Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-06

police des moeurs, said, TT is not the nude
that We prosecute. 1t 10 the retrousse."
there came a picture out with those words
for title. showing a brutal officer. in plain
clothes. dragging q wretched girl along the
muddy street, her skirts deranged and
showing her poor stockings, with the phrase
added: see now. that Is retrousser'
All this contempt works on the Paris
policeman He must maintain his dignity.
The law gives him the right He uses II.
II he becomes a kind Of schoolbOy tell-tale,
It Is the fault Of the Paris public and the
rules of his superiors. For example, a negro
French. dropped a bundle on the street
An agent picked 1t up. ran after him and
gave it thin him, Said the negro; gratefully:
policeman. wounded to the quick, arrested
him. 1t turned out that q fellow servant
also from Alsiers, had told the negro that
Sale veau' meant Thank you very much"
His innocence. however. did not save the
darkey from the station house till all was
cleared up. "Outrages'' to guardians of the
peace may be o. by words including gross
expressions, such as Fried potatoP' Go,
spy aroundr' or You are a false persona
CD by menaces as scattering an officer with
mud, Intentionally, whistling or hooting
after him. or shaking the fist In his direc-
ton; (0 by declaring, for mere sport or
derision. that an officer Is guilty of a fault
or a neglect, aod 90 by challenging an Of
fcer to fight a duel. All such malefactors
should be taken to the commssary, ito
whom the guardian of the peace should
signalize exactly all the elements which
characterized the injury
Their TeII-TaIs Function.
This go-tell mamma tendency Is the most
characteristic as II is the most ENJOYABLE
trait which marks OF the Paris policeman
from those of our own dear land. 1t runs
through all his ways and works. His regu-
lations force him to 1t. And he follows all
his regulations with wooden-headed, mill
IN ~ ma r1xrt lat iona ax,l
logical Yet some OF them seem laughable
as being in the nature Of schoolmaster1ng
the public.
Run tell mammal This Is the first rule
It Is the duty of the policeman on the
beat to tell the commissary whenever q
maisOn d'accouchement or a licensed mid
wife begins to take In boarders without the
special authorization OF the project. 1t Ii
the duty OF the policeman on the beat to in
spect bath houses. to see II they have q dis
ttnct side for men and another for women,
to see II the doors Of tina cabins may be
opened from the interior in case of sufYoca-
ton. IL there be an electric bell-call beside
each tub. and 50 OH. He must tell the COM
missary II grocer roasts coffee on the
sidewalk, even as an advertisement. He
must tell IL any shop along his beat exposes
keys for sale without their locks. He must
tell If any one shakes rugs outside his win
dow. He must tell the commissary If
shop puts tables or boxes on the sidewalk
on which to show or goods. In each case
his business Is confined to telling the COM
nnissary OF police lie has not word to
say to the law-breakers personally.
As 10 the state and city revenue, he has q
special duty OF talebearlng. Matches, gun
powder and tobacco are the peculiar prop
erty Of the state government. No one may
make them but the state. No one may sell
them but the state Therefore each police
man ON his beat must keep his eyes wide
open for Illicit selling. The only authorized
sellers of matches and tobacco are the en-
ployes Of the bureaux de tabac. shops owned
by the state. To be appointed to a tobacco
selling shop Is a political reward. The gov
eminent works supply the tobacco and the
employe has commission on his sales All
the tobacco Is the same and all the prices
ere the same, all over France Special
tohools edLcate the officers of the tobacco
monopoly, who are all experts. In eonss-