The chronicle=news., 1913-05-24
FOREIGN news
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Paris. May 2i.-AlfOnsO Of Spain
has returned home. Ills Paris viist
WAS short. but not 20 the mcincmory
Of his fatalistic courage. When the
King was told that George OF Greece
had been assussinatcd nt SalOniki. his
only comment was: 1T may be my
turn next" \ close friend who
heard this remark urged the kinH IN
agree never To 20 out on horseback
again unless accompanied by ~ strong
escort, "if." replied tho young mon
arch. Il am never to he allowed To Io
about as ! wish. can only hope that
my turn Will come quickly"
Five actual attempts have been
III. past ten years. the las, occurring
n, Madrid. April ~ OF this yrnr.
baseball has com. To Paris. and
has has taken the city virtually b.
storm. Negotiations are under Way
for the purchase Of ball park IN
the iioIs de Bouiongc; sporting hous-
cs are stocking basebaIis. bats. masks
agd gloves to meet an Increasing de-
mnnd. aud ih. American baseball yer
nac,iiar II being translated int"
frcncn.
All this is III" direct result of n
f-w exhibitions of the great Amsfi-
can game witnessed near Paris re-
Gently. bu, Franc" was ripe for tn"
innovation. Grated on newly
awakened love for outdoor sports nni
living tha; has grown up In Frame
recently. baseball bids fair to b"con-
the most popular Ani fashionable
method oi Its expression,
Several hundred curious spectators
iouru.y-i to cplomh i.s days ago
,n see tn" game played oriulsiiy fo9
for III. first time gnd-r thc auspices
of the "Haring Club" Ns the match
progressed the rari.ianr b-cam- more
and more fascinated and by the end
u, the ninth everybody pr-srn, prom
i.-S himself = try at the a~~ zane.
which viii. in all probabiii'y. lie Of
h.iaIiy adopted by the leading raris
athletic clubs.
f'rcnrhm~n today take pride IL be-
Ing athletic. II 4. the fashion to ''sr
in for some Kind Of outdoor sport
\ soft arm and u paiiid complexion
ar, COMING to lee srurnct. This chan &c
In trcnrhn~n IL one result 0J what
has been called ''ih- new spirit in
France" the spirit Of confidence. ri
action. of morality. II Ia we'll -scn.
piif!cd by Maurice Nsrr~H sni a
younger school Of writers ~ho h-'i"N.
1 bss. lF 4
aud philosophy in ridins hr-.-h-s or
after a game nj tennis as with LONG
locks. butterfly n--b~"ar. aud duh
att. unhealthy eye.
fr-nehmrh arr determined In 1915.
To average their ir,pr performances In
the last Olympic gamc> III" roun.
, ;t, In being rrsreh-d sss'-r.aii.aii, (,
for promising a'hi-i.s. \ nunii'cr "f
we'll known tn-n. amen. them tho
Marquis de Poiisnsr. have undCrtsk.
~n a campaign I" arous~ the eOintr,
to iis rr.tou .ibiliii~s in this cpnn~s.
tiun. and already athletic soa,y~i,'
Tons 10 hrinx "ni Oit tmpic material
.rr being arranged IN every little vi.
'al- In France. Trum these the via
h-Tr will assemble IN .nuniy ,cnI'~'i.
'i-n-. and 80 .n. until gradually ~
elimination ia-r" viii b- picked "u'
the h"s' team "t athletes which
Franc" can produce France in max.
Ing up her mind To surprise the ath.
l~,ir world in 1915. and the srowiI
popularity Of y. sport viii aid ma.
i'Giaily ,o this -nd.
.
the richest woman In tue CITY III
Constance. switzerland. Maiamr Osc
known as the Queen Of thu smuT
gicrs." has jus; been arrested and
givcr fifteen months' Imprisonment,
fer Introducing sa.,aarinc into Ger
m,ny.
For years Madame os.l has i-t d
directing the operations of band ot
smusEl-rs who derived good prufi,
ftom this coniramand trade sh.