NEWS OF THE WORLD

Evening Star, Issue 20422, 1 March 1930, Page 7

NEWS OF THE WORLD

ALL IS VANITY AN ACTRESS’S NOSE Miss Dorothy Higgins, a New York actress, brought an action against a plastic surgeon, alleging that an operation which he performed on her nose "to make it photograph well” caused , It to Increase in size, and made her voice sound as thought she had a cold. THE FOURTH PLACE DISPLEASES HIS WIFE ft isn’t pleasant to come fourth in the estimation of a husband. It ■was cruelty, Mrs. Helen Thompson, of-Santa Barbara, alleged, in a divorce complaint she brought against the Rev. J. Thompson, in the Superior Court. She claims her husband told her: "My business comes first, then : myself, then my car and then you.” FILMS OR DEATH GIRL CARRIES OUT THREAT Because her mother refused her permission to go to a cinema, Mile. Sellier, of La Roche-sur-Yon, announced that she was going to take poison. “Then you will have to look after me,” she cried. Her mother, thinking it an idle threat, paid no heed; but the girl carried out her threat and died shortly afterward. EIGHT LIVES LEFT TRIXIE REFUSES TO DIE A police dog, Trixie, chloroformed because he had been sickly, and believed dead and frozen for six days, was found alive by George S. Van Yalkenherg, of Illinois. After he thought he had killed the dog. Van , Valkenberg wrapped the animal In old clothes and left it in the garage, not burying it because the ground was frozen. • Later he dug a grave for Trixie and when he removed the wraps (the dog looked up at him wistfully, got up and started to walk around. Trixie la now being cared for by a veterinarian. who' says the animal will recover, , HUSBAND GALLOPS AND GETS RUM EFFECT Animals, real and imaginary, have driven Mrs. Sophie Seidler, of Chicago, to seek a divorce. She says her husband imagined the existence of pink elephants and Wiggly snakes. In an effort to get rid of them, his wife asserts, he got real animals and took them to bed with him. One night he would come home with a cat, another night with a dog, and sometimes with a rabbit, a pigeon or a chicken. When funds for beverage purposes were scant he .would run around'the room until he got dizzy. STRANGE IMPORTATIONS . HUMAN HAIR, TEETH AND BOGS Two tons of human hair formed I one of the Items among the imports into Austria In the last fiscal year. Much unsatisfied curiosity has been roused as to what it could be used for in " these days of plose crops. Another item was artificial teeth, of which almost exactly the same weight came from abroad. Dentistry has reached a high state of development in Vienna, so no- surprise Is caused by this quantity. Nearly 5001 b. of dried insects'came In for museums. Women’s fashions were responsible for the arrival of 20 tons of crocodile, seal, elephant, hippopotamus, lizard and shark 1 skins for shoes. A FAITHFUL SERVANT AND A WORLD’S RECORD . A correspondent has written to tho Lisbon newspapers claiming the title of “Decana” (doyenne) of the Sisterhood of Housekeepers for an old servant In his employ. She entered the service of the writer’s great-grandfather, a general, at the age of nine in 1861, and served in succession his grandfather and father, and finally himself and his family. t She Is now 78 years of age, and has been in the family for 68 years. 1 When she entered on her service 1 two of her aunts were serving in the 1 same family, one who had begun with 1 them in 1838 at the age of 11, and another who had started at the age of j 14, Both died In the service of the family at the ages of 74 and 68 respectively. This would appear to be a world record. : j - ; , j ' AN EPIC FIGHT ; < s GRANDMOTHER V. SNAKE 1 Bravely defending her infant grandsons from a 4ft brown snake, Mrs. A. Snowden (73), of New South Wales, Australia, stood in danger of her own life when the reptile turned; and struck at her again and again. The children, Terry Dwyer, 5, and < his brother Phil, 6, were only three 2 feet away during the whole * Mrs, Snowden, coming out of the \ back door of her daughter's home at * Earlwood, a Sydney suburb, saw a * snake, poised, ready to strike at the 1 playing Terry, a foot away. 1 Realising the danger, she grasped a broom standing handy, and aimed t at the snake. It was struck, but not £ fatally and. hissing venomously. It 1 turned at bay. i The grandmother faced it calmly a and, drawing the reptile away from the children, swung at it again. Still c unhurt. It darted Its poisonous fangs l at the aged woman and wriggled 1 closer. I 0 Realising that if she did not kill it s this time it would probably kill 1 her, e she lifted the broom and made a;flnal c lunge at its squirming body. It struck a true and severed the head. a

FIRST ROUND TO GEESE B’RER FOX TAKES COUNT A fox had au unpleasant reception when it visited the pen of a flock of 30 geese on the estate of Colonel Arthur Dugdale, at Sezincote, Gloucestershire. Tho geese which were being fattened for Christmas, attacked the Intruder and beat it savagely with their wings until their keeper came to see what was the matter. Then the fox crawled slowly away. MISTAKEN IDENTITY, BOOKING CLERKS NOT BURGLARS Booking clerks were mistaken tor burglars at a station at Ealing, London, recently. A new porter, seeing a light in the booking office at 2 a.m., listened, and hearing the clinking? of money, assumed that burglars were at work. The police were sent for, and upon arrival guarded every loophole of escape. Upon entering the booking office one of the officers exclaimed: “Come on; the game’s up. The station is surrounded. You can’t get away.” It was not before the clerks had produced, their credentials (hat the police were convinced. THE A.B.C. TAUGHT TO RUSSIAN ADULTS Eleven million adult Russians have been taught their ABC’s in nine years, according to statistics of the Society of Down With Illiteracy. In 1897 only 22 per cent, of Russia’s 150,000,000 people could read and write, says the society. The latest data show that 55 per cent, of the population now knows its letters. The Government has published ABC hooks in 43 languages. In the more backward regions of the Soviet Union it has introduced the Latin alphabet. The Government’s “five-year, industrialisation plan” also extends to educational activities, and provides that by 1932 illiteracy shall be reduced to 15 per cent. CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN—LACK OF THEM THE WOMAN A young woman who visited a dance hall In Cassel, Germany, with her husband and one of his friends, was asked to leave the place because, in the opinion of the proprietor, her dress was too short. When the woman brought him to court, the proprietor told the judge that some of the visitors had been intensely shocked at the shortness of the dress. Although the woman and her husband and their frjend had behaved quite correctly, he was forced to ask them to leave tho restaurant. The dress was produced in court and the judge decided that It was a perfect copy of a smart gown shown in a famous fashion newspaper, and was absolutely correct.. Several courts had already differed about the case, but at last the wearer has obtained a decision In her favour.

OFFICIAL COURTESY DELAYS "SPEAK-EASY" RAID Chief Michael Sallman, of the North Arlington (U.S.A.) police department, is a stickler for etiquette-r-so much so that when he started to raid a speakeasy at midnight, and saw his superior at the bar drinking, he saluted, and decided to make the raid later. "Never let It be said that the foul breath of scandal polluted a North Arlington official through me," the chief told - the commissioners. The official was Police Commissioner Daniel Rentzschler, who admitted the intrusion of the chief while he was having a drink, but said he could not recall whether it was nearbeer or the “real thing” he was imbibing at the time. He added “there was enough evidence in the place for a dozen speak-easy raids.” ' BEER AND BISCUITS BELGIUM LEGISLATORS AGITATE Agitation for free beer and biscuits for members of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives has been started by the legislators. They also want more pay. Members of the lower house, who receive an annual salary of 25,000 francs (£143), have decided to introduce a budget amendment increasing their salary to £220. , The members further hope to reestablish the old. custom of having free, beer and biscuits available at the House buffet. Due to “certain excesses,” the beer was removed some time ago. Tea, coffee and milk were substituted. HOTEL’S 2,000 BATHS INCREASING TOURIST TRADE The latest example of the “Americanisation of Europe” is seen in an announcement of a £1,000,000 hotel to be built near the Marble Arch, with 2,000 bedrooms and 2,000 baths. It is expected to be the largest hotel in all Europe. Work will be begun soon, and it is hoped it will be completed in 1932. The project may owe its inspiration to a recent visit of American travel experts who endeavoured to impress Britain with the necessity of making Americans feel at home if it wanted a larger share of the tourist traffic. One of the strongest points of criticism from those experts was the comparatively few bathrooms in most English hotels. One of the features of the new hotel will be that the sounds of the outside world will be excluded as far as possible. Other conveniences will be a restaurant with accommodation for 400 people, shops, a post office, and a bank.