The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-10
M. CHAUMET HAS
 VERY NOVEL IDEA Wierd Scene as Nuns Body
 Is Exhumed ACTORS ACT APACHES Paris Actors Go to Montmarte Having High Time-Fiye-Y Y ear-Old Girl Cries Herself to Death
 Through Jealousy
ACTORS ACT APACHEs
By PAUL vILLIERs

graph and telephone services and thero has always been many complaints as to the manner in which they have been con- dueted. Now M. Chaumet has had the ex- cellent idea of calling upon the public for advice. An advisory committee of the public, 65 strong. has been formed, and its members include senators, deputies, officials of all ranks, down to a lady postal employe and letter sorter, representa- tives of shipping and commercial houses and Journalists.
 The committee, which NJ. Chaumet calls "a little parliament" will deal with the enormous mass of complaints and sugges- tions sent in daily to the postal admins tration by the general public and submit each as seen suitable as proposals to the administration.
 A weird scene has just taken place in the convent chapel of the nuns of the Order of St. Joseph of Cluny at Senlis. This was no less than the exhumation of the body of Marie Anne Javouchey, who died about 60 years ago. aged 77, and was buried in a vault of the chapel. It is pro posed to canonize the deceased who de- voted her life to the education of young ladies and founded the order named TO further that end. It became necessary to examine the body in order to see in what tsate are the future relics.
 The vault was duly opened. After the noon recess the coffin,. which was of oak and rather decayed, was placed on one Of the tables. Inside it was found a lead shell containing a deal coffin which was also found to be lined with flannel and silk The nuns were asked to keep away The last lid being removed people saw in the coffin little of wadding but not sign or suggestion of a corpse. There was a strange hush in the congregation cannot say what thoughts flashed across the minds of the bystanders Elijah? Enoeh? Bodies of saints, have been stolen of yore, but this was in Italy. per- son who saw it all tells me he was too taken by surprise to think any thing. The doctors deved with their hands deep down and drew out nothing but wisps of wadding.- Yet the body was there after all and was brought to view The excitement increased. The men at work seemed to be unoffended by any taint in the air. and the nuns began to rejoice. The doctors were of the opinion
 
 body out, and the promoter was in al quandary. M. Taxil, the commissaire del police, suggested that the six angles of the coffin shoud be sawed down, the sides being laid out flat, and the body could then be slid on the second table. This was done. The deceased Mother Javouhey ap- peared, dressed in the robes of her order The face was swathed in Woollen bands and all the fingers were separately bound Ia .l.. found to be in a rather good state of pres ervation; some of the nuns even whispered to each other, in perfect state" One of the doctors a little later remarked to somebody that the body must have been embalmed, and an elderly num- overhear- ing the remark chided him, gently. but firmly, NO: what you have seen is the reward of faith" So he did not pursue the argument. The mother superior. as- sisted by the doctors, took pieces of wad- ding and linen and wiped the face and hands. Several nuns humbly prayed the promoter" to be allowed to assist but he shook his head Nobody must interfere" Others, with tears, begged leave to cut off little slips from the garment to keen as relics. This was absolutely forbidden
 The lace was found to be mottled with black spots. One of the hands was white. the other being of a dark color. The bishop asked doctor what he thought of this. 'Tt is probably on account of the position of, the body just after burial. Blood flowing down into one of the hands" Both hands were grasping scrolls of paper ''placets,' as they are called i. e., petitions for miraculous favors de- sired by the nuns of 50 years ago. The commissaire, surprised at the weight of a three inch crucifix on the breast of the body, drew other persons attention to it and 1t was found to be of solid gal The skin of the body, it was noticed was quite supple, and faint scent in the air of something like vanilla was pleasant Possibly due" a chemist suggests, "to slow chemical change in the wood" A doc tor took up the hands and raised the arms without doing any damage. new nuns dress was brought, but on the doctors representation only an outrobe was put on. The remains were then laid in a new coffin. Tn four years the body will be placed in crystal coffin. The final de- cree may not be rendered for another 5O years or onger.
 Paris theatrical society Is losing it's composure. Some 40 or 30 actors and &C., tresses have been up at Montmarte act ing male and female apaches. The orgfe began with dinner at Albert's. The Be- hemian restaurateur himself wore green apron. M. Guitry carried a revolver In his belt. Another well known actor had a policeman's uniform and wore a long red beard. just the kind that would de- light M Lepine. Mile. Emilenne W Aen- con stood in trousers as telephone boy Another actress looked a fine rosy young apache in corduroy trousers Madam Margot Murray looked dashing in a red and black revolutionary outfit Mile. Damia, Davigny and others have calico checkered skirts such as those of any market girl, and dozen actors looked fercely picturesque in loose, ragged coats, with red or blue handkerchiefs around their necks for ties, and caps that made them look like real 'toughs"
 The dinner began with fried chips hand ed found to each guest on a bit of brown paper, each portion costing a penny. The table was filtered with heavy glasses. with the rims broken and litres of wine marked at sous, or 3lad. each Perhaps there was something better inside, but the appearances were safe. The walters wore caps and white aprons. After dinner the whole company started to "do" Mont marte. There were wild quadrilles at the fair in front of the booths and disrup- from which even the confirmed habitues fled in terror Shch a formidable com- pany of apaches had not been seen for some time. After spreading terror all night, along the exterior boulevards, our. ished the real apaches by jumping away in triumph. The real apache is still
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