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xq . - . THE SUfliUAX UKJUUJiAa. x uum.ii . . FAMOUS DANCER, WHO IS CHARGED NEW PLAY IS BASED MEMBER OP BELGIAN ROYAL HOUSE, WHO MET TRAGIC DEATH . SPANISH DANCER, WHO HAS 15 WITH CAUSING POK'I'lUAIi'S IvIXG TO LOSE HIS THHOXE. I WEITTEN BEJiSAilOJiAij rkAl, AMU fAuauii ix uwux-j. ji j. muin ON MANUEL'S FALL E IN ROYAL PALACE Theatrical Paris Agog Over Comedy Written by Span ish Dancer. Business Men Discover Yellow Peril to British Trade in Mystery of Death of Dashing Prince Badouin for First Time Made Public. Big Canal. DANCING GIRL MADE QUEEN PANAMA PRESENT WORRY OUTRAGED HUSBAND KILLS JAPAN Al RAGEDY IS HIDDEN NGLAN D ALARM Body of Dead Xobleman Conveyed Secretly by Night to His Father's Honse and Elaborate Frand Is Worked In Belgium. BI M. ZOLLYERX. BRUSSELS. Sept. 11. (Special.) Workmen with picks and axes are busy tearing down whole districts of Brussels to make way for a rauroaa which Is to connect the depots of the Nnnh wi South, and for a treat cen tral depot. Most of the districts that have fallen were congested slums, or streets Tensing on slums, but among them were houses thick with memories which one would wish preserved, stioh w tha house in which Char lotte Bronte taught, and the garden In which she held sage converse wun me professor, whom she loved, and of whom and herself she wrote In her best-known book. Tet one house, how ever, which all would wish to see de ' molished is. by some chance, spared. irhnnirh the nick has touched Its side. This Is a house In what is now called hs Kua dcs Colonies, which was for . raerly a corner house in an impasse facing the park of Brussels and known as the Impasse du Pare There the tragedy happened which ended In the death of Prince Badouin. eldest son of the Comte de Flanders, heir presumptive to the Belgian throne. I'.ove for Wife Doabted. King Leopold II of Belgium was not a sovereign remarkable lor oomesuc virtues. Whoever he loved he did not love his wife or his daughters over much. He loved his only son, the Comte de llainault. deeply, and when that crlnre died In his 10th year the King's sorrow at his loss was frantic arwt rndur ne. The succession w ine crown In Belgium lies in the male line. Klnir' Leopold was friendly enough with his brother of Flanders, from whom, a wealthy and avaricious man. he did not hesitate to borrow when need arose, but he hated his brother's sons because on one of them, instead of on his own Issue, the succession would devolve. The young Prince was over-taught and over-drilled. The result was. in part, inevitable. As his uncle. King Leopold, had done before him. the mo ment he got the slightest freedom he revelled recklessly In loose company: but, unfortunately for himself he did not do as bis august uncle did and chose low friends. Of all the lovely women who were ready to smile on him he chose the wife of one of the greatest and most proud of the Bel gian nobles, the Prince de LIgne. The Lignea consider themselves equal. If not superior, to the Coburgs. They resented the election of a Co- burg prince to the Belgian throne over their heads. No member of their house would bear an Insult to his honor from any man, whether he were BO time King or heir presumptive to a kingdom. So the Prince de Ligne bluntly Informed King Leopold, when the young Prince's philanderings with his wife became known to him. "I regret." he said, "that an Incident had happened which obliges me to re quest Prince Badouin not to honor my house with his visits again. I think it my duty to Inform you, sire, that If His Royal Higness disregards my re quest and forces himself unseasonably on my household I shall act without regard for his high position and the respect I owe the throne in fact, with regard for nothing but my honor." "Act," replied King Leopold grimly. It was the Prince de LIgne himself who, at a later period, repeated this story. Without letting his wife know anvthing of his suspicions, be set a watch upon her and Prince Badouin. The King sent for his nephew, and had a stormy and useless Interview with him. The catastrophe came speedily. One evening the Princess de Ligne' an nounced she was going to the opera. Her husband spoke of an appointment he had elsewhere, and went . to tne opera. There be saw his wife and Prince Badouin. He saw them leave early. If not together, at the same time, and fol lowed them to his own house. It was In the Princess' bedroom the tragedy happened. The outraged hus band, bursting into the room, fired a revolver point blank at the heir to the Belgian throne and mortally wounded him. Seaadal Is Avoided. This happened In January. 1131. News of the misfortune which had fallen on his house was carried In a few minutes to Prince Badouin's father, the Comte de Flanders, whose palace in the Place Royale was little more than a stone's throw from the-Hotel de LIgne. In the midst of sorrow and horror sight was not lost of the fact that public scandal should be avoided. The body of the dead, or dying. Prince was conveyed secretly By sight to his father's palace. Doctors were sum moned, and bulletins Issued to the press announcing that Prince Baudouin had suddenly fallen 111 of a malignant fever. The citizens of Brussels, who had seen the Prince at the opera, seemingly In the best of health, were astonished to read these bulletins, each one more alarming than the last. In the editions of the papers which followed one an other with strange rapidity. Before the people, with whom the Prince was something of a favorite, had time t realize that he was ill, they were in formed that he was dead. The Princess de Ligne disappeared. The Prince de Llgne sought forgetful neas and death In the Congo, and found It there, though not in battle. When he died, a special steamer, sent by the government, brought home his body to Belgium, where he was burled with al most royal honors. The story of this tragedy Is still told almost In whispers. All the official histories and the memoirs of the time recount the fiction of sudden illness and natural death. The moment he found himself heir to the throne. Prince Albert set to work to learn to be a King1 and surrounded himself with professors. Catholic ana Liberals. Conservative and Radical, sol diers, priests, agnostics, laymen and diplomats, from whom he has acquired a large. If Jumbled, store of knowledge. Nevertheless, things have gone well with him, as a ruler, up to the present. Airship Best Ever Constructed. MILAN. Sept. IS. (Special.) The British Admiralty are now negotiating the purchase of the most efficient air ship yet constructed. This machine was recently seen in several tests and attained the great speed of 54 miles per hour. The machine Is of Italian make, and Great Britain is the most favored nation as regards the purchase of Italian aircraft. It is. therefor, nearly certain that a large fleet of these ships will be put on order forthwith. -"M -FA ' It r :'- ..v -V" - :q , -. vv.:vivi k ,f ? u . i; v' m ill 4)$ss& m r , yllH ,rr U4r?fxs - -f-Pk.'4 f ( .. ' " -4 r - V V '"'I --itoszi&i ' l,-.i,Vi()htiw1fflf.' ' tWiMiWy ; y Nia 'i- tnmamnMmimimmm.M:HririitiKi i Viiiiim TOP, LEFT PRIXCB BADOUIX. RIGHT LA BELLE OTERO. BELOW HOUSE OF ROYALTY. RADIUM NOW ON WAY French Patron of Aviation Pre- diets Trip to Moon. JAUNT WILL BE 49 HOURS M. Ernest Archdeacon Thinks by i Continuously Self -' Propelling Rocket People Will Travel Around World, 66 Minutes. PARIS, Sept. 13. (Special.) M. Ern est Archdeacon, writing of the marvel ous progress made in aerial science. expresses the conviction that In a few centuries aerial navigation, as we now know It, will become as out of date as the horse is today as a means of trans port. 'For numerous reasons," he remarks In La Controverse. "it appears unlikely that flying machines ever will consia erably exceed 125 miles an hour. At this rate we shall take 200 hours, or a little more than eight days, to make circuit of the earth. It Is evident that we shall soon discover something infinitely better than the aeroplane. It is certain that our children will girdle the earth (25.000 miles) in a time of which we. at Dresent. can have no Idea. One sees at once what a fantastic revo lution this will cause In the world's commerce. All the peoples of the earth then will form a sole and single nation. Our nlanet will have become much too small for the mommy ana activity oi its Inhabitants, who evidently will be bored to see ever the same little lands capes with which their eyes are sati ated. 'According to the mathematical cal culations of M. Esnault-Pelterla. the new means of inter-planetary transport will be Jules Verne s cannon ball trans formed Into a continuously self-propelling rocket The problem is to give this rocket a self-contained velocity of 11 kilometers (nearly seven miles) a second, which would be sufficient for It to leave the circle of terrestrial at traction. At this velocity our planet could be girdled in 6S minutes, and the Journey from Paris to Nice covered in under two minutes. "Now, with 27 kilogrammes (about 68 pounds), of radium, a projectile of one ton could be shot from the earth to the moon in about 49 hours. The mole cular projection of radium would be made to work by reaction. The diffi culty is to find how to release in 49 hours all the energy contained in the radium, which In the present state of science it would take 2S00 years to set free. The difficulty is not insuperable. when we think what has already been achieved. With 400 kilogrammes, that Is to say. three-fourts of a ton, on board, a visit might be made to Venus and back to earth again." M. Archdeacon Is, perhaps, the most prominent patron of aviation in France. He has given several big prizes for competitions, and his name Is a house hold word in French aero circles. IRELAND'S POVERTY TOLD Viscount's Sister Writes of Terrible Tear on Emerald Isle. DUBLIN, Sept. 1J. (Special.) Re markable testimony to the extreme poverty which exists in some parts of Ireland Is given in a letter Just pub lished from the' Honorable Alblna Brodrick. sister of Viscount MIddleton. Miss Brodrick is living a life of devo tion and self-sacrifice among the poor peasants of Ballincoona, Caherdanlel. County Kerry, and has been able, as the result of her appeal made some months ago, to resume the building of the hospital on which she has been en gaged. Herself a Protestant, Miss Brodrick Is rreatlv beloved by the Roman Cath olics. For them she sold her beautiful old china, furniture and Jewelry, and I she now lives the simplest life la al small cottage on about a. dollar a week. For their sakes she has trained in the Unlte'd States as a medical and surg ical nurse, and she Is much sought after by the peasants, who tramp long distances over the Kerry Mountains to 'consult her as to their ailments and those of their families. In a letter which she has Just written to a friend she says: "It has been a terrible year. Owing to the frost we had only a poor sup ply of potatoes, and the embargo on cattle left us with double the number that our land could carry. Hay came to an end early and the poor beasts had to be content with a bare subsistence. As a consequence, almost the whole of our stock was unmarketable during the early months of the year.. The weather prevented turf -cutting, and where a little was cut it could not dry, so that fires have been poor and bread difficult to bake." To reduce the prices charged to the nnnr nponln bv tradesmen. Miss ijroa rick founded co-operative stores, and the turnover last year was nearly $15. 000. Miss Brodrick Is also personally acting as "foreman" on the building of the hospital. WILDE. SEEN IN NEW LIGHT Ttnssla. Drons Tolstoi for Oscar's Works, Showing Popularity. LONDON. Sept. 13. (Special.) There is no doubt that something of a literary sensation will be created by Lord Alfred Douglas' forthcoming di- oa-raDhv of Oscar Wilde. Lord Alfred mischievously claims to be "the only biographer of Wilde in whose arms he 'did not expire'" and promises to throw an entirely new light upon Wilde's own attitude towards his own ttrnrk. For instance, he will relate that Wilde felt something like contempt for his "Ballad of Reading Jan, which was written mainly at Naples, .and in which Wilde declared he was "bor dering on the realm of G. R. Sims." Lord Alfred says his book will show how vital it was for Wilde to keep his perverse practices from his (Lord Alfred's) knowledge: and how rather than confess his guilt to Lord Alfred even at the 11th hour, he gave up the chance that was offered him to escape from Imprisonment and infamy. Meanwhile it is interesting to learn that Just now Oscar Wilde is the most popular author in Russia, not exclud ing any writer in the Russian lan guage. For one who knows Tolstoi thoroughly, there are 10 who know Wilde. After Wilde, the most popu lar contemporary authors are Jerome K. Jerome, H. Q. Wells, Klpang. enaw and Jack London. Galsworthy is much read. Jerome Is taught In schools as if he were a classic IRISH TO VISIT DUBLIN James J, Ryan and Other Americans to Celebrate Big Event. DUBLIN, Sept. 18. (Special) James J. Ryan, a prominent Phlladelphlan, lately has been touring Ireland and has left behind him Impressions that he is a citizen wno oetieves in a poncy ol "thorough." He has told his friends down in his native County of Kilkenny that next year he will organize a party of Irish-Americans, who will come over specially to celebrate the inauguration of an Irish Parliament in Dublin. A Toronto tourist, who preceded him a few days, nas iqchucai meu ui im porting 500 or more Irish-Canadians, so that the .pressure on housing accom modation In the Irish metropolis next vear is already looking alarming. Nev er has Ireland enjoyed such a rush of tourists as it has this season, and many of them have already- booked rooms In anticipation of a greater demand next year. Three Testa Put by Widow. LONDON. Scot. 13 (Special.) A smart widow in the women's lounge at I Scottish country house was telling the other day that there were throe courses through which every woman should put a man before she married him. These were eating, laughing and kissing. "A man's laugh tells a lot," she said. "If it is hearty and merry he is good-tempered; if loud and empty it means he lacks feeling. Beware or a greedy man. it will De a case oi feed the brute' all the time. And, according to her, kissing was the most Important test of all- CUPID WINS A6AIN Countess Weds Millionaire Father's Coachman. ROYALTY NOW IS PEASANT Romantic Marriage Told In Elope ment of Countess Pongracy With Johann Ondrasik, Who Res cued Her From Drowning. BUDA PESTH,. Sept. 13. (Special.) Particulars are obtainable today of the romantic marriage of Countess Pongracy, daughter of a millionaire member of the House of Magnates, to her father's coachman, Johann Ondra sik, who springs from peasant stock. After their marriage the couple took up their abode in the house of the coachman's father. The countess has donned the typical garb of the Hun garian peasant woman, and works in the house and on the farm. She looks after a horse and makes herself re sponsible for the work in the dairy. All the milk sold passes through her hands. She speaks German, French and English, besides her mother tongue. She has known her husband since she was eight years of age, and at 16, when he rescued her from a river, she fell in love with him. When she returned to the convent at Vienna, where she was being edu catd, she wrote to Ondrasik informing him that he was the man of her choice. Then followed a love correspondence. The countess' father was Informed of what was taking place, with the result that the countess - was taken from Vienna and shut up in a castle belonging to her father, in the hope that she would renounce her infatua tion for the coachman. But she re fused to give him up and in the end eloped with him. After the marriage her father died and she returned to the family castle- But her brother forbade her to enter the death chamber and taking some coins from his pocket offered them to her with the request that she should purchase a revolver and blow her brains out. The countess says she does not re gret her choice, and is perfectly happy. WANTED $500 FOR SHRINE Scotsmen Will Hear Appeal to Save ' Carlyle's Birthplace. LONDON. Sept. 13. (Special.) Scotsmen the world over will hear witn mingled feelings that Fllson Toung. the Irish author. Is making an elo quent, appeal for $500 to preserve the house at the little Scottish village of Ecolefechan in which Thomas Carlyle was born, and which was built by the labor of his own father's honest hands. His father, who was a master ma son, built It himself In partnership with bis "brother, and the house was divided In halves, occupied respective ly by the families of the two brothers. In the northern of these two houses Carlyle was born in 1795, and with the small accumulated fund aforesaid the Carlyle's house memorial trust were able to buy this four-roomed birth place of a famous man, and 'preserve it for the public and equip it as a memorial of him. But they were not able to buy the other, or southern half, and so long as it remains the property of some one else the dignity and even the security of the other half Is threatened- It can now be bought for $500. and easily let to a desirable tenant at an annual rent of $30 to $35, so that the transaction would be a profitable one; and at the same time this little build ing would be assured from degradation or demolition. One cynical newspaper man. how ever, headed this most worthy appeal Is Fate Favoring Land of Mikado at Expense of England Is Asked, Great Britain Watching Japan- ese Commercial Progress. BY MARTIN SINCLAIR. LONDON, Sept 13. (Special.) The merchants of England and particularly of the cotton districts of Lancashire, have begun to shake in their shoes over the trade rivalry of Japan. The alliance between England and Japan has never been really popular with the British business man. He has suffered too much from the sinister methods in use in Japanese trade; and. If you pin him in a corner, he will al ways tell you he cannot rely upon am Japanese in any affair of commerce and that any day he would prefer to do business with a Chinaman. With the opening of the Panama Canal, however, this feeling Is bound to change into one of positive antag onism or dislike.. When this great waterway is at work Japanese steam ers will be able to load cotton at Gal veston and New Orleans and Japan will be able to obtain her American cotton as cheaply, and almost as expeditiously, as Lancashire. Then Japanese competi tion must become more formidable and far-seeing English traders are already asking themselves, how will it develop and where is it likely to end? Japanese Progrtm Rapid. lie gets cold comfort from an im partial consideration of the present trend of affairs. He sees for himself that the Japanese have introduced not only the outward forms of European civilization, but they have become a nation of business men. . Half a century ago the Japanese did not possess a sin gle merchant ship. Now their mer chant marine comprises 1.500,000 tons, and it bids fair to become the third largest in the world. Forty years ago the poorer classes in Japan went about dressed in straw coats and in paper garments. Today they are dressed in cotton garments, made In Japanese factories. Forty years ago cotton manufacturing was unknown in the Kingdom of the Rising Sun. In 1877 the Japanese governnient placed orders in England for machinery sufficient to start several "experi mental" cotton-spinning mills In dif ferent parts of the country. In 1882 the first Joint stock cotton-spinning mill was organized at Osaka with a mill equipment of only 10,500 spindles. Since then development has been rapid. By 1890 there was 277,895 spin dles in the country. In 1900 there were 1,820,988 spindles. At the close of 112 there were 2,093.538 spindles, and, ac cording to the British Consular report on Japan just Issued, 45 new mills and extensions of old mills with 760,000 new spindles are planned. How rapidly the Japanese cotton industry has grown up may be seen irom tne tact inai japan consumed, in 1911, 1,060,000 bales of raw cotton, or as much exactly as was con sumed in that year by Austria-Hun gary, Belgium and Switzerland com bined. Japan's Advantages Shown. It is also pointed out that in actual competition with Great Britain for the markets of the Far East the Japanese have some great advantages. They are nearer the Asiatic countries and they understand better the Asiatic peoples. A Japanese will learn Chinese as easily as a German will learn English. Hence Japanese drummers are likely to be more successful in China tnan .ngusn drummers. Besides, the Japanese cot ton manufacturers have learned to use largely Chinese and Indian cotton which they can buy more cheaply than the English can buy it. Altogether late is favoring them. In fact, one well-known British trade expert stated this week: "The Japanese workingman has only begun competing with the Englishman. Japan is the England of the Far East, and it un doubtedly, in course of time, will en croach more and more upon those mar kets of Asia which hitherto we nave considered to be British preserve. The JaDanese -worker has certain great ad vantages over the tingiisnman. tiis wants are few. He lives frugally in lit tle wooden houses. He is willing to work long hours for little pay. Ha Is pertinacious and energetic, and his energies ere directed by extremely able business men. What result this trade development will have on the political relations of the two countries remains to be seen but certainly it will scarcely serve to Increase a friendship which has never been really popular with the masses of English Deople. Great Britain need perhaps not fear the Japanese army and navy, but she has now gooa reason to watch observantly the progress of economic Japan with genuine disquiet. "DOUBLES" PLAGUE QUEEN Blary "Does Not Like Foolish Imita tion," Is Told Woman. ' LONDON, Sept. 13. (Special.) Queen Alexandra always had a good many doubles, but it has only Just been discovered that Queen Mary has a few. There is one woman who imi tates so successfully this Queen's dressing that several times this sea son she managed in public places to be mistaken, at first glance, for her majesty. She proposes the same beau tiful coloring and fine figure as the Queen, and though her features are not so good she has little difficulty in accomplishing her ends by the aid of dress. Naturally this annoyea vueen Mary very much, but up to tne present no way of stopping It has ever been discovered, although a hint to the wo man in question has been given to tne effect that "her Majesty does not like your foolish Imitation." The Queen of the Belgians, a superb dressar. has several- doubles who lay themselves out to imitate her, and the Crown Princess or sweeten, wno is greatly admired in her husband's country and regarded as a fashion leader, sees women also struggle to be mistaken for her. IRISHMEN 0FMARK DUE Forecast of Parties in First Honse of ' Commons Interesting. DUBLIN, Sept. 13. (Special.) An interesting forecast of the position of parties when the first Irish House of Commons meets next year has been made by Shaw Desmond, a well-known Irish Journalist. He anticipates that John Redmond, "Conservative of. Conservatives," will have a party 100 strong. Facing him. &r?V V4 Fd vv- V It S ' A 1 hi! Afc " t V f '''-:: ff J ri$Ji $3 7 r M Top Gaby Deslys. Below Ex-King Manuel. their present threats of. boycott not withstanding, will be the Orange lr reconcllables, 30 or 40 In number, while to William O'Brien he concedes a group of only five or six. T. M. Healy, he says, will lead a clerical party. In- course of time, however, Desmond predicts there will be only two parties in the Irish Parliament, the Conservative-Nationalists and the Labor or Democratic Party, the latter led by J. Devlin, M. P., who will gather behind him the cohorts of industrial Belfast and Dublin. Devlin, however, will have to reckon with Jim Larkln and an ir reconcilable faction of Syndicalists. "The religious cry under Home Rule no longer will appeal to the masses of the Irish people," we are assured. "Once divorced from the political struggle, the religious difficulty will solve itself." T FRENCH STATESMAX CAUGHT BY CHAMBERMAID. 31. Barthoa Every Morning Goes Through Course of Physical Exer cise Which Disturbs Friends. GENEVA, Sept 13. (Special.) A Quaint story comes from Bourgenstock, in Switzerland, where M. Barthou, the French Premier, is passing the Parlia mentary recess with his wife and son. M. Barthou is living quietly at the hotel, and Is not accompanied by secretaries or worried by affairs of state; he Is, in fact, indulging In a rest cure, pure and simple. Two days after his arrival the man ager of the hotel Inquired most solicit ously after his health, and was so pressing In his questions, and kept him under such close personal obervatlon that the Premier was driven to ask why the manager was so disturbed Jn his mind. "Oh, nothing in particular, M. le Pre mier; I was Just anxious that you should be well," the manager hesitat ingly replied, "and now it is evident that you are quite well; but still I was afraid." The vigilance, however, war not re laxed, and the hotel staff were equally watchful. Mme. Barthou decided to solve ' the mystery and she discovered that a chambermaid, on entering the Pre mier's room in the morning to wake him, surprised the statesman lying on his back on tne Ded witn ms legs in the air executing some- strange contor tions. She reported the incident to the manager, and the hotel staff jumpeo to the conclusion that the French Pre mier was mad. and must be waicnea. The explanation is that M. Barthou, hefore eettlng up every morning, sys tematically goes through a course of physical exercises, to which he attrib utes his eenerally robust health. The chambermaid had discovered him In the middle of his habitual exercise. FICTION VILLAIN PASSING James Milne Sees All but Sensa tional Novels Oust Character. LONDON, Sept. 13. (Special.) Is the villain going to disappear from popular fiction? James Milne, the popular ed itor of the "Book Monthly," says brief ly that he Is sure this lurid character has gone irom tne pages ui an dui tne most inferior sensational novels. No longer does he twirl his waxed moustache or smile nis cruel smile as he drives the hero almost to despera tion. "There are bad people m most novels. of course, but none of them, Milne contends, "is wholly, or almost wholly. bad. We have an occasional descrip tion of a blackguard, but we are shown that he has nis good points. Very often, like Bernard bliaw s 'Blanco Posnet, he turns out In the end to be quite the best man In the story. In other cases he la admittedly bad, like Raffles," but we quite sympathize with him all the time, and feel almost proud to make his acquaintance. The fash ionable literary cult Is to examine the soul of a criminal lunatic, and prove that he is really a harmless and worthy member of society, who happens to have been degraded by circumstances." j Secret Told of La Belle Otero's Rise to Wealth and Fame One Ap-" pearance as Vocalist in "Car men" Was Enough. BT PIERRE DELACOURT. PARIS, Sept. 13. (Special.) Theat rical Paris Just now is much excited over a play which has been written by the famous Spanish dancer. La Belle Otero. Rumor has It that it was based on incidents that have recently oc curred in Paris and Portugal, inci dents connected with the names of ex King Manuel and the impressionable Gaby Dcslys, and astounded by the news of so daring a coup by a rival theatrical star I hastened yesterday to the residence of La Belle Otero anxious to learn only the truth from the fair Otero's lips. Although armed with a letter In forming me that I might "present my self at 4 in the afternoon" I found it necessary to drop a coin into several Itching palms before being admitted into the presence. Otero believes in investing her savings in something solid, and owns the fine mansion she Inhabits. It is a massive stone build ing, known in French as a "private hotel," overlooking the beautiful Pare Monceau, one of the most delightful Spots in Paris. I had barely time to take a seat when the fragrant odor of an Egyptian cigarette was waueu through the open door. A few seconds later a delightful vision of white lace and black eyes glided into the room. As I gazed on the Belle Otero s alabaster brow, on wnicn time writes no wrinkles. I understood why the world marvels over the secret of her perennial bloom. Her rivals say that the treatment costs $400 a month, but this is mere Jealous gossip. I hastily rose to greet her. Play la Comedy of Three Acta. "Pray give yourself the pain of re- . malnlng seated," said the fair one; "you want to know something about my play. Is It not?" 1 assured her that It was. "Well," she continued, "I have made a name as a dancer and singer, so why not write a play? ( "My play is a comedy of modern life In three acts, and the principal char acters are a young King who has lost his crown and a beautiful young dancer. Oh, no! It is not I." she added, laughingly, in answer to my inquiring look. "I am no longer young and beau tiful. "The young King loves the dancer and follows her from place to place. But the dancer is how do I say it? an honest woman, and says to the King that she will be his wife or nothing. Then the poor young man loses his crown because his people ray ha Ik not serious. He marries the dancer in spite of his friends and takes her back to his country, fane is so beautiful that the people love her at once and make the young man King once more. And so a dancing girl be comes a Queen! Strange, Is it not?" Age Not Noticeable on Stage. "What is the title of my play? Ah! I must not tell you that. Tou Journal- -lsts are so Indiscreet! It will be given In one of the Bbulevard theaters, but this is another secret. Yes, of course. I shall act in my play. I take the part of the dancer. On the stage i ao not look so old. La Belle Otero made her first ap pearance before the world as a seller nf fish in the Barcelona public market, and her language has retained some of that vigor and freshness wnicn is usually associated with vendors of the finny tribe. The marKet women ui Barcelona are not too urea w when their day's worn is over, aim Otero soon made a name for herself i a town where beauty ana turn " dancing are common enough. A local music-hall owner gave her an engagement, and from that her rise to fame was rapiu. navms lumo uc. . ....li i i n , ,hn name as a dancer ijh. du f.. mir worlds to conquer, diib danced as "Carmen" so often that she naturally thought ane woum ouiuo a vocalist in tne same roie. She duly appeared In this pan at the Opera Comlque, but the management and the public considered tnai one ii,ci,i was enough. SUBMARINE DANGER GOES Italian Invents Safety Tower for TJse on War Craft. nftwn o-- 1 SnflClaL) CaP- tain Cavallini, the designer of the new . . . t , n u has inventea a Italian Buu"""".t - safety tower destined to obviate much ' the danger attacning io uuu..uc. ii.. if tair the nlace of the urumo-i ii j . ; conning tower, but In the event of a disaster there is room in It for all the crew to seen reiuge- " vice hermetically seals the portholes, both of the submarine and the tower, and at the desired moment releases the latter altogether from the vessel, caus ing the tower, with Its human cargo, to float to the surface. Experiments carried out at Spezia arsenal have proved highly satisfac tory. The vessel was Bunk by means of cables to a depth of 30 feet, with 12 naval officers In the safety turret, with telephone communication to the shore. At a given signal the ap paratus was detached and shot to the surface of the water In less than three seconds. FLASHING TIARAS LURE Fashionable Woman of London Town Now Wears Crowns. LONDON. Sept.. 13. (Special.) "I want to be married, so that I can wear a tiara," said a recent bride, and in this sentence she crystallized the situation for all fashionable women. The tiara habit is on the increase and some splen did crowns have been seen during the season. The Duchess of Portland wears a high tiara with a big square stone in front, known as the "Portland dia mond." and said to be worth $50,000. The Duchess of Sutherland has a his toric crown that was worn by a beauti ful predecessor, Harriet. Duchess of Sutherland. The Duchess of Westmin ster wears a tiara with, in front, the "Neska" jewel, a triangular gem about an inch in diameter; and another fa mous single diamond, the "Star of South Africa," belongs to the Countess of. Dudley. The Duchess of Roxburghe has a fine tiara in turquoises and dia monds. 'la Andrew ua.rn.egio aeaar y