Paris Art Scene And Foreigner Decline In Capital
Paris is bustling with summer crowds though foreigners are scarcer, as Mont Martre faces demolition to suit American visitors. A Paris banker Xavier Valentyne was jailed for swindling over a million dollars, while art galleries showcase works by Menard Harpignies Forin Grosjean Boggs and Chelminski Napoli. The Polish theatre season opens with The Judge and Varsovienne but language barriers hinder wide appeal.
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International News Service
Paris
Ville Lumiere
Mont Martre
Charpentier
Millette
Bar Bizon
Place de l'Opera
Rue Royale
Rue
New York
Xavier Valentyne
Rue Favart
Clover
Seligmann
Haussman Gallery
Menard
Harpignies
Forin
Grosjean
Franck Boggs
Chelminski
Knoedler Gallery
Julien
Gabriel Faure
Figaro
Bruneau
Matin
Moussorgski
Vypianski
London society hosts lively derby week and dances
London society enjoys a bustling derby week with dinners, entertainments, the naval tournament, the Oaks, the Versailles fete ball and numerous weddings. Hon. Mrs. Cecil Bingham, formerly Alice Carr, captivates society as she hosts parties and teaches American dances. Debutante Lady Iris Cappele shines at Sunderland House while Duchess of Marlborough hosts gatherings. Notables like Mrs. John Astor and Duchess de Vizen are active in society and plans unfold for upcoming events and residences, including James B. Duke leasing Grosvenor Square and Fox hounds master Robert E. Strawbridge relocating to the Cottesmore country.
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Versailles
Forbes-Robinson
Cecil Bingham
Alice Carr
Louisville
Samuel Sloane Chauncey
New York
Mrs. Bingham
Duchess de Vizen
Anita Stewart
London
James Henry Smith
Grosvenor Square
James B. Duke
Robert E. Strawbridge
Philadelphia
Cottesmore
John W. Mackay
Charlton House Terrace
Supreme court of appeals to hear Fourth Division cases
The supreme court of appeals rests until next week for fourth division cases from Barbour Bullock Coffee Covington Crenshaw Dale Geneva Henry Houston and Pike counties. In the following week the second division with Bibb Choctaw Dallas Greene Hale Marengo Perry Sumter and Wilcox will be heard. The court adjourns for the summer on June 30 and returns in November.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court of Appeals
Barbour
Bullock
Coffee
Covington
Crenshaw
Dale
Geneva
Henry Houston
Pike
Bibb
Choctaw
Dallas
Greene
Hale
Marengo
Perry
Lady Barrymore Keeps Her Americanism in London Society
London society buzzes over Lady Barrymore’s clash with Mrs. Bischoffsheim over bail dates and the later royal ball. The piece highlights prominent Anglo American guests, Scotch influence on the season, and a high profile wedding at Guards' Chapel with Queen Alexandra observing.
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International News Service
London
Mrs. Bischoffsheim
Lady Barrymore
James Wadsworth
New York
Adair
Duchesses
St. Albans
Rutland
Marlborough
Lady Derby
Cecil Bingham
Samuel Sloan Chauncey
Rachel Stuart Wortley
Bischoffsheim
Felicia Graham Stewart
Graham Stewart
Lady Dalkeith
Duchess of
Nigel Legge Bourke
Victoria Carrington
Bourke
Washington
Lord Dartmouth
Legge
Legges
Lega
Ravenna
Victoria
Frederick Sullivan
Queen Alexandra
Guards’ Chapel
St. Paul's Knights Bridge
St. Margaret’s Westminster
St. George’s Hanover Square
Miss Coventry Stuns Paris in Balkan Gown
International News Service reports Paris styles embrace Balkan embroidery as Miss Helena Coventry, debutante daughter of Lady Deerhurst, wears a striking gown at the opera. Pink wild roses in silk decorate white mousseline de soie, with a black chiffon border and a unique bodice arrangement.
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International News Service
London
Paris
Helena Coventry
Movements of Americans in Dear Ol Sun'n
London society notes say Robert Winthrop ex secretary at Rome will arrive from Paris, and Mrs Waldorf Astor rests for health at Restnarrow Kentish coast. Guests include Lady Sleary hosts at Ascot, and Chancellor Lloyd George among attendees.
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International News Service
London
Robert Winthrop
Rome
Paris
Waldorf Astor
Kentish
Lady Sleary
Lewisohn
Lloyd George
W. H. Moore
New York
Claridge’s
8S. S. Guggenheim
Ritz Hotel
Rudolph Spreckels
Derby
Frank B. Wiborg
Berkeley Hotel
Marchioness of
Steadfort
James Farle
Berkeley
W. B. Leeds
William Draper
Washington
Wagnerians defend dead artist amid Parsifal protests
Vienna reports rising opposition from leading musicians and art dealers to performing Parsifal outside Bayreuth as a desecration of Wagner's memory. Dr and Mrs Jastrow of Madison Wisconsin travel home from Egypt. Frances Gould of Pittsburgh leaves after studying here. May Wright Sewall arrives from Paris after world peace congresses. Alfred Piccavex, American tenor, returns to New York next week.
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Vienna
Bayreuth
Wagner
Jastrow
Madison
Wis
Egypt
Frances Gould
Pittsburg
Paris
May Wright Sewall
Indianapolis
Alfred Piccavex
New York
Woman Arrested Over Lost Dog and Policeman Incident
Mary Travers, 50, sought her lost dog in Philadelphia on June 17. She told Policeman Stetler to check a mirror, was arrested, and Magistrate Belcher sentenced her to five days for offending a police officer's dignity.
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Stetler
Mary
Belcher
Paris Debates Gambling Scandal and Royal Assassination Fears
Paris reports judge Chenebenoit probing the Enghien casino amid a growing gambling scandal with ministers and deputies implicated by letters. King Peter of Servia considers resignation amid fears of assassins, while Paris bans tango and debates a new Pericon dance.
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International News Service
Paris
Chenebenoit
France
Enghien
Monte Carlo
Henri Rochefort
Rochefort
Eiffel Tower
Klotz
Eneghien Casino
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Ferry
Peter
Karageorgevitch
Peter of
Servia
Tribune de Geneve
Macbeth
Alexander
Draga
Veter
Belgrade
Michel
Prince Alexander
Princess Mary’s Cats Create Worry at Buckingham Palace
June 7. Princess Mary’s fondness for stray cats causes trouble at Buckingham Palace. She keeps adding starving and abandoned felines, turning the palace into a feline overload. The queen ordered deportation after repeated trips over cats in a single day.
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International News Service
London
Princess Mary
Buckingham Palace
Mary
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