Show 1 I LONDONERS SEEK TEST TO 1 DETERMINE WHEN A MANIS MAN MANIS IS ACTUALLY INTOXICATED INTOXICATE I Titled Titled Folks Turning to Trade to Recoup Fortunes Snake Skin Patterns for Latest Clothes Parisians Now Wearing Fur Stockings Germanys Germany Germanys Germany's s Old Maids Want a Leap Year Weck I Each Year ONDON i-ONDON Jan J n By S-By 9 By Th Tb As Press The establish establish- ment scientific standard I ot of o for drunkenness has haa ha bren been brought a step nearer by a dec assoc assod association ston slon ion of ot the th British Medical ahon don to Investigate the th Question In n the Uie most roost scientific manner It Is Announced that a te tee ot of medical experts expert In co oper cooperAtion atlon with judicial experts expert will 1 try tr the QUIS QUI'S question to find an n answer to tIon which has ha been puzzling po- po police polie lice courts court for years when yer when Is a roan jan drunk drunk- The committee sill 1 nil ave eighteen members member represent medical association the th Ing the metropolitan police and stipend stipend- try 2 magistrates tes This question has h s been ben agitating the authorities for tor or so o long lone caus log Ing endless court debates debate and ap- ap appeals ap appeals peals peals- and nd leading to endless mis- mis misunderstandings understandings that the th medical association has hu ba decided to go to Into the matter In the th most moat thorough the th possible manner ni to determine merits merit and demerits of o existing exl and nd If It necessary work ork out a anew anew anew new test teat which would be b Infallible CHILD ACTORS Fourteen n little sons and tel tel-a of ot famous actresses es and nd Sc ac tors ac-tors tors are re to particIpate In a pro pro- d cUon of o Sir James J mes M Barries Barrie's The The Admirable ble Crichton Crichlon to be matinee per per- given liven In London at a this month l lGladys Gladys Cooper Marie Marl Lohr Sybil Thorndyke Viola Tree Nigel 2 Playfair Play fair tair and several other well-known well their chil chil- children children stage tac parents brought dren to the rat rehearsal Little Mary Casson C s on the year ll-year year old oM old daughter of o Sybil Thorndyke I Ithe the actress who who bas baa h s greatly great aue aug her ber fame by her t n of ot the th title role rol In Shaws Shaw's Saint Joan Join was as the th heroine of the rehearsal rehe rs l She Sh came without her ber part and when someone asked her It If she the had h d left her lines at hom home the little lad lady Indignantly re- re r d I HI have learned mj mi my lInes and do not need any book And she really had bad She Sh was wa letter perfect and spoke her lines with a low wen modulated rolce which showed sh b been coached coach coach- coached o ed Id by England's Gotland's pre eminent ac c tross She plays the role rol ol ot Marie Marl arle Lohrs Lohr's little daughter Jane Jan Is cast Is cast for the th role roli I of Lady Agatha Aeatha and Gladys Coop- Coop eYe ern son ion Master Matter John Buckmaster ts js cast for or the th honorable Ernest WOMEN'S DINNER COAT By appearing in one of the th lat lat cst ext est dinner coats for or ladles Prin ri-in- Princess cess Mary has set the seal of ot royal on another of ot society's fads The Th dinner coat was designed and worn during durin the th recent cold spell and has proved so popular that It Jt Is being beine used now that the weather Is milder There Ther are area area area a variety of o styles mostly short hort like ilkI a mans man's tuxedo and made mad of taffeta lined with velvet Others u Li-u somewhat longer loneer In bright col col- colored colored colored ored chiffon velvets the tb cut being straight with long long- wide wid sleeves aud bell bIll openIngs at the tb wrists TITLES IN TRADE Titled folks are arc making nu- nu ous CUB efforts to get Into Inlo trade trad and are ar trying Just as hard to get such titles titles such seems seem the tb trend of change chane In London Every day ay some lady l dy baroness countess or or even duchess announces an an- she Is 11 opening a gown gon shop a tea shop or even a hotel The whole hole social fabric has baa been twisted and sadly t tarn torn rn Bince sine the war It Is no longer looser a jib f A be merely a lady or gentle man centle-man man of social distinction Society us RB It was once one known In London does not Dot seem to exist any any- anymore more Would Would-be Would Would- leaders can can- cannot not round up enough Important fol f 01 ol- ol lowers to attract attention Heavy taxes growing out of o the th war have hav hastened the th Lion of o formal society In Great Britain Land Is now a burden and those who s had little money but big bit estates must go to to work work to maintain families fl Fortunately t e wa was trained most malt young men nun ana women romen now to 10 look after them themselves and the th titled land poor are ar digging Into trade trad and commerce with great energy London debutantes have han s re r with hopeful antiCipation the announcement that the th king i and Ild queen are ar to hold three thre courts at Buckingham palace next sum sum- summer sum sum-mr nier mer Instead of ot the th customary A A fourth court may also allo be b held In Edinburgh later in the year majesties In Ia the th event of o their ma tics s-tics ties tiel visit engagements permitting a vi- vi vis it to Scotland says las the tb lord announcement a further court would be b held at palace Edinburgh and Scottish ladles of o being summoned to to attend courts court artt ar therefore requested to Indicate their wishes accordingly Because of o prospects of o four courts court all told society leaders predict an exceptionally gay cay sum sum- sum Err J er with more than the th usual I number of o presentations which Includes Include from rom 1 16 to to 20 and po more mor women from the I U United States i SNAKE SKi SKIN PATTERN PATTERN I I Odd designs of o snakes skin akin have base hav b been en adopted for or the latest London Lon London don novelty In lu men mens men's tie ties The Markings of o boss boas pythons And copperheads are ar particularly popular lar mr Mens wear a trade magazine I to the Idea as a daring and original series of o printed ef ef- ef ef which stimulate the th dazzling colors of o reptile skins skiDS Further describing the th new neckwear the trade trad Journal says sars Thu beautiful markings marking of o boas copperheads lizards and are ar reproduced with Ih liv- liv Ine In lag even the th characteristic tic reptilian scaling of ot the th skin closely Imitated ed TO BUILD CHURCH When PARIS PARIS When Saint Joan Jon of I Arcs Arc's day comes again acain next May 9 the foundation stone ston for or a new newchurch newchurch ch church In her honor will be laid In Paris In fulfillment of o a vow ow I ronde to her in the dark days of early September 1914 when hen the mans G mans Gei-mans mans seemed destined to occupy occupy py Paris The Th late lat Cardinal then archbishop of o Parle Paris made a sol sol- solemn sol solemn vow row In the th cathedral of o Notre Dame that If 1 France Franc were victori victor victorious victorious ous the Catholics of ot the coun- coun country coun country try would build a church to St Joan as a thanks offering ottering to God Plan Plans for or the church have been heen drafted and and a site covering square feet teet ct purchased between PariS and Its suburb of o St Dents Denis It was here bere her that Joan prayed be- be be or be-or fore her troops made mad their at- at attempt at attempt tempt to recapture Paris from rom the Dauphins Dauphin's enemies and where she praed ed again acain after arter the after the failure of that Ill advised attempt In which she he was wounded by an arrow COSTLY TALKING The greater reater talkativeness ot of o the pr present sent chamber of ot deputies as aa compared with Its predecessors Is costing France more mor than a mil mil- million mil mil- million million lion francs a year The Th appropriation tion lion for or printing the proceedings of the th lower house hour was formerly abut about francs france Last year that sum was exceeded by 1000 1000 francs Other expenses of running the th chamber Increased 1 1 1 francs leaving a deficit or of francs at the tb end of ot the ear I II I i Night sessions entered largely Into the tb increase while the th deputIes deputies ties consumed more mor letter paper than ever before This extravagance extravagance extravagance gance is explained by the fact act that since ISH 1924 the th deputies are allow allow- allowed allowed allowed ed to send their letters free of postage The Th total cost of oC run ron run aing the th chamber is about francs france FUR STOCKINGS The Th unusually severe weather cather In Paris this winter with heavy snowfalls has caused an Innovation Innovation Innovation tion In women styles which for once cannot be b called Illogical Fur made mad their first ap- ap appearance appearance ap In the th Ibis Bols de Boulogne when it lay burled buried under three inches of snow snow Those Thos seen thus far ar are ar made madof of rabbit squirrel and skunk skins are worn with heavy beavy 10 low shoes and reach Just knee The fact act that shoes have hav to be orn a size lz larger larcer than is usually necessary and the high bleb cost of the material has bas thus far ar prevented the new nw stockings from rom becoming common and thin silk csaro stockings are aro still In the th overwhelming ma ma- majority majority majority Unless the tb peeps In- In Into In Into to to the jewelers windows window frequent frequent- frequently i ly during the tb beginning of the I ears ear's activity of o styles she Is likely to find dad herself two or three I styles out ot of o date The jewel rush h in Paris Is as feverish as aS aO gold cold rush rosh nd and the th jewel jewel- jewelers jewelers I ers era are ar doing dolne their best to keep the public excitement going Eoln by changing their models and window dl displays plays dally daily The Th fan fall all in the th value of o the franc is certainly having some some- something som thing to do with the th fever ever of o jewel buying buring many people wanting to turn dubious paper francs franca franc Into metals and stones Hindu Chinese Chinse Persian and Dy By By styles succeeded one on an- an another an another other in the th space of o only a week In the th windows of o a creat great jeweler j of the th Place Vendome i I I I SCHOOL JOKER Examination time Urn for Paris I school boys has hu brought out as fine a crop of of o howlers bowlers as was ever eYer retrieved ved from rom a English course cours In an American college One On young essayist wrote that the pyramids separated France flom Spain Another described a demagogue as s a receptacle In people formerly orderly drank beer Geometry it Jt was as confidently Stated several times Umes teaches us andt that oxygen has baa eight sides and It appears that hat bat the tb best way w-ay y to kiil boraL an Insect is to to pinch its That the th French French are are not feces feces- necessarily a sea faring nation nation seems sem to have havo been ben shown by considerable misapprehension on the th part of young scholars as to the th nature of One Ono young man declared that they were equipped with ev ev- ev err ery modern rn comfort t and another that they were so so constructed ed as I to asto be b able abl to carry nore Inore mor than they can contain PADLOCKED CAFE Paris can boast of o a refresh refresh- ment room which i is as dry and as thoroughly padlocked as any In Inthe the United States It U is 18 the th but i i I I I fet ft at the th railroad sta- sta lion across from rom the minis ministry try of foreign affairs in the heart of Paris Hungry and thirsty travelers ar ar- ar riving lYing at and departing from rom this station find the th glass flats doors door of o thIs buffet burret firmly closed and covered with dust Except for or a brief after the tb station was built 20 years ago the th Buffet has been blen closed It was shut because the railway authorities refused to recognize tho the right of o the city of Paris to an Indemnity the th ground upon which the station stands be be- be belonging longing to the th city The base tase cas was laid before the council of o state which decided In favor of o the municipality but the railway people were obdurate and andi te kept t the padl padlock on the tb door LEAP YEAR WEEK BERLIN DERLIN Jan By 9 9 By The As As- Associated Associated Press German Press German spinsters weary V of o Indirect methods of o ine lug Ing the th elusive male are agitating for a recognized leap year ear week In each year during which It shall shail hallbe be their thIr privilege to propose The fd Idea a has been presen presented ted to the government maniac bureau and proposes that there shall be b each YE-ar YE not one but seven days dedicated dedi dedicated caled to St Catharine the pa pa- patroness of o unmarried women Se Sev- Sev Several Sev Several eral spinsters organizations are b backing the th proposal OfficIals Official of o the marriage bureau ray that when a girl cirl in years years Is 27 years old and unmarried unmarried her chances of or g getting a husband are about one on in five Although the number oL oCt marriages has been re- re restored restored re restored stored to war pre war pre figures it Is notable that those between mIddle middle- aged aed men mn and comparatively young girls are more and more mor frequent There Ther is a large lare surplus of women between the ages of 18 11 to 45 the th war having ha vine caused a do- do deficiency de deficiency of ot men in the th twenties t and thirties Men too young to have served in the th war are ar marry marry- ing log marrying girls tirl of o their own ages ares WHISKERS REMOVED A Wotan without whiskers ap ap Ip p recently In a modernized performance of o Die Dl gave Frankfort admirers of Rich Rich- Richard Richard Richard RichI ard Wagner Wamer a shock that will be Ion long belong belone remembered The Th perform was based on an Idea simi lar tar similar to that back of o Hamlet In Plus Pius Fours and made mad no DO more mor of ofa ofa ofa a hit with Its it audience than the modernized version of Shakes Shakes Shakes- peares peare's masterpiece previously hd made mad with German audiences audience Siegmund and lunding 1 al also so beardless but but they thy they made mad up for forthe ortin the hirsute loss by a play of o tea ea tires which gave new meaning to the the Wagnerian text Siegmund Sie-gmund and Sieglinde were draped In flow lug IIII robes robe Instead of the usual bearskins bearskins bear skins The Tir final act beginning with the th wild ride rid of o the th I through the th clouds was represent represent- represented ed cd as taking place In the tb after after- afternoon afternoon noon Instead of o In the bewitching darkness r I LANDS LANDS IN U S LIBRARIES The United States leads tho the public world in the th excellence of o Its pub pub- lic lie and university libraries In the opinion of o Dr Wilhelm chiet librarian ot of o the state slat library of Munich who has ha just lust returned from America where he h super super- supervised supervised a German book exhibit at Columbia university In respect to physical equip equipment administration ment moot and of o administration tion among libraries are are far ar ahead of those of o Europe Dr said Any American visiting the public libraries of o New York or Chicago must turn green with envy he asserted Dr made a personal report on his trip to President von who expressed gratification over the th progress made mad in the th resumption or of cultural relations between Ger- Ger Germany Germany many Gr-many many and the th United States State |