New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
Civ French Jokes
On Lloyd George
Stir British Anger
rxpensive English Habits
Made Target by Singers
of Montmartre and Add
10 iii Will of Peoples

,oNpoN. March IT (By Mail) NO
,,,;. revue, remarks "The Times cor
..,ondent, is complete without its
m =, the expense Of Mr.. Lloyd
-re and the acquisitive habits of
y british people. AT every little
s..s the singers have their cheerful
- At our wicked ways, and in the
A.,s chat" Of the funny men there
,,ways verbal bricks for the head
!, aLoy-Cheorce.'
cametimes British vis'-ors to Paris
,nderstand enough French to grasp
-. oibes are annoyed. Even British
.:aents in Paris--who ought to know
,...,r--sometimes get angry; and they
-. n their friends and say so; and
;s a little more bad blood.
ms tbis reason, NJ. Maurice Prax
iv' IN the petit Parisien." the
es,rt men who signed the moving
sa...l a~aol for the maintenance of the
sFs. Fso~te cordiale published in "The
ea.sp esi..a.p on Wednesday, made one mis-
- They omitted to send their ap
.ai +o these tres parisiens revue ar
20 and to the singers of Montmartre,
ns'' atarrible men who are on their
tn a. embroil France with the whole
Nes ZONE and with the four quarters
- Globe" For, as NJ. Prax points
u. u, y Is not merely at us and our ways
49,, thew gibe. We may get the worst
" !, but Americans, Italians, Bra
t,,lonI nlcn
ther share.
NJ Prax says; With smile, with
~.od bumor. with wit--so sometimes also
.;tb extreme stupidity-to the air of
aNadelon" or "Billets DouX," with an
,ychestra or with mere piano, with
,,enery and undressed damsels or
anon an empty stage, our revue artists
rd singers calmly, loyously, lightly
,snge against us all strangers who pass
through Paris or remain here" And
10 remarks: "The foreigners do not
understand all these witticisms {? p
and these elaborate puns against their
COUNTRIES. their manners and them
.elyes. They understand that they are
b,inc Knocked. This irritatcs them. 1t
eYasperates them, 1T wounds them.
They write home to London, to Rome,
10 Chicago, saying: They mock at us
.il over Paris. The Parisians find this
very amusing, it seems And we lose
our friends
N. Prax points out that these Jokes
are inevitably accompanied by others
shout Mile. Sorel, of the Comedic'
rrancaige; NJ. Maurice Rostand and the
music hall singer NJ. Mayol. These
artists understand that these jokes are
no, to be taken seriously, and it should
be understood that there is a fashion"
IN stage humor and that tho public like
% hear the jokes to which they arc
accustomed
Sometimes these jokes are pushed a
little too far, and the power of a joke
is, as N. PraX suggests. terrible" He
has recently had lesson himself of its
dangers. One Of the "last straws"
which put NJ BRAND out of Office was
his much advertised and photographed
eof match with Mr.. Lloyd George, and
no one was more sCathingly funny upon
thas incident than NJ. PraX, no one
hoped more-all unwittingly, no doubt
Ia make the French regard Nj, BRAND
as the poor helpless victim of the
astute British Prime Minister.
That golf match, by the way. is an
other thing that is going to have long
life as a subject for d Jest. One Of
The wittiest that it has prompted ap-
cartoon showing Nj. Poincare bewil-
dered, furried, but struggling desper-
atey in secret to learn golf. The fur
niture has suffered from the wild
swings Of his club, but the ball re-