THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1049, 11 February 1911, Page 9

THE WORLD'S NEWS.

/ •■■ ' 7-v : .-. .i' -.-;'■ -,--■ EROM-TJd£. LATEST. ALBICAN .;;.■ ... ;/■'•. FILES. ■ '£"■:>.: ; / , /] The following interesting/news Hems -'j have been clipped from the-ktest Ameri- ■ can files, which arrived bySJ'the" Aorangi ■■■'. i last week:— ..■■:: ■ :■ ";''// TOLSTOTS-GIiAVE. '. 'J /,/ d St. -Petersburg, Januarv 7—Tho lonely v i grave of Tolstoy- on a high rhilh on the ''■'- \ lato philosopher's, estate -at Yasnaya '.' / l'olyana is a sacred sh'rino-for his fol- i lowers, and thousands from all' '■■■.'■'< parts of the world have'visited "it.. Tho -.'■-: selection cf this place himself .;- a day More his that old-/ age.had made the intellectual giant a ■ little child again, fof,t;in* childhood, ho -V'; had buried a stick.aWhe site 'of the '■'•■. / grave, believing ;: disinterment .'- would mark the adveEEar God's kingdom. Nearly SO years laterr-wheh. the death:-;'-, summons was heard£Jle memory of this .-'■;.- childhood - symbol. returned," and- '■■■.: ho announced that he--wished to rest therp/-/ at the end. of life'itjflurney. '}.■ y". "--•■/ BLACK AND WHITE IN FASHION] /. % Paris, January and white cos-,'.//; tumes are reigning~for the hour in Paris, 1 ; / but it is not predicted this combination/■; will continue to/bcr'fashionable;for the"■/;.; usual lifoof a fashion.. The conservative followers of fashlfiii wear blackand.white" about equally.-~- ,-...... /;/.//-///;. Women inclined,to be 'stout/naturally ";■ give preference to 'the" black as."the basic V . colour for gowns, using the : white for - // facings. ''■?"?'■■ '■■ yyy .-,.'. v/'*'/' :/// Those who every fashion-/to ; iyfind something, extreme and distinctive , : ; are ■ with narrow black!.;.:-: facings: :;/'//."■-;/■;//' -':-'-• GABT°DESLTSI^ T 'LONI)ONv ' /;/-';/ : . London, January 7.—When Gaby-Besly*■'-'.-.-' spent three'weeks. in^'Londoh-lately the '//' explanation- offered :for-:her presence, hero : y'~;. was that'-'she came ; to have a surgical. ;. // operation; performed upon'her ; thfoat.- It : is considered strange ; that (sho should -,- travel from ■ Vienna,", where " are to bo '•'-■■:'■ found the most:renowned throat 7 special- '/// ists in, Europe; ■"':'.. . ' ' f-4 ■'"-.-'"'- ■' No trace of the'beautiful-dancer, was ■ to be found in any of the private hos-.;.-'-, pitals.in London and no particulars were;/ given of her precise affection.- It" .is;/// knowh,.'ho#eyer, that she-.stayed : at -a;/.-.: villa ;in • St. Johns Wood, convenient to-/' tho houso where about the' ramo former King ■ Manuel" was- visiting-, fro-/ .*• J quently. . -.'•■;•■ ■[■■'.■/■ :C:h '-'--. /^-''"'/.i Gaby Deslys has. now. gone.toT Paris,"-,.' and/to' give colour; to-the throat,.story ; - ,; she-has postponed her appearance-at the / . Folies Bergere.-, ■_-~-./• "'////"/.:// Manuel, it is generally remarked,"must;; beVdesperately infatuated \vith- ; £her to / have forgiven . the .comprordisihg;; interview she gave concerning hihi'wheii he'. • .was exiled. / ~.////..'.'- v "-'"y / //./// KANGIUIATIN /:Paris, January;?.—Maori songs snng'inj . / Native costume ar« the latest -fad ol ■/".!; American society in':Paris/ ..Twicb : this;-■;'-week Eaugiuia, a Maori chief, .has, been .'•. the stellar attraction at entertainments/// given by Americans. He made.ajEensa- ~;: tioh.' -.. ;-/v , ' , "V : v;y-:'^-; ; rf^ Eangiuia is a / birr, : sqnare-shouldered / ;'/ Maori, :with copper-coloured skin',~black ;; - . - bushy hair, and thick red lipsi lii his Native costume; which- leaves.,;the legs /'; bare to tho knees, he looks typical /- savage, although,- asja-matteri of. fact, _he\; : ..iris highly accomplishVdrand familiar.with ;■•-:; the graces of -European/civilisation.; " ■■■'■■■■ : -The chief first appeared at. a reception'•', ." given by Mrs. Prank; H. Mason, wife , . of the Am'eric'au Cbnsul-Geheral ; -lierc, at / / j which the principal -members' ;M& the" j American colony" i'/Accom- ;'.; j panied by a harp, Eangiuia sanges&yeral '.-'■ j of his nativo,;songs,-:-.weird,'/plaintive, /'■ .j melodies that produced a.noticeable/effect/,;/..;) on his audience.. -..-- / .'-". -"/■"■.:" I [Rangiuia hails from the East Coast,"/ north of Gisborhe, iu which town ho_wa3 formerly well knowif. 'He at one : tiirie acccpted an engagement, from /Mr./P. E. j Dix to sing at the Theatre Ko"yaTin.W<d- . '---j lington. He has a 'light,' sweet /.tenor j voice, which he then used with" a great - J deal of affectation.]-' /•/,; "... • ; .";./■.,: •-A :;-;"• Budapest,' Hungary,/ January. .7—Goun- -; -~~ tess Laszlo Szechenyi is "developing some ■ of the financial genins of tho Vanderbilt... /- family. She' has -founded in 'Budapest a large timber business ,under the firm; name of "Countess 'Laszlo • Szechenyi, , formerly Gladys Vanderbilt/' v-- ■. //--/■-! Eecently her husband . and their in- ; -. /•'] timate friend/Count Laszlo; Szapary,/.i sneceeded in interesting some . i Hungarian magnates.";in a series-tif ..-'".■.] speculations whichi"/though i be insignificant iii-.Wall Streetp'.wera ///j sufficiently large to-eau£e-astir{bn;ther j Hungarian- bourse. - r They-.have.Vsp-- far .. proved ./ ;'; .: . The syndicate consists/of Conni; and j Countess Szechenyi, ■ Count , -Szapary, :. j Prince Louis of Windischt Graetzy" and./, ] Aron Gustav Springer and Paul "Sander."; j The capital at its ■ 'disposal- amounts.; to • : 10.000,000 dollars/ ' i -'-;_ . "*" : '/'//'/\" i The syndicate got control of , : ] Schlick "ironworks of 'Budapest, the Eima ' •: j Mnrany iron, company, the. Hj-pbthek : y/] company, which deals in mortgages-,;tne;/;-D?.nub9 steamship: company, and the /// I Budapest-• street ' railway, company.Sfe"-"// j ' Some -misgivings, have" been.expressed'^ix;| that a reaction would follow if any of; /"■ these speculations should fail, owing/to;// . the" large nnmber of Hungarian- middle S/ : ; class- -investors, who Jiave put their, for-//-3/ tunes;into them.' Indeed,' the sfdek/arid->.■'- : '.' securities handled ;by the syndicate ;\re'-'r,j-: described by the mire conservative-onefa-; //': : . tors 'as "Harriman-pa'pers," gand : papers,-'.-to''/denote their/highly^/;-/ : speculative" .'. and. 'dangerous / - character; •' ; -■'■ V'- -;.".-;//.--: : ; ./■; // It. is common • report that; .-"Countess.".'■;•-: Gladys," as she is often called, is inti-/,'.;•. mately'.'cdncerned..in .'all.,these:'trans-.// /; 'acticns.t'-that 'have-provided: a hew ',ex-..: .;• citcment' for the'-Hnugarian' magnates,. : '/. v-;hich.is not entirely distinguishable from ":/ gambling.! : •' .-..:-,-•-. ';-; /. \\ .£-.-'-. .'-/. : - ■'■'. ;.CHAißrpp• aViationv; ./;;//, C. Warsaw, Eussian Poland,' January, 7.— / The University of Lcmberg.has estab-:..;-, / lished a chair of aviation, the first of /.'.;..- its kind" in the -' world. The _ aviation .// course includes lectures and a'-specially-'"'.-_;"■ equipped laboratory and -workshop."-^Tho; y,'y professors who have'- the /•/ work are actuated' by purely, scientific .';::/ enthusiasm, giving their services gratis.; :/./- All bona fide students/with an-aptitude: ■'. ": for aviation or, constructing .. aeroplanes/• will, have a. chance for;free training and:/ /.,-. winning prizes for'the";best work,' either - /i thecretical or- practical; Several Iccal// rich men are . providing the ."raoncf. ■;,;:-" ■/' /=: As Poles are very."clever and quick at ; ; - inventions, and as the Lemberg. polytech- / "< nic institute gives a SDlendid mathemati-; .'■:; cal and- scientific , trafning,-; the rfdunders /--.".'.; of. tho new flying, chair hope/in 'a; few; : - ■■■•.;; years to put somejof the best 'mon'-ibirds /// into, the international; field. "Even'-now'/; . this, academic recognition;of aviation as //■•/; a science worthy of serious pursuit.has '/ raised the flying ..business iu the : eyes"-'/'; of the old-fashioned "folks/ who hitherto/;//; have looked ou successful flying as equiva- ///" lent to a circus performance. ../ .'.'//;: . '■' • . 7MDLLE. : ,y/:>// '■ London, January:. / 7.—The /-,: smallest ///.j woman in the world Is/now staying for ///';/ a' few days at, theSSavory r Hotel; . Sno;isi-/'-'"; only. ; 26 inches' in height,' and her years : //:; are : just as many;;. ./. -.' ;•;- -.-.- .Her name is Mdlle, Anita,'; and": she:';:// comes from Hungary." Sjhe' to -/"/J be' married, and one' of the' objects, of//: her visit, to London- is 'to; /buy » her, "// trousseau. Pretty and vivacious, she will "::;'< no doubt mako an exceptionally/attractive ■//; bride./ .-- ■■-'■'J ; 'j!-;-; '".'■ ////r/"/::/:: "Apart from her ,shopping,;Mdlle: Anita '///i is hero for the purposo" of/arranging : a ; : ■•: 250,000d01. insurance on bor:/life," iier "f V / guardian 'infprmed':a ; rcporter^]asti;riight. : ':-.- •'■!■■ "She; has learned from -her. travels,- that' '-. / S London is "about. the best place" at which - ':;:'. ? to carry out such a'-.transaction./' '/•'/ ; / "She is not engaged' for anywhere, and it would-indeed"!be a largo-;/ offer that would tempt her. She purposes ci/.' visiting one or two other British cities;/" V' and afterwards she"-- will j go o&! to:' Paris, / ■•'■'■-/ from thcro sho wiU'proceed tb'Galicia ! to// : : meet her fiance./////^'■// / CDV/r/rO/'; i 'XS "Sfdlle. Anita/speaks 'four/languages-//"/j English, French, German, and Hungarian.:////; She is perhaps the most perfectly-formed/// i Bttler*rson' the world-has evenseen." /'/'/• . 'Since to ■- London,/; AnitaH■ '-'-S' .withldhe!^^hand'holding/her-"*-lbiig , train .and the other ;clajping-'Si ilwhito -*'/% feather fan, and sry dainty she looks. "':-*-3S » ' / v:, . /v-r'iv- 1