Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-07

alliance. Our people must be in
structed in the perils that menace u.s."
the speaker continued; lit will require
all the resources and strength of the
government successfully to combat the
dangers"
This pessimistic view of the future
of the French people was shared by
another prominent Frenchman, Leon
Bourgeois, who also has served his
country as premier NJ. Bourgeois de-
clared that although the death rate
of tuberculosis had fallen in England
and Germany to II for 10000 popula-
ton, the rate in France was 225 for
10000. The general mortality in
France, notwithstanding the progress
of medicine and surgery, was still
from Is to 10 per 1000, while in Eng
land, i'll Holland and in the Scandina-
! Wan countries the mortality did not
| exceed IA per 1000.
Indifference to these conditions,
and national inertia, imperil the very
existence of the French people" was
the closing declaration of NJ. Bour.
! geois.
Six hundred and sixty-six million
aires, in francs, died in France in
1912. Reduced to dollars and cents
this puts any man having 100000 in
the millionaire class. Nevertheless
the total of inheritances in the repub
iic for the year amounted to $1,000,
600, and 80 of these $50 men of wealth
left fortunes greater than $1,000.
These statistics show that in France
wealth is comparatively well distribut
ed among the population. Three hun
dred and one of the 666 left fortune:
ranging from 100000 to 100000, anC
SO from 100000 to $1,000,000. OF tn,
very wealthy, three men left fortunes
greater than $10,000,000.
Alfonso of Spain has a peculiar aver
sion to gloves, and he refuses TO weal
them, even on great state occasions
In the beginning the strict etiquett,
of the court of Spain was shocked bu
now the young kings independence i
taken as matter of course.
; Alfonso has also keen and quicl
eye, and he relates this story of an in
cident in the Pyrenees. PassinI
through a little village the royal auto
mobile misbehaved, and the royal traN
eler alighted TO direct the royal chau1
feurs in making repairs. The mayo
! of the village struggled into a whit
collar and his best clothes and cam
forward to offer assistance. The kin
asked him TO show him around tn
village, and the two men left the ca
in the road and walked through tn
town.
In the Office of the mayor was a pie
ture of Alfonso, but wearing whit
gloves. This caused the king to al
proach and examine the print closet!
Never have l worn white gloves,
s muttered Alfonso Then the mayo
+ came forward, covered with confusion
4 and explained. The picture was Oril
] inally of Alfonso XII, the kings fail
q er. When son followed father to tn
throne the thrifty mayor decapitate
Alfonso XII and had the head of A
4 fonso XIII painted on the original cal
vas. He had not, however, know
a about the gloves.
d Followers in Paris Of the doctrine
81 of the late Count Tolstoy are interes
ed in the example set by a Russian {
q great wealth, Alexis Savaroff, VII
81 spends one-half of his day as ma
g OF fashion and the other half as a p
4 per hanger, earning S12 week.
81 H. Savaroff does not carry his ma
ter's precepts so far that he deni
g himself the pleasures offered by b
wealth, but he believes, and tries
q affirm by his life, that each man Dug
q TO do his share in the worlds unplea
ant work He arrives at his job eai
81 morning in his automobile, gets in
a his overalls, and begins work. He
q employed by a ST. Petersburg firm
contracting interior decorators, a
81 lately was promoted 20 the position
81 foreman. When the whistle blows
81 the end of the day Savaroff retur
a home and there begins his life of
"a cisl prominence and obligation.
4 has been doing this for six years. a
;. declares himself happy and contents
King Ch0Wfa Maha Vaiirayudh I