The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-06
LAUGHS
 AT INCONSISTENCY Americans Make Inconsistent
 Criticism of Graft
AMERICANS IN PARIS
Restauratcur Gets in Funny Predica- mcnt When He Holds a Married
 Woman In Pawn for Payment
 l. of BiII-Not Worth Bill

Paris, March 5.--(Speeial .)-France r recalling with some amusement and ne little satisfaction in a quiet way ,l snug anazement and expressions Of hor. TOT with which the Panama canal scan dals were greeted in America and ,h solemn sermons which were preached l. some of the American nev spapers as these indications of the decadence 0 France and French statesmen. The amusement and satisfaction como from reading the cable accounts of tht bribery scandals in New York Ohio anf elsewhere in the United States
 It is recalled that when the explosion came to France the matter was pursue
 to the end and no man involved in th, Panama rottenness. no matter how high he was placed, was permitted to escape
 This thorough purging by France is contrasted to the apparent effort of sonis of the high politicians in the UniteG States to limit the investigations now IL progress there so that men high in pub. lie life who may be smirched shall br saved from exposure. While it is not ilel5 here that tlis exposure of grating ane dishonesty on the part of American pub lie men is any indication of American decadence it is held that while there ma be grating in France, when it is founa the grafter is punished swiftly an. promptly regardless of his position an6 in this much at least conditions are bel ter here than on your side of the water The prospects of a tariff war betveer France and the United States is causing more or less worry in commercial circles France does not want a tariff war ana if President Taft is in position to inal.t concessions to conditions in France there is no. doubt a satisfactory arrangement will be made
 The present chamber of deputies ad- icurns sine die In fortnight or so, ani the new chamber Is elected in May. II Washington shows disposition to rush | matters faster than the French govern
 ment is able to so the result may be disastrous. It is hoped and believed hcrs
 that this will not be done.
 Among the Americans in Paris during the past week were Miss Lucille Johnson, Mrs. l.. B. Darden and Miss Margs ret Wallace of Portland, Ore. MT. and Mrs
 D. Sabel of Louisville, Ky: and Mrs. A. P. Gammel of Savannah, Ga.
 Paris is laughing at well-known res- taurateur.
 Two men asked two ladies to lunch and entertained them royalty at his place But when the lunch was over they re- tired and were not seen again. The land lord arrived and asked about his bill Until the gentlemen returned and settled, l.. 4t. L. pawn. The gentlemen showed no signs of returning. The bill for, the royal en- tertainment was produced and amounted to SIP. One of the ladies had exactly s6, paid up that amount, and was re- leased. The other had not a penny and remained In pawn. But the landlord dis covered that she was a married woman. the wife of a man who was not one of the two absconding entertainers, and he went to fetch the husband. The latter arrived and said, 'Hullo! What are you doing here?"
 Madame is In pawn" explained the landlord.
 'In pawn, For how much?"
 ''Six dollars.
 ''Too much She's not worth it," said the husband. Good day" Thereupon the despairing restaurant-keeper gave up all hope of his money and let the lady go.
 France may not be as far advanced in some lines in the suffragette movement as America and England but at a recent meeting of suffrsgettes here a sugges- ton was made by Madame Auclere. call culated to make her American and Eng fish sisters sit up and take notice
 Mime. Auclerc suggested that at the approaching election the suffragettes should endeavor to buy votes at from two to five francs GAO cents to SD each, as. she says. the men do. Mime. Lipman indignantly repudiated the idea of pur chasing consciences, but n great majority seem to favor the corruption system.
 What the authorities will say if an attempt is made to put the scheme into operation remains to be seen.
 Maurice Benedict was under treat ment at St. Louis hospital Paris. for a disease of the nose and to cure 1t the doctors applied a remedy contain ing f24 worth of radium. After a few days the doctors found the radlum h ad vanished and Maurice was arrested for stealing 1t, the precious substance having been found concealed in the lin- ing of his coat.
 For the first time since 1891 a wom- an has been sentenced to death in Paris. She is a young woman, Roseila -