El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-28
WOMAN MAKES
ATTACK OH
ROYALTY
Startles International Coun-
Gil Of Women With Vic
lent, Speech.
NOT UNDERSTOOD
BUT Is APPLAUDED

NARIS. France. June 2S.-A con
~ siderable sensation was caused
- at the inaugural meeting Of the
Congress Of the Women's international
council held at the SOrbOnne, by the
indian female revolutionary, Carma-
By some means not clearly estab-
Iished. Carma obtained a seat on the
platform between the Australian and
Canadian delegates The British and
Colonial representatives were some
what SURPRISED to see the indian
woman sit down whenever the band
played God Save the King" but
thought at first that her conduct was
due to iuadVertence or some uninten-
tiCnal cause. Their surprise, how
ever, was turned to CONSERVATION
when, Selling her opportunity. Carma
rose to her feet and delivered q TiO-
lent dlarrlbe against British rule IN
India and appealed to France to help
the indian people throw off the yoke
OF king Georges government The
minister of the interior sent someone
10 tell the woman to stop, but efforts
to silence her only had the effect Of
making her speak louder.
The audience listened attentiveIy to
what Carma said, and applauded her
when she sat down 1t was apparent
that, with the exception of the Eng
lish and Colonial delegates, very few
Of those present had understood one
word Of the violent address.
Pau's Self Denial.
When France decided to increase the
TO three years in order to keep pace
with Germany, one Of the govern
ments staunchest supporters was the
veteran general Pau, who lost his right
arm fighting against the Germans in
the war Of 1870.
When general Pau, then a lieutenant.
was lying wounded after the battle Of
Froeschwiller. with his hand shattered
by q shell, he heard one doctor say to
another that the supply Of chiOrOfOrm
was giving out When his turn came
to be operated upon Pau said to the
doctors, Give the chlOrOfOrm to the
tors took him at his word and sawed
through his wrist while Pau bit his
handkerchief to pieces.
TO Serve Century Old Cheese
CheeSes more than a century old
may sometimes be tasted by travellers
in the Nalais and Naud CanrOns of
Switzerland, where the finest Gruyere
is reputad TO be made. Antique Cheeses
district and by ancient tradition each
family possesses a giant cheese which
Is handed down as a souvenir from
one generation to another The
cheese is reIgiOusly guarded in the
cellar. and only brought out on the
occasion of marriages, baptisms, and
other family events of exceptional i'm
pOrtance- One family in the little VIII
AtL7G VI N'7ll-l--L IS the pLoAA pocSeSooE
of cheese made I'm 1865, and there
fore now 1fS years old
Old Custom TO End.
The "Ouvreuse' or clOak-rOOm at
tendanL the pet abOmination of Wis
ltOrS TO Paris rheaters. is about to
celebrate her centenary She Origi-
mated through a conflict between
and Legitimists during a
performance at the Coincide Franchise
a hundred years ago, when the rival
parties attacked each other with such
violence that henCefOrth it was made
compulsory that all sticks. umbrellas
and anything else that could be used
as weapon be deposited in the cloak
room.
The custom then originated has to-
day developed into the female ushers.
who show theater gOers TO their seats
and hand them programs, and who.
u an adequate tip is not at once forth
coming, make the unfortunate pleasure
seeker so uncomfortable by their un-
concealed scOruful attitude that he
lurries to pay tenfOld to be relieved
Of the embarra ssment-
France to Danish Slot Machines.
The French government has decided
b prohibit the "cent-in-the-sIOt'
gambling machines which are to be
IL the Republic. The latest statistics
show that in 1911 there were no fewer
than 1888 Of these petty gambling
machines in use in France, and that
heir total receipts during the year
mounted to nearly $50 million francs
$40. GOO. 000l.
These machines are usually leased
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