The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

causing the outcry. People don't mind
them 10 literary and artistic celebrities.
but why put UP a bust TO Monster Du-
rand because he once made noisy
speech from the extreme "left'? Also.
some OF these statues are very ugly. So
a weil-known municipal councillor Mon
sieur lie Corbelier proposes that all the
political statues should be swept clean
out Of Paris and placed in a ring all
around the fortifcations. AS there is an
other idea to turn the Qualifications into
sort OF huge circular park enclosing
Paris, the statue idea would fl in excel
lently and the defunct politicians would
look Very well. spread out at intervals
or every 800 yards or so.
Takes Up Literature.
M sacha Guitry. one of the two sons
OF the famous actor OF that name. has
taken up literature and now is cngag ged
upon several works. NJ Guitry Is enjoy
ing his vacation. which will extend far
into next month. but he is not allowing
recreation To interfere entirely with the
work which he has under way. The young
author is following the usual habit of
The French authors In advertising and
masterpieces he intends TO bring cut. so
as TO ailay the keen curiosity OF the
public. il, indeed. such curiosity exists
a all, In the case of NJ. Guitry the an
Eounccmcnt came as a surprise, for he
says he is engaged upon the following
manuscripts all OF which Will be pub
ljshed In book form within a short time.
One volume of poems, a history of Greece
scenes laid In Burmah and dealing with
the manners and customs OF that place,
drama in iotg' acts. a tragedy in three
acts, fairy Hay In three acts, and his
memoirs III fortY-onc volumes.
Objected to Mustard Pots
The diplomatic talent OF France and
Germany has been engaged In clearing
up an incident that began in trades
man $ Joke. Many German tourists who
travel III the heart OF France were horri-
fed TO find that an enterprising manu-
facturers business zeal had carried him.
as they imagined, too far and that he
was selling mustard in earthenware pots
fashioned 10 resemble pigs, whilst the Ids
consisted OF helmets exactly the same in
shape as those worn i'll the German army
The tourists. says the Chronicle, COM
planned to their government, and friendly
representations were made in Paris. II
was then ascertainod that the mustard
pots which constituted the bone OF con-
Iontlon. were OF German manufacture
and bore the words. Made in Germany"
stamped on the bottom. The diplomatic
representations were promptly ,investi-
French government officials shows that
the cause Of the complaint was innocent
IN its conception even it the effect had
been to occasion some resentment. 1t
appears that the pots wcro made on the
suggestion Of a French mustard manu-
tacturer, who had been pcstered for some
time by representative German earth
made sarcastically, but the traveller
promptly booked an order for 900 OF
ihe pots, and the mustard manufacturer
found himself Obliged to recognize 1t as
an honorable transaction.
Wonderful Watch
In a few days NJ. FalIieres will pay an
official visit 10 Berne, the capital of the
n u
take presents with him and bring back
others in exchange, Among the latter
the Swiss have appropriately included a
chronomctcr as specimen Of their
greatest national industry. But It Will
be no ordinary tmepiece. II will be,
indeed, The most wonderful watch in the
charonometcr. with a dial six feet in
diameter. but its size is not its only
wonder The face is a circular flower
bed, in which nothing can he seen but
The Roman figures on the dial arc
marked in flowers, and the hands arc
narrow beds OF flowers. They duly re-
volvc and point the hours. All tho flow
ers in the wonderful clock are growing
In mould In boxes Of the required shape.
Those containing blossoms forming The
hands naturally revolyc on pivots. The
flower chronometer VIII be placed in the
garden of the palace Of the Elysec.
Whether the head gardener will consider
IL with approval Is uncertain. Water
ing lne llOWerS OF lnc CnrDnOmctcr, LOT
instance, will be a tic1lish job.
Slew His Wife.
A Paris artist named Francois Me-
on the steps Of the Palace of Justice,
where she has successfully deied the
mans demand 10 be given his 17-ycar-
old daughter The girl herself pleaded
10 be allowed to live with her mother on
account of her fathers violent and bru-
tai character The judge granted the
court and waited for his wife outside tho
door. Then he fired five shots at her in
quick succession, and the woman fell
dying with her unhappy husband and
her. The artist, who was roughly
handled by the crowd. is now in the
Sante prison.
Much Tried Prisoner.
A much-trled prisoner in France is one
called Grand, who, if the guillotine ever
life with more death sentences pro-
nouncod on him than any recent Grim
inal. Nearly two years ago he WIS SEN
S souS 70 dss'a bx aefs Sy %he m
from justice. Meanwhile he had time to
commit other crimes entailing death pen
ishIng Brigand OF Poullguen-" Being
captured a last, he was sentenced a sec
ond time 10 death by court martial at
Nice; and he had many other death
crimes pending in the civil courts, There
was a manifest dilemma, II the sentence
Of the military courts was carried out
and he was shot. the civil courts would
have TO Judge dead man. which was
absurd. Ii was decided, therefore, that
he should be tried for some OF his other
crimes first, and one of these was the
murder Of a little girl near Nantes. But
he had also attempted murder in place
near Grasse, so that he had been re-
tanned at Nice TO be tried for his alleged
murder before being sent TO Nantes.
When all the trials over he may
eventually be condemned TO death for the
fourth time before he is executed. Grand
meanwhile. seems TO take things very
calmly in prison. An appeal two may
Increase the number OF his death SEN
tences 10 five or six. until the authorities
HpalIy aerIde 10 lpt the p,Iilntina do a..