Show Gift Gift of American Piano Puts French President In Trying Predicament Premier Forced to Give U Up Fishing Tripon Trip on Opening Date Careless Workman Goes to Jail After In- In Installing Installing In Installing stalling Electric Light That Kills Man Dogs Not Allowed on German Beaches Cold Weather Roses Declares Marriages Now Are Made Spoils in Automobiles and Not Ballrooms FARIS PARIS July By 30 10 By An Press An American piano house houa that presented Pres with Ith a n sample has placed him tn in ina a rather embarrassing position With the notice U that at tho pIano had reached Havre came arc a rev re request quest from the Customs authorities authorities authorities ties to pay six six thousand francs duty As a piano non-piano J playing bachelor the president had no great use uS for us-for for the Instrument and the idea Iden of paying some somo two t 0 hundred dol- dol dollars dollars dol dollars lars lars- larson on It offered no attraction Consequently he wrote to the tho Cus- Cus Custom Cus Customs tom toms de department to explain that ho he had only accepted th the tho t present courtesy not to hurt the f om 1 V VW W feelings of oC the donors donor but that No had regarded the gift as hav hay havIn having In lag ing been made to his bis office rath- rath rath rather H He er than to him personally added that he ha Intended to leave lean the piano at the Elysee palAce on the expiration ot of hi his term termo ot of office In the hope that It ft Would be of ot more us use u to hl hi his suc- suc sue suc censor Celsor Therefore he asked the that M the tho private Individual ought not notto notto notto to be bs asked to pay the tM dut duty The officials after arter consulting all the text texts informed the tho president that the point could only bo be settled by the tha Minister of oC Finance The minister at the tho time was as M Peret but before he could gl glee cle hI his opinion h he had resIgned and the tho president still Is anxiously awaiting th the day that his successor will be able blo to tear himself away from saving the franc frano long enough to d decide clde this delicate question The Tho recent session of ot the Inter Inter- International national Physic Congress In Paris produced a message from Crom the Unknown tho the Grand Duke Alexander of ot Russia b being the medium according to current re- re report report re report port The message presumably the late was as deliver deliver- dellver-d dellver ct ci at a n recent session and lees Il Haled to be very ery Interesting w more more- definite than that was as announced The public meetings abound abound- abounded abounded abounded ed In lengthy treatises on how to transform lead Into gold or how to find water ater by means ot of Divining rods rode At tho the last da days of ot the con con- con congress green gress a session was as held In Fon- Fon Fon where here Diviners Diviner pointed out hot springs by means ot of o their wands The Paris Parts Press was Inv In- In Inclined dined to snicker at the Dis DI Di co since alnee the springs have been kno known n since the days ot of the Romans and are arc de described In all guide books Premier Briand's recent formation ot of his tenth cabinet spoiled polled a II perCee ot of his 1 Oth cabinet spoiled a perfect perfect- perfectly perfectly ly Iy good fIsh fishing InS expedition that he had planned The French leader had just given ghen up his attempt to form the tho ministry when the fishing season o opened enod and the veteran premier began beg overhaul overhaul- overhauling overhauling ing his fishing tackle for tor a a raid on the streams of ot hi his hla little lUo place at Cocherel In Brittany Former Premier Herriot then undertook to form a cabinet but was un- un unsuccessful un successful and M Briand was called to the rescue by President It It was 8 lucky for the tha fish M 1 Briand said when ho he received the summons The opening of ot U the e fishing seil sed sea season son Was as an Important event not only for the premier but also for Cor thousands of ot Frenchmen In humbler walks of ot life lire The traditional fisherman who lit sits at the Seine for tor hours to catch Mint Min now betook themselves to the nearby country to try their luck at bigger fish Every Ev ry train leaving the city on the first day of ot the tho season was Wal packed with eager Isaak Waltons In many cae easel c sei the tho en- en entire lire en-lire tire lire family accompanied the angler engler Rotted buds and stunted flow flow- flowers ers era on the rose roso bushes were found Cound at the celebrated rose gar gar- garden gar gardens den dens of ot Hay Lu Les Roses Hoses by those who made the annual pilgrim pilgrim- pilgrimage pilgrimage age there this year ear The rho rose roso gardens of ot the City of ot Paris at Bagatelle In tho the Dol Bois Bols Oe De Bou Bou- Boulogne Cou logue logne Is In the same condition and the jury lury U that presides over the annual contest of ot new varieties varieties vari earl of ot roses 1008 there has decided that no prizes shall be distributed distributed ed this year Prolonged rain aC- aC af- af after af after ter tel prolonged cold after alter pre pre- premature premature pre premature mature budding In February are aro the causes cause of ot the Garden disaster ster Roses noses cultivated commerciallY for or perfume t or r tor for tho the essence ot of roses also were affected by unfavorable weather eather although less than the garden varieties because they Are ore most most- mostly mostly mostly ly cultivated In the south where the weather was wa U less len severe lIe Joseph Le a II French sailor Is to try the channel swim this year ear He lie has found back back- backers backers ers era among French devotees of sport for Cor tho the attempt Their faith Is based on his victory In Inthe inthe Inthe the Water Marathon last Au- Au August August Au August gust a swim down the Seine from Crom Corbell to Paris 25 23 miles whIch ho won on In 12 1 hours 36 minutes A Breton Brelon with all a II Bretons Breton's proverbial obstinacy Ld Le has hILS swum In channel waters aters since a boy With Le Lc and Mme Scion as competitors the French think tho tricolor has an excellent chance chanco to score masculine and feminine successes this year LONDON July By 10 10 By The Associated Young Press Press Young prin prin- prin princesses princesses cesset from Crom many foreign lands land have been flocking to London this summer and adding much zest to the social season The newest arrival Is 14 Princess Kira daughter ot of o the Grand Duke Cyril Cyril of ot Russia known a as the Uncrowned Czar who makes maker his home homo In Germany Among the tho princesses already here are Princess Ingrid of ot Sweden Prin Princess cess Illeana of ot Rumania and the Infanta Beatrice of ot Spain Prin Prin- Princess Princess Princess cess Is not quite IS 16 and Is Isas Isas Isas as musical as her mother who Is a cousin of ot King George In St Petersburg prior to the tho Revo Revo- Revolution Revolution lution Kira and nd her sister Mary used to sing ling day after aCter day to the wounded sol sol- soldiers soldiers sol soldiers diers In the hospital Funny noises Is tho the way ay a critic on the Sunday Express describes Stravinsky's new ballet Lee Les Noces which Is having a tryout In London I do not agree that In Les Lee Noces which It Is difficult to regard as music at atall atall atall all Stra is either flounder flounder- floundering floundering ing InS or leg pulling He Hp Is out quite sincerely after arter something ne new and all that he ha been able to show how as a 0 result of ot his search earch Is an effect which Is la a reversion to the primitive Marriages Marriage are now made mado In automobiles and the tho old fashion fashioned ed Idea that they are aro mad roads made Ina ina In a ball room and that young wo- wo women wo 0 women men are arc kissed In conservatories has to go by the board says James Jamn Colquhoun who holds th that t young oung women and men r really ally are arc companions today in spite of ot the tho effort of ot old fashioned folks to keep up the tho traditions tradition ot or filly fifty years year ago Only the tha really beautiful girl remains unchanged andl hat has the privilege of ot being dumb laY says Mr Colquhoun who believes that most moet of ot tho the nonsensical humbug humbug humbug ug In the relations between b l boys bOs and girls have havo disappeared Queen Hat who Will was wa the Boss Bess of ot ancient Egypt hu has been reconstructed by lira Mra Winifred Brunton and Londoners now nov are able to get some lome Idea or of the tho appearance of ot the strong minded ruler who dressed as a aman aman aman man on slate occasions and led her own armies The real rc-al name of oC this queen was H sut But Egyptologists have havo nick nick- nicknamed nicknamed named her Hat lIat Mrs Brunton worked tor for months among the dusty mum mum- mummies mummies mies of ot Egypt studying the tho shrunken features of ot th the tho Phara Phara- Pharaoh Pharaohs oh that she he might make minia minla miniatures tures tuns showing what King Tut and his royal rOal ro l relives relatives looked like when they were ere on earth It was as very ery difficult tor 1 firs Brunton to paint a 1 portrait of Queen Hat as the tho unfortunate rulers ruler's mummy rummy was a not proper proper- properly properly properly ly presen cd cd d and had to be rev re- removed re removed moved from public view years ago 1110 Queen Hat list died nearly fifteen centuries before beCore the tho Christian Era She Sho was as the daughter ot of First who ho 1 her on the tho throne with him be before be- be before fore toro his death She was succeed succeed- succeeded ed ed d by her husband who ho was also her halt half brother and upon his death ruled alone Upon monuments Que Queen n hat Is generally shown In garb but In inscriptions the fem fem- feminine m gender Is used In refer refer- referring ring reter-ring ring to her London's b- b bright but young society people have given up the tho game gamo ot of Treasure Hunting Hunt Hunt- HuntIng Hunting ing BO so popular last season mason ason as being somewhat stale state They have hoo substituted practical joke jokes as be- be beInS being be being ing InS more moro exciting The jokes being staged are quite harmless but rather dab elaborate orate and at least one hil ha has come ort off as the originators evolved It This was as worked successfully on ona ona ona a certain cabinet minister who ho met with Ith some strange happen happen- ings happenings on his way ay homo home from one of the leading hotels Ho Ile took It all In good part and Is not even een now aware that his own daughter was one Of o the tho party responsible The Baronetcy of oC Sir Edward Jones Jones Burns has lapsed with Ith the death Of ot his only son Bon Sir Phil Phil- PhilIIp Phillip lip Jones Durne-Jones who was a bachelor Sir Phillip Burn Burne Jones 66 65 years ear old had the artistic temperament ot of his Illustrious painter father Cather and achieved considerable suc suc- suc- suc success success cess In portrait painting although ho never showed shoed any ot of o the gen gen- genius ius lua of ot his father tather which made him the Idol of ot the Victorians Sir Phillip was vas a cousin of ot Rud Rudyard yard ard Kipling and also u II cousin ot of Premier Baldwin The mothers ot of the three men er were sisters daughters of ot the Rev G Blac B Mac lac Donald Donold Mac Donald a celebrated Wesleyan minister and classical scholar A fourth daughter of ot this clergy clergy- clergyman clergyman man was the wife Ite of Sir Ed- Ed Edward Edward Ed Edward ward Poynter president of the tho Royal academy Sir Phillip was WILS entirely out ot of sympathy with the extreme ten ten- ten tendencies tend d of ot modern art and recent recent- ly recently declared he believed the ris- ris Ing risIng ris-Inz generation In England cares for nothing but Jazz and the tho cine cine- cinema cine cine- cinema cinema ma ma ma- ma BERLIN July B 10 By 10 10 By The Associated A Press Press A criminal court of ot was ns convicted ot of manslaughter Frederick O 0 Schwelm whoso whose carelessness In In- In Installing In Installing stalling an electric light lion tion connection two years ears ago recently caused the tho electrocution ot of o his brother brother- law brother In law Arthur Hilbig Schwelm who Is 37 and a carpenter was sentenced to six months month in jail and fined tined masks maiks The state charged that he installed In- In Installed In Installed stalled the extension and light cord tor for Hilbig as a favor though he knew nothing of ot electric Ir ing wiring The light had been belli In use nearly two years when wh n Hilbig carried it Into a corner of ot the cellar where the tho dirt floor was soaked with water The volt regarded current killed him It Is le regard regard- ed as tho the most unusual man man- manslaughter manslaughter slaughter case In the tho annals ot of German Jurisprudence nce Dogs are re not allowed to go co after Cler ticks sticks and rubber tubber balls on the bathing beaches of ot the th Alster basin reserved for human beings So the park commission of Ham burg Hamburg has hu rigged up an elaborate bathing beath beach set et off with halt half a dozen sculptures ot of pedigreed dogs With so many American gIrl about to try their luck at swim swim- swimming swimming swimming ming tho the English channel 1 l that body of water ater will look like lIko a cafeteria counter when hen the supply tugs start feeding them says saye the editor of ot Berliner Calling this seasons season's bevy or of swimmers swimmer the tho greatest collection of mermaids ever seen the editor propounds the question Why do doso doso doso so many American flappers flapper at- at at attempt tempt to swim the chamel chan His own answer er was They do It ft to show Europe that they ure are not merely gold fish but real honest honest- honest to life to-life fish Ills liis read readers rs how how- ho however however ever I were Invited to supply their own to the tho conundrum Increasing commercial relations between Germany and Soviet Russia have ha developed an unusually unusually unusually ally fast tast air all service between Mos ales Moscow cow and Berlin Mall hall express packages posted In M Moscow scow In inthe the early morning are delivered In In tn t the tb evening ft of ho he same sarno day lay Combination passenger f e d d mall plan slann Ian s negotiate a trip hip rot of 5 il 50 hours houis by express s trait In tight right hours houri with stop overt over o at Koenigsberg cod aId Danzig Tho Ie German all air service pilot l lIot Hans Han Lange recently beat the tho h hour ur record by bv fifteen tee S S Germany ought to have havo worn champions In virtually every branch of athletics said 1 c coach ach Stanley of or the Iho Cm Cin Cincinnati I Y V y- y yM M C A on hl hi his tour of oC Europe Eurove with hi his Cincinnati I swimming Walter Laufer and Russell Webb I I Mass athletics tor for men and women Is so 80 highly developed by schools and sport club with gOV gOV- gOVernment gov government eminent subsidies ha he said that that It Is hard to believe there are areso areso areso so few outstanding athletes like I Erich who ho Is un- un unquestionably un-i un questionably the best beat breast stroke I man In the world orld I Brauninger believes believe that what hat Is lacking I Is trainers who ho hove have en an eyo eye peeled tor for promising lis material which can be bo jerked out or of the ranks and developed by special coaching t |