THE SUNDAY OREGOXIA3C PORTLAND, MARCH 15, 1914.
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Newspaper Photographers in All Parts of Globe Catch Men and Women in .Characteristic Poses.
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YORK, March 14. (Special.) i
Constance Bennett, who is only
19 years old, has won the title
ot the "feminine Steve Brodie." Brodie
was the first man to jump from the
Brooklyn Bridge, and Miss Bennett is
the first woman, or rather girl, to do
the same thing from the Williamsburg
Bridge, one of the three connecting
Regardless ot the fact that the May
or and the Commissioner of Bridges
had refused permission to do the dar
ing stunt. Miss Bennett, beautiful,
charming and versatile, not to mention
"nervy," just climbed up to the five
inch rail of the bridge anr? calmly
strped off.
Her parachute opened almost imme
diately. Almost before "Dare Devil"
Rodman Law, the "Human Fly," had
taken his header off the same bridge
after the fair young bridge-Jumper,
Miss Bennett had reached the icy wa
ters of the East River.
Just to prove how really feminine
sha is, her very first "question after
being pulled out of the water was to
tlsk Mrs. Law. the wife of the "Dare
Devil," If she had brought her powder
puff with her.
Prince Paul
does not like
the fact that
of the nobility
Troubetsskoy, who
to be reminded of
he is a member
and prefers to be
on equal terms with those about him.
is here to exhibit some of the marvel
ous creations which have won for him
one of the highest places in the world
of art.
The prince is a powerfully built man
nd is a close student of Tolstoi. He
was born in Russia, but loves America
find Americans, not only because his
another is an American, but because of
the kind treatment accorded him on
his previous American trips.
On his last visit here he completed
a buet of the late J. P. Morgan. He is
now completing a bust of Thomas F.
Ryan.
He has completed several portrait
statuettes of prominent Americans,
among whom are Miss Barbara Ruth
erford, the daughter of Mrs. W. K.
Vanderbilt; Franklin W. .Roosevelt,
Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
and several others.
The prince Is a strict vegetarian, and
a number of his works plead for the
vegetarian cause. After his exhibition
here In New York, he will probably
take it West.
The world's greatest discoveries of
radium-bearing ore have been made in
Paradox Valley and the La Sal Moun
tains, near Placerville, Colo. Carni
tite ore, hundreds of tons of which
must be treated to extract a. single
gram of radium. Is shipped from
Placerville in sacks to France and
England, where there are facilities for
its treatment-
.
The great Scotch ice game .of curl
ing has an enthusiastic follower in
the Earl of Stradbroke, who Is a devo
tee of all the sports of Winter, and
spends part of every Winter in Swit
zerland. He is e, man of great activ
ity, being president of the National
Sea Fisheries Protection Association,
president of two hospitals. Honorary
Cplonel of a regiment, and member of
the council of the National Artillery
Association. He has been an aide de
camp to the King. He was born in
1862, and succeeded to the title in
1S86.
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Next to bathing and boating, tango
at Palm Beach, Fla,, and old and young
engage in the steps of the maxixe,
tango and hesitation with fervor and
zest. Throughout this popular Winter
resort, wherever music plays, and pol
ished ballroom or veranda floors per
mit, dancing is the most popular of in
door amusements.
There are 22 children in the largest
family in France. Madame Malet, the
mother of the brood, whose home is in
Southern France, "is still a compara
tively young woman. She has asked
President Poincare for a Legion of
Honor medal.
Madame Malet has been able to raise
all of the 22. The youngest child is
14 months old. The oldest is 24 years.
The breadwinner of the family is let
ting his wife do all the talking for
the medal. He simply contents himself
by pointing to the collection as evi
dence that she is entitled to one.
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Greater interest was displayed in
the ski jumping contest which was
held at Ottawa last month than in any
previous one. Following the announce
ment that the Duke of Connaught, the
Governor-General, and his party were
to be spectators, society of every de
gree flocked to the scene.
Alex Olsen was deprived of the jump
ing championship by Jack Lockerby.
Mr. and Mrs. Myron T. Herrick, Jr,
ing is the most popular of amusements the son and daughter-in-law of the
The French have devised a war aero,
plane, the first of its kind in the world.
It carries only two men a pilot and
gunner but it is armed with a rapid
fire gun which was made especially
for this use and which can be aimed
at objects on the ground or in the air
without endangering the propeller. It
Is Intended especially for use against
dirigibles, and as Germany, France's
ancient enemy, is the country strong
est in dirigibles, it may be regarded as
aimed especially against that power.
The Curytiba, an old ship, recently
was bought by a man calling himself
"Chief Sam of Akim," to take negroes
to Africa. Sam has been through the
West representing to negroes that he
will take them to a land of milk and
honey, where he is a tribal chief.
The British authorities say the land
of Akim is under a British protecto
rate, that there is no government land
to be distributed, and that the immi
gration of negroes to the country
should be discouraged. Moreover, trey
say the place is unhealthy. The Fd
eral authorities appealed to by the
British consul , at New York cannot
find that Sam has committed
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breach of the laws of the United States.
He has solicited money personally in
every case, and has not used the mail,
and his purchase of this ship is made
a defense against the charge of bad
faith.
Many negroes from Oklahoma have
been living on the ship at its dock in
Brooklyn for some weeks, awaiting the
start to the promised land.
ART ON POSTCARDS WINS
Supreme Ctmrt or Germany Rules
Against Lower Tribunal.
BERLIN, March 12. (Special.) An
end has just been put by the Supreme
Court of Justice at Leipsig to a con
troversy which has been waged for a
long time past between a number of
dealers in picture postcards and. the
Crown Prosecutors. By order of the
latter a large number of so-called ar
tistic picture postcards that is to say,
postcards with reproductions of classi
cal pictures have been confiscated on
the ground that they were indecent,
and the action has been upheld by the
District Courts of Berlin.
Vigorous protests have been made
against the attitude of the Crown Pros
ecutors in the matter by the Royal
Academy bf Arts, the Association of
German Artists and- other representa
tive bodies, but the Crown Prosecutors
have been supported by the Minister of
Justice, and all protests were unavail
ing. In September last the Divisional
Court of Berlin ordered the confiscation
and destruction of 43 picture postcards,
most of which were reproductions of
pictures or sculptures recognized as
works of art, and all exposed to public
view.
An appeal against this decision was
heard recently by the Supreme Court
of Justice of the Empire at Leipsig,
when the Imperial Attorney admitted
that the Berlin Court had placed a
wrong construction on the matter. Ac-
SHAFT TO HONOR BELGIANS
Monument Will Be Erected on Bat
tlefield of Waterloo.
BRUSSELS, March l:. (Special.)
The Belgian committee has selected
the site for the Belgian monument to
be raised by national subscription on
the field of Waterloo. It is at the
northeast corner of the point where
the Route d' Ohaln the famous hol
low way crosses the Chaussce de
Charlerol. and immediately opposite the
Hanoverian monument. This position
la as near as practicable to the ground
occupied by the Bylandt brigade on the
day of the battle.
The memorial is to consist of a
granite pillar, about SO feet high, erect
ed on a inaund, and surrounded by a
handsome railing. The principal front,
facing the Charleroi road, will be or
namented with a military trophy, a
flag, and a heraldic lion, all worked in
bronze, and underneath there will be
the following inscription: "A la
memoire des Beiges morts le 18 juin.
1S15 pour la defense du drapeau
I'honneur ds armes."
In addition to this memorial, a Dutch
committee, presided over by the Dutch
Minister of War, is collaborating with
the Belgium committee for the erec
tion of a joint monument at Quatre
Bras to the Dutch-Belgians who fell
there on June. 16, 1815. Both these
monuments will be unveiled as part of
the centenary celebration next year,
for, which the co-operation of the Brit
ish military authorities is desired by
the representatives of the Belgian and
Dutch armies.
Easy Way to Remove
Freckles and Eruptions
Some women have skin of such tex
ture thev occasionally are annoyed by
the sudden appearance of freckles,
slight eruptions or fine lines. March
winds usually play havoc with skins oC
that kind.- In such cases if one wiil
procure an ounce of common mercol
ized wax at any drugstore, apply a
little o it before retiring, like coid
creain, she can easily overcome the
trouble. When the wax is washed off
tho nxt morning, flaky skin particles
come with it. The entire outer cuticle
is removed in this way in a week or so.
with all its defects. No bleach could
so effectually remove freckles or blem
ishes. The new surface is smooth,
clear, fresh looking. No pain or incon
venience accompanies this simple treat
ment. In case of wrinkles which sink be
neath the skin, a solution of saxolite,
1 oz.. dissolved in pt. witch hazel,
makes a. face bath which is wonder
fully effective. Adv.
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