The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-26
Some Interesting Short Stories
from the Metropolis of france

PARIS. April 25.-Mr. Rledel of San
Francisco has been In Paris this week
to interest the French government in q
scheme OF his friend, Luther Burnank.
for transforming the Sahara desert, or
part OF It, into tropical garden. MI
Rurba nix who is known in San Francisco
as the horticultural wizard has, after
experiments with 100000 plants, produced
a cactus without thorns, which he claims
is food for cattle and for men, and which
contains 81 per cent OF water. Mr.. Riedel
has interested the German colonial oil,
fee in his scheme and experiments %lll
be begun in German South Africa this
spring The French colonial office VIII
probably move more slowly. One acre
planted with the thornless cactus VIII VIII
produce 300 tons of food and NJ Riedel
thinks that as the area spreads the plant
life will modify the climate
The gifted French actress. Marguerite
Moreno. who left the Comedie Franchise
to act with Nine Sarah Bernhardt, and
left Nine. Sarah Bernhards company to
found state conservatoire on french
lines in Buenos Aires, has been in Europe
for a holiday and passed through Paris
on her way back from Berlin TO the Ar
gentine Republic. In Berlin she had the
honor of reciting before the emperor. who
for some moments MY favorite French
author" he told Nine: Moreno, is
Georges ohnet;' "oh sire" said Nine.
not plead guilty TO it." The kaiser was
very much amused, Il don't agree with
know better than l, for you are a French
woman But / assure you that ! am
sorry that Georges Ohnet Is not Ger
man" "Ah." said Nine. Moreno cour-
tesying deeply. there l quite agree with
your Majesty"
NJ. Aristide BRAND. minister of Justice
in the present cabinet, has published in
cred upon the question OF the separation
Of church and state in his capacity as
reporter of the committee OF the chamber
Of deputies for h, the b OF lgo5' m and tra as
tion in both houses Of the Legislature dur
Ing the years from 1906 TO 1908. These
speeches. which in themselves constitute
comprehensive survey of the question
Of the separation in Its various phases,
are linked together by a series OF eX-
planatory notes quite apart from the
piation, the book furnishes interesting
evidence OF the tenacity with which the
government of the day and the author or
the speeches in particular pursued the
end in view.
Mdle. Isabelle Muza OF the F'olies
Dramatiques has met with very tragic
end AS her head was being washed in
her kitchen the liquid caught hre from
the range and she sustained awful burns,
which led to her death. The hairdresser
was also badly injured. but he has re-
covered and is now being tried at one
| OF the police courts on charge of man
! slaughter. AS the accident under such
| circumstances, Is one of general interest,
some of the evidence is we'll worth CIV
| ing. as 1t may serve as a warning. The
| maid who was called as a witness, de-
! posed her mistress head was usually
! washed In her dress ing room, but the lat
| ter having just been repainted, the
kitchen was selected for the operation.
Madame Dorny, Mdlle, Muza's sister, ac-
companied her there with the hair
! dresser. although witnesses pointed out
that the kitchen was small and that a
pot aufen was boiling on the range. The
head of Madame Dorny was washed first.
! taking her place. The maid having gone
on an errand, returned to find her mis-
chamber chan 'Is Horribly t burned, SO her warn
ing as she considered. had been com
| pletey justified.
Madame Dorny. who was next ques-
shriek, She rushed to the Kitchen and
| beheld shocking spectacle,
My sisters hair was on fire and
everything round her was blazing she
said She was near the open window
ing her to forgive him He had Ger
tainIy lost his head and did not realize
her dangerous position. as he, too, had
been very seriously hurt"
The hairdresser told the court that he
had waited on the Inflated artist for
upwards OF seven years, and added
Horror and the pain that ] felt, as J
was myself on fire, caused me to lose my
sang froid, and fell my knees. Am
1 responsible for this accident? No. 1t
was due to fatality. Although the To-
ton which l have used for a long time.
contains. ether, 1t had never given rise
TO any trouble. To what Is the mishap
TO be attributed? do not know. The
range was near us. Did emanations from
the ether communicate the fire? That
may be. always dressed Mdlle. Muza' 8