The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-30
news LETTER
FROM PARIS

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Paris, June 30.-A considerable sen
sation was caused at the recent in
augural meeting of the Congress OF the
Women's international Council. held
at the Sorbonne by the Indian temale
revolutionary, Carma.
BY some mean not clearly estap-
Iished. Carma obtained a seat on the
platform between the Australian and
Canadian delegates. The British and
Colonial representatives We're some
what surprised to see the Indian wom-
an sit down whenever the band played
God Save the King, but thought at
first that her conduct was due to in
advertence or some unintentlonal
cause Their surprise, however, was
turned to CONSERVATION when, Selling
her opportunity, Carma rose to her
feet and delivered a violent diatribe
against British rule in India Inc APP
pealed to France to help the Indian
people throw off the yoke Of King
Georges government. The minister of
the interior, M. Klotz, was horror
struck and Immediately sent someone
to tell the woman to stop, but efforts
to silence her only had the effect OF
making 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 n
word of the violent address.
When France decided to increase
the compulsory military service from
two to three years in order to keep
pace with Germany, n of h gov
ernment's staunchest supporters was
the veteran General Pau, who lost his
right arm fighting against the Ger
mans in the war of 1870.
When General Pau, then q lieuten-
ant, was lying wounded after the bat
tie of Froeschwiller, with his hand
shattered by a shell, he heard one
doctor say to another that the supply
Of chloroform was giving out. When
his turn came to be operated 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 a century old
may sometimes be tasted by travellers
in the Valias and Vaud Cantons of
SWAlASI ldLlQs "IASIS TIC 4luSSI GIuySI0
is reputed to be made. Antique
cheeses are considered a great deli
cacy in the district, and by ancient
tradition each family possesses q giant
cheese which is handed down as a
souvenir from n generation to an
other. The cheese is religiously
guarded in the cellar, and only
brought out on the occasion of mar
riages, baptisms, and other family
events of exceptional Importance. One
family in the little village Of Osmont
is the proud possessor of a cheese
made in 1765, and therefore now 14S
years old.
The "ouyreuse'' or ~cIoak-room at
tendant, the pet abomination Of visi-
tors to Paris theatres, is about to
celebrate her centenary. She origin
ated through a conflict between Bona
partists and Legitimists during a per-
Torrance at the Coincide Franchise
100 years ago. when the rival parties
attacked each other with such vio-
lence that henceforth it was made
compulsory that all sticks, umbrellas
and anything else that could be used
as a weapon be deposited in the cloak
room.
The custom then originated has to-
day developed into the female ushers,
who show theatre goers to their seats
and hand them programmes, and who,
it an adequate tip is not at once
Forthcoming, make the unfortunate
pleasure seeker so uncomfortable by
their unconcealed scornfuI attitude
that he hurries to pay tenfoId to be
relieved of the embarrassment.
The French government has decided
TO prohibit h "cent-in-the-slotp
pa m hlin.. m anIinoce rrLSnIe go 49,
found in all he smaller wine shops Of
the republic. h latest statistics show
that in 1911 there were no fewer than
64,953 OF these petty gambling ma
chimes in use in France, and that their
total receipts during the year AMOUNT
900, 000).
These machines are usually leased
by saloonkeepers on a p~rofif-sharins
basis. During 1911 the proprietors re-
ceived from 20 to 80 per cent Of tha
total takings as their share of the
proht, In other words about SIO.O00s mn
AS the remaining $40, 600, 900 was rem.
resented by brass checks drawn from
the machines by customers suecessf,ii
IN performing the feat of skill In which
the game consisted, checks which are
useless unless exchanged for liauor IN
q saloon in which they are obtained
1t is evident that the deputy who a.
nounced these machines as Tesnons;hIa
for a good deal of the recent incraas
OF alcoholism in France had SONS
foundation for his views.
That the great French novelist RAJ
zac was not only a believer in person-
al magnetism. but himeslf an axnar.
hypnotist, Is affirmed by CoInty 4 -
ponyi in his journal, which has i,,st
been published. -
Count Apponyi says that RaIzaa
once related al instance Of avart
reading at a distance which canass,lu
der his notice. Il have be1iauediI-
magnetism from that day. RaTxs u
continued, and have myself becosnS
powerful ~magnetizer, Such ID FL, E
force that few people can resiat ny
Almost everyone who enters nv bo,,s
becomes hypnotized, and / can nooauTse
them reveal their most $500 $500
thoughts Balzac boasted i 9oi
could even hypnotiza at a distance ne
Katherine II. Norton. New Bedeord
Mass, says: y had d terribIa yasn
across my back, with q biIrning 800 80
scalding feeling. I took Foley Kisnau
Il p 49, @A 80 $50