The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
FRENCH CHAMBER. IS DEMOCRATIC EVEN IN ATTIRE
Evening Dress Discarded As Essential At
 Sessions
(By Associated Presal

tby AssOc1ated PFeSS)
 PARIS, August 30.-Democracy in dress, as well as in thought, word and deed, seem to be the motto of the new French chamber of deputies, not only among Premier Herriot's avowedly democratic majority, but among all the parties.
 Night sessions of the chamber are now remarkable for the complete ab- sepce of evening dress among members, the only ''soup and fish" displayed be- ing that of Paul Painleve, president of the morning sessions.
 Communists Jeer
 At night sessions of the previous legislature such linen about town as Andre Tardieu and Lucien Klotz strolled in from dining at Maximw's or Larues, impeccably attired for the evening or at least wearing dinner jackets. But now, perhaps because of the jeers of the compact, noisy and enlarged communist group, all any body dares risk at the sessions of the chamber is a business suit.
 Even the wealthy socialist leader, Leon Blum, who formerly was most impressive dresser when he served sa dramatic critic of Le Matin, now makes long harangues attired in a striped shirt and soft collar. Premier Her riot himself wears what he is pleased to term "my other suit" which is & baggy serge.
 Vegetarian Have Hope If Lillian Harrison, the Anglo-Ar- genuine aquatic star, becomes the first woman to swim the English channel her success will be welcomed by no one more than by the vegetarians, for, she is reported to be a. vegetarian of the strictest sort.
 Champions are not rareties in the ranks of the non-meat eaters, who claim among their disciples such men as Karl Mann, walker; Eustace Miles, tennis player, and Freddy Walsh, who is not unknown in the boxing world, although Freddy runs more to a fruit diet than to the vegetable regime. Kolehmanen and Voight ran on vege- tables, so to speak, and several of the best known wrestlers like Zbzsko are reported to have relied entirely upon them.
 The non-meat eating fans also claim that the vegetable diet has succeeded equally among brain workers, especial ly among philosophers, Many of these. from Pythagoras and Plato to Bernard Shaw, have been listed as vegetarians. General Gallieni was a vegetarian and Clemnceau is declared to have no use for a meat diet.
 Likes New Boss While no man is hero to his valet, it is equally true that the, ordinary chauffeur does not hand many halos to his employer. But Julien, the driver who was taken over by Premier Her riot, when M. Poincare departed from the premiership, says of his new boss :: ''I5e is much less strict than the old one" In addition Julien declares it is much easier to work for him because he lives in the foreign office apart. ments and I do not have to lug him home every night, away up by the Arc de Triomphe." "a
 Nevertheless, Julien is still a little bit aserayatsd because M. Herriot did not take hifn over to London for the conference, although he admits that he would have found 1t hard trying to ''keep to the left" the driving required by the insular British custom, instead of to the right. as practiced in France and America.
 Julien, who is amiable and adequate ly avoirdupoised like his new master, has come in for a lot of good-natured testing from the members of Poincare's old Right Majority. They tell the driver: "Well, you certainly took ( sharp turn to the left" Whereupon Julien beaminely replies: "Well, what would you? At that I don't change my route as often as some politicians might name"
 Exchange Acts
 French vaudeville performers have changed their minds about German acts, which they had succeeded practically in barring from the theaters last year be- cause, it was claimed, the Germans were taking the bread out of our mouths"
 When a German delegation came to Paris to arrange for ari exchange of acts it was found after the outcry had died down that the Germans planned to send to France only & few strong men and acrobatic acts. In these acts the French have little to offer, while the French acts, previously barred by the Germans as a reprisal, had a big and lucrative field in Germany.
 Return To Old System
 
 M. Poincare'6 power when he was premier, and the depth of his descent into the political discard, were striking ly shown recently when the senate voted to return to the old election sys- tenn, each deputy being elected by his own separate constituency. Poincare had forced the adoption of the new complicated system in 1919 by an al- most unanimous vote through making 1t a question of confidence in the govern ment.
 This system, under which the for. mer premier's party was badly defeated in the May election, was discareded by the senate wit honly 32 opposing votes. M. Poincare, bitter enemy of this simple system, abstained from vot. ing. His political enemies thereunon resurrected the famous phrase, aften repeated, about tn former premier when he was seen hurrying into the senate: "There goes Poincare hurry ing to abstain"
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