| Show LONDON PAPERS fiLLED WITH NEWS ABOUT ANTICS AMERICAN TOURISTS ABROAD Sousas Sousa's Marches Played For French Dances King Of France Still In Exile Germany Begins To Study American System Of Selling On Installments LONDON J ot o- o AUK Aug 22 UI OP AS is I usual during the tourist season the thu London newspapers ne new papers arc are carrying Ino I t dally accounts of ot the amu amu- Ing doings 8 of ot some of or the Ameri Ameri- American ran can tourists engaged In in seem l 1 The good gooel natured effrontery of or orIe he Ie IC American who accosted 11 the tho tins sing at Wembly ve nd succeeded lC In ln royal handshake lt Ratting getting a royal i noon o lost Its Us funny funny- side Ilde when the mon- mon monch monch ch a own subjects became beame boid enough to do but then ther- hoe lias been bern a ab steady ady run of ot ln in Mem- Mem f to fO o amuse am use the public publicAn An fair which bordered moreon more morr- moreon morron on th serious occurred in tho the house nf ot lords when a II tourist at- at emoted to cut oft off a I. I piece ot of rather r from th wool sack upon Men the lie lord chancellor sIts dui dui- ing business hours and It cost afine a a. a fine In police court to square tile the t lo matter mattel I S j Numerous mistakes s 's arising from 1 Ji h li difference In tho the English one nna American American- i n language frequently oc oc- occupy oc- oc occupy cupy CUP much newspaper space while the escapades of ot Americans rc- rc from the tho absence of ot their 1 environment nt of or prohibition arc a source of constant en t I en-I Princess Mary daughter of King George Gorge and Queen Mary nr Is re responsible re- re for fora or a pew new needle work 1 which consists t of ot work worx- workIng Ing scats cats of o chairs in designs ot or fit flowers and 1111 1 loaves leaves The Timo art was wall wasi i practiced during the tho eighteenth l c Cc c. Princess Beatrice already has hAil fin tin l.-l l. 1 lied od several cushions cu and a no en en Victoria the kings king's s 's sister I I Is la buy busy on several patterns while I-ady I Ramsay designs anil anit works her own pattern patterns I England's bright young pee pee- r l 11 Ir as those of ot the smart set are aI known may use sonic of ot their brightness to mask an aching heart or 01 a grouch against mankind It Ir Irone one Is lI to all 1111 that Is im int- implied intI I plied In n the formation of a anum- anum num I of ber-of clubs for gloomy people One of ot these Is reported to hav hays gone so far on tho the road to gloom an as to arrange excursions to grave gravu- for or members who wish to the sadness and antl sot sot- row of ot the time world worM In fn fitting sur sur- ro Another has Its meeting m place draped In funeral colors color The Idea I of such an organization g hia tion Is new neww to the present e gener gener- generation generation aHon but It was popular a hundred hun hun- hundred dred years ago age a o when there were clubs for gloomy people p ople ugly peo peo- people people pIc and even societies for liars One of or the strangest organizations was a II club Ii t phi fluted old gentlemen who held hed on to a a a. penny penn until Its last gasp Jasp could exchange tales how they had saved Rayed an eighth el of a cent Under the roof of ot another the unfortunate club gathered the un unhappily un- un unhappily happily married bankrupts and those who tho lost on races nil on 01 o equal ground In the telling re of ot their grievances It is not often oCten that an Ameri Ameri- American American American can hostess has the tho privilege ot of en entertaining three members of or royalty all nil at the same sante time but last week the tho Duchess ot of for tor- formerly formerly merly May Ma Ogden Goelet ot or New New- Newport Newport e port had as guests the Duke Duko and Duchess ot or York YOlk and Princes Miry Mary Ir who visited at the Duke t tIne a alne Ine lne In old country seat eat Floors calie ca Ch- catle tie lie on tho the Tweed for a n bit hit or of grouse shooting on a n acre estate Tho The Duchess Is a I. I close friend Of or ortho the tho royal family arid amid d Is extremely popular with all classes In England Ingland aid ud Scotland She Is one of or the sport port lovers loyers among the tho no nu- nobility and prodigious tales are aro told of or her prowess with gun and Jn l rod with the former Am- Am Al Al- Although Although though the first lady lad ot of one ot or otI I lie 11 greatest houses of ot England the duchess dislikes publicity and ana It Is said she never has had a I. I pic plc- picture turo ture taken takers of her only son the Marquis of or Bowmont Bonmont Do mont and Cessford Cess ford who Is 19 ten years old for tor fear fE-ar n u might find Ind Its way Into illustrated papers SOUSA'S SOUSAS PARIS Aug Aug 22 John Johll OP John Philip Sousas Sousa's stirring marches marchell of or American Spanish war days ar are enjoying an unusual revival in the resorts of ot the Mont Marte arte and the newly opened dispensaries of melody and champagne In tlc the tT c cLatin Latin J quarter and Mont Parnasse Strangely It Is not the visiting Americans who demand encores oc or such old favorites favorite's as Tho The Stars and Stripes F but the tho n- n motive tive French and tho the sprinkling of ot ether Europeans attracted to lan Iari lanI I iby by b the exposition season seaM I I The revival has amply proven proven- at least to dancing Paris that Paris that the tho theold I old works ot or the famous tam OUR band band- bandmaster bandmaster I master are arc Just as good for tho modern step one-step as for tor the two- two I step of or McKinley and nd vintage Furthermore they provide pro pro- provide vide welcome change from the te I overdone Jazz lang orous tangos tangs and the n. Ja I There Is little likelihood that th thI I the present French parliament will wm willI I I take action to revoke the law Jaw of or I exiling the heads of or all the f families am II lea which reigned over I 1 I France j i Nevertheless a II letter in which the Duke of or Orleans pretender to the French throne voiced his son SOl sorrow row recently at the thought of or his 40 years of or exile end protested pro- pro tested tes tho the Injustice of or allowing common malefactors to the frontier under und r amnesty while he Is Inexorably barrel barred by the tho t sheer accident of birth has struck a no responsive chord chol d even evenin evenIn evenin in ultra-republican ultra circles I Everybody Is agreed That the thi th situation is anomalous Nobody I seems to doubt Duke Duko Philippe Philippe's minded high patriotism but as he hI makes mal es it clear that ho will not nol I purchase the privilege of or again ogain stepping on French soil by formal abdication of or his rights a n. dilemma Is created for tor the tho government I Time Tho duke duko is now 56 years lE od o d dand and spends most of his hla time in England although he is fond ot or exploration and big game hunt hunt- Ing Only the really rabid dos doe I republicans believe his rt- rt turn would In any way wary wa endanger r the tho present regime g I Some go so 80 far as to say sa thir i his continuance In exile fa s one of tt the tho main sources of or strength ot or I tho French royalist party pirty and I that if Ir his highness were allowed to return he might prove a pow pow- powerful powerful force in moderating the zeta zel ze 1 of his followers French shipping is dong doing well but the government desires that It II do better belter With nth that end enl in to view slaw slawa vl w I Ia a bill has been laid before th theu chamber of or deputies providing provIding- for forthe fC forthe r the creation of or a no national office of ot maritime credits which would woI wo I I grant loans to French ship owners at a rate rato of or interest not exceed exceed- exceeding I ing three per Ier cent The necessary I funds apart from Irom gifts legacies and the like lIIa would be 1 1 I by b dues on goods landed and on passengers embarked The proposed tax on goods goo s would be from one halt franc to two francs per ton tort and artl the tho rates rat s stor for tor passengers ten four and two tw u francs respectively for first s se seand ond and and third class with less lease rates for steamers engaged In in international mc- mc coastwise coast services o 0 or plying the tho route to Algeria I I The effect of or the bill would be beto beto beto to enable the ship owners to or or- order or- or ordel order I der del more vessels from the French ship yards which have o receive very few orders during the tho las hs three years ears and ant an which have only been able to keep operating by byor- byor or or- orders orders ders from front abroad Americans Amerl ns visiting the tho th a In future winter seasons may see sec seethe the city of ot Nice Nico blossom out as asa asa asa a real university town instead In of ot I being Nice Ice tho time gay ga as the famous Mediterranean resort ha I been known in the past Courses rs e given g V there tae last ser season under d the IC auspices S I of r lh the chamber of commerce and these proved so popular both with time tho visitors and an l residents that tho the department of or Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes Alpes- Alpes In n which Nice Is situated the mu mu- municipality municipality and civic bodies voted subsidies to make mako them perma perma- permanent permanent nent nest Increase their number broaden the scope of ot the instruction tion offered and assure their con con- continuance continuance continuance for 10 years ears Tho Time teaching force it is understood un u un- un will wilt bo be recruited largely from the tho old provincial university of ot En Alx with special lecturers imported from the sor- sor bonno bonne at Paris and the ancient university of or Toulouse One of ot tho subjects to b bO be stressed will be bo tho time provincial literature and language featuring particularly the work of or tho the groat great poet Frederic Fre whose writings were greatly admired ad ad- admired mired by b Theodore Roosevelt Roose A great deal of ot velvet either cotton cotlon or sulk sUIt Is expected to be bo worn this winter Some very at at- attractive dresses are arc already being made from this material immaterial the soft soft- softness softness ness and flexibility of or which gain gala additional attraction from the tho great variety of or new colors in which It Is being turned out For the tho time being velvet Is the thing timing for hats but ono one o o of or orthe the tho biggest dress makers has brought bro out small email stitched velvet coats for morning wear with hats haU to match It is quite possible that the cloth hat may bo be near the end of ot ofUs Its Us long reign Medium edlum sized and large larse chapeaux are opening a regular re against the film aim simple plo pie little bell shaped hats which are so 1 0 easily donned l and doffed and smart women wommen are showing Approval al tho the change ON OX VIi V eW BERLIN DERLIN Aug 23 Thirty one paintings which Dr Hans Bons a German art lover lo acquired In Chicago last spring are attracting attracting- much attention atten atten- attention attention tion in the national gallery In Chicago the lectures were believed to have been the work of ot the Swiss landscape painter Alexandre but Dr Yen deland Ls la of ot the tho opinion that list they DTP are aI from the brush of ot Arnold Boecklin also a Ii Swiss artist whose Island bland of ot the Dead and other fantastic paintings have paintings have given given given en him hint fame comparable to that of r the old Dutch Dute and Italian mas mas- m Dr acquired the collection col collection col- col collection lection and after aCter exhibiting It in its Switzerland brought It to Berlin erlln where the t paint P critics rl have 11 sup sup- supported supported f ported his I S SP views I v that t Boecklin e painted the canvasses Prof Prot Lud- Lud Ludwig Ludwig wig Justl director ot or the Berlin national gallery galler has purchased l part of or the collection and will add the paintings to the already large larse number of or Boecklin pictures In the gallery All the tho pictures are arc Italian landscapes They The are arc supposed to have hae been painted when Boeck- Boeck Boecklin lin was living In Italy Hal about 1850 They lack tho time fantastic character of his later works which have havo at attracted at- at ath acted h so much attention Ac Ac- According According cording to widow her H r 1 records s show how that the pictures were sold In block to an nn Amen Ameri can The Time art critics believe that their lack of ot extremely high merit indicate that they were painted hastily lu by lJ the tho artist for sale to tourists i the landscapes are quite unlike I I more immure mature I El t works Anton Meyer e a prominent Berlin erlin critic says they really are ore of Italian land land- landscapes landscapes not representative r land land-I but paraphrase the charm of or such landscapes and forecast the tho masterpieces ot or an artist who felt creation so 50 strongly that he always tried to unveil its secrets ts tsIn In the symbol of ot living being Richard Strauss has ha given German Ger Ger- German GerI German I man art ort circles a great thrill by announcing that he personally will conduct the orchestra which plays plas during the showing of his opera 1 Der Del aller on the th screen In Dresden German retailers retailer are awaken awaken- awakening awakening ing In to the possibility of ot a n. great extension exten lon of ot business through sales o l oleson on the Installment plan Sonic Some pf Qt pfd them these are arc sending a II special com corn commission commIssIon mission to the United States to lo study the methods In that coun coun- countr try tr Before Detoro the world war buy- buy buyIng buyIng buying Ing on the Installment plan was frowned frown d upon by the German aristocrats as the wrong way to todo todo todo do business |
