The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
FRENCHMAN
 SUES PREFECT Wedding of Divorced Couple Delayed. INDIGNANT AT GOVERNMENT Rich Haytien Planter Traveled to
 Paris. CrifimIxm Made By sardeu of ststue Of Jules simen--week's
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tan9ie has come up before the Paris courts.
 A rich West Indian planter was married in the island of Hayi, and after Q few years the couple divorced xt was not long. however, before e re- and ex-wife took place. and they de- Sided to make 1t up by re-marrying. But it so happened that the law of the country forbade the re-marriage Of divorced couples, and the only re- course was for them. as French citi- gems. to have the ceremony performed at the French Legation.
 A query was sent to the French For eiRn once by the diplomatic represen- tntive at Hayti asking if 1t were law ful to do so The reply came that 1t would be perfectly iegaL provided the couple waited until the tenth month after their divorce had elapsed, whieh fa the law in France.
 The ex-husband was. 1t Is alleged, impatient on account of the difficulties in his way, and while waiting had s number of articles published in the local papers attacking the laws Of the country. which were described as barbarous.
 The French minister thought it a delicate matter. under these circum- stances. to celebrate the marriage at the Legation, and when the time came he refused to allow the ceremony to Do performed. on the plea that It would be a discourtcsy to the govern ment to which he was accredited.
 The would-be bridegroom of his former wife had thus quite unexpec- tedty raised q sort of diplomatic inci- dent. He was told that the only so- lution was for him and his wife to hasten to France, where the wedding could take place without difnculty. They did SO. but the beiiigereut hus- band took up arms once more, ad deafred to bring a suit for damag gas against the minister who had refused to perform the ceremony and had ob- iiged him to go to all the expense of travelling to France to get married.
 Administrative rules, have further mixed the matter up. and the hero to- day finds that he is suing the Prefeet of the Department of the Seine. who has refused to appear. and has sent word that the case is outside the Jur- isdiction of the ordinary courts, and could at most, be decided only by an Administrative Council.
 Actress Creates Scene,
 A big crowd gathered in the Rue du Faubourg Montmartre the other af- ternoon and applauded for all 1t was worth Mile. Polaire. the popular ac- tress. was reciting some impomptu
  whom she completely crushed under her vocabulary.
 The cause of ali the row was very simple operation on the part of her chauffeur, who wanted to change the water in the cooler of her automobile while wtiting for Mile. Polarie, woh had entered q house for visit.
 policeman saw him. and wasdraw- ing up q written report. with view ko q fine when the artist happened 10 come out of the house. and saw what was going on. She naturally took the side of her chauffeur. to tho great amusement of the crowd, which had at once recognized her
 The policeman, rather than succumb 10 the two-cornered attack. decided to conduct both the chauffeur and the artist to the nearest police-station. where stiIi another report was drawn er, with view to prosecuting mne Poiaire for a public attack on the dignity Of a policeman.
 Story of sardou.
 few days before his death, Vfc' torien Sardou. was walking up from the Rue Royale to the Credit Lyonnai' He stopped suddenly on the Place d' la Madeleine and pointed to the sta tue of Jules simon.
 "Et voila," he said. nodding his head half a dozen times in his cautiously en DnatfC manner. -NnAt Is the way tltFl spoil our Paris for us. Look at thR' absurd little great man in a marbl froclrcoat. He was great statesman but Q modern coat even on the baci of . great statesman can never be work of art in marble. And what an noys me most is that to put up thi statue of a man in modern dress the! have taken away a delightfully."- pret ty little fountain like that one owe there" and he pointed to a little mar bie fountain near the Madelein' church.
 The second fountain (the one t which sardou pointed) is being re moved now. Tn a few months tim it is to be replaced by a statue of Sar dou. One of life's little ironies, | it not? The sculptor, who knows tn story may be tempted but he wil hardly dress Sardou in toga.
 Money Tells Begging.
 Something like seo0.000 Is goini begging for want of claimant Tie money is the value of lottery pri zee which the winners Save apparent ig forgotten.
 The number Of bonds of the City o Paris. the Panama Canal the Credi psfzea. and which remain unclaimed ass1REts 0niI in the last few years t' Z,eSf, Yet hAWkerg earn a livelihood Sy selling daily all the year round tn etft Sf winning numbers fin every i'm -