Evening star., 1911-08-27
Rochefort Comments on Love.

Henri Rochefort, who is becoming quite
a moralist in his old age. has given vent to
some personal comments on love.
Love Is being practiced in an original
manner in France today" he says,
the intensity of his affections he puts q
bullet or two into her head and then
blows out his brains"
Various examples of these tragic
amours have been given us within the
last few days. A boy of nineteen thus
Then q dragoon stationed at Tours came
to Paris for q similar exploit. He was
deeply in love with Suzanne. Suzanne b
dying with two bullets In her head. The
dragon is already dead. But for his
passion. the dragon had all the qualities
Of a good soldier.
And at the present writing still an
other proof OF love via target practice
is occupying the attention Of the public.
This latest tragedy centers around a
baker and two girls who worked In the
shop where he was employed. The baker.
1t seems. loved both, and each Of the
damsels loved him. His solution of this
perplexing situation was sanguinary. He
killed them both and then pierced his
heart with a huge bread knife.
Parisians Battle in Seine.
| Parisians have found new use for the
Seine this summer-they are bathing in It
| Heretofore they have only fished In l,
and reproached 1t when 1t rose too higf
and caused loss and inconvenience. Bu
this summer both fishing and reproachine
have given way to the affection Of
| familiarity.
along the crowded water front. and from
early In the morning till late at night
/ the heat-suffering idlers may be seen
| fighting for admission. This has had
the effect Of changing the whole aspect
Of the Partisan water front. 1t has wooed
the French Isaac Waltons from their
| sport" and cast gloom upon thousands
who. too lazy to Ash themselves. never
theless enjoyed their daily query anent
the luck OF the fishermen.
or course every one knows that the
men who sit on the banks Of the Seine
with their legs dangling over the quay
side never catch anything. They don't
want to. II q minnow were to become en-
tangled in their tackle 1t would only an
noy them. They are not really anglers,
they are only patient philosophers who
| have found that a rod and line does not
interfere with indolent meditations on
/ life and destiny. on men and women
especially women-and the consolation
/ that comes from watching other peOple
| work.
/ But, however this may be. fisherman
with rod and line slouch hat and droop-
ing pipe is at least picturesque; while
/ padding placidly in the pools OF the
swimming baths Is prosaic. Partisan ha-
4 bitues of the water front miss the fisher
men.
| Chapter of Horrors.
Fear is loose in the valley Of the Nesles.
Two women have been mysteiously
murdered. Children have been partially
eaten alive and their bodies, bearing the
| horrible marks of their assailant, have
been found weltering in pools OF blood.
The peasants are flocking to the churches.
| Prayers and incantations fill the air, and
the more active and less superstitious Of
! the village heads are organizing posses
to hunt down the strange murderer.
/ The only clue to these mysterious
crimes is a series Of peculiar footprints
and the equally peculiar manner Of. kin.
l ing. each victim receiving its mortal
wound in the back of the neck. as though
some huge beast had sprung from above,
! lighted upon its victims shoulders and
crushed out its life with one snap Of its
huge jaws.
So superstitious are the peasants and
/ so great their fear OF the unknown that
little can be learned from them. The
i government authorities. however. have
1 taken tHe matter up anu are ScHuiHS eSS-
eral agents into the fear-stricken terri
/ tory. 1t is hoped that the mystery will
i soon be unraveled.
| Suspects Huge Ape.
/ possible solution of the extraordi-
nary series OF crimes comes from the
Paris chief Of police. who has watched
| the newspaper reports closely and has
| been in correspondence with friends hv-
| ing in the terrorized region. He states
that In his opinion the crimes were COM
/ mitted by q huge ape, probably escaped
| from some itinerant circus and driven tc
i desperation by hunger. Working on this
/ theory the government officials are scour-
ing the country In an effort to locate
showmen who may throw light on thu
mysterious crimes by completing the po.
lice heads theory with. an admission OF
q monkeys escape.
Mr.. Crawford-The only way for me t
avoid these payments Ii to put everything
I own In your name.
Mrs. Crawford-Won't II be just lovel.
for me to have al that money TO spend?-