The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
FRANCE MAY HAVE KING ONCE MORE Many Declare That Republic Is
 a Failure R0YAllSTS ARE NUMEROUS Supply of Hair for Rats Is Playing out-Women Must Resort to
 Straw or Wear Their
 Own Hair.
 
ROYALISTS ARE NUMEROUS
By LA voYAGEUSE.

Paris, December A-(Speoial. )--Is France really to have a king once more, with all the glitter and pomp of court life? There are not a few in this coun- try who declare that the present repub- failure The royalists, who are very num- erous, are working very determinedly to the end of restoring a monarchy.
 From this political bureau in Brussels. Belgium. the exiled Due d'orlesns. royal ist claimant to the French throns, has just issued an impassioned and determ- ined appeal to tho French people. oall- ing upon them 10 place him on the throne to which he claims title as a legitimate and recognized successor through the Bourbon lines.
 The royalists are cleverly playing on the feelings of the pro-olerical pubic and declare that at no time in the history of France has crime been SO rampant. even among the very young This the Due, in his public address, declares is due bo the lack of religious feeling and training under the present government, He has an active representative here In the person of Comte de Castillon de St- Victor, who comes of an ancient royal ist family.
 Whatever may be the outcome Of the present agitation 1t is certain that France adores display and an appeal to the ar- tistic sense inherent In all classes They want . leader whom they can look up to. The recent dhiefs of the republic were steady going people. but far and away from being tic ornamental figure heads desired by all classes, who favor more fuss and feathers and official receptions of court life, which means moro money in circulation among the masses.
 
 King Manuel of Portugal on a visit to the King of England and also to find possible bride, Is to visit the Due dor leans at his magnificent country seat, Woodnorton. French detectives are to be in England during the visit of the Portu- guese monarch, as 1t is known that French anarchists, who are republicans as well es anarchists, are planning to be in England at the time of the royal visit. and may decide to give professional attention to the Due as well as to the King Manuel during their meeting.
 The arrival of All Sains day is the generally recognised date for the return to Paris of tho fashionable PArisienne. Since the early days of October she has been visiting different chateaux of friends while if not fortunate to have friends she may have been content with visit to Venice Or the Italian lakes; but in Paris one must not show oneself until Novsm- Der ]. or later.
 Thanks to our statssmsn and to tho vanity of our young women, tho human hair which has lonf f1ourishod in Franco is now in the thross of death.
 In Paris our merchants used to sell the most beautiful shades of ,hair-bionde hair, blue-blaok hair, hair as dark as midnight. hair the oolor of . ravens wing, silvery white hair. American wom- sn wore their rsry best customers and consular reports show that enormous quantities were sent to America
 The expulsion of the sistsrhcods from Franca. chiefly by clumsy Primo Minis ter Combss. has practically Killed the supply ot hair.
 There were 5000 sfsters h French con- vents. When entering aS young ladies in the flower of Eirihood their luxur- iant heads of hair were shorn as sign that they had renounced the world. The hair, of course, grow and every four and five years was again 1t for the scissors. Thus 5000 ladies who had rsnounced tho world furnished hair for tho many thous- ands who flourish in the midst Of nun danities-
 And as though to accentuate the scar city, young women from the provinces do not oars to sch their hair any moro. They prefer to keep 1t for personal adorn- ment, for hair is the glory of women In former years there was a regular shearing time for the nymphs of Brit tany and P1cardy. But now no more.
 And. silvery white hair cannot be had for love or money. Paris merchant told mo that the last two purchases he made were at Brostt and at Limoges. In both cases he paid $1.6o per gramme. In other words, an ounce avoirdupois of sil- very white hair would cost 3l2