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ritual nj 81. Vedast's which is parish church,
Thereupon some OF his parishioners COM
planned Of these innovations to the authorities.
and Mr.. Dale was inhibited. The reverend
gentleman calmly diereRarded this ecclesiasti-
cal weapon. and the Bishop accordingly suss
pended him from his Office and duties as in.
cumbent OF ". Vedast's. Mr.. Dale treated the
notice OF suspension in the samo cavalier man.
ner as he had the inhibition. Then the majesty
OF tho law was outraged, and Lord Penzanoe
committed Mr. Dale to prison. Mr. Dale would.
no doubt. have been rejoiced II tho punish.
ments which were undergone by tho historic
Christians" could have been Inflicted upon him.
He would have faced q den OF hungry lions with
ecstasy. Had the law condemned him to be
burned at the stake he would assuredly have
consented TO be made bonfire OF with tho forth
tude which distinguished the early martyrs.
But the law which dscountenances ritunlistld
practices also discountenances these forms Of
punishment. and Mr. Dale finds himself iRno-
miniously laid by the heels in q comfortable
cell in Holloway jai. 1t is to be feared that his
Imprisonment will not have the effect which
should be one of the chief aims OF all punish-
ment namely. a deterrent effect on others.
There cnn be no real hardship D In being confined
in a comfortable chamber. surrounded by books
and friends. with IN amanuensis for two hours
daily. and rs much and as good food as one
chooses to pay for Surely IL he hns broken the
law, the pains and penalties which apply 10
other infractions OF It's provisions should be
meted out to Mr.. Dale. A little hemp picking
would soon disgust the obstinate clergyman
and his imitators with their ecclesiastical an.
tics. Persons are at perfect liberty to amuso
themselves by playing at Rome" anywhere
else than In the parish churches. Those sacred
edinces however. have a peculiar attraction for
them. or more probably tho stipend which at
taches to the incumbency Of one Of them is the
bond which prevents their seeking other
spheres OF labor. a
The fashion OF going shooting in Scotland
has become quite an epidemic among the Con-
tinenta homn,es du monde. The Viscomt0
Greffulhe. tho Marquis OF Breteuil. II. Arthur
de Vogue. and NJ. Francois Hottinguer made up
a pool. hired n moor. and went out shooting
under the tutelago OF their friend Mr.. O'Con-.
nor. descendant Of the Irish kings. az
French contemporary styles him. They all
took their ladies with them. and a hairdresser
was attached to the party. He shaved the men
in tho morning. and dressed the ladies' hair for
dinner. N. de Vogue lost his luggage. was
obliged to buy a pair OF shoes from Scotch
farmer. and 10 now suffering from bunions. M
Hottinguer got severe attack OF the gout. M. !
de Greffulhe could never be induced to get out
OF bed before noon. and did not fire shot; so
tnat NJ. ue DTelOull anu MT " COnnOT udu 70
do all the shooting. The hairdresser, as the
French journal remarks had the best OF it. \
A sensational story is making the round OF
the German papers. Some eight years ago o
young German lady murdered her husband.
| She was condemned to death. but made her es-
| cape from prison. She fed to Russia. where
| she supported herself by teaching. Her beauty
was remarkable. and she recently married O
wealthy Russian merchant. His business took
| him to Knlisch. where his wife was recognized
| by some agents OF the German police who de-
nounced her to the German authorities. She
| has been surrendered. and now awaits the
| action OF German justice. -
| Nine. Edmond Adam has been good enough
| to give q poet the chance which almost every
manager in Paris had denied him. The young
| soldier-poet's name 10 familiar to the readers
| OF The SUN. Paul Deroulede 10 the nephew OF
M. Emile AuEier. Some time ago he wrote d
| play which was to be intrinecally meritorous
| as q tragedy. and at the samo time. have O
specific virtue as fable told OF the state OF re-
lieion and politics in France. He called his
piece The Moabitess" and caused it to be an-
nounced as an ingeniousy vivid allegorH
Of public affairs and social problems. It
must be confessed that as fable
1t requires a moral OF equal extent to give ID
| point. and as a play 1t lacks the qualities OF
interest. picturesQueness. and what. in defaule
Of better word. must be called actability. q
shrewd critic said OF it: " Vigorous diction
fine versHcation; but the piece is sufficiently
dull to do for Sunday entertainment In st.
Paul's Cathedral. In London. 1t ought to bs
played there" In desperately needless mos
mont Perrin accepted 1t for the Theatre Fran-
Gals. but dexterously got out OF it by protesting
that its tone was too aggressive. So. in the long
run. poor Deroulede had to fall back on
Nine. Adam. who invited number OF
people to sit out q reading Of 1t in her salon.
That some Of her friends did so is at presen
cited in Paris as proof Of the exalted devotioni
which clever woman can still inspire even in
our days. 1t is fair to say that those OF NJ.
Deroulede's auditors who kept awake pros
nounce his piece excellent. and wonder why
Perrin should have been 80 thoughtloss as ia
postpone its production. Perrn's device
proves anew how useful a pretext public
opinion" can be. even In q country where it ID
at its weakest N. L. T.