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The Omaha Sunday Bee. TAMT TWO TAUT TWO. EDITORIAL FOREIGN waqzb on to xioxt. paoxs oira to sxokt. VOL. XL NO. 12. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1910. SINGLE COPYT FIVE CENTS. Political and Social News of the Old World Reported by Special Cable and Correspondence SOl&IETY GROWS IN GREATBRITAIN Falling Off in Sale of Spirit and Beer Gives No Indication of Stopping. INCREASED DUTY IS ONE REASON Prosecutions Because of Drunkenness Decrease Materially. LESS LICENSES ARE BEING ISSUED Increase of Clubs One Noticeable Ef fect of Laws. RADIUM IS WORKING WONDERS etrrlMfutr with Mysterious Kle in rn t Gives Itesnlt of Ifla Work thnt Indicate Colors of Ciem Can Be Changed. BY PAUL, LAMBETH. LONDON, Sept. Z. (Special to The Bee.) Whether it la due to the Lloyd-George budget or to a real growth of temperance feeling, the fact remain that Great Britain and Ireland are growing aober. ' Rome time ago I called attention to the treat falling off In the sales of spirits and beer and l ow additional evidence that Eng llahmen are becoming a more aober race I afforded by the bluebonk of the licensing law Junt Issued. The feature of the report la found In the statistic aa to the convlctlona for drunken HOM, and offence combined with drunken ness. The decrease In the conviction la moat remarkable. In 1909 there were 168.618 auch conviction, against 187.S03 In 1908 a reduction of 18,185, or nearly 10 per cent. Total proceedings, too, for there offences fell from S,W1 to 190.496. The bluebook tatea that "It I Impossible not to as sociate the decrease with the Increased duty on spirits which took effect from April 30, 1909." The number of convic tions; of women for drunkenness bore a lower proportion to the total in 1909 than In the previous year. Matter of Licenses. The numbas of on-llcenaee last year was 90.466 as against 96,617 in 1908, the figures for oft-llcensee- being 24.877 and K984. While the number of licenses has decreased, the number of . registered cluba ha .steadily grown. Thua. there were on the register 7,323 on January 1 last year, 7,133 In 1907. and (.721 In 190C Last year, too, saw a gTeat increase. It Is expected that between January 1, 1909 and 1910 the number In creased , by lil. figures which bring the statement that for every public, house that Is suppressed a club -arise Appreciably nearer the truth." The total number of oonvldtlon for per mitting drunkenness on licensed premise, MS, is the' lowest for' any' year, elnce 1896. The of ftclaV figures for Scotland .and Ireland compared with England,' are as follows: ! Decrease ' Percent. England 9.74 Scotland 19 Scottish, towns 27 Ireland S . This show that the Improvement la gen . eraX ' Itadlara Bad Prccton Stone. la radium the "philosopher" stone?" : The wonder working power of this dis covery rather suggest that this la the case. It I now announced on the authority of a fairly wide range of experiments that radium will change the color of precious stones. A few. months ago a series of ex periments was entered upon to discover the effect which radium . hai on various precious stones. Mr. Armrocht conducted a a umber of experiments, the results of which are hlgihly Interesting. "I began my experiments,1' he states, "with white sapphires, which la pure oxide of i.lumlnlum. I placed a number of sap phires, about 200 in all, In contact with pure radium. In the course of two or three weeks the greater number of them had turned yellow, or orange, A few of them, which apparently cam from another source, had turned a green, pinkish, or amethyst color, and fewer still to a rose color. I should say that, roughly speaking, about 70 per cent of the whole number had turned yellow, and the yellow varied from lemon to dark orange. Two or three of them turned very alightly blue, but not sufficiently blue to take the color of blue sapphjr, the expensive and fashionable color. "By the us of radium I have managed to change very pale emerald Into emeralds of a darker green, but they are not suf ficiently dark to equal the true green emer ald, which la of considerable value. In ex perimenting with diamonds I have produced a clearer, lighter color; In other words, I have bleached a brow-n diamond almost whit. I have not yet been able to obtain a blue diamond, but Sir William Crookea has a most beautiful blue-green specimen, which was originally a yellow atone. The bleaching of a diamond is an easy process, but It require a very long time. Again, an amethyst, under the Influence of radium may turn Into a amoky topaa or yellow topaz. I have also treated pearls, but have only been successful In cleaning a dirty looking pearl Into a clearer white. Opals hv not proved amenable to treatment That failure waa to have been expected be cause the color of the opal is produced by the reflection of light from .the different laminae or layers of the opal, Junt In the earn waa as the iridescent of the pearl is caused. As to the cotnmerical value of the experiments I am not very hupeful. Radium is very dear. While sham grma can be manufactured so cheaply I am afraid there 1 no commercial opening for radium-Improved precious atones." Beet Baarar la Knarlnnd. The first English sugar beet refining factory may soon be seen at Maldon, Eex, where a site of twenty-tlx acre has been secured by a Dutch firm of refiners, acting In conjunction with Essex agrlcul turUK. About 11.000,000 will b put into thla buainees. the machinery alone f the factory costing S3O0,OrO. On of the beat known men in agricul tural Casex stated that he believed that the factory would bring a new era of prosperity to Essex farming. "The soil of Essex," tie raid, "now grows the finest mangolds In the country, and I have proved that It will grow sugar beet. The higher price Which Sugar liset will Trak assures a larger profit to the farmer, and I believe before long w shall see the txet cultivated upon every Eaeex farm," FACT FOR MGll PLACES Cardinal Merry Del Val Becomes the Subject of Many Rumors. HAS MUCH HAUGHTY RESERVE I'oausa-est Pair of Estranged Mates la the World Is Playing; the Came In the Conrts of Abyssinia. BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT. ROME, Sept. I. (Special to the Bee.) The report Is again current that Cardinal Mery del Val la to retire and Cardinal Ilampolla la to become papal secretary of state. It has doubtless about as much founda tion a similar report which have gone before. There Is no question that th Rampolla element In the curia Is growing stronger daily. The spectacular bllndnesB which has marked the seculiir history of the church during the last few months haa caused a strong feeling that a more tactful man should be at the head of affairs. Cardinal Mery del Val la one of the youngest of the cardinals, lie Is barely 45. and Is Imbued with all the fiery dog matism of the middle ages, coupled with a haughty reserve of manner to all except his Intimate. Ambitious for the Chnreh. His ambition is immense, an ambition not altogether personal, but bound up with what he honestly believes to be the welfare of th church, ah ambition amounting to open tolerance of any opinions which he may consider disadvantageous to his set plans. Hence his attitude of blank, refusal to consider even the requests of the Spanish government; hence the publication of the Borromeo encyclical at precisely the wrong moment; hence the unpleasant Incident of ex-President Roosevelt's visit to the pope Plus X, as captain of the ship of St Peter, has to accept the responsibility and blame attached to any of these -Incident, but In reality the fault lies with the car dinal secretary of state. Consider these In discretions separately. A- little tact and a little diplomacy would have assured a meeting between the pope and the American ex-president. It la an open secret that Plus X was greatly- chagrined. He was particularly anxious to meet the wishes of hla 9,000,000 American spiritual subjects, who had set their hearts on thia meeting, but to save the face of the cardinal secretary he had to accept the situation.' Rapal Diplomacy a Fallare. To aum the whole matter up In a few words, papal diplomacy haa latterly proved itself a frightful failure, and on Cardinal Mery del Val rests the responsibility. Leo XIII,' the present pope's predecessor, was faced with tremendous difficulties on all sIcTea.'bu't as secretary of tat he had an acute diplomatist. Cardinal Rampolla, while he himself fully realized that more wa to be gained by patience and a certain spirit of -Cordiality, coupled with, quiet dignity, than by aggressive dlfiance. That the cardinal' haa failed cast no moral; reflection upon him. . On the con trary, be 1 a man of unblemished char acter and ! most popular -among hi In- tl n ates. But -aa' secretary of state, who haa the welfare of honor of- a great church in Ma hands, he ' has shown an almost mar Veloua inaptitude. MarderCM Ease Her Mlad. According to telegrams received from Venice the Countess Lamowski has grown so violent lu her hysterical fits that It has been found necessary ' to confine her at times in a stralghtjacket. It Is feared that she Is losing her sanity, and her condition has been made worse by the news of the tragic death of her cousin recently, which the doctors vainly attempted to keep secret from her. It will be remembered that the countess waa sentenced about two months ago to eight years' Imprisonment for her complicity in the murder of Count Kama rowskl, who wa shot by one of her lover. Vonua- Royal Pair Divorced. Th youngest divorced couple In the world is to be found in the court of Abys sinia. On May 16 of last year the Princess Romania Onesk was married to the Prince IJdj Eyassu, the heir apparent, the bride being then yeara of age and the bride groom 14. Now they have been divorced. It Is not a question of fault on either side, no incompatibility of temper, none of the causes which figure so frequently in di vorces. The princess happens to be the niece of the Empress Taltu, and this lady la not popular with the regents of the coun try- So to prevent the empress exercising any baneful Influence upon the future ruler's wife, the statesmen have required the prince to divorce hor. ARMY PLANS A NEW CAMPAIGN Slmoltaacoaa Attacks Are Arranged kr the Solentka Sol dier. BELGRADE, Sept. S (Special to Th Bee.) Promoted by recent events in Mace donia, the offlcera at the headquarters , of the Third army corps at Salonika have draw n up a new plan of campaign, enabling the Turkish army to make a almultaneoua attack on the Oreek and Bulgarian fron tier. The plan was sent to the minister of war at Constantinople, who approved It with a few slight alterations. According to the Vetchernyo Poscten, the Bulgarian cabinet, has requested the Vienna cabinet to give It friendly assistance at Constantinople In connection with the ques tion of the Bulgarian emigrants Into Mace donia, and the Austrian ambassador at Con stantinople haa been Instructed to support the Bulgarian demand. The newspapers regard thla communication as a confirma tion of earlier rumor concerning the ex istence of a secret convention between Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria. HELD BIG LUCklND LOST IT Saeeeeda la Wlnulnic a Forton and Then Drops It In a I laht. ROTTERDAM. Sept. S. teiecial ' to The Bee ) A Rotterdam blacksmith, excited by the new that he bad won 640.000 In a ot tery. lit hi pipe with his ticket, and Is now unabl to prove his claim. UTRECHT LASS Tn ROMANCE Rtruwri Bride by Prosy of Promi nent Man In the Affaire of Java. THE HAGUE. Sept. 3. tSpeclal to The Bee.) Miss Johanna Rense of Utrecht has Just been married by proxy. Her bride groom, Mr. H. Vrolyk, holda an Important position in Java. ROYALTY MAY BE GUEST OE STATES Crown Prince is Scheduled, Perhaps, for Visit to Uncle Sam's Domain. POLITICS ACTUATES THE KAISER Spies on the German Military Attract Concern. PENETRATE A POWDER MAGAZINE Alarm is Given and Bombadier Be comes Active. RULE OF EGYPT IS AN ISSUE Kaiser, In the Midst of Sordid Prob lems, Take Time for Considera tion of the Aesthetic Side of His Notion. BY MALCOLM CLARKE. BERLIN, Sept. S.-tSpedal to The Bee.) Whlle according to the official program the crown prince will not visit the United States on his return from India, It Is by no means sure that the program will not be changed. His royal highness is anxious to visit America, that Is certain, and there is high authority for saying if the neces sary arrangements can be made he will return via San Francisco and New York, touching the principal cities of the United States, particularly those having a great German population. If the prince of Wales in his coming round-the-world trip, shoulu Include the United States, it may be put down as a moral certainty that the heir to the German throne will do the same. It will be a mat ter of politics which the kaiser may be depended upon not to neglect. His roya uiguuess win siari in iNOvemoer ana will be gone for several months. . Field Marshal Lord Roberts will be re ceived by his majesty, the kaiser, tomor row In special audience, to receive the for mal notice of the accession to the British throne. After the formal reception Ixird Roberts will be received by the kaiser and family. The great English soldier 1 greatly ad mired by the kaiser, who has a warm per sonal friendship for him. Spies at Forts. There has been a great deal of mysterious Bpylng on Oerman military establishments of late and the government is worried. Re cently men undiscovered, buf known to have .been foreign spies, at night endeav ored to' penetrate the sentry lines of two Isolated powder magazine in the neigh borhood of Potsdam, Germany's Aldcrshot. A bombardier entry was pacing the dis tance between th two , magaiines when three dusky figure emerged from the black ness of an orchard that skirted his beat and a voice cried, -"Halt, who goes there?" and raised tys rifle.. There was at once a flash and report and a bullet whizzed past the sentry's ear. He promptly replied with hi rifle, but the assailant had dropped flat on the ground and In the darkness he could no longer see where tney were. The sentry gave the alarm and a corporal with another bombardier helped him scour the vlolnlty, but the assailant bad no difficulty In concealing themselves from observation In the obscurity of the woods. Aa the corporal feared a renewal of the attack he left both hia bombardiers at the post, where they remained together till the first glimmerings of sunrise were visible In the Bky. Then assuming the danger to be past, the second bombardier withdrew. A quarter of an hour later three men once more suddenly loomed up through the dusk before the sentry' eyes. He called upon them and then fired. The shot was re turned and a revelver bullet struck him in the forearm and forced him to drop his carbine. The other two members of the guard wer alarmed by the firing and came run ning up. The mysterious trio, however, took to flight and desperate efforts by the police and military authorities have since failed to throw any light on the singular affair. British It ale In Kypt. ' Dr. Berger, an Oriental traveler, make a remarkable atuieinent on the alleged In security of British rule In Egypt. He as serts that In the case of an Insurrection In Egypt the native would be armed with plenty of the most modern weapons, there being over 40,000 English repeating rifle with ammunition burled in a certain neigh borhood. These weapons have been smug gled into the neighborhood despite th watchfulness of the British cruisers. The British authorities, Dr. Berger declares, have made strenuous efforts to locate the hidden spot, but no native haa been found willing to betray the insurrectionist cause. He adds, facts have been confirmed to hlin by British offlcera Kaiser and 111 City. Despite the many calls on his atteiuon the kaiser does not relax the watchful caie he exercises over the aesthetic development of his capital. Hearing that It was intended to erect In the Exchange quarter of the city a uew "kaufhaua," one of the great retail estab lishments which are now a feature of Berlin, he ordered that the design of the facade of the building be submitted to him. The architect and his employes are now anxiously awaiting the Imperial verdict. soldiers solclde Clnh. The German military authorities are con siderably perturbed at tiic statement that a suicide club Is In existence among the soldiers of the Nuremberg garrison. Re cently a prvate shot hmself for apparently no reason at all. His death ha been fol lowed by that of a lance corporal. The sec ond tragedy seemed aa mysterious as the first until among the dead man effects a letter wa found stating that he and the previous aulclde belonged to a club, each member of which waa bound by an oath to die by hi own hand. A rigorous search by the military authorities has failed to reveal the identity of the remaining member of this society. Cathedral In Danger. The historical cathedral at 8traaaburg Is In danger of collapse. The work of restor ation is to be carried out by th architect, Kanauth. and will le commenced next week. The condition of the foundations Is causing grave apprehension to the authorities. iB'O 1 rmw 1 mm: r . r - r -. r . . x.'. .i,i i. ,aj r m a 1 1 n FAC-S1MILE OP THE OFFICIAL INVITATION SENT BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO GUESTS BIDDEN THE OPENING OF THE GREtAT CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF MEXICO'S INDEPENDENCE. RATIONALISM YS CHORCfl Explanation of Existing Deadlock in Spanish Kingdom. , NO PROTESTANTS ARE INVOLVED Assertion It Is Not War Between the Greeds, bnt StroRale? Baaed on Opposition to All diarrhea. BT RAINON OLIVARES. MADRID, Sept 3.-(Speclal to The Bee.) The deadlock between the Spanish gov ernment and the Vatican has many ele ments which are not generally understood outside of Spain. ' It would be an error to believe that In Spain the wiah has been simply to estab lish religious liberty for the benefit of non-catholic religious communities, as Henor Canale.ias, the head of the Spanish government pretends. His decree permitting non-catholic churches to manifest their existence by exterior signs no doubt' re establishes a certain equality between the different confessions; but Its real purpose Is far more ambitious. What the leaders of the present campaign desire is to deal a mortal blow at the Roman church In the peninsula. What Artnally Exists. The fact is that protestantism has never prospered in Spain. Be the cause what It may. In Spain there are no protestants, but catholics and the enemies of all posi tive religions, standing fare to face; and aa In the peninsula liberals, conservatives, anarchists, Catholics and free thinker are all equally fanatical. It follows that spirit ual differences degenerate immediately into exagerratlon and violence. Hence the present conflict Is not one between rarloua creeds feeling their way towards a kind of "peace of Westphalia," but a war to the death between rationalism and the church of Rome. Plan of the Premier. Senor Canalejas and his supporters In the press are concealing their real inten tions. They are negotiating with Rome for the' modification of the concordat of lR-,1, for a reduction of the number of authorized religious houses, and for a re duction in the budget of cult and clergy. They are bound to proceed thus, not only out' of respect for the constitution of 171. but from motives of caution. Notwithstand ing the activity and audacity of the ra tionalistic elements in Spain, the most casual observer will notice that their strength is as nothing compared with the compact mas of Catl ollc. There are re glonc, as Navarro, certain portion of the Baque, Aragon and Catalonia, where an army could be raised at short notice to defend the Romanlsh church. Coat of th Cbarch. In this conflict Senor Canalejas would probably be beaten, were It not that the question ha another aspect, the economic one, thank to which the government has gnlned a great measure of popular up port In Its campaign against the religious association. It cannot bs denied that her church and her clergy cost Spain an ex orbitant aum. In a budget of little more than $200.000000. of which half goe to pay the Interest on the public debt and pen sion, the sum devoted to th clergy la Sh.OOO.OOO. and thin does not Include other large sums paid lo fees. For the forty nine provinces of th peninsula there ars fifty-eight diocese; there are sixty-one archbishon or bishops, and some 21.000 j canon and minor dignitaries. .Nation I Interested. The desire felt by th Spanish nation to be relieved of some part of thla heavy an nual charge of nearly $10,0u0,000 ha con tributed largely to th popularity of th Invitation from Mexico radical government; but Indignation at the privilege enjoyed by the religious com munities Is an even greater Influence InJ its favor. These pay no territorial con tribution. The magnificent properties of the monk pay rrtj taxes whatever, and In consequence of this the Spanish cltlsen living In their neighborhood ha to pay an exorbitant rent. Pay No Taxe. , Neither do .these .religious communities pay the industrial tax or. the personal tax. At the same time their inmates are exempt from military service, and from the redemp tion fee of S300 In lieu of military service which Is . exacted from other Spanish citizens. The result Is that In cer tain towns- of special Industrie, the worker,' especially the women, cannot live. The elaborate working In linen, which wives and daughters of the wage earners, has passed entirely Into the hands of the convents. The workwomen of Saragoasa were dying of hunger last year, while In the convents an elaborate trcsseau, valued at many thou sands of dollars, was being worked. Such facta as these explain the peculiar vindlc tlvenesa seen In Its full extent during the "tragic week" of Barcelona last year. How Worker Snffer. The male worker Buffers also by the com peting industries of the monks. This la es pecially true In the matter of teaching. Whilst a religious college pays no tax, a secular school la compelled to pay It tax six months In advance. A private teacher can scarcely find occupation. The Vatican scarcely realizes the strength which a state of things gives to Its enemies. If Rome resists, a rupture, folowed by a Berles of measures applied by the Spanish government to remedy these evils, would meet with a hearty approval In the large towns, not only among the rationalist ele ment, but also among the working classes. VALUABLE PAPERS ARE FOUND Central Asia. Document Have Been Acqalred by Asiatic So ciety. CALCUTTA, Sept. S.-(Speclal to The Bee.) Remarkably Interesting documents from central Asia have been acquired by the Asiatic Socley of Bengal from a Mon tengrln gentleman. They consist of five leaves of brownish-yellow paper, meaaurlng Hxb Inches. The true significance of these five leaves, the genuineness of which cannot be doubted, is that scholars are here confronted with a number of consecutive passages In a lan guage to which no clue ha yet been found, and of which hitherto only fragment have been rescued from the sand of central Asia. It I quite possible that, by mean of these five leaves, an Important literary language, of whose existence the world ha had no suspicion, may be rescued from ob livion. The paging of reserve of each leaf show that they once formed part of an extensive work. M. Zulcho Tachlbana. wicn Count Otanl, who has Just returned laden with precious manuscript from a Journey In central Asia, proposes to start on, a second expe dition In October next to continue the search. NEW HOME FOR FESTIVE GAME Place Where Money on the Whirl Willi Orrat Ra pidity. Green GENOA. Sept. . (Special to Th Bee.) A serlou rival to Monte Carlo I about to be aet up In Switzerland. The two little Island of Brtsago, on I.ane Magglore, have baen purchased by an Anglo-Italian syndicate, and ar to have erected upon them a large casino with gambling room and a theater. A first clas hotel I also to he srecied. 110 TO SONS OF TLE SOD CO HOME Irish-Americans Return for the Home Coming. REUNION IN LAND OF ANCESTRY Charge that Dnblln I a Depraved City I to Be Refnted by the Collection of Data Bear la on Subject. BY THOMAS EMMET. DUBLIN, Sept. S (Special to The Bee.) One of the notable feature of the trend of travel from America to Ireland this year I the visit of over 12,000 Americans or Irish-Americans. Under the auspices of the Irish Home-Going association hundreds of Irish have oom back temporarily for a visit and to renew the ties which bind their hearts to the old Inland. Enthusiastic greetings everywhere in Ireland have wel comed them. F. J. Kilkenny, president of the Irish Home-Going association; J. D. Sullivan, national secretary; T. VfcPowderly, General M. Emmet Urell and L. V. Woulfe, repre senting the American national council, were met by delegations at Queensrown. Attention to Leader. The vast majority of these people have been unquestionably Impressed by the great good work of the Irish Uome-Comlng asso ciation. Mr. Sullivan, national secretary. In an Interview said the people of America, not only those of Irish descent, but all of them, take a greater Interest In Irish affairs to day than they have ever taken before. The newspaper are alive to this fact, and pub lish new with great readiness. There 1b a general desire to learn more of the Emerald Isle and It people. In all our public libraries there are to be found books-upon Irish subjeota, which are fre quently called for.. The Irish Home-Going association baa been formed to Induce those Americans who have read of Ireland to visit the land and see It for themselves. The Idea so happily conceived by Mr. Franols Kilkenny has made remarkable progress. Irish Harvest Good. Sir William H. Gouldlng, speaking In Dublin reoemly, aald that reports from all part of the country anticipated a good harvest. He said that there can be no doubt that the land purchase I bringing about better condition in Irish agriculture. Morality la Dnblln. The lord mayor of Dublin Is Indignant. In fact his wrath has been accumulating until at present it Is finding vent In statements as emphatic a those which Colonel Roosevelt is wont to utter. A recent edition of a reference work showing sociological, data declared that Dublin fl the most Immoral city in Europe and equal only to Asia Minor (owns. The lord mayor has given several denials of this laiidir and 1 preparing another statement to refute th charge with figure. The corporation has Instructed the police to take greater precautions tn handling lawlessness. I uteres! la (ienernl I rrll. An interesting visitor here is General M. Emmet Urell, uho went out from his native town of Nenogh when 14 years old. He served under Hancock and Grant In the civil war, and waa at the first battle of Bull Run, and was shut thi-ough one lung and also received other wounds. He re ceived th coveted distinction of a medal for order of merit. He afterwards fought in th American-Spanish war, and now return to Ireland after an absence of fifty-four year. II I a fine type of soldier in appearance yt, and hope to svend an eujoyabl iay la Ireland. SCHOOL FETE IS EVENT1N PARIS Certificates Are Granted for Skill in the Housekeeping; Art 0 ' DIVORCE IN FRANCE INCREASES Startling Disruption Among Work ing Families. t AGED EMPRESS ON A YACHT Eighty-Four Years Old and Still Active. , i r rt - --r i AMULETS AND CHARMS CASS "Conjnrc" Incident of latereattna Ramifications Attain Much Prominence tn French Cosrti. BY PAUL VILLIEREf. ' PARIS, Sept. S.-Spcclftl to The Be.) One of the Interesting school fete recently was the distribution of certificates of prog ress and capacity at the City of Paris Tech nical School for Girls. It Is strictly a school for "trades and housekeeping," and 1 In the Rue Fondary. To enter It a girl muat have gone through the whole primary course at. a communal school. The age limits are from . 13 to 15, and the pupil leaves at the end of the third year. The great houses of business show a keen In terest In tbelr work and generosity by send ing materials fur thorn to work upon. Th competition among them to secure the serv ices of graduate la keen also. Some girl have entered on scholarships given by the city. Others pay fees. A great number, as deserving pupils at pri mary schools, are received because they are poor and good girls. The directress alone knows of the poverty of their families. All the girls take turns In ihe kitchen in pre paring the midday meal, which. U for the whole school. They also tako turns In help ing the "housekeepers" to tidy up. There are eight trade division namely, mode, artificial flowers and feather mounting, children' dresses, embroidery of tissues for wearing ' apparel and furniture, corsets, women' vests arjd Jackets, lingerie, clear starching and fine ironing. All the house keepers practice plain sewing, mending and darning. Divorce 1st France. From 18S8 to 1W8 the. number of divorce) In the French working population has mora than doubled, the marriages dissolved In the case of petitioners suing in forma pnuperl having risen from 2.000 to 4.204, and having still further Increased last year. The Temps haa asked various expert how they remark for this remarkable social fact. The secretary of the league for Indi vidual liberty believes that the increase of divorce comes partly from growing selfish ness on the part of husbands. On the other band, women divorce either for Immoral reasons or on the best moral grounds, In the latter case often because they can support themselves and their children with out an idle husband to keep. Thus they prefer divorce to separation, the latter be lng farther on the decrease. At the aarn time, one cause of the lncnease of th di vorce la merely the increase of marriage. In the French working population couples living together without being married are rarer than formerly. A lawyer especially Interested In suits in forma pauperis says that It la a distressing fact that the great number of the petitioners of divorce nowadays are young married people, some times three or four months bride ami groom. At the first difficulties of -wedded life the husband's selfishness come out, and he sighs for the freedom of his bache lor days. The girl-wife retorts that he also Is a slave now compared with what she was In her days of single-blessednesa, and one more marriage goe to piece. Syateui Too Lax. A Judge holds that the possibility of suing In forma pauperis owing to too lax system, renders divorce easier In Franc to the poorer than to the well-to-do classes. A "bourgeois" divorce costs on an average of 100. A workman class divorce costs nothing. "One cannot lrrglne how many couples having quarrelled, have made It up, and now live happily. Just because a divorce would have cost 2,500 francs." Tho French Judge's evidence might have been produced usefully before the English com mission. "The workman plays a safe game. What' the odds? Ha risks hi happiness, true, but not his money, and o ha peti tions." As for the reason why so many people are looking for divorces and ar granted aa well us applied for, th amej judge says that In France nowaday , di vorce by mutual exists de facto, though not de Jure, owing to the ease of collusion and the absence of penulilea aulnst it. Bi-limiireii In Paris. The ex-Empress Kugnnie has arrived in Paris and put up at the Hotel Continental, which overlooks the Tulleries. The empress, who Is wonderfully ener getlo deaplte her eigtity-four years, 'has been enjoying a yachjlng In th Mediter ranean. She spends some three month of every year In Paris, and is fond of visit ing; the Tulleries gardens, Versailles, Mal malson and other places associated with Iter brilliant pass. She is Invariably accompanied by her secretary'. M. Pietri. She kneps In touch with the circle of her friends, which in cluded Princessa Murat, Prince Roland Bonoparte, Count l'rimoli, and other mem tter of (ha aristocracy of the second cm pi re. For Wrllltia; of Aninleta. For the alleged offense of dealing In amu lets and charms, a practice which la for bidden hy French law, a man has Just ap peared before a provincial court which will deliver Judgment In a week. According to the chaige, ho mud a a good thing out of the business though he wu reasonable enough in his prices, at least for what he1 professed to supply. For 15 franca a cus tomer could become possessed of "all lowerful ring." which gave lilm suoti stiength of will that success In his enter prises was assurtd. For 10 franca he could have a "negative ring," which spread con fusion among his enemies. Then there was the amulet which brought luck for the modest sum of 7'j fianc. Ther was, how ever, audi a rush after these rings and amulet that their vendor I supposed to have made greatly from this traffic