The sun., 1919-04-20

loath to give It up. He Wrote the ordDB
in England, Of which the Dean Of On
ford was the custodian, That they could
have no idea how unsafe the roads
were in his kingdom, arI1 that he was
afraid the trinket might, get lost. He
was telegraphed to and ordered by the
order to give 1t up. But he wrote thas
the easiest and safest vtay out OF the
difficulty seemed to him to be to De-
stow the bauble upon himself. the ACT.
ual ruler of Persia, AID there the
matter is supposed to resat.
This only proves the oil story-how
uneasy lies the leg thait aspires TO
wear a garter with a string of pro
cious gems attached to It This -
not the only embarrassing, position IN
which the Board of Dir,s,tors OF The
Order of the Garter has had to fAco
since that fatal night when the LADY
lost hers on the bathrooms floor. Tho
late King Of Portugal. It isi said, asked
his cousin. Edward VII. to give one
to his wife; she took q,hte a fancy
| for one-in fact the chals ming Queen
herself leased Edward for 1t. He SAID
! he would think about IT,. hoping no
doubt that she would forgot all about
| it, but when 1t is a question OF jewels
no woman forgets, so she pushed her
! husband to urge the mattsr. But the
Dean of Oxford and the Archbishop Of
Canterbury think It whs--men OF
| mature years and tudg brent, were
! shocked. For does not thei regulations
say that the garter is to 1oe worn. in
plain sight, on the left link b below the
knee, and the Queen, being a woman,
there was no denying that the
Archbishop of Canterbury blew his
nose with mighty trumpet the Dean
Of oxford snorted, and they both cried
together Never" So that Settled that.
| Skirts were not being woun so short
! then as they are to-day. Otherw1Be
the tale might have bee,i different.
| Anyhow, all told there ars only two
| garters for certain to be bestowed,
! with two more doubtful ones, and
those would. well, after all. if they
can really produce the foul, that will
4; he just enough for the "Bie Four" in
the Peace Conference. and why not
Clemenccau, Orlando. Llo.td George
and Wilson. Ha. ha! Thil idea may
be OF use after all. They caIt get some
beads from Dahomey for thu. rest
Noted for It's Executions.
1t has been some days now since
any one of note has been shd.. received
| his douse bales. out at cincennes.
What an memorable thing tradition Is
sometimes. Think, since the Duo
d Enghien was shot by order. of Bona
parte out at Ninoennes in xs04 that
| hateful spot has ever since served as
a place for the execution OF unfortu-
mates who have sinned against their
! ,t,-xy D,Id a
Bonnet Rouge gang have already
passed that way. and two OTHERS have
been on trial. one of whom WIN
soon have to face that supA enc or
deal-Cottin, who tried to ass 'assinate
Clemenceau and happily fai,ed. ana
Villain, who shot Jaalres whlld he was
sitting In restaurant at his dinner,
at the beginning OF the war.
There are others awaiting their.
trials and their fate in tire, Santa
prison-Charles Humbert. iCaillaur.
and their subsidiaries. The
pitted spot within the fruit.
These things belong to thu under
world OF Paris. and here no one pays
much attention to them any more
People are tired OF wars and horrors
and strife, They want to forget. The
sun is shining, the regular summer
crop of fairs Is already showing; signs
OF life, its booths are rising up in
the Tuillerics Gardens. and on che Es-
i planade des Invalides there tvill be
merry go-rounds and ntnsic. pirsk lem
onade and gingerbread; the children
with their nurses line the stlrdsns
along Champs Elysees. They are not
afraid any more, and when one COM
pares this springtime with last 10 Il
not a cause for rejoicing!
Last year at this time the school
children had all been sent away. dis
trihuted among the schools In other
cities, and the little tots were 'fll far
away The gardens and parks, were
deserted, and this was one OF the sad
dest and most depressing things those
LEFT behind had 10 endure. The, birds
and the pigeons sat listening TN the
tops of the trees, ready to fly OFF madly
again at each burst OF those stclten-
ing invisible bombs that shUwerted the
city night and day.
Surely this Is a time for retacing
for those who experienced the othsr
sprlngtime. the darkest one, thnS az
1881 >, l.,