The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-24
PARIS TAKES TO
ROLLER SKATING
Great American Winter Sport
Now the Rage Among
The French.
RINK HAS BEEN OPENED
EDUCATION QUESTION IN FRANCE
HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO HEAD
BY FRENCH EPiscoPATs's MAN.
IFESTO.

Paris, Oct. cs--Paris has at last
been introduced To roller skating. and
the new American rink was cpenei
last night at the Hirpo-rcme. l. will
prove. no doubt, n dangerous rival 10
the Palais de Glace. Il real ice rink.
which has long held sway In the
Champs Elysees. This is one CT the
srartest places in town. and during
the season the costumes worn by the
elegant "patineuses" represent the last
world in fashion.
Skating is no: In any sense a w,sesy
practiscd sport i'm France. for the reas-
on that the winters are rarely severe
enough to allow Ct a continuance Of
skate extremely we'll.
Roth in Paris ard Nice. where the
rink is under the same r,is1icss, beau-
tifal exhibitions OF the a. are seea. '.
is quite possible that Peris'ans viii
trl-e keenly &c the new roller skating.
which has had sch an extraordinary
vogue in England. Fer ~ mrncr..
- n rate. it locks rs IL I. w:H he
taken up with enthusiasm.
4 step forward has been made with
NJ. Edmond Rostand's mG-h-itscusssv
play. "Chcnte-,er." the r~r~rr-l.ea cf
which was postponed rviac - the
death of Coqueiin. Tire treble hers-~
fore he's ben to fint. - s~~~~sS~- .,
CoGuelin in the title rciH. NJ Ecstari
and the manager Of tce PcTte Saint
Martin Thea;er were a: their wits eui
and at n time 1t seemed rroaahlc
that the production CT tie ricca would
be indefinitely pos.ponsa
Bat that fine cc.nr. Lsc'an Cuit,-.
was requisi,!cne6 fer the rs 4 AL -
stand went to his ret-~.: Il Cama,
with IN IA mind Since The h
has been employee. in polishing his
manuscript. and now the piece Is act
ually in rehearsal. NJ. Rcstars is es-
pected to return TO the city shortly.
He will watch the rehearsals with a
jealous y for he wants to make Tire
"C~hantecler" the greatest succers he
has yet achieved.
The first performance OF the play
will take place in November: but the
actual date has net yet been fixed. No
information about the piece will be
given until the date of the repetition
generate" dress rehearsal is az
nounced- 1t is sta.ei hat the al
vance sale OF the first performance
amounts 10 S6.e00. and that the price
of orchestra seats will be $50.
The education question has teen
brought to a head by the MAJ festo CT
the French E~piscopate addressed 10
the country. The e~ignty-nine ca-5i-
nails. archbishop. ami bIsaors haze
unanimously appended their sigma
lures to a document nj net only cats
at the root of the present system 81
secular education in France. but col
deTns, nominat:m. a series Of his'cr-
ical textbooks used n. the State
schools. \ witty vriter recently 6e-
fined the French schc~i as n "mill'
where the children of Christians were.
turned into r~eneyraies. That is tin.
view CT the bishops. n they caclar,
that they are prepared to suffer al
things rather than let this stale OF
affairs last. II their declaration is ne
with Indifference, they will place tbs
schools under an in;erdic;. the effects
CT which step wouId be 70 deprive all
recalcitrant parents OF the ucccrs of
religion.
Since the Separation. commuaes
here and there have been placed under
interdict, bat not for long. for the mu-
nicipal authorities. worked upcn by
the peasants. have always given way.
The two educational bills now before
the Chamber. presented by NJ. Dou-
merque. We're really drafted by VI.
BRAND They are particularly drastic
in limiting the rights OF pare.ts-
BY a false Humanitarian. the French
army stands In the way OF being de-
moralized- As everyone knows. every
Frenchman has to do two years mill
'ary service There happen to be In
France. as in every country. thieves.
rogues and yagabOnds. Conscripts Of
this class used to be packed off to Az
RIGA. but during the last few years
they have been drafted into the home
regiments. They number about 10000
individuals. all OF them with condem-
nations under the Common Law.
High military authorities are con-
WINGED that much Of the espionage
that goes on, as well as the disappear
ance of documents and arms. and the
development of the spirit Of revolt.
owe their source to these men II may
also be added that respectable soldiers
are loud in their complaints of the