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WOULD CALL
U. S. TO
COURT LIFE
IN SWEDEN;
ALL EUROPE WATCHES
FATE.DF MODEL CITY
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Originator American Sculptor
and His Idea, Costing Mil
lions, Deemed Practical,
By William Fhllle.
(United Praia Leaned Wlta.i
Paris, Deo. 20. All Europe is watch
ing the fats of the "International Cen
ter," the model city which the world Is
to help build, for which the plans have
been submitted to the various conti
nental governments by the originator
... of the scheme, Hendrlck C. Andersen, an
American sculptor, who today explained
his Idea to the sorbonne. After having
obtained private audiences with most of
the rulers of Europe, and won their ap
proval, 'Andersen came here for the pur
pose of lecturing on his work at the
sorbonne, which fact alone is accepted
as proof that he la considered no mere
dreamer, but a practical man with
practical plan. Kings, emperors and
statesmen have promised him their sup
port, and in every country of the earth
the "big men" are members of the
"World Conscience society," which has
the city for its program.
Many sites have been suggested for
the International center, one being near
Paris, another In New Jersey, a third In
Belgium, a fourth In Switzerland, and so
on. Every tiny detail, not only the city
Itself, but of every building In Its 10
square miles of area, has been worked
out as well. For nine years a corps of
40 artists, engineers, architects, build'
ers and draughtsmen, has been drawing
- ujr the r plans," "and Blueprints now lie
ready for diggers and constructors to
begin work.
City to Cost Wiltons.
The city, of course, will cost hundreds
of millions. The plans alone have cost
Andersen more than $150,000. It is un
derstood that some of this money, if not
a large part of It, was supplied by a
continental king. The big Idea back of
the city Is to centralise the world's work
for the advancement of mankind. In
stead of nations working separately on
various subjects, Andersen plans to
have them unite for bigger work still.
Whatever It Is, if It stands for progress,
the headquarters for It will be found at
the International center. The city will
be the world's capital for peace and
human betterment, for the arts and sci
ences, for the things that relate to the
mind and body, to the mineral and vege
table kingdoms, to work and play, to
lano, tne sea ana air.
Imagine the Rockefeller Institute, New
fork, the Fasteur Institute, Paris, and
all kindred Institutions in the various
countries of the world, uniting and
working together In a temple of medical
and surgical research, and you will have
an Idea of Just one small part of this
city. There would be a temple of relig
ions where Christianity and all other
forms of religions would center; a tern
pie of arts where students would find
under one huge roof all they had for
merly gone to Paris, to Rome,, to Berlin
and other capitals to learn; a Ujo$le of
sociological sciences, of theoretical sol
ences, of physical culture, natural his
tory, music, letters, agrloulture, statls
tics. Inventions, transportation; a pal
ace of the governments where the rep
resentatives of the countries of the
world would be quartered; a palace of
international Justice to foster arbitra
tion between nations and to settle inter
national disputes, eto.
Model Stadium Xacladed.
At one end of the city would be a
model stadium. Here the international
athletic meets would be held under ideal
conditions and. with standard events, do
ing away with Olympic games squab
bles, not to mention the immense ex
pense of building a stadium in a differ
ent country every four years.
About the stadium would be grouped
the buildings pertaining to physical cul
ture, a temple for men being on' one
side, a temple for woman on the other.
In front .would be, an immense natato-
rium, ' "' "'' '; ' 'v 4 ,;---'':
1 : In the center of the ejty the tower of
progress would rise nearly 100, feet
higher than ; Eiffel tower . here. : This
would be the center about-which would
be grouped various temples and palaces.
From the top wireless telegraphy would
connect the dty'wifh'lhe entire world,
while on the various floors below would
be grouped offices of all the International-"
societies known to be beneficial
to mankind..' -v vv-''"'- -'a
On the lower floors a, world's press
would be Installed, and on this the find-
TURKEY'S ASSISTANCE;
LIKENED UNTO TOMB
!E SAYS AMERICA
ALONE CAN SOLVE THE
TROUBLES OF TURKEY
Sultan's Nephew Claims U. S,
Should Set Affairs to Right
in Near East,
By a P. Bcrtelll.
Paris, Dec. 20. The United State
holds the key to European peace. This
Is the opinion of his Imperial highness.
Prince Sabah Eddine. nephew of Abdul
Hamld and of the present sultan, and
leader of the Opposition at Constanti
nople. In an audience granted me today the
prince explained the situation in Asia
Minor and the similar conditions in
Mexico by saying anarchy reigns in both
countries.
"Various European powers," said his
Imperial highness, "are now sharpening
tneir diplomatic weapons in order to
grab all they can in the way of conces
sions or territory In Asia Minor. This
state of things Is bound to keep the
country in a permanent state of tur
moil which the Turkish government Is
utterly unable to control The only so
lution of the difficulty that I can see la
for the United States, being Independent
of the Intrigues of the triple ailianoe
and the triple entente, and a nation
whose straightforward diplomacy and
liberal views have always set an ex
ample for the world, to step in and take
the situation in hand.
"The present Turkish government will
not last Our party will come into
power next. As soon as this happens, I
shall call upon the United States for
help. My policy would give America
concessions of railroad making and oth
er public services, and there would be
an economic alliance with Turkey ap
pealing to American capital and civil
ization for modern ideas for the stricken
empire. In return, sufficient conces
sions would be given to amply com
pensate America's good offices.
"If in this way America does not
give Turkey a helping hand, the greed
of oertaln powers Is certain to cause
an eruption which, in spite of the ef
forts of various chancellories, will lead
to. one of the worst wars the world has
ever seen.
"French Interests are well established
at Beirut, and French statesmen are
seeking to extend them further Into
Asia ' Minor. At the same time, Eng
land and Germany are hungry with their
own sphere of Influence there, so with
out American aid the prospect is for
perpetual economlo strife in the only
territory remaining to the shattered ;
Ottoman empire. This must one day
result man explosion which will bring
on a scourge to which the recent Balkan
war would look like child's play.
'President Wilson's attitude toward
Msxloo and his consideration of the
feelings of the Mexican people lead us
to believe that the United States Is the
only nation capable of giving strictly
disinterested assistance to lurxey in
this orisls. The moment win come
for America to abandon her policy of
shutting herself up on her own heml
sphere, and she will find that hence
forth she must piay a strong part tn
European diplomacy and endeavor to
Inspire European powers with her own
hirhly developed sense of International
justice and practical and liberal ideas.
Traction line Of fowls.
Rome. Deo. 20 Lovers of Rome are
protesting against tne spirit or vandal
Ism displayed by the municipality in
allowing hallowed landmarks and time
worn ruins to be sacruicea to utilitar
ian purpose.
The venerable Applsn way. with, its
countless associations of a magnificent
past, " will now be disfigured by the
desecrating rails of a modern tramway
in the Interior of the city streets are
being torn up and ancient squares sac
rificed to projected enlargements.
Ings, the discoveries, statistics, every
thing done for the peace and prgress of
the world, could be printed for Interna
tional circulation. ,
M. Ernest Hobrard. architect of the
French government, has been at the
head of Andersen's "constructive force. '
Bo the city is not a "dream city, It
Is planned along the most practical
lines, and Is to be the most sanitary and
convenient city known, . . V
Capitalists have offered, to finance it
as a paying investment, but the origina
tor has- steaarastiy refused .til such
off era. Such exploitation,, he says,
would detract somewhat from the use
fulness of the scheme and supreme util
ity to the world Is the ultimate object
of the plan.
NEWS
FROM
IN ITALY TO III If .rJ&..;-.. Jk, .jAW
Law May Be Enacted to Reg
ulate Amount of Money Wo
man May Spend on Dress,
By Henry Wood.
Uultd Preae Leased Wire.)
Rome, Dec. JO. A campaign to limit
by law If necessary the amount of
money which a woman may spend on
dressing. Is one of the very probable
outcomes of the present reactionary
movement in Italy against feminism. In
a certain way, the suggestion Is really
that of Pope Pius. In sanctioning re
cently the project for an International
Federation of the Catholic Women's
league of the various co-jntrles, he ex
pressed his great concern for the ae
rious menace he believes the women's
modern fashions hold for society. En
tirely aside from the moral phase of
ine question, no declared his belief
that It was fast becoming the economic
ruin of countless families, and he asked
the league to begin a campaign against
While the league Is In no way asso
ciated with either the feminist or the
anti-feminist movement in Italy. It
happened that the pope's Idea struck a
very responsive chord In the hearts of
the antis and a little propaganda all
of their own is undo way. In Italy,
which has centuries of tradition for
everything that can possibly affect so
ciety, nothing is ever received favoraL:.-
uniess it has behind it precedents of
the far past Then, too, the antls who
oppose everything that would make
women equal with men. reallz that
there are liable to beUefecttoni in their
own ranks if they "go too strong" In
requiring them to give up some of those
fixings and furbelows of dress so dear
to the feminine heart
Xdmit Xs Suggested,
In the suggestion, however, that if
necessary a law be demanded from par
liament that will put some limit on wo
man's present desire for luxury In
dressing, the supporters of the move
ment have been unfortunate. Beatrice
Malneri, a prominent Italian writer, who
was delegated to dlve into the subject
has Just discovered that at times In
the past it was considered a very im
portant thing for governments in Italy
to sea to It that women did not spend
ao much on dressing that their hus
bands could not pay the taxes necessary
ror tne support or the state.
The most conspicuous example found
by Slgnorlna Mainerl was that of the
Oeonese republic in the eighteenth cen
tury, tsne has round that In 1700 the
first step to prevent the ruination of
the state through the extravagance in
women's dress was taken when a law
was passed prohibiting the wearing of
dresses made of colored silk or of any
other material trimmed In either gold
or sliver or covered with lace or semi
transparent veiling.
Silks Were Prohibited.
A little later the fathers of the re
public or "Their Serene Highnesses," as
they were known, dltovered that evon
this was not sufficient to save the tax
paying husbands, and consequently the
state. The women having sought to off
set the loss to their beauty by the
prohibition of colored silks and gold
and silver trimmed material, took to
the tine laces of England and Franca
A second law was therefore necessary.
It prohibited the use of any laces ex
cept those made at Geneva.
Still a little later, the introduction of
gold and silver watches, which it be
oams the fashion for women to wear as
ornaments, threatened pie financial life
of the republic, and tney were put un
der the ban, women not being allowed
to wear them in public
To the above laws, at well as others
that were made, certain exceptions were
made for newly married brides. They
were permitted to wear dresses of eith
er wool or silk In the colors which
were adopted in the manufacture of
damask and velvet and they were al
lowed to have trimmings of lace or
other materials with the exception of
gold and silver.
For violations ' of these laws there
were penalties running up to ttSO and
also a form of Imprisonment In a per
son's own house. A woman thus pun
ished was obliged to remain shut up for
a specified length of time and was not
allowed to "receive visitors, no excep
tions being made even for members of
her family, yiolatlona of this involved
fines &otirfor thj woman visited and
for . the -visitor, ' :
. Armed with' this "precedent of the
past, a vigorous campaign la to be
waged with the threat of having a law
to that ' end enacted . if necessary, to
overcome at least the economlo evil of
modern fashionable dressing. u&&jt I
FOREIGN
Fair women who figure In the news dispatches from abroad. Top,
left to right, Hon. Mrs. Lyndhurst Bruce, formerly Camllle Clif
ford, the actress whose recent return to the stage in London was
marred by "stage fright"; Mrs. Leonard M. Thomas and Vera
Maxwell, two women each pronounced "the most beautiful" by
Paul Hellleu, the French artist; Princess Antolne Albert Radzl
wlIL formerly Dorothy Deacon, whose remarkable daring in driv
ing a chariot drawn by a Hon at a ball in Rome created a sensa
tion. Bottom Princess Juliana of Holland, who Is the idol of
the Dutch people,
PRINCESS WILHELM FINDS
SWEDISH COURT LIFE DULL
Russian Grand Duchess Who Left Her Husband for Pari
sian Gaieties Declares She Has No Regrets as to
Her Conduct.
By C. H.
Paris, Dec. 20. Paris is crowded with
Russian crand dukes and grand duch
esses at present and a very gay and
democratlo set they are. You meet
them everywhere la all the fashionable
cafes and places of the lighter forms
of amusement and there are no people
more easy of access. A handsome look
ing crowd, too, the men all broad shoul
dered, athletic, of military bearing, the
women dassllng and of a rather sensu
ous type.
Through Grand Duchess Anastasla of
Mecklenburg-Schwerln, an old resident
and an enthuslastio admirer or raria.
who, by the way. Is one of the most
graceful tango dancers and who may
be seen almost any night at Cafe de mnt. r rather lack of temperament, to
Paris unable to keep quiet as soon as ?v woman, but he was as wax in
the T music starts. I received a letter of; hands of the king, and the king
Introduction to the most beautiful of; No. X. won say what I think about him,
all Kusslan grand duchesses, PrlncesM except that he is the most narrow mlnd
Wllbelm of Sweden, who since she left) "d bigoted person I ever met.
her husband ha. been staying in a Everything is a sin In his eyes, hut he
charming villa overlooking the most Is a dyspeptic and his views of life are
beautiful part of the Bols de Boulogne,
together with her father. Grand Duke
Paul, and her brother, Dlmltri.
The grand duchess, who is one of the
most beautiful and charmingly natural
women I ever met. received me In the
most cordial manner and Immediately
conducted me into her private boudoir,
the only place, she said, where we were
sure not to be interrupted by her broth
er Dlmltri.
"That is one of the many points on
which Dlmltri and I disagree," she said
with a smile. "In fact, if It had not
Wlul an. D1.1WV vw - - .
been for the Swedish Journalists, who ' cone. I feel as if I had escaped from
have always been exceedingly nice to a prison. Will you tell your readers
me I doubt If I should have been able that I am not a vicious. Immoral worn
to stay In Stockholm even ss long as I n. but Just a girl who loves life, and
fllfl
.-r,-r. vnu see." she said, "you al-
ready have me where you want me, for
of course you are going to interview me
about Stockholm. I am ths easiest per- And I readily promised her. for Prln
aon in the world to Interview and I ! cess Wilhelm of Sweden is no heartless
don't dislike it a bit for the Interview- coquette, who enjoyed shocking and
era have always treatea me spienaraiy.
Even the Stockholm papers havs been
as nloe about me as they dared to since
I ran away." !
Looking at her girlish figure and
manners, being under the magnetic spell
of her tawitching personality and the
merry twinkle in her eyes, I found it ,
small wonder that my Swedish confreres
had been nice to her.
"And now you want to know, of,
oourse." she went on, "Why i ran away.
Naturally, you don't believe any of the
nasty stories told about me In some
papers, that I acted as a spy and that I
had a love affair with that poor ambas
sador of ours."
I assured her that nothing was fur
ther from my mind. A girl with her
SVpynba
Is full of mischief, but there is not a
wicked thought in ner soul
rinds Kusband Sail.
First let me say then, that I have
no fault to find with my husband poor
Wilhelm la the" beat '"of f ellows nd h
has always been the soul of kindness
to me. but like all the rest of his fam-'
ly he Is dreadfully jlull. It Isn't pos-
slble to Imagine two greater contrasts , tTi
.-Imagine two greater contrasts
than he and 1, and the divorce will
surely be as great a relief to mm as to Tuesday night, tne prooeeas going tome.-
Everything that I liked, he bated, ward church funds.
CAPITALS
5s5 AHORNEtS MLY daitc nrr nu pamuo
I am fond of pleasure, I love music
and' dancing; he cares nothing Tor the
pleasures of life at all. The Swedish
court la as gloomy as a tomb, and from
the fit's t moment I felt as If I ha1!
Seen burled alive. Look at me and tell
me if you think I look like a woman
who would enjoy continual fasting and
praying. I was surrounded by teetotal
lers and ascetics, the very looks of
whom made me ill, and I stood it as
long as I could, but I always knew that
it could not last I simply had to
break away and I did it. I might have
made a man out of my husband if I
had had him to myself, here or in Rus
sia, for he really loved me, as far as It
is possible to a man with his tempera
colored by his poor digestion that is
the only excuse I can find for him. He
has my sincere sympathy, for he will
be happy only when death releases htm
from this miserable and sinful world.
"I shall miss my little boy, of course,
but it Is far better that he should be
brought up by my sister-in-law, Prin
cess Ingeborg, of-whom I am very fond,
than that he should grow up to see how
miserable his father and mother made
each other.
BCas Wo Segrets.
1 shall never regret what I have
" iiu mil in iiuMKing mat we aia
not come Into this world to moan and
mope, but to get as much as posslblo
lunuring ner nuaoana, out a woman
who tried her best to do her duty and
who broke with everything when she
realised that she was ruining two lives.
She is a beautiful flower, which must
have sun and which would have frosen
to death in the frigid atmosphere of
Stockholm,
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SDHIAI FIIMHTIfiMQ PfQ
W I W I I S I I vil
AMERICAN STUDENTS
Berlin, Dec. 20 With a view toward
providing tome .form of safe but at
tractive social relaxation for the nu
merous young women students living
alone on pensions and boarding houses
in Benin, the American Women's clu
On several evenings through tha
month the club rooms will be- thrown
open to lectures, recitals and dances
Will be given with only - a nominal
charge ...for admleaiewi ;
On December M a Christmas enter
tainment, followed by a dance, will be
riven. A . somewhat similar work .!
being carried on by -the ladles of the
;!Union American church, ;' which ' will
give a big tea. followed by a dance next
HUNGARIAN OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF GRAFT
LIMIT SUGGESTED FOR WOMEN'S EXPENSES
DCPCIlC A QCTPAPIf
iiluli.l n uLiunuu
Leading Legislators Oppose
Movement Because Legal
Ranks Are Overcrowded,
By Henry Wood.
pome, Dec. 10. Because the members
of the bar in Italy are frankly fearful
of pitting their ability against the abil
ity of women, the latter will have little,
if any, chance to wrest from the new
parliament the right to practice. The
hopes of the women attorneys in the
past week received a serious setback,
which is all the more aggravating be
cause it was not based on any intrlnalo
objection Inherent In tho women them
selves. Prominent legislators who op
pose the movement most strenuously
assert in public that their only objection
is that the profession already Is greatly
overcrowded. They admit privately that
"women would be too Industrious and
would attempt too many, re. forma.. of
procedure."
The man who has just taken up the
cudgel . against the world-be women
practitioners Is Senator Mortara. AS
head of the judicial profession in Italy,
ss well as the judicial committee in the
senate, his attitude makes It certain
that even if the women succeeded In
wringing tho much desired consent from
the chamber of deputies, It would re
ceive the veto of the senate.
Stakes Annual Address.
At the recent opening of the Italian
Judicial year, Senator Mortara was se
lected to nuike the annual address be
fore the assembled Judges and attorneys
of all Italy. He was supposed to make
a review of the current Judicial situa
tion In Italy and point out the more
pressing and urgent needs. In reality,
his address dealt wholly with the sug
gestion that the most urgent need of
the legal and judicial profession In
Italy is to keep women attorneys from
having the right to practice.
Although senator Mortara treated the
subject with the usual lightness with
which all Italian men persist In re
garding the feminist movement in Italy,
and which Is incidentally the manner
which riles the Italian women, his ad
dress was nevertheless considered the
death blow, for the time being at least,
of the movement. Last year Slgnorlna
Laoriola, a professor of law at the
University of Rome, carried a test case
all through all of the Italian courts
as to the right of women attorneys to
practice. The final court of appeal,
however, decided that she cannot appear
before the tribunals as an attorney.
The legal status of women In Italy
Is such, the court decided, that she can
not appear before the tribunals as an
attorney. Jt wss the changing of this
legal status that the women attorneys
hoped to wrest from parliament at the
present session, and it was against tnis
that Senator Mortara directed his In
augural artdresu.
Tims Zs Inopportune.
"The question," he said, "is not one
of incapacity, but of lnonportunlty. I
am convinced that It will be the highest
duty of parliament not to grant this
concession. If for no other reason than
to not increase the danger to society
at lsrge which already exists from the
lamentable plethora of male attorneys.
"Personally, I believe that both the
judicial and political status of women
should gradually be placed on the
same basis as men. I also believe, how
ever, - that the least Important step tn
this direction, not only In the Interest
of the nation but in the interest of the
women themselves. Is that of admitting
the latter to practice. ;'; ,
"If, as it is usually conceded, a cer
tain chivalry Is at all times due to
women, it seems to me that In the pres
ent case it would be anything but
chivalrous-to-throw open to the women
the doors of a profession in which not
only the best, but the medium and even
he most modest, posts are all taken,
wniie Den ma nine mere is a wnoie
(army of unoccupied attorneys working
with - their arms, shouting with their
voices, and using less honorable means
to win staidingLroom In the profession."
Scandals Said to Be More
Numerous Than in Palmy
Days in American Cities. -.
By Karl II. von Wlogand.
(United Proas Leased Wire.) ,
Budapest, Dec 20. That members of
the Hungarian national" government
"Stand In" With tho nmMim ton in
Budapest, are directly Interested in
some of the "casinos" and "clubs," that
these are operated under government
proteouon ana connivance and that the
"casinos" and "clubs" pay a rake-off,
and allegations that Count Stephen
Tlssa, the Hungarian premier, . hal
knowledge of these facts, are some of
the sensational disclosures which hav
tremendously stirred all Hungary.
Budapest ranks next to Monte Carlo
as the gambling center of Europe. Ths
"dives" which thrive under the high
sounding names of "casinos" and "club,"
rake in annually millions of dollars.
Those Interested in them always have
a finger In the political pis in order
that conditions making their thriving
w..w,o, u nvi cuaugeo. as
a result of this, "political scandals" ar
as numerous as in the United States.
Briar "any sttituigars, ' 'T : .
The gambling dives are variously
looked upon as a "curse" and a "bless
ing" to Budapest They bring Strang
era and money to the city, has been the
most frequent and effective argument
for them. Recently the ruination of
several members of the most aristo
cratic and noble families in Budapest,
followed by suicides of prominent young
noblemen, has started a strong aglt
tion against gaming.
Investigation by a local paper 'hat
resulted In the printing of a secret
agreement between a company seek
ing to establish the "Casino of the
Strangers," and members of the com
mission of publlo works, which forms
a department of the ministry of com
merce and trade. According to thii
agreement the mmnlailon w
ceiv five per cent of the net winnings
and 140,000 was deposited as a guaran
tee that the percentage would be paid.
It was also showed that ftOO.000 wat
paid to former Premier Lukaos and
1120.000 each to two members of par 11a-
Conditions Are Sad,
Political conditions todav are worse
In Budapest than ever they have been
shown to be in New York, Philadelphia
or San Francisco la the palmiest days
of boss politicians, political gangs and
gambling epidemics, and tbst Is saying
a good deal, according to s prominent
Hungarian statesman. "America," he
eald. "is supposed to tie the land of
'political scandals,' but I never heard
of members of your national govern,
ment furthering the Interests it
gambling dens. J ,r
The police of Berlin, also have been
having their troubles with a veritable
wave of gambling that has swept th
German metropolis. Recently the
started a war of extermination against
"flying . roulette clubs," a form Of
gambling in which all Berlin sooUt.-
seems to be plunging tills fall and win
ter. Scores of raids have been msde
and because some of the men and wo
men captured have been of high and
Influential circles, many names have
been suppressed.
A party" Is organised among womn
who are fond of "taking a chance" and
habitual gamblers. Invitations are sen:
out to meet at the home of one of. the
women. A "banker," also a women,
with roulette wheel is sent for and,
backed by some i wealthy gambler shi
sets things going and soon has every
one's money. Because of the prtctlc
of changing the scene of aotlon ever
nigni, me. puuee nave oaa a uuiicuil
time raiding the "cluba". .
Ambassador Finds Suitahto Horn?,
Rome, Dec 30 After prolong.;
search for a suitable residence and u4
becoming his dignity as the ret-min-
tative of a firm class power, At.i-
dor page. has leased the aconl f
Prince I 1 prude's palace In
Vento f i!ttmtre, wlttiln a t'i
of the oCilce Of tUt m-