Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-24
Street CONGESTION
IN PARIS BIG
PROBLEM
Greatest Crowding to Be
Found in Any City in
World; Government Of
France Honors Dressmaker.

Paris. Feb. 2t-The yehlcular con.
gestlon on the streets "a Paris IS
greater than any other city OF the
world. and in spite at the efforts of
the municipal authorities. no way has
set been found TO effect any pcrIul.
ncnt Improvement IN street cundi-
tions. The problem is an cVcr-pres.
cnt one, and Il grows worse every
year. Tor Parts. stranRlod by the stoau
belt ot the now useless Qualifications.
cannot expand, hut must grow up-
ward
No such congestion OF traffic exists
Ia New York. London. Chicago. Der
lin. OF Philadelphia, The municipal
ttS has. sent agents To- all these cities
To- study traffic conditions. and tu
count the number OF vehicles passir =,
IL given point on an important street
ia each city, between the hours Of :
a.. IA. ana : .. IN. This comparison
shows that 33.3s3 vehicles passed
down the Eue de- Bivoli in Paris. IG. %
eos wcr, counted on the strand. ia
London. li22i on the Potsdnmcr
platz. Berlin; S.665 az Firth avenue
and Fitty-oighth street New York,
6,l76 ON Broad street. Philadelphia
and 5.136 ON sheridan road Chicago.
Add to the large number for Par ~
the fact that this city has some hiily
and many turtuous streets. II would
appear that the regulation at traffic
IN Paris presents difficulties Gnknoa n
elsewhere. Eventually the congestion
VIII become sn great that new streets
viii have Ia be cut to relieve II. this
seems to hJ the only solution.
Government HonOr- Dre,snnkcr.
The French government upon rec
concentration Of the minister OF com.
mercc. has decorated with the Legion
OF Honor one ut the leading woman
drcssmakcrs ot Paris. II appears
that ~ per cent uf the population of
France ~ employed In garment maxi
ing, and this Industry IL recognized
~ great source ot national wealth
The woman In question comes under
the class uf captains at Industry,
aud u h. In recognition at her Great
I've work IN organizing her business
that the government has thus honor.
ed her.
The creative drcssmnkcr in France
is nov protected lega' " her ideas
are stolen. She must. however. prove
that her general idea, and not alone
details of design. have been appro-
priated by rival To insure such
protection copy Of all dress models
together with adequate descriptions,
must be- deposited In the French pat
"nt office. when this has been done
she may bring suit FOR infringement
of her patented" dress.
The Problem or DcpOpuIntion,
In AN interesting and lucid lecture
before tn Society of Friends of the
universtty at Parts. of which NJ. Ray
moud Poiucaire IL president, Doctor
jacques Rcrtillon has analysed al
length the problem of tho dopopulu.
tiun of France, It's causes and RENE
dies
In 1913. said the doctor, the Froach
amounted Ia rs per cent at the ciVt-
HEED people OF the world. They nov
represent uuly 10 per cent and against
nfty million people who speak French
there are today i20 million who speak
English This condition IL becoming
more acccntuntcd. since In 1911 tho
number of a dths exceeded the mum
NJ ~ NlNANH w y ANAN''Nt WIN w NNl
cr countries the excess OF births over
deaths kept al an average of about
twelve per thousand. Some pcopit
see remedy lu efforts 10 decrease
mortality. hut the doctor declared This
method to be- Of little or no value.
what was wanted he said. was an
extra f5O.0OO births every year; the
present deficit involved economical
consequences Of the most dangerous
character Malthup was quite wrong
when he attempted 20 show that ~
lifc's banquet there was room oui'
for limited number 81 guests tn,
guests. explained Dr. Bertiliou were
aiso cooks. contributing their share
81 the banquet This Il why people
Nth a high birth rate show "a much
more rapid economic advance than
doeg France.
The consequences Of appropriation
are oven graver IN the realm ~ ir'
fciligence and culture. Technical am