The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-17
HIDDEN EVENTS
 TOBE REVEALED.
Woman Who Could Keep Secret To Consent Te Publi-
 cation Of Memoirs

BERLIN. Feb. 16.-(By the Asso- ciated Press. s.)-The. European chan ceIleries are said to be anxiously await ing disclosures which possibly may be made in the memoirs of Frau kath- erin. Schratt, the aged actress who for many years was the fsvorite and con tfidante or Emperor Franz Josef of Austria. She is popularly supposed to have had knowledge of the facts sur rounding the murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and also secrets of international diplomacy preceding the World war. Frau Schratt often has been pointed to as the one woman who could keep a secret, but it js now re- ported that she is willing to consent to the publication of her memoirs.
 To Katherine Schratt, Francis Je- seph is supposed to have divulged inti- mate secrets, which even his closest of ficial advisers did not know. The actl.ss. who was "a member of the Royal theatre in Vienna when Francis Joseph met her. still lives in that city.
 Why Fairies. Arc Blend.
 Fairies and angels and kings daugb- ters all are universally painted as blonds by the great masters, for the very good reason that golden hair and eyes of the color of 'forget-ne-nots gen. erally go with an agreeable and joyful temperament. This in ths opinion of the Berlin Achtuhr Abendblatt. which quotes scientists as supporting its cliampioning of light-haired and fair skinned women.
 lack-haired and broyn-haired wom- en who had golden hair when they were children and now have fair com plexions also are credited by this news paper with having lively and joyful temperaments. But, says the journal. black hair and dark complexions gen erally go with choleric dispositions and brunettes of the pronounced type often are calculating and lacking in the child ish temperament and joyousness which is indispensable to artists. The news paper admits, however, that brunettes of the pronounced type often are less superficial and are capable of deeper feeling than their light-haired sisters, and also that they are likely to have a much more more oI pronounced s.s ehaf'et'r'
 Urge Women Diplomats.
 Frau Doris Wittner and other prom inent German women leaders are seek ing to have German women appointed to the diplomatic service. Russia's ap. pOintment of Madam Alexandera Kol- lantay as minister to Norway is point ed to as an indication that Russia has become even more advanced than the United States. The German feminists insist that German women worked hard while their men were away at the war and that they did their tasks in such an effective manner that their ability should now be recognized.
 The admission to the bar of Fraulein Doctor Marie Monks as a forward step which has given encouragement to the women. who. in increasing numbers are studying law and political economy in the German universities. although the faculties are trying to discourage them by explaining that the legal profession is overcrowded During the last term there were S,2S3 women students, a rec ord figure for German universities The women were scattered through all departments, particularly in the univer- sities in the larger cities.
 German courts are not very consid crate of women who seek damages for wounded affections, consequently a young woman at Mannheim whose sweetheart had treated her slightingly and told her his parents objected to their betrothal, consulted the mother of her halting fiance and was told by the mother that he had lied to her.
 The young woman did not consult