Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-28
VIOLENT ADDRESS
CAUSES SENSATION
Indian Woman OenounCeS Eng
lands Rule at International
Council.
FRANCE PLANS TO BAR
PENNY SLOT MACHINES
Cheeses More Than Century Old
Kept in Switzerland-Balzac
Was a Hypnotist.

PARIS, June 70, 1913.
sensation was caused at the recent in
augural meeting of the Congress of the
Womens International Council, held at
the sorbonne. by the Indian female revo-
lutionary, Carma.
BY some means not clearly established
Carma obtained a seat on the platform
between the Australian and Canadian
delegates. The British and colonial rep
resentatives were somewhat 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 inadvertence or some unintentOnal
cause. Their surprise. however, was
turned to CONSERVATION when, selling her
opportunity. Carma rose to her feet and
delivered a violent diatribe against Brit
ish 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 NJ. Klotz, was
horror struck and Immediately sent some
one to tell the woman to stop. but efforts
to silence her only had the effect of max
ing her speak louder.
The audience listened attentively to
what Carma said, and applauded her
when she sat down. 1t was apparent
that. with the exception of the English
and colonial delegates. very few of those
present had understood one word of the
violent address.
Gen. Pau Supports Government.
When France decided to increase the
compulsory military service from two to
| three years in order to keep pace with
Germany. one Of the governments stanch-
est supporters was the veteran Gen. Pau.
| who lost his right arm fighting against
the Germans in the war of 1870
When Gen. Pau, then lieutenant was
lying wounded after the battle of
Froeschwiller. with his hand shattered by
| other that the supply of chloroform was
giving out. When his turn came to be OPP
| Grated upon Pau said to the DOCTORS
Give the chloroform to the soldiers. I'll
go without" The doctors took him at
| his word and sawed through his wrist
while Pau bit his handkerchief to pieces
Cheeses more than century old may
sometimes be tasted by travellers in the
where the finest Gruyere is reputed to be
| made. Antique cheeses are considered a
great delicacy in the district, and by an
| cient tradition each family possesses a
giant cheese which is handed down as a
souvenir from one generation to another.
| The cheese Is religiously guarded in the
| cellar, and only brought out on the occa-
sion of marriages. baptisms and other
l
One family in the little village of Osmont
is the proud possessor of a cheese made
in 1765 and therefore now l4s years old.
The 'ouvreuse" or cloakroOm attendant.
the pet abomination of visitors to Paris
theaters. is about to celebrate her CEN
| tenary. She originated through conflict
| between Bonapartists and legitimists dur
Ing performance at the Coincide Fran
| caise hundred years ago. when the
| rival parties attacked each other with
such violence that henceforth it was
| made compulsory that all sticks. UNI
| brellas and anything else that could be
| used as a weapon be deposited In the
| cloakroom.
| The custom then originated has today
| developed into the female ushers, who
| show theatergoers to their seats and
| hand them programs, and who, II an ade-
| quate tip Is not at once forthcoming,
| make the unfortunate pleasure seeker SO
full attitude that he hurrfes to pay ten
fold to be relieved of the embarrassment.
To Bar Slot Machines.
The French government has decided to
prohibit the n-the-slot' gambling
machines which are to be found In all
the smaller wine shops of the republic
The latest statistics show that in 1911
there were no fewer than 81 1858 of these
petty gambling machines In use In
France. and that their total receipts dur
ing the year amounted to nearly 10000.
600 francs $3.50, 600 COO.
These machines are usually leased by
| saloonkeepers on a profit-sharing ba sis
During 1911 the proprietors received from
20 to 80 per cent of the total takings as
| their share Of the profit-in other words,
about S1O,0O0.0O0. AS the remaining $40
100000 was represented by brass checks
| drawn from the machines by customers
successful In performing the feat of skill
in which the game consisted, checks
| which are useless unless exchanged for
| liquor In the saloon in which they are
obtained. II is evident that the deputy
who denounced the machines as RESPONSE
BILE for a good deal of the recent increase
Of alcoholism In France had some founda-
ton for his views.
/ That the great French novelist Balzae
was not only a believer in personal mag
netism," but himself an expert hypnotist
is affirmed by Count Apponyi In his
Journal" which has just been published