Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-09
NEGRO TROOPS TO
Be CHARTERED
in PARIS
Regiments from the Southern
French Possessions to Be
Brought to France
HOTEL FOR WORKING GIRLS
New Bank for the Struggling
Poets, Artists, ETC., Feature
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PARIS. - Black regiments of the
French colonies will henceforth be
quartered in Paris during their enlist
/ ment. NJ. Etienne, the minister OF
War, has announced the change of
plan in putting into operation the gov
ernment's three-year military service
! bill
The innovation promises to be pop
ular, as negroes, especially black
troops, are well liked In France. Reg
iments OF negro soldiers will be
brought In for service in the mother
country from the colonies Of Marti-
inique, Guadeloupe, Reunion island and
Guiana.
Aged Hero Honored.
Tardy recognition Of the heroism OF
an old bugler named ROLAND, the last
survivor OF the battle of SidtBrahim,
will be bestowed upon the veteran,
whose age is now 80 years ROLAND
was taken prisoner, and, with wounds
bleeding, arraigned before the Arab
chief, Alb del Kader.
The French were making desper-
ate stand against superior numbers.
The Arab commander ordered ROLAND
to sound a retreat. He brought the
bugle to his lips and with his waning
strength sounded the charge. The
French troops responded and carried
| the day.
The decoration Of the Legion Of
Honor now will be conferred on Roll
land by the government upon the re-
eommendation of the Aveyron general
council.
Hotel for Working Girls.
| Prince Gutenberg has accepted the
presidency of society organized to
build hotels in which working girls
may have comfortable habitation at
prices we'll within their meagre In
comes. Four. Of these hotels FOO wo-
men only are already open, and the
formation of a new company backed
by the prince, the Count de Montali-
vet, the Marquis d'Harcourt, the Duke
de Mortemart, the Count de Vogue,
and the Duchess de Guiche lends a
powerful interest to the movement.
The four hotels now in operation are
similar in construction and manage
ment. Girls may obtain rooms at "a
a month. Each hotel is fitted with all
modern conveniences, contains numer-
Gus bathrooms, a library, large
dressing-room and scientific wash
house for girls who wish to do their
own washing. On the ground floor is
restaurant where meals are served
at the rate of cents for a plate OF
meat, 2 cents for soup and cents for
vegetables and desserts.
No View; No Pay.
According to recent decision OF
the Paris courts any person who can
not properly see the stage from seat
which he has paid for can demand the
return Of his money, and If the man
agement refuses to comply 1t can be
held liable for damages. As about
one-half of the seats in the French
theatres afford an incomplete view of
the stage, this judgment Is expected
to have far-reaching effects.
The first great public clock keeping
time in accordance with the new
French computation has just been I'M
yelled in the tower of the Saint La
zare railway terminus.
The popularity of this timepiece is
that it has two separate dials which
change places automatically on the
strokes of midnight and midday. The
first is numbered from zero to twelve,
and the second from thirteen to twen-
ty-four. Even logicaiiy-minded people
who objected to the suppression of
either zero or twenty-four o'clock in
the ordinary double-figured dials,
can find no objection to the Saint la
zare clock. Five minutes before mid
night will be as they wish to have it,
five minutes to twenty-four," and five
minutes after midnight five minutes
past Zero"