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V THE OREGON SUNDAY' JOURNAL, PORTLAND SUNDAY; MORNINGt AUGUST t6, 5 TrneB King OHEMIANFISMthat Actresses Should Not Be Taken to the Arms of Duchesses, He Says "0 UR manners are becoming the laughing stock of the continent." In these angry words King Edward of Great Britain has condemned with his most emphatic disapproval the at tention English society has so suddenly lav ished upon beautiful Lina Cavalieri, the won drous singer, and upon Maude Allan, the won drous Salome dancer. Previously society limited its admiration for bohemians to hiring them in their pro fessional capacity, at fabulous prices per night, for the entertainment of its well-born guests. Because many bohemians nowadays are prone to be millionaires, or near-millionaires, themselves, and are beginning to be as ex clusive on the strength of their brains as so ciety has been ott the strength of its birth, society has now condescended to treat its fa vored bohemians as ladies and gentlemen, and no longer suggests that ; they eat with the servants, When, therefore, such daring spirits as Mrs. Asquith, wife of the premier, the duchess of Rutland, the duchess of Suth erland and other leaders of England's social life chose to entertain La Cavalieri or Miss Milan simply as friends to have them to din ner without paying them as common wage earners, to let them- associate with all guests plainly as equals end when the guests came to the conclusion they liked it, his majesty perceived it was time to call a halt. He has called it. And he is quite indig nant that things have come to such a point as necessitated calling it. The distinguished women sinners, whose hospitable appreciation of the bohemians has "brought down upon their heads the vials of his wrath, are far from professing contrition. Instead, they are going right on, doing pre cisely as they please. So the prospects are strong for a grave hreach between the king and the foremost leaders of London society. Angers ' S5?W Itil I"-it . Q'i i Jl II Iff I XJ3?vf it . . MmM V J ft kffi 447, -Nth !Jr lows . L Jiimw ft . ' then emphaslies the claims of pure democracy. So the twinkling toe of a dancer, while It may not quite kick out a king, and the siren voice of a elnger, while it may not quite Inspire a "Marseillaise," can really go far toward horrifying Herod on the throne of hl power and toward blowing down the walls of Jericho, when the walls are nothing more than sham. Lady ConBtance Richardson, niece of the duke of Sutherland, one of the latest of England's titled beauties who conceive it as part of their responsi bilities to prove that a noblewoman can do anything as well as the professional experts, from fancy swim ming to fancy dancing, was Invited by the duke and duchess of Westminster to Eaton Hall to meet the king on a week-end visit. &he vanished after dinner Saturday night. Every body wondered when some time elapsed, but at length the lovely Constance reappeared in a costume repro ducing point for point the Salome dress of Maude Allan. Critics, enthusiasts, respectabilities and criticas ters have written a great deal about Maude Allan's Salome costume, and their efforts have constituted one of the standing miracles of the English language; from the days of the polysyllabic Johnson to the eights of the terglversatlous Shaw, no one has ever said more about less. Fot-sheer simplicity of attire Eve had little on Salome unless It might have been the freshness of the fig leaf. As for the faithfully artistic Lady Constance, she wore everything that Maude Allan wears, but she was conscientiously careful not to wear a single stitch that Maude doesn't. The royal and other attention that glued Itself there in dignified Eaton Hall upon the reproduction of the dance can be better Imagined Maude Allan Salome than described. It was a surprise, planned all by Lady Constance's naive, Ingenuous little self, for her dear sovereign; and, notwithstanding hnr dear sovereign's new repu tation for primness. It may be Intimated confidentially that so long as Lady Constance's admirable figure was undulating a la Salome, the sovereign never bat ted an eye. But, as a climax, she whirled right up to him, knelt, laid that bewitching bead of hers on bis august knee and cried: , "Sir. I crave the bead of Sir Ernest Caasel on a charger." It was the grandest Joke, with everyone laughing and smiling and whispering -what a gorgeous figure she had, and how clever she was, and bow sbe made Maude look ' like one and flppence, and how bully it must be to be king and have nice, young Constances lay their heads on, your knee, and they ought to cut oft 61r Ernest's head yes, and his feet, too. If she needed them for an encore until some one noticed that his majesty was distinctly annoyed. Then every body Instantly looked properly horrified, disgusted, shocked and paralyzed. The duchess of Westminster, In anguish over the contretemps, was at a loss nearly long enough to give the king time to say something ferociously frosty; but she recovered Just In time to announce that the company would adjourn for bridge. The desperate situation was saved. . A ' little later, when Edward had recovered his temper, he reprimanded Lady Constance temperately, and mercifully forgave her. But never gain. Lady Constance never again. It is Mrs. Asquith, brilliant rebel against all con ventions in her unmarried days and founder of that oftentltaes startling cult called "The Souls," against whom, it is said. King Edward feds most rancor ous. The social leader of the Liberal government was the one who, in her unprecedented social liber ality, started Maude Allan off on her career as a soVt of social miracle. ' Scarcely a month went by before Miss Allan was the social rage, and England's duchesses, countesses and smart set generally "are raging over her yet. Insomuch as the newspapers have printed all rney cou'd possibly learn about her career. Including the humble first ten years of her life in San Francisco, the king Is fairly Justified in believing that the British public is liable to become impressed with the fact that ordinary humanity, as personified in Maude Allan, Is as good as its profound, revered nobility may be better. La Cavalieri the most commonplace of little glri newspaper folders in Rome, singer of the streets and the cafes chantanta In the days before Russian nobles spread Russian sables ovar the gutter to save, her adored little feet-4rorn being sullied by St Peters burg's beautiful snow Is the one who seems most the firebrand of social revolution in the eyes of Eng land's monarch. The duchess of Sutherland had her as a guest at Stafford House one evening this summer, simply a the equal of the distinguished friends she was en tertaining. Irrepressible Lady Constance, with no more ex - euse than she had when she made the king Involun tarily Impersonate Herod, suddenly seized the pretty lager, and, to the horror of noble dignity, whirled La Cavalieri about for ten minutes In a dance that was the maddest since Terpsichore quit the business. So everybody in society, including the king, blamed La Cavalieri. ' Things were getting pretty warm over the urlre edented Interpolation of bohemians into the exclu sive functions of the old nobility, when the duchess of -Rutland took a turn at chasing the new social lionesses. She, too, rounded up Cavalieri. Now, the duchess of Rutland, who washe novelty hunting marchioness of Gr4nby In the days when she and Mrs. Asquith were co-operators In establishing "The Souls," had long been the object of King Ed ward's choicest animosity. Why, even the omniscient gossip of London so ciety haa never yet been able to expound. But that his majesty reserved for her a choice" brand of dis like, in the repertoire of his rather slender number of varieties in antipathy, was notorious. Her daughter. Lady Marjorie Manners, as hand some a girl as could be found anywhere in Europe, was scarcely old enough to be married before she had as suitor the biggest catch In Great Britain Prince Arthur of Connaught royalty Itself, for he ls a nephew of the king; Lady Marjorie had no trouble at all In falling in love with the prince, and her mother had no trouble at all in finding him distinctly eligible. She could almost hear the wedding bells, when Klg Edward came down on the match flat-footed wltli the word with the h,ark on It, and like a thousand of bricks, to gether with every other plebeian, plain English phrase that could express his disapproval That settled It. Lady Marjorie remains unmarried. Perhaps It was that signal exhibition of power which led the self-willed duchess, her mother, to find ways and means of making peace with her king; certain it Is that of lata Edward has abated his ran cor and has treated her with that distinguished con sideration which implies the return of his royal favor. But when Llna Cavalieri was made the guest at a ball In honor of the duchess' daughters, and was actually permitted to dance and play and romp with the girls as though she were to the manner born, the king openly, almost publicly, announced his dis approval. He has made that disapproval of the whole rising tribe of bohemians now his watchword. Good enough to be paid a couple of hundred pounds a night and to pe supplied ices wunin sigai pi me regular kucsij a ,tnat station tie is willing to concede to tnem; out to be received at the infinitely higher price of ac ceptance as social equals not if the king of England and emperor of India can stop Itl Society, on the other hand. Is bored. Wesperately bored, with itself, and it is willing, nay, eager, to pay any price to those who will furnish the novelty or hnlnj unusual beautv. sensational art or even mere, unspoiled humanity. j! Thus far society. In the exercise or its individual u prerogative as to choice of guests, stands pat. But then, so does the erstwhile Albert Edward, prince of Wales. As the author of "The Rivals" re marked very appropriately: "A very pretty quarrel as it stands." Bruising Serpents Head for Healing Poison The quarrel Is a very prttty quarrel as It tndi. Sheridan. WHEN one of the gay Kngllsh countesses heard how wroth the king was, not long since, she laughed and remarked: "I'oor Edward! Our former prince of Wales Isn't as young as he used to be " Gay English ro lety. repeating her Impertinence. Is going rig-f.t on wi h Its enjoyment these novel human p'.aj ;riK-a pprfrmH.-.r-o which. If It isn't quite treason, ccrres yen t u ri -som . ly near to being rank rebellion. Grave Kir, EJwar-1. rfrt!-.g i. defiance, is austere'ly annun. :rg the p'mar.-nr of his wrath. The bohemians. -.v.-.n have bare-, very tarely tn the caje of Min Ai. an am ed. must iristar.tly go. The nly order 'ji nobility to wh.ch he Mil! admit them Is that famous Irlao one hce apocrypi.al device reads: "OH seam, on ago n, gji.f upain. Kirnegan." li k be: ween certain great .:y ard :ti klrg, the once yt . - v f" gy 3r "jrnmw Tjg Today there : a (Jea.ii nes In Ei.glis'. i. gh . , kohemian prince of "Va.s. The Crst t- ,r i-ff r .. r anjtr la the da,h.r.g dm h tSt more it.an ;,r-sL:i.i: ; ardaon ca:r.e Str.:r. a h.r roal favor im ,ii. even ented by itrs. A.;i'h w.f an lor provtng tl.at It : at liberty to regulat. its own aoorais and niarnera vc,,' l England has from t!rr,e Immemorial a made axd unmad. by the aoTerelfn. because the court. Ana Kin. Cm ..., i . h , . V . . - ' L . D ,or aipiemacy an 1 i feel 'he weight of his t of I'.t.t and. although . Lair r.r.ntance Klch t tira- eiileil from the mat Ma-Lii of U repre- r. t-rim minister, is P snaoe ts tae v-i n rm ai a rftra: wt,m w . w . . S'aaa in (r.4eactea ef irxxlerD E.reMaa mihim iia"!J th u"""t ei-preachug rnsa a rJ. l--ea , (WIM rmrm iverr rel.iBM..rT ,!,, 1,W M S JSJ v.r tffleat tkat rt" U. f.lk f.4e ef emZ O wej-a4 Ue soViUtjr wt Klva ' OSSLBLY few persons in the country epent a summer so exciting, so full of adventure and of danger, as Dr. Walter II. Atkinson and his assistant. Dr. J. L. Engle, of the liietitut Pasteur, at Lille, France. In the wilds of northern Pennsylvania they spent several months in pursuit of rattlesnakes and copperheads. Snake-catching I Imagine the thrills, the dan cer, the excitement! But the strange quest of the two physicians was not for pleasure. They sought the rare and precious venom of the snakes a fluid that is almost priceless, and which, it is claimed, cure many human diseases. Kot long ago a peyimen of the deadly lancehead snake was brought from tha headwaters of the Am a son to New York and it venom extracted for medical use. This novel performance attracted the attention of the nation. " ECTmrXO the venom at deadly serpents fa. r the irtr-rt datfrerons work an Mi-ta la mM0Tii)t; te gather the arrees-reTlow a "m tor tba nk tt selrnra. the two tralclaa weraiag 1 reaaaylvsunla hsve Jaejert'safl 1 their lives and faced the most horrible and painful of deaths. They have gone ahead with their task armed for emergencies, for the bite of a malignant reptile was not unilkely at any time. In fact, it a a most prob able thing. The venom secured is to be used for experimental purposes at Ulle. Its va.ua. commercially, Is IJO.000 a pound, or nearly 12000 an ounce. Possibly the fruit of their summer's labor was an ounce and a half of the poison. While searching for snakes near Carlisle, Pa, the physicians came to a farm where a little girl had Just been bitten by a snake. Tbls was Mabel Hassier, aged 14. living near Oraffensburg. Armed with anti snake serums and other antidotes, they got te work and saved the child's Ufa. The purpose of the search for the snake poison was to use It in the preparation of a serum for which tha Pasteur Institute Is famed. More valuable than the rattlesnake and copperhead venoms Is that of the deadly fr de lDca, which Is used by homeopatblo physicians. In their pharmacopeia It is knowa as lacheaia." and is used to cure is sanity, nervous dis orders, diphtheria, delirium tremens, melancholia, headache and sunstroke. Although the merits of the venom are dlpat4 by many physicians, and emphatically denied by others. It Is regarded as eatremely valuable by tha Borneo- paths It has baa a used by physicians of that achool ror eight? years. Inuring that time but twice polaea eea xtr acted from the snake. . The first venom was brought to this country In 183J by Dr. Constantlne Uerlng. who discovered tha merits of the snake poison wane working among the Indians in Dutch Guiana. The second snake which yielded Its poison waa brought to New Tork several months ago. It was caught near the headwaters of the Amason. So deadly is the snake that few- natives can be Induced to assist la Its capture. The result of the milking, as It was called, ef the recently-eaptnred snake, we about a third of a tea spoon of rreenlsh-yellow field, which, the physicians declared, would supply tha world for fifty years. Pe pawtrful Is the poison that It Is triturated In sugar te mlnnte Quantities. At presaat physicians are using the thirtieth dila tion ef the original compound of Dr. Harlng. The largest quantity eon tains eety ene ten-trUllonlh ef a re.ln. . . . ,v. reeeni ei me mua'na- i io rr-eat at the t C Ronyon. Dr. St. Clair smith, pr. Caught between two long poles, the snake was brought from its cage and laid on a table. Its body measured four and one-half feet in length. One of the doctors, with a quick movement, caught the snake back of the head, and held It with a grip taught by a Hindu. This prevented the reptile turning in its skin, which Is possible if not held securely, and biting its oaptor. A glass receptacle, covered with white gause, was brought near the head. The beady eyes glittered wick edly. The body wriggled, and with a furious lunge the bead flew forward, and the fangs were burled in the gauze. Two tiny drops of venom fell into the glass. The snake was angered three times.. Three times it viciously bit the gauze. While the fangs were fas tened on the gauze one or the attendants pressed the anake over the glands, squeezing out the sacs of venom. The quantity secured amounted to seventeen and three-quarter grains. A solution of sugar of milk in the ratio of ninety-nine to one was poured Into the Jar. It was mixed with a soft, white, dry powder. And a fifty-year supply of venom was ready for the physicians. Dr. Bering, one of the leaders of homeopathy, d!- fovered the use of the serum, and brought the first aneehead venom to this country. He was sent to Guiana by the king of Saxony when a young man on a botanical and zoological expedition. There ne became interested In the effect of snake venoms, and began practicing medicine among the na tives. A complaint sent to the king that he was neg ligent In his duties as a collector resulted in his Im mediately resigning his commission. Dr. Uerlng spent six years In Surinam. During those years many plants. Insects and reptiles yielded to him their secrets, the potency of their extracts and poisons. The capture of the first lancehead snake, which still hangs in the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, was truly exciting. It was while practicing medicine among the Indians mat ne naa ntiru oi me eueci oi me poison ot mis s dreaded snake. So ha decided to capture one and ex- b perlment. having already convinced himself of the ef- 4 ncacious power oi serums. m M UW '. .... vj a i, ,uu 1.11 n UUI Q wm had promised a nrearm. it was pinioned to tha ground. The mouth was pried open with a stick, and 4 Df Harlng inserted a watch crystal, immediately tha 1 fangs closed on the glass, and the doctor began maa r seeing the aac under tne laws. This poison Dr. Herlng diluted with sugar of 4 milk. He Dcran experimenting on nimaeir, Beginning with small doses of the serum. A peculiar disease had manifested Itself among the natives, and the symptoms of the poison experienced by Dr. Herlng in similar. An antidote, thoaxht the doctor. an antidote he claimed It proved. Some year after- .1 ward Dr. Herlng daughter suneraa rrom atpathert nomin of recovery. He twenty-four houre Thera was little ho a dilation of the poison. There was no change. istered The The child te deee was repeated in .. n A na rteavared. Rmk La Pouth Amrtca and the United Fiat Dr. c -1 s i h I Athr kmk,i Thaaa ha wouM kn I H cage, -milking" thm es he desired poison. While' "m k ne a rauiavnaae onn- xn arr.D ipoaenea the snake, twim bag rofx Zoo. In Kew Tork, Preraeeor E. :t riair Cmiib Tr. Walter Bend Mllra and Dr. 1 U neeforth, ef New Tork: Dr T. C ROMa- eon. er Fan Franclsce: Dr. Eoeene H ronrr mi nnmber ef other ebvsldans end cirt!. The task was m ti Ue seest aUagereea and djfflcait tabl miiaina .iiiw.n... nvr- jii ,1 ii iru,t tiwl n 1 , the saake. twisting Its Hf hx. body, ajeceaded In tura- I tag Hs ha and biting" the doctor.-- - I The fangs sank tnte bis fle. but be did net shew I any fear; he dropped the ettake tnte Its cage and thrust I his arm lte a red-het oven. It wss nearly rtt. J h.i aha affect ef the vires was trey Bsa'ant"i "J kat the doctor elafaped. was tha Most potent aotld. for snake pel a. I - - . M
