The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
MORE TROUBLE
 OVER MOROCCO President Fallieres' Double Proud of Resemblance BAD STORY OF CURIE Character of Famous Woman Scient- I ist Is Attacked "Universite
 Mandoine' Is Charming Idea
 for Afternoon Parties
BAD STORY OF CURIE
By GEORGE DUFREsNE

Paris, November 25.-(Special.)-Whil a general relief is being felt that the Morocco question has been settled. the opinion exists in parliamentary circles that the truce with Germany will not be of long duration, owing principally to the points of contact between the two nations in the Congo. They are almost certain to lead to strife.
 There seems no doubt that parliament will ratify the agreement without en- tnusiasm; the chamber will certainly re- fleet the new spirit of confidence in the country, and lively debate is antici- pated on the Congo portion, but the Mo- rocco arrangement Is sure of a large ma jority. It is considered that the new in- strument contains the germ of con- fict with Spain, whose attitude precipi- tated the German incursion at Agadir.
 M. Fallieres, the president of the repub- lie, has a double who is very proud of the fact that he strongly resembles so illustrious a parsonage. He carries the resemblance to such a point as to imi- tate the president in his habits.
 He wears a blue tie with white spots, the same neckwear which M. Fallieres affects, and every morning takes a walk in the Champs Elysees and the Faubourg Saint Honore, accompanied by his two nephews. The president also covers this ground with two members of his house. hold. Hats are raised when the double and his nephews pass. He graciously replies to the salutes of the citizens.
 1,o ,i1 his monument In the little town in the department of the Indre ct Lohr, which bears his name and which owes it's ex- istence to the fact that the patrimonial lands of the minister of Louis XIII cover a large part of the surface it oc- cupies. It is not yet known whether the monument will be of brass or marble; but 1t will be erected In the chief square of the town.
 The initiative of this tardy homage has been taken by the president of the Arch geological society of Tours, M Louis Bossebauf, who is the author of & much appreciated book on Richeieu. The sug- gestion of the monument has been en- thusiastically taken up by the municipal ity of Richelieu. An influential commit tee had been appointed, and has secured the patronage of the French academy without distinction of opinions, and the representatives of learned societies, writ CTS and artists to whom the memory of the workers in promoting French unity remain dear.
 A painful sensation has been caused by an extraordinary story published con cerning Mme. Curie, who with her late husband discovered radium, and M. Lan- gevin, director of studies of the Ecole de Physique ct de Chemie and professor of the College of France. No credence is placed in the story in scientific circles, where it is ascribed as an odious cal- un1ny. -Fs 4t+ ,. According to the story, M Langevin had for some time past assisted Mme. Curie in her scientific researches, work ing with her in her laboratory M. Lam gevin says the statement, which Is at tributed to his mother-n-law, was more often in the company of Mime. Curie than in that of his wife. Mme. Langevin is said to have become suspicious. Three months ago the professor left his home with his children, and Mime. Curie left the capital at the same time.
 Mime. Curie is in Brussels at the pres ent moment. She is attending scientific council convened to discuss certain con- trovercial points in modern physical the ories, and among the savants are Nj. Henri Poincare M. Langevin and num- Der of British German, Dutch and other ioIClSu SSie4tlStS IO representative of the Temps. who interviewed her. Mime. Curie described the allegation as infa- nous, and indignantly protested against 1t. Professor Langevin has also made a statement. He admits he has ceased to live with his wife on account of the fre- quent scenes of jealousy she provoked. 'I certainly coaborate with Mme Curie in her scientific work" he added, but my relations with her naturally end there. I emphatically deny all the alle- gations made"
 The "Universite Mondaine' Is one of those charming ideas that might be ex- pected from cultured Paris. Orators, philosophers, romanciers and musicians put themselves at the service of the idle fashionables who ks->y not how to spend their afternoons. and from to o'clock the most delightful gatherings are seen at Olympia, arranged mechanically for the occasion. The programme consists of a conference. or causerie, given by eminent and well known persons. aided 'by artists who illustrate the theme. &
 Already we have had a lecture on
 'Illustrious Mothers by M. Rene Eau chois assisted by Madame Gilda Darthy, one on Love Songs' by M. Jules Bois, assisted by M. Isidore de Lara, who sang a number of his own compositions in French and English, and finally one on "The Secret Life of Maupassant," by M. Rene Maupassant, at which Mile. Vera Sergine recited some of the gifted writer's poems.