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i h x r.v xy - h M a u h I II II . t. i-.i. JQik' TtoM. ... ..... j ......... .. - WW"-. r-4v. . IS. M 'Aft ncreuisu iiiiuusii iwm ueuuiuuuiu . - it of tte Tbrznsj- ttiJh A e A . 'Torts J?2vercf BY NINA CARTER MARBOURG. F I OR years ths social sign posts of fashionable America have di rected the pilgrim to Reno for a itvlish divorce and to Fans lor stylish gown. And the pilgrims In need of both divorce and gown had to travel far to get them. But judging from" the rapidly in creasing number of divorces now be ing granted in Paris to socially prominent Americans, it begins to look as though the French capital is furnishing an excellent illustration of the old adaee about' "killing two birds with one stone." The question is, who started the ball rolling? Some say it was and some say it was not Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Gould, in whose case a de cree of divorce was granted on April 16. 1919. The Parisian Idea of Alimony. - However that may be, the Gould divorce is a matter of great interest to legal circles here, for Mrs. Gould who was granted 3000 francs alimony by the French court has instituted new separation and divorce proceedings in this country. When she heard the verdict of the French court she ex claimed: ih,u tiiniisanil francs is a mere Bittance. I am going to America where I will find a jury that will give me a fair deal." Mrs. Gould will be remembered as Miss Edith Kelly who while playing In "Havana." met Mr. Gould and 1. tn Va married to him. It W OU b ftUiWB" - was nrobably the Intention of Mr. Gould in bringing suit for divorce in v a vranKh p.mirts to bav4 as little publicity attached to these proceed intrs as possible. The Goulds leased the romantic Abbotsford home of Sir Walter Scott. Here the ex-actress and her million aire husband spent their honeymoon Then came reports, later, of the splen dor of Edith Kelly Gould at the Paris races. But the bubble of that ro mance has been pierced and the se- i Paris divorce is to be reacted in the American courts. Following in the footsteps of the Goulds came Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, Jr.. .rcMiiRiva, of society matrons. known in American and European so ciety circles for her wit and beauty r win. .nt ouletiy to x-aris i C t,.r Mrs. W. K. Vander- hilt. Sr.. and there as quietly obtained her divorce. Few friends or hers in im.rir. knew anything of the pro-1 ceeding. In fact It came as a shock can be no question that one should and a surprise to most of them when enter Mexico from the gulf. A Jour the news became public. For If ever ney from the coast to the capital fol there was a love match it was thought lows a natural succession of climatic the engagement of Ogden L. Mills, Jr., and Margaret Rutherford was one. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard M. Thomas were the next couple to obtain their freedom in Paris. The news of this breaking off of marriage ties came as a surprise to fashionable society, for the brilliant and beautiful Mrs. Thomas had been considered a happy and contented wife. Mrs. Thomas was Miss Blanche May Oelrichs and when Paul Helleu, the famous dry point etcher. , came to America in 1912 he termed her "America's most beautiful woman." Aside from her beauty Mrs. Thomas an. ardent worker in, jyue, sauag of. The Interesting Explanation of Why Fashionable Society Women Now Pre fer Paris to Reno as a Divorce Center as Revealed Through Recent Separations suffrage, and even with all her other duties she found time to bring out several volumes of poetry under the pen name of Michael Strange. Through her verse Mrs. Thomas has long been referred to as "Society's Poetess of Passion," and since the news of the French divorce has come to light there are those who pretend to be lieve that in her poems the ending of this marriage was- foreshadowed, and that the love of the poetess for her husband. Leonard Moorheart Thomas, the son of one of Philadel phia's wealthiest families, was shown to be on the wane. Next came the news of the divorce obtained last October by Mrs. Philip Lydig on the grounds of desertion. Mrs. Lydig is another American wom an famed for her beauty. She divorced ner tirst husband, W. E. D. Stokes, in 1895, and married Cantain Lvdld in 1902. The method adopted bv the ninin. " obtaining her freedom was uoLcuLatious out sure. She allnn.j quietly into Paris and after" establish ing a residence in accordance with the law. applied for and obtained her divorce. KlUins Two Bird. With One Stone. Of late there have been wH.ni . of the impending departure of several other young society matrons for Paris The reason given to their friend their trip are varied. Most of th CONTINENT IS TRAVERSED IN 75 OF STRANGE SCENERY FOUND IN MEXICO Many and Varied Natural Attractions ASHINGTOX. "While t nil v iware of the high percentage error most sweeniffe asser tions contain. I nevertheless venture to claim that the country lying be tween the cities of Vera Cruz and Mexico City possesses more varied natural attractions than any other area of similar extent in the world." This is the statement of Frank M. Chapman, in a communication to the .... uv6..K,uu utiey, concern ln Vera Cruz, which figures so con- TcuoU8l3L b M dispatches from v-.j"n continues: Be one student or tourist, there zones as well as the sequence of early historic events. "The -day, indeed, should begin at sunrise, some hours before disem barking at Vera Cruz, with a hope that one may have the rare good fortune to see the first rays of the sun touch the summit of Mount Ori zaba, the first, as it will be among the most lasing, of one's impressions of Mexico. The shore Is still some three miles distant, the mountain it self about 100 miles and one is with difficulty convinced that the gleam- Ing pink cloud high above the horizon Is part of the still invisible earth beneatb, it Dqubtleas jthe. Aztecs THE SUNDAY OliEGONIAN, PORTLAND, - cursionisci frankly admit that they are going to Paris for two reasons and that one of the reasons has a great deal to do with new clothes. And, after all, there are certain ad ' O '' ' tl y.' fev & y -iiifv Are Seen on Trip Through Wonderland From Vera Crur to Mexico City, Taken by Adventurous Traveler. were not familiar with this view of Mount Orizaba, but from no other place is their name for it-r-Cit-Ialtapetl, the Star mountain so ap plicable. 'Nearly -every little raft of gulf weed shelters a swarm of small fish; near the Arcos keys the black and white gannets, which evidently live there,, are abundant, and occasional herring gulls, sooty or bridled terns, and frigate birds are seen, while at frequent intervals flying fish, flushed by the steamer, spring from beneath the bow and scale away. One excep tionally calm, morning, when the gulf was glassy smooth, we could see them from the bow of our ship, swimming ahead a foot or two beneath the sur face. nme was wnen vera Cruz was dreaded as a pest hole, and trains at once took one from the steamer up the Sierra d"n the way to Mexico City, usually as far as Orizaba. Now, however, sanitary conditions and hotel accommodations have been so improved that one .may stay here without danger or discomfort. At least, one should remain over night to begin the trip toward the table land early In ths morning, and thus be able to see every foot of this f e markable journey. "In our Journey from the gulf to the summit of the Sierra, we pass through tropical. temperato and. a- nr3? Tv it . sf. vantages in being able to go to Paris, where incompatibility is considered sufficient cause for divorce and where the newest styles and creations are alluringly displayed. In Paris, too, MILES Templada and Frla, of the native. Our actual journey. In passing from sea level to snow line, may be a mat ter of 75 miles, our change of altitude approximately three miles, but if we were tt seek the Canadian' zone, not real zones the Tierras Caliente, on mountain top, but on the coast, it would be necessary for us to travel to Maine or Nova Scotia. In other words, a journey of some 1500 miles would be required to reach conditions which are here distant but three altitudlnal miles. "It follows, then, that one can ac tually stand In i a tropical jungle, where parrots, trogons, toucans and other equatorial birds are calling from the liana-draped trees, and look upward to forests of pines and spruce, where crossbills, juncos, pine siskins and evening grosbeaks are among the common permanently res ident species. "Later, we may asteraa) to the snows on Orizaba to discover at approxi mately what altitude the palms of the Tierra Caliente give way to the oaks of the Tierra Templada, to be in turn replaced by the spruces of the Tierra Fria." WOMEN GUARD FORESTS (Continued Froi Flrgt P gs. ) wolf howling in the woods too close for my comfort." Miss Dorothy Andrews, the schoolteacher-lookout, says: "La at i waa ths first tima t&at JULY 4, 1920 x " ft- 4 5 cruelty of a verbal -nature is consid ered good grounds for divorce and all the advance styles of smart new fall millinery are to be seen. Paris divorce suits are generally conducted privately. The records are sealed and consequently nobody, with the exception of the few persons di rectly connected with the taking of Frissel Point was used as a lookout station and consequently we suffered some of the privations of pioneers. We carried water over a third of a mile up a rather steep blazed trail. The trail from McKenzie bridge was only about six miles, but was very steep and difficult. The lookout on Horse Pasture mountain was my twin-sister, Martha Andrews, and while we could, see each other's moun tain peaks we communicated by tele phone. I had for companions a small boy, a dog and a cat. I saw ten dif ferent people in my five and one half weeks' stay. "We slept on the ground on beds of Alaska feathers and cooked over an open fire. "Our hours of duty were from 8 to 5. We were provided with maps of the country and located the fires by means of a fire-finder, that is by the degrees north or south, and also by the landmarks nearest the fire. Most of the fires in our district were set by an electrical storm about the second week in August and were the worst in many years. We reported fires immediately by telephone to S. L. Taylor, the ranger at McKenzie bridge." Hop 1-rospects Again Good. WHEATLAND, Cal. Horst broth ers again have planted their large tracts here to hops, good prices be ing In prospect. In 1916 the hop vines gave way to vegetables and Horst brothers erected a dehydrating plant, said to be one of the largest in the world. The following year the land lay fallow because it was thought there would be a good mar ket for neither hops nor vegetables. In 1918 hops were again sjt out and last year the firm changed again to xejse.tablea - J. J! - v., Sir j eonjrc? ST TTiormrs testimony, is able to pry Into the facts in the case. Some idea of the secrecy connected with the doings of the French courts may be gathered from the records which show that in many instances divorces are granted months before the news becomes public. The French law deals with all ap plicants for divorce very leniently almost fatherly. After a petition h been filed the judge issues an invita tion to Doth parties to meet him m his chambers where he asks them to reconsider the matter of obtaining a divorce. A period of two weeks is generally allowed them to think it over. If at the expiration of that period both parties still are opposed to a reconsideration, the divorce case OYSTER'S MEAL BY USE OF Bivalves Seldom Cease Eating During Day or Night, Dr. Nelson Tells Fisheries Commissioners. ATLANTIC CITT. Dr. Thurlow C. Nelson, assistant professor of zoology of the New Jersey Agri cultural college at New Brunswick, N. J., told delegates to the twelfth annual Association of Fisheries com missioners of experiments with oys ters conducted at Tuckerton under the direction of the experiment sta tion of his- college and Rutgers col lege, when oysters were attached to electrical wires sunk into the ocean so that It could be recorded at what hours the oysters' shells were open and when closed. In this way the feeding time of the oysters were re corded and the tests showed the oys ters fed almost all of the 24 hours. Doctor Nelson in his address ex plained there is a constant loss of valuable salts from the land to the water, the salt3 being washed into the waters by the rains. In the sea, be said, there are many microscopic plants which depend on these salts and that the only way ,of recovering these salts is by growing oysters and fish which eat the plants. Analysis of the stomach contents of oysters, be said, shows a wide range of food organisms are eaten, includ ing minute plants and minute ani mals. Including the young of the oys tev clams and snails. These and other marine forms make up a large portion of the oysters' food, he said. , Any, addition ol gi,sen salt?, to goes on the calendar. It can be dis- posed of in less than three months. There once was a time when Sioux Falls, S. D., made advantageous offers to the unhappily mated to seek sev erance of their matrimonial bonds via the Sioux Falls route. A colony of the would-be-divorced soon assembled In that city bringing in Its train much business for lawyers, tradespeople and the courts. Then, when Reno began to offer even better inducements tnan oioux Falls, much of the business which otherwise might have gone to South Dakota was diverted instead to Nevada. And now Paris is competing with both these cities for the cream of the divorce business. In Sioux Falls and Reno trje legal requirements for a di vorce vere so carefully adjusted that misrrtated husbands and wives were generally able to obtain a divorce without the delays, inconveniences and publicity so often coupled with such formalities of the courts in other states. And Paris in promising equal advantages, is endeavoring to go eVen one better by offering the additional inducements of a trio to the gay French capital, a chance to study tne newest styles in hats and gowns and. best of all, an opportunity to buy Paris clothes at the very source of supply. It remains to be seen whether Paris is to have the field all to herself. Lon don, the mecea of many American shoppers, may yet unloosen her di vorce requirements to the extent of making them attractive to mismated ones from all over the world. In fact, there has been some slight agitation in England of late for a radical modi fication of the divorce laws. Then. too. there ate other delightful old world centers of fashion which may want to get a share of the trade by offering inducements equally as attractive as those in Paris is offering today. But. for the time being. Paris seems to have the advantage by being able to combine the accommodating divorce with fine clothes and that is a combination which may be very hard to beat. . TIME BARED ELECTRIC BELLS the water increases the oyster's food, the doctor said. The oyster feeds actively throughout most of the 2 hours,' being active far longer than any other animal used as human food. The oyster does not have much trou ble getting food, apparently, for Dr. Nelson said that much of the oys ter's food grows upon the surface of the oyster shell, acting both as food and shelter. Dr. Wells in his address said that attempts made to cure the pollution of waters have been lacking in ef fectiveness and that there is need for national body with ample powers to take up this matter and press it to a successful conclusion. He said it has long been recognized that the state should control the waters and that navigation, irrigation and other water subjects have been directed by the government, but that now it must be recognized that the quality of the water is as essential as the quantity, and steps must be taken on a national scale to end pollution. Canada May Get Prisoners. VANCOUVER, B. C. According to Grant "Hall, vice-president of the Canadian Pacific, Roumanian prison ers of war, rlow in Siberia, may pass through Canada on their way to Europe. The matter is being taken up with the Canadian, imperial and iig.umanian government.