The San Francisco call., 1913-08-17
MADAME MENDEs BRINGS
SUIT AGAINST CARTOON|sT

PARIS, Aug. 16.-Your readers may
remember that recently referred to
the grievances of Nine. catulle Mendes
against the cartoonist Rouveyre, who
included a caricature of her in a re-
Gently published album of designs. con-
trary to her expressed wish At the
time the incident led to a discussion
of the right to caricature' and Nine
Mendes has now gone beyond the
merely academic stage
She has brought an action against
the craftsman, in which proceedings
began yesterday. In her plea the lady
states that the drawing in question
constitutes q "veritable physical and
moral defamation" that the caricature
Is carried to such limits that the sub
Ject is unrecognizable without the
lady's name at the foot OF the picture
that 1t is inadmissfble that anyone
should dispose against her wish of the
traits of well known person for the
purpose of advertisement and gain"
and that as the law has forbidden this
liberty to photographers and recently
to 'cinematograph caricaturist"
(whatever that may be-, there is still
stronger reasons for restricting the
rights of the caricaturist when his
work is of the "abominable character
OF that Of M. Rouveyre. Nine. Mendes
consequently asks for an injunction
against any further reproductions Of
the offending picture, and for an order
OF court for the destruction of any still
in tho hands of the publishers.
Since the operations of the motor
bandits, the Paris police have been ex-
perimenting with new weapons of Of
Tense and defense against dangerous
criminals. NJ Hennion, the prefect Of
police, has just addressed circular
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which he informs them that for the
purpose Of facilitating arrests and for
the protection OF the police officials
charged with this duty, a number of
pistols loaded with cartridges, which,
when exploded, give off asphyxiating
gases, are now stocked at headquarters
These pistols. which are extremely easy
to handle. have already been expert
mented with most successfully One
of the most notable instances of their
employment was the arrest at Auteuil
last year OF maniac who had seriously
injured number of people, when he
was fnstantaneously "laid out" by an
agent
Newspapers on this side of the chan
mel are very fond of instituting plebis-
cites or symposia Of their readers on
rary or permanent. The "Gout Pa
risian' has just published the results
OF contest which It had organized on
the subject of the right age at which
TO marry Readers were asked to re-
ply to three questions, the first was the
IDEAL marriaEeable age for a man, and
taking an average OF the replies sub
mftted by 11,447 lady readers, the an
swer Is 81. On the same basis, the
age Tor q woman is given at 22. In re-
gard to the third question, the delicate
problem as to the difference that should
exist In the age Of the husband and
wife, considerable differences of opin
ion We're ELECTED: 1916 votes were cast
IN favor Of difference OF Ave years:
l,7Sl readers thought four years
enough. and 1920 reduced the difference
by still another year Nine hundred
and thirty-six persons thought both
contracting parties should stand on the
same level of age, and the remaining
figures are shown as follows: Two
years difference. 932 votes; seven, S2S;
one. S22; ten. Sol; six. 645. Three hun
dred and hfty-seven readers, remem
bering Punch's celebrated advice, sim
ply answered. One shouldn't marry at
all" =