El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-01


has ever seen has closed There,
has nc been q single court festivity
% an kind the usual public balls
have without exception been dismal
failures, ana there has been practically
40 private entertaining Thee Balkan
war and the uncertainty OF the lnterna-
tlOual situation have paralyZeC trade
end industry throughout the dual mon
archy- and the complete failure of the
carnival season mas brought bankruptcy
10 many NienneSe storekeepers.
At the beginning Of the season ii was
hoped that there might be some one
court function. if not court BALL then
at least q sOiree. But everything was
against ii. Al 50 years OF age the en-
perOr finds it impossible to stand the
strain OF tedious court ceremonial. and
MS doctors preemptOrily forbade his
tdalns any rlsks his nephew ana
heir. archduke Francis Ferdinand,
could easily represent him, but being
dissatisfied Win the position that
court etiquette requires his mOrganatic
VIE princess HOhenberg. to assume,
The archouEe steadily refuses TO take
part in any ceremOnials at the Hofburs
IN winch women join The leading
Fchduchcss at court, Zita, wife of the
next heir to the throne. Archdu6e
Francis Joseph. is only 20; too young to
preside at imposing state ceremonies,
and, furthermore, she recently became
% mother. presenting her husband with
a son who stands third in the succession
10 the imperial crown And IN ether
households OF members of the imperial
family there were various reasons
against joining in court festivities this
year, so that in the end it was found
impossible to arrange even so much as
concert
10 Public Balls.
The mobilization ruined the public
balls. Apart from the enormous ex-
pense it entailed and the loss Of bust
ness, 1t has taken thousands Of men
away from the capital, specially a large
number OF officers VINO are the life and
soul Of dances in Vienna RecOgniz-
ing the necessity Of doing something TO
help the stOrekeepers, who had no
Christmas trade at all, unusual efforts
were made to ensure the success OF
these public gatherings But II was
useless The male guests were lacking,
and the balls fell nat At one OF the
most important Of the whole season
there were not enough persons present
TO form the lines through which dlstln-
guished visitors are led from the en-
trance TO the dais at the top Of the ball I
room.
The death of the aged archdulze |
Rainer. just 10 days before the END or 1
the carnival season, caused a general /
abandonment OF public festivities Sc
CreUy the committees Of the balls thus =
given up reiOiced, for IT saved them I
from very embarrassing situation, J
since there was not the slightest hope I
Of any Of the functions attaining even I
a passable measure OF success.
Many Failures Expected.
And now that the social season IS 1
ended and with it all hopes Of the trad (
ing classes LEGOuD4uS themselves ADA Z
the worst Christmas trade IN many I
years. it is feared that many bank /
ruptcies viii be recorded The January I
figures OF insolYencies are the highest (
since the panic Of 1873, especially in /
the dry goods branches Wholesale I
houses Of many years standing are \
hard pressed to meet their engagements I
and retail 1lrTns are IN an equally DaQ I
plight. Every body Is complaining that !
there is no money to be got and col
lectors are going round begging Gus !
amHrm #~ INC q
ordinary times the amounts would not (
be thought Of
Many War Alarms.
News has come here from St Peters :
burg and Russian towns along the Aus 4
trian border. showing that Russian I
newspaper readers are daily perturbed /
by war alarms, due to the critical sit
uatiOn in the Balkans and the difficult
ties in Austro-Russian relations Many /
Russian papers are serving the peopte /
daily with alarmist reports from towns I
along the Austrian frontier. Mystic
riOus aerOplanes and airshipss always
equipped with a high power searchlight,
ing their Searchllghts upon the cry
halls railroad stations and other build
ingS and then disappearing in the dlrec-
lion of Austria or Roumania. or a band
of Austrian OF German emissaries viii
visit the cabin Of railway section
hand, bind and gag him, and then make
an elaborate survey OF the bridges and
CulveTts In his section presumably TO
see if they will bear the weight Of
Austrian rolling stock
Sometimes the reports have more sub
stantial foundation as in case Just 1
reported in an order of the day by the
commander Of the Russian frontier
guard. A sentry on the frontier noted
n grOuD of Austrian gendarmes at I
some mysterious work in a little cOpse
on their side Of the boundary. InVesti-
cation showed that they had managed
10 tap the Russian military telephone /
line at a point near the border. The
case was reported to the Russian en-
peror. and the intelligent sentry re-
ceived the imperial thanks and a sub I
E1ofber verification of the Austro-
Russian tension is furnished by the re {
rnoval Of the highly venerSted miracu-
lous image OF the virgin from the Rus-
sian monastery at POchaleff TO a place
OF security at ZhitOmir.
Pochaieff is only five miles from the
Austrian border. By a standing order (
dating from the time Of Nicholas L the I
monks are required, in case Of danger
on the western frontier, to remove the
image to ZhitOm1rs and IN more serious
cases TO Kursk. During the present (
crisis the monks applied to the holy
synod at St Petersburg for instrUce-
lions. and the removal of the image
was ordered. 1t took place with great
sOIemnity the image being borne in
solemn procession, followed by hun Z
dreds of peasants, to the nearest rail-
road station, and thence by special train Z
70 Zbitomir. where it was welcomed by
the commander Of the troops Of the
IIieV military dlsITlcL- Zen AuJL wan
off: the governor Of the province, the
archbishop at the head Of the clergy,
md an the soldiers Of the garrison
KhOrOPs Severe Laws.
The recent discussion and general op-
,,oeifion in Austria to cOeducatiOn in [
Inc schools and colleges Of the dual !
monarchy has brought comparison to
the working Of this system or lnstruc-
ton in Russia
EboroI a town near Kiev. carries
t1,e banner for severe ordinances Here,
ss in many provincial towns, boy pu-
-f7s have been forbidden to 60 walking
Is, 4be girl students in the town
streets. but the sEhOrol board Of edu-
es+ion followed this ordinance up with
-, o-i7ar prohibiting the teachers also
~ - see1 on the streets in company 4
III! - women. on the ground that they
e5oT1d furnish an example OF proper
conduct to their pupils At nigh
boIidavs the school authorities at mid
t..t,t s.ereeafed the boy pupils in