The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
MAR SW|NDLER |S AGAIN IN TOLLS
Frau Kupfer Answers In Court To Charge Of De-
 frauding Victims

IT ouuillS NiOtiiiIO
 BERLIN, Nov. 2i.-CBy Associated | Pres. )-Frau Meta Kupfer, one of | Germany's most notorious war swind- lers has appeared again in the courts to answer charges of defrauding vic tins who consulted her as a mystic. During the war Frau Kupfer posed as the holder of many contracts for war supplies and obtained large sums of money. which she spent in main taining great establishment, en- tertaining lavishly and representing herself 'as extremely wealthy. Her contracts were myths and she went 10 prison for fraud.
 Upon her relese from jail she ceased 1 to pose as a contractor but set up an accult parlor which was patron i2ed by professional men and polti- ! clans. Police officials, who knew the Woman's record, finally interferred with her thriving business and drag Sed her into court on charge of be- traying a trust. She was so skillful in court, however, and had the sup port of many of her clients, that the police were unable to prove their charge. Some of her clients testi- fled that they received their moneys worth, as most of the things Frau Kupfer predicted had happened. De spite the defendants testimony that
 
 raise the hopes in discouraged and disheartened men and women, the court, after fining her committing nisdemeanor. warned her to be careful about having financial rela- tions with clients.
 Improves Grounds At OeIs.
 EX-Crown Princess Cecilie has made many improvements in tEe grounds of Oeis Castle since the German revolutions with the result that the gardens are now great joy to the former crown prince, who has just returned from his exile in Hol- land. Cecilie's hobby is rose grow ing and she has se"e- conserva- tories erected while living there dur ing the summers her husband was in exile. She also had the vegetable garden extended and improved so that every imaginable delicacy awaited Frederick William upon his return.
 The crown princess also has inn proved the surroundings of the hunt ing lodge at Klein Ellguth. tea miles from Oels, wher- she spent many days in the pine woods with he' children. l This lodge is constructed of timber and plaster and set in the gre forest | with only a few simple flower beds and evergreen hedges adorning the ! small clearing. It is on side road | far from the mair thoroughfare and has large field nearby on which | deer are now browsing peacefully. all | unconscious of the slaughter which is | to come later on when t*e c~,wn rrince and his associates find time for hunting.
 MaIigning The kiss.
 Is the kiss relic O. cannibalism? Many German scientists my it is and | insist that it was custor ary for the l cannibals to kiss their irrespective victims. They further contend that the meaning oc it was q love you so much l should li' to- eat y3u.' In | other words, it was prelude to bite and it is wholly inappropriate manner of displaying real love.
 The German press. howa-r r is not ! unanimous in accepting this ultra scientific statement. Die it rises in | defense of the kiss and :he poets who ! have sung it's raise and declares that l American doctors reported to be or must not have had any practise in ! the art.
 An Uncanny eft.
 Bruno Krrth, noted life insurance actuary, has analysed the hand | writing oe one hu ed If insurance | policies and declares he has discov cred that persons who write sh | I letters such as and v high anu | wide, and who write without em- ! phasis do not we very long.
 To test his eories the handwrit- i Ing of many persons now dea NGs | given Herr Kurth and in 75 per cent l of the cases he stated definateiy the l age at which they died and was :ot E more than six years out of ,hc way in | the remaining 9 D.; cent.
 Try To Sell Art Collections,
 Desperate attempts al being made | to raise money for various publ in- stitutions, the appropriations for Which tn state is finding it -ncreas- | ingly difficult to place in inc budget. |
 The Prussian government has been consulting experts on the advisanility | of selling the art collection in its museums. After mature cAnsidera ton, however, the experts advised | against such desperate plan on the [ ground that the art market is now | overloaded and any propose sale is bound to fecome known beforehand [ and nothing like the full value of the collection would be realized.
 The experts who include some of the best known authorities of the Foreign art market, declare that when the Vienna government in extremity though of selling t.e famous Gobe- lines of the imperial house of Il lps- burg, international art dealers inn mediately formed q ring which of fered for the whole collection less than the value of one single piece. For this reason they declare the tapestries were pawned and the same fate may be in store for the state owned art treasures here.
 Dozctors Perturbed.
 Doctors are perturbed at the sell ous growing scarcity of medicament andl the impossibiity of obtaining fresh supplies from abroad owing to adverse exchange. A current week ly. Medizinische Wochenschrif, ad- vocates a return to the old-time sim l, pie remedies and gives a list of the , various roots and plants growing on the soil of the fatherland, the decoc- tions from, which the paper states ) arc equally as efficatours as foreign lrugs and much cheaper |