The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
THE FRENCH ARMY
IS USING THE SKI
Bandits, on Trial in Paris,
Become Writers
ATTRACTIVE COLORS
Features of Spring Fashions-Rabbit
Skins Made to Resemble Ermine.
Faguet's Definition of
Good Manners
BY PAUL VILLIERs

Paris, February 24,-(speeial)-The
French army already possesses a detach-
ment of skiers attached to the garrison Of
Grenoble. And now the new minister OF
war, NJ. Etienne, has decided that con-
scripts, who before the beginning of their
military services give proof in an exami-
nation held by commission of officers
that they are capable of performing the
duties of military skiers, shall receive
from that commission a slSier's license
All who hold this license will have the
right, in their order of merit, to choose
the regiment to which they desire to be
attached. They will also, after their in
corporation ipso facto, form part of the
regimental skiers
There is some question OF registering
part of the historic Partisan convent of
the Barnardines, which is situated in the
Rue de Poissy, on the left bank, short
distance beyond Notre Dame. The re-
mains OF the ancient convent were
patched up a century ago and used as
barracks for the "Pompiers' of Rive
Cauche of Paris. The pompiers, or fire.
men, are about to remove to other quar-
tiers, and archaeologists have been visit
ing the barracks They discovered that
the petitions which divided the interior
are very fiimsy, and that the famous old
refractory hall of the monks, which was
at one time the largest in France. is prac-
tically intact All that is necessary is to
demolish the partitions and to remove the
deal floor which has been ooncealing the
bases of the pillars. The convent of the
Barnardnes in Paris is said to have been
founded in 1244
skirt of different color, are the features
of the spring fashions displayed by the
lnannequns of the principal Paris shops.
The favorite colors are bright and attrac-
tive. Red in all its shades predominate.
A bright red corsage is worn with u
bright blue skirt, or a yellow corsage
with green skirt No contrast will be
rather thick crepe de chine embossed
with patterns in gold and silver win be
the principal material this spring.
Skirts will keep their present widths,
no petticoats being worn.
The slit in the skirt, which will almost
entirely disappear from day frocks, will
reappear in evening frocks, very few of
which this summer will not be slit as far
as the knee.
When the coster's finished jumping on his
mother,
lie loves to lie abasking in the sun.
A literary melody has broken out among
the prisoners on trial in Paris for the
long series of bandit crimes Raymond
La Science has written about theology,
Soudy, "the man with the carbine, on
social philosophy with quotations from
Moliere's "Misanthrope, and Carouy has
now written memoirs in which he as
pires to a life in the country and the
cat eff otfn of nf
II would like to buy farm with the
earnings of my labor and 10 live on the
products of the earth. Those who know
me know how love work; but the work
shop is prison for me-
To such degree of excellence have
French dealers brought the preparation
of rabbit skins that only a trained eye
can tell whether a woman is wearing
real or imitation ermine, otter, blue fox.
silver fox skunk. A practical example
of the perfection attained in the manipu-