New-York tribune., 1919-03-27
Foreign Clir,,pses

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tions that it threatens to beeor.
national scandal There have been mum.
Der Of arrests, among them that of a wall.
known sculptor, who is accused of h.;,.
the author of two statues that bora ~.
forged signatures of Rodin, while cav
eral bronze founders have been arrest.a
charged with turning out forged Rod;,u
and there have been other cases in wh;.,
the owners of true Robins have been sc
cused of having conspired with brorv.
founders to turn out replicas in uulm;tsa
numbers and sell them as originals.
At first 1t was supposed that the for
geries were limited to the bronzes but r..
Gently it has been discovered that they ex.
tend to the marbles. The reply Of thos.
accused of the marble forgeries is tha. !,
is we'll known that Rodin never touched
marble himself and that his workmen bav.
the right to reproduce now that he il dssd
the works they carved on his instruction.
Mile. Judith Cladel, pupil of Rodn. "a.
proaches the executors with disrespect n
the dead master. She says that they b.v.
reproduced in quantities statuettes from
his great national bequest and exh;h;t.s
them for sale at low prices like an rr.,v
Christmas toys. In a letter to pr.u;.r
Clemenceau she declares that il the Rod,,
affair were known in all its details . er...
national scandal would follow.
! Meanwhile, M. Bartholome, one Of u.
most important living French sculptors. y
at the head OF committee Of artists to
report on what Rodn reproductions ara t.
gltimate and what are forgeries The WORK
is complicated by the fact that many Of III.
forgeries bear not only the masters sirn.-
ture, but inscriptions or dedicationa IN
characteristic style. Moreover, it is ssn-
mated that the false Robins run into th.
thousands.
Germany has already started an ais
plane newspaper delivery service The "Bs,
liner Zeitung am Mittag" was tho Sr,t
paper to install airship delivery. It sends
It's papers to Leipsic and Wemar bv a,y-
plane. The firm of Ullstein has chartered
number of airplanes for newspaper de-
livery service between Berlin and Wema,.
It is stated in Leipsic that the third vol.
ume Of Bismarck's memoirs is soon to bs
published. According to Bismarck's will
this volume was not to be published dur
ing the reign of William H.
Dover, which is not only one Of tho chisf
! ports for crossing from England to France
but is popular watering place. is soon to
have seaplane pleasure service added TO
its attractions. The Town Corporation has
received an application from q company that
wants to start aerial excursions and asks
for a site for a hangar on the sea front
The Town Clerk is trying to get the naval
authorities to release one of their hangers
for the use of civilian scaplancs.
Lord Lcverhulmc, one of the greatest
British employers of labor, thinks the
world will soon be working on the basis of
twelve-hour day for machinery, but two
shifts of six hours each for human kind
In recent speech in London he said he be-
lleved even farms would be worked in two
shifts of six hours each. He idea is that the
two shifts will alternate morning and sf-
ternoon work and that every other week
each shift will have holiday from Friday
night to Monday morning "In a policy Of
reconstruction we can work our factory
machinery longer hours and our men and
women fewer hours" he said. "The strain
OF modern machinery on lines of high speed
is so great that of necessity working hours
I for the human beings behind it must be
shortened"
With view to coping with the problem
Of the depopulation Of France bill has
been introduced in the Chamber Of Depu-
ties providing for an "Institute Of Natslty"
which Is to be responsible to the stste for
the welfare Of the country's babies. A
system of premiums is proposed for the
benefit of mothers and prospective mothers
the amount paid being proportional to tbs
size Of the community in which the mother
lives, on the theory that it costs less to
live in small rural community than in 8
large town
In q community of 1000 inhabitants a
prospective mother who stays at home and
does not work during the last four months
OF her confinement is to have an allowance
OF DO cents day; in community of from
$4,000 to 10000 the allowance is SIS cents
day; 80 cents a day in a community OF
from 10000 to 100000 inhabitants and s1.05
In community of more than 100000. Ths
father and mother receive q premium OF
$l20 for each of the first two children,
$500 for the third, $500 for the fourth and
5000 for each additional child An annusI
pension of 500 is provided for fathers and
mothers having Jointly from six to eight