The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
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Ebert Needs Bit Of Gold Lace To Elicit
 Homage
lBy Associated Press)

BERLIN, Sept. 6.-lby the AS sociated Press. ss.)-President Ebert IS not surrounded by enough gold lace and ceremony to demand the homage that is due the chief executive, in the opinion of many of his supporters, and an effort is being made to develop democratic pomp" along the lines used in the United States and France to dignity their presidents. When President Ebert first occupied the im- perial box at the state opera the 0p-' era did not rise and greet him. This lack of courtesy which was attributed, largely to the ignorance of the Germans as how to treat their president, has been overcome but President Ebert goes about in an automobile with other officials without naval and military aides or naval escort to enable the pub lie to. identify him.
 Baron Won Reibnitz, former minister of Mecklenburg, in a newspaper article recently, said that the solemn manner in which the President of the United States and his cabinet made their ap- pearance on all public occasions always had been very impressive and he urged the German republic to establish bu- reau of ceremonies. As the Weimar constitution gives no directions in this respect, it would be necessary to work out plans which a cavalry escort and many uniformed hides might be utilized on state occaFons. s
 an@ Wedding Halted.
 Johannes Schwartz and his prospec- tive bride had their wedding rudely in- terrupted at Pyritz, little Prussian village, by a fire alarm which sounded just as they arrived at the church where, the ceremony was to be per formed. 4
 It is the custom in Prussian villages where there are no professional fire de partments to commander all available horses and men to fight fire. Con sequently on this occasion the bridal carriages were stopped and the horses and the groom to be, the ushers and the preacher rushed to the fire house and thence to the scene of the fire. ~ After the fire had been extinguished and the men had changed their cloth ing they brought the horses back to the carriages in which the bride-to-be and the other women of the bridal party had waited and proceeded to the church where the nuptial knot was tied. & An Eternal Monument -
 The French government has refused to supply funds for the upkeep of the castle of former Emperor William near Schlettstadt in Alsace. This land mark was presented to Emperor William in 1899 by the citizens of Schlettstadt and he restored it at his own expense.
 The French government has advised the municipal authorities at Stras- bourg that they will be held respon- sible for maintenance of the castle as ".an eternal memorial to the liberation of the country from German rule"
 Village Re-discOvered.
 The village of Weinfeld near Cob lenz has been re-disc0vered after hay ing lain in ruins for more than four centuries. In the Sixteenth century the village was swept by a pestilence which killed half its inhabitants and this was followed by a disastrous fire. Rumors became current that every one in the village would die and the inhabi- tants fled without taking their posses sions along as they were of the belief that the village was under a curse. Landslides later helped to wipe out traces of the houses which have just been found four feet under the ground.
 B0bbed Hair Again.
 Five thousand women workers at Sebnitz' in Saxony have lost their jobs because of bobbed hair. These women were the makers of artificial flowers of the type formerly used in trimming hats. Since bobbed hair and small hats came into vogue there has been no de- mand from world milliners for the prod ucts of the local factories, in which the women worked.
 The few ''flappers" in Sebnitz. who have bobbed their hair have been os- tracked by the villagers who are fac ing starvation because of the whim of fashion which calls fnr hohhad hnir