The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 28, 1904, Page 17

Pages 17020 ' CALL [ Pages 17t020 SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 1904. HOSPITALITY OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSADOR'S WIFE HELPS UNCLE SAM Mrs.Charlemagne TowerWins High Social Distinc- tion in Berlin. countrymen and women resident in or passing through the Kaiser's capital Her periodical luncheon par to tHe women of the dential colony and her receptions on Thanksgiving day and New Year's, when the patriotic spirit runs high among exiled Yanke are always looked forward to with delight. A few days ago she gave a court. It has, ble a character f other great feception for the Amerncan delegates e »nal Congress of Wom- : compari- S ; venerable Susan B . N hat a pow- clal guest of s chief supporte season she has “just | of the embass) Hitt Jr., wife of the M emplin M val attache rs e of the milita Mason of the wife ng the hospltalities they are erican girls, unctions at which roy- at managed to invite to grace the occasion Thomas A. R a guest and participated in tions DRESSES MAGNTIFICENTLY. Mrs. Tower dresses magnificently and -xquisite taste. Her jewels are fa- mous at court, although she exercises praiseworthy restraint in wearing what the b authorities describe as “just Her gowns are exclusively n made and have kept up in American women’s reputation the b ressers in the world. She is a wom of extremely cordial tem- perament and rare tact, is witty and ultured and a fluent speaker of Ger- French. With all her exact- duties she is a first-class and finds tfme to super- in rsonally a staff of twenty- seven servants. Her plate, china and sware excite the envy of all ob- All china and glass bears the ‘crest”—a singularly appropri- merican beauties Her sister, Mrs of Philadelphia, wa: embassy last wi hany court func of Is MORE THAN SALARY. ENT social s e SOl 'S DIPLOMACY AT GERM | stries and the capital ever hostess of ember of last for the first an diplo- 3 n honor THE KAISER MARVELS. | ed at the beauty | ed that it | ortance 1d power” | n Jeffer- | take to ! Mre mself rted ted Henry was among the other guests, as as & number of ( the Kaiser's | embassy dinner * he rpreted in inct com AN COURT London Society Women Taking the Celery Cure to Preserve Youth. LONDON, Aug. 27.—When two or e London society dames made the discovery recently that Queen Alex- andra had been for years a hearty eater of celery, these “smart” women promr*ly decided that her Majesty perennial youth and beauty must be due to this diet. Accordingly celery edting now has become general among fashionable women, so general in fact that the “beauty doctors” of London are beginning to feel the effects of the new craze in a decided falling off in patronage. Meanwhile market gar- deners have been puzzled to know why a demand for celery sprung up so sud- denly in fashionable establishments. The Queen’s celery is grown in Sand- ringham, re most of the vegetables for the royal table come from, and a determined effort is being made by women who desire to be more beau- tiful to get a sample of the species so that they may grow it for themselves. Fruit and vegetable dealers who cater for fashionable West End people have as a result of the craze magufactured a new name for this celery. It can be seen in the best shops marked up Royal Sandringham,” the desire be- ing to convey the impression that it is the same species as that grown at Sandringham for her Majesty. The new name enhances the value 50 per cent, although it is exactly the same quality that has been supplled to the purchaser for a number of years back. MAKES POPLIN THE FASHION. Always handsomely and smartly dressed, though without an attempt at over extravagance, the Duchess of Marlboreugh has struck out in a line in the matter of material for her best gowns. The Queen during her recent to Ireland set the fashion By wearing a dress made of poplin and the Duchess seems to have been the first to follow suit. A few days ago a member of a Dublin firm ar- rived in London with samples of the richest poplins manufactured by the Tower and to th The FEmperor remained at the embassy long past midnight and c United States 2 OAKLAND GIRL, WHO, AS WIFE\OF YANKEE DIPLOM AT, IS WINNING FRIENDS FOR HER COUNTRY ; AND HER BERLIN HOME. | —~ od hu dly and in the ok with the members of dering about be- ng-room and serve and gay- 7 he 1s in diplo- ate tower. Mrs. Tower manages withal to give a great deal of motherly atten- tion to two pretty little girls who are being brought up in Berlin under her personal eye, while her two older chil- dren, boys of 11 and 14 respectively. are being educate. in America to grat- Tower enter- and Princess suite of court Ify ome of their mother’s pet hobbies as followed by to have her sons grow up amid strict- unger American surroundings in the years el Crown Prince Frederich sy When youthful characteristics are tak- < ing sh Her annual visit to the and ha . d States o for which she has just er vacat her boys was a Miss Johnsc + Americans fe ng her ¢ VAR U TIANE Kaiser Geis Telegram by Kite. . e HAMBURG, Aug. 27.—Emperor Wil- y ol 2 liam recently witnessed a series of ex- AT HOME TO AMERICANS. periments, about whica the Govern- Mrs. Tower always looks for oppor- ment is preserving the gr atest secrecy. tunities for throwing open her fine His Majesty was, in fac, the only per- bome for the benefit of her fellow- son, aside from those conducting the experiments, who was permitted to see them. The new apparatus is called the ra- dlo-telegraphic kite. The inventor is a native of the United States, although his parents were Germans. On the difect request of the Emperor the invention was bought for the Navy Department, and that signifies that the experiments must have been entirely successful. It is reported here that in ne of the preliminary trials the in- ventor sent a communication the Emperor in Berlin from Havre without the French authorities knowing it The machine consists of two box- kites hitched together with a long cop- to per wire. The kites are sent up to a height of nearly two miles before the desired communication is This, it is seid, renders it impo: for an enemy to intercept the despatch. —_——— Harbin’s Smart Set Unique. HARBIN, Manchuria, Aug. 27.—The exclusive set in this clty, now Russia's. great military base in the Far East, the high society, so to speak, is made up of exiles and chain-gangs trans- ported from the penal islapd of Sag- halien to help build up the town. The leader of fashion here, whose parties are the “swellest,” was trans- ported for poisoning three husbands, one after another. Her present spouse is a convicted forger and housebreaker. Persons with no erime to their credit are looked at askance by ‘‘society,” which is remarkable, not only for its peculiar composition, but for its grace and amiability. ————— CHINA'S DOWAGER EMPRESS LIKES THE AUTOMOBILE the one Owns Eight Motor Cars Painted Orange Color and Decorated With Fantastic Imperial Dragons. PEKING, China, Aug. 27.—China’s extraordinary Dowager Empress, who lops off the heads of subjects who preach reform or innovation, has suc- cumbed to the automobile. She is greatly interested in inventions and Li Hung Chang’s successor as Premier, Yuan Shih Kali, took advantage of the fact to give her an object lesson in modern progress by presenting to the imperial court eight automobiles, two, larger than the rest, for the Dowager and the Emperor, the others for their suites. The vehicles had been painted the imperial color, decorafed with dragons and otherwise fixed up to please Chinese imperial eyes before be- ing sent to the palace, where they were presented and reteived with all the Ori- ental ceremony befitting such an occa- sion. Now there is a parade of these automobiles about the palace grounds every day. The Empress is as delight- ed with the machines as is a child with a new toy. 1 —_———— Honor for American Girl. LEIPSIC, Germany, Aug. 27.—An- other American girl has v.on academic distinction of a high order in Ger- many. Miss Morse, a niece of Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor.of the telegraph, has taken the degree of doctor of phil- osophy at the University of Jena and she had “Cum Laude” added. She is the first woman to win this distinction from Jena. i orange, -+ house. Her Grace was so delighted with the stuff that she immediately gave an order amounting to close upon $5000. Hitherto she had favored French houses and now that she has transferred her patronage to Ireland, London costumiers are somewhat jeal- ous. Other American society women are following the example of the Duch- ess, and on the’r return home after the season their trunks will be packed with Irish poplins. Count Ward's women friends particularly are show- ing a partiality for this material, and it is expected that poplin costumes will be seen at some of the lavish entertainments which he proposes to indulge in during the season. Many of the American feminine visitors to London are going over to Ireland at the end of the London season for no other purpose thanto examine on the spot the new material which has become another sort of society craze. Poplin is by no means a new dis- covery, having been one of the old industries of Ireland that has survived the decay of Irish trade. The manu- facture is a sort of trade secret and the old hand looms are still employed in producing it TAKES TWO HOUSES. s recent action in or square is fact that without uld net hope to argely in st she could nd its @ to put up at els and do her fashion soon The Grosve- ch she Spicer, Seigel ng it at a much had entered r so ago, when world eof house he river Thar ed her two daugh- Seigel has gone the Ar week-end allow the is estimated e expenses of en- her at least $15,000 tertai i for the seas people, where it w recognize that the best their Count W quired the season’s MRS. PAGET'S CHARITY. Mrs. Arthur Paget, junction Du borough a number of years made child hospitals in Lendon t special object of her charity. Li Duchess she does not dispense charity indiscrim y, but her patronage on the necessitous ins i tion she was alway vice of the late Adrian H for a number of years the secretary of the children’s hospital in Great Or- mond street. He was In fafling health when Mrs. Paget left London for her visit to the United States and she gave orders that she was to be kept regular- 1y informed by cable of the progress of his illness. His death is not likely to cause her to abandon the generous at- tentions which she has always be- stowed e hospital which was so directly under his control. It is esti- mated that apart from what Mrs Paget realizes through the many ben- evolent entertainments organized by her she gives out of her own private purse no less than $25000 to $30,000 vearly to charities of this kind. She is described by charitably disposed per- sons as one of the most accomplished and persistent beggars among society women who devote their lives to the re. Hef of distress. Hospital officials de- clare that she has never been known te fall in extracting a handsome donation from a friend for any of her pet schemes. Mrs. Paget’s daughter is no less enthusiastic in supporting her mother’s effort: —_————— LIVES ON FAT OF THE LAND WHILE SICK WIFE STARVES British Judge Grants Divorce to Wife of Gambler, Who Styles Himself “Utter Blackguard.” LONDON, Aug. 27.—Seldom has & more pathetic story been told of man's selfishness and perfidy and woman's suffering and devotion than that which has just been made public in Sir Fran- cis Jeune's stuffy little divorce court Mr. and Mrs. Morley were married London in 1893. Up to that time she had known of want and wretchedness only by hearsay. Immediately after their wedding they left for Eastern Australia, where a position had beea offered him as a mining expert. But they had not been long in the colony before he revealed himself in his true character—a gambler. So notorious did he make their home that it became known as the Perth “Monte Cario.” She strove to reform him and wean him from his evil assoclates and was repaid by blows and abuse. Broken in health, by the doctor’s orders she returned to England, taking her child with her. None of the promised remittances fol- lowed her. Soon there was another lt- tle mouth to fill. In her dire necessity this delicately nurtured woman was compelled to take lodgings in an un- healthy slum while she strove to sup- port herself and her two children on the $3 a week she obtained as a wait- ress in a tea shop. The baby fell L The doctor said unless she could send it to the country it would die. Appeals to her husband brought no asistance. She went on the stage and made a lit- tle more money by much harder work, but not enough to provide the means that would have saved her baby's life. For years she continued her struggle against poverty, hunger and sickness that once brought her to death’'s door, while her husband was living a life of pleasure in Australia in gambling and intrigue with other women. Sir Francis Jeune readily granted her the decree she sought and set her free from “an utter blackguard,” as Morley, in one of his letters, correctly described himself