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he closed his eyes again with a satisfied
smile. 1t would have been better for him
to have kept them open.
Unable to either sing or step down with
dignity, Nile. Parsys made a leap from
her table to that of the offending French
man. 1t was long leap, for standing
broad jump, variously estimated at from
five to seven feet, but the lady is not only
a singer, but a dancer with shapely limbs
of steel, and she made it, feet first.
Another leap and she brought up
with her dainty high heels in the
pit of the dozer's stomach. 1t was
the same solar pleXus blow that Knocked
out jim Corbett at Carson City. The
Frenchman uttered one loud "Oofr' and
then sat there, open eyed and conscious,
hut paralyzed. For good measure the
lady slapped his face and returned to her
table.
The crowd laughed again, but this time
the laugh was with her. 1t was her
round. The Argentines now strutted over
and demanded an apology. The poor man
may or may not have meant to give one,
but all he delivered was groans So they
hauled him over the top of his table and
roughly bundled him out of the place.
Returning from this easy five-to-one VIC
tory, they insisted that the mademoiselle
now proceed with her charming song.
One table after another Joined good ma
turedly in the teqeust. 1t seemed that in
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the influence of good wine, the throwe
will not heed the danger signal, and thel
there rs trouble.
Not long ago when Miss Murel Mile;
the well-known former New York "Fol
lies" Girl was at a table with four spend
thrift young Argentine millionaires,
number of Germans came into the cafe
the fashionable Rhul Hotel. They liket
Miss Miless looks and began to throw
the white balls at her. The Argentinian
objected. The Germans kept throwing
Then the Argentinians stood up and began
to throw things at the Germans. The
Germans retorted and sent out a cry tt
other Germans to help them. The Argen'
tinians sent out their gang call, and i'm.
medately another war was on between
Argentina and Germany. Before it wls
over the police had to clear out the place.
and it was estimated that there were l0C
black eyes and 200 bruised faces anc
noses.
Just to even things up a few night.
later, Mademoiselle Darnys of the Casino
de Paris was sitting at the Perroquet. Al
all-night cabaret, with a couple of Frencl
admirers. A couple Of Argentines triec
to get her away from them. and in a few
moments another battle began to rage
but this time the Argentinians were not oui
in force, and the French easily beat them
Some how the other natiOnalties viii
find a way to stop the ArgentineS from
stealing all their girls, as they are now
doing by this new strategy of gang-love
and the police can't help them in tina
either.
The result to Mile Parisys is that her
songs are now in great demand the mo
ment she enters a place. They are very
beautiful songs, but there is also the a6det
attraction that they may start something
again.
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PARIS, Sept. 30.

GAklS, sept oV'
TOWADAYS, if you go into any OF
M the smart Boulevard Cafes OF
Paris, something is likely to happen
to you--something personal, intimate and
exciting, though not necessarily pleasant
This last depends on your sex and your
point Of view.
Customs, manners, politeness, courtesy
have all been thrown to the winds and
anyone who feels like expressing himself
or herself does so with abandon and some
times with fists and bottles. If man
thinks a lady at another table is beautiful,
he does not keep that thought to himself
as was once the proper etiquette hut goes
right over, dragging chair with him. sits
down between the lady and her escort
and tells her all about it.
While women may feel flattered at such
attention. their escorts can't seem to get
used TO the new order of things and so
every night there are fights, riots and
violence of all sorts. There, would be
much more only that the chief practitioners
of the new tactics are the Argentines
who like wolves hunt in such large packs
that resistance is almost hopeless
Before relating the latest pitched
hattie that has been fought over this new
freedom, it should be explained why PARIS
once the most polite and elegant city in
the world, has allowed its public manners
TO be bolsheviked. The cause lies IN the
decay Of the cabaret. Paris invented the
cabaret. developed it to its greatest pos
sible heights and depths and is now thor
oughly sick of the thing, but has found
nothing to take its place.
Before the days of the cabaret, guests
were supposed to know enough to enter
tain each other with conversation, but that
cnnoration all over the world passed out
with the pug dog and is replaced by one
that thinks Boccacio wrote the Decalogue
Rored 20 death with the cabaret and hav-
inc nothing to talk about, the diners and
drinkers look for spontaneous happenings
amooq themselves - Irritation, fights,
scenes of any kind are welcomed by those
not involved Even the American re-
former who tried to snatch an English
lady from the arms of a dark-skinned In
dian prince on the ground that she was "a
white gal dancin' with a black" was given
grateful credit for the first-class riot he
caused
This attitude of the public has encour-
aged all kinds of talent, good and pad, TO
innon nm and volunteer with songs, dances,
Doems, most any old thing. If anyone
Identifies an actor 1t is customary TO ask
him to step out and do something. Stage
stars soon found this was good way to
keen IN the public eye, and took pains to
have themselves identified and called out.
Among the most persistent of these vol
unteers has been Mademoisele Parisys, a
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must be crazy, but their money seemed
to be good, and the honest drivers sold
their milk at champagne prices.
Under the milk barrage that followed
the allied French, American and English
forces fled for their lives, but two blocks
away they rallied with cheer. A fleeing
American had ntOiced a stack of cases of
empty beer bottles standing on the side
walk. Armed with this free ammunition,
the allies countcr-attacked.
Though bottle of milk is Shower when
it smashes, the empty beer bottles out
classed it in range and accuracy, and by
the time the police arrived the South
Americans were routed. The authorities
were obliged to detour all motor traffic
around the battlefield until the street
cleaning department was able to clear
away the broken glass.
Finding that nothing more serious than
than a few cuts and bruises had resulted,
the police arrested nobody. They look
with tolerant eye on the boisterous an
tics of the Paris night life, for it is the
wiIdness of that life that brings Americans
as well as Argentines and all their money
to Paris. So the police let them settle
their own problems in thier own way as
much as possible.
This is not the first time that the
Argentines have shown their skill IN gang
fighting. One of the amusing customs IN
Paris at the present time is to serve with
dinner a number of little cotton balls of
different colors. If you want to meet a
young lady to whom you have not been
introduced, and who is at another table,
YOU throw her white ball, and then she
understands that you are flirting with her.
If she throws you back another white one
1t means that she doesn't mind. But if
She throws you a blue ball, it means, 81
am married." and a red one means
danger, keep OFF, Very often, under
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Before Ungaant Fenchman Could Utter Another Word the
Singer Story Runs Leaped Lightly from Her Table to His
and Thence Upon Somewhat Rotund Stomach and Instantly
Her Seized Bottles Sent Out Their Rayng Cry
and Prepared for Batte-and At Once the Babe Was On
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starred in musical comedies
and reviews for
quite few years. ~
Though French
born, she spent
much of her girl,
hood in Buenos
Aires, which may
account for her IN :
behavior, because ~
the Argentines
are the unquestoned worlds
champion cabaret hounds
As soon as Mile. Parisys
gets comfortably settled in a
place like the FL Garron
Cafe or the Abbaye de
Theme, she is sure to hop up
on her table and begin to
sing at the top of her voice
one of her Apache songs.
: Generally people at the tables around
applaud these impromptu performances
for various reasons, some because they
really admire them, some because 1t IS
polite and customary to applaud anything
a pretty woman does, and others Just to
make the regular cabaret talent jealous.
Quite late the other night, or rather
morning, Mile Parisys entered the famous
FL Garron with five Argentinos. They lost
no time in insisting that she must give
one of her charming songs, and of course
she agreed as she had at several other
places that evening.
Before hopping onto her table she and
her friends noted a singular coincidence,
but had no idea of its significance. Alone
at small table nearby dOzed a plump
middle-aged Frenchman. This was inter-
esting because it so happened that at three
previous places in which the actress had
sung that night this same Frenchman had
been seen alone, drinking rather heavily
and frowning Here he was again, frown-
ing in his half-slumber.
Mile. Parisys bounded prettily onto her
table, sung "la la la" on her highest note,
like a fiddler testing his h string, struck
a cute attitude and held it while all eyes
and ears were concentrated on her. Just
as she had obtained the desired absolute
silence the sleeping Frenchman opened
reproachful eyes on her and said in a
voice that penetrated the entire room:
cav, Parisys, shut up"
There was such a world of boredom in
his voice that somehow people guessed
that he had been fleeing from her singing
all evening. A roar of laughter went up,
and the singers face grew white with
anger. II was impossible to begin sing
ing in the face of such a situation, and
yet there she was standing in a cute atti-
tude on a table. unlimited. Observing
this, the Frenchman's frown dissolved and
Evening star., 1925-11-30
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, November 80 United
States Department of Agricultural.
-Hogs-Receipts, $4,000 head; fairly
active, mostly 15 to 20 lower; all
interests buying: bulk good and choice
14O to 21O pound weight. 1l.35a1 l. so;
practical top, 11.55: bulk desirable
225 to 325 pound butchers, 11.30a
11.40; packing sows largely 10.15a
1910; ma jority better killing pigs.
11.5Oa11. so: heavyweight hogs, 1l.20a
11.45; medium, II .30a11 so; light, II. .25
a11.55: light lights, 10.65a LOO: pack
ing sows, 9.S5a10.70; slaughter pigs,
1125a12 90.
Cattle-Receipts, 10000 head: fed
steers, % to 40 lower; in-between
grades, yearlings and mediumweight
off most; trade slow at decline; kill
ing quality medium to good; few
loads heavies early at 11.00a12. TO-:
bulk of quality and condition to
bring S.50a11.50 she stock in liberal
supply: early trade about steady,
especially on heifers, tendency weak;
bulk vealers to packers, 10.00a10 SO;
outsiders upward to 1900.
Sheep-Receipts, 26,000 head: fat
lambs active: steady to 25 lower;
mostly 10 to 10 off: bulk god. handy
and medium weight lambs early at
16.00a16.50 few to city butchers and
shippers, 1600a1665; short deck.
1915: yearling wethers upward to
13.40; half fat yearlings to feeder
dealers. 1880; fat sheep strong: spots
rs higher; desirable fat ewes, 8.00a
$50; feeding lambs scarce; no early
sales.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
ADVANCE FOLLOWS
SETBACK IN GRAIN
Embargo on Exports From
Russia Gives Strength to
Chicago Market.
BY the AssociatedSPress


CHICAGO, November 30-With the
reports of better weather conditions
in Argentina and with a decided fall
in Liverpool quotations. the wheat
market here underwent an early set
back today. On the decline, however.
buying expanded, and material rallies
took place. The recovery has helped
by advices that exports Of wheat from
Russia had been embargoed and that
no export wheat would be available
from northern Argentina. where the
crop was said to be virtually a failure.
Chicago opening prices, 112 to 2l2
lower; new style, December. 1.62 to
162A, and May, 1.57 to 1.579s, were
followed by upturns which lifted De
cember to 1875. and May to 1854.
Corn and oats were easy, sympa-
thizing with wheat weakness. After
opening 4 to q off. May, 7S TO 1873,
the corn market reacted to about the
same as Saturdays finish.
Oats started unchanged to half cent
lower May, 42a4 to 43, and held near
to the initial figures.
Nearby deliveries of provisions tend
ed down grade, but deferred deliveries
5iGplayed strength.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
WHEAT CLOSES STEADY.
Short Covering Helps Values in Late
Afternoon.

NEN YORK. November so GP.-
The closing was steady. Subsequent
demands for some of the minor spe
cidlties and railroad shares promoted
short covering of iniuStrialS in the
late dealings. with some of the weak
issues recovering points or more
from their early lows. Wheeling and
Lake Erie and Chesapeake and Ohio
issues headed upward and We're fol
lowed 10y General Asphalt. Air Reduc-
ton. American Sugar. Congoleum and
American Materworks which adj
Eanctd : to ; points. Sales approx
mated | 800 900 shares
Commission houses reported a sub
stantial decrease in public participa-
ton and several operators for the rise
were reported 10 have temporarily
suspended operations. pending a fur
ther digestion of recently offered Sc
t.llI.iticS
Evening star., 1925-11-30
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BALTIMORE, November 50 (Spe-
ciaD.-Live poultry-Live poultry,
Spring chickens, h., 20a30; Leghorns,
20aB; Minorcas, 20a25; old liens, ga
80; roosters, Il: old Leghorns, 1Sa20;
ducks. o0a26: geese. 1Sa22: young tur
keys. 37a3S; old. 33a34; poor and
crooked breasts. 25a26; pigeons, pair
25a3O: guinea fowl. each, S0aS5; old,
35a50.
Dressed poultry-Turkeys young,
h.. 3Sa42: old. 25a35: chickens. young
2Sa30; old, 22a2S; ducks, 25a30: geese,
20a26.
Eggs-Receipts. 1.133 cases: native
and nearby firSts. dozen offered at
5S: candled, 60a62.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery.
h.. 4Sa52: prints, 53a54; ladies', 42a43;
store-packed, 81; dairy prints, 3Sa4O:
process butter, 40; rolls, 37a40.
Rabbits-Choice, doZ., 4.00a5,00; fair
to good. , 30a3.o0.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
NEW YORK APPLE PRICES.

NEW YORK, November 80 (Spe-
of barreled apples We're
moderate. Grade A. 212 inch western
New York Baldwins jobbed out most
" at 81 to $3.50 per barrel, Rhode
Island and northwestern Greetings.
$3.50 TO Sc, and McIntoshes a, 212
inch ranged from 81 TO $3.50.
Good quality, medium sized Kieffer
pears changed hands at s. to $3.50 per
barrel.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
LONDON WOOL HIGHER.
Boston Market Steady as Weeks
Trading Starts.
| Disnatch 10 The Star.

UIHpdI'II 20
ROSTOE. November 30.-Dealers
showed no disposition to change their
prices in the wool market at the start
Of the week The trade attention was
largely centered upon the foreign
markets. London sales opened higher
than expected, but it is still ques-
tion whether buying by continental
houses will be large enough to main
tain prices. France and Germany are
regarded as largely responsible for the
rise in prices in Australia recently, as
supplies of domestic woods of desirable
quality are becoming scarce in this
market
Evening star., 1925-11-30
CALL MONEY HIGHER.

NEW YORK. November 81 LP).-
Gail money timer: high, T.: low. .;
ruling rate. ,: closing BID. Jl.: Of
fered AT 5%s last loan. 5la: call loan
against aCceptances. IL. Time loans,
steady: mixed Collateral. $3.50 days.
4'sa5; 80 months. 47saI: prime mer-
camille paper. il
Evening star., 1925-11-30
T0DAY'S METAL MARKET.

Nk;N YORK. November 80 LP)-
Copper quiet: electrolytic. spot and
futures, lii4ali&s. Tin firm: spot
and nearby, G4.0O; futures. $500. Iron
steady: No. /. Northern. 22.0Ua23. 90:
No. :. Northern. 2l.G0a22.0O: No. >.
Southern. 2l.O0a22.oU. Lead easy:
spot, 80. Zinc steady: East st.
Louis. spUt. $50: futures. S.G0aS.75.
AntlmonN, spot. 1000 To 202:,
Evening star., 1925-11-30
Elected to Steamboat Board.

John l.. Edwards has been elected
to the board Of directors of the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat Co.
to fill the vacancy caused by the re
cent death of Milton l.. Allies.
Mr. Edwards is president of the
Washington Stock Exchange and head
Of the New York stock brokerage
firms in Washington and Richmond
that bear his name.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK. November 80 CP.-
Foreign exchanges Irregular Quota
IionS in cents: Great Britain. demand
4Sh 3-16: cables, 4S4 4-16; 6O-day bills
on ban'ls. 4SO3s; France. demand.
3.S9i2: cables. 100: Italy. demand. 4.04:
cables. 4.04i2. Demand-Belgium
4 g; Germany. 1850; Holland. 40.16:
Norway, 20.33; Sweden. 26.74: Den
mark, 24.S7: Switzerland. l9.27la:
Spain. 14.11: Greece, 1.34: Poland,
I3 90; Czechoslovakia. 2.96; Jugoslavia,
III; Austria. IA: Rumania. As: Ar
gentina, 4l.3T; Brazil. 1895; Toxic,
431s: Shanghai, 77"s Montreal,
AeQ sSs.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
New Local Exchange Member.

Yelverton +. Booker. jr.. newly
elected partner in the investment
firm of Crane. Paris & Co, was
today elected a member of the Wash
inEton Stock Exchange. c. J.Gocke-
Ter. secretary of the exchange, re-
ports. The election merely prolonGs
q policy OF Crane. Paris e Co. that
If having two members of the tirm
in The exchange
The Washington Stock Exchange
membership is limited TO ~. its pres
ent personne! being only about two
shy nT .he TiI1l ,1uora
Evening star., 1925-11-30
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK CP,.-Stocks steady:
Kansas City Southern ut 1928 high.
Bonds tirm: French bonds continue
recovery.
Foreign exchanges mixed: French
francs rallies lO points
cotton lower. easier spot prices
sugar barely steady: trade selling.
'"lfoe higher. commission house
bur iu@.
Russian export embargo
Corn higher better cash demand.
Cattle weak
Hogs lower: all interests buying
Evening star., 1925-11-30
CHICAGO BUTTER MARKET.

CHICAGO. November 80 CP.-But.
ter-Higher; receipts. 1922 tubs
creamery extras. 50i2 Standards 46 Il
extra firsts, 47a49; firsts, 43l2a45; sec
onds. 41a421a.
Eggs-Higher; receipts. 1.671 cases
firsts. 54a56; ordinary firsts, 46a52
refrigerator extras, 80 5l5a36; firsts
341aa35.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY.

NEW YORK, November 80 (P).--
The visible supply of American grain
shows the following changes in
bushels: Wheat increased '5l,fo0,
corn increased $4,000, oats de-
creased 10000. rye increased $4,000,
barley increased 26I, 900.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK, November 80 CSpe-
ciaD.-The 6S-72 sold at 10a4 cents, an
advance of quarter cent, in the print
goods market today. Raw Stillts were
quiet and down 5 cents for most
varieties.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
NOTE ISSUE IS SOLD.

NEW YORK. November 80 GP).
issue of 50 .240 900 Illinois Central Az
per cent equipment trust certificates
Series l.. offered by Kuhn Loeb K Co.
this morning, has been sold.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
Clearnings Ahead of 1924.

Clearings for 1926 to date are al
ready considerably in advance Of the
unprecedented amount reached in
1924, when a total OF s1,167 1898, ,426
passed through the local association.
Total for the first II months Of 1929
amounts TO s1,229, ,553, ,2O2.75, while De
cember, yet to be added, should bring
the years total to at least $3.50,
900, 900
Following are the monthly clearings
for the year TO date:
Evening star., 1925-11-30
Assigned to New Post.

Capt. Charles Porterfield. jr., 9Th
Field Artillery, at Fort Hoyle, Md,
has been assigned to the 5th Field
Artillery at Fort Bragg, N. C.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
s-,----CaI Money Advanced.

sssz=-@-Aali Money :tuNaflCeu. =
The call money renewal was quoted
at = per cent for the first time since
November IS. and the rate rose sub
Sequently To 5l2 per cent. the highest
in six weeks.
The campaign in the shares of some
OF the Southwestern railroads was a
sequel to the renewal OF buying noted
late last week. Kansas CITY southern.
Missouri Kansas Texas and the Mis-
souri, Pacific were favored Kansas
City southern common and preferred
both reached their best prices for the
year. Their" was report that the
Loree interests had taken $4,000
shares of Ksu from the opcH market
on Friday ana Saturday. This story
fitted in with the previous report that
the Kansas City Southern owned over
1000 shares of Missouri Kansas
Texas and that a plan was about to
he announced for the merger OF the
two roads with the cotton belt and
possibly another company.
The Wheeling and Lake Erie stocks
were quite prominent on the buying
side for a time. Both the common and
preferred gained to 3 points, and
We're at their best prices for 1925. In
THIS instance. too. the incentive for
the buying lay in merger prospects.
Motors Draw Attention.
The action of the motor shares at
tracjed a good deal Of attention. They
Jailed 10 bear out the oVer-Sunday
predictions of many in the Street that
Following Il period of heavy liquidat ton
aud considerable short covering. these
stocks would again lead the market
up. There WasNSOme fresh buying but
this was moIe than offset by SpecGla-
tive selling. At the days lows the
losses from the final prices of Satur-
day ran from to approximately 10
points
Two strong spots in the industrial
section were Gimhel Brothers, the
common and preferred stocks Of which
rose to their highest for the year to
the accompaniment of talk of a big
increase in current business, and Twin
City Rapid Transit. which also made
new high. Murray Body. on the
other hand. WAS particularly weak,
getting down to its lowest for 1925.
Late Trading Features.
In The afternoon trading the list
was helped 10y Il series of individual
upward movements. Although i'm
lGrtant stocks remained quiet and
some Of them did nothing more than
It cover all or part of the ground they
Lac lost in the forenoon. the market
gave a better account of itself The
upbiddins of the shares OF the leading
sugar refining company. or one or two
of the oils. on a prominent public utiI-
Ity. two or three of the rails. the agri-
cultural chemical issue and numerous
So-calied SpecialtieS, featyted the late
dealings.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
BANK CLEAR|NGS
GAIN $2O,0)O,0DO
November's Total Brings
Years Compilation to New
Record-Other Notes.
BY CHAS. p. SHAEFFER.

Washington's purchasing power. as
measured by check transactions.
amounted to s117,S57. .1S3.43 during the
month ending today, according to
statistics made public this morning by
Charles r. Bright, manager Of the
local clearing house association. The
amount is about $4,000, 900 in excess
of the total reported for the same
month Of last year and approximately
81 900. 900 more than the preceding
month of October
The much-advertised plea of local
merchants anent shop early" for
fuletide requirements. which is more
and more becoming inculcated in the
minds of the buying public. is one
reason why the months figures are
higher. while another item OF eX-
penditure entering into the months
total can be traced to payment of IN
tangible taxes. time for which expires
at II o'clock tonight
Evening star., 1925-11-30
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, November 80 tSpe-
ciaD.-New potatoes. 100 pounds.
2.00a425. Beans. bushel. 1.50a3.00.
Beets, hundred, 2.5oa3.50. Brussels
sprouts, quart. 10al5. Cabbage, ton,
2O.OOa30.o0 Sweet potatoes. barrel,
1.50a5.00. Yams. barrel, 1.50a3.00.
Carrots, hundred. 400a5.00. C2uli
l.75a3.00. Cucumbers. crate. 3.00a
400 kale, bushel. 30a40. Lettuce,
basket, 90a2.50 Peppers. crate. 2.00a
800 Onions, 100 pounds, 2.5oa3.00.
Oyster plants. hundred. 5.00a7 90.
Pumpkins. hundred, 5.00a 1000. To
matoes. basket. 2.50a3.25. Spinach,
bushel. GOALS. Savoy cabbage, bush
el, 40a50. Turnips, basket. 25aS0.
Apples, barrel. 2.50a7.0e: bushel.
75a2.25. Cranberries. box, 5.5oa7.50.
Grapefruit, box, 3.00a400. Oranges,
box hOa 80