The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-08
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 LIMIT ORATORY Terrible Blow Is Directed at French Politicians GIRL PosEs AS A BOY French Delegates to American Prison Congress- Are Amazed nt Kind Treatment Accorded Pris-
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GIRL Posts AS A BOY


 of speechmakers in the national legsla- ture. No worse punishment could be in- flcted upon a French politician. What! Put time limit on oratory
 Two hundred new members of the chamber of deputies are up in arms against the sea of eloquence among their elders. Their chief reason seems to be thar they have not yet got in a word edgeways since the day they entered the chamber. One has seriously proposed time limit for speeches.
 He proposed to allow 60 minutes to ev- cry speaker per day This might prove restraint upon say, M. Janres, who holGs the-fecord for eloquence in the new parliament The speeches made by him from June last to date make total of 531a columns of the official reports, or ovei 50,OO0 words.
 The extraordinary exploits of 16-year- old girl, Rose Portray, who had posed as youth, were told at the police court. Her identity as girl only came to light when she was charged with stealing.
 Rose was dressed in male attire, and looked the part to perfection. She gave the name of Raymond O'Dowd and said she was the son of an 1rishman who had come here for a surgical operation that had had fatal results; her mother was all American. Left alone in the world. she .has earned her living as violin player at g music hall The magistrate was struck by the prisoners physique, and expressed the conviction that she was a woman.
 "Raymond o'Dowd' denied the accu- sation, and a female doctor settled the question of her sex, however
 Why did you dress as man?'' asked the judge.
 So that mother should not find me-"
 How did you earn your llving?"
 q was a valet de chamhre with a French family, and violin player.At the Little Palace
 The French delegates to the Ameri- can Prison Congress are amazed at what they regard the extraordinarily kind treatment accorded persons in the Amer ican prisons, jails and penetentiares which they visited during their visit in your country. Discussing the subject, M. Schrameck, one of them, said ''The prisoners get three good meals daily; they are allowed to sit in their rocking chairs take their coffee and smoke. In America the idea is that Imprisonment is punishment enough. In certain places corporal punishment is still practiced. We saw none of it. In the United States even the prisoner maintains some digni-- ty; his hair is not cut shorter than that of any other citizen, and he does not wear the striped convict garb. At the dining 4o1,l iS- cfn fnI n1 q you know, we have benches Mental inn provement is looked after. The prisoners learn to read and write. There are classes daily and the prisoners are at- tended to as if they were children. They are taught trade, are taught as much as possible to love work, and this Is the great lesson of redemption They are given some money on leaving prison, so that they can at least for time with stand temptation, and not go hungry and unsEeltered.
 Clergy of all denominations are a- lowed to have all the influence they can, in prisons. The doors are open to them. There Is red tape, not so much cere- mony and not so many permits are re- quired to open the prison doors to them as here. The Americans have differ ent idea from ours about criminals. They treat them on the theory that they are somewhat irresponsible, because degener ate or diseased, and should be treated as degenerates."
 A tragic affair occurred at Marseles Tueaday. M Lapierre director of the School of Arts at St. Denis, Reunion, killed his 7-year-old son. Lapierre had quarreled with his wife, whom he &C., 4 cused of inldelity, and few hours after wards he fired revolver several times at I his young son, killing him. Mime. La ,nia Ianla hat hnr hI1ch nd l vengeance on her child simply to make her suffer, and she believed that he took his own life afterwards The boys body has been found, but no trace be dis covered of M. Lapierre, and it is be- lieved that the wifes theory as to sui eide must be correct.
 The winner of the million franc prize in the state lottery is a blacksmith, Francois Puvion, at Somain, of honesty, but also of generosity, as he has declared that he will share the prize with friend of Raismes, who gave him the price of lottery ticket, which they were to share between them.
 Your correspondent called at Puvion's house and found the happy mother busy trimming hats as usual Puvicn told how he learned that he had the winning num- Der. He was dumbfounded. but soon got over the shock. He hurried to tell his mother and then ms Wire. who would not believe him.
 "I shall continue to work, as well az my family" he said. My daughters at tended their customers usual, and this morning they helped in the house-cean- ing. I have sent telegram to my friend, Dumoulin who has been through ~many troubles I told him had won the million and that half of it would be his I consider that, although the second {. ticket for which he gave me 10 francs, was never purchased, he has right to half of my prize
 Tine blacksmith is highly esteemed by all in the place. He is a member of the local life-saving society, and has received silver and bronze medals for courage. He also takes an active interest in charita- ble works, and goes about. sometimes in person, to collect subscribers for the needy.
 Many suffering suburban passengers trayeiing daily on the Quest-Etat line arose. in their might last Monday and carried their point with high hand. It appears that those who are in the habit of going out to their homes for dejeuner have long complained of the lateness of. the train which should land them here at :5O. in time to get back to their bus mess at o'clock. They vainly petitioneo for A fast train from Bois Colombes On Tuesday when the express hove in sight the waiting passengers hocked on the line, and when the train was forced
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