The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-06
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WOULD SLAP BAR
Of CENSOR ON ALL
ENGLISH DIVORCES
Suggestion Prohibiting Publ.
cation In England Before
House Of Lords

l-o->i'O-N, Nldy o.--Nby ASSOCldleu
Press.)-The spectacle of long lines
Of women and men waiting for ad-
mission to the court to hear divorce
Proceedings. and the publication of the
lurid details of the evidence long
feature in English newspapers, will
be prohibited. if suggestion in the
House of Lords by Lord Buckmastkr,
former lord high chancellor. is car
ricd out. r!'
Urging that nothing in regard to
divorce suits except announcement
of the results should be published,
Lord Buck master said it should net
he suggested that the public has the
right to know everything that takes
place in the divorce courts.
The one great scandal connected
With these reports is that they pill
lGrY innocent parties he declared.
To make a woman seeking her legal
rights go through the ordeal of dis
closing her evidence before lot cf
sHIear. idle sghtseers is To do
something that offends against the
NEST elementary principles of JUS
tee"
Vfscount Cave, the lord high chan
cellor, in reply, said that everyone .
was agreed as to the eYils of the
present situation, but the real ques-
ton was how the Improvement could
be brought about without improperly
NI0laIinS tne lTeeuolu VI lHe pl SoS
GLOBE TROTTING RECORD
The American is the most widely
travelled person in the world. but
the Brlton leads among the Euro
means according to tourist agencv
authorities who are already busy
handling the advance ship loads OF
what promises to be record break
ing season for American globe trot-
tiers.
After the Americans and British
come the French, Scandinavian,
Japanese and South Americans il
the order named.
Americans, it is estimated, pa
S1O,000,000 annually to foreign gov
ernments where the visa charges
which have been imposed in retalia
ton for the high passport fees
levied by the American government.
Threo-fourths of the American visit
ors to Europe travel through at least
six countries, and consequently pay
$50 in visa fees. Tourists are often
seen with passports bearing seVera,
hundred dollars worth of visa
stamps. About 100000 Americans
visited England last year. according
to official figures and nearly twice
that number are expected this
season.
NEW ART SENSATION
The exhibition of the Royal aca-
DENY has counted upon every sum-
mer to bring some art sensations.
This years surprise is the accept
ance of a picture by Mrs. Henrietta
Barnett, widow of Canon Barnett,
who makes her first public appear
ance as painter at the age of u.
1t was only six weeks before this
success that she took up oil PANT
ing and submitted three examples 10
tie judges. This does not mean that
she had never been an artist; al
though she never studied under
teacher for many years she mas
PAINTED in water colors, but merely
as an amateur, 81 {, &
way as to the custodian OF oid-tasn-
Toned British art traditions, and sci
dom is any successful innoVator al
mitted to it's walls or it's memoV
ship until long after he has pc
come famous to the outside woflu.
John. now in America, who was elect
ed to associate membership years
after he had made his high reputa-
ton.
A considerable group of the most
advanced British artists Sill nous
aloof from the academy, as .a
Whistler and some of his associates.
The Society of British Artists, OF
which Whistler was one of the nrsl
presidents. now is celebrating It's
fiftieth anniversary. whistler Ia
nous portrait of Miss AleNahuei'
which many thought had gone u
America, hangs in a place OF honor.
ACTIVE TRADE SEEKERS
Londons diapers, or dry goods
merchants, are taking more agsres-
siye measures than usual on the
eve of the annual American tourist
invasion to entice the visiting Wom-
en- into their emporiums. Inc Lon
don association, composed OIL - 81
the largest houses. stirred Dy tuo
ISLANDERS which it says have beeh en-
culated in regard to the treatment
of customers by the London mer-
chants. has issued manifesto be-
ginning: .nts consta,tiy
appearing in the worlds press nv
London fashion houses whose sig
natures are appended to this state
ment have thought it desirable TO IS.
sue this manifesto to the women OIL
Throwing down the gauntlet to
New York and Paris with the state.
ment that London is producing mus
of the wonderful creator, % Inv
world. the manifesto continues;
1--WE have fixed prices for all soods
ia all customers. All prices are
marked in clear figures on All our
goods We have never sold anu neNea
will sell substitutes or iakes. 80,
are lower in England than In Amer
lea on 90 per cent of goods OF SIM.
lar work manship. according u
chamber of commerce llsu res
"Our statesmen and saieswomen
,,avor undulv urge customers to buy
as we consider that courtesy. and re.
snoctful suggestions as to the char
anter of the goods are better sales
manship. We speak only your IAN.
guage and you Will De as nauIa IN
YOUR own city"
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