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The New York herald., 1921-02-13
BRITISH ROTARIANS
TO GREET VISITORS
1000 American Business Men
to Be Welcomed at Edin-
burgh Conference.

Special Gable to THE New York HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, By THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London, Feb. 12.
British Rotarians are planning to well
come two thousand business men from
America who are coming to Edinburgh
in June as delegates to the World 8
Rotary Conference. This was announced
at the sixteenth anniversary OF the Lon
don Rotary Club, which was celebrated
with a luncheon at the Hotel Cecil at
tended by eight hundred members.
Arthur Chadwick. president OF the
club, said British Rotarians were looking
forward to this great gathering with the
idea of having a heart to heart talk with
Americans that would lay the founda-
ton for better business cooperation. Mr..
Chadwick said he felt sure that this
meeting would create sufficient UNDER
standing and sympathy to result in
closer relations between the two great
peoples.
One OF the speakers was Harry
Lauder. whose speech, although inter-
mingled with songs and stories of Ro-
tarysm and Anglo-American friendship.
was somewhat i'm the nature of sermon.
The only way to get friend, he said,
was to be one. and the two nations
should proceed along tniS priHclple anu
remember that England and America,
who drank from the same cup of bitter
ness, must now stand together for bet
ter times, just as they stood together
during the dark days of the war.
Ambassador John W. Davis was the
guest of honor. After the King had
been toasted Mr.. Lauder sang God
Save the King" and then "My Country,
'Tis Of Thee" The President of the
United States also was toasted.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13

French temperament when he opened
his lecture with this statement:
San Francisco Is mud. New York
is mud" That much went over in
great style. Everybody agreed with
him and began to consider him a
speaker with keen Judgment and pro-
found vision. Then Raymond, flushed
with enthusiasm, added this:
Paris Is not only mud but the low
est, filthiest and most Internal city in
the world"
And then the storm broke. There
were Kisses and angry shouts from all
parts of the hall, and at almost the
same instant there was a general rush
Of men to The platform. where they
defied Duncan again to insult their be-
loved France.
Duncan promptly decided to change
his theme to a more pleasant one and
ended by advising the audience to seek
repose from worldly society by staying
at home, washing their own clothes
AMI sweeping floors.
The Ecldir protests against letting
Duncan spread his ideas here, saying
Paris is weary of men who disguise
themselves as carnival time Athenians
and walk the streets with bare legs
and dirty feet so that they can sell
rugs of doubtful quality at high prices"
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
VITAL STATISTICS
FOR ENGLAND AND
FRANCE CHEERING
Great Gain in Birth Rate Is
Accompanied by Drop in
MOrtuary Toll.
BEST RECORDS BROKEN
Actual Number Of Births in
Britain Last Year Was the
Highest in History.
Special Cable TO THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, by THE New York HERALD

Special Gable TO THE New York HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, by THE NEW YonK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London. Feb. IL.
The astonishing improvement in the
birth and death rate in England and
France for 1920 proves conclusively
that these nations. contrary to what
some authorities have been saying
about decadence, have reason to re-
Joice over a triumph Of motherhood
which has lifted them to a remarkably
vigorous and healthy state of develop
ment.
Especially is this true OF England,
where the death rate fell to 12.4 a
thousand, the lowest ever recorded. The
infant mortality also is the lowest ever
recorded, having fallen from 149 a
thousand in 1880 to so in 1920. Right in
line with these encouraging records Is
the birth rate. which was the highest OF
the decade. having reached between 25
and 26 thousand The actual number
of births is the highest ever recorded.
while the number of deaths is the lowest
since 1862. when the population was only
20,000.000.
In France while detailed figures are
available only for the first six months
of tho year. the result shows that for
the first time I'm many years births ex-
ceeded deaths by wide margin.
In the whole country, including Alsace-
Lorraine and the liberated departments,
the figures show that there were $4,000
more births than deaths, the exact
figures being 424,66s births and 356,722
deaths. Just how remarkable is this
Improvement is shown by the figures for
the same period in 1919. when outside
of the liberated departments there were
40, 900 more deaths than births.
Another encouraging thing is the In
crease In the marriage rate. In the de-
partment of the Seine, which includes
Paris, for instance. there were 1880
more marriages during the first six
months of 1920 than during the cor
period of 1919. Also there
were 1900 more births.
To return to the situation In England.
il is interesting to note the improve
ment since 1871, as shown by the fol-
lowing table. which, giving the rate for
900 of population. does not take war
losses into consideration:
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
COMET MAY BUMP INTO
THE EARTH NEXT JUNE
No Danger in Collision, but
Science Would Benefit.

Special Gable TO THE NEW YORK HrHaLp.
Copyright, 1891, by THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
New York Herald bureau.
London, Feb. 12.
The earth may have the novel ex-
perience OF colliding with n comet next
June, although the chances against a
collision are 1000 TO /. according to
Or. Crommelin OF the Royal Observa-
tory at Greenwich. However, even II
the celestial visitor does bump Into the
earth IL will cause no catastrophe, DR..
Crommelin says. People generally
would not even notice II and as for the
astronomers. they would really welcome
collision because II would give them
an opportunity of finding out what
comets are made of.
The comet Is known as the Pons-
winnecxe. FIRST named In 1919. IL be-
comes visible from the earth every FIVE
and three-quarter years. Pons-Winniclxe
IL different from the usual comet In
that instead OF having n tail like most
others II has trail of meteors 500 or
500 miles long. When near the earth
this comet travels at the rate OF twenty
four miles a second.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13

EDCCiUt CODfc 10 I'm sNhN 'N"n @N"~1'
Copyright, 1921, BY THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London. Feb. IL.
A country in East Africa where the
principal diet Is milk and where no
woman Is considered really beautiful
until she has become so fat that II Is
difficult for her to get about was de-
scribed at a luncheon OF the Adwych
Club here by the Rev. John Roscoe.
ethnologist. who has spent much time
studying the life and habits OF savage
tribes.
One tribe. Mr.. Roscoe said, consumes
so much milk that a peasant who owns
only 100 COWS considers himself poor, be-
cause IL he has only 100 cows he can't
marry. Usually when a man who can't
get together more than 100 cows wants
to marry he hunts up two other men
who are in the same fix, and the three
OF them marry one woman 30 that their
combined herds will furnish enough
milk to keep her. Mr.. Roscoe said that
the first princess he met there was so
fat that she couldn't get through her
own doorway to greet him.
Lord wewar, another speaker. de-
clared that In his travels he had discov-
cred that the price OF wives had gone up
IN some sections. ~ found" he said,
that whereas good strong, upstand-
ing. is hands wife formerly cost four
spearheads. the price had risen TO eight. =
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
GERMANY TOLERANT
OF LAX SOCIAL CODE
Efforts Of Church to Stay De-
cline of Morals Show Lit
tie Result.

Specfdi Gable to TIE NEW YoRR HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, by THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin, Feb. 12.
Despite recent efforts of Cardinal Ber-
tram. Archbishop of Breslau. and all
the German Catholic Archbishops and
Bishops to curb the moral decline in Ger
many by the issuing OF signed pas
toral, the public attitude toward immor-
ality has not changed. If anything 1t
has become more tolerant of late. The
status of the unmarried mother has
changed since the days before the war.
Among shop girls and factory workers
there is no longer any social stigma at
tached to the birth OF an illegitimate
child, according to one authority
Because of the countrys loss in popu-
lation the people have come to look upon
such a thing as the fulfilment OF a pa
triotic duty under Disadvantages. The
only change that takes place Is that
the mothers thereafter cali themselves
Frau" In place of "Fraulein." In these
days IL is very rare for an employer TO
dismiss a girl under such circumstances,
while before the war dismissal was an
Inevitable result
An example OF the change in the pub
lie attitude is an article which appeared
In portDderts telling Of the dismissal OF a
telephone girl for this cause and Sc
verely censuring her fellow workers for
being narrow minded enough to permit
such unusual treatment.
Another Incident tending to show the
t,nrao cipo trend fnUard tnloranCe took
place I'm the Reichstag where the Social
ist Deputy Frau Schroeder proposed a
decree making unmarried motherhood no
longer a ground for the dismissal of a
woman official or a cause for her not
being accepted for a post DR.. Lewald.
the Government representative, how
ever, refused to grant the decree and
said that each case must be considered
on it's merits.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
CAPTURE TOURISTS FOR
MOVIES ON RIVIERA
Filmers Ask Passers-by to Act
and Treat Them Well.

Special Gable TO THE NEW York HERALD.
Copyright, 1871, by THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
Now York Herald Bureau,
Paris. Feb. I2.
One OF the new attractions for tourists
and others Mt Nice is the opportunity TO
act for motion pictures which Is made
possible through the activities OF one Of
the largest American film companies.
The British producers of this firm are
now at work on a mystery story there
and when they need "A super they do not
hesitate TO invite the first person that
comes along who happens 10 be the type
they are looking for. Among those who
have accepted these invitations are an
army officer and some prominent Eng
lish and American visitors who regarded
II as quite lark.
Those who wish TO take pay for their
little adventure In ilmland are given
about 50 for each time they consent to
act and In addition 10 this the firm treats
them TO luncheon at one OF the Rlviera's
best restaurants.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
N. G. COAST GUARDS
HONORED BY BRITAIN
Praised by King for Gallantry
and Humanity in Saving
Imperilled Seamen.

special Cable TO THE NEW York HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, By THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
London, Feb. 12.
Great Britain has extended an cx-
traordinary honor to North Carolina
coast guards for their 'gallantry and
humanity" in saving the lives Of many
British seamen during the war. At the
recommendation of the King the Board
of Trade awarded a gold medal TO John
A. Midget, keeper of the lighthouse;
lions Midget. Prochorus O'Neil, Clar-
ence Midget. Leroy S. Midget and
Arthur ". Midget, surfmen of Ro-
danthe, n. C. The Board of Trade gave
a piece of silver plate to the keeper IN
recognition OF his able leadership.
On August 16 1918, the oil laden steam
ship Mirlo was torpedoed off the coast
and Immediately became enveloped In
flames. After several explosions the
crew abandoned her. There was n
strong sea running, and nine men were
drowned when a boat capsized.
The Mirlo WAS surrounded by mass
of burning wreckage and flaming sea
caused by the oil cargo. The Midgetts
saw tho fire and set out to the rescue
in motor launch. They picked up the
ma ster and sixteen men from one boat
and then heading through the sheet of
flames rescued six others clngng to n
capsizsd boat. After a search they
found still another boat with nineteen
men hopelessly adrift in 1t. Two boats
containing forty-six men were taken in
tow. The Midgetts provided medical at
tention and otherwise cared for those
they rescued.
The King in his recommendation said:
",rhe danger from the burning oil. the
difficulties arising from the heavy seas.
the cool. efficient way in which the
operation was carried out rendered SER
vices which are most praiseworthy."
The New York herald., 1921-02-13

AMERICAN ATTACKS PARIS;
LECTURE HALL IN UPROAR
Raymond Duncan, Brother of Isadora the Dancer
Arouses Storm Which Leads to Ban on Foreigners
Taking French Money and Insulting the Nation.

Special Gable TO THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris, Feb. 1s.
The hospitality Of Paris has been
recognized the world over, but It is
no longer to be accorded foreigners
who leave their own shores to be-
smirch France while earning a living
in French francs during their stay
here.
The first American to fall victim
to this change In French sentiment
is Raymond Duncan, brother of the
dancer Isadora Duncan, whose re-
cent troubles over his youthful heir
MenallSan's revolt against the wear
ing of Greek garments made Paris
rock with laughter for nearly two
weeks.
The episode evidently got on Ray
mond's nerves. and. deciding to take
advantage Of the unexpected publicity,
he announced that he would lecture
on the subject How Rose From the
Mire." The mire In question being
all that is evil in San Francisco and
New York, where Raymond spent
thirty years without making a great
impression on the nations history.
However. Raymond hired a hall and
got crowd together, but he made a
slight error in his judgment Of the
The New York herald., 1921-02-13

Special Cable to THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, by THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London, Feb. 12.
After twelve years of lying in bed
In a West end hotel a man other
wise normal and comfortably fixed
financially now resents being an
noyed with questions regarding his
strange case and says: when Lon
don is really civilized people will be
able to do as they please without ex-
citing comment"
Twelve years ago, when he was
about 40 years old, handsome, with
square shoulders and bright eyes-the
picture of health and vigor-he walked
into a hotel in quiet district and
engaged room. He has been there
ever since The day following his ar
rival a letter came for him. where
upon the visitor retired to his room
without giving any excuses.
He Is we'll connected and no clouds
seem to hang over him. Occasionally
his puzzled relatives visit him and he
receives much correspondence. He re-
ceives his callers in bed and also all
swers his mail and reads much without
leaving his bed. He has the newspapers
sent up to him daily and orders new
books as they come out Once month
q barber comes and cuts his hair and
trims his scrubby beard.
IT am quite contented," he said. what
could I do II i were up and about?
Naturally the long rest has had It's
effect on his body. The doctor says the
bones have become so brittle through
inactivity that It would be necessary for
him to move carefully II he changed his
mode of living. His skin seems normal
when the hand is passed down his arm
but a reverse motion reveals rougn.
scaly surface which is a recent develop
ment and which the doctor cannot eX-
plain.
Perhaps 1t is not correct to say that
/ have been in. bed twelve years" he
said. "I go to my bath every morning
while my bed is being made, and on two
occasions went down stairs to the par.
He takes two meals a day, which are
served in bed, and he has grown nearly
two inches during his twelve years oil
rest. He persistently refuses to divuige
his real name. and says there is no rea-
son why he should explain his lying N
bed any more than any one else snouio
explain why they get UP and rusn aoou'.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
FRENCH HOTEL MEN FIGHT
SPECIAL TAX ON TOURISTS
Sympathy and Hospitality Must Be Commercialized
Officials Believe, Especially if Germans
Fail to Settle Fully.

largest French hotel syndicates ad-
mitted that mot a single American
would object to paying such a small
sum in order to visit Paris and see all
she has TO offer"
However. tourist agencies generally
do not seem to share this hotel mans
optimism. declaring that Paris Will be
robbed Of a considerable amount of
her prestige II the Americs~. the Eng
lish, the Serbs and the Run.anians who
come to France to see the graves OF
their soldier dead are met at the ports
with demand for additional francs
while every stage Of their journey into
the interior will be marked by the ap,
plication OF the tourist tax measure.
This, they declare. will not be In har-
mony with the solemn purpose for
which most foreigners will come to
France during the next five years.
But France needs the money, and IL
the rest of the world does not help her
collect from Germany she will have to
put sympathy and hospitality on q
business basis regardless Of the risk.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
MRS. AsoUITH DELAYS
TRIP TO AMERICA
Family Illness InterUenes, but
Comes Next Spring.

Special Gable 10 TIE NEW York HERAtp.
Copyright, 1921, bv THE NEW YonK HEnALp.
New York Herald Bureau,
London. Feb. IL.
Mrs. Herbert Asquth (MargoD will be
unable to go TO America this winter ow-
ing to sickness in the family. but she Is
planning to make the trip in the spring.
She has been occupied with the respon-
slbilities OF a grandmother, but probably
will take the baby with her when she
sails.
Mrs. Asqulth has somewhat changed
her social programme. She has given
up first night appearances OF late and
only engages a box to see n play after
II has settled down as an assured IA
yorite
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
CHfGNON COMES BACK
CALLED GRACEFUL NOW
Offers Field for Adornr,ent to
JeUeiler and MilIiner.

Special Cable TO TIE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright. 1871 bv TIE NEW YoiK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris. Feb. 12.
Paris has launched a new style OF
hairdressing, or rather has revived an
old trick of adornment by bringing out
the chignon again. Being in fashion
again the chignons are considered very
graceful and have the advantage of
offering n field for adornment 10 the
teweller as we'll as the milliner.
As worn at recent fashionable gather
Ing. the chignon consisted OF a large.
smooth roll of hair set high at the back
OF the head and kept in place by a
comb Just below IL. Some OF the women
wore two rolls. set either one above the
other or ono TO the right and one 70 the
left. the effect being heightened BY two
jewelled combs set fanwise on either
side toward the ears. The jewels in the
combs worn ranged all the way from
rh.ncstones TO diamonds and emeralds.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
PARIS MURDERESS'S
TEARS WIN FREEDOM
Brutality and Selfishness of
Man Forced Her to Shoot
Him.
Special Gable TO THE New York HErALp
Copyright, 1891, by THE New YORK HERALD.

Special Gable TO THE New York HmALp.
Copyright. 1891, by TIE New YORK HERALD.
New York HernId Bureau.
Paris, Feb. re.
1.-Two years. But the sentence is sus-
pended. Go and sin no more"
That is what Paris Judge yesterday
told Marie Leonide Olivaud owner OF
the Ritz Bar, a popular drinking place
we'll known to Americans, who was
charged with the murder Of a Rheims
manufacturer named Marcel Moreau.
The case as presented to the court
was of the strictly Partisan type. Be-
fore the war Leonide was the friend OF
an Austrian nobleman, but when the
conflict started the latter left Paris
and was killed while serving in the
Austrian army. He had left his fortune
with Leonide. however. who managed
several other love affairs so success
fully that she became as rich as any
other war profteer. Finally src cap
tured the affections of Moreau.
Moreau lost heavily later in automo-
bile transactions, and when Leonide re-
fused to sell her jewelry to help him
out of his difficulties he treated her
brutally and threatened to kill her. In
moment Of anger Leonide sent two
bullets into his heart and then repentant
gave herself up.
Tearfully yesterday she told how she
formerly had struggled TO make ends
meet and Of her trials of living with a
nan who squandered her savings and
then OF the sudden temperamental crisis
later that left her murderer
Having plenty of money now she had
engaged one of the greatest French
criminal lawyers, whose pleadings won
the courts indulgence. There was a
grand fete in Leonide's bar. where sew
eral hundred members OF the Paris gay
world celebrated the release of their
companion.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
DICKENS'S OLD CABBY
IS AT ANNIVERSARY
Wreaths Placed on Tomb
stone in Westn,insfer Abbey.

Special Cable 10 THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921. bv THE NEW YORK HrpALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
London. Feb. 12.
Many lovers Of Dickens went TO West
minister Abbey this week to place
wreaths upon the tombstone OF the great
author IN honor OF the looth anniversary
OF his birth Among those who paid this
tribute was Airs. Henry Fielding Dick
ems, wife OF the authors son.
Among others who remembered the
day was George Mayhem. known as
Long Bob" who Is now eighty years
old. lie remembers that when he was
a cabby az fifteen he drove Dickens
around 20 Fleet street resorts. lie con-
tinued driving an omnibus until 1872.
Among the stories recalled by the an
niversary at a meeting held In Its honor
was one concerning the two graves dug
for the author One had been prepared
by n country village grave digger. who
had lined IL with evergreens. when
telegram arrived saying that to Dickens
had been accorded the honor OF burial
In Westminster Abbey. This disap-
pointed gravedisger is now quoted as
saying:
II allus had a grievance against the
powers that be. They robbed Inc OF M
hero. had to I'LL up my grave again
without my Dickens
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
LONDON 'ATHENEUM
DIES AT AGE OF 81
Literary Periodical Absorbed
by The Nation

Special Gable TO THE NEW YoKK HEsALp.
Copyright, 1921, bv TIE NEW YoEk HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London, Feb. 12.
After ninety-four years of existence
the scholarly Athereum has died as an
Independent literary organ with to-days
issue. 1t will be published next week
as an integral part of the Nation, which
will be enlarged for literary section
containing the old name Atheneu,n, and
will be under the supervision OF II. W.
Massingham, editor of the Nation.
The Athereum was founded in 1907
by DR.. John Akin, and died after two
years. II was refounded in 1928 by
James Sulk Buckingham. The Nation Is
Liberal organ. Earl Haig prohibited II
from being sent abroad for six months
during the war because 1t was charged
that II was being used by the enemy for
propaganda purposes. The magazine has
no relation to the Nation published in
New York. but in many respects the two
are somewhat similar
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
GUARDS REGIMENTS
IN PRE-WAR SPLENDOR
London Sees Sure Peace Sign
in Uniform Change.

Special Cable to THE NEW YoRK HEa.rp.
Copyright, 1921, by THE New YoaK HrsALp.
New York Herald Bureau,
London, Feb. 12.
King George returned to Buckingham
Palace this week to find the Guards reg
iments decked out In something like
their pre-war splendor. with jaunty blue
caps, adorned with red bands and brass
rims. and before Parliament opens Feb
ruary 10 they will have scarlet tunics
and blue socks. This Is somewhat OF a
victory for Churchill. who has long
wanted tho Guards restored TO their old
glory.
War veterans noticed something Ger
manlilSe in the cut OF the gray-green
overcoats and tho shape OF the caps. but
London considers II sure sign OF pea &C
when IL sees the household troops
dressed in something besides the bust
nesslike khaki.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13

Special Cd6le TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, Ov TIE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris, Feb. IL.
American tourists, despite the pro-
tests of French hotel keepers. may
find themselves confronted with spe-
cial tax when they come here next
spring. A quiet investigation by Gov
ernment officials, though. Is showing
that the hotel men are not so much
worried about their American clients
Withholding their patronage on ac-
count of the tax as they are desirous
of avoiding further contact with what
they call scores of bureaucratic inspec-
tors, who, they charge, are continually
foisting on them obsolete systems Of
bookkeeping in an effort to collect the
maximum amount in taxes.
A law already exists whereby ten
centimes a day may be added to all
hotel accounts. but 1t will merely re-
quire a favorable vote by each French
municipal council to raise this tax to
a franc day. The head Of one Of the