The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
BRAND RETIREMENT NOT UNEXPECTED France To Have An Itiner-
 ant Theatre WILL BE LIKE CIRCUS Measures Taken To Prevent Sale of Fake Champagne-Roumanian
 Surgeon Studies Peculiar
 New Anaesthetic
WILL BE LIKE CIRCUS

 expected. His friends have frequently said he had been trying the impossible task of reconciling irreconcilable ele- ments. The socialists of whom he was one regarded him as a renegade to their cause" The infidel class looked upon | him as too lenient with the Catholic church. while the church regarded him as the archpriest of infidelity and a despot Employers and corporations de- nounceds him as a demagogue, the 1 workingmen regarded him as "a cap italistic tool.",
 We are going to have new theatre, an intenerant theatre which will trav- el around the country like circus, and | 1t will come Into existence this sum- mer The company will travel and per l formances will be given. This theatre | is to keep the provinces in touch with | the plays which up to the present nave | been performed here. It will have stage as large as many city theatre stages. There will be 25 cars to trans port the outfit There will be homo generous troupe which will give plays as they always have done in France, without a star. Gemier. who is at the head of the enterprise, intends 10 ln- clude operatic performances. comic as well as operettas. Lucienne BreVal IS already engaged to sing the role or Carmen, and there Is no doubt that the people of the provinces will go in as great numbers to this theatre as the population did in the time of Moliere. It is to be called the Theatre National, and after it has visited the provinces 1t may go beyond the boundaries Of France and give our neighbors taste of new plays as they are given.
 In the course of recent firing practice by the battleship fleet the turrets of the 12-inch guns, and the guns them selves became damned and out or use on board five ships out of six.
 Admiral Bellue ordered simultaneous firing by the 12-inch guns of the main turrets. The shock damaged the guns and turrets and rendered further firing impossible on the five ships.
 The Democratic and the Justice suf- fered chiefly. They have been handed over to the dockyard auth critics for repairs.
 councillor of the prefecture, state official, has applied for his pension on the ground that he is suffering from chronic dyspepsia as 8 result of full
 filling his duties in attending state ban quets. The cabinet. unwilling to asso- ciate itself with what would be a grave slur on chefs, has rejected the dyspep- tic officials demand,
 It is believed that the rejection of Madame Curie by the French academy will result in the formation of an acad- emy for women. Several academicians, including famous playwrights, have in- timated their willingness to support the scheme.
 The "champa gnising" of wines not made in Champa gne will, 1t Is hoped, be suppressed by the champagne bill which was passed in the chamber of deputies few days ago.
 The duty of one halfpenny a bottle on genuine champagne proposed by the government to compensate the customs for the increased surveillance demanded by the new law, was deleted from the measure, but the chamber voted the ar ticle providing that a special declara- tion of origin shall be given by the au- thorities to all wines in the Champagne district on leaving the cellars.
 It decreed that in order to be entitled to the name of champagne spark ling wine must be made and stored apart from wine foreign to the Cham pagne districts. A year after the pro- mulRdtlOIl Ol lHt lcW id VI WiHCc Soiiiihe under the definition of champagne may only be placed on the market If they bear the word champagne" in dis tinct characters on the bottles and corks. The passage of the champagne bill will do much to obviate further trouble in the disaffected district 1t is believed.
 Notre Dame du Platin has been 1lo ta ho saint of the aviators. Mir. Odelin. an ancient mem Der of the municipal council, has had small church constructed in the quarter of Platin, near the shore, where the bureau is, which has been dedicated to the Mother of God, and the aViators have been placed under her protection. An artistic medal has been cast with her image on one side and the picture of the little church on the other Many aviators are already wearing the medal. The bishop of LaRochelle authorized service to take place in the new sanctu- ary, and also the blessing of the medals.
 pr. Alexander Fraicon, young Rou- manian surgeon, has been studying a new anaesthetic. which leaves the pa tient lucid, but suppresses all sensibil- ity M. Fraicon had hernia and an ap- eration became necessary. He deter mined to try his new anaesthetic and to test It's efficacy by operating on him. self The anaesthetic was administered and the doctor sat down at the operat- ing table, and, after calmly performing the operation, stitched up the wound and went to bed. The operation took an hour to perform. He is now in one of our local hospitals and on the way of recovery. .s
 M Schoesing of the Institute of Sci ence, recently made an address, in which he condemns cigarettes. tolerates cigars, and is enthusiastic in regards pipe smoking. M. .Schoesing demon strated that the combustion of tobacco in a pipe produces a greater quantity of formic aldehyde than combustion in T cigarette Inasmuch as formic aide hyde acts in diminishing the injurious element of nicotine, this Is to the ad- vantage of the pipe.
 A vast crowd assembled at fash ionable skating rink off the Champs Elyees the other night. where three handsome women whirled round the building attired in harem skirts, on the arms of skating teachers.
 There was general tendency among the onlookers to deride the new fashion and rldicule the women. vs
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