| Show Americans Clamor to Attend Receptions of the Royalty Hugos Hugo's Love Letters Sold English Treasurer Wants Wanta to Collect Tax On Betting for Revenue Americans Fail to Grasp English Tea In Bed Customs and Want Grapefruit French Am Am- Ambassador Ambassador Urge Urges Love of U LJ S Bismark Shirts Com Corn Coming Corning Coming ing Back to Style LONDON LONnON Starch Mach arch BY S-BY 6 By The Associated There PreM There II li luch euch sucha J L scramble this year to attend the three c the kIng Icing and queen wilt will 11 hold hoM at palace thAt applicAnts may be forced to draw straws to ace ece who are the lucky individuals individual An n unprecedented number of applications have been made to the lord chamberlain ln among them several everal h hundred Americans who have filed tiled their requests through Ambassador Houghton loughton Each court Is attended by by- approximately 1000 but for tor the first court along alone In May there Is nearly double that number desiring desiring- to make their bow before their their majesties There Is II such an enormous supplementary supplementary supplementary tary list for the other court at aa atwell well that the lord cham chamberlain has decided that some sort fort of II a gamble be resorted to tor for the final Ie selections Although the government de decided td- td ed against a tax on betting belting at least for tor the current year year Chan Chan- Chancellor of ot the Exchequer Church Church- Church Iii II has not allowed the Idea to drop and has with the aid of ot a commission been making further exhaustive Investigations As s a result a memorandum dealing with all the aspects and possibilities of such auch a tax has hu been presented to the the the- cabinet for consideration It Is estimated that a a betting tax might hIght easily eully produce pounds yearly early and the chan chan- chan chan- chancellor Is It loathe to allow such a sum to escape him It Is understood that PremIer Baldwin and other ministers Ore are yet to be converted to the Idea which might offend the moral feelings of ot the country Mr Churchill Church Ill however may nay attempt to Introduce the tax next year ear England has been basking In spring-like spring weather which Is most welcome to all sports enthusiasts and the Ox- Ox Oxford Oxford Ox Oxford ford and Cambridge crews have been practicing on the Thames Thame for tor the annual race The rice race month ahead l lo It Is too early earlY- for tor any useful between the two tL Americans American living here have been slow Ilow to adopt the English custom of having a a cup of tea before getting out Out of bed In Ill the morn morn- morning lug ing and on till this account London hotels have decided to serve their American guests guesta with a glas glass of orange or grape juice The Tho new Idea Is to be tried out outon outon outon on the spring and summer visit visit- visitors visitors visitors ors and it if not successful the ho- ho hotels ho hotels will try serving grapefruit oranges or an any fruit the guests may desire Working on the assumption that seeing Is believing the conservative party has arranged a series of films to be taken of cabinet ministers in action of leg leg- legIslating leg legislating These will be be shown hown throughout the constituencies at conservative meetings and will form torm a part of a program of pic pic- pic pictures tures with a moral Lectures will ill be arranged In connection with the films and In country dis- dis districts dis districts where no hall ball is Is available A traveling cinema projector will willbe willbe willbe be used Red ned was as the predominating color at the church wedding In London of Lady Ursula Black Black- Blackwood wood Black wood to A A S N Horne Home lorne The bride given away by her father step father Lord Howe wore her traveling costume of deep red and hat to match while Lady Doris Gunston elder sIster Bister of ot the bride wore ore red velvet and carried a bunch of snow-drops snow LOVE PARIS March By 7 7 By The As- As Associated As Associated One Prell-One Press One of the most remarkable collections collection of love letters on record more record more than lS- lS 15 of written them them written by the for for- former former for former mer actress Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo between 1833 1813 and 1883 brought brough less Ius 1 than l AA when put up at auction recently This actress whom Hugo loved lovee retired front the stage and lived a life of seclusion lon for tor 50 CO years Almost every day during that pe- pe period period nod she wrote the noted author authora a letter as ho had asked her to todo todo do although they were seeing each other regularly us as a well and hilI hi collection an average e of some letters a year waa carefully at lit the express wish of Hugo HUlIo himself Gustave Simon who as a tor executor of Victor will and nd per per per- friend of JUliette Juilette says that the letter letters lettera will disappoint anyone In search of a ft thrill as they are nothing but a collection of ot empty phrases full tull fulI of ot adulation and adoration tar far from giving that reflection of the Inner life lite of the lovers The collection might have real real- realIzed realised realized a II higher price had not a aParis bookseller notified the auctioneer auctioneer as aa soon Boon as It was put up that he owned the copyright and so the purchaser could only ob- ob obtain ob obtain tam tain material possession but could not publish them History will 1 forget torget the war ar debt between France and the tho United States State and will 1 re- re remember remember re remember member only the crusade fought In common by bi y the two nations who should love and understand each other being honest nations made up of honest people for tor former mer Ambassador Ju said In a speech this at Lyons Lons Recalling his long stay In the United States where here he was ac- ac accredited accredited ac accredited credited as ambassador under five administrations M paid tribute to the American character as very practical and very gen gen- generous generous gen generous erous He lie had scrupulously refrained from any form torm of propaganda anda during the war relying and not In vain aID on Frances France's just cause and Americas America's good sense A set of ot enterprising Paris crook got the Jump of ot Finance Minister Doumer recently with the announcement of the intro Intro- Introduction introduction of the bill Imposing a tax on wireless receiving sets Tak Tak- TakIng Tak- Tak Taking Taking ing time by br the forelock these un- un un unscrupulous scrupulous ll but Ingenious persons armed with books of official look look- lookIng looking ing ing- receipts began calling at the houses house with wireless aerial ter- ter terminals ter terminals mint on the roof root or In the yard betraying the presence of ot wireless sets set and collecting as large a tax as they thought the house house- householder householder householder holder would stand for tor The prefecture of police pollee was obliged to broadcast a warning against these individuals remind remind- reminding reminding ing the public that the bill the tax had not been passed The newl newly elected president of the Fat Mens Men's club of of Paris Is almost doubly qualified as he weighs weigh kilograms over while the qualifying limit for membership I Is a hundred kilograms or M Paul was In active service throughout the war var though not In the trenches tor for his weIght then of US pounds disqualified him He lie can still jum jump on to an auto autobus autobus autobus bus If It has started before beCore ho he hohas hohas has hIlS reached lt It t and Is an active bicyclist not on a readymade ready ready machine out of stock but on a specially specially constructed machine somewhat on the bicycle built for tor two lines Shingling ha has become popular to little girls as well ell as for those of ot larger growth among Paris feminine population and thereby have come complications at nuptial and other church tunc- tunc unc tiong Pl Paris has it Its traditions and andone andone andone one of them say says that small girl attendants on the bride at wed weddings ding dings must wear curls curia Conse Conse- Consequently fond papas papa are today treated to the sight of o madame 01 a a coiffeur arranging false faLso curls on en the head of elle aged S 5 or 6 S Church people fur fur- further fur further ther thor Instruction object to giving religious In- In Instruction In to shingled tots lots and shorn locks are looked upon with little littie favor In communion classes BISMARCK BERLIN March 6 By 6 By The Associated Press Press- The Press The Bismarck shirt advertised aa u being built for comfort has made It Its appearance In smart haberdasheries The right right of the Bismarck shirt i Is about one Inch shorter than the left lett It takes taku It Its name from fron the iron chancellor who ho sought Introduction Introduction tion of ot the Idea without avail avaU 60 O years ears ago Prince Bismarck had ordered a dozen donn custom made shirts from a Berlin shirt mak mak- maker maker er Cr A few day days later Prince Princess Bismarck complained by letter that the sleeves ot of of every one of the shirts were of unequal length The firm and be begged ged for the return of the consign consign- consignment consignment ment To the company company company's surprise however Bismarck personally sent lent congratulations on the In- In Ingenuity In Ingenuity of the tailor Writing a aa as most mOlt of us do with my right hand the chancellor wrote I have been annoyed by the Interference of the cuff with the free movement of ot the right hand The right sleeve In your shirts I la Is shorter than the left hence the cuff does not creep out from Crom beneath the coat sleeve The error Is a blessing In disguise It ought to meet with general ap- ap approvaL approval ap approval Why dont don't you ou come to Berlin Instead of staying In Paris Is I the facetious Inquiry addressed to Prince Carol by a a number of ot Ru- Ru Ru Rumanians here have nothing but expense In Paris they tell the former crown prince In Berlin you have hae a good chance of being evaluated as well us the other Why by you ou put In claims for tor a settlement like the rest reat of of your our kinsmen Berlins Berlin's Rumanian colony is taking a sporting Interest In the royal family row with the bet betting ting od odds s favoring favoring- Carols Carol's ulti- ulti ultimate ultimate ulti ultimate mate return to rank and power In Bucharest The present Luther cabinet which supported arrangements arrangement tor for Ger- Ger Germany Ger Germany's many many's entry Into the league of nations Is Ls called the cabinet of youngsters Its members barely average 51 years ears of age ago In scholarly achievements they also rank near tho the top Chancellor Luther the secOnd youngest I Is 47 years old For For- For Minister I Is 48 Minister of Defense Gessler is 51 while the finance minister Dr Reinhold on on whose shoulders rests the burden of finding a way out of the economic depression Is only 38 The Tho last war prewar pre cabinet headed by Bethmann- Bethmann Hollweg Bethmann-Hollweg Hollweg averaged averaged 60 years which Is about the average aRe age since the union of federated German states waa was effected The rhe Bavarian government has been asked by Frau Anna Gerbig of Munich to repay a loan of 00 advanced by her great grandfather father to King Ludwig I 1 ot of Bavaria a century ago Petitioning the diet Frau Ger- Ger dig dig Insists that since the govern govern- government government government ment confiscated the rulers ruler's prop prop- property property erty It Is 16 responsible tor for payment of his debts She alleges that he squandered the loan In entertain entertain- entertainIng entertaining ing tho beautiful dancer Lola Montez whose relations relation with Ith the king aroused the populace and forced hi his abdication The dancer fled tied to New York Tork where she died In 1861 Ruling that wines Ines and liquors are aro a Justifiable necessity the Breslau court of appeals has haa ha re- re reversed reversed re reversed versed a II decision of a lower court which refused to fine the owner of a fashionable cafe te for tor over over- overcharging overcharging a charging a customer tor for liquors served during a meal The lower court had held that liquors were a luxury The cus- cus customer cus customer tomer appealed however and the care cafe proprietor was fined tined SO 50 marks mark and ordered to slash flash hIs prices 1 per cent op 00 In the forestry program of ot Great Britain covering the next eight years trees are to be planted |
