The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06
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Russia Asks Permission to Elk
port More Sugar.
At France Exhibition 200 Aero
planes Are on View.
ASK COMFORT NOW
Startling Innovation on Paris
Stage This Year.
Woman Keeps Figure Supple by
HOuSewOrk.
ASK COMFORT NOW

Paris, Jan. 6.-The worlds sugar
conference. which was held at Brus-
: sels, adjournment being taken to Janu-
airy 20, is having difficulty trying to
meet the request of Russia to be per
united to increase her yearly exporta-
ton of sugar.
Russia wishes to increase her ex-
poftation by 100000 tons yearly, the
International Sugar union having
united the possible expectation of
edch country adhering to the confer
ence. The opposition to the Russian
petl'lon came from Germany and Aus
ira. 1t is thought likely, however,
tnat when the conference reconvenes
the russian request will be granted
although the amount authorized may
pc under 100000 tons The present
international Sugar union ceases to be
IN IA Lorce September 1, 1918, but it is
lkely that the union will be renewed
1918. 9e-'' - -
Two Hundred Airships on View.
european aviation interest is now
centered in the third annual interna-
h tlolai AVIATION salon. which has just
Deen lnaugurated by President
FaIlIeres. The huge space of the salon
pudding, with its glare of light and
Deautltul decoration, setting off the
t zOo or more aeroplanes. offers an at
tractlve and picturesque spectacle
The exhibition indicates that prog
ress and Improvement in aeropIane
construction have been remarkably
rapid as regards both monoplanes and
nlplanes, but it is generally believed
tnat there viii be no great changes in |
tne general appearance of the aero
plane in the near future
Inc races of the past year caused |
to turn their attention TO !
securing increased speed. This is evil
dent by the number of speedy ma
chimes which afford a maximum of |
saIety, 1t is also pointed out that !
aeroplane purchasers are insisting
upon more comfort in the acceptance |
Military contracts now contain a para |
graph dealing With comfortable seats !
eases IN which to carry tools and |
even the installation of a |
wireless Geographic apparatus.
The general lesson of the salon is that |
the aeroplane has definitely arrived as |
to be done before aviation viii be hailed |
as popular sport
American Gives Dinner.
The American ambassador and Mrs |
Bacon gave a brilliant dinner this week |
n honor of Premier Caillaux and Nine |
Among the others present were !
he Italian ambassador and Nine. Tittoni, |
he Spanish ambassador and Nine |
-aballero, the minister of war and Nine
NesSimy, NJ. Lepine. the project of police.
and Mr.. and Mrs Charlemagne Tower.
Change in French Vaudeville.
The most startling innovation in the
eview Sans Gene" which has been in
Iugurated at the Rejane theater by Nine.
2ejane 1t is now an accepted notion
hat vaudeville houses should include
hort one-act plays in their programs, but |
nat vaudeville should completely monop- |
lize one Of the largest temples of 'legiti-
nate" art is a distinct departure for the
'arisian theatrical world.
The French review is a sort of vaude-
ille-burlesque representation of current
french topics of interest or gossip. Nine
sejane assumes many roles. She is first
janitress, blaming the tendency Of GER
ain newspapers to inquire into private
YES, then a native of Auvergne and
Inally a foreign princess, in which she
aricatures a certain royal princess who
as been recently in the public eye
She Picks Up Scraps.
A Partisan actress has caused a great
cal of interest among the women of
rance by announcing a new recipe for
supple figure. Each morning, she SAYS
er maid takes newspaper, tears it into
thousand fragments and scatters the
pigments upon the floor. The morning
xercise of the mistress consists in gath
ring up the pieces one by one. These |
topping movements, she claims, approach I
s nearly as possible the work that a man ,
-ould do in cultivating the fields and
altering in the crops and result in the
of the suppleness and lines of
le body.