WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 264, 29 March 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen"). AFFAIRS OF A PRINCESS INCOME OF £150,000. The affairs of Princess Marie Wiasemsky were again discussed in the King's Bench (London) on a judgment summons, the creditor being the Rev. T. Paterson, who was stilted to have advanced £lO,000 to £12,000 to the Princess. It was assarted during the hearing that the Czar of Russia was interested in the lady's affairs, and held a mortgage of £BO,OOO on her Russian estate. The Princess is said to have had, and hopes to have again, an income of £150,000 a year. She is at present in a home, Mr. E. F. Spence, on behalf of the judgment creditor, asked for a committal order against the Princess for her noncompliance with an order of the Court that she should discharge her debt by monthly instalments of '£7 so. Mr. Colam said there was an application pending before the Master in Lunacy for the appointment of a receiver, and it would probably be heard in the course of a few days. This application was based on the assumption that the Princess had some property, and until within the past two or three years she had an income of £150,000, and that she lived up to it. "I did not like to bring in the names! of great persons," said Mr. Colam, "but | according to my instructions the true position is that the Emperor of Russia! has a mortgage of £BO,OOO on the Priiirl cess' property in Russia, and as soon as certain difficulties are got over there is reason to hope that the income of this property can again be made available by the Princess. "One can easily understand that if there is such a hold over this estate either for political or family reasons it might be used for putting a lever on this lady. She is living apart from her husband," said Mr. Colam. "In one sense that she is living apart from the man she was married to is unquestionable," said the judge, "but whether she was divorced or separated from him is very contentious." Mr. Spence stated that his client hid been informed that if he (the Rev. Mr. Paterson) would advance this money to the Princess she would go to Russia and recover her hold on the estate and her income, and that week by week since October she had been pretending to go. "This particular creditor," remarked his Lordship, "is not some burnisher of luxury whom the lady met by dealing with, such as a milliner, or motor manufacturer, or livery-stable keeper, or the landlord of a fine house, but he is a gentleman from whom was obtained a large sum of money for some alleged or supposed business transaction, and therefore quite a different class of person from one whom an extravagant lady might continue to deal, forgetting- that her wings were clipped." Mr. Spence, in reply to his Lordship, said he was asking for a committal order, subject to its suspension until the Princess left the home where she had been sent, because she might otherwise conceivably remove beyond the jurisdiction of the Court. She would be discharged at the request of the person upon whose petition she was put in the home—her son. The Princess had de-' clared that she was without means, but at her Dulwich establishment seventeen servants were kept. Mile. Ravy, formerly in the employ of the Princess at Dulwich, was called by Mr. Spence, and gave evidence that she had known the Princess take food secretly in the bathroom, thereby leading the doctors to think she refused nourishment. She had, she said, also seen the Princess drinking neat brandy from a decanter before the doctor's arrival. Eventually his Lordship made an order for committal, not to be drawn up until after the Master in Lunacy had decided, on the application to him, for the appointment of a receiver, and not to be drawn up until after the receiver had been appointed. If the receiver is not appointed the order to be drawn up, but its operation suspended during the detention of the Princess under the reception order recently made. Two other judgment summonses were then dealt with. In one Mr. Albert Parks was stated to be a judgment credits for £5048 (money lent), and his Jordship made an order foi the payment of this sum at the rate of £3OO a month, the first payment to be made a month hence. On the third summons the judgment creditor, Sir George Donaldson, was seeking to recover £lO9, and his Lordship made an order for the payment of this sum in a month, observing that these ordsrs would be subject to the same con-J ditions as those mentioned in connection with the first one. HAREM SKIRTS. 1 SHOP WLYDOW DISPLAY. Melbourne, March 11. Bourke-street, on the northern side, just above Swanston-strset, was blocked j all day yesterday by reason of a throng ever coming and going in front of the ! establishment of Basse]], Robson and | Bussell, where two ladies, gotten up in I harem skirts, walked to and fro in the I large show window. In the middle of j the day the crowd extended right across the street and blocked the trams and the footpath on the opposite side of the road. Senior Constable Geelan and a force of men vainly tried to disperse the crowd, and all they could do was to keep the people moving in the vicinity of the window. At one time the pressure was so great that the plate-glass gave way under it and broke. This forcible demonstration made the models feel uneasy, but they could not retreat, for they were in an island window, and the crowd surged right round them. The crowd was almost entirely composed of women; the men had hardly any chanea to get close. At night, when the ladies re-entered the window, the crowd grew so huge and clamorous that urgent'telephone messages were sent to" Russellstreet for a force of constables to make Hie crowd go awav. The people were so numerous thiit shoppers could not -ret msule. The models, two tall voiiii" ladies, were masked; one wore Vreen satin trouserettes. covered all to throe- J quarter length, and a black silk turban '

I with osprey, adorned the head. The other was similarly attired, except that I the trouserettes were . black and the cloak of coronation blue. The costumes, according to the wearers, were very comfortable, and, whatever else may be said of them, they allowed of perfect freedon of movement. Later in the night the crowd grew so dense that for a time traffic in Bourkestreet was entirely suspended. Seeing that the presence of mounted troopers would be needed to keep the crowd back, Senior Constable Geelan informed the manager, Mr. Gower, that unless he withdrew the ladies from the window lie would have to prosecute the firm for obstructing the roadway. The models wearing the harem skirts were then withdrawn and the crowd dispersed. LOVERS RESCUED BY A BURGLAR. WHY THE HERO WAS SO, MODEST. Two lovers were strolling along a canal bank on the outskirts of Paris one day last month, when they quarrelled. The woman suddenly ran from her companion and threw herself into the water. Though but a bad swimmer, her companion at once jumped in to rescue her, but he was unable to do so, and both were in peril of drowning. At this momenta stranger came along and, seeing the struggling couple, braveI ly jumped in and succeeded in bringing both the man and the woman to the bank, where they were soon revived. A cheering crowd assembled to congratulate the rescuer, who, however, showed great reluctance to be lionised* In fact, when two policemen cftme on the scene arid insisted that the name ami address of the lirave man should be taken, he (led. The policemen pursued and caught him. Their surprise was great when they found that the gallant rescuer was a burglar for whom the police were anxiously searching. He was ' taken into custody. It was expected that the gallant rescue would lead to his dismissal, or at least to a reduction in any sentence that might otherwise have been passed on him for his less heroic deeds. SPANISH ROYAL FAMILY. FALSE REPORTS DENIED. The reports published in different European daily papers respecting supposed differences between the King and Queen , of Spain and regarding the Queen's alleged proposal for a separation from the King are absolutely false and calumnious. All who an- acquainted with the ■ intimacies of life :tt the Roval Palace . know th:it these stories are fal-»\ On the contrary, they avi»- that the King and Queen have never had the slightest disension. It is common knowledge that the King and Queen, whenever their , Royal obligations permit it. take immense delight in isolating tin lr.selves in their private apartments, surrounded by their children and enjoying the freedom of family life. I am specially authorised to make this statement (says the Madrid correspondent of the Daily Telegraph) with the object of denying absolutely the calumnious suggestions that have been made. The King and Queen are aware that these reports are invented by their political enemies. On hearing tli'e story they both laughed aloud, and exclaimed": "Thus is history written." AVIATION CONQUERS LOVE. Another romance of the stage has come to an untimely end. The fah- Australian actress, Miss Marie Lohr, whose engagement to Mr. Robert Loraine. the famous actor-aviator, was announced some three or four months ago, has broken it off. The cause of the rupture is Mr. Loraine's penchant for adventure in mid-air. It was understood when the engagement was announced that Mr. Loraine was to abandon aviation, but apparently he has found the sport has obtained such a strong hold upon him that rather than give it up. he is prepared to abandon his proud position as the affianced husband of one of the most charming and accomplished ladies in the theatrical profession,'or out of it, for that matter. His love for the actress has been weighed in the balance against his love for the aeroplane, and has been found wanting. One can well understand the mental attitude of Miss Lohr towards aviation. .Tremendous progress has been made in the science during the past few vears, but the trail of sudden death and horrible mournings has marked, and continues to mark, its advance. Miss Lohr's feeling is that it will be detrimental both to her health and to her professional career to be constantly involved in the anxieties attending Mr. Loraine's experiments in the air. a feeling intensified no doubt by the -knowledge that the actor's career iis an aviator has shown him to be one of the most dariirnof airmen. ° The entirely unexpected termination of tho Loraine-Lohr engagement affords vet another proof of the irresistible fascination aviation has for its votaries. "All for aviation, and love and the world well lost" seems to be their rendering of the, old aphorism. "Love the conqueror" has in Mr. Loraine's case found his master.