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Show Editorial Mines Sunday, May 23, 1920 Financial NEW PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS IS SURGING ACROSS ASIA English Interests Contract lor the Bulk of Italys Large Silk Output Champion, Woman Bigamist Given Three Years in Prison on Simple Charge of Theft Marconi Starting on Novel Tour Violet Lyle, 34 Years of Age and Far From Pre- - War Blamed for Epidemic in Berlin, Which It Grow-in- g possessing" in Appearance," Is Believed to Have Established World Record to Large Proportions. 8ignor Marconi Italian wireless wizard, and Lady Marconi are shown here sailing from England on their yacht Elletra on an extended cruise, during which Marconi will attempt to discover the source of the mvatertous received by wireless stations throughout the world. The real "signals" purpose et the cruise, however, Is the testing of appliances for the wireless telephone and locating the exact position of a ship at sea bv wireless. The latter appliance would enable vrs-el- s answering a distress signal to steam to the exact point of the ship whnh sent out the 8 0 8 call. , Fighting Revolt Against P king Government Entirely Probable, Says Authority. By Universal Service. ONDON. May It. "Champion woman bigamist la tha title the police have bestowed upon Violet Lyle, who la only 34 years of age, and who Is a native of Doune, Perthshire. At any rate, no living woman la known to Be who can claim to have gone through the marriage ceremony so often. Police Information shows that aha has been "married seven times, and they suspect that this does not represent anything like the total number of her matrimonial exploits, attempted or accomplished. She has now been deprived of opporfor tunity of breaking more mens hearts three years by a sentence of penal serviBy FRAZIER HUNT. a on tude for Mahcheater that at period (Chicago Tribune Foreign New Service.) charge of theft. In tljs.dock SHANGHAI. May J2 Some great drabigamist she la thus described In the police recprobably talc "'place matic' change was quite unconcerned when ords be a fighting life story, as known to the police, wea retoon within China. It may revolt against- - the present' Peking gov lated. She smiled a little when she was ernment or It may be a bloodless revo- described as the greatest bigamist tha lution that will hardly be more than police witness had met. wlft evolution but eomethlng big la go- Only Shrugs Shoulders. ing tv happen. of the shoulders when She gave a Newcomen here feel thli in the air, sentence was shrug passed upon her, and her being only regret probably was that for a few ana oia timer affirm It; China years eh a would not be able to resume rbom. A new consciousness is asudden brand operations ly developing and publicIsopinion, Violet would not be Indignant if she new thing for China, sweeping over knew she was described as being of a the country like a prairie fire. The old not very prepossessing appearance. Cerwere that game, the old order, the things not lay claim to personal are crumbling to dust and fast being tainly shebutcould there were 'times when she blown away before the wind Of a fine, beauty, a very displayed charming manner. ia new public consciousness that surging Violet's first love affair came to her across Asia. China Is preparing herself In at Doune, Perthshire, life. Bom early to save herself from herself. was only sixteen when she married The biggest thing that one learns In she A child was 1901. In in Renfrewshire, China Is her studying China is that marriage, but she left her owne worst enemy. That Is to say that born of this husband soon after and lived for a while the China of the militarists and the.cor-ruwith another man. su-- , politician and the Ta Ren the traOfficial record a show that she renewed with all the cruel perlor men bound with marriage ceremonies ditions and outworn customs and In- acquaintance 1903 at Glasgow, and on two later ocIn as tightly and equalities of the past women men were duped. Her casions Glasgow bind their brutally as the Chinese feet, is a greater enemy to new China last recorded matrimonial exploit took than the Japanese are. It really le the same game in both countries the miliattempttary, political governing cliques ing to check the rising tide of the rights and futures of common people. Waking People Said Up to Fact of Control by a Military Autocracy. hr 1 pt place In Armagh, where an Irishman felt a victim to her "winning was. Her Manchester "husband ' can tell an amusing story of Violets convincing ways. To him she was tha daughter of a Glasgow divine and was heiress to an estate valued at 32(10,000. The day of full inheritance was at hand, and it was necessary that aha should go to Kllmarnotk to settle everything with v the family solicitors. Tha marriage was fastened and duly took place. It was also necessary that some one should accompany her to Kilmarnock In order to see the legal formalities completed. Of th 3300,000 the new husband was to have a big share. The best man at the wedding was also made aware of the good news, and In order that Violet should he able to enter Into her own, and to meet the initial expenses, the best man - performed hlk" duty properly' and loaned her 1350. He also accepted the pressing Invitation to accompany husband and wife to Kilmarnock. well-kno- China today Is even less of a republic than Japan is and Japan today is merely an echo of the Germany of Bismarck. The government of China, Instead of being a responsible democracy. Is nothing short of a military autocracy or rather a collection of BuJLitary autocracies. It Is uncontrollably decentralised to the extent that the real power rests in. soma twenty Tuchuns or military governors of provinces, each of whom has his own army and belongs to some clique of fellow Tuchuns that 'control combinations of dlf- -. ferent provinces. The ordinary 400,000,000 of China do not count. They have no method of ex. their disapproval, by except pressing"and strikes boycotts, but most of these and very poor coolies and tiny land owners have 'tio disapproval to voice. They are primarily Interested in keeping their rice bowls full and so close Is the margin of life and death In China that this plain struggle for mere existence keeps them busy twelve and fourteen hours a day. They havf had little to say so far because no one of the government has ever bothered to have anything to say for them. Official China now or never has had the least concern about the millions of China they have worked and dreamed only of their own personal games and ambitions. 400,000,000 being Ignorant Criminologist Is Needed. What Is needed to study China Is a one of the best informed crimlnologlsti And he foreigners here said recently. was right. By and large, China is governed by a group of politicians who have no concern for China or for the Chinese people. Peking officials who are loudly proare really not claimed as except They are perr.xiy willing to sell every drop of natural wealth and the whole future of China for more personal power and more wealth. And what Is true of so many men of this Peking national government is likewise true of most of the military governors and the humbler officials of the different provinces. For the last ffve years the outside world has been fed with stories about the bloody civil war that has been going on In China. The facta are that this civil war is merely a great military game of checkers that la being played by different factions for power. Today there ar two great military cliques In the north one led by the Anfn club and the other consisting of a union of eight military governors. These two groups are oppose ing each other as to who shall really control the Peking government. In the south two military cliques are 'likewise fighting each other the Kuangsl military clique opposing the Yunnan-Canto- n combination. There Is Just about as much real patriotism In the whole bunch as there is brains In a green Does Vanishing Act. The party duly arrived at that town and obtained good accommodations. The following morning certain gold studs were In men two This missing. delayed the completing their toilet and they were rather late at breakfast. Violet was anxiously waiting and when her husband appeared remarked; "You are rather late, dearie. He Informed her of the missing etude and she then said she would make a few purchases at a shop around the comer. She went round the corner and was not seen again by the two men for nearly tw years. months' for Eighteen Imprisonment fraud at Ayr followed. She was then re arrested and taken to Manchester on charge of bigamy. The beet man and "bridegroom" told their tale. To the art of breaking hearts, Violet added efforts to break up homes. The police records show her as a do mestlc servant In many places In two cases she Interfered considerably with the domestic bliss of her employers. -- narrow-visione- d, Is Urge of British Sisters t By Universal Service. . ONDON, May 22. Should women b free to work after marriage? Dg Marie Btopea.- - who strongly urges that they should, has touched on a subject which has been Illuminated by war experience. A year or two ago her Ideas would have been scouted In all but the most advanced circles. Today they meet wtlh the approval of moat sensible people. A reporter, who canvassed many people for an expression of opinion on this point, found that even those who disapproved In theory of the idea had to admit that experience of married womens work during the war provided strong argument in favor of It. Miss Florence Underwood, secretary of the Women's Freedom league, put the etrictly utilitarian point of view. "Now that the cost of living is so high, 'A she said, "and with prices still rising, many women find It just Impossible to live on what their husbands can get for them. 1 am certainly In favqr of married women working, but In any case the woman herself must be left free to exercise her own personal discretion about her own af- fairs "Nowadays forced Into th labor market-UA1mwish to have any means at all at their And most women are certainly not going to sit down quietly and indulge in perpetual worrying-ato how both end can be mad to meet. The sensible wo man sets about increasing her Income, she tries to sell her abilities, whatever they may be. The abilities of many women do not find their best outlet In household man There are many women whb agement. cannot look after a home. Just as there are many who are good In a home, but Incompetent outside. Questioned as to where the children would come In If a wife found her vocation to lie outside the home, Miss Underwood said a g'eat many of the difficulties made about this aspect of the question were absurd. "W'omen of the working classes have to go to work as often as not, she pointed out, "and they manage to bring up children at the same time. "If 'a woman can do work which la of value to the world, her work Inside the home can probably be better done by a And she would competent housekeeper. be earning money to pay the housekeeper. "Women who face the world and make headway for themselves will make more, manv wives are practically not less. Intelligent mothers." Girl Uses Hatpin to ? Where Real Struggle Lies. Sweetheart May Die War Poverty Drives French Society Girls to Seek Chorus Jobs Hungarian Dancer Fatally School Has Been Estab lished in Which They Are Stabs Self Under Thrilling Circumstances. Receiving Instruction. ( By Universal Service. BUDAPEST. May 22. Yust Karsos, a pretty Hungarian dancer, after attempting the life "of a police officer, stabbed herself to death in tragic circumstances In the central Hungarian police station. On learning that her lover, Mikkos Zehner, had been arrested on a charge of being concerned In a plot to reestab Ush the Soviet In Hungary, she obtained permission to visit him while he was undergoing a preliminary examination In the police station. After an affectionate greeting, she asked the detective In charge of the case if she might speak to him alone for a moment. He assented. She protested her lovers Innocence and pleaded In vain for clemency. Then she said, "This means he will die. or. at the best, suffer lifelong imprisonment?" "I am afraid It la so, answered the police officer. The girt thereupon pulled out a revolver she had hidden in her dress and leveled It et the detective.' But he. was too quirk, and disarmed her before she could pull the trigger. While waiting to be removed into custody she pulled out a hatpin end pressed It Into her heart, where It broke off short, but not before a mortal wound had been Inflicted. -- The real struggle is not between northern military groups and southern military groups, but between the people of China and thd military politicians of Until very recently these peo- China. China tave been Inarticulate, but fle ofare beginning to be taught to lisp of real liberty and clthsenshlp by their own children the students of China. China without her Inspiring student movement would be dreary to write about, but with it there is no more thrilling story in the world. And with this student revolt goes a bringing together of the younger business men and middle class people of China, who are determined that China shall really belong to the world of today. They want a decent, clean, representative government In Peking: thy want China to become modern In every respect, with great railroads and modern currency and booming Industries and commerce; they want schools and education for the common people that will develop a new consciousness of China that citizenship; and they .want can look out for hetssif in the family of Is quite probable. At least the present ' . conditions as regard the Inefficient, cornations They demand that a great, 'rich, pros- rupt Peking government cannot last for sMall perous, fair China take the place of long.- - Either They will change In rapid the diseased, ignorant, flabby China of evolutipn or they will be forcibly changed the present. by revolution. China is picking op momentum for her Only slow, painstaking evolution can evoall of and leak of catching up with the procession this, bring poestblyonly lution will bring any of tt, but'revolutton from her place 2009 years In the rear. v- - " "rtAw.'? - ( . PARIS, May 22. French society members of the new poor are turning to the chorus as a means of eking out their Incomes. A school for chorus gfrls started by Mme. Jeanne Ronaav in a large studio In ' the Grande boulevard has a list of more than eighty society women who find the high prices prevent them from living on their prewar Incomes. The Ronsay pupils Include the daughter of a duchess and three daughters of th old French nobility, who are listed among those who, rich before the war, are now accounted poor. The daughters of society are taught their profession side bv side with professional chorus girls culled from the lower classes, and many strange friendships have resulted. In La Grande Pastorale, a fantasy, which has lust opened at the Cirque d'Hiver, no teas than eight of the chorus are members of the highest French society. Among the chorus men are two demobilized French majors, who refused to 'remain In the army, declaring that their pay was not sufficient even to buy their shoes. China Soon to Change Entire Taxation System -- Americans Are Met With the Statement That There Are No Goods on Market. t 4 . At By CONGER REYNOLDS. (.Chicago .Icthune Fsralgn. New Eervte.) MILAN, Italy. May 22. If American buyers want their share of th silks of Lombardy in ths future they should make contracts a long time In advance. The worl( Is wearing silk today sa never before. The demand for Italy s output of raw and manufactured silks hows that. Ths men In the buslfteas say that tt Is another result of tbs war. W omen who had had no money to spend befor the war got to earning nug wages In factories and office They silk underwear, bought silk stocking silk dress el. Once a woman jyegtn wearing silk, they say, the Is never satisfied without It. So the war, by Increasing, th wearer of silks, has created a demand far greater than the producer of allk can satisfy, Italy Is habitually ths third country In the world In silk production, Japan being first and China second. Italian silks ar of quality generally as high as any produced. and Swiss, French, English American buyers compel for them. la the last year, owing to ths relative Inferiority of Italian money In comparison with Japanese and Chlneae, ths demand for the Italian product received new Impetus. It was great enough to consume a surplus left from (he 1913 crop end gulp down ths whole of th 1918 crop, and lick its chop for more. ons-gra- m ned-dler- s. lbe AroerkaiyyltUniv Ukejtbe abbreviate the name or Sniffer snow koVa the the drug. To thepi it ia German word for "coke, the fuel. - WAITERS IN VIENNA ARE IN SAD PLIGHT Many Are Jobless and Forlorn, With Chance of Obtaining Work. bat Uttle VIENNA, May 22. (By the Associated Aristocratic Vienna, once famed Pres for its chefs, now offers small opportunities for the display of gastronomic art. Professional cooks are regarded. as "superfluities," as are also an army of waiters, all Jobless and forlorn. Many hundreds of Austrians who ware interned in England during the war returned here to find they could get no work to do. By far the greater number are waiters. They are In a desperate plight. Owing to the great Increase in the cost of Jiving there has been a great diminution In the number of those who were wont to patronize hotels and restaurants. Walters fortunate enough to get a job at their calling encounter almost Insuperable difficulties In providing themselves with conventional garb. There ere fe,w second-han- d dress suits in Vienna. And new dress suits now cost from 6000 to 8000 crowns. It(has been suggested that In lieu of dress suits the waiters should be allowed to wear white linen uniforms, which could be had much more cheaply tnd would render It easier to distinguish between waiters and guests. MANY GREAT ESTATES GOING UNDER HAMMER English War Taxes Are Forcing Many of the Nobility to Dispose Holdings. LONDON, May 15. (By the Associated Press.) England a war taxes continue to force many of her nobility to sell parts of thetr great estates. One of ths greatest of these, which recently has passed under the auctioneer's hammer, J that of the Duke of Rutland, which Is known as Belvoir. The duke owns about 59.000 seres, of which he Is selling about 13.000 acres located in the best part of ths Lincolnshire hunting district. He explained at a public meeting that the sale was made necessary by the Increasing from the burden of taxation resulting war. Ooadby Hall, one of the duke's properties f 230 acres, was sold privately In ths advance of the public sale and 100 tenants have bought from the duke th farms he had rented to them. Earl Manvers estate, known as "Holm has Flerrepont," at Kadcllffe-on-Tren- t, 42,684 It been sold at auction for covers 320 seres Is of estate of that the It reported part the Earl of Londesborough, comprising Ralncliffe Woods and Racecourse, has been bought by a Scarborough financier. Famous Engraving Sold for World Record Price By Universal Service. LONDON, May 22. A mezzotint enPEKING, May 22. By the Associated graving by Valentine Green, A K, g Press ) The Chinese government has after Sir Joshua Reynolds s painting or notified certain governments having the Ladles Waldegrave has been sold by trade rslal lona wlth China- that it In- (bristle a for 1 3, 509 'Aut her H t ribs tends to abolish the "llkln, or Interna- British museum believe the price la a ' tional tax imposed on goods In transit world record for a mezzotint. between provinces. To compensate for A copy of the engraving sold for 450 the loss of this revenue, whlrh le the fi- In 1886, snd others In 1897 for 32800, and nancial mainstay of the provincial govthird In 1901 for 32625. Qreen engraved ernments, It wig be necessary to Increase twenty-tw- o pistes from canvases by ReyImport dutlea on foreign goods at ports nolds, who declared that his name would of entry, the government has announced. go down to posterity as a result of It has requested the powers to tsk part Green's excellent interpretation of his In a revision of the Chines tariff. works. . in Advance, Says Report. (X o t Purchases Have Bee nr Made as Far as Three Years V'; N, i By PARKE BROWN. (Chicago Tribune Foreign Neys Service.) BERLIN, May 2. One Of th evils In Oermwny for which the war Is blanteij Is an epidemic of cocalnism that is growing to frightful proportions. Not only Is the addict sbla to obtain Ilia "flake" from the druggist by means of ' cheap. y purchased ' forged " prescriptions, but he can buy it from the waiter who knows him, his favorite cafe, or from street peddlers, w hose only safeguard ia a widely known "secret" password. But not only can he obtain it In In about fifteen-grai- n powders this way, but he can. . If he has the Some money, buy It in wholesale lots. wild of the largest drug stores in the west" end of Berlin are said to use sellIn only a limited amount of caution ing a customer an entire kilogram of cocaine more than two pounds! "It was the war," said Dr. Bruno Glaserfeld, who Is attempting to rouss the sleepy city officials against the evil, width brought our men Into contact with so many foreign habits, that glso Introduced them to this one. After the strain at the front, they looked for something to soothe their nerves, and they tound cocaine. "But the disease has spread, and wt must admit that there are cocaine addicts In some of our best families. Two young men of my acqoaintance, one 21 and the other 27 years of age, who once were sound and healthy and gave promise of fulfilling the fondest hopes of their families and friends, now are wasting away under the habit. And women also .are numbered among the addicts. I recently heard of a )oung married womana' of excellent family who had become hopeless victim." Most of the many prostitutes In Berlin are said to be cocaine users. Some of them spend what to tne ordinary German is an enormous sum for their dally supply from the cafes and stree s se End Life on Learning Addicts, It Is Said, Easily Obtain Supply From Drug Stores and Cafe Waiters. cere-mon- Let.Married.Women Work Majority Does Not Count. $ leg-re- y ) -- X ' s e . ? SCESSTSEiid Get in on Ground Floor. Traveler Forced to Buy This Is Said to Be Reason Protection From Leaden Why Great Britain Wishes of the Chinese (KUaws. to Control the Country. SHANGHAI, May 22. (By the Associated Press) Szethuen, most populous of China's provinces, with extensive and va. and almost unlimited rled resources areas of soil of the greatest productivity, Is bandit-ridde- n and is torn with the strife of five opposing governing factions tlyit seemingly are beyond the control of the Canton government, to which Is supposed to pay allegiance. This ls the report brought to Shanghai by foreigners who have reoently been traveling In the province. The country along all the main highways, according to these reports, la overrun with bands of armed outlaw snd It Is only possible for the foreigners to travel these byways In any dcgiee of safety by first buying protection and immunity from molestation from bandit leaders who control the various areas. When the traveler asks for an firmed guard this Is provided for a consideration. This guard must be changed when the traveler enters the area controlled by another military official. By following this procedure, travelers from the province, sav, the wayfarer Is ordinarily safe, but it happens sometimes that the spheres of control f the (eadeis overlap and travelers who have bought protection in one area ar at times attacked by bandits whose leaders have not been appeased. The consideration required to provide a guard for a traveler Is not particularly heavy, as it is said to be about 50 cents a day per guard. Ordinarily travelers who do fall into the hands of outlaws do not suffer bodily harm, but It is not uncommon for native servants to be murdered and cases exist In which foreigners have been taken and held for ransom. Chengtu, capital of the provlnoe of Sxechuen, la reached by a journev of about 2500 miles up the Yangtsze river from Shanghai to Hankow and Ichang. the famed Yangtsze thence through gorges to Chunking and finally bv a sedan chair ride of from ten to fourteen days through the high mountains of the country that lies between Chunking and Chengtu. Sse-chu- Swank Gets Black Eye Through New British Army Order Bras and Tabs Hat Are Taboo Under Ruling Just Made Red By Universal Service. LONDON, May 22. Those swanky" lieutenants, captains and majors of th British army staff who formerly swaggered down Piccadilly and the Strand ablaze In their red tabs snd "brass hats" are visions of the past, as a result of a new army order just Issued. Tbs army council has decided to abolish the' Use "of Our ta on on the collar and the gold scroll on ths cap peaks, which formerly distinguished the staff officer from th mere regimental one. - In future the only officers allowed t wear the tabs snd the "brans hats will b officers commanding brigades or Th British staff officer with higher. the dashes of red and gold on his uniform was an object of fervent admiration in th United States during the war. -- . S. STEELE.- (Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service.) LONDON, May 22. Egypt is th key to Britain's imperial airways. - This ia on of the impelling reasons why she desires to keep Egypt under her control, and why, In fact, control of Egypt Is almost ts much of a necessity to the continuance of her empire as control of Ireland, which la the key to her Cum mand of the Atlantic. This fact was brought out In a lecture by Major General Sir Frederick Sykes, controller general of civil svialion. Sir Frederick d not put It so crudely as I have done, out he gave facts from which any Intelligent student of world politics cannot fall to draw this deduction. General Sykes described five great imperial air ways, four of which ate absolutely dependent on Britain's control of , Egypt. They are; ' . , By JOHN I Kngland-Egyp- Cairo-Cap- t. e. a. Egypt-India. The fifth Is England-CanadIt is obvious that If England Is to maintain air communication with her African, Indian and Australian possessions, shq must control her landing places and relay stations In Egypt. Hence her insistence on control of that country-Ispite of the wishes of the Inhabitants. Already a remarkably complete system of stations has been planned for the air route from Cairo to the Cape, which la onlv ths second stage of the journey from England to South Africa. There will be forty-thrairdromes on the way1 with an average distance of 124 miles between each and Twenty-fostations have nlieady been organized and are ready with supplies of petrol and oil, spares, and all else tnat is needed for facilitating the Journevs of the pilots. The line to Australia Is also practically complete, but at present a few of the stations are on Dutch islands. jt will be possible, however, by flying from Singapore to Christmas Island and thence to Australia, to constitute an route, hut this will involve flights of 810 and 949 miles. a. , n ee ur English buyers ground snd mad were early on th contracts at a rat to their edvantage whereby they got the entire output of some of the principal mllla Later, Italian exchanges went down, cost of production went up, th market quotations on silks soared. But the mills which had made the contracts had to carry on at the agreed price. They are doing it today at a loss, It la re- ported. An American, buyer recently discovered (his situation wnen he came to northern Italy authorized to buy Immense quantities of silk. In his pocket he carried a letter of credit for 3359,000. Ho visited every allk mill In Como. Everywhere he was met by the same answer. The firm had no silk for sale. Its output was sold to ths English for a year ahead. The American asked for samples anyway. He wanted to arrange for purchases of the 1921 or 1922 output. The mill peoNineteen ple were little Interested. was a Jong way ahead and twenty-on- e there was no telling what might happen before then. They were Inclined to- make the most of their Independence. They reminded the buyer that when Italy hat much allk to sell a few yeara ago Amerio did not want It. Now it was their turn to be Indifferent. -- Yankee Is Exasperated. One firm went so far as to tell the American that their output was sold to an English house, which, as they eloquently explained, was capitalized dn millions of pound not millions of dollars, The American buyer became exasperated. Laying his letter of credit on th table, he said; "There ia enough money In cold cash to buy your whole plant As for capitalization, my firm is greater than any In England. It could buy out ths house you are talking about and not You are simply notloe the expenditure. turning away business that means kg money for you. Another American buyer canvassed the field. He was able to buy practically no silk. The little he picked up In Milan jobbers' houses was so Insignificant that he sab! It would not pay for his hotel expenses In Milan. The experience of these two Illustrates the difficulty that American buyers generally hay had. To get Italian silks In competition with the purchasers from other countries they must be on the ground early prepared, not to buy for Immediate delivery, but to buy for delivery a veer or two years or three years ahead. And they will have to overcome a certain amount of prejudice In favor of European house American Capita Needed. Thousands of Gifts Missent to Soldiers Found in Warehouse Hotly Debated Mystery of the War Is Solved by Y. M. C. A. Agent By Universal Service. PARIS, May 22. The most hotly debated mvsterv of the war "TVher did the parcbls go? ha been solved In part by a Y. M C. A. agent In Pari. Rummaging through a warehouse In an attempt to classify the heterogeneous mass of stocks a hlch remain to be sold, he came across thousands of packages of all aixes and shapes, piled high to the celling. Many of the parcels had broken open and an assortment of presents Intended bv thetr senders two years ago for the boys In the trenches war scattered about the floor. A list Is being compiled of the addresses and any one who didn't get his Christmas parcel from the folks back home may ftndlt If h writes to th X. M. C- - A- -, 12 ru d'Ag asses u, Paris. According to Oliver H. Smart, ecre- - tary of the American chamber of commerce for Italy, there Is a good field for use of American capital in the handling of silk futures In northern Italy. From production of the cocoons to weaving dt the silk there is a great amount of labor and a considerable lapse of time Involved. Much capital is needed to finance th process. Good profits probably could be made on futures snd th Industry, by such financing would be stabilized and speeded up toward higher production. Production of silk was decreased during ths war by shortage of labor and Th prospect, shortage of material for a large crop this spring Is good, however, and tha year's output should show a movement toward prewar levels. Industrial troubles are not so likely to affect this Industry as some other Particularly are they not likely to tsaffect th effected silk, which production of raw farmers, spinners by thousands of small The- price which are now snd weaver six to eight times what they were In 1914, are expected to stay up, and may go higher. f Accent of Yankee Duchess Declared to Be Perfect LONDON, May 22. Consoelo, Duchess of Marlborough, la the only American peeress- in Fngiand who does not speak with- an American accent. On the contrary, she has a decided English lilt t her speech was seek The first language - ah French, being pieced In charge of a In a French nurse school. Later French she learned English In England. Fhs Is on of th beat woman public speakers la England. - - |