The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
FRENCH PLATED
 OVER BOAT RACE
Hope to Win Race in Ameri-
 can Waters
ART EXHIBIT IS LARGE
Aviation Claims Death a Day in Eu- rope-New Way to Induce Kind ness to Horses-Light -
 Wines Popular
By PAUL vILLIERs

by GAt l. tiLLIERs
 Paris, June 1.--(specaD-Fren rench motor boat enthusiasts are elated over the chances of M. Dubonnet carrying off the international trophy which Is to be raced for shortly in American waters The French challenger will be driven by two twelve-cylinder motors of famous make and the engines will drive twin screws. M. Despujois-Teller is now putting the finishing touches to the Dubonnet water witch, and she will take the water very soon preparatory to being brought to New York for the great contest.
 Young Maurice Rostand. whom Paris correspondents bethrothed to Mrs John Astor some weeks ago, has just managed to escape consoription. Sons of great men usually do manage to get out of this stat utory soldiering-how, nobody seems to know. Maurice is a very nice young man, very popular but not quite cut out tor shouldering a musket or seeing to the needs of a charger. He fits in much bet ter in the salons. where he is very much 1t home, with a smack of his fathers bright wit and a grace of his own which hostesses find an always dependable asset
 An American visitor to Paris joined me q few days ago in tour through the Salon des Artistes Francais. After we had passed through the seventh gallery asked him how it impressed him--the rooms upon rooms of paintings and art of all sorts. Like a long-distance walk ing match" was his answer. Say, when do we reach the other end of the canyon anyhow? " Ills comment was not at all unreasonable Feet are the first essen tials when doing the 1912 Salon. It takes days and miles of walking in order to cover the entire exposition of the latest things in beaux artes. There are alto gether $500 individual examples, draw ings. furniture, sculpture. etc, and, as my friend remarked it requires a mem ory like a gramaphone to assort the com posite collection and come away with anything like a clear idea of the show. 1 thought our own galleries at home big enough 10 suit a gluttonous artistic ap- petite, but this demands the consuming capacity of an art fad whale."
 So our American millionaires may go on with their purchases of the vaunted old masters. The young masters of to- day in France and England, and in Italy
  for long purses before it will be possible to denude Europe of her art treasures Famine times in the art market are not anywhere yet In sight
 The prophecy of a death a day in the passing of the experimental stage of avia- tion in Europe is fast being realized. Mays death toll was an exceedingly heavy one. Here are a few which l cul- ed from my diary. and the list is not by any means complete: On the first day of the month Herr Roehi was killed at Johannisthal, near Berlin. Three days later, at Nice, Compte Georges de Robil- lard gave his life for his love of piercing the clouds. The following day a Belgian, M. Obrecht, met his death at Antwerp On May 2, a German aviator, Herr Pach- mayer. was fatally injured at Johannis- thai. On May II Lieutenant Deperoso. of the Italian army. was killed at Por- denone. The following day Herr Schmi-. gulski was killed while flying at Cassel. Fourteen days after the death of Hoenl occurred the catastrophe at Brookands when Fisher and Mason were kllled-ten deaths within fourteen days.
 Here is n new way to induce the cabby to be kind to his horse. The League for the Protection of Horses has come to the conclusion that the Jehu Is best temper ed when he has tobacco between his teeth
 
 ialy burning shame on the American weed. So a special cigar has been created under special name. Caballos, the Span- lsh plural for the domestieated horse and the smokes are being handed around by generous-hearted people among the eabbies of this city. Be kind to the horses" and Do away with the blinkers', around the smokes. The cigars are offer ed for sale at the offices of the league, and the cabby who can produce ten bands of "Caballos" receives @ free pipe fash toned in the form of horses head without the bllnkers. of course, and look Ing like horse who is kindly treated
 Is one of the developments of the suf- frage movement to be the creation of amazon army corps? M. Jean Pinot the eminent French socioIogist says most emphatically Yes" He argues that there Is no reason why the fair sex should not be trained to arms. Look at the amazon; does not history record the progress of the Countess de Montfort, who, as Vol taire acknowledged. rode better than any man of that period? How about the wo- men of Versailles, who, forming them selves into companies. told the National Assembly, that they would overthrow ty- rants with the iron of their pikes?,' Citing other remarkable instances as well, M. Jean Pinot contends that any girl of robust constitution is fitted for military service. the more so as fin these days enterprise. presence of mind and other moral conditions are much more necessary than mere brute strength. and are, therefore, more in keeping with the qualities peculiar to women" So. he con cludes, 1t is most unfair to maintain that women are united for military service. as they could take an active part in any campaign and in the midst of the fight could infuse spirit into the faint-heart rted with the taunt You are only a man.
 Light wines are coming more and more into vogue In France. Since the removal of the petrol tax on these light stimulants the consumption of strong drinks and al- cohol has diminished by one-haif. Paris heads the list, strange to say in the sta tistics of light wine increases and hard