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French Fashion Creators
Evolve Novelty Bag
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Feb. 3—The “Velvet Po
chette” is the latest fashion in bags
which the Paris creative genius, ever
on the alert in imagining charming
new frivolities to tempt the fashion
able woman’s fancy has invented.
They are mostly made in old rose
velvet, brightened by a formal design
of steel paillettes and are to be had
in all the colors of the rainbow. Small
in size—about half the usual size of
women’s hand bags—they are just
now enjoying a tremendous vogue in
Paris.
A flowered bag in a nigger-brown
silk, ornamented with a bouquet em
broidered in gold thread cut out on
a yellow silk background, yet small
enough to be put in the pockets of the
wearers’ greatcoats, was very much
in evidence at the Auteuil racetrack
recently when the thermometer was
hovering around zero and fingers be
came numb with cold. The little bags
only came out of the pockets to draw
out the banknotes necessary to feed
the ever-hungry pari-mutuel booths.
One-fourth of the stock in his com
pany worth $2,000,000, has been given
to employes by W. M. Ritter, lumber
king, of Washington, D. C.
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Cairo Police Declare
Cocaine Evil Rampant
(By Associated Press)
CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 3.—The cocaine
habit among Egyptians has grown to
such an alarming extent that the com
mandant of the local police has issued
an appeal to the public to assist him
in keeping down the evil.
The Egyptian nation, this official
declares, is destroying itself through
the drug habit, which is demoralizing
the youth of Egypt and filling the hos
pitals and prisons.
He deplores the absence of statutes
dealing adequately with the evil and
[asserts that if the laws were made
more rigorous and received more sup
port from the public, Egypt could yet
be delivered from the evil.
Flashing Lights Light
Pathway to France
LONDON. Feb. 2.—In readiness for
the night air service to Paris, planned
by the Imperial Airways, 41 new
flashing beacons have been installed
between London and the South C<iast
of England to indicate the boundaries
of the four airdromes and landing
grounds on the route. Fed by acety
lene gas stored in cylinders, the lights
will operate for six months without
attention.
New air expresses each driven by a
big engine in the nose of the machine
and two smaller motors in the wings,
to minimize the risk of forced land
ings will be used in this service.
PHOSPHATES PRODUCTION
BEEN DOUBLED IN 1924
CASA BLANCA, Feb. 3—Phosphates
produced in French Morocco during
1924 exceeded 436,000 tons. This is
more than twice the output of 1923.
Miss Dorothy Pyle, five feet tall,
and weighing 95 pounds, recently won
the cup awarded annually to the best
physically developed student at Mt.
Holyoke College of which she is cheer
leader and all-around athlete.
Mrs. Sarah Cheney, aged 92, of
Woodland, Cal., brought in ten mal
lard ducks from a hunting expedition.
She is thought to be the oldest hunt
jress in the country.
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Larry Semon, acrobatic film comedian, who has arrived in New York
for the world premier of his latest and biggest picture “The Wizard of Oz’\
the story of which is known to all children and lovers of children’s stories.
Larry was snapped in his rooms at the Hotel Astor, while shaving.
London Searching in Vain
For Shrinking Girls ’90
LONDON, Feb. 3.—Released from
Broadmoor jail after 34 years con- j
finement, Mr. B.—saw a motor car
in the streets of London for the first j
time. Recounting his impressions to
the War Cry Mr. B- said.
“When I saw London again 1 par
ticularly noticed two things. One
was the speed of the traffic and the
other the independent air of the young
women. When I last saw the traffic
you could saunter across the road at
Kings Cross and all the young women
were shy. But now-.”
Mrs. Anna Newman, of Benton, Ne
vada, is one of four women trappers
employed by the United States gov
ernment to exterminate animal pests.
In six years she has caught more than
400, including mountain lions, bob
cats, lynxes and coyotes, in her steel
traps.
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COUNTESS RESIDES
IN CHICKEN BARN
(By Associated Press)
BUDAPEST, Feb. 3—Countess Al
exandria Forgach, daughter of the late
Count Alexander Forgach, who was
one of the wealthiest landowners in
Hungary, affords the unique spectacle
of a countess living in a chicken barn.
In the little commune of Hidegkut sec
tion known as “Cool Valley,’’ the
countess lives within four plain board
walls in a room about 6 by 9 feet,
surrounded by numerous chickens
and a large brood of dogs.
The countess is now a withered old
dame, clad in a man’s long coat and
soldier’s boots. She speaks French
fluently with a rich, mellow voice,
and makes no bones what ever about
her story.
“I am a daughter of Count Alexan
der Forgach,” she said recently. “My
sister Elsie committed suicide; my
brother Anton was killed at the same
time with his friend and master. Em
peror Maximilian of Mexico. From
my father I inherited 40,000 gulden.
“I was frivolous when a young girl.
As I had a good voice, I was deter
mined to go to the opera, but my fath
er said that a Countess Forgach could
not choose such a profession. So I
ran away to Paris. There I got along
well on the stage. I appeared under
the stage name of Carolina Mare, and
was in a class with Patti and Nielsen.
Verdi composed roles especially for
me. In Paris, Rome and London I
achieved great triumps. Later I be
came the friend of Princess Galliera
at Paris. When I heard that my fath
er was dying. I hurried back to Hun
gary.
“After his death 1 remained in Hun
gary and took charge of my inheri
tance. I really do not know what hap
pened to my money. I should like to
get back the family lands and castle ,
at Etes, but all I want is a room and |
a hundred chickens and twenty dogs.” ;
Her relatives state that the coun- j
tess has lived at such a fast pace j
that there is literally nothing left of
her once large estate.
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STAMP COLLECTORS SWAMPED
WITH MANY NEW ISSUES
(By Associated Press)
LEIPSIC, Feb. 3.—There are now
63,000 different rarities of postage
stamps in the world of which 23,000
are credited to Europe and 40,000 to
the other continents, according t(>
publishers of one of the best known
stamp catologues of Germany. With
in the past two years four thousand
new stamps were issued by the vari
ous governments of the world
This enormous increase in postage
stamp production has made collec
tors despair of ever obtaining any
thing like a complete collection of ex
isting stamps, and the special collec
tion has given place to a general col
lection.
Many Americans Have
Jobs in Philippines
(By Associated Press)
MANILA, Feb. 3.—Five hundred
and sixty-two Americans were employ
ed in the Philippine civil service at
the end of the present fiscal year, as
against 604 at the same time last year,
according to figures made public by
the civil service bureau. The Ameri
cans were distributed as follows:
Office of the governor general, 12:
bureau of audits, one; executive bu
reau. 1; Philippine constabulary. 21:
metropolitan district, 2; bureau of ed
ucation, 343; Philippine health serv
ice 11; bureau of customs, 3; bureau
of internal revenue. 4; bureau of the
treasury. 2; bureau of printing, 1:
Philippine library and museum, 1; bu
reau of prisons, 7; bureau of agricul
ture, 9; bureau of forestry, 7; bureau
of science, 11; weather bureau. 1; bu
reau of public works, 26; bureau of
posts, 4; coast and geodetic survey.
3; supreme court, 6; courts of first in
stance, 4; justices of the peace, 2:
provincial service, 10; Manila fire de
partment, 43! Manila department of
engineering and public works, S; and
municipal service of the city of Ba
guio, 3.
Filipinos in the service during 192:’.
numbered 14,6GS. They received sal
aries for the year amounting to $S,
833,000, while the 562 Americans re
ceived $1,183,000.
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