The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
BEAUTY TURNS JURORS HEADS Pretty Female Criminals
 Are Safe.
 CONDITION BECOMING SERIOUS Would Find Method of Steeling Jurors Against Witehery. n Past Few Years BeautifnI Woman May Commit Any Crime ip France
 and wrn Not De Punished.
CONDITION BECOMING SERIOUS
nY HnNRY punoTs.

Paris Jan. IS--It has come Co such . pass here in France" says a lead Ing French law magazine. that wo- man may commit any crime without Tear of punishment if she Is pretty enough to impress the jury.
 When q woman who shoots down h1r husband in a At of Jealous anger without having any other excuse to give than that she lost her temper, 1s acquitted without deliberation by iury, it fs time that turies were in- 2ermed as to their duty to the com N1unity."
 The question how juries should be xfee1ed against the witchery of beau xzful woman criminals arose from the aruuittsl of a young woman. Margry. whe killed her husband, wealthy znHnufacturer of this city.
 She had suspected him for some time ef carrying on an intrigue with one ef his work girls and finally discover ed q photograph of her husband with his arm around the workgirl's waist.
 It happened that the husband had gone to Fontainbleau with the girl and .&7vo or three friends. one of whom took Nnns snapshots of the rarty, and one @E these fell inadvertently into the wffe's hands
 The same evening Margry took his wife to dinner at a restaurant. As N8EX were htm with infidelity, which he denied. She then took out the photograph and thrust it in his face.
 when he declared that he prefer red the girl. his wife drew a revolver and shot him dead.
 HerneticaIly sealed up in metal box. where they are to remain until BOOT are phonograph records of the voices of Caruso. Piapcon, Patti. Melba. Cafve and other prominent operatic NtAra The box is in the crypt of the Paris Opera. where it was placed the other day with another sealed metal box containing a phonograph and di- xar&ions how to use it.
 The entombsd records include operat- 1c arias sung by Tamagno, Caruso, FIancon, Mme. Patti. Mime. Melba and' Mime. CaIve, violin solos by Kubeiik, and choruses by singers Of the Soula Theatre at Milan.
 n. Malherbe, the conservator of the museum of the Opera, explained that the idea governing the proceeding was to put on record for future gener- a1icns one of the aspects of the music of the twentieth century. what was sung and how the best singers sung ff
 It was also intended to show the progress in the art of registering sound by these examples of high per. Eectfon yet attained to be compared perhaps a hundred years hence with records of that day.
 The female cab driver will reign supreme in Paris if the Society for the Protection of Animals has it's way, until the autocars have driven the Aorsed vehicles from the streets.
 The society says that the male cab la@fwtawm nf.xsaa fhAfW hnruoa and i1 da. ing everything 70 induce women to become cab drivers. but 90 far 1t has met with scant success.
 Two months ago we had forty-six female cabbies; now we have only Gwenty-6wo. and some of these are ebout to retire, having caught hus- banda from among their fares.
 The police declare the female driv- CTS to be great success from 4ne point of view of the public. They always obey police regulations, do not get Into quarrels, drive well and keep 9he1r horses in first class condition.
 Tne detectives of Paris are greatly pleased with the latest order of their chief. M Henrion. who after visiting Theatre Antoine where sherlock Holmess is being played. has given in- structions that they arc to see the play at the expense of the city.
 M. Heurion was greatly interested an Sir Conan Doyle's hero and ex- presses his admiration of the accura- cy and ingenuity of his deductions.
 The people of Paris hope that the ex- pertinent will be successful, for the number of undiscovered murderers in Paris is greater than ever.
 The hours and seasons when mil crobes are busiest and most numerous are explained by Prof. Miquel of Mont