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Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1921, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

ARTIFICIAL EYELASHES. ] PARIS, January 20. J “Artificial eylpshes, a distracting j device for the augmentation of fej minine charm, which originated in America, have become popular for evening wear in Paris. After a quarter of an hour’s careful work they arc guaranteed to put soulfulness and a trust*ng expression, into the most lack-lustre orbs Tiny strips of flesh-coloured adhesive tape are used to gum the sweeping lashes to the lips Another method of attachment invblves the use of little white of egg, but as the artificial hairs are brittle, and must subsequently no removed, the process of unfastening is painful HOUSE OF DEAD WOMEN. CAIRO, Jan. 26. Fresh charges have been made against, the tenants of tlie Alexandria “house of dead women.” While this house was being repaired the corpse of a woman was found in a drain. Two sisters were arrested and investigation led to the discovery of 16 other corpses of women. The prisoners are now charged, together with five others, with the murder of the women between November 1919 and November 1920 by strangulation and with stealing their gold ornaments.

PASTOR’S CONSCIENCE. NEW YORK, Jan.

The Rev Guy Kyle, who up to a month ago was the pastor of a Methodist chapel at Mount Vernon, Illinois, surrendered to the police yesterday and confessed that he was the author of a crime committed at a post office on Friday hist when a registered package worth £50,000 was stolen. Haggard and pale from lo'Ss of sloe]), Kyle told bis story while Ids wife, holding a 4-months-old baby, sat weeping. Kyle resigned bis pastorate recently and opened a garage at Mount- Vernon. 1-lp stole the money, l(e said, because of bis dread of poverty, and be had planned, tts soon as tbe line and cry died down, to take bis family to California and to live in comfort for the rest of bis life.

Rut the fortune was “like dust and ashes” to him from the moment he obtained possession of it. “My wife said she would rather lie a charwoman than touch a penny of the money,” he declared. “and then there was nothing to do hut to give myself up.”

POET KING OF THIEVES. RERUN, Jan. 26

Two brothers, Emil and Erich j Strauss, the former known as tho Berlin 1 “king of thieves,” have just been sentenced to 15 and 10 years’ imprison- ! meat for killing a policeman and i wounding others. The ease has aroused I great interest'in Berlin on account of I the striking personality of Emil, the j elder brother, who addressed the court ! frequently in brilliant speeches, visibly ! impressing the public and arousing the 1 sympathy even of judge and jury, j He is of humble origin, but quite exceptionally gifted oratoi ically and i linguistically, besides being a poet, j His record in crime is very black, however. He is now 3‘2 years of’ ago, and j committed bis first offence when he was 12.

I All classes of society have been present at tlie trial, and bets tor and against the brothers were frequently J taken and offered. During the last 'day’s bearing some of Emil’s poems to I bis sister were read in court and deem;e l “worthy of Schiller.” according ti the Berlin Press. WIVES’ NEW “RIGHT.” NEW YORK. Jan. 26. The first official act of the two women elected to the Kansas State Legislature is to introduce a Bill defining married women as in their husband's employ, making the latter liable for any injuries the wives may sustain in tbe course of their household duties. A further instance of “crank” legislation, of which the output is constantly increasing, to the impatience of ordinary citizens, is a Bill introduced in the Senate of Utah limiting the height of women’s shoe heels to ono and a half inches. “GENTLEMAN” BANDIT. PARIS,'Jan. 26. As M. Eavssat, a barrister, was walking down tlie Rue Pa liquet, »ff t> l <‘ Clinmps-Elysees, early yesterday morning ho was stopped by a man in evening dress and top hat, who held a revolver to bis bead and said: “Now don’t make a noise; just band me your pocket-book.” M, Eavssat surprised tbe stranger by knocking aside the revolver and shouting for the police. At this the man walked away rapidly, and when overtaken by a couple of cyclist policemen lie declared that there must he some mistake. He showed cards and identity j papers describing him as M. Stern, tlie politician. i M. Favssat insisted that the man was his assailant. Notwithstanding this, ' lire police were about to let “M. Stern” ! go when one noticed that be carried a second pocket-book. From that ft was found that his real name was Paul Co(liuirl. M. Stern, whose papers he had shown, had been “held up” by lum earlier in the night.

RIVIERA TRAGEDY. NICE, January 26. The Russian colonel Sergius Chatinsky, who, having lost all his money, j became a hall porter at the Hotel Beau- I soliel } where he had previously been a J visitor and was subsequently accused ; of cashing a worthless cheque, commit-| ted suicide yesterday. j He came to Frame oil an official j mission for the anti-Bolshevist Deni- • ken. Later he took a room oil the Rive-fin and gambled at baccarat. , One day he lost his whole fortune and ! then turned hotel porter. When lie was found guilty of uttering a worthless cheque, the magistrate. in view of his past career, gave him time to meet tbe debt.

RICH COUPLE DTE. VIENNA, Jan. 28. Craziness owing to spiritualistic experiments is thought to be the reason . for the suicide of a rich young married couple at tho top of an -Austrian mountain. Tho couple set out in fearl f u l weather from St Lambrecht', the village where they had been staying ! (near Klagenfurt) and tramped to

tho top of the Grebenzen Alp, in good j

weathear a three hours’ climb. There, after having a picnic meal in a hut, they went out into the deep 1 snow and took morphia. They were wearing only light summer clothing, and though snow fell heavily on them death seems to have been long in coming for they opened veins in their I wrists and the young man cut his throat.

The man was the son of a wealthy Craz manufacturer. Both were spiritualistic enthusiasts, and the girl was said to have taken a deep interest in hypnotism.

THE PRINCE’S “NIGHT OUT.” LONDON, January 26.

The Prince of Wales enjoyed what he described as “a night out with the boys” at the Lambeth Baths last night, where he addressed the unemployed and watched a boxing tournament given for their benefit.

“1 am very proud indeed to be the patron hero to-night,” said the Prince. “First because the proceeds are being devoted to the very important object the unemployed, and secondly, because as the Duke of Cornwall, I am very closely connected with Lambeth. My sincerest sympathy is with those who have the misfortune to be out of a job. It is tlie greatest possible satisfaction to me to be able to help them in any way, particularly my own comrades—the ex-Service men—(“Hear, hear,” cheers) —and may I add, above all, those who are on my own property.” (Loud cheers). Much amusement was created during an interval when Mr “Johnny” Thwai-te-s auctioned various articles, which brought in £ll7. Several articles were sold and resold many times, and a bot- 1 tie of oatmeal stout fetched £SO. A brooch made of it shilling which the Prince had given to a. taxicab driver was secured by the Prince himself : £lO. He offered it back to the taxicabmans wife, and when she refused it the Prince decided to put it- up to a •‘silent auction,” and repurchased il himself for another £ls. “I intend to send it to the woman’s little daughter by post,” he said its lie put tho brooch in his pocket.

MASKED ROY RORRER. PARIS, Jan. 26

Lack of discipline in childhood is the excuse offered for the remarkable criminal record of a 16-years boy, Andre Railly, who lias been sentenced at Auxorre to 15 years’ imprisonment and 10 years’ police supervision for 10 burglaries which have been proved against him, including several accompanied by violence.

At 13 Bn illy was sent to a reformatory. With another boy two years older lie later embarked on n series of burglaries in tlie Paris area. The two boys wore masks and bad toll burglars outfits. Surprised bv the police, they fired a volley of revolver shots at them and escaped.