Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-05
SENTIMENTAL GIRLS HIS PREY
Engaged Himself to Eighteen, Who
Interested Papas.
NOW AFTER LOTHARIO's SCALP
Commissions for Arranging Marriages
Held to Be Immoral.
UNION LEADERS SENTENCE CUT
Labor Organizations Threatened Gem
erHl strike and Made the Minis
try Give In-ScandaIOuS
Acts at Execution.
by PAUL vILLIERs.

ny PAUL NlLLlERS.
PARIS Feb 4-(Special to The Bee)-
Let me relate how young and rich mem
Der OF the Chamber Of Deputies was elected
to that body. He was a candidate for a
scat in the South of France against an old
member. and nobody saw the slightest
chance for the newcomer. who had barely
left school. To everybodys surprise he
was elected. Blessed with wealth and good
looks he determined to use both. There
happened 10 be several marriagable girls
in the town and to them all he paid une
cour assidue. promising each to make her
his bride II elected. As he was the type
of novel hero, the girls jumped at the idea
and went home to papa with the story of
their hopes.
Papa was persuaded. under the circum-
stances. to vote for the rich young polit-
clan. and with the idea of having such
son-in-law the fathers were not slow in
casting their votes for him and our polit-
cal Adonis won the day. But now he finds
himself in an embarrassing situation. No
less than eighteen ladies ere calling upon
him to keep his promise of marriage. 1t
will take him a long time to outlve the
story that has leaked out and the electors
are Infatuated, so it looks as though his
parliamentary career viii be a short 0ne.
Marriage Commission Immoral.
court sitting here has decided that the
claim for commission on a marriage
dowry is immoral. A man named Valilanet
before marrying made a contract with
Nine. Garsonnet
The commission. amounting to Sc, GOO. was
never paid, and Nine. Garsonnet brought
] the matter into the court. The court said {:
! Matrimonial brokerage, with percentage
on a dowry, reduces marriaA, to an enter
prise in which money plays an essential
part. II is commercial idea that is
contrary to law and contrary to morals"
Durand Gets Communication.
The death sentence upon the union leader
Durand, for coInplicity in the murder OF a
decker at Hayre, has been scommuted to
seven years confinement. The commute
tion was demanded by the trades unions
and threats were made OF general strike
IL the government did not give way. One
OF the arguments used against the execut-
ing Of Durand was that three rich men
who had committed atrocious murders
had gotten off with less punishment than
a common drunk" would have received
RiOtOus Scenes at Execution.
Antoine Faviery who brutally murdered
and robbed a bank collector, was gull
lotined in the city at Lille recently. The
execution gave rise to scandalous scenes
The murderer was held in such execratior
that the public made the affair an occa.
sion for merry-making. Windows over
looking the square and commanding a dres,
circle view of that dread engine OF Justice
the guillotine, let for remarkable prices
One merchant, 1t is said gave 500 for Z
window, and less favored position S25. Tive
drinking bars overlooking the place Of
execution charged francs per head for ad
mission and trebled the prices of all re
freshments.
school Boys ON strike.
Eleven thousand school boys strucl
lately because their schools are insult
ficientiy heated. The strike has been al
orderly one. The children marched through
the streets OF Toulon with banners o,
keep ourselves warm. Our minds ar
frozen and frozen minds cannot learn les
sons"
which was printed: Eve are walking L
Wife Killed by Trap Gun.
A young woman going to a cellar to fetc
, wine received on opening the door a buIle
which hit her I'm the face and killed her
The husband explained that he had sus
pected the cellar was being robbed. an
had fixed loaded pistol inside In such
tashlon that II would be discharged tn
moment the door was opened, He ha
been arrested on suspicion as he had re
Gently had his wife insured for a eonsid
cradle amount. That is the only poln
raised against him.
A Moving Village.
The alarming novelty of residing In
moving village is the lot OF the inhabitant
OF RieuX' In Correze. The hill upon whic
It stands IL subsiding into a neighborin
glen and many Of the villagers have let
} their houses and driven away the cattle
mItI Gil