The Washington herald., 1907-04-08
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

a somewhat uproarious meeting Of
women suffragists was held in Berlin
on May %. The chief speaker was Frau
lein Anita Auspberg, the well-known agi-
tator Of woman's rights
As many as 1880 boxes Of flowers were
shipped from the Island Of Guernsey at
Easter. This was something over sixty
tons. and beats all records for the island.
Some Of the flowers went 10 France,
which is Guernsey's nearest neighbor,
bat the majority went 20 London.
The admirers and friends Of the late Sir
William Howard Russell the celebrated
war correspondent have decided 10 erect
memorial 10 him. 10 will be I'm the form
of a medallion or a bust of marble over
an inscribed tablet to be placed in the
crypt of ST. Paurs Cathedral. London.
The German chancellor has left Berlin
for RapaIlo. on the Italian Riviera, for a
fOrtnghts rest and recuperatiou. 1t is
said that Prince Won Buelow intends 10
pass the winters on the Mediterranean
coast on his retirement from official life.
and he and the Princess Won BuelOw are
looking for a suitable villa TO purchase.
They prefer the Italian Riviera.
The Paris morgue has been closed en-
tirely to the public, British and Ameri-
can trippers TO Paris will no more enter
into that little low one-story building. IN
pretentious and distinguished only by
few DoTic columns at the entrance. Sit
uated on the Isle de Ia Cite, hidden in
the shadow OF the western apse OF the
great Cathedral of Notre Dame clinging
to the very edge of the stone abutment
that protects the island from the wash of
the Seine. it stands, and hither I'm sad and
never-ending procession. one every eight
hours all the year long and year after
year unchangingly are borne the unnamed
and unclaimed dead Of Paris. Picked up
from the streets from the river. or COM
mon lodging houses, they are taken to
this little home. and there in the freezing
room. behind the great glass screen that
separates the one apartment they are
laid out as decently as they may, their
poor possessions placed beside them care
fully. This is done with the hope that
some of those who come to gaze through
the glass may discover their lost ones
some mother. her erring son, or even her
daughter; some deserted woman with
baby in her arms is looking for the father
Of her child murdered men and women
sometimes. and more often the touching
pathos of the very old. who have given
up the long and losing battle and now for
the first time lie there in such unaccus-
toned peace that wipes out the burrows OF
life's bitterness from their poor pinched
faces. On the damp walls are placards
describing some unrecOgnized body and
the offer of a small reward for informa-
ton leading to its identification, winding
up with the assurance in large type that
no one viii suffer Inconvenience who fur
nishes evidence toward the identity Of the
dead. sad acknowledgment on the part
of the authorities that poverty suspects
the administrators OF justice. The motive
Of NJ. Clemenceau in closing the morgue
is ascribed TO the desire of the govern
ment TO check vulgar curiosity, but be-
yond the wagonettes of English-speaking
tourists that unload the sightseers by the
score at the door, il is rot a crowd of
idle curiosity seekers that frequent the
morgue. They are people who are seeking
their friends who are missing. and since
the closing Of this charnel house many
murderer will heneefOrth breathe the
easier, knowing the one great source of
detection is abolished. Browning has
written a poem of seven stanzas on the
morgue. at time. several years ago.
when its removal was being discussed.
with the title Apparent Failure. and
one may regret with the poet the extinc-
ton of this ancient landmark
Here is an amusing story attributed to
Grisier. former fencing master TO Napo-
leon III one day Edmond About came
to Grisier for q lesson. About had an
affair Of honor on hand and was expect