The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-15
AMERICANS CROWD COLLEGE LAT FAYETTE Study Phases of Home Life Through French Eyes IA LAWSUIT OVER AN "P Young Lieutenant of the French Army Suddenly Goes Insane-Financia Troubles of Princess Louise
 of Belgium.
A LAWSUIT OVER AN "P
BY PAUL VlLLIERES.

Paris, December 14-Americans are crowding to the College Lafayette, which this winter is making special feature of lectures on American life and insti- tutions as seen through French eyes. The most interesting lecture so far was the one by M. Albert Metin. of the French department of labor on Labor in the United States"
 Beginning with the statement that the American workman and his employer are types worthy of being initiated in the great field of industry, where all nations have to play a part" M. Metin went on to say that discipline in the American shops and factories was much stricter than it is in France; but on the other hand, outside the workshop there was none of the supervision so often met with over here
 Americans pay better wages than the Old World, but in return expect better work and quicker and more thorough methods. The employer Is always will ing to listen to suggestions from the men in his employ, and, if the idea is a good one, to adopt it and reward the men literally.
 The employment of married women is not such a question in the United States as it is in France, for the simple reason that the Americans value their wives for their good qualities and not for the sake of their dot, and prefer to keep them at home and to work for themselves. They do not like the idea of their wives work ing but prefer them to devote all their time to their household duties and the careful bringing up of their children
 King Leopold of the Belgians used to 1,n lrt1 t1n ,ncf q in nf sovereigns, some years ago he and the late Queen were frequently to be seen walking about the streets of Brussels like any ordinary citizen.
 This was a habit, indeed of the late Count de Flandres. his son, of Prince Albert, Princess Clementne, and all the members of the Belgian royal family. This will account for the fact that lat terly the good Belgians have complained that they rarely see their King. He spends so much time away from his kingdom and when he is there he is ire quently laid up with gout, so that of late years he has not been much seen by his subjects.
 The other day the King s prime minister said to him that the people of all classes were complaining they never saw their King. Ut that so,'' said Leopold IT., with a twinkle in his eyes. "Well, they shall see me-"
 d morning and afternoon, His Majesty went out for long drives in carriage and four with outriders, and in full state, going at walking pace, and allowing himself to be observed to their hearts content. By his lieges in this way he went to all parts of the city, and at the end of a fortnight called his prime minister and said: Well my dear minister, are my subjects satisfied now? I have given them plenty of opportunity of seeing me, and spent a great deal of time, which you know at my age is precious"
 The minister bowed delighted, the king grinned in his long white beard and the next day-returned to Paris.
 A law suit over an 'f'' has just occupied the Paris civil courts. The act was brought by M. Paul Filliaux. who is the manager of the Nouveautes theatre, against his divorced wife, who is an ac- tress. The French law requires that a woman who is divorced shall resume her pre-nuptial name, unless the ex-husband allows her to continue to bear his name
 M. Filliaux did not allow this, and his former wife, to get over the difficulty because a name to an acress is much more than it was to Julia Capulet-com- promised by calling herself Mime. Paul. e-Fillaux The court has decided that it is not sufficient to drop the 'i," but that the lady must drop the name Fil- laux altogether, even the hyphen not giving her any right to 1t.
 A young lieutenant in the One Hundred and Sixty-first regiment named Le Maig- nan de fEcorce, aged p. suddenly went mad at the barracks of Chauvoncourt Hastily donning his full dress uniform he brought together all the men of his com pany. T have a secret order from the colonel" he cried, there is no time to lose.
 He marched them to the outside of a villa in the neighborhood and then told the men that he was instructed to arrest |. the spies who were in the building, and that they had express orders not to let any one pass. He added that war had just broken out, and that if the spies did not come out they would have to storm the building
 His orders were given with such clear ness and apparent directness that al though surprised, the men took them quite seriously until a corporal to whom the lieutenant gave further orders noticed that he was strange in his manner and must have gone mad.
 The commssary of police was brought and the poor fellow was taken off to the asylum. It is believed the young man has gone out of his mind through the death of a beloved sister.
 The financial troubles of Princess Louise of Belgium still continue to fill the papers Having been able to postpone the sale ir Brussels of the jewels of her late mother, Queen Henrette, which were to be sold to satisfy the Princess creditors, she offered S40,000 which she had been able to raise for those of the jewels which it was her desire to keep.
 The creditors found this not enough, as the jewels in question were valued at S4SOO Now the situation has been made still more remarkable by thenotice given in the chamber at Brussels by the Social list of Antwrep Mir Terwagne, to ask the chamber itself to make a grant of the sSOO0 to the princess to enable her to keep her mothers jewels.
 The ear of the great composer, Saint Saens. is in advance of the age. Saint Saens had pointed out that the notes of church bells contained high octaves, much higher than the fundamental and low notes several octaves below the funda- mental.
 This observation of a remarkably acute ear has been proved by French scientists. At the Acamedy of Sciences the experi-