The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-16
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 OF MONOMANIAC Attacked by Remarkable Character in Paris NEW CENSUS FIGURES Are Expected to Show Great Decrease in Number of Servant Girls in
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NEW CENSUS FIGURES
By PAUL VIILIERS

Paris, July 15.-( (Special0-To contend that certain crimes happen in cycles Is no midsummer dream. This city demon strates this idea probably more so than any other big city. For months police men will be victims of the criminal ele- nlent. Now 1t is women.
 The Metropolitan railway has become tie scene of dangerous assaults commit ted by man who is evidently mono maniac A girl of l9 got into the train and on her arrival at Etoile station was aighting when she received, as she thought. severe blow from man who was near her.
 On reaching her home she examined the wound and discovered that she was bleed ing profusely. She had to be conveyed 10 a hospital The wound was then dressed.
 Later on she was able to proceed to the police station for the purpose of lodging a complaint and there she found another young woman who had gone with the same object, as she had been stabbed in the side fortunately with only slight er- feet. In each case the self-same individ- ual was to blame, as the two descriptions of the monomaniac tallied. These are but a few of the victims. Double patrols of police have been placed at danger points and plain clothes men are on the look out.
 Were it in the power of the Latin quar- ter students to declare war, Sorhonne would be marching upon Strassburg. A newspaper in that town has succeeded in ar irar tI7n fra af oil ha cft bx- a statement somewhat to the following effect: That of all the French ideals which it is impossible to accept, the most impossible of all is the Bohemian ideal of the Latin quarter of Paris. The same paper advised all the student youth of Alsace to keep clear of the Latin quar- ters.
 There have been meetings in and around the Sorbonne. It was decided to issue manfestos of indignant protest. A pro cession of students is to march to the statue of Strassburg, in the Place de la Concorde. to make amends for an i'm aginary dissertation of the old town by the German paper.
 It is expected that the census will show a great falling off in the number of ser rants, and especially in that of bonnes a tout faire. I give the name they go by here because, though they are employed as general servants, they have so little In common with the British maid of all work. The bonne is invariably of rustic origin. But one wonders at the speed with which she assimilates what is Pa- risian and what this city requires of her. The country lass becomes as if under the influence of a magician's wand, neat handS ldept and alert, is of an accom- ' modatne temper, quick to pick up knowledge and is almost elegant In the arrangement of plain day clothes and the Sunday suit. La petite bonne" is fav- orfte subject for dramatic authors of the lighter sort, for comic novelists, authors of queer stories and for painters.
 I have known country girls who. when they first came here to Paris to look for places as general servants, only spoke the patois of their native locality. In a short time they spoke a French that an acad- emician might envy.
 In 1901 there were in France 627, ,62e bonnes a tout faire. The number had fallen in 1906 to COCO. An official con nected with the taking of the census tells me that he expects to note when all the returns are classified a still more inn portant reduction.
 United States treasury agents are a busy lot in Paris right now. Wealthy Americans who came over for the English coronation are being watched by the forcs of detectives representing the American customs It is reported here that the large purchases of pearls that have been made within the last few days have been duly noted and a full description of the purchasers sent over to Collector Loeb The Precious Stones Importers Associa- ton of America, which is working In con Junction with the government is de- termined that none of these pearls, or indeed, any other gems, shall be snug gled through without the duty being paid
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