El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-28
FEEL Loss Of
AMERICAN
CUSTOM
Paris Dressmakers Lament
the High Duty on French
Finery.
PARIS AND MADRID
CONNECTED BY PHONE

Paris. France. Oct 2S.-The dress
makers Of the rue de Ia Paix
complain that this has been
hard season for them because
Of the sharp enforcement Of American
customs regulations. An American who
formerly bought several costumes now
takes one, just to have something from
Paris.
Art Association Resumes.
The American Art association, which
is not a firm of picture dealers, but a
social club for American artists, art
students and persons interested in art,
has opened its doors again, after lapse
Of over two years. New premises have
been obtained in the rue Joseph-Bara.
q few doors from the rue d'Assas and
the rue Notre Dame des Champs, the
street in which so many great painters
had. and have, their studios. While
not so spacious as the old club house
in the rue Notre Dame des Champs, the
clubs new home is more compact and
more comfortable, comprising the
whole of the ground floor Of a modern
apartment house with separate en-
trance.
hibitiOns for which fl was famous in
the past
Phone Line 10 Madrid.
After several months trials the
French state telephone engineers have
succeeded in connecting Paris ana
Madrid and the service Will soon pc
ODened to the public. The establish
ment Of oral communication over sUcn
a distance-900 miles-is only one Oh
a number Of reforms which are Delng
Instituted the central nattery among
them at first condemned by the post
office telephone authorities, but now
regarded as essential by every bOdy-
The switchboard at the principal eN-
change is being remOdeled on Ihe
American plan until the automatic eN-
change. now under trial at Lyons, shan
be adopted for the whole system The
automatic eXchangP viii do away win
the telephone girl" who Is much
slower and less courteous in France
than in America
Captain Who Is Popular.
Capt Henrique de Paiva Couceiro.
the principal leader Of the mOnarcnlsu
revolt in northern Portugal Is very
popular in the Portuguese army espe-
cially among the artillery IN Whlcn
branch he served During the days or
the 4th and 5th October, 1910, he
fought heroically in the streets OF LIS
bon and was among the last defenders
of the palace Of the Neces1dades against
the Republicans
When the struggle was nearly over. a
Souza. wounded by a fragment Of she'll
crossed the royalist lines on his way to
surrender his seals of office TO the pro
VisiOnal government
Il have been wounded In my own
house by a splinter of shell, said the
minister to the captain.
Serves you right" answered Cou-
ceiro. roughly. your place was in the
street"
When the monarchist regime was
definitely ended. COuceirO was not mo-
Tested by the Republicans. The new
war minister. Col BarretO. even Of
fered him a higher grade, which at first
he accepted. but soon gave UP to work
for the cause OF the king.
One day before a. group of soldiers,
the captain had 2 lively alteration
with Col BarretO.
who are yOu for" questioned Cou-
ceiro abruptly. turning to the men
For the king or the republic|'
No; for you. captain" they answered
without hesitation.
Complexion Changes.
The complexion of the Paris woman
has changed this season. Last winter
the prevailing mode was white with red
lips This autumn the Out-Of-dOOr tint
with a touch Of dusky red in the cheeks
has become the fashion. The leading
hafrdressers supply glistening eyes for
the evening by four drops Of chemical
formula.