The sun., 1907-12-01
TOPICS OF The DAY In PARIS
WOMAN LIGHTNING CALCULATOR
-DUELS ~ TIRE ARR.


Cheese the OsuiIlOtlne Agitation
Theatre Hats-PODe Picks Cardinals.
" spsoidI Cable Despatch 10 THR SUN.
PARIS. Nov. 9O.-Recently young Lonian
girl presented herself before the Society Of
.snChrOpUiOyy az satural wonder. Through
her marvellous power Of mental calculation
she would instantly add many columns of
figures, or with her back turned, after a
single glance, repeat all the figures ver-
tically. horizontally. diagonally and in
blocks six figures square.
She excited much wonder and much
comment In various quarters. as such
phenomenal cRlculatOrs always do. Savant
RnthrOpOlogists. however. now declare
there Is nothing remarkable about her gift
except that this is the first time il has APP
peared in woman 40 far as known.
The girls name is Diamandi. and she is
q sister of the famous Diamandi who as
tonished the public some years ago with
aimilar exhibitions. Diamandi, however
memorized the figures auditorially. while
his sister memories them. visually in her
mind Each figure. she says. conveys an
impression of color. For example. six is
yellow. Objects also Impress themselves
on her as distinct Colors. For example. a
male human being TO her is blue.
Besides being the first woman to exhibit
such a gift Of figures, Mile. Diamandi bears
q remarkable distinction in this color sense,
which seems related to that better known
phenomenon through which sounds trans
late themselves into colors to some people.
A recent duel in the air. the opponents
being in two balloons which, according to
papers here. took place in America, has
led the French, who are Just now proud of
their preeminence in aerOstatics, to deny
the alleged American claim of originality
in this kind of a duel. The French bring
out records OF a duel fought in lOOs between
MN. Lepique and Grandprc over Mile. Trevit
OF the Imperial Opera. They constructed
identical balloons and assembled from the
Tuilleries Gardens, armed with blunder-
buses. They fred at a signal and Grand
pres bullets burst Lepiques balloon, which
fell with great violence. Grandpre's balloon
was unharmed, and he remained in the air
until he drifted twenty leagues from Paris.
Satirists are having plenty of fun with
ex-President Loubet. whom fate forced this
week to go to the front in defence Of cheese
particularly dry cheese. Cheeses of the
soft creamy varieties enter Paris without
paying OctrOi duties, but dry cheeses are
compelled to pay. This discrimination
against the mite OF dry cheese is unen-
durable in a free republic The Society
for the Encouragement Of Agriculture.
under whose jurisdiction dry cheese comes
has taken up the matter. NJ. Loubet, az
the society's president, argued for the
rights Of dry cheese. Critics aver that
he argued with all the greater heartiness,
as he has an epicurean fondness for one
dry cheese known as PicadOn. which is a
speciality Of the Department Of Dr6me IL
IL a cheese made from goats milk which
hs dried among herbs of the Alps foothills.
1t can be obtained in only two places in
Paris. one Of which is VI. Loubets house
Following the Communication of the death
sentence imposed on SOleilland for out
raging and numbering the young daughter
OF a friend President Fallieres has com
nnuted the death sentence Of rufian who
murdered policeman. The murderer had
been tried five times for previous offences
and bad been condemned in all to- seventy
years hard labor prior 10 his last crime.
This case is likely to he as potent as So
leilland's for the advocates Of capital pun
ishment when the question comes before
Parliament.
Commenting upon the financial crisis
the Temps observes the enormous con-
sumption Of turkeys in New York on
Thanksgiving Day. which shows. it says.
that the Americans. to Offset their i'll
fortune. have good stomachs.
There are in Paris theatres where women
are obliged to remove their hats and others
where they are not obliged to remove them
There are 20 many of the others that the
anti-hat crusade has again started. This
time weekly magazine has undertaken
the formation OF a league. whose slogan
shall be. -Of with she hat in balcony and
orchestral" The members agree 10
authorize the leagues committee to take
any necessary measure to induce theatre
managers TO admit no women wearing
hats.
The POpes choice of two French clergy
men for elevation to the cardinalate at the
Consistory to be held ON December 10
has aroused unusual interest, az they are
the first Frenchmen to receive such an
honor from the present Pope and the first
to be nominated since the separation of
Church and State became an accomplished
fact. In choosing Mgr. Lucon, Archbishop
Of Rheims, and Mgr. Andrieu. Bishop Of
Maxseilles the Pope has shown that he has
no desire TO make the creation of Cardinals
the opportunity for manifestation against
the French Government. for he has chosen
two men who were nominated Bishops by
the Republican Government under the
Concordat in preference 10 choosing two
appointed since the rupture of the Con-
CorlBt.
Another noteworthy point il the ages Of
the two men selected. They are respcc-
lively sS and 81 years old, young men COM
pared with the present French Cardinals
Richard, COullie and Lccot, so they may
be expected to give more vigorous lead
10 any future convocation of Bishops. In
this way the Pope finds indirect means Of
giving effect to the wish Of the Bishops
sC their last meeting that they might elect
their own president. leaving the present
Cardinals as honorary presidents, a wish
which the Pope was then unable to grant.
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