tissue
1 i'apcr ana has never seen the blessed
! light Of the court serves to illustrate the
| difficulties which besc, American am
| tessadors 1t European courts There
sre other versions OF Tie incident, but
This Is the truth
/ Exchange Professor Hugo Munster
herg, on arriving here to take up his
luties called al the Ministry Of FOR.
4 eiEn Affairs TO ask whether lie You'll
! tse regarded while IN Berlin as I. Ger,
man subject OF as an American. the
Representative OF Harvard uTniyersity 81.
| DIPLOMATS conversation sensned Final
7 IL !, was decided that Professor Nun
sterberg and his wife w@re ~ be trea,
sd in I'll respects as American repre-
/ seniafives on The same footing as
| Roesevel Professor Aipnonso smith. or
the University Of Virginia
Both Are Presented.
One result of the decision was that
| Ambassador Hill presented both ca
chang" professors and their wives to
1.-The Kaiser and kaiscrin a. the OMEN
ins OF the exchange lectures in No
/ Yember Time passed The schleppen-
i cnGr. or drawing room for new pre-
| senta'ions on January rs approached
and question arose As 10 whether
! the professors and their n-ives WOULD
| he presented again
diplomatic conversation With the
J Ministry of Foreign Affairs a gain fol
| loved Tbs Official decision was that
| Fl second presentation Was not neces.
/ = ry, and that the wiyes Of the rro-
iessors should receive invitations %
! tho frst cour, bali on the ground
OF their November presentations
! Mesdsmes smith ana Nfunsterherg. AZ
| ter much thought and a no small Ax-
i.i;cnse. provided themselves With court
trains Of wcndrous elegance ana
| beauty thinking they we're going 10
the court ball
'rhen came the dread hat Of the eoy
I ernrlt II, that professional women we're
net 70 be invited after all Mrs smith
! in her extremity appealed to Mrs Hill
70 see II she could 60 under her wing
lto III" sphleppencour. Mrs, Hill. who
Us sord nature nersonified thought IT
Knight BE- managed. but when Professor
M,lnsterberg was visiting the embassy
I one sunday afternoon she told him her
designs wishing 70 assure herself that
Mrs. Munsterbers would not feel hurt
Professor Munsterberg, however. said
he did not think II would 30 g all as
ii view OF the decision or the Ministry
Of Foreign Affairs. he wished to main
tain parity of treatment
The result was that the idea Of Mrs
Smith going to the schleppenconr vas
dropped. and neither woman Went TO
1.-The TALL Both subsequently, received
Invitations 10 the first court ball which
was different affair from the schiep-
pencour. The Smiths Went. but the
Munstcrbergs were prevented by tbs
c n = reIa
sterbers's private conversation with
Mrs. Hill on the sunday afternoon
rea ched Professor Smiths ears aud he
got angry.
Professor Munsterbers to night is
sues two statements The first gives
substantially the above story. adding
that Professor Munsterberg thought lie
| whole matter insignificant. while he
expresses astonishment that Professor
smith. as alleged in Berlin. called him
"a snake In the grass" He concludes:
II Professor Smith finds his work
here partly failure, he certainly Will
have TO seek reasons elsewhere than in
me-
Sorry for Expense"
| The second statement was issued
later. In it Professor Munsterberg re
fers to the Sunday afternoon talk with
Mrs. Hill and says:
Mrs. Fill mentioned to me that Mrs
smith was SO sorry she had gone 10
the expense of court gown that she
was unable to wear; that Mrs. Hill
would like to appcal to the court to
nave the ruling withdrawn on account
of the expense Of the gown This was
the only thing I protested against, in
Sisilng that&it would seem ridiculous TO
REQUEST change of the court ruling
on account of the bill for a gown
AFTER my wife and ] left the embassy
Amoas sador tlili. Immediately upon my
arrival home. ,elephoned me. begging
| me to disregard everything Mrs nil
had mentioned about this matter. mas
| much as it was entirely unofficial and
telling me there would be. under no
circumstances no appeal against the
court ruling. and that the ambassador
would not for moment listen TO an
argument of gowns. He agreed with
me entirely. therefore considered nv
little parlcr conversation with a LADY
as officially not existing. 1T is evident
the conversation became known to
Professor Smith. and was entirely mis-
Understood and misconstrued hy him"
Charles Alphonso Smith, Roosevelt
professor 1t the University OF Berlin
sailed on the steamship Barndenburg
on Wednesday for Baltimore He gave
q. farewell dinner. al which Herr Trott
Hl Solz. Prussan Minister of, Public
instruction, presented him with a vol
ume OF Durer prints.
Eight-Honr Day for Women.
Olympia, Wash, March 4--The sen
ate to-day passed tho bill providing
for an eight hour day for women The