The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

5. "Justice is at the root OF every
.ouscience - Such is also the opin-
on of An ex-chemist, who was vol,
,nteer in the Franco German war and
Who writes from Paris hospital thns'
1t is with one foot in the grave
that / write to you such a ions
letter. convinced as l am beioFe
hand that it will meet with very
favorable consideration from you,
whose Justice is proverbial
was informed some months ago
that Won had proposed me for the
Academic Palms. TO reward me loI
NY forty years philanthropy ana
devotion during the war of lsao.
On consulting the ''Oifl.
c,ol Gazette Of ! January
noted with pain that ! had been
torootten, doubtless through an
oversight. | shall therefore ne
very grateful to you II you VIII
let me know whether 1T is an err95
or forgetfulness. J.. SS-9h9uio
the Palms be granted me am l 20
Yait fill they are sent me or must
r,o and fetch them at the min
istry? ..
A lady writes with winning confi'
dence;
I should be very happy to have
the Palms. That would make SIX
decorations, and / sincerely enlhh
! have a right to 1T. In the SUN
mer l sing and play my composi'
tions to cheer the poor. nhi15.u
nate people in the hospltals; reo t
ple tell me that IN order TO get
The Palms it is sufficient to have
interest, but I prefer to get them
without the interest of anyone ex
ceptinq YOURS, Monsieur dc Minis
ire. Mr.. x, senator and mayor
of y, was my lodger for three
years. He died year ago.
A barber from the south, who pllte:
his art In Paris, says he is the 'dl
rector of the National school, tnt
Academv of Arts of Halrdresslng, male
section for teaching how to make up
object lessons in all styles OF 6alr
dressing.o He adds list of his dlpio
mas Then comes a literary man wh'
is terror. After frightening the min
ister bv telling him his pseudonym as !
polemist, and his pseudonym as mu
sical and literary critic, he request
ssthe modest distinction of the Aca
demic Palms, for the following maJo
reasons: AS simple citizen; as pro
fessor of the violin and the manoolin
as literary and musical critic TOT IN
raising of French musical style, as com
pared with the Italian or German style
as an independent Journalist, a oltn
critic and an ex-lecturer; Let not IN
reader think these specimens are hu
morous fabrications; they are write
by men and women In solemn earnest
Recalls Big Scandal.
Others there are, and they are no
few, who prefer a shorter road Lo TN
acquisition of the ribbon. There ar
sundry unscrupulous individuals unde
arrest at the present moment Tor sci
| ing orders and decorations. Now an
again some huge decoration scands
shakes the political armament,
when Wilson, the son.in-law of Pre-
ident Grevv. who was convicted of sci
| ing the Legion of Honor to wealth
buyers, and the unfortunate presiden
who was quite innocent, was forced b
public opinion to resign the highest o:
flee of the republic. Such big scanda
are, however, as rare as petty trafflcl
lug in decorations is frequent.
Here is recent instance: A youn
man of many names, Aubert BasiI
Jean Francois Polidor, is under ARE:
for selling the Palms and other de-
orations. The business was evident
a profitable one, for he was cashing
cheoue for 5000 at the moment of n
arrest. For a full-blown diploma
charged $1,000. His method of opera
ing was simplicity itself. He haa
friends among the clerks at the mini
fry of public education and while visi
ing them stole a few diplomas fro
among packet already filled in wit
all the signatures save that of the pc
manent secretary and the name of II
recipient The minister's signature b
ing printed, it was easy to forge II