The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-05
OUR FOREIGN LETTER

~~~S~~~~s~~~~~~~~~~ Turin. July s-The descriptive Mist advertised for sale of moving pie ture films here contained the follow ing:
 sThe Nose of CretineHi'' (SO yards
 long); Eternal Love" Qast about ff- teen minutes); "The Solitary Worm (about TO yards, all laughable); sDio-
 genes Barrel (cheap, but in excel lent condition).
 Belgrade July S-Their former
 schoolmaster having been dismissed
 for inefficiency, the boys of the vil-
 lage school of Subiel, Servia, took it
 upon theInselves to see that his suc- cessor was not less learned than they were. 4.,e -ae.s
 when ,Milorad Militicheyitch arrived
 to take charge he was backed into a corner while the boys fired volleys of questions at him. He was asked to decline a dozen Latin nouns by some, complicated questions in arithmetic were put by others, and still others
 demanded accurate geographical in- formation
 The new master consented to the ex- animation on condition that his tor- mentors take turns. and, having ac- quilted himself to their satisfaction, he was allowed to depart, with a state- ment from the oldest pupil, that now they were sure he would not have to use notes like his predecessor, he could come and teach them if he hk- ed
 Vienna, July 3-Drastic measures have been taken by the Ministry of the Interior to regulate the sale of small firearms throughout Austria, in view of the large number of up-to- date weapons confiscated by the po- lice from arrested criminals in the past few months.
 An official decree, just published, prohibits absolutely the sale of auto- matic repeating revolvers, Browning pistols, small air pistols, and similar a special permit from the local author fties.
 Paris July S-Well nigh desperate over the alarming decrease in the birthrate in France. the Cabinet will shortly introduce in the Chamber of Deputies a bill for bonuses for moth CTS of more than four children. The minimum will be in the neighborhood of $10O per child, though the age of the mother and the number of chil- dren will cause a variance in this amount.
 A tax on bachelors and childless couples will probably be advocated as means of raising the money to pay the bonuses.
 Paris, July S-So far France has failed to raise the 52S,000 francs ($105,- ooO) necessary to purchase Regnault's "Sa1ome'. which picture was bought at auction by Knoedler, of New York, and within a few weeks the time al- lowed by the owner will be up.
 Great resentment was manifested at the time Knoedler purchased the painting, the crowd hissing loudly in spite of the American's refusal to bid against any French museum, starting to bid only when French museums announced they had quit. Newspa- pers, seemingly ignorant of Knoedler's gift of a three-months option to the Lonvre museum at a price exactly the same as he paid for the picture, con- tinue to drag Americans over the coals for buying French works of art.
 Paris, July 3-A monument to Will bur Wright, the first birdman of the world, is to be erected at Pau if plans now under way materialize. It was at Pau that Wright startled the world by his sustained flights. In the meantime there is a movement on foot to change the name of some street in Paris to that of the premier avia- tor
 Paris, July s-A second concourse of "aviettes' or man-propelled aeroplanes, will be held here in October. There are several prizes offered, the first being $200O. Most of the 'ayiettes' so far seen in France are wings ak- tached to bicycles, with or without propellers.
 Paris, July s-A union of aviators, formed for the purpose of controll- ing aviation meets, salaries of pilots, conditions of engagements and the like, is proposed here by Alfred Le- blanc the famous French airman
 The. new union will be called Friendly Society of Aviators'', and all lisenced pilots are eligible. Already nearly all of the French aviators have announced their willingness to join.
 Teheran, July 3-The Shah's cutlery and kitchen utensils are worth $20,- 100000 according to committee of government experts appointed to make an inventory.
 The committees report shows that no other court, not even that of Spain has such elaborate pots and pans as the Persian. They are all gold plated on the inside and the plainest are of silver only. The Kitchen salt and sugar canisters are of massive silver, hut the EnnNna fGrlxu n1ofAa anAI