The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-21

than the mummies for frewood TO the sons
81 the Egyptian desert.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
he talk about the President Fallieres
shooting episode has practically ceased
! since it became clear that his assailant is
crazy. but the Cri de Paris says that hen
Premier Clemenceau learned that the
assassin. Maille, had once been n sailor on
the Duke Of Orleans's yacht. Maroussia, he
remarked: We'll. it was a good attempt,
anyhow"
Since the Midi's cry for protection against
fraud has been heard around the world and
has aroused unnecessary sympathy, or &,
least sympathy not based upon a sufficient
understanding, il may be interesting to that
delightful oountry's new made friends TO
learn that the manager of the Government
laboratory at Toulouse. who superintends
six Meridional departments. says that
ffty-three Of one hundred samples sub
mitted for analysis to him reveal fraud.
This is not in wine alone. or thirteen sam
pies Of preserved tomatoes eleven showed
coal tar ooloring matter, while pork drip
pings contained sixty parts of margarine.
A quarter Of the samples Of Aude wine had
been manipulated with sugar. Some OF
the samples of milk showed forty-fve parts
Of water, and -four was mixed with chalk
and rice.
When the income tax bill was being dis
| ctissed during the last days Of the last
session Of the Chamber Of Deputies Finance
Minister Caillaux replied to the objection
tina it would lead 10 French capital being
deposited abroad by warning those who
thought Of doing such a think that they
might meet some little surprises, assuring
them that the Government was max
ing agreements which would check
mate such proceedings. His words
we're at the time generally taken as
a bluff. but during the week a Swiss
paper which is credited with official
inspiration stated that France had ap-
preached the Federal Council with a propo-
ton that French capital placed in Switzer-
land should not be transferred 10 heirs
without a certificate issued by the French
authorities, France in return Offering to
exempt from the succession duty the prop
erty Of Swiss domiciled in France.
French capital expresses no disturbance
at the Ca.llaux proposal. wh.ch it never
, expects to reach a working basis, If only
because the consent Of each Of the twenty
five cantons in Switzerland is necessary
to the arrangement.
The Echo de Paris publishes a Geneva
special saying that the French ambassa-
dorial and consular Offices made careful
inquiry last winter and found that $780,
600. 900 Of French money had been trans
ferred TO Switzerland in six months and
that between January and October, 1903.
the Geneva banks alone received deposits
Of 500. 900 900 Of french capital.
PARIsIAN poINos
The Prefecture OF the Seine 10 dra wing
up a list of historic trees. looking not only
10 their marking but better preservation.
Among those 10 which attention has been
drawn are the fan palms presented TO Louis
! XIV. by the Margrave Boden Durlach and
a cedar brought from Lebanon in 1875 by
Bernard de Jessieu, who, legend says,
| renowned his own ration Of water in times
! of drought during the journey that the
tree which he carried in his hat might live.
On the report of Prof Dieulafoy the
Academy Of Medicine has taken the position
that voice culture should be carried or in
conser, atories and elsewher physiology
| cally. Neither co~nservatories nor schools
now attempt any real physiological voice
| training. The Academy agrees with Prof.
Dieulafoy that l~sryngologists ought to be
employed TO make periodical examinations
during training.
Owners and breeders Of ~thoroughbreds
have petitioned the authorities for greater
freedom in betting. They cay there are
some 5000 horses racing and the expense
Of each can be reckoned at 81 200 annually.
The money given as prizes nowhere near
covers this outlay and when an owner seeks
to recoup himself by backing one of his own
horses he finds IL most difficult. Betting
under the pr sent system is public. The
newspapers learn when an owner is backing
his horse, with the result that an owner is
never able to get decent odds. The owners
are becoming discouraged and are reducing
their stables. Recent sales Of young stock
have shown unsatisfactory results.
srMMER AT LAST.
The Fourteenth Of July came in a blaze
of excitement and sunshine. Since then
the weather has been all that the most
demanding visitor to Paris could wish for.
The cafes nave been crowded with thirsty
sightseers eager for liquid GOODNESS and
the Champs Elysees and the Bots de
Boulogne nave been filed with Americans
in vehicles Of all descriptions from the
most d~ilapidated taximeter cab tothe smart
motor brougham. At last woman can APP
pear in all the glory Of d~iaphanous summer
gowns without looking pinched and blue'
All the popular outdoor tea places look
like living flower gardens, so gay are the
gowns and the hats. Two California
women. Mrs. William Dargie and Mrs.
Goodsall, are daily visiting the Bots de
Boulogne, as are also Mrs. Shirley and Miss
Elizabeth Shirley Of Kentucky, who have
lust bought an electric brougham.
The last bridge party of Mrs. Charles
Carroll of Baltimore took place on Thursday.
Among the guests was the Duchess de
R~ochefoucauld.
Several Americans were guests of Nine.
Varesco at a charming matinee last Friday.
Nine. Vernat sang Rumanian ballads COM
posed by Mile. Helena varesco. Among
the Americans present were Mrs, Carroll.
Mrs. Frederick Bell and Mrs Moore Of New
York.
Mrs. John Reubens of San Francisco gave
N delightful informal dinner in her apart-