Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-16

lowing Of a COW, the bleat-
Ing Of a sheer. the call of a fox. the
piping OF a blackbird. "And the
dog?" asked the poet innocently.
Failletout initiated a dog, very natur-
ally.
"Ah!" exclaimed NJ. Restand, -
know that dog. I have heard his
voice too often" Then slipping a
louis into the amateur barker's paw.
he added, Don't let him bark any
more, please, or next time it will De
the ~gendarmes ! shall call in"
A medium" of remarkable power
has made his appearance in Paris.
and is the tank of the moment in
sp~iritualistic circles. He calls him
self Count Albert de Sarrak.'
He recently gave a seance in a
Paris drawing room where so many
precautions had been taken that
trickery was impossible. and under
the eyes of about forty persons he
caused several grains of corn TO germ
mate in a iiower-pot full of earth in
eight minutes.
The grains were placed i'm the pot
by a wen known military man, it was
held by another, and the miracle
worker at no time went within several
feet of ii.
la Belle Milliardeire." a new five
act play by NJ. ~Gugenheim and LIE
Feure. which has just been produced
at the Paris Ambigu, contains as its
principal character an impossibly loud
and vulgar American woman. who IL
possessed OF great wealth.
She is married 70 the Duo de Free
mental, and she is called Mary. The
due and ~duchessc hate each other
cordially. and Mary. for curious rea-
son, wants to ruin her husbands
reputation. In order to effect his she
brides Freville. n parsonage half
lover and half william.
The scheme succeeds; Frevllle,
stricken with remorse, cOnfesseS 10
the due, and the latter after upbraid-
ing his wife, and embracing some
body who isn't his wife, blows out his
brains. There is another villain n
another pretty girl in the piece, but
they do not seem to have much to
do with Mary. and altogether the
piece Is a rather confused rigmarole
which is not likely 10 have a very re-
markable success.
When the concierge of a house In
the Avenue Malakoff came "a the
other morning he was astonished 10
find a man chained up TO the outsids
Of the house. The chain was wound
around the railing n round his
neck and waist, and fastened with a
paddock.
A crowd gathered and a locksmith
was sent for who cut the chain and
released the prisoner. He turned out
to be a Persian named Meryssout
Ibrahim, and II appeared he had
chained himself to the railing ana
thrown away the key Of the paddock
in order to draw attention to his
grievances. since the offices OF the
Persian legation are in the house To
the railing of which he made himself
a prisoner.
Meryssouf came to Paris from Con
stantinople TO receive medical treat
ment for a disease of the chest. lie
applied to the Persian legation for as
sistance and was placed in q Paris
hospital. For the last three months
he has been discharged from one
place after another and told he must
live i'm a hot climate i'm order To be
cured.
The Persian legation supplied him
with the money 10 go to Persia, but
Meryssouf. although he took the
money, would not return to his native
land. Having spent all his money he
went TO the legation and chained
himself up. The legation author'tie'
have decided again to sor1 niW heel
to Persia. but this time they VIII So"
that he gets there.
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One more French poet is fei1e
driven out of his faVorite hau'- b
the ogre Of commercialism Pierre
Lott Is deserting the BASQUE country.
where he had his beautiful solitary
house. The forest Of BidarraN. in the
neighborhood. Is being cut down to
feed a tanning factory.
The cascade Of the Pas de Roland
a classical sight. is being imprisoned
20 feed a factory and the little water
ing place Of Hendaye has been
bought up by a society which Is goihS
TO make II a ''go-ahead' resort.
NJ. Pierre Lott was very fond Of this
legion and of the game Of pelote Bas-
aue which he played there. But he is
driven away and must seek poetical
inspiration elsewhere.