MARRIAGE HAS ;
ITS DIFFICULTIES
Especially When American
Men Abroad Get Started
Making Love to Pretty Girls
of Other Nationalities.
Moscow, Aug. S ? When the1
American Congress passed the law j
annuling the previous rule that a
foreign woman automatically be-1
came an American citizen by marry-i
Ing an American, It pnt Herculean
difficulties in the path of Dan Cupid j
in the document cursed countrtes of |
Eastern Europe most frequented by
a certain fine type of young Ameri-'
can men when they are very suscep
tible to pretty foreign girls and ma- .
trimony.
The American Relief Admlnlstra-1
tion. the Near East Relief, the Y. M.
C. A. and other organizations which
since the war have conducted relief
operations In Poland. Austria.
Greece. Russia, the Balkans and the
Baltic states, sent hundreds of
young Americans, mostly former
army officers, into cities noted for
their charming girls. Before the
law became effective last September,
marriages of Americans to these
girls was relatively easy, although
even then It Involved digging Into
records for documents, more docu
ments and still more documents.
Once this was accomplished, how
ever. all the American had to do was
to go to the American consulate,
have his wife's photograph pasted on
his passport, and. If he was ready,
could take her home as an automatic
American citlzeness and show her
proudly to his folks.
But today things are different. A
few weeks ago one young member
of the Near East Relief Suasion in
Armenia got a brief vacation and
came through Moscow on his way to
Warsaw to marry, there a lovely
Polish girl who had" waited for him
two years. They had met when he
was with the American Red Cross
and she a nurse on the Polish bat-!
tleflelds against the Russians.
"I'll 'be back in ten days; save a
room for us at the hotel.*.' the
American said blithely and confi
dently an he left Moscow.
Six weeks later he returned with
his bride, having miraculously un
tangled miles of red tape and over
come. with the assistance of overv
official. Polish and American alike in 1
Warsaw and Moscow, obstacles that
left bride and groom both too tired
?4o enjoy a honeymoon.
In Poland n woman automatically
takes on the citizenship of her hus
band. and-? therefore, should lose her
Polish passport. American rales,
duo to the new law, prevent consuls
from putting foreLgn wives' pictures
on huRhandtt' passports. One can
not enter Russia without a passport,
and it is particularly difficult for a
Polish subject to secure a visa to
NEW LEADER FOR
ST. LOUIS TEAM
St. Loula. August 8?When
th* St. Louis Americans take
the field against the Yankees p.t
New York this afternoon they
will be piloted by a new man
ager. the veteran Jimmy Auu
tin. appointed leader yester
day after the release of
Lee Fohl. Fohl was released
by order of Phil Ball, principal
owner of the team. who. It Is
understood, has been dissatis
fied with the showing of the
Browns.
enter Russia at all. American law
required this couple to have two
passports, his American, her's Pol
ish. Polish law and the Russian
difficulties in the way of Poles en
tering. required them to have one,
and this American.
Finally the young man prevailed
upon the PoUph authorities to give |
his wife a Polish passport, and upon
an American consular official to glve_
him a letter stating the couple had"
been legally married, although the
bride was not an American citizen, j
The worried bridegroom pasted his.
wife's picture on the letter, attached '
the letter to his own passport, and ]
finally got through.
Baseball Soothes
Yucatan Radicals
Property Owner* 0|i|KMe Socialistk*
Tendencies by (ireat Amer
ican (aame
Washington. August 8.?Mexican
property owners In the Yucatan dis-'
trlct are now organising to oppose!
the Increase of socialistic tendencies:
In the population there by Instituting
baseball teams. The Idea is said to
bo that of giving the youths of th"
province some ideas about play and |
physical self-development.
As a first move, according to rc !
ports to the United States commerce J
department, the Socialist R?
League, which Is the organization
promoting the efTort. has bought 250
complete baseball outfits front the
United States. In addition, a physi
cal culture director has been sent
to the United states to learn about
the.game as it is played, and book
lets of rules and descriptions about
it havs been printed in Spanish.
Yiicatan, from the beginning of
Mexican troubles, has evinced con
stant symptoms of radical political
activity.
DAKOTA GOVERNOR
LOWERS GASOLINE
Pierre, S. D., August 8.?Governor
McM aster yesterday characterized
gasoline prices of 28 cents in the ?
Btate as "highway robbery" and or
dered the state warehouse to sell It'
to the people for 16 cents a gallon.1
Outdoor Sports
Killed Flirting
Arswilnf Youth Have Time for
Coquetry After Athletic
Feat*
Buenos Aires. August 8.?"Beauty I
parading" and idle street flirtations,
heritage of the Spanish colonial days.
ar?> becoming extinct pastimes in Ar
gentina. The devotion given by Ar
gentine youth to out-door sports In
the last decade, first by the young i
men and now in growing measure by j
the young women, is held account
able for the change.
Twenty-five years ago. the young;
men of Buenos Aires, stiffly attired ,
in black, with high poke collars and j
French patent leather shoes, devoted
their holiday and Sunday afternoons
to strolling along the avenues or loi
tering on street corners wWT an eye
out. mainly, for pretty girls. The
girls, decked out with the knowledge
that they were to be admired, de
voted the same afternoons to "coche"
riding, forming a "beauty parade"
as thp vehicles drew them along the,
avenues past the groups of young
men with whom they might exchange;
smiles and flirtatious glances. This
was about all the outdoor exercise *
Argentine young folk took in those I
days, say the older generation.
Today in Buenos Aires there is1
hardly a vacant lot on a Saturday, j
Sunday or holiday afternoon that is
not the scene of a football game. |
Tennis matches are in progress on
hundreds of courts, golf balls soar,
over the fairways of eight different J
courses, swift racing sculls cleave the
waters of the River Lujan, propelled I
by sunburned arms, on running
tracks young men in spiked shoes'
se?'k to make records In the hundred i
meter dash, the hurdles and like
events, swimming, basketball and I
boxing have numerous devotees,
while young men of wealth indulge!
In polo and crack yacht races on the
River Plate. The formal Sunday-af
ternoon black of a generation ago
has been succeeded by light tweeds.'
homespuns. flannels and sport I
clothes. The young men have less I
time to flirt.
While the young- women have not
entirely abandoned the old Spanish
custom of "beauty parading." for n \
semblance of it can still ho seen t
along the Calle Florida at the noon ;
hour on week days. they. too. as if
discouraged by the d?*arth of admit-'
ers on holidays, have taken to out- j
door sports in lneroi??lm{ numbers.
Infected first by golf, tennis nnd
swimming, they have begun to In
dulge in track meets. Htlmulated i
doubtless by the example of their
American, British and French sinters
in the Northern Hemisphere. Sever
al of these "torneos atlrtiros femen
tnos" have resulted in the formation
of two feminine athletic clubs and
now It Is proposed to found the Ar
gentine Feminine Athletic Federa
tion.
The British immigrants are credit-l
ed with giving the initial Impulse to]
athletic pursuits in Argentina by in
? * * ?* * ** * ? *
* Major League Baseball *
*********
AMERICAN LEAGUK
Yesterday *s Score*.
St. Louis. 12; N*'W York. 10.
Philadelphia. 6; Chicago. 2.
Cleveland. 22: Washington. 2.
How They Stand.
Won Lost Pet.
New York 6* 33 .673
Cleveland 57 47 .548
St. Louis 52 49 .515
Detroit 47 4* .494
Chicago 47 52 .475
Washington 45 54 .455
Philadelphia 44 55 .444
Boston 37 61 .377
NATIONAL LKAGl'E.
Yesterday's Scores.
New York. 6; Cincinnati, 2.
St. Louis. 7; Boston, 5.
Philadelphia. 7; Pittsburgh, 5.
How They Stand.
Won Lost Pet.;
Sew York .. T,9 35 .663'
Cincinnati 61 43 .586
Pittsburgh 60 41 .594
Chicago 54 4 0 .524
Hrooklyn 51 50 .504
St. Louis 51 54 .476
Philadelphia 34 68 .327!
toston 30 72 .29 4 j
troduclng their outdoor games and
pastimes, together with "Sahado In-'
gles," a.* the Saturday half-holiday
is called. Favored by a temperate'
climate, It has gathered such momen
tum within the past few years that
many observers think Argentina will
soon take Its place among the "out
door nation*" like the I'uited States
and Great Britain.
Encouragement of outdoor sports
is one of the special policies of Pros-J
Ident Alvear. who shows his Interest
by kicking ofT at a big football game,
and attending many sport events,
while he sets an example himself as
a devoted golfer.
Sweden Questions
Import of League!
S?)<i If America, <Germany and Rus
sia are Not Members, It Is
.Not Universal
Stockholm. August 8.?The Swe
dish government has*just published
Its reply to the inquiry circulated by
the general secretiiry of tiie League
of Nations as to whether the various
members of the League favored a
special pact for general reciprocal
euarantees.' statlnu that, in its prcs
ert form, and under present condi
tions, the f overnnient cannot endorse
the proposal.
The Swedish reply says that as
long as the United States, Germany
and Russia are not members of the
league It cannot .be looked upon as
having a universal character. Al
though the League has gained in
power and authority during it* three
years of operation, It cannot yet be
considered strong enough to deal ef
ffecttvely with Hie larger Internation
al problem* which ar*?- ut present
i menacing the peace of the world, and
;Sweden think* thai th?? guarantee
. system proposed would b?- of little
value without the powerful authority
ithat roiuht com** from universality of
. member?hl|>.
The government holds that if Swe
'den. with her stabilized relations
with foreign countries, were to sign
the guarantees proposed she would
expose herself to comparatively larg
er risks than those of other states.
It would be impossible, says the re
ply. for a Swedish government, un
der the present status of political un
rest in the world, to propose to the
representatives of the people that
they enter Into international obliga
tions which nilrlit lead to mllttaivi
measures not compatible with Swe
den's own vital Interests and nation
al Independence.
Meanwhile, the government re -1
peats a recommendation previously j
made to the efTect that compulsory
arbitration should be provided for all'
disputes of a judicial nature. And it
'hopes that conditions may develop to
such a point In the future that any
disturber of political peace will be
considered the enemy of a! I nations,
and that such a disturber will be
punished by the joint action of all
nations.
STONEY WINS IN
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Charleston. S. C.. August 8.?Af
ter a day fraught with tension and
with four companies of the state mi
litia on duty, the municipal election
i here came to a close with early re
turns indicating the election of Thos.
11\ Stone.v over the present Incum
bent, John I*. Grace.
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