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The evening world., 1912-03-14

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Tony Curico. twenty-four ysars ola,
PLEADED spilty TO breaking q plate glass
WINDOW In o store At No. SIS East one
Hundred and sfxty-hrst street. with ma
lic1ous intent. One prior conviction.
p~euitentiary for thirty days.
Alfred strosberg. twenty-seven years
ola. p,eade8 ruIity 70 rranS larceny in
the second degree. Was employed a. a
1nvor for Fuiler's Express Company
enc y 10 esi. Two prior convictions.
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1<sr conviction. Dunn. nvs years In
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years bio tried ana convicted OF crim-
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seete prison no tess thar three yests
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9fomer N. Riker, eighteen years old.
ana James Riker, twenty-five years
old, brothers, pleaded guilty to bur-
diary In the third. degree. Broke into a
sfore room in an apartment house
where they lived. No. M West One
Hundred and Forty-sixth etrect. and
stole clothing valued At So. Homer.
no prior conviction, sentence suspend
ed, James, one prior conviction. Eimira
Reformatory.
Henry Levy, sixteen years old. pleaded
Unilty to grand larceny In the second
degree. Sentence suspended. no prior
conyiction. Stole $50 from employer.
Who asked Court to suspend sentence.
Andrew IIerstman. twenty-five years
The evening world., 1912-03-14
mercy
| HELPS PRISONERS
General Sessions Judges Are
! Lenient Save in Sentencing
Old Offenders

Justice, mixed with ienienoy and
severity. was handed out 10 seventeen
prisoners. convicted BY trial or confes-
sion, by the Judges Of the Court Of
General Sessions yesterday.
The s~entenceu Imposed were AZ follows.
The evening world., 1912-03-14
WALK TO FRISCO.
Two Brooklynitcs and Two New
arkers start Ions Tramp.

For a purse Of $4,000 offered by viii.
lam Muens of No. 1870 Putnam avenue
brooklyn. Harry Clayton OF No. ~
Schaeffer street. Brooklyn. and Edward
Irving Of No. 2S McDougai street
Brooklyn. to-day set out to walk to Ssr
Francisco.
In Newark they will no Joined b,
John McCarthy and Harry Lewis. The
four must reach the Golden Gate cit.
IN eight months to win the prize.
The evening world., 1912-03-14

ton. and tainted twice while waiting
for Dr. La Rochelle OF New York Hos
pital. lie blcd profusely from the cuts.
The doctor took hin 10 the hospital
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
FIRST EMBASSY
BABY Is BORN N
American Official Family in Paris
Celebrates Unusual
Event.

Special Gable The Washington Herald
Paris, Dec. Mot since the time be-
yond which memory does not extend have
there been such harmless high jinks and
hearty congratulations at the American
Embassy in Paris as this week. and all
because Of the first-born son to Mrs War
rem Delano Robins wife the third secre-
tary Of the embassy. Although Mr.. Rob-
bins has been here not quite two years.
he and Mrs. Robbins are very popular in
society. which fact would not, however,
explain the official jollifcation since the
appearance on this planet Of Baby Ed
ward"
Behind the celebration is the sterling
fact that Edward is the first embassy
baby ever born here. At least Venerable
Henri VignauX, who took part in the
celebration, and whose memory of the
embassy covers more than half a CEN
tury, cannot recall any such similar
event:
When the baby was born a certain Off
cial formality had to he preserved to
prevent his being a Frenchman. In other
words, he had to be inscribed at the
embassy, which is, or course, American
territory. The master of ceremonies on
this occasion was Mai. Bentley Mott, the
military attache. who mas the reputation
of being the most fashionable bachelor
in Paris. He was ably sustained by Sec
retary Bliss and Naval Attache Hough.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
HOLDS NO FEAR
OF MATRIMONY
Aged South African Widow Proba.
bly, Has Made a Worlds
Record.
speciaI Cable % Th. W,,hfnrton Hcr,ld

| Special Gable TO The Washington Herald
| Natal. Dec. Mrs. Theila NJ. de Beer
widow, seventy-eight years OF age, re.
siding at Pretoria, probably holds the
worlds record in matrimonial ventures
At the age OF eighteen she married
Petrus Jacobus Lubbe. who died, leaving
her with one child.
Ten months later she took another
husband. a widower with three children.
A year and five months he also died.
leaving her with four children.
Within five months she married for the
third time, another wIdower, this time
with seven children. With him she lived
for eleven years, and had seven children,
when he also died.
After five years widowhOOd she married
for the fourth time, on this occasion a
widOwer with eight children
With him she had four children, and
after eleven years. he, too, died.
Five years later she married a man
named Hendrix Hopper
Another eleven years elapsed, and then,
her fifth husband died, leaving her with
ten children.
In two years time she contracted an
other marriage with Hendrix Van Wyk,
widower, who brought five children to
swell the family.
Another eleven years passed and he,
too, went the way of his five predeces-
sors, his death occurring only recently.
Mrs. de Beer is now the mother and
stepmother of forty-nine children and the
grandmother of go.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
FORMER DISTRICT
GIRL DIVORCED
Col. Hunsiker Gets Decree from
Wife, nee Miss Clare Jansen,
of Washington.
Special Cable to The washington Henh,

Special Gable to The Washington Herald
Paris, Dec. Col. MiIlard Hunsiker
has been granted a divorce from his wife
by the French courts. He based his COM
plant on the technical ground of his
wifes refusal to return to the common
domiciIe.
Col. Hunsiker was a widower when he
met and married the attractive Miss Clara
Jansen, Of Washington. his first wife, a
pretty Pittsburg girl, having died several
years ago. When appointed foreign rep
resentative Of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, in London. he took pride in intro
ducing his wife into English society, and
they soon became noted as entertainers.
In the enticements and allurements of
social gayety, the colonel and his wife
drifted apart, and after several quarreIs,
separated. Under the influence of a great
love. he induced her to return to him, and
in the same spirit he gave. her a large
part of his fortune But the reconcile
alton was only temporary. and they soon
separated Realizing the hopelessness of
the situation the colonel went to S. G.
Archibald, a well-known American law
yer in Paris, and entered suit for divorce
Mrs. Hunsiker entered a counter charge
against her husband, which the court re-
fused to consider. Mrs. Hunsiker has
the right to appeal from the decree, but
it is not expected she will do so. Col Hun
skier arrived in Paris to-day from his
shooting preserves in Scotland, which he
has with Sir Thomas Dewar. He refused
to discuss the divorce.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
.STATUETTE CAUSE
OF MUCH TROUBLE
Stone Representation of Prehistoric
Woman Involves Germany
and France.
speciaI CabIe to Tlle WashIngton Hcrald.

Speclai Cable TO Tie Washington Herald.
Paris. Dec. From an anthropolog.cai
standpoint. the most famous statuette in
the world is now the subject of diplomatic
negotiations between Prime Minister
POinCare, in his capacity Of Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and Herr Won Bethman-
HOllweg. the German Chancellor.
The statuette is that of a woman. but
the original has been dead some thou
sands of years. so that the statue is
not likely to lead to hOstilities.
The statuette is valuable, not so much
because OF its beauty. as because it is
one OF two stone statuettes which are
the earliest female figures from preh s.
tOrc times They are the only docu-
ments we have showing what the female
form divine was in the days to which
history does not extend; hence their enor-
nous value.
They were discovered not long ago by
the well known French geolOgist. DR..
Lalanne. while directing excavations in
the Department Of DOrdogne. A work
man stole one Of them and sold it to a
German physician. Or. Vernon. for $. COO
Through him the statuette found It's way
into the Berlin Prehistoric Museum,
where it is at present.
DR.. Lalanne. finding the most famous
discovery OF his life had been stolen.
informed the police who traced 1t TO the
Berlin museum and put their informa-
ton in the hands Of the minister for
foreign affairs.
It is practically certain that Chancellor
Won Bethman- Hollweg will give ample
satisfaction to VI. POincare and that the
statue will be returned to France.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR
TO LONDON GIVES HIS VIEWS
ON INTERNATIONAL PEACE
! Cab. 20 The Washington Henld.

Special Cable 20 The Washington Herald.
- London, Dec. Prince Karl Max Lich
.nowsky, the Kaiser's intimate friend
who has been appointed German Am.
bassador to London, in succession TO the
late Baron Marschall Won Bieberstein
is the head Of an old Catholic Silesiar
family that was founded in 1891.
He was born in 1850 and married in
1894 to Matilda, Countess Won Arco-Zin-
neberg.
He is a well-knOwn sportsman, with
magnificent estates at Kuchelna and
-Gratz. Hunting and shooting are his IA
vorite recreations, and he speaks Eng
lish fiuently.
The name is pronounced Lichnoffsky,
with the ch soft.
p The Deutsche Revue of October, 1908
contained an article by the new Am
bassadOr, under the title, Are We Drift
ing Into War with Great Britain"
"Germany's hopes OF future growth lie. -
he wrote, in exactly the same directions
as the present and future spheres Of ac-
tivity Of Great Britain
He formulated them as being: Maritime
supremacy, trade supremacy, and Afri-
can colonization.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
MAKE HATPINS
TO SUIT HATS
London Stores Have Pins of Exact
Length-Prove Boon to
People in Street.
ial Gable 70 The Wnshington HeraId.

Special Gable TO The Washington Herald
London, Dec. T-Hatpins TO fit the hat
are. it Is claimed, the latest and final So
luton Of the projecting hatpin problem
While continental projects are threat
ening defiant wearers Of dangerous hat
pins with legal penalties, and enterprising
inventors 'are flooding the shops with in
genious devices for protecting the pro
truding points, which every woman buys
but few ever wear, the simple expedient
of the hatpin made to measure has
been introduced.
Until now makers of hatpIns have REQ
ognized but two lengths OF pins. the men
acing nine-inchs weapon, which came in
several seasons ago with the enormous
Merry Widow headgear, and the six
inch variety suitable for small hats of
the toque order. When millinery fashions
hover between these two extremes. the
projecting hatpins become a serious men
ace to public safety.
couple of minutes suiIices TO produce
hatpins cut to the precise fraction of an
inch required by the various sizes in mil
linery now in vogue
After choosing her new hats. a woman
the full-crowned Drake" dropping ''Eu-
genie" or close-fitting Persian turban
model which she has ordered
II time permits she may saunter into
the habeTdashery department Of the
stores, where, by the use OF a little ma
chine. the chosen hatpin is shortened TO
the required length. pointed, and pol
ished all within two minutes.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
MISS PATTERSON RESTS
AFTER WRITING BOOK
ON ENGLISH THEATRICALs
al Cable to The Washington Herald.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald
Paris, Dec. Miss Marjorie Patterson,
the young Baltimore society girl. who
has scored such a succession the London
stage, is now resting IN Paris after hav-
ing finished a novel which tells of her
fOotlight experiences. The book, which
will soon be published, is called Dust of
the Road" Speaking of its main subject,
Miss Patterson said:
English actresses are so numerous one
might infer that every woman in England
is on the stage, but they are marvel
Ously well trained. No defect is allowed
to slip by. There is, however, a la
mentable dearth of good plays in Eng
land. They have no human plays.
Some of the better class of actresses
do society plays beautifully. But they
are so bent on being natural that some
times they are not effective. They for
get that what is natural en- the stage
is not natural of the stage. Nor have
they enough tragic strength. With me,
I always feel the house is my enemy and
has TO be conquered. When ] come on the
stage 1 feel current of magnetism COM
ing and going. Temperament and talent
are two things that tell on the stage"
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
AIMS BLOW AT
MODERN NOVELS
Dean Inge, of St. Paul's, Says Read
ing of Trashy Books Is
Sort of Disease.
SPECIAL Gable to The Washington Herald.

SPECIAL Gable to The Washington Herald
London. Dec. Dean Inge. of St.
Paurs took a gloomy survey Of modern
literature in an address he delivered at
session OF the Library Assistants Asso-
citation.
THE skimming Of trashy novels he
said. is sort OF disease that incapaci-
tates the readers from getting any good
| from books. II any one falls into that
habit it Is almost as bad as booking and
stern measures are necessary for curing
it. I am sorry that good deal of mod
ern fiction is not merely worthless, but
poisonous
The dean condemned French novels as
being untrue to life in France or any
where else.
To be addicted to reading them he
said, is vice. to manufacture them is
crime. 1t is deplorable that this fash
ion which has for so many years, devas-
tated German and French fiction, is be-
ginning to creep into our own.
I hope that this epidemic OF unclean
literature may be stayed. and our au-
thOrs return more TO the wholesome
character Of the Victorian period.
1t does not matter very much what
lessons are taught to the children. but
IL is important what grown-up men and
women should have healthy and intel
lectual interest and means 10 crafty it.
The dismal failure OF the public school
system, in which education interest is
for the most part starved. fOrbids us to
hope much from the upper classes. I
am afraid that the careful teaching in
elementary schools is equally thrown
away.
1T is to the adult and mainly the mid
dle-class adult. that attention must be
turned Give them popular, but not su-
pert1cial lectures. and let them have
good library. where without expense
they can crafty their intellectual Gu
riosity'
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
BREAD TOASTING
A SIMPLE MATTER
Englishman Invents Machine that
Will Brown Hundred Million
Slices in Eight Hours.
pecial Cable to Tie washington Hs-a!I.

Special Cable to The Washington Heal
London, Dec. "A machine that will
toast I00.0OO,OOO slices Of bread in eight
hours has been invented by Prof. BOn",
Of Leeds University, who startle the
world of science about a year ago by
announcing his discovery of hameless in
candescent surface combustion, and c. d.
McCourt. a practical engineer.
The professor is now exploiting his dis
covery commercially. and his toast-mak-
ing machine will shortly be placed on
the market.
We hope TO have one OF our toasting
machines in every large hotel in the near
future" said Mr.. McCourt to a Herald
representative yesterday.
Its principle is simple. Slices Of bread
are attached TO an endless band Of steel
which runs between two plates raised
to an intense heat by Prof. Bones sys-
tenn.
THE price OF the machine varies. ac-
cording to its capacity. One capable of
toasting 1O0OOO,OOO slices in eight hours
will be fairly costly, but similar ones will
be reasonably cheap"
Practical demonstrations with the ma
chimes are shortly to be given to an
audience of chefs and hotel proprietors.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
sucial oable TO The washington Herald.

Special Cable TO The Washington Herald
Berlin, Dec. THE war in the Bal
kans is nothing compared to the fearful
"Parsifal" conflict that is undermining
the musical peace Of Europe. Three coun-
tries are involved in the approaching
Wagnerian coniagration, including the
classic regulations of three operatic
managers. who want to be first in pro-
ducing the. French version of the great
Bayreuth festival tone drama.
First in the race is NJ. Gunsbourg,
of the Monte Carlo Grand oepra House,
who seems determined TO produce Par
sifal' in the face of Nine. Cosima wag-
ner's strenuous objections for the benefit
Of his clientele of international nomads.
The date set for the production which
Is to kindle the flames of war is jan
uary . next. The term of protection,
placed at thirty years by the Wagner
family, does not expire until January,
1913, according to the protest which has
just been published by representative
of the Wagner family.
Asks Public to Stay Away.
This official protestation is as follows:
The German press publishes a report
that Richard Wsgner's 'ParsifaP is to
be produced at Monte Carlo this win
ter. As the legal representative of the
Wagner family I give notice to all con-
cerned that permission for the produc-
tion has not been and will not be given.
Furthermore, that all usurpations will
be prosecuted, and the generally fair
minded public should manifest its disin-
CliDatiOn TO further such enterprises by
staying away from the Monte Carlo per-
formance, in case it should be produced
Notwithstanding this protest
The German press supports the protest
and criticises the enterprising NJ. Guns
bourg for his lack of artistic taste in
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
Pay Men to attend
Polite London Teas
Scarcity of Male Sex Responsible for Traffic in
Escorts-Regular Scale of Prices Estab-
ished-Prize Fights as Dipersion.

quisite manners. lend themselves to this
guest-providing business for a considera-
ton. Aside from the regular fee which
they receive for their services. there Is,
also q chance they WI De able 10 catch
an American heiress. which is not the
least among the Inducements offered
them.
Society's latest mania is boxing. and.
as women cannot attend bouts at the
National Sporting Club. boxers are IN
dueed to give private exhibitions There
Is also a healthy tendency among the
giIded youth of London 10 take up boz
ing and there Is consequently q growing
demand for the services. as instructors,
Of ex-pugflists.
Society Sees Buots.
One Of the smartest private boxing-ex-
hibftions was given last week at the
Cayendish Hotel, a quiet little hosiery
in Jernyn Street. presided over by Mrs.
Lewis. who is one OF London's charsc-
ters. Mrs. Lewis has met all sorts and
conditions of men In her time, from
crowned heads downward, and many
members Of the peerage who wish for
their various reasons TO remain incognito.
have taken shelter under her hospitable
roof
The dining-room at the Cavendish was
cleared and some very CORY matches took
place between light-weIghts from the
East End. AS a climax to the evening
BOmbardier Billy Wells gave an exhibi-
ton with his trainer. The newly married
Mrs. Wells who Is only seventeen, look
ed very well in an evening gown.
The affair was arranged by Sir Will
lam Eden. husband of a once famous So
ciety woman, and among others present
were Lady Brooke. daughter-fn-law OF
Lady Warwick; Miss Eden FitzwIlliam.
and Lord RibbIesdale
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
ipecial Cable to The wasbinrtOu Henld.

Special Cable to The Washington HeTald
London, Dec. 7-Men are SO scarce at
afternoon tea parties that their presence
has to be paid for Astonishing dis
closures regarding this growing practice
among fashionable hostesses have been
made by Miss Cecil Mar, who Is quoted
as an authority on all social matters.
No men who are men can spare three
hours two or three afternoons every
week in order to attend these tea par
ties. The necessity for having men in
attendance, however. Is so great that a
regular business has grown up of sup
plying men.
According to Miss Mar the social agent
who lures those sometimes unsuspecting
victims to afternoon functions has the
following scale Of charges which hos
tesses may pay:
''One marquis. $50; one baron. IS; one
duke, $3.50; one duchess. SIS.
Just a few days ago." says Miss Mar,
"a Russian noblewoman visiting London
was giving a reception in the afternoon.
You can imagine how terribly annoyed
and shocked she was when an English
duchess wrote to her Offering to supply
ten young men and the same number Of
women, all bearing titles. as guests for
the sum Of 50 guineas.
People Getting DIsgusied.
Young Englshmen. younger sons OF
lords and the like. have been imposed
upon. as well as foreigners by these
guest providers. The whole pernicious
business. which is beginning TO disgust
many people. is due to this ridiculous aft
ernoon tea-perty system. which some
women insist upon maintaining at all
costs"
Many impecunious continental young
men. faultlessly dressed, and with ex-
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
FLASHES PROM OLD WORLD
ParSifaL Battle Shakes
Europe'S Musical Peace
Three Countries InpoEved in Controversy as to
Whether or Not Opera Shall Be Pro-
duced in January

presenting a masterpiece to such q
motley crowd Of loafng aristocrats.
American millionaires, international
crooks. and diamond-laden women of
the half world
The Italian critics agree that "Parsi.
far should be let loose upon humanity
as early as January !. 1913, irrespective
opines that Monaco, being under a
French protectorate, should listen tC
common sense and give Paris the first
chance.
NJ. GunEbourE Determined.
But these objections are stumbling
blocks over which pedants fall and great
minds walk unmolested. And NJ. Guns
bourg is a great mind, judging from the
note which he sent for publication in
America and which says:
THE world is entitled to 'ParsifaT and
shall produce it in Monte Carlo, cost
what it may"
NJ. Gunsbourg does not go into detail.
He might have added he will arrange an
interesting little roulette game between
the acts or a promenade to a lobster
palace across the way where painted
smiles linger over sparkling wines
Or will Monaco follow the example of
Montenegro and declare war? II Monaco
persists in its belligerent spirit, Herr
Esching, who represents the Wagner
heirs in Paris, will give sanguinary bat
tie in comparison to which the storming
OF the Ichatalja fortifcations will look
like 30 cents
In the meanwhile, some of the serious
German critics view with artistic appre-
hension the responsibility OF a ''Parsifal'
production in Paris. NJ. Messenger, direc-
tor of the French National Academy of
Music. has some trepidation, according to
the Paris papers, but being a good wag-
merriam. II is expected he will not tolerate
any serious deviations from the original
and only "Parsifal."
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
VISCOUNTEsS MAIDSTONE
SEEKS WEEKEND
COTTAGE NEAR LONDON
Special Cnbl. to The Washington Herald.

Special Cable to The Washington HeraId
London. Dec. 7-Viscountess Maid
stone has been smitten by the society
craze for weekend cottage in the coun-
try and Is looking for one within twenty
miles of London. She was in delicate
health last season. but is now looking
as pretty as ever.
Lady Maidstone is the only daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Drexel, of
Philadelphia and married Viscount Maid
stone. eldest son of the Earl of Win
chiIsea, in June. 1910. Their son was
born in August Of the following year.
She is cousin of the Duchess de Eizeu. or
Princess Miguel OF Braganza (nee Anita
Stewart).
In 1907. there was a persistent rumor
that Miss DreNel had determined to en-
ter a convent. but the story originated
in a joking remark made by her to a
friend. She was a recognized beauty
Of the London season that year, attended
several royal functions and was intro
duced to the late King Edward on her
fathers yacht, Margarita, at the Cowes
regatta.