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The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
ANER|CANQUEEN
DRAWS SOCIETY
Leaders Are Flocking to Be
Summer Guests of Mrs.
Hughes Hanett.
SPOTS SPURIOUS BARONS
Has Yearly Struggle to Obtain Mean,
to Keep Up Her Customary
Entertainment.
Special Cable to The Washington Herald.

London, Aug. "a considerable
number of society women are leaving
England to be the guests of Mrs.
Hughes Hallett. the American Queen
of Dinard," the fashionable French
seaside place.
Among the guests will be Princess
Alexis Dolgorouki. who is an English
woman. formerly Miss Fleetwood Will
son, and Miss Aimee Lowther. famous
as an amateur actress for many years
past.
Mrs. Hughes Hallett has reigned SUI
preme at her villa of Monplaisir. and
nobody would dare to get up a big
entertainment at Dinard without con-
sulting her.
She is an old lady. but her appear
ance is wonderful. sometimes even
startling, for she does not scorn aids
TO beauty.
She enters the Casino like royalty.
with a suite of attendants trailing be-
hind her. Some persons find this at
titude a bit comic, but every one is
glad to get an invitation to Mon
plaisir, where huge dinner parties,
dances and theatricals are given
throughout the short summer season.
Very few are aware of the great sac
rifices made by Mrs. Hughes Hallett in
order to keep, up her position which she
gained by years of dogged perseverance
Throughout the winter and spring she
denies herself everything but the neces-
sites of life so that she can make a
great splash in August and September.
for she is of very limited means.
Many years ago. as Emilia Won
Schaumberg. she was the belle Of Phila-
delphia. She married Col. Hughes Hal
lett. who was a member of Parliament,
and for some years entertained largely
in London. Her pet minor royalties.
who were often her guests. are the
Princess William of SaXe-Weimer, the
Prince and Princess Louis dOrleans,
the Princess Gerard de Faucigny Lu-
cinge.
Sometimes spurious counts and barons
find their E+ay to Monplaisir. but the
hostess usually finds them out.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL
In TRAP OF EMPLOYEES
Governor of Province Unpopular with
Staff-Fooled Into Signing
Own Dismissal.
ecal Gable to The Washington Herald.

Special Gable 10 The Washington Herald
st. Petersburg, Aug. 9.-Members of his
staff have put one over on Maj. Veren-
tennikoff, Governor OF the province of
Kostroma, and as a result the major is
out of a job.
The Governor had for long time rele-
gated his administrative duties to subor-
dinates, and habitually signed Whatever
official documents which were placed be-
fore him. He was unpopular with his
staff, and a trap was consequently laid
for him.
One of the under officials put a docu-
ment before Mai. Verntennil1off and he
signed it without reading it. The docu-
ment read:
II have at last arrived at the conclu-
sion that am unfit TO exercise the duties
of Governor"
Then followed a detailed list Of official
misdeeds with their dates, &c.
This incriminating paper. duly signed,
was forwarded to NJ. Kolloytseff. the
Premier, who promptly summoned the
Governor TO st. Petersburg. The Gov
ernor admitted the truth of the charges
which he had unwittinsly signed, and he
was dismissed.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
WEIRD VOICES HEARD
OVER THE WIRELESS
Startling to Catch Laughter or Song
Coming Out of Infinite
Space.
Cable to The washin stou Herald

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
London. Aug. a.-If you are an ANA
teur in wireless telegraphy and have
rigged an apparatus at home, 1t is rather
startling to hear laughter. or a mans
voice, or the notes OF God Save the
King coming out of infinite space.
The wireless station at Stroud, near
Gloucester, has been regaIing London
with the national anthem transmitted
per the ether
1t is done in precisely the same way
that the steamship sirens on the river
play Aud Lang Syne" on New Years
Eve. The electric spark is an interrup-
tion of the current. The faster the
spark tine higher the notes produced.
This frequency can be varied. particu-
larly with a rotary spark-gap. and so
music Is produced.
The human voice has been sent dis
unctly, without wires. go miles from
Brant Rock to New York. and 200 miles
from the Eiffel Tower, Paris
The British Admiralty is experiment.
ing with wireless voice transmission. \
wireless receiving apparatus has hbeen
constructed that will Mt in a cigar box.
The rail of a bedstead has been used
as an aerial.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
Perfect Diamond Rare.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
London, Aug. 9.-It was demonstrated
at the jewelers. exhibition, Agricultural
Hall. Islington, which closed the other
day, that the perfect diamond is rare.
One dealer produced a very large dia-
mond which he was prepared to sell for
$500
IF nature" he said, 'had not tinged
1t with that tint of yellow the stone
would be worth s3o.OOo
ITO those who have no knowledge of
gems I would say: DO not buy as real
for SIS diamond that is pure crystal
without blemish, for It would not be
real.'
women are the best judges Of the
value Of precious stones because they
treasure them more than men. It IL a
matter of instinct"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
KILLS SELF AND CHILD
BY BITING CARTRIDGE
French Miner, After Quarrel with
Wife, Suicides in Unusual

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Paris. Aug. "A miner named Latent
killed his three-year-old daughter and
committed suicide at Lazad recently by
the explosion of a dynamite cartridge
which he held in his mouth.
Latent quarreled with his wife. who
announced her intentions of leaving him
and taking their child with her.
Latent fired three shots at her, but
cnly wounded her slightly. He then
picked up the child, slipped a dynamite
cartridge between his teeth, and b'ew
himself and the baby to pieces.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
SPECIAL Gable to The Washington Herali.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
London, Aug. "A powerful effort is
being made by Queen Mary to end GER
tain social abuses which have been
gossiped about ever since the London
season was ended.
The Queens idea is to restore the rigid
etiquette OF Queen Victoria's reign. and
such practices as "mercenary sponsor
ing and the presence of unlimited
guest are the targets at which she is
aiming.
When the Queen heard that a Peers
daughter had assisted a cockney hostess,
about to give a large ball. and had re-
ceived $4,000 for her services, she was
highly incensed; many of the noble
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
FLASHES FROM OLD WORLD
Queen MARY in CRUSADE :.
AGAINST SOCIAL SPONSORS
Daughter Of Peer, Who Was Paid $4,000 for Assisting
y, at Cockney Ball, Ostracised Royal Dictator
Of London Society.

woman's relations absented themselves
in order to please the Queen.
The practice of several young men,
who go to dances TO which they have
not been invited, Is said to be known
to the strict sovereign.
The Queen can meet the issue only
by locating the persons who offend and
she is ever ready to hear of such mis-
conduct in order to punish it She be-
lieves that IL the leading hostesses band
together and exile the social sponsors.
the climbers and unlimited men. social
life will be restored to its former dignity.
She has expressed the opinion that II
hostesses would issue tickets of admis-
sion to large parties intruders would be
defeated: she holds that women of posi-
ton should not encourage balls ION Q
financial basis"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
specis1 Cable 70 The washipgton Herald.

Special Gable TO The Washington Herald.
Rome. Aug. 9.-Thanks to the queen
Dowager Margherita. a new musician
who until a few days ago was abso-
lutely unknown, has been discovered
and, what is more important, will soon
be introduced to the musical world.
The discovery. which was purely ac-
cidental, was made when the Queen last
week. in company with several ladies'
in-waiting, paid a hurried visit to the
asylum for blind girls of which she is
the founder and sole supporter.
Contrary to her custom, the Queen
went to the asylum unannounced. She
found the building being cleaned and
the greatest confusion everywhere. I'm
mindful of the din and the dust, the
Queen, who was not recognized by the
workingmen, went to the second floor,
where she came suddenly upon a class
in music.
The girls We're singing hymn of ex-
ouisite beauty composed by their pro-
fessor, Charles Grimaldi who has been
blind from birth himself.
Still unrecognized, the Queen and her
ladies stopped on the threshold. while
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
NEW HORSE BREED
FOR ENGLAND'S ARMY
Bright Chestnut Sieeds Said to Have
More Fire" Than Those of Les:
Vivid Color.

Special Caole 10 The Washington Herald
London. Aug. 9.-As a result OF expert
ments made in Leicestshire by biologists.
not yet completed. a new race OF horses
is being developed for the army.
Bright chestnut, which is the equiva-
lent Of red hair in children, has quite
overcome all other tints among hackneys
and II is associated with the mental quail
ity that is called FIRE
In horses and men a sort Of duel is
going on between red and brown. o.
rather chestnut and bay. The hackney
is chiefly red. the hunter chiefly brown,
though ireland is now producing many
Chestnuts.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
GRAND OLD MANI
HAS 93 BIRTHDAY
Lord Shathcona, One Of Can
ada's Most Beloved Char
acters, Is Celebrating.
WIFE CUTS HIS HAIR
They Are typical Darby and Joan"
Friends Notice Change in
Aged Man.
pedaI Cable to The Washington Herald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
London, Aug. 9-Canada's grand old
man is receiving hundreds of messages
and congratulations on his ninety-third
birthday, which occurred Wednesday.
This marvellous man is still full Of en-
ergy, but his friends have noticed a
change in him lately; his deafness has
increased and he suffers much pain from
neuralgia in the region OF the neck.
The doctor does not dare to tell his
patient to rest, as he knows II would
be fatal to a man of Lord Strathcona's s
character to abstain from business af-
fairs.
The old man is generally the first TO
arrive at his office and the last to leave.
Lady Strathcona is almost as old and
as wonderful as her husband. She has
a habit of saying exactly what she
thinks and is no respecter of persons.
When the Princess Louise, Duchess OF
Argyll, advanced to greet her at a
party recently, the old lady said, in a
very loud and distinct voice:
Il Know your face well enough, put
can't for the life of me think what
your name is
The Princess was highly amused. but
the old lady never thought of apologiz-
ing
Wife Cuts His Hair.
Lord and Lady Strathcona are a typi-
cal Darby and JOAN For twenty years
Lord Strathcona has never allowed any
one but his wife to cut his hair.
The old couple have the strictest old
fashioned ideas and married couples who
visit them in Scotland are never al
lowed to occupy separate apartments.
Lord Strathcona's favorite retreat is
the Island of Colonsay, which he bought
some years ago. 1t is a beautiful island
teeming with game and splendid fishing.
Next month the officers of the British
squadron will be entertained there.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
QUEEN MARY ANXIOUS
TO LEARN GOLF GAME
Professional Player Has Been En-.
gagged to Teach Her Ancient
Scotch Pastime.

Special Cable TO The Washington Herald.
London. Aug. 2.-The Queen intimated
the other day that while at Balmoral for
her summer vacation she will devote con-
siderable attention to golf. A we'll
known professional is to be engaged 10
coach her majesty in the royal and an
cient game.
Hitherto Queen Mary has taken little
interest in the sport. and has now largely
been influenced in favor of golf by read
ing the glowing accounts of the per-
formances of the American players
against the best English devotees of the
game.
Her two elder sons and Princess Mary
have also taken il UP.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
ANNUAL $30,000,00O in
PENNY SLOT GAMBLING
French Government Is Forced to Pro.
hibit Use of Machines in
Small Cafes.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris, Aug. 9.-The French govern
nyin-t n-the-slot'' gambling machines in
all the lower class cafes.
The last available statistics show that
in 1911 there were 6i,953 of these petty
gambling machines in use in France
and that their total receipts during the
year were $30,000.000.
The machines are usually leased by
cafe keepers on a sharing basis. During
1911 the proprietors received as their
share s10,0O0.000.
The remaining seooOo,Oo0 was represent
ed by tickets, drawn from the machine.
which were useless unless exchanged
for drinks.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
HEAT EMPTIES ROME.
Many Americans Leave, but Go to
Italian Lakes.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Rome, Aug. 9.-Torrid weather has
finally arrived in unprecedented force
and wholesale exodus has followed,
headed by Ambassador and Mrs.
O'Brien, who have gone to Switzerland
until mid-September.
The italian lakes are still drawing a
large number Of American visitors.
Among the later arrivals are Mrs.
Joseph Rice and her daughter, ofSRoch-
ester; Mr.. and Mrs. S. Murphy, Mr.
and Mrs. s. Shelton, all Of New York.
Among Americans at Venice are Mr..
and Mrs. James Lamont, Mrs Marshall,
Of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Andrew Perry,
Of Hartford.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
FRENCH TO ENFORCE
SILENCE AT FUNERALS
Statutes State that People Talk, Shout,
and Sometimes Even Laugh
in Ceremonies,

STecial Gable to The Washington Herald.
Paris, Aug. 9.-Talking, laughing,
and generally cutting-up at funerals
have become so annoying in some parts
OF France that a 'League of Silence at
Funerals" has been formed at Dijon,
under the patronage OF the Bishop.
This league has been formed, say its
bylaws. .in order to encourage as
many people as possible to show more
respect for the dead"
At Dion. the statutes declare. peopIe
talk, shout, and even laugh during the
funeral ceremony.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
London Rats Have Plague.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald. =
London. Aug. 9.-The medical ofhcer of
health Of the port Of London states in
his annual report to the City Corporation
that plague existed among tEe rats in
the port from February 8 to December 13,
1872 During the year 1.310 rats were
bacteriologically examined and thirteen
were found to be affected.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
THOUSANDS WANT AUTOGRAPH.
Famous Writer, Centenarinn, Be.
sfe;,ed with Letters.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Paris, Aug. 9.-Ten thousand requests
for his autograph and 5000 for his pho
tograph have been received by Francois
Fertiai1. of the Society OF Men and Let
ters, who has just celebrated his Tooth
birthday.
ately. He was born in 1913 and published
his first book in 1880. His latest volume
was published last year. Though he has
been a hardworking writer for eighty
years. he is poor. He has a pension of
$50 a year from the society. This is his
main support in the sunset of his life.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
Home for German Hobos,

Special Cable to The Washington Herald
Berlin. Aug. a.-Here is perhaps a bit
Of news which will be Of interest to some
Of Americas wandering willies:" A
ruined castle at Merlenhausen, Saxony,
is about to be restored by the local au-
thorities. who will use 1t as . free rest
house and night shelter for tramps from
all parts Of Germany.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
CROQUET LONDON VOGUE.
Has BECOME Feature Mt Many @
SnIartest Weekend Parties,

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
London, Aug. 9.-Croquet has sud-
denly come back into favor after a
long rest, and is a marked feature
at all smart weekend parties.
Tennis is too strenuous and golf
too battling for many whose social
duties call for much of their time, but
croquet affords splendid opportunities
for scandal and chit-chat, which ac-
counts for much of its popularity.
The croquet lawns at Ranelagh and
Hurlingham are in great demand, and
many are introducing new rules and
new kinds of hoop to give novelty to
the game.
Among the fair sex one notices Lady
Angela Forbes, Lady Margaret Spicer.
Lady Sophie Scott, Lady Winifred
Butler, and Mrs. Arthur Sassoon.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

London, Aug. 9.-The most accom-
plished dancer of the tango among
English peeresses is Lady Diana Man.
ners, the surprisingly beautiful daugh.
ter of the Duke and Duchess Of Rut-
land.
Lady Diana has become so fond of
the tango that she refuses to attend
1t will be remembered that the Duke
of Connaught. who is to marry the
Duchess of Fife in October. was ar
IDENTIFY in love with Lady Diana, but
Edwards consent to the marriage The
rumor Is current that Prince Arthur's
fondness for Lady Diana has not
abated in the least, and that his lost
love has cast . shadow over his life
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
RAGTIMERS PINE FOR HOME.
London Music Halls Glutted-Noth.
ing for Them to DO.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
London, Aug. 9-There are three or
four hundred homesick Americans in
London. They are music hall artists
who fiocked over here when ragtime
brought about a transatlantic boom.
They came first class, talking of three
figure contracts, and now they are
scheming to get cheap passages home
disguised as Polish emigrants.
The trouble, Of course. is that the
music hall stage has been glutted with
American turns.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
|COUNTESS GIVES
CHARITY FETE
Wealthiest French Landowner
Responsible for Remark
able Display.
AMERICAN BELLE LEADS
Partisan Mansion Scene of Costume
Ball at Which Social Leaders
Appear.
cial Gable to The Washington Herald.

SPECIAL cable 10 Inc washington herald
Paris. Aug. 9.-Charity has become
fashionable here and the honors for this
year go to Countess de Bearn for her
original way Of getting money for a de-
serving cause.
famous charity fete was made up OF
living pictures. which also moved These
moving human pictures were seen in the
ballroom OF her magnificent town house
in the Avenue Bouquet.
This Byzantine mansion was filled with
groups of dancers costumed in different
periods Of French history. On entering.
one feasted his eyes upon a group OF
dancers Of the time of the Consulate;
Bonaparte and his consular court were
there. The leading ladies of this group
were the Princess dArenberg. the Mar
Quise de Brantes, and the Countess Veil
de Castel
American Woman Leads.
When enough had been seen OF the
consulate costumes. a party OF pretty
women frisked into the ballroom, taking
their places. These were OF the time of
Louis Philippe and were robbed in the
floating gowns Of that burgeois period.
An American led this group. She was
Princess Guy Faucigny de Lucinge. for
merly Miss Natica Perry and later Mrs.
Stickney. She was ably seconded by
Countess Ignatief
Suddenly the scene changed and a col
lection OF beauties in CrinOline appeared.
They We're in the height Of the fashion
OF the Second Empire. Here the Count
ess Jean de SesourZac was leading. The
countess was the belle of the ball.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
CAR IS Sending
ENGINEERS HERE
Will Study Various Phases Of
Railroad Systems Of the
United States.
IMPROVE WATER SUPPLY
St. Petersburg Has Ordered Examina-
tion of American Filtration
Plants.
IMPROVE WATER SUPPLY

Special Cable to Tie Washington Herald.
ST. Petersburg. Aug. "a party OF en-
gineers from the Russian Government
Railway Department is leaving this week
for the United States to study the me-
chanism and organization of the re-
frigerator car business.
The commission. which will be in the
United States two months. will also make
a study OF the responsibility of the rail-
road companies for freight transported
un-,r storage conditions, methods OF
licking. quantity OF ice necessary to
preserve perishable goods and the rates
charged for goods transported in re-
frigerator cars.
In the effort to improve the water
supply OF ST. Petersburg. the municipal
ity has ordered examinations OF a
l:rge number OF American filter systems
with a view TO adopting one for the
River Neva water supply. Hitherto only
English and German systems have been
tried.
The council also has decided TO try the
American chloride treatment for purify
ing the Neva water in comparison with
the existing ozonator.
L. $. Official to Aid.
W. W. Husband. special representative
OF the United States Department OF
Labor. has arrived from Washington TO
look over the situation.
Not since the fall of 1904 has there
been so much political disaffection in
the Russian labor world as now. An
order of the government declaring work
men who go on strike at any works
supplying material for the army or navy
or the State railroads shall be treated
like soldiers in mutiny produced no ef-
feet
Scarcely six weeks work has been
done on the battleships under construc-
ton here and on the Black Sea since
early spring. In many industrial fac
tories the conditions are much the same
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
CHINESE SUFFRAGISTS BUSY.
bring First Trial for Bigamy n
that Country.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Hongkong, Aug. 9-The first Chinese
bigamy trial that has ever taken place
has just ended in Un Chan Tse being
sentenced to eighty days Imprisonment
by a mixed court at Shanghai.
The prosecution was instigated BY The
Chinese Woman Suffragist Society.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
CAT CUTS MANS THROAT.
Jumps on Shoulder and Breaks Up
Shaving Operations.
The Washington Herald.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris, Aug. 9.-While shaving in his
bedroom here the other morning Edmond
Hury's pet cat jumped on his shoulder.
as was its habit
The animal knocked Hury's arm. with
the result that a cash was cut in his
throat and he bled to death before assist
ance could be summoned
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
DUEL1NG SCARS TO ORDER.
Will He 'sTurnishedn without Pair
or Interruption to Business.

Special Cable to The Washington Heald.
Hamburg, Aug. 9.-A new industry has
been started with the object of making
men interesting to women"
One firm advertises 1t is prepared to
provide cuts such as decorate the cheeks
of students who have fought duels in
the universities. This can be done
without pain or interruption to busi-
ness." and accurate resemblance to she
real thing In Ruarantsad
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
ITALIAN LAKE DISAPPEARS.
Waters Sink Into Crater. Of SUBJ
merged Volcano.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Rome, Aug. 9.-The picturesque Lake Of
Canternos. near Rimini, Italy, the home
of the tragic lovers Francesca and
Pavlo, has suddenly disappeared, the wa
ters being drawn into the crateriof sub
merged-xolcano.
Thousands of dead fish are heaped in
the dry lake surface.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
BRITISH KING|S
SKILLED Joiner
George V Surprises Workmen
When He Visits Industrial
Centers of Midlands.
PROFICIENT AS A YOUTH
When as Boy He Kicked Out Door
Panel He Procured Wood
and Fixed 1t.
PROFICIENT AS A YOUTH
edal Gable 10 The Washington Herald.

SPECIAL Gable 10 The Washington Herald
London, Aug. 9.-During the recent tour
of King George and Queen Mary through
the great Industrial centers of the Mid
lands. his majesty often surprised his
guides and the workmen by the technical
knowledge he displayed.
In one case he took a carpenters plane
from an astonshed hand" and did two
or three ''swipes' with it in a most pro-
feSsional style. AS any one who has
tried it knows. planning is by no means
SO easy as it looks, and the average
novice bungles badly.
King George, however, is no amateur,
for a boy he was a proficient car
penter and can still handle plane and
chisel in the deftest style. In his younger
days in fit of temper he once kicked
his foot through the panel of a door at
Osborne. but later on, seized with re-
morse, ne procured a bit of wood, cut
and planed another panel and made good
the mischief.
Bookcase Made by King.
One Of the Prince of Wales treasures
is a bookcase made by his father. who
hobby.
1t is well known that his majesty is
strongly in favor of some such practical
knowledge, with the result that many
men and women of note are studying
arts and crafts, and there is likely to be
great revival of the craze for poker
work, wood carving, enameling, and so
forth.