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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
Thinks Money Important

Dear Aunt Laurie
I want to tell you what I am going
to be.
/ am going to be an engineer, be-
cause I like to run an engine, or a
conductor. II am an engineer 1 will
get So day IL take a long run. 1
would like to take the Canada train.
II I should be a conductor would only
get 81 a day.
I am going to be bachelor and stay
at a big restaurant. Charlie Dallman
is to be my partner. If am an en-
gineer I will have to look out for the
steam press. If would run the train
i'm Los Angeles switch yard would get
$3.50 day.
I think I will take the Canada train
so I can get lots of money.
ELWOOD w. PROUD.
I La Habra school. 4th grade. Age II
years. r. f. d. No. 3, Fullerton.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21

the book for not acknowledging 1t
sooner but l certainly am.
I have read the book through and
find it very entertaining and interest
ing. 1 thank you-y very much for 1t.
Wishing you much success with The
Herald Junior, of which / am a fond
reader, I am, your loving niece,
HELEN M. FERGUSON.
3246 Emmett street, age H. Olive
street high, BE-.
Dear Aunt Laurie.
1 was very much surprised when I
saw my letter had taken the prize, but
/ am very thankful to you for the
81 prize. Yours affectionately,
VERA PEARDON.
1921 Temple street. Grade Az, Tenn
pie street school, age 10 years.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
I have not read all of my book, but
as far as I have read 1 like very
much. I appreciate it very much and
am trying to get another price. Your
loving niece, FLORENCE BRADY.
Age 8. BIS Solano avenue, CASTELAR,
street school, grade A6
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
PedaaoaIc Ambition

Dear Aunt Laurie:
l think the topic for this week Is very
NICE as it teaches us children to think
more about our ambition. My ambi-
ton is to be a school teacher. Mamma
says she would like me to be school
teacher and magazine writer both, If
I could; but as 1 can only be one, 1
think to be a school teacher. / have
always wanted to be one. and I hope
l can be one.
study hard in school so can get a
good education. Papa was always in
terested In my school work. and SO is
mamma: so for their sakes, IL not for
my own, / study hard.
Well, Aunt Laurie. I guess I will
close. Gooy-by. I remain, your loving
niece, FLORENCE BRADY.
51S Solano avenue. Castelar, street
school, grade A6 Age 9.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
VIII Teach Spanish
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
! am one of your new nieces. I do
not think this very easy topic, but
l will try it. My ambition is to be a
Spanish teacher My parents are Span
ish, so l know the language well. l
am only in grammar school, but 1 in
tend to go to high school and college
later on.
The town where we are now is only
q country town and we have no high
school here. But we intend to move
to some other town as soon as we can.
/ hate to think of leaving, for / have
many little friends here. 1 know
many little Spanish songs that some
times sing So, Aunt Laurie, my am
bition is to be Spanish teacher.
From your niece, LAURA DANA,
Nipomo, grade 4, age g.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
PEARLS FROM CHINESE IMAGES

Compelling oysters to produce pearls
by placing a foreign substance, such as
small pebbles. in their shells has be-
come an extensive industry, in which
the Japanese have especially excelled,
but the Chinese can claim distinction
in the originality of one of the sub
stances often used by them. This is
none other than tiny leaden gods or
images, and when the oyster has
formed the pearl around this nucleus, q
four years. the shell is opened and the
prize removed.-Popular Mechanics.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
Would Direct Fairgrounds

Dear Aunt Laurie:
You said in your letter to us that you
thought this topic was a very good
one, and 1 do, too. l would like to be
a great many things, but 1 am going
to try to aim my life to something that
will be of some use to me.
1 would want to go through high
school, college or some university and
become manager of a playground. If
I would grow up to be as good wo-
man as the director of our playground
l would be thankful.
/ know that you have to have lot
of patience and be kind, honest and
generous and all that, but 1t seems to
me that l want to grow up good wo-
man. l look at 1t this way: That If I
was playing outdoor games and run
ping around it would make me
feel younger, and that is why l would
like that profession.
VERA REARDON.
1921 Temple street, Los Angeles, Cal.
Temple street school, class AT. Age Ii.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
Ambition Is for Farming

Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 am going to be farmer. l am
going to be a bachelor. am going to
farm hay and oats. 1 am going to cut
the hay with header and cut the oats
with a moving machine.
I will drive two horses to the moving
machine. Then will put the hay out in
the sunshine and 1t will dry. Then |
will put it in the barn.
When it rains will put the oats in
the barn, too. I'll work six mules on
the header. WILLIS HUNT.
La Habra school, grade 8, Fullerton,
r. T.. ID. No. 3.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
THE REASONS

Fishes, fishes, in the stream,
What makes you shine with such CLEAN?
s"rhe sun and water make me shine
That l to children may seem fine!'
Brides brides on the bough,
How do you sing so sweetly, how?
1.-THE air in blowing fans my throat
Delighting children with each note!''
Flowers, flowers. in me grass
Why are you fragrant as we pass?
1.-THE earth and sun and rain-drops make
My smell so sweet for childrens sake"
So fishes, brides. fiowers-all
Live at children's beck and call!
Amy Smith.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
Ideal Life Is Domestic

Dear Aunt Laurie:
When 1 grow up I think / will marry
1 will live near my mother on farm,
in a big house, with my husband.
I will have three horses and one
COW, gentle horses that are not afraid
of automobiles, and I will have big
automobiles with two seats in them
I win be teacher for one year. l
will have plants all around my house
I will have a new buggy and rubber
tires on it. 1 will have a two-story
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
Would Be Bold Hunter

Dear Aunt Laurie:
l would like to be a bachelor when
/ get big. think 1 will build little
house and buy q horse and buggy. I
would like a gun and go hunting in the
mountains and kill deer / would
like to have a greyhound. I would like
to stay in the mountains long time,
and take tent, too. I would like to
have lots of dogs. I would like to kill
some bears. 1 got little frying-pan
for Christmas just big enough for an
egg. ADOLPH CRAWFORD.
La Habra school. LIST grade. Age z
years. r. F. d. No. 3, box II, Full
Ierton.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
Has High Ambition

Dear Aunt Laurie:
My papa has read your letter, and
SO I will try and write you letter. |
would like to be a teacher. 1 don't
care what grades l teach. OF course
/ don't know how hard the other
grades will be, or don't care; mean
to go through school.
I will bring my books home and
study If l think can't get through.
1 have not stayed in any grade more
than one term. And, so far as I have
gone, the fifth grade is the hardest.
I have always heard that the seventh
was te hardest. am going to be in
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Likes Junior

Dear Aunt Laurie:
This is my first letter to you. We
have not been taking The Herald long,
but am very much interested in the
Herald Junior. like The Herald Jun
Tor better than any part of the paper.
1 enjoy drawing the pictures very
much.
EDITH FAITH BUTTERFTELD.
1404 West Tenth street, Tenth Street
school. grade BIS, age $ years.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
Los ANGELES SUNDAY HERALD-JUNIoR SECTION

I will work, and / will have q barn
for the horses and a COW. l will have
a granary, and / will get some tools
to work with My uncle is a bachelor,
and he likes 1t, and I believe l will
try 1t. FREDDIE WARNER.
Age 10 years. La Habra school, third
grade, Fullerton, Cal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21

A pig with fondness for ease
Said, "I'm dreaming; don't bother me, please.
/ can see in my eye
A castle on high
Surrounded by June apple trees"
A raven who CHANGED to be nigh
Said, You'd better come down from the sky,
No castle for you-
With June apples, too,
What YOU see is sty in your eye.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21

go to Los Angeles 1 give him apples.
/ don't like the motorman as well as
the conductor. The conductor likes me,
too. like to go to Los Angeles. When
/ get to go get lots of things.
EARL McFADDEN.
La Habra school. grade 3, age 8,
Fullerton, r. +. ID. No. 3, box 20.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
Desires Profession

Dear Aunt Laurie:
am going to be a doctor when 1
am man. | think will be a bachelor,
too. 1 like to play doctor with my
cousin. Sometimes he will be doctor
and l will play 1 am sick.
ROY MORRIS.
grade g
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
Single Life

Dear Aunt Laurie:
When / get big / am going. to be a
farmer and a bachelor, and will
have a horse and buggy. l will have
four horses and I want house to live
in. | want about eight acres of land
and disc pillow and some harness, and
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21

everything that happens in my class
when 1 get in high school. or any other
class or school. l want to be the great
est teacher in America. Your niece,
MAY CARY.
Pomona. Grade ga. Age IL years.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21

house and fireplace in it, with a big
skylight on it.
MILDRER BISHOP.
Age 8. La Habra school, grade 3,
Fullerton, Cal, r. F. D. 3.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Some time ago 1 received from you,
as a prize in the limerick contest, a
book entitled "Harrys Island" I am
afraid you think l am not thankful for
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
JUNIORS APPRECIATE
THE HERALD PRIZES

Dear Aunt Laurie:
L received the History of California
last week, and should have thanked
you for it long before this. l was
never more pleased with book, as
/ always want to read something
beneficial, especially in school days.
ADELE AXTMAN.
South Pasadena.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21

Age
grade
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-12-10
D'ou Went lie Mot Car.
magnoIe

On journal parisien pose cette
question: D'od Went le nom de la
c6lebre chsnson r6volutionnaire, la
"Carmagnole" que hurlaient q tue.
tote, il y a plus dun steele, la fa-
randole des ouvriers, bourgeois,
maglstrats, soldats, pretres asser-
ment6s, repr6sentants de la nation
autour des arbres de Ia Libert6, ct
des autels de la patrie?
Dumersan, dams son recueil de
"Chansons popula1res", semble le
rapporter q l'entr6e trlomphale dea
troupes FRANCHISES en- Pi6mont,
don't Carmagnole est une vile for.
te. Mais cette place ne fut prise
qu'en 1896. Et la "Carmagnole''
fut compos6e apres le5 10 aont ct
l'arrestation de Louis XVI eDfer-
me su Temple. L'hypothese est
done lnvraisemblable.
One autre exploitation plus plau-
slble so pr6sente. L'infernale chan
son ayant 6t6 entonn6e tout d'a.
bord ct en- partie improvis6e par
les Marseillais. a pris le nom de
cette espece de veste cburte encore
en- usage dams le Midi ct appellee
carmagno'e.
Ellie devenait avec le bonnet
rouge, pinsigne pr6f6r6 des sans.
culottes. Que CO vehement lui-me.
me ait tire son nom de la Vile de
Carmagnole, d'oh il 6tait original.
re, rien d'lmpossible.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-12-10
lie Francais tel qu'on
Ie ParIe

Les bons 6crivains sont failli
bles. On lecteur assidu, ,clairvoyan
ct impitoyable, M. Wiaud, s'est di
verti q 6plucher les @uvres de no.
torres contemporaries.
Vo1ci quelques. unes des perlet
quill a r6unies:
Emile Olivier a 9crit ceci:
"Au moment de leur enr0lemen1
les jeunes gems auraient d6ia recu
une instruction quill complete
raient pendant treize mols passes
sous le drapeau dsns leur premie
re- aimee de service.
"Le drspeau est devant, la r6pu.
blique autour, la France au bout"
De Georges d'Esparbes:
"Parmi les substituts. SORTS dc
Normale".
D'Octave Mirbeau:
"D'inutiles ct d'inallaitables ma
melles''.
D'Hugues LIE Roux:
I'll q fait douze kilometres "en''
chameau'.
"DanieI ne r6pondit pas. C'6tait
Ia premiere fois quill parlalt ainsi
de son PEREZ.
Et Alexis Bouvier:
lie miserable sc pr6cipita sur
lenfant. il lui saisit Ia tete, lul en-
versa le contenu dams la boache ct
le pauvre petit retomba suffoqu6" {.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-12-10
Mesdames, est. ce Vrai?

Nous nous eommes demand6s
pourquoi le journal impie peut
p6n6trer dams tant de families en-.
core chr6tiennes dependant.
Sans doute, pour l'ordinaire, ]e
mari est un peu Indifferent. Par le
fait, la politique ellememe lie laisse
froid. ct il lirait un journal bien
pensant aussi volontiers quill lit
une feuille couleur ponceau.
La mere de famllie est chr6tien-
ne, intelligence meme quelquefols,
ellie tient q Clever ses enfants dams
la pratique de la religion, ellie ex.
cree sur son mari plus que de Fin
fuence, une v6ritable pursuance.
81 ellie voulait, dun coup de balai,
ellie pousserait dehors l'infect Jour-
nal qui p6netre q la maison.
Pourquoi ne veut.elle pas / Pour.
quoi ne donne-t. ellie pas lie coup
de balai qui jettereit q la rue la
feuille immonde? Pourquoi &C.
cuei!le. t-elle a la maison le journal
qui insulte ses croyances, qui Sc
moque de ses pratiques eligieuses
qui achieve de pervertir son mari,
qui deja peut etre sail ses en-
fants?
Est.ce vrai, Mesdames? Vous
ouvrez la porte de votre foyer au
journal impie, psrce quill vous Of
fre lire chaque jour un feuille.
ton blen faisand6,6crlt dams le sty-
le fortement epice qui est propre
aux romanciers pornographes de
notre temps.
Et vous lsez celia saus aucun
scrupule? Votre conscience nest
PAS inquiete?
| Eth bien! nous vous plaignons ct
nous vous crions: Trahison!
La Providence vous a Institutes
"gardiennes" du foyer ct VOLTA
qu'infdeles & votre mission, lais-
SAINT passer Fen nemi, vous lui avez
llyr6 la place.
Nous vous en- coniurons, laissez
la lecture de ces feuilletons qui
vous font du NAL ct banissez, sans
d6lai, de votre maison. le Journal
lmpie qui vous les offre.
Est-vral, Mes1ames?
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-12-10

81 v0tre sante n est pas aussi
bonne qu'elle pourrait ou devrait
etre vous serez lnt6ress6 d'appren.
dre quelque chose concernant un
vleux remede herbeux qai a 6te en-
usage constamment depuis plus de
cent ans, mais qul ne pent pas etre
obtenu dams les pharmacies. Ce re.
m4ae fut d6couvert par le vieux
DR. Pierre Fahrney durant Pann6e
1850 ct fut coLnu sous le nom No.
voro du DR. Pierre. Des m1lliers de
personnes ont temoign6 de ses
merveilleuses propri6t6s curativee.
II q etc prepare successivement
par quatre generations de descen-
dante en- ligne directe De la lite
rature descriptive ct historiqae
est envoy6e gratuitement par )e
DR. Peter Fahrney & Sons Co.,
l9 Is So. Hoyne Ave-, Chicago,
Iii.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-12-10
Un Combat avec un A.
gle

Peris, Les Journaux d'Alg6rie
rapportent qua Oued-Z eIa'i. Nine
Ooria, gardienne du passage D nj
veau volsin de la gare, 6tait occu-
pee dams "a maisonnette, lorsqu'e!-
le entendit les cris d6sesp6res de
son enfanl, age de trois ans. Sc
pr6cipitant au dehors, ellie apercut
le b6b6 aux prises avec un aig'e
6norme qui, les ailes d6ployees.
pret q s'envoler, await, de ses ser.
res puissantes, agripp6 le b6b6 au1
6paules ct cherchalt B planter son
bee dams le crane de la vlctime.
| La mere r6ussit q d6livrer Fen
fant, mais loiseau, rendu furieux
poursuivit la mere ct l'enfant, ma |.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-12-10
@Le Premier Consul ct.
Jeanne dare

LIE hasard fait d6couvrir,
Limoges, un document des plus
curieuz; il s'agit de ropinion dc
Napoleon sur Jeanne dare trou.
v6e dane une gszette parue d Limo
ges le II vent6se an XI-3 mars
1903.
A cette epoque, ls vile d'Orle'
ans venait d'ouvrlr ane souscrip-
tion pour reimbursement d une sta.
tue en- bronze de Jeanoe dare: ct
une d6lib6ration du conseil NUM-
cipal en- fixant les conditions. Pour
une souscrlption de $50 francs, on
await a une m6dallle en- argent ct
une en- bronze, repr6sentant dun
cote le premier consul ct de l'autre
le monument avec la statue.
Or, en- marge de la d6lib6ratlon
du conseil municipal. sur le regis
tre, voici Paposti|le slgn6e de la
main de Napoleon Ter:
"Ecrire au cltoyen Crillon Dc.
sormeaux, maire d'Orl6ans, que
cette delib6ration NEST tres agr6-
able. L'illustre Jeanne dare a
prouve quill NEST pas de miracle
que le genie francais ne puisse
produire dams les circumstances Oh
Independence rationale est nena-
Gee.
"Unle, la nation francalse n "a a.
mais etc vaincue; mais nos voisins
plus calculateurs ct plus adrolts,
abnsant de la franchise ct de la
loyaute de notre caract6re, sem6
rent constamment parmi nous les
dis,ensions, d'od naquirent les ca
lamit6s de cetts 6poque ct tous les
d6sastres que rappelle notre histoi-
re
"Psris, le 10 pluvlose an X[.
"Le premier consul,
"Signe: Bonaparte''.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-12-10
Contre |'Habit Ecclesi
astique

Paris, M. De]eapte, d6put6 80.
cialiste de Paris, a pr6sente, une
resolution pour la suppression du
costume eccl6siastique hors de re-
glise.
M. BRAND a r6pondu:
lie gouvernement autre chose
q faire que de r6gler la coupe des
habits des cltoyens".
Cette alteration nest qu'un in
cident SO rattachant d la nouvelle
agitation anticl6Eicale que provo
que la lutte des catalogues fran
Gals contre l'6cole laique.
M. Poincarr6, lancien minlstre
de. INSTRUCTION publique, aujour-
d'hui s6nateur de la lheuse, aIrs.
tendu, dams un discours, que tous
les republicans. accouralent pour
d6fendre l6cole laique,
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-12-10
Confiteor, Introit, KY.
rie

Get acte 81 solennel du Sacrifice,
pEglise voulu quill fit pr6c6de
ct suivi dun certain nombre de &C.
r6monies ct de prieres :leur ensem-
BILE, c'est la partie .l1thurgique de
la messe. Nous allons tacher de les
expliquer aussi clairement que
possible.
La princlpale disposition que
doit avoir le pretre en- commencant
la Messe, c'est de purifier son ame
de toute souillure, pu1squ'il va ac-
complir lacte le plus sacr6 do la
religion ct faire descendre Jesus
Christ entire ses mains.
VOLTA pourquoi il reclte lie Con-
titeor, il s'incline 81 profond6ment
ct frappe So poitrine a coups re-
doubles. lie peuple s'unit a lui
pour implorer lie pardon divin:
Penfant de cheur dit 4 son tour le
Con6teor au nom de toute passis-
tance.
Dltes-le avec, dltes-le du fond
du c@ur, p6n6tr6 dun vrai repen-
tir.
A peine le pretre est-il monte q
rautel. quill r6cite encore une pri-
ere pour obtenir le partir le par.
don de ses fautes, apres avoir bai-
sc la pierre sacree qui recouvre les
reliques des Saints.
Puts il va au l1vre, r6cite pIn-
troit, ct revient au mllieu de Pau-
tel pour le Kyrle. ''Seigneur. ayez
piti6 de nous!' Quelle touchante
supplicaiton! On la dit jusqu'a
neuf fois: cest CONNIE une cloche
qui some aupres de Dieu pour sol.
letter So mis6rlcorde en- notre fa-
va11r
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-12-10
Terrible Tempete en-
AngIeterre

Lond1es, -Au con1s dune ter.
rible tempete qui a fat rage sur
les lies Britsnniques le vapeur
Thistlemor" eombre devant Ap-
pledore, dams la baie de Biddeford
ct on croft que son equipege tout
enter de trente hommes a peri.
Partout des petits navires etaient
ala merci des elements, ct Lloyds
rapporte que huit ont etc jet6s q la
cote sur diff6rents points. Leurs
6quipsges n6anmoins SO sont tous
sauves.
LIE vaperr britannique "Con.
gress", qui est arrive 3 Falmouth
rapporte que durant la tempete
son capitaine, le second ct un ma.
telot ont etc lances par. .dessue
bord., LIE matelot fut recuei]li, ,mais
le capitaine ct le second perirent.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-12-10

CONNIE conclusion, le bulletin
dit quill est temps qu'on accorde
une plus grande attention au sujet
aux Etats. Unis, La prompte ins.
criptlon de toutes les naissances ct
une declaration plus soign6e ct
plus precise des causes de la mort
par les m6decins sont essentielles
Les termes me"convulsions"
"marasme," "d6bilet6" ct le reste
ne devraient plus etra tol6r6s lors-
lorsque la v6ritable cause de la
mort peut. 6tre d6term in6e.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-12-10
EUROPE

Paris, m. Marchis eat nomm6
professeur d'aviation q 1'universite
de Paris.
Paris. Les 6veques espagnols
ont adress6 au gouvernement une
petition pour la fermeture de tou-
tes les 6coles laiques ct modernes
du royaume.
L'Auto Club de France decide
d'organlser d une serie de concours
d'aviation. E;le comprendra une
envol6e de Paris q Bruxelles avec
ou sans arret.
Mourmelon le Grand, M arne.-
Tout en- luttant contre un vent
soufaant avec une vitesse de pres
de 40 miles 4 Pheure, laviateur
fraucais Hubert Latham s'est 6le-
vs. une altitude de 500 metres
(envlron 1000 pieds), battant ain
81 tous les records omciels.
Paris, lie cuirasse d'escadre
"l6na", qul en- 1907 fut q demi dc.
fruit par une explosion, a coule
pendant qu'on le remorqualt dams
Ia rade de Toulon.
Ce navire servit r6cemment de
chile pour des experiences de tir
au canon, ct le tir fut 81 eff ,ace
que son existence fut q jamais
compromise. Proitant de l'occa.
sion il disparu dans les aots.
Paris. La vente de Ia collec-
tion de bijoux Polovtsky a COM
menc6 3 la sale Petit.
Les dlx-sept lots adJug6s ont
produits un total de 1,786.750
francs.
Un collier compose de I76 perles
a 6t6 vendu l ,003 900 francs.
On collier de diamants ct rubis
s'est adjng6 pour $4,000 francs.
P,ris, lie coEseil general de
la Seine a adopt6 un v@u au ter
me duquel le conseil sup6rieur ce
Pinstruction publique est invite q
exercer un contr0le plus eficace
sur les manuels scoleires, en- vue
d'assurer le respect de la neutrali-
t6 des 6coles publiques.
III faut, declare le consell gene
raj de la Seine, exclure ceux de
ces manuels qui seraient de natu-
re a blesser les croyances religieu-
ses des enfants ou a affaiblir chez
eux le sentiment patrlotique'.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-12-10
La TeIephonomanie

On process en- divorce qui Went
de s'ouvrir a Saint. Louis nous ou-
vre les yeux sur un inconv6nient
inattendu du telephone.
II y a quelques mois, George
L. Holton, employ6 dams une fa-
brlque de SomermiIle, demandait
q la cour sup6r1eure une ordon.
nance de justice enloignsnt d Nine
Holton, sa femme, d'avoir q cesser
ses appels tel6phoniques lnces-
sante.
Nine Holton, q propos de tout
ct 4 propos de rien, Sc pr6cipitait
q son telephone ct appelait son ma
ri. Les patrons de celui-ci, 6nirent
par declarer q M. Holtop. qu'ils
seraient oblig6s de le cong6dler 81
ga femme continualt q Iappelsr au
telephone d chaque instant.
Malheureusement, Nine Holton
continue ct d'autre part, la cour
sup6rieure refusa de rendre por-
dominance demand6e, sous pr6texte
que la requete devait etre pr6sen-
tee par les patrons du mari pers6-
cute.
M. Holton, exasper6, demande
aujourd'hui le divorce.
ii y lieu de croire que les me-
decins wont s'emparer de lafaire
ct 6tudier 4 fond ce premier cas-
dune maladie nouvelle: la t6l6pho-
nomanie. Pulssent ills gu6rir Nine
Holton ct trouver un systeme pro-
phylactique convenable, car 81 re-
pidemie SO d6veloppait, Ia vie ne
seralt plus tenable.