WORLD'S NEWS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1892, 10 April 1913, Page 3

WORLD'S NEWS.

FROM LATEST FILES. VELVET IN VOGUE FOR MEN. London, March 1. The velvet vogue in men's attire is noticeable just now. After the plush Tyrolean hat came the velvet waistcoat, and now we have the velvet tie. The question was put to an expert in men's attire whether this partiality for velvet or plush or velour was a sign of effeminacy. "Oh, no!" was the emphatic reply. "Man is beginning to realise the artistic possibilities of dress materials hitherto monopolised bv women. The brocaded silk dress waistcoat, which was revived after a number of years, is a case in point. Then the velvet winter vest marked a further stage; and so things artistic are gradually finding their way into the masculine wardrobe." So marked has been the popularity of plush in men's wear that a new : process of printing on velveteen is being experimented with. These experiments are being followed with interest by the trade, for they may mean an important : development of a great industry. A word of warning to those who imagine that the velvet tie will slip under a double collar. It will not without the breaking of str-ds, the sad crinkling of the collar, and ( the development of a bad temper. j The tie, once placed in position, j will refuse to budge except under 1 the most determined treatment. It is intended for the wing collar ■

only and there are many who assert that the velvet tie adds considerably to the weekly laundry bill. STARVING PRISONER.

RAVENOUS FOR FOOD. London, Marcn 1. When a young lnbourer, named William Henry Vickers, was charged at Marylebone yesterday with

breaking a shop window and stealing some sweets, the prosecutor made a plea on his behalf on the ground that he was starving The man was offered a meal when !te was arrested, said Mr Barnard, representing the prosecutor, and he was so ravenous that the police had to take the food away from him. "I am very sorry for him," added the witness, "and if anything can be done for him through the missionary I shall be glad to help " Mr Paul Taylor said that if that view were taken in these cases it would be a very serious thing for the community. The casual wards were provided by law for such men, but they would not go there. They preferred to damage other people's property, and in his opinion it would not do to encourage anything of the kind. Mr Barnard: He looks as if he is dying of consumption now. The magistrate replied that In had seen a great many prisons •> in a greater state of destitution, and committed the prisoner for trial. SOCIALISTS AND PEACE. A FRENCH PLATFORM. Paris, March 1. The Socialist organ L'Humanite publishes this morning a resolution adopted yesterday at a meeting of the Socialist Federation of the Seine, held at St. Denis, near Paris. The resolution, which is addressed to the workers of France, declares that they are in full accord with the German Socialists, and that the Socialist Party makes the following demands upou the two Governments: A Franco-German rapproachement. International arbitration extended to all differences. National militias substituted for standing armies. The taxation of the rich privileged classes to meet the formidable military expenditure. The Socialist Party has decided - to undertake an agitation in the 1 country against the three years military term, and for the general ar- ; mament of the people. —Central News. i BURIED TREASURE. , STORY OF "JARS OF GOLD." ] London, March 1. i Jars full of old Coin, ancient jew- 1 ellery of great value, and a Latin 1 document figure in an astonishing "buried treasure" story from Farn- ' ham. The narrator is a Surbiton gentle- 1 man, who, under the name of "Fairplay," tells the story in a letter to a Farnham paper. He writes: 1 Certain information regarding some private property in the vicinity of Haslemere has recently come into my possession which I think should be made public. Some years ago my informant, while working on some land lying, I understand, between Farnham-lane, unearthed a large eathenware jar, securely sealed. On account of its great weight and curious design he at once took ic | to his employer, the owner of the | property. Together they opened - it, and found it to be full of gold j coins The owner, realising that the j great value of this find to him depended on secrecy, promised my friend a third of this and any other treasure they might find. A fence was put up, and excavations have been quietly carried on during the night until recently, resulting in the discovery of fivq more jars of gold, and two containing an- v cient jewelley of immense value. The writer proceeds to allege that a dispute has since arisen between ; his friend and the employer as to | the sale of the treasure, and adds: | "My friend, having acted illegally ! in keeping secret the finding of the treasure, cannot, of course, recover his share by law, and has asked me to difeclose his story to the people of Haslemere, and to state that in one of the jars a document was found, written in Latin, giving an account of the treasure, and stating that 50 jars altogether of jewels and gold were hidden, being buried in the form of a circle." DANCE CRAZE IN PARIS. } " VOGUE. Paris, March I. | Paris, like London, is never free

from crazes; in fact, when it does get one it takes it far more badly than London ever does. Its abandon is infinitely greater. The golden age of roller skating is now drawing to an end, and the new thing is the dance.

No sooner was it seen that there was a prospect of a craze than the idea was seized by entertainment providers and twisted and adapted in a dozen different ways. One of

them is to open a great salon, where from five o'clock till seven tea is dispensed, accompanied by the Boston, the One and Two Steps, Tur-key-trotting, and the execution of that manoeuvre known in America as '' The Grisly Bear Hop.'' This is the The Dansant—which doesn't mean that the teacup or the hot water jug is manipulated in the

course of the dance, but in the intervals everything English or American is danced with the greatest vim. The Tango is perhaps the greatest development. As Londoners have already discovered, it looks easy,

but is really very difficult. The ! trouble here is that, while it is absolutely necessary to find a good master, there are only three such people in the whole city, and these if they survive the rusn of business, will make a fortune. They are a family: mother plays the piano and father and daughter teach the step. There are many people in Paris who look with severe eyes at this latest craze. Roller skating may have been an exercise but this bus not even that saving grace. These critics are even more se - ( • i lo w that a theatre formerly g ; - ip to the j

most serious plays 1., turned into a "The Dansant," followed by a "Diner Dansant," succeeded in its turn by "a supre" (still "Dansant. '')

"FACE FUNGI."

BARBER'S LITTLE ERROR.

London, Maxch 1

A prisoner told the London Sessions Judge yesterday that wlun lie instructed an employee to shave off his moustache it was because the face fungi was brushed upwards, and the voung man dyed it with a hyperphosphate. This was indignantly denied by the employee, who, in giving evidence against his master, declared that his moustache was very similar to the prisoner's, and he was quite willing to grow another to show that the colour of the old moustache was quite natural. The Judge did not heed the offer.

LOST CHURCH PLATE,

FOUND IN BRITISH GUIANA.

London, March 1

The curious adventures of a set of Commnuion plate, missing from the narish church of Melksham, Wiltshire, and discovered in British Guiana, are related in the current issue of the West India Committee circular. The plate consists -of a flagon, chalice, and paten. It was in regular use in the parish church of Melksham, Wiltshire, until 1876, when it was replaced by a new set. The old vesselfe were packed away in the church in an unlocked box,

and in May, 1893, the discovery was made that they were paissing.

Then came the apparently mysterious sequel. The Rev. F. Welch, when he took charge of the Mission Church at Coomacka, far up the Berbice River, British Guiana, dis- 1 covered the missing service in the "benab" of an aboriginal Indian. HER LOST TEETH. NOT PAID FOR YET. London, March 1.

There are distinct, elements of humour in a story related at the Southwark County Court yesterday concerning the adventures of a set of false teeth lost by Rebecca Sutton, an office cleaner, who sued Mr

and Mrs Donovau to recover £2 for detaining them. Her teeth not being in their proper place, Mrs Sutton's utterance was somewhat indistinct, but she was able to explain to the judg« that Mr Donovan called her a "beautiful name," which, being the mother of 12 children," she resented. Mr Donovan was about to strike her when Mrs Donovan warned him not to do so, as she had false teeth, and would only be too glad to have them damaged so that she could claim for a new set.

"Upon that," said the plaintiff, "I said, 'Oh! you wicked woman, Mrs Donovan, sooner than you should say that I will take my teeth out.' '' *,. Mrs Sutton declared that she suited the action to the word, whereupon Mrs Donovan suatchpu them from her, and, putting them in her own room, taunted her to come and fetch them, but, of course, she dare not.

Plaintiff shed tears as she told the judge that she did not know what had become of the teeth, and added:

"They are not paid for vet. I only wore them because I go out office cleaning." Defendants told a story of an affray which, they said, was due to the noisy conduct of the plaintiff. They denied all knowledge of the

teeth, but declared that in the melee all were covered with gore, and the earrings were taken from the ears of Mrs Donovan. The judge thought there had been a free fight. Plaintiff should have kept her teeth in her mouth. He found for defendants. MINERAL WATERS BENEFICIAL

TO HEALTH. Mineral waters in all ages have been recognised as beneficial to health. The ancient Romans regarded them, indeed, as the most precious gifts of the gods to mankind. In Europe to-day, a course of mineral water treatment is regarded as one of the best health cures for "run down" persons. New Zealand is fortunate in that it possesses Wai-Rongoa—a natural mineral water in the most perfect form. Wai-Rongoa is of remarkable purity (vide the New Zealand Medical Journal). Being delicately mineralised and charged with natural gas. it lias a clean,

t-risp taste, exceedingly pleasant. Wai-Rongoa is a natural means of eliminating uric acid. In cases of rheumatism, kidney, liver and stomach troubles, a glassful taken night and j morning works wonders. Obtainable chemists, hotels, clubs.