Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11
H0BBLE SKIRT
R0GUES' DELIGHT
Furnishes Harvest Field for the Pick
pockets When Worn by
Rich Psrisians.
WOMEN CANNOT CATCH THIEVES
One Wealthy Wife Tried it and Broke
Her Leg,
FO0TPAD ESCAPES WITH MONEY
Paris is Disguised at the Number Of
Statues it Has.
TOO MANY TO MEAN HONOR
stuck Up 90 Memory of Every Sort
of Nobody and Have Really
become Almost a Public
Nuisance.
WOMEN CANNOT CATCH THIEVES
One Wealthy Wife Tried it and Broke
Her Leg
FOOTPAD ESCAPES WITH MONEY
Paris is Disguised at the Number Of
Statues it Has.
TOO MANY TO MEAN HONOR

VI NObOus NUHhP
Become Almost n Public
Nuisance.
BY PAUL WHERE'S
PARIS. Sept 1O.-Parislan plckpockets are
reaping harvest through the prevalence
of the hobble skirt. Realizing that women
wearing these freak skirts cannot walk
rapidly, much less run. thieves have become
very bold in their depredations upon women
pedestrians.
A peculiar case which l have at hand
Illustrated not only the truth of this. but
shows that slaves of fashion sometimes suf-
fer greatly for their vanity. Nine. Detriero,
wife of a mining engineer, is in the hos
pital suffering from a broken leg and in
ternal injuries, while the police are search
ing for sneak thief who stole her hand
bag and purse.
Victim Breaks Leg.
While aIighting from a taxicab in front
of the residence of a friend in the Boule-
ward St. German, the hobble skirt retarded
Mime. Detrieres movements so that she
fell and was badly hurt.
A pickpocket running up, snatched her
handbag containing her purse. At the time
no one had seen the theft committed, and
as II was not until the victim recovered
from the faint into which she had fallen
that she became aware Of her loss.
Nine. Monterey of Engheln is another
victim of fashions decree. She, is suf-
fering from two broken ankles. the result
of a fall which, in turn, was occasioned by
hobble skirt. A number of other ac-
cidents have taken place, but do not have
the names at hand.
Too Many statues.
Paris is very much worried over the
question of its statues. They are far too
many of them, and they are getting almost
a public nuisance. Nowadays statues are
stuck up to all sorts of nobodies in Paris.
A second-rate politician has only to have
been dead long enough, and he is sure to
have at least a bust, with the usual ac-
compartment OF speeches describing the
great political work of the departed-al-
though, as a rule, it is necessary to look
up his name in books of reference to see
what he did and why he did It,
| 1t Is this to plentiful suppl of political
statues which is causing the cutlery.
People don't mind them to literary and
artistic celebrities, but why put up bust
to M. Durand because he once made a
noisy speech from the extreme left2 Also
some of these statues are very ugly. So a
well-known municipal councillor NJ. lie Cor
bellier, proposes that all the political stat
ues should be swept clean out OF Paris and
placed in a ring all around the fortifica-
lions. AS there is another idea to turn
the Qualifications into a sort OF huge cir
cular park inclosing Paris, the statue idea
would fit in excellenty and the defunct
politicians would look very well spread
out at intervals of every 500 yarSs or so.
Mustard Pots Make Trouble.
The diplomatic talent Of France and Ger
many has been engaged in clearing up an
incident that began in tradesmen's joke.
| Many German tourists who travel in the
heart of France were Mortified to find
that an enterprlsing manufacturers bust
ness zeal had carried him. as they imagined,
too far and that he was selling mustard
lin earthenware pots fashioned to resemble
pigs while the lids consisted of helmets ex-
actly the same in shape as those worn In
the German army. The tourists, says the
Chronicle, complained to their govern
ment and friendly representations we're
made in Paris. 1t was then ascertained
that the mustard pots which constituted
the bone of contention were of German
manufacture and bore the words, Made in
Germany" on the bottom The diplomatic
representations were promptly investigated.
and therexplanation offered by the French
government officials show that the cause
of the complaint wa snnocent in its con-
ception, even II the effect had been to oc-
CASTOR some resentment. 1t appears thai
the pots were made on the suggestion of q
French mustard manufacturer who had
been pestered for some time by represent.
alive of German earthenware factory
The suggestion was made sarcastcally, but
the traveller promptly booked an order
for 1900 of the pots and the mustard man.
ufacturer found himself obliged to recog-
nize IL as an honorable transaction.
watch for the President.
In a few days NJ. Fallieres will pay an
official visit to Berne, the capitol of the
Swiss confederation, He will naturally take
presents with him and bring others back
in exchange. Among the latter the Swiss
have appropriately included a chronometeI
as a specimen OF their greatest national in.
dustry. But II will be no ordinary time.
piece. IL will be. indeed the most wonder.
ful watch I'm the world. 1t is TO begin
with, a perfect charonometer, with a dial
six feet in diameter, but it's size is not It's
only wonder. The face is a circular
flower bed in which nothing can be
seen but anemopes, panses, violets
and asters. Tie Roman figures on the
dial are marked in flowers, and the hands
are narrow beds OF flowers. They duly
revolve and point the hours All flowers
In the wonderful clock are growing In
mold in boxes OF the required shape. Those
containing blossoms forming the hands ma
turally revolve on piyots. The flower
thermometer will be placed in the garden
OF the palace or the Elysc. Whether the
head gardener will consider II with approval
Is uncertain. Watering the flowers OF the
chronometer, for instance, will be a tick
llsh job
Much-senteneed Murderer.
A much-tried prisoner In France is one
called Grand who, II the guilloune ever
has It's way with him. will depart this life
with more death sentences pronounced on
| him than any recent nrlmlnaI