New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

! tiancee that he was leaving for Dar-
| metal, near Roueu. Then they pushed
him into motorcar and took him to a
deserted convent near Evreux There
ne was kept in cell for two days On
| the next day, September ~, he was or
| dered to send two kilograms to his
Young woman, dated from Honfieur.
1he 1irst read; Pierre Benoit is we'll,
Returns Wednesday," The second asked
/ her to meet him at Marty, at the Inn
| OF the Bold Rooster. She went there
! and found him.
On the Saturday following, at 3:45
IN the afternoon, NJ. Benoit was walk
ing on the Place yendome Gin the
heart of Paris, with the Ritz on one
! side and Morgan's and the Bankers
4 Trust on two othersl and was again
kidnapped and hurried off in an auto
mobile. Soon after Mile. Laferrisre
had telegram saying that the Sim
teiners were taking excellent care OF
him and would return him to Paris not
later than Tuesday Meanwhile M.
Paul Souday. literary critic OF "Le
Temps publishes letter tquitc by
hazard) from NJ. Benait, dated from,
/ Les Jardies" on the 14th of Septem-
ber. the date of his meeting with the
lady at the Bold Rooster
What's the answer?
JIG these were fictional characters
and one were free to look for solu-
tlon, one might offer the idea that M.
| X was looking for way in which to
rid himself of Mile. Y. If M. x hap
pened to be. novelist, it would do
much to explain the cemplexity of his
plan | wonder. if you remember the
case of Nine. Bessarabo, which set all
France by the ears few months back.
| This estinabIe lady of letters (whe
is now doing life term while her
daughter has gone into the film in
dustry) tired of her husband. As
every one knows, ennui is the only
enduring element III life. Love and
hate are spasmodic; infdelity is not
only temporary but it has finite end
regulated by physiological considera-
tions; physical violence may be evaded
by jumping from a convenient window.
Ennui having nearly killed Nine. Bes-
sarabo. she made it the excuse for the
summary execution of her husband.
But having shot him, she spoiled mat
tcrs. She was woman of letters.
/ Therefore-and for no other reasen,
mind you--she folded him carefully
into trunk and innocently proved her
guilt. A simpler woman would have
remembered the level of intelligence
among jurors in criminal courts. She
would have shot her husband, thrown
up, window, called for help and been
acquitted.
Do you see what mean when l de-
| plore the literary proclivities of M. x :?
1t may be that certain readers Of
! this page, stimulated by Lott, Trap
! rock and Batouala, are ambitious OF
| writing travel books of the Sheik type
of fiction. If Africa is your objective, |
offer you the following code from
| "L'Afrique Latino" high authority:
Before leaving home 1t is convenient
since you might find very little in
! Africa,
The fora of the Dark Continent is in
comparably luxuriant, but you should
| describe only the palm trees. You may,
| however, use the words baobab, jss-
sarninc and banana.
The fauna, also, is exceedingly
varied, but you should restrict your.
self to mention of the lion, the camel
and the gazclle. The lion has been
somewhat discredited by Tartarin and
should be employed with discretion'
The gazelle is interesting only for its
eyes. which are like those of the full,
| hipped almeh, moist, narrow ana
languorous. (Of course, for her part,
the dancing girl always has the eyes or
q gazelle.) Most important of all ami
mails is the camel, which should be
called mehari as frequently as pos
sible.
Contrary to tic erroneous pronounce
ments of geographers, Africa is the
Orient. Orient" is, of course, word
pregnant with many virtues and is spe--
cially recommended as the root OF
l"Oriental."
Algeria, it goes without saying, is
inhabited by Arabs. Arabia, by Kabyles,
Moabites and other cxotically named
tribes. Arabs arc chivalrous, sober and
Industrious. They cultivate these yir-
tues, as we'll as few palm trees. The
males are always designated as noble
Arabsn and s.sons Of the desert. Their
women are young, graceful and pas
sionate. They have eyes like the
gazelie, eat only preserves and dance
the danse du ventre. They are also
known as '.houris." Arab noblemen
live ON dates, canlel-hump flesh and
| gazelle thighs, which they strip away
with daggers. II is permitted TO men,
ticn "kous-kous," "pastek and
amechui." Their only drink is cameis
milk. Arabs have no houses: they live
either in palaces or tents. Their linen
is always of dazzling whiteness and
/ they wear only silks. brocaded with
gold.
! Fundamental axiom: They die OF lSye
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