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Show ) Sunday, May 16, 1920 People of Portugal Take Another Reef in .Tolcio Getting ' First Taste of Servant Problem Js Three American Actresses Are Adopted as Nieces by ' Noted English Lawmaker . 5 TIE INITIATIVE She Understands Frog Language "Madame Phisallc, head of the pathological laboratory of the Colonial Museum of Natural History in Paris, claims she understands the language of frogs, beetles and other creatures. Hrr husband, Dr. Bertrand Phisslie, of tbe l'asteur Institute, discovered several curative germ agents. - Old-fashion- El Mary Nash, Who Pegy ONeil, Edith Day and Is Not Sufficiently Large Are Starring in London,' Taken Under Pro- Institutions Are Wearing Duck and Khaki Suitings. New Materials in Such De- mand That Government Acts to Prevent Corner. By WILLIAM T. BENTLEY. (Chicago Tribune Foreign Now Service.) LISBON. May 15. Portugal, a all the world, hae been ewept since the warTo-by wave of luxury. It l going down. day In Its place the call Is lor economy; lor economy and work. Last week there was launched a national Initiative for economy In dree. It same from the banka. Nothing could be more timely, more significant, or more wise. When the banka preach economy the lesson is likely to be heard. The best of ell counsellors, however, i the example, and the strangest feature-o- f present movement le that not limiting themselves to the mere preaching of the need for national economy by others the bank employees have decided to begin by themselves giving the example. The price of clothes has been run up exorbitantly in Lisbon and throughout toe country. A pair of boots costs today what before tho war would have hired a comfortable flat. A full suit la the figure of what was a year's rental. The tax levied upon all for decent clothing Is enormous -- Good Example Set. to Carry a Daily Supply. tecting Wing of T, P. OConnor. Employees of Big Financial By FORBES W. FAIRBAIRN, Universal Service Staff Correspondent. May IS. "Tay Pay" of letters And member of LONDON, has adopted the three girl Peggy O'Neil, Edith Day and Mary Nash, who art starring In American productions at three of London's leading theater. 'The adoption took place at a dinner given by William A'. Brady to the three stars at the Savoy hotel, when the leading lights of the London theatrical world gathered to pay them homage. "Because I am a bachelor, I ra not supposed to have any daughters. said "Tay Pay, "so I'll take them as nieces I have a large number of nieces, but there'll always be room for Peggy, Edith and Mary." Mr. OConnor described the Intense value of the stage to the development of relations, and said that the more Americans came over here the better understanding Englishmen would have of tholr cousins across the aea. He was heartily applauded when he referred to Mr. Brady as a man who had done much to promote good feeling between the two countries. Anglo-Americ- Recounts Experiences. Mr. Brady recounted some of hla earlier experiences In London and Paris HI were received - with much anecdotes laughter by hla guests He also urged the greater exchange of plays and art-le- ts between England and America as a means of Increasing relations between the two countries Charles B. Cochran, who with Mr. The Man Who Came Brady produced Back, with Mary Nash, at the Oxford theater, one of the season's biggest successes followed Mr. Brady. "We, In England, welcome American plays and American actors," he said. "We need them over giere. For every single American play and player In London there are twenty English plays and players In America. They talk about an American 'nvaalon of the British stags. I think It Is just the other way around. America has been Invaded - by the British actor and actress. "German plays and players ar not wanted la London. There are some manager here who are trvlng to get them The bank clerk takes rank everywhere and by right among the aristocracy of work. He is a a rule well dressed and something of a dandy. The Portuguese bank clerks commencing with those of the Banco Nadonal .Ultramarlno who have the honor of thoriginal Initiative have resolved on this adoption of plain duck and khaki suitings, as hitherto worn by the engineer and operative at work, alike on service and for general wear. The founders of the movement Issued circulars for the signature of all those who adhered to It, under the title of "Let u simplify our dress." In this they state: It is urgent that each of us, as contribute to far as In him ties, should prevent the lncesseht ' Inbrenee In the tost of living. U Is not enough to repeat at every moment that living la dear, Inst price contlnu to rise, that to llva thus Is Impossible, and that It la useless to calculate what we can count upon to spend. It Is necessary that each one of us should act In such a way as to react more or less directly upon the constant y LARRY RUE. Increase In the prices for everything. But liow? By consuming less, substituting (Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service.) those articles which we are habitually May ' IS Believers In accustomed to use for other that can be have only to travel on more easily produced, that are less val- BEIRUT, between Damascus and uable, and the manufacturer of which leas effort. In short, by econlearn that a policeman, re- -, la spent In superfluities. omizing. Much duced to hla lowest terms; is nothI Otir drees Immensely dear today, the cost for a suit can. In fact, te much less- ing but a government Institution to prevent man from doing just aa be pleases ened wthout diminishing its use. While riding on this train recently a Simple Dress Urged. Let us, then, use a simpler, more Bedouin and ilia servant entered my come onomlcal and less luxurious dress and. partment The servant looked very Inabove all, one that represents less hours significant, but the elephant rifle which of work, less hands to manufacture, which he carried attracted more than casual may otherwise be more usefully employed notice. The cartridge belt he wore was not exactly radiating friendliness, either. In service for the nation. Nor was tha Bedouin the kind of a Let nil of us who work adopt a If nor mind this dress fail man a devotee of the'laws. of working dress, He would glance at carelessly. to be made In the height of the fashion, was mustached to the teeth, suggesting I ,et 'us have recourse to duck, khaki, cotton and other cheap fabrics of simple a ferocity, emphasised by the silver hilt knife protruding from a cloth character; to cord Soled shoes, sandals of a curved and similar easily mads footwear. Doing belt. The butt or a revolver peeked out so. we shall combat luxury, and dignify Impatiently from a leather holster. ourselves by proving that all of us as workers sre not prepared to contribute Examines His Dagger. liy our sctlvn for the production of that He hadnt more than got himself seatwhich 'la superfluous and useless." me when he began playing ed The movement, begun among ths mem- withbeside a whip he was carrying, and sudbers of the bank staff, was taken up enwas a there sound, and denly thusiastically by all the members, from from the Interior of clicking this quirt he drew the directors, throughout all ranks. An- a which be looked dagger, nounced ,n the press, It has been welcomed by the public, and shows clear at carefullyhis and then replaced. he Having looked dagger carefully, signs of having caught on. Bank after inspected over. Just when I was closing my bank and office after office among tbe me an end American voice to the await yes principal commercial houses of Lisbon said' have adopted the Fato de gangs the atates do ball of tha you "What part duck suit The call has been extended to the from? I Information. the gave ladles The response was immediate. The My name 1s Slgike,'' was the reply. lady clerks of the Credlto Nadonal the Adam Ripley; T ball front Toledo myself; National .Savings bank announced their was foreman of a toot factory; Just came adherence here for a little visit. The conductor came in, seemed to want Corner Is Prevented, something, and then beat it. He'd better beat it," said the Already commercial travelers and the Hes been getting almost Imwholesale drapers and outfitters (lave Some day he'll prohshlv been Ending themselves In difficulties as pertinent lately to the matter of supply, and It haa been necessary for tho government to adopt measures to prevent ths cornering ot ths newly fashioned materials. The suggestion, which In a with a climate such as Portugal is country a thoroughly practical one, may easily lead to quits a revolution In ths matter of dress. It may be counted upon rapidly to pass ths national frontiers. It opens up an Interesting field not only for the economic reformer. but also should tempt the artist designer end fashion artist. It would lend Itself admirably to ths of those perpetuation of many and often practical ' and beautiful quaint national Ef- and regional costumes threatened with extinction by ths none too tasteful lounge or Knickerbocker suits that have been Unin fecta ousting the formal frock coat and silk hat Tbe suggestion has, of course, met with erltlca and skeptics as well as en- back and have already announced the I do not think there Is sny productions room for them on the allied stage. The countries stags in all ths allied and America, especially In England should work together all ths time for theAinlty and promulgation of the silled principles and cause. There is no room for the Hut) In our profession tiers He has not plaed the gams" .Mies O'Nsil. who Is starring tn "Paddy, ths Next Best Thing." at the Savoy theater, aang some numdSrs from "Tumble In. In whteb she starred In New York. Mias Day charmed the company by singing Irene, frqm the Empire theater production of "Irene.'' Ethel Levy eang "Mammy s tittle Coal Black Rose." and d this fall, Alice Delygla, New where she will star In 'Afgar, eang York-boun- You'd Be Surprised," with which she la taking London by storm. were Claude GrahaAmong those present m-White, Herman Darewaki, music publisher; Harrv Tierney, .Morris Gest, Mr. end 'Mr Gilbert Miller, Carl Carlton. Daphne-PollardEllington Strowther Bunch, William Burlock, Maurice and Eleanora Hughes, who are dancing in London, and many members of the Amer, ican embassy. Bets on Edith Day. Herman Dgrewskl, head of the famous British publishing house of that name, who pufhed the song. "ICatie, to a record sale of l.OtlO.GOO coplea In Great Britain, a feat hitherto unneard of here, has that "Irene," in whlcn wagered 410,00 Edith Day made such a triumphal success at the Empire, runs twelve months. Conditions of the bet provide, however, that Miss Day must remain In the piece during that time. And, as Miss Day says she will, and as never before was such an ovation given an -- American musical comedy star as MleS Deyr has received, It looks as though Darewaki will win his wager He Is publishing the music of the piece. Morris Gestt has arranged with Sir Alfred Butt and Charles B. Cochran for the at the famous production of "Aphrodite old Drury Lane theater, Londons home be produced The show will of pantomime. as soon as all necessary arrangements are completed and the theater vacated. with Alice Dely-slMr. Gest saw Afgar, while in London and was enthusiastic over It. Ha Is taking it to New York the latter part of the year, with Pelvg'a. a, NativesWho Return to Syria Refuse to Pay Railroad Fare ta three-corner- pseudo-Bedoni- n. Briton Boilermaker Performing Wonders as Eye Specialist -- thusiastic advocates Qualifies as Expert and Cure an usual Case. . Meantime the beginning of ths really and sunny weather Is certain to bright s- its practical application put to the proof, and ths development of the Idea By Cnltersal Service. Is being awaited In Lisbon with no little LONDON, May 15 A boilermaker livInterest. , ing in Newport has qualified as an exprepert eye specialist, and without any comvious experietioe in this work has German Masic Once More pletely after the cured A fel eve physicians In Brltairr had Being Heard in London abandoned the case. His name is Charles Kennard, and the LONDON, Msy 15. (By the Associat- patient whose eyesight be restored Is ed Press ) German music Is returning Charles Davey, a shipwright. Davey haa Ksnnsrd to England without arousing protest or been blind for thirty-tw- o year.of medicine has been an amateur student hostility. Strauss s work wrss beard hers for ths for years, and when Davey told him that first time since 1814 when his Don he had given up hope he offered to try Juan was placed last on ths program to cure him. In Queens hall recently, with the Idea Kennard cut Into the tissue of tbs minutes removed that those who did not want to bear It eye and In twenty-tw- o not . need remain. a film which covered the pupIL Soma members of the sudtence left the was to see, and hi sb'e said he Davey ball wrhen It began, but there was ao two months expels to recover complete sight of hla eyes. ether jwealfestaUco el disapproval. er best-kno- be expecting fare. None of us pay fare here. If the conductor aska for fare we punch him In the nose, show him a knife or something. Couldn't get by with that in the U. 8. A., could we? I was a darned fool mvaelf when I first came here. I paid my fare twice, but the other birds here showed me how to buffalo the ticket chaser. He expatiated op the foolishness of purchasing tickets on this rallrosd, and In an injured tone repeated the fact that he had bought two tickets before he "got Jiep to the ropes," intimating that he Intended to get a .refund from the company. He reached hla station In the middle of a monologue on.the pleasure he used to have In going on moonlight excursions with his girl at Toledo, and how he would entertain all the passengers on the boat with his ukulele. He had Just got off, inviting me on a hunting trip, when In came another native, alone but as ferociously attired as was Mr. Ripley. Surprised Second Time. "You are an American?" he opened with on entering. "Som I. My name Is Taha JoJo: got my naturalization papers. I'm here to Look, here's my passport. Sell my property, and am going back to the good old I. S. A Got a store and two houses In Toledo." The He rambled on about himself. could conductor came In, and. before he third-class him a get hut, Mr. JoJo handed ticket, though we were In an AlThe concompartment. leged first-claductor accepted the ticket humbly,with left and gratibeaming punched It, on this railroad." "I 'usually don't pay Mr JoJo apologised, "but this time Dm zone, and there French tne into going I thought might be a little argument, tososort of tide ticket a cheap I'd Just get me over. railroad company had No wonder the charged me more than 10 cents a mile for itir ticket ss Urges Abolishment of Theatre Queues as Health Menace -- Eminent Brituh Physician Points Out the Dan-ger- s Encountered. Service. May 15. Theater queue ar a danger to public health, according to Blr William Milligan, eminent British lines of playgoers, physiclahl mostly women, Inconvenienceltrafflc dally In London and other cities.-'- " I have seen a queue, largely composed of women, a quarter of a mile long, on a so particularly bsd night, and they got cold that ths actors and actresses handed out to them hot eoffe and tea to danger to keep them warm. They are snd wive. the health of our mother They should be abolished. A petition to do sway with the queues has been signed by XL00 playgoers. By Universal . LONDON, J Rocketbook ed War Ha Forced Wage Up and Opened New Source of Activity for Women. Millionaire Refugees Living at Yalta Use Boxes and Barrels to Hide Currency. Many Are Being Employed as Conductorettes on Bu Line in Large Centers. ON BOARD UNITED' STATES DESTROYER, Black Sea, May 15. (By ths Associated Press.) Russian money Is one of the cheapest of Russian products. It la literally dispensed in bales. The pocketbook no longer Is sufficiently large to carry one's tU$y or weekly supply of rubles, of which one American dollar will buy about 4000. In normal times the ruble had an exchange value of about half a dollar. There is a colony of millionaire Russian refugees In Yalta, a Black sea port, who have to keep their currency in trunks,-boxe- s and barrels. The kopek has long since disappeared as a standard unit In Russian money. In Yalta, smaller denominations of rubles scarcely exist. People brandish 5000 and 10,000 ruble notes as though they represented only a few larthings. BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. ' (Chicago Tribune Foreign New Bervlca) TOKIO. May 15. -- For the first time la history, Toklo Is learning what ths servant problem Is. Before the war it wae possible to fill any houss at any time with capable maids and fair cooks at wages ranging from $4 to fill a month, with ths eervants providing their own food out of that wage. During the war boom the factories that sprang up like a crop of mushrooms AfoulR all ths cities of the empire called In aU the surplus labor and wages went up to a minimum of )16 a month, which was the' prevailing figure for maids with oms training up to a year ago. The mounting cost of food, particularly of rice, has slnco driven ths servant yat wage up to 112, 15 snd IIS a month. While the wealth of America and the In- -' of India and China creased purchase bavo boomed tho silk and cotton export Industries snd taken more and more ot the available female labor of tho land, giving, the housemaids a feeling of Independence that ha brought poorer service along with th higher pay. Yalta Is Unique City. A correspondent of the Associated Press Who has Just reels a tour of the Black set. tow ns on board the American destroyfound Yalta to be er, unique among all the cities on the Black sea. It is the only place In southern Russia where one does not see hunser nor At one time It was the sumdistress. mer home of the late emperor of Hus-siThe bolshevlsta have obtained control of It, but have spared the fine Imperial palace with Its sumptuous gardens and decorations of regal grandeur' -There were upward of 20, Odd Russian refugees In Yalta when the corresiondent visited the city, but the majority of these were well to do 'and able to take care of themselves. In anticipation of bolshevik Invasion, many of them were preparing to leave for Constantinople, Frsnce and Those who were temporarily England. short of money were peddling their diamond and Jewels at a fraction of their a. cost. BuslnesaJU Active. ' Very recently a new source of employment ha been opened, to Joihusau ), and the deft handmaidens of Toklo are flocking Into the new pastures to an extent that has already reduced the supply to th point Where" It to overlapped bjr the depiand. Tho girls are becoming couductoeetic on th motor busses, which are multiplying rapidly In the effort to meet the transportation problem, the street car system having failed to expand with the By Universal Service.-- . growth of population. LONDON, May. 15. High romance surAlthough the record of th street car t Christie's of bureau show that an average of 1,SvO 90 rounded the recent-sa- l dally on the cars, tho 1st Sir Guy takings famous collec- persons are transported an increase of a quarter of a million a t , tion ot arms and armor. , day in a year, fighting mobs on every Sir Guy, at the time of hi death was corner during tbe daylight hour testiof the service, to keeper of ths King's armory and was fy to th Inadequacy which the motor bus has acknowledged tho worlds greatest au- supplement most of the service into come, taking thority on arms and armor. His collec-tio- n chauffeur surplus and employing girls by on th runs takers score as ticket contains many Interesting articles. th snd as clerks la th offices. Including a fine Italian salads mads In Venders of Tickets Openly Purchasers From All Over Hawk Wares jmi Streets; the World Are Attracted Many Are Getting Rich. by- Auction , in London. (maid-servant- -- d the town .Every was a tWea-ln- g house for valuable furs, rugs, trinkets and other personal possessions Sebastopol, the chief elty of the Crimea, had 30,000 refugees, but most of them were satisfied to remain, as they felt Sebastopol was comparatively secure from the boiahevlkl. There seemed to be ample food for the population, but the hospitals were short of vital necessities In the area north of Novorosslsk, running as far as Kuban, there are said to be 500.000 refugees who were forced to flee from their homes In JCursk, Poltava, Kiev, Kharkov and other cities Throughout the towns of southern Russia there la general prevalence of typhus, due to overcrowding, lack of soap, scarcity of physicians and Indifference to cleanliness. second-han- New Field Is Opened. store In TRAFFIC PROBLEM WORRYING LONDON , Earlier Closing of Business Houses Is Suggested as One Measure of Belt. 1 LONDON. Msy 15. (By ths Associated Press) Londons traffic problem, which Is If anything more serious than that of New York, has been mads "difficult. It Is announced by a parliamentary committee ef investigation, by ths eight-hoday. of which Kennedy The committee, Jones memuer of parliament, Is chairman, has been considering ths subject for sometime Traffic congestion Is severest, the committee found, between the hours of 7'30 and 9 a. m and 5 and 7 p m. It reached between the latter hours and. the committee says, "little or no relief .can be looked for In the near future Mdm any increase of the transport facilities during those hours." Regarding the trouble as accentuated hv the general adoption of the eight-hoday, the committee expresses the opinion that "if certain 'allied businesses could arrange --for4h majority ef their 4 employees to leave theirVork between and 4 45 p. m., instead of at 5 p. m . or later, appreciable benefit would result " It appeals to business houses to cooperate In this direction and asks shoppers to do as much of their shopping as they can manage to do between 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. ur By CONGER REYNOLDS. (Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service.) MILAN, Italy, May 15 In the United States we enact blue sky laws to protect the guileless Investor against ' the promoter of nonexistent gold mlnos. The chiefs of police of our cities make it their business to run out of town or Jail the J. Rufus Wallingfords who try to sell public statues or the afternoon sunshine. Even raffles of pipes and tobacco have to bo conducted In tho cigar shops discreetly out of etght and hearing of the patrolmen. Whet we should do to a lottery scheme is evident. We settled with lotteries at the time of the Louisiana affair. Italy is not so concerned aoout protecting the Innocent investor or discouraging the gambler. In the streets of Milan the venders of lottery tickets are as numerous as the newsboys and much m unceasing ballyhoolng they noisier, to beseech the pasaersby take advantage of the one great opportunity they have ever had to become wealthy without effort and without pain. The Milanese aro an Industrious sort, not averse to gaining their dally bread by the usual sweat of the brow, but they fall. They fall in number, but they buy their chances moderately. The venders reap a good harvest One of them la undoubtedly getting rich rapMy attention was first attracted idly. to him when I saw a crowd In the Piazza del Duomo. from which everybody came out laughing. I elbowed to the Inner circle and saw a hunchback, dressed In red coat and cap, selling chances In the the slips "grande lotterla. As he peeled from his stack he rubbed each against his hump. The Milanese were laughing and buying as fast as the humpback could sell. 1470 by Tomaso Mlasagtla. a dagger found er gllt-bron- se 1 maid-servan- ts London Atmosphere Is Being Freed From .Dirt by New Filter Asqnith Refuses lo Mourn Over the Loss of Hat at a Frolic Berlin It Fast Breaking Invention of Physician Said Writes Humorous Letter to All Matrimonial Record s to Be Accomplishing Students in Regard to By PARKE BROWN. (Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service ) Sanitary WonderL Missing Tile. BERLIN, Msy 15 In spite of the d cost of flats, dishes, soap, lingerie and other prerequisies to a flight into matrimony, Berliners are exceeding all marriage records. In ISIS there were 23,58? marriages, more or less celebrated. The previous peak" was reached In 1912 22,995 During the war years from 1914 to 191 the figures ran as follows; 52.702, 14,802, 13 343, and 14,11. Therefore the figure for the last year show an Increase of more than loo per cent from the low record In 1914 and ap proxlmately 75 per cent Increase above 191. many-tuple- 7, Operation of Spiet to Be Restricted in England LOVDoV, Msy 15. (By the Associated Press) The. British government Is taking steps to restrict the operations In England of spies from foreign countries Ths hoqse of commons has Just adopted antlspv regulations at the request of Sis Ernest Pollock, the solicitor general, who told the members of the house that Information Is now being collected her for foreign governments and that this ought to be stopped for the sake of the country's safety. Spies are as setlvs In (hla country as ever," said Brigadier General Cock-ertldirector of special Intelligence at the war ef.'lce. L Maids Union Formed. dated 1480; Italian, GerSo successful has been the experiment man and Milanese armor snd much older of employing girls aa conductor for the busses vilthat the municipal 'Officials ar equipment of medieval herpes and new seriously considering using them as lains. street car conductors, releasing the men A bronze ornament belonging to part and boys now employed for other wore And tills has made th securing or of the military trappings of the Black housework anything but the Prince was on of ths articles sold. His- servants for It was even a few months ago, torical interest is attached to tho blit of assy task while the awakening of the servant class a civic sword which bears the badge ot to growing Importance Is testiEdward IV and once belonged to the fieditstoown In the recent formation of a The mayors right mayor of Coventry. Chuo Shojo Kai (Cenwas maids' union, oftheMaidens), of having a sword and sword-bearorganized to tral Society In conferred those days, very grudgingly th lot of the working girl. and during the fourteenth century only Improve to tala moveThe Importance attached seven mayors received it. . ment is seen In th fact that U was ImThere also was a fin set of wing of the mediately taken under th of spurs, found In an oak chest In ths dray government the home and an official moat of tha Chateau du Bouchet, bearing adviser ot be to the was office appointed the motto, by "Esperanee," adopted the organized maidens. Louis I, third Duks of Bourbon. A crystal dagger pommel of the elevto Be Trained. Girls enth century, the bronse sword grip of One of the schemes of th new union Henry IV of France's statue, recovered from the Seine river, where the French the establishment of an eztenstve revolutionists had thrown It; court home, where young girl can be trained swords and rapier blades venery swords In th work of housekeeping and where and hunting knives, halberds snd cross- they! can turn In case of need or unembows. 'with eastern weapons and armor, ployment Fuji Amano, the official adthis made up a sale which attracted connoisviser of tho society, in relation tosomeseurs from all parts of the world. proposed home, points out that raise th social thing must be done to and provide prostatus of employer. th for against girl tection In case of engaging maids throug.i Insti"the Mr. Amano, the home." ty emtution will make contract with the wages, working ployer 'Tegsrdlngthe at for snd to personality, hours, respect least two holidays in every month. In tho Thames, Ey Universal Servicer LONDON, May 15 What may be unscientifically described as washing the atmosphere has been now carried out continuously for several months past In London, and with a filter Invented by Dr J. 8 Owens, one of the honorary staff of the meteorological office. It haa become possible to measure dirt deposited from the atmosphere. Among other results of such Investigations lias been the discovery that London Is by no means an unenviable first In the matter of fog. Rochdale, for Instance has a record of over seventy-seve- n tons of dirt deposited In a month over every square mile. In n tons comparison with this, the per square mile deposited on the Thames embankment is almost Insignificant. Mors drastic legislation for the prevention of pollution of the atmosphere will doubtleae result from the appointment by the ministry of health of a committee to Investigate the subject. Lord Newton Is chairman, and ba stated that one of the chief lines of Inquiry will be as to the present legal position In regard to pollution. If It shoetd be found necessary, they will report as to the advisability of more stringent regulations. A meeting ef the eommltteo held recently decided that the press and public should be admitted to Its sittings. fifty-seve- By Universal Service. LONDON, May 15. Amusing correspondence has passed between Mr. Asquith and th students who organized a "rag on th occasion of his return to the house of commons The letters concern Mr. Asquith s lost hat. The letter from the students was a follows; "Most Noble Sir; I am writing on behalf of the students of the hospitals unWe trust der the London university. yos sre feeling none the worse fqr our Utils rag. Our Intentions were of th best, as w are with you to a man. "We should feel verv much honored, sir. If you yourse.f would pen a word or so expressing foreglveness for our surprise In welcoming you back so unceremoniously. Tour hat Is In our safekeeping, and, as It is rather ruffled, perhaps you would not object to our keeping it sa a memento of your triumphal return. I have the honor to be, air, jour obedient servant, W. NEWTON LANCASTER." Mr. Asquith replied: accept my beet "Dear Sir: Plea thank for your letter, and aseur th students that I am grateful for their good-wll- L and thoroughly enjoyed the exuberance with whlcn It was manifested. In other circumstances I might lament th FAMOUS RACE HORSE SHOT BY BOLSHEVIKS Kraypish, Greatest Trotter in Russia, ; Owned by Princess Galatz, rail Before Tiring Squad, By PAUL WILLIAMS. (Chicago Tribune Foreign News Servlc ) May 16. Krayplsh. NOVORObSISK, one of the most famous race horse u bv Bolsheexecuted been has Russia, g viks In the pro v nee of Slmbrisk, secora-inhere. receded to authentic advice In tue equlr Krayplsh was a prince his world. Thor was purple blood In beof breeding veins, and generation hind every graceful line. He had made tracks flying around oval large eums by behind him SDd ws him qtn n sulky self worth a lot of money. He was not aristocrat. the bourgeois, but an qf ' There wee no doubt about hla was -fleation among the Bolsheviks w ho was hla palatial stabhs neither what disposition should there doubt about before a be made of him.- - He dropped wae burled by Tiring squad and later him. those who had cared wfor apparentThere wae nothings a underfill and his mascolt, ly about Krayplsh lost him man, a was gambling who ter, in turning him over in a game of curds, felisf M. 1000 roubles. of debt Of a Heu won (ovthe shsw. who won him, later roubles through him end finally 3o9.is for To.?tol to Countess trotter was Krayplsh roubles At bis death GaUtz, owned by th Princess 1 1 -- thnlose of A new hat, but T am more trie (afterin content to leave what of r It the remains attention) frtendiy truM ' . keeping, Yours jasQUITIL , |