The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1904, Page 17

Pages 171020 — ————— Pages 171020 - + AN -FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JANUARY 7. 1904, BETROTHAL OF RICH HUNGARIAN NOBLEMAN TO A MODERN CINDERELLA IS THE SENSATION OF THE AUSTRIAN COU ulai Seeks Introduction to a Ceb- er's Daughter, a Real Love Match Is Result 1d They Soon Will Be Married. —— sip is busy Co s the management of his P he ce to agents and spends SN = ost ¢ s e in the gay Austrian % & s exceedingly fond of - s k E markably good 5 b has devoted a good Tk mily is of ancient or k to 2 - h “ount § hen's e . s € 1 1694, the then h on the title ir In 1701 he was oy e ed t t a Co of Seam . BELGIANS ARE ECONOMICAL. 1 e " It Soclety Permits Use of One Knife five rs i sisters and Fork Throughout Dinner. ng the abgence of a sufficiency of Whe knives and forks. One knife and fork . is considere mple for each person was for the whole of the courses, and it n was in not. very long ago that himse s good Belgian society took to fish manner was knives. A magnificent dinner vice, he asked pern upon her intended for -a nobleman, which was father. Nex ypeared specially exhibited at one of the larg- n the aloen sn apartment, est silversmiths the capital the other revealed the fact that rapid- though of the most splendid silver and boasting covers for twenty-four, there were only twenty-four knives and forks. True there were twenty-four pairs of the silver knife on which each diner is suppo to ce. his plements between the courses, after friends and g carefully wiped them with Ily at his nob$eman ap- remith was astonished at flerent to their ons of horror of the Amer- es of his jcan iez who examined the display, at such rough and ready manner of The only expianation given it saves service, and being a 1 habit no one thinks it strange. extraordinary ‘fact with other re- gard to i:s way Belgians live is that to the sort of there is not one single house in Bel- n story. books, were always from the place downward that with the utmost courtes has an upstairs supply cf hot water, « e fr to the shoe- nor indeed any automatic supply for B nd his acquaintance kitchen, while it is‘only the rich ¥ able to the latter who have cold water laid on above the from s dpoint, for the ground floor. At the same time the are furnished handsomely and derable taste. ————— REMOVE RELIC TO ODD RESTING PLACE ng have begun - Ilead of John the Baptist Will Be Sent From Vatican to Sil- vestro Church. ROME, Jan. 16.—The ~*--~ has just ordered one of the most precious { Rome restored to the Church Silvestro, from which it was removed to the Vatican in 1870, when the church was besiez:d by Italian troops. The relic is the authentic head of St. John the Baptist. house WILL ke place very te in Hungary s 27 years old 7 order of His father, who died a great Hunga- of ‘honor of alta. He be- son estates in. Hun- bswetten, Dugo- and Nagy Gorz, near According to tradition the head, e country place which was demanded by the daughter near I one of the loveliest of Herodias as a reward of her danc- ¥ s of t ol There are also ing, was carried from Palestine to ric properties in Lombardy, Rome ten centuries ago by Greek S Assagiano, Mostre, monks and dep ed in the Church of ne iso Muestre and St. Silvestro. then a monastery. Innumerable miracles are attributed to the reclic. It was held in such custom the School for Girls in Paris Where Art and Life Are Taught. R B AR PARIS, Jan. 16.—An English board- ing-school has just been established in Auteuil, the suburb of Paris most af- fected as a residence quarter by rich English and American families. Its aim is to give _nglish girls a knowledge of France, its language, and art, and let them have all the freedom they would have in a school in their own country. Of course, the direction of such a school is in striking contrast with the “pensionnats” of Paris, where the girls are not permitted to take a step outside the school grounds without a suspicious duenna at their heels. These English girl sgo in parties to the Bois de Boulogne, which is quite near, to bicycle or play tennis. They are sometimes seen, too, ‘n the heart of Paris, in parties, seeing;the sights or going to church. The chief end of the school is to ac- quaint them with the best side of French life, They have lessons in dancing, fencing, gymnastics and cook- ing. . Most of them come to Paris to finish their educagtion. The rudiments have been acquired in England, and it is a wish to give them cosmopolitan ideas of life that induces their parents to send them to this school - - % esteem that battles were fought for its possession from 1411:until 1870. The relic remained in the church until 1870, when it was removed to the Vatican for safety by Pope Pius 1~ ¥~ X thinks there is no danger now in returning the relic to its an- cient resting ple ~. The relic is con- tained in a silver reliquary weighing 100 pounds. st s SO MARIE HAD LAST WORD. Fair Author Rejected Half-Cent Al- lowed in Libel Suit. LONDON, Jan. 16.—Marie Corelli has had the last word in regard to the farthing damages which a jury award- ed her in a recent libel jaction. The defendant called on Miss Corelli to de- liver the coin, and was received by her butler, to whom he handed a form of receipt for Miss Corelli's signature, Determined her autograph should not go so cheap, she referred the caller to her solicitors. They received it and sent it back in these ternvs: “We are instructed by our client to inform the defendant that she is happy to present him with the damages granted by the jury as a contribution to one of the many Stratford charities he no doubt supports.” —————— Netted Coif Again “In.” LONDON, Jan. 16.—~In Paris and R T Brussels rthe netted coif, which was worn some centuries ago, is coming in again as a feminine adornment at evening parties. One recently worn by a leader of fashion very much re- sembled a Juliet cap, the netting, which was stiff, being made of pearls, while where the wires crossed a cabachon emerald surrounded by small pearls was placed. The cap was square_ over the forehead, but rounded behind. ————— Bequeaths Valuable Pictures. PARIS, Jan. 16.—The Baron Arthur de Rothschild, who died at Monte Carlo on December 10, bequeathed his valuable collection of paintings to the Louvre. It contains four pictures by Greuze, two by Teniers, and also com- prises masterpieces by Ruysdael, Backhuysen, Wouverman and Hob- bema. To the Musee de Cluny Baron Rothschild bequeaths the famous col- lection of ancient rings. ——————— Design for Pope’s Figure Approved. ROME, Jan. 16.—The design of the Sculptor Luchetti for a monumental lnm.b for the late Pope Leo XIII inside the church of' St. John Lateran has been approved. It represents Pope Leo wearing the triple crown sitting on a throne supported by the world, each hand extended in the act of blessing, the whole symbolizing one fold and one church. The cost of the monument is estimated at §32,000, RT ) + i 1 — - - - WEALTHY COUNT AND THE PRETTY DAUGHTER OF A COBBLER I WHOSE ACQUAINTANCE HE SOUGHT AND WHO WAS WOOED | AND WON IN A HUMBLE COTTAGE. | 8 + b Ameritan Girl Will Be Mistress in Siamese Legation and See Life at the Court of St. Petersburg. LONDON, Jan. 16.—M. and Madame Georges Cuissart have left Brussels and gone to St. Petersburg, where they are busy installing themselves in the Siam- ese legation, of which M. Cuissart ‘was recently niade secretary. Madame Georges Cuissart was Miss Munziner of New York, her mother having been a Miss Bloodgood of that city. Mrs. Munziner, who is a widow, and her daughter, who was married to M. Cuissart about six weeks ago in Paris, have been living some years abroad, and it was on the first occasion of their visiting Brussels several years ago that Miss Emma Munzinger captivated the heart of the younsg Belgian. But his family at first put certain diffi- culities in the way of his marrying one who was a foreigner not endowed with that wealth which Belgians look for with their wives, and one more- over who was not a Roman Catholic. However, at last, the Cuissarts, dis- covering that the young man’'s mind was quite made up, gave over their opposition and welcomed Miss Mun- zinger into their midst. M. Georges Cuissart is a fine looking young man, and owing to his position as secretary of the Siamese legation at St. Peters- burg, Miss Munzinger will see diplo- matie life in one of the most interest- ing of modern capitals. The Siamese Minister is unmarried, so that the du- ties of recelving at the legation will fall on her, an office for which her charming manners and handsome ap- pearance admirably fit her. She is 28 and has all the fresh brightness of a girl. Mrs. Munzinger has gone to St. Pe- tersburg with the young couple, hav- ing joined them after a visit which the bride has just paid to her new family. She will have her own apartments . fascinates e close to the legation. M. Cuissart's uncle, the Count de Grelle, is Belgian Minister to St. Petersburg, a fact which naturally will greatly help the bride socially. Mrs. Laurence Townsend, wife of the American Minister to Belgium, is at present staying with King Edward and Queen Alexandra at Sandringham. This is the second or third visit she has made to these royalties within quite a short time, so it is evident she is as great a favorite there as else- where. Her bright, attractive manner every one, while her straightforwardness enables her to Keep the many friends she makes. She has a lovely pale creamy complexion, with beautiful dark auburn hair, a fine figure and is always noticeably well dressed even in Brussels, where so much thought is given to the toflette. Thomas Butler and Miss M. C. But- ler of San Francisco have arrived in London and are staying at the Kenil- worth Hotel. Mr. and Miss Butler are on their way home after a long holi- day tour on the Continent, most of their time having been spent in France. —_————————— Czar Growing More Plous. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 16.—Since the sudden and pathetic death in his arms of little Princess Elizabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt the Czar has been more than ever devoted to his re- ligious duties. He always has been religious, but now he spends hours at his private devotions and in writing prayers in Russ and Slavonic for the imperial family.