The sun., 1919-08-17
Thanks to Clemen-
ceau, Will of the
People Plays. a
Grand r ole in
Time of Rejoicing

dorff- Rantzau had assassinated one of
the stenographers. an Alsatian. having
discovered that she was a traitor. The
Landru affair was fresh in their minds.
But no, 1t appears they were only
burning all the confidential correspond
ence which had passed between the
head of the German delegation and the
chiefs of the new republic at Berlin.
All the same the scandal ran for SIX
hours, 1t even being said that the men,
bers of the Boche mission were con-
tending that the young woman had
been accidentally burned to death while
cleaning her gloves with gasolene.
NJ. Oudaille, chief of police of YER
sailles, who recently has been polit-
ically "decapitated" by Clemenceau be-
cause Of the incident In connection
with the departure of the personnel Of
the German delegation from that SUBJ
urb, was called the nnge garden (the
guardian angeD of sovereigns who
visited France. 1t was he who was al
ways charged with their safety. Now
NJ. Oudaille is being urged to write a
book giving his experiences. They
are said to be picturesque and amusing
IN the extreme. To cite one: IT could
write a volume on my experiences with
Moulay-Haf on his last visit to Paris
shortly before the war" he says.
'Moulay-H affid was nothing but big
child, astonished at everything. The
sight of the big factory chimneys
along the Seine on the outskirts OF
Paris threw him into ecstasies. He
salaamed to them, repeating: oh,
boooo, booo,'
II remember on another occasion
while we were driving through a vii
lage in the middle of the night in q
motor car on our way from Marseilies
to Paris he insisted on my buying him
a pair Of slippers because the new pair
of yellow shoes which he had bought at
Marseilles with ecstasy hurt his feet"
Besides these gay recollections. n.
Oudaille could, 1t appears, add some
bitter and humiliating ones in con-
nection with his relations with M. de
Brockdorff- Rantzau during his recent
stay at Versailles.
The Indian Princes Magic.
The Maharajah OF Kapurthala, the
richest Indian Prince. we'll known In
America and all over the world, has
arrived in Paris with his beautiful
young wife, former Spanish dancer.
The Maharajah is credited with pos
sessing all the occult powers attributed
to the fakirs OF his country.
The other evening he came out Of
the Cafe de Paris about midnight with
a party OF ladies' who had been dining
with him. One OF the ladies, an
American, wished to take q taxi and
while they were waiting for one TO pass
the lady said, apropos of nothing at
all: "I wonder IL there was ever a taxi
No. /. I never remember 10 have
seen one
The Maharajah gave her a sideiong
glance with those inscrutable almond
eyes of his and said quite casually:
would you like to go home In taxi
| No, l tonight"
She felt something OF a SILVER, and
replied, laughing nervously: well, yes,
think would"
The swarthy Prince stepped to the
curb gravely, stood an instant. and
then waved his cane toward q taxi
approaching up the Avenue de rOpera-
The cab Immediately drove up-and Il
was No. /. Our friend has been so
leased about this story that she
scarcely dlres mention 1t. But moth
ing will shake her In her belief that
j she rode homo in taxi No. / on that
night.