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Aristide BRAND

| farming, but more 80 In the latter.
| When the political whirl has been ex-
ceedingly active in Paris and there is
need for rest, the Premier is often on a
train on Saturdays bound for his small
farm near the village Of Cocherel In
the Normandy department. of the Eure.
not far from the port Of LIE Havre. He
has an extensive practical knowledge
of the soil and livestock. eighboring
farmers are as close to the French
Premier as his political associates in
Paris. Over glass Of cider, the ma
tive beverage of the northwest. they
discuss the science Of agriculture, fish
ing and hunting as keenly as politics
is dissccted in the political atmosphere
Of the Palais Bourbon. And legislation
initiated during the various grand re-
gimes in the Chamber of Deputies re-
fleets that BRAND has no illusions
about the French peasant being the
backbone of France
One of Brands greatest admirers
| among Americans is Ambassador NV
ron 7. Herrick. who has known him for
many years. The Ambassador q short
time ago pcnned a eulogistic sketch in
which he said
II first saw him in 1912 at recep-
ton. He was standing little apart
in the shadow of door, and with
pleasant smile was watching the many
people present in an only half at
tentive way, as does one who is largely
dwelling on his own thoughts. He
seemed more an interested onooker
than one of the coming and going
crowd. On more than one occasion
since have been struck with the mans
natural love of calm. His personal
inclinations are for life of quiet and
leisure, and no one appreciates more
than he the charm Of such life.
Never seeking office, perhaps no
living statesman is less animated by
personal ambition nor freer from
jealousy at the success of rival But
he has been called again and again to
take into his hands the shaping Of his
country's destiny. And how eminently
fitted he is for this delicate task! Con-
trolling his firm and deliberate will, he
never tries undrly to impose his opin-
ions on others nor do his tactics ever
leave the realm Of calm discussion. He
seeks rather to induce his opponents
to share his views through an exposi-
ton OF the logic Of his arguments and
the justice Of his cause. And even
when the particular requirements of
the moment necessitate q firm and I'M
shaken or even severely uncompro-
missing attitude, his point is no sooner
gained than his policy is again tenn
pered with his natural moderation.
"His keen sense of parliamentary
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Expenses and income, therefore, bal
ance with something like $40 to spare.
We have figured, however, that all
laundering is done at home, that the
family in question seldom takes a taxi
and makes use Of the auto bus, tram
way or subway for interurban travel,
and that its vacation. whether near
Paris or at the sea, is spent in a small
house Or bungalow rented at very
moderate price.
Let us take the same family in 1921.
It's income has, no doubt, been In
creased. The head Of the family, If
ne was officer, high magistrate, en-
gineer or professor, had HIS income
doubled, as all salaries in France have
been increased by 100 per cent. Then,
again, the interest on investments has
also doubled, so that where before
the war one had only per cent, one
now receives 6 per cent. SO that the
family which in 1914 had an annual in
come Of $4,000, should in 1921 have an
annual income of $4,000. But, alas!
Expenses have also risen, and we have
seen they have increased to the pro-
portion of 500 per cent. All in all, it
must be admitted that the family which
in 1914 spent $4,000, should to-day
spend at least $4,000, If they lived
on the same scale. How are we to
balance budget where we have a
credit side Of $4,000 and debit side
OF $4,000? We must cut down. But
what and where?
We cannot cut down on the rent,
which Ia the only thing that hasn't in
creased. We cannot cut down on
taxes, which are four times what they
were before the war. We cannot cut
down on insurance or on the education
Of the children. We cannot cut down
on the one servant that does all the
housework. We cannot cut down on the
laundering, which Is all done at home.
Cut Down on Vacation
The only thing that can be cut down
is the vacation which may be entirely
eliminated We can also cut down on
clothing, which may be reduced by say
thrccfourths. The lady of the house
may openly have one dress Il year In
stead Of two or three. 1t is true that
women are az amazing IN their econo-
mics az they are in their expenditures:
and they are seldom better dressed
than ~hcn they have nothing to
wclr" But lei ue say ths, because
1t il the truth, that it 10 wholly on
food that we can cut down to any ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
French Soldier Traitor
Csrctt; Begins Life Term

The Sword Of Damocles was hartl'
4 .gure Of speech with Andre Blsnss
ard, former French solder. who Il
so-day beginning q sentence Of pens
serN ittae for lie for ceser'ion ia"
he ltcnca army in time of W.T.
ilane.'ard vas a sergeant u the sS'is
lafantr.' Regiment in August 1913
northwest Of Vcrdun. His rsrius''
was holding the position Of Avaconf-
valuable strategic point The ser
geans deserted to the Germans sa'
ceve the enemy information regarding
the position OF the French
Blanchard was sent back 20 Fran"
after the armistice lie hsd eeea
working in factory st Chatou ah'''
a 4hort time ago when lie Was asks-
to produce his identification papers
oblivious OF what WAS coming. he az
Yiied 70 the police q Nantes. his nsp''
city, for the papers The Police -,
rested him as he made tho Request. :
v4r council lost little tine u sen's's
ing him to penal seiNitule for li's :"
the French colonies.
Banchard's treason caused the seas'
o. many OF his comrades IN !"
treaches at Avocourt. s,sl
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Pompeii Excavations Uncover
Love Letters Carved In Ivory

fore put there up religious paintings
and affairs designed for cXpiatory sacri-
fees to the tutclary gods Of the houses
and crossings. An altar OF bricks still
shows the remnants of tho last sacrifice
brought before the catastrophe of Au-
gust "A, 70 A. D. Near the compitum
traces Of balcony on the second floor
IN the Interior arr found buried in the
sand, stone pots, and in corner is n
small hearth with the cooking pot still
containing Tho remnants OF the last
meal OF that day of terror. The house
seems to have been much frcquented
tavern; at least, the inscriptions on the
walls point to this designation. One
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his hotel to mediate. 1t Is also safe
to say that a social whirl will not
please him in Washington.
Close friends of the Premier in
Paris tell of his modest home life in
the capital. 1t is in a small apartment
in the Avenue Kleber. Here he re-
ceives visitors in small and plainly
furnished study. The furniture is of
mahogany known to the various epochs
OF France; furniture, however, which
collectors of antiques might be willing
to consider. There are no spindle
legged golden chairs or inlaid delicate
pieces of some of the epochs. Some
what after the character of their owner,
the furnishings of the BRAND apart
ment might be classed among the more
substantial the more profound, which,
incidentally, hail from the more sub
stantial epochs. The more intimate
of the Premier's friends also know the
tiny dining room Of the Avenue Kleber
apartment, into which he invites them
occasionally for repasts which are
quite foreign to the average concep-
ton Of ceremonial eating in France.
1t is here in this small abode that
the leader Of the French government
does his meditating. Mr.. BRAND is
ffty-nine years old and unmarried.
Work takes the Premier to one Of
the most modest rooms of the Quai
d'Orsay, as the French Foreign Office
is known. Thanked on all sides by
great chambers as ornate in their gold
and tapestry as can be found in
Europe. the tiny Office Of the Premier
again displays the modesty of the man
who will be seen in America. Here he
receives diplomatic and political per-
sonages that come into Premier's
life and--works.
BRAND Is Poor Subject
For Newspaper Interviewers
The French statesman probably will
be the outstanding despair Of the great
corps Of newspaper writer's who win
be waiting for him in Washington He
will be difficult subject for impromptu
interviews because of the chasm of
language and will not be nmenabe to
set interviews. His distaste for pub
licity is based purely on modesty, and
in this regard he falls short of that
type known in any nation as the poll
tician. Where some thrive on the
printed word, BRAND shrinks from it.
And when obliged to see intcrviewers
singly or en- masse he seldom "opens up"
His modesty and simplicity undoubt-
eddy derive from the farmer shing
folk Of Brittany from whom he sprang.
His diversions and distractions turn
toward the northwest coast Of France,
where he knows the sea and the soil.
He is experienced in both sailing and
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of these inscriptions urges the election
OF certain Lullius, to whom as a
duumvir the care Of the public streets
and sanctuaries was intrusted.
But we are also told of finds of a
more amusing character In the neigh
borhood of the tavern small ivory tab
lets have been brought to light, the
contents of which after deciphering
prove them to be love-letters of Pom
pelian maidcns to notorious gladators
TO one of these, certain Strax, the
loyc-stricken writer writes the follow
ing billet-doux:
Are you Phnbus Apollo with the
body of Hercules? To me, verify, you
seem a god. Your beauty and strength
have made me forget all other men. |
am young, and my admirers, with whom
trifle, say that am beautiful. shall
wait for you, my beloved, at the Temple
Of Isis"
companion piece to this is another
ivory tablet, the contents of which have
just been decipheret. 1t is a letter of
q man to his adorafn and reads liter
ally:
"Julia. you are fairer than roscate
Aurora in her garments OF fragrance
love you with Il heart that cannot
open to any other woman. Go to the
street Of the Abundantia, spare no sea
tercos Of your Marcus, and If he be
granted the favor Of supping with you
then see TO it that YOUR neck, which re-
semoles the down OF the swan, md your
arms of rosy shaded marble be adorned
with jewels worthy OF your incompara-
BILE charms"
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the power not only to dechain the most
horrible war in history but also and
besides to cause all humanity to suffer
and struggle for years and years, for
generations and generations. He. dur
ing all this, continues to live TRANQUILITY
in chateau-hunting, fishing, motor
enjoying the good things Of life.
He doesn't even know there is such
thing as the "high cost of living"
But that is oil philosophy and neither
here nor there. Having agreed to give
statistics and nothing more, let US rest
here, for statistics are less deceiving
than philosophy.
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PARIS, October 8.

The excavations In Pompcii wore. an
is known, continued during the war and
within the last few years have led to
remarkable results. The last works.
according to the "Neue Zuricher Zai-
tung' proceeded somewhat easily, as TIL.
lnyer covering the still undisc.osed part
Of the old town is composed of soft
rotten material. Here IL reached on
The other side of the already known
street of the Abundantin, n compitum.
street crossing, where Il large ra-
lgicus painting was unc. verod.
The street crossings were considered
sacred by the Romans. and they thers-
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lies, its manner Of living, the way it
spends, and the organization Of its
home life. The same difficulties that
are met by the French housewife must
also be met by her sisters in other
parts Of Europe as well 40 in America.
Millions Of men and women all over the
world to-day have the self-same prob
lem to contend with, in all its many
and difficult phases.
What is most irritating is the
thought that all these difficulties have
descended upon the world because Of
one mans crime, who, one day at Ber-
lin' from the depths Of his palace, had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
By Stephane Lausanne
Editor II, Chief Of "Le Matin'

Editor IN Chief Of "Le Matip"
PARIS, Oct !.
~ EFORE the war the exclamation
~ that most often escaped the
Il u lips of the French woman was,
isn't 1t awful! have nothing
TO wearl' Since the war it has become,
Isn't it awful! Everything is so ex-
pensive!' Ono may remark that in
both instances the circumstances are
awful" but that in any event, it mus.
be admitted, things are more ''aw ful"
to-day than they had ever been before
the war.
1t certainly seemed more lawful" to
well known French explorer who, re-
turning from darkest" Africa, accom-
panied by his wife, recently landed at
Marseilles, after having been away
from Europe for four years He re-
eeived his first shock on leaving the
boat, when an express company asked
400 francs $500 te transport his lug
gage, consisting of eleven trunks, to
the railroad station Before the war
the same service had only cost him so
francs $50. This was nothing COM
pared to the stupefacton of the ex-
plorer and his wife when they walked
through the city and noted the prices
in the show windows. Both fairly had,
nervous breakdown. They decided
not to go any further, but to take the
first boat leaving for Africa, returning
to Lake TchAd and pushing on to the
Cameroun, so that they might escape
the high cost of living"
Let US examine the cost of living"
in France for ourselves. We may with
good grace peek into the French show
windows and note the prices marked
Let US examine them in the Geld light
of reason, impartially and seriously
Let US take the exact figures, so that
we may study the daily battle against
the high cost Of living" waged by
people who are by nature economical,
reasonable and thrifty.
Food Charges High
Let US first consider that which is
most important to man--his food. The
following table shows with great ex-
actitude the difference between the
prices of 1914 and those Of 1921:
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We have naturally not mentioned
dresses, aside from the tailored suit,
nor even hats, as it is. almost irnpos-
able to make serious comparison,
everything depending ON the dress or
hat in question. Still and all, it may
be said in general terms that the dress
which before the war cost about $50
in a good dressmaking establishment,
now costs at least five times as much,
that is, $500. AS for the dresses ode
luxe" one may say that their prices
have increased tenfold, because of the
extravagant cost Of the materials that
so into their making, such as silk, lace,
fur, etc.
Clothing Up 500 Per Cent
The rise in the cost Of clothing is
about the same for the man. say 500
PET cent, as established by the follow
ing tables
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Explorer Learns Paris Prices
And Rushes Back TO Africa
Pays $50 to Have Luggage Taken to Hotel, and Is
Shocked When He Finds Clothing Has
Advanced 500 Per Cent

at the Coincide franchise from 20 cents
to 80 cents and from $3.50 to SIS, and
those at the Opera Comique from II
cents to 40 cents and from $3.50 to
$500. In the movies" the cheapest
places, which before the war cost 20
cents, to-day cost 40 cents.
Travel Costs Doubled
The cost OF railroad travel has
doubled. For example, trip from
Paris to some seaside resort before the
war cost $440 for first class passage,
So for secand class and $3.50 for third
class. THESE prices have since been
increased by exactly 100 per cent.
The cost of interurban travel has
more than doubled. Where before the
war the cost of q short trip in. autobus
or tramway over a single section cost
two cents in the second class and three
cents in the first class, to day the same
trip costs five cents in the second and
seven cents in the first class.
Domestic postage on letters was two
cents before the war. To-day it is five
cents. Letters for foreign countries
before the war required fve-cent
stamp. To-day it is just twice as much,
ten cents.
Extraordinarily, apartment rents
have not increased proportionatel and
many people are to-day paying the
same rent that they paid in 1914. That
is because the French Parliament in
tervened here, voting a series of laws
that prohibited the augmen ia ton of the
rent Of any man who had been mobi-
hzed during the war, or of any woman
who had lost either her father, hus-
band or son as a result of the war
These laws also prohibited the aug
mentation of the rent of all other citi-
zens to more than 30 per cent above
the pre-war rent. Landlords are there
fore the only ones who have relatively
not participated in the wild dance of
the high cost Of living"
Now, let US glance over the budget
OF an average French family for 1914,
SO that we may compare it with the
same familys budget in 1921. Let US
see how it makes ends meet.
The average annual budget in France
runs to about 1900 francs $4,000.
According to statistics recently pub
lished by the French Minister of
Finance it was shown that out Of H.
100000 Frenchmen who pay an income
tax, 4,300, 000-more than third-had
an average income of $4,000 Before
the war, $1,000 was the average income
of the greater part Of the middle
classes, or the salary Of colonel in the
army, high magistrate, Of chief en-
gineer, or university professor.
Budget for 1914
Let US take then, as an example, in
1914, family comprising a man, his
wife and three children from six to
twelve years of age, living in Paris,
or some other large city, and having
an income of $4,000 The budget would,
as a rule, be established as follows:
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Men and women must both admit that
II eating and dressing are the capital
demands Of life, there arc also other
things Of almost equal Importance, such
a heat and light, the barber or hair
dresser. tho laundry, the theater. the
movies" means of transportation.
eta, etc. Let as consider each Of these
items separately:
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We can, therefore, see from the
prices mentioned above that the cost
Of food in France is five times that
which it was before the war, and for
certain articles, like veal, it is almost
six times as much.
Let Us now consider that which is
most important to woman--her dress
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tent. We must eat only that which is
absolutely necessary, cutting down on
extras, on variety and delicacies.
Finally, with great deal of ingenu-
ity, work and restriction, the family
having an income Of $4,000 may cstab-
lish it's budget something like this:
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HEAT AND LIGHT
BAABEE OR HAIRDREsaER

The advance In the price Of seats 1t.
the theaterS may be judged by the fol
lowinx.
The cheapest seats al thc Opera baye
advanced from rs ccn.s TO 80 cents
and the best from s3G0 10 So; those
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Within several dollars or so the bud
get is again balanced. But the family
which in 1921 has an income twice that
of 1914 is three or four times less
happy, counting happiness by the
amount Of personal comfort one gets
out Of his daily life. 1t is only at the
price OF real privauor, supported cour-
ageously, that the same family makes
both ends meet in 1921. And how much
more punible are these privations when
the family In question strives to keep
up Appearances when one wishes to
guard ones dignity in the world ut
Target
No Sympathy Sought
Thcsc tables and figures have not
been given with the object Of obtaining
the sympathy of the foreign reader for
the hard existence Of the majority ol
French familics today, but to givc him
an exact picture of one Of theso fsmi-
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Retiring French Official VIII :
Not Be a Dominant Fig.
ure at Farley, but His
Influence VIII BE Strong
BY Wilbur Forrest

ramp, october J..
A RISTIDE BRAND, Premier of
~ France, or, as he is known in
* " Paris, President of the Coun-
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Temperature Of Mars Too
Cold for Life, Assert Some

Other scientists took the opposite
point of view. Sore said the canals
were only cracks in the surface of tho
planet filled with sand, impregnated
with salts of various kinds. which be-
came dark or light to the observer ac-
cordlng to its moisture content The
temperature on Mars, they said was
too cold TO support life Of any kind
Lowell retorted that his observations
showed tnat The Average temperature
IS A degrees Fahrenheit. The jrreru-
iar'ty OF the canals, their even spac-
lhs' the accuracy with which they N adc
great circle such as navjgato-s en-
ploy on curved sLrfnce thousands Of
mics IN extent, the manner in wAicA
some Of the canals were parnllcled at
certain points and the regularity Of the
spots ~ the Intersections of canals oil
scsslilcd, he asserted, to the artificial
nature Of the canals and justified be-
lief that they were made by sentien:
organisms Of h.sh intelligence.
More than five hundred canals md
oases, as Lowell claimed the spots to
he, have been mapped out and their
names are so we'll known that Harvard
observatory announced last April that
snow hnd been observed falling 1T
lsidis, IN the district of Syrtis Maios.
Mars. 1t WAS hold by some that the
canals had been developed to signal
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Food Charges High

Let US first consider that which is
most important to man---his food. The
following table shows with great ex-
actitude the difference between the
prices of 1914 and those Of 1921:
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-05
METHODIST LADIES TO MEET.

The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church will meet Friday afternoon at two o'clock at the home of Mrs. William Dickinson, at the corner of Second and Gold Streets. s ,.-,.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-05
BRITT IS THANKED BY
 HAYNES MASONIC CLUB

Territorial Senator William Britt today received letter from the Haines Masonic Club thanking him for his fight in the Senate to se- cure an appropriation of $5,O00 for school building at Haines. The letter, signed by Homer c. Banta, secretary and treasurer of the Haines Masonic Club, in part. is as follows:
 'T want to thank you on behalf of the Haines Masonic Club for the rart you took and the gallant fight you made in the interest of the Haines Public School. I assure you that at any time in the future we can be of service to you, you have cnly to command, us.'