Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-27
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PARIS, June z5,-After Sunday the
true ParSE1an VIII feel mortified 70 BE-
found n paris, The capital viii be
then abandoned 70 tourists and pro-
T51esals,
On g9ndaT begins grand week
ana TIE egozfng Of the 1925 season and
an exodus Of people u their country
homes 1t Deauy1lle and other resorts.
Pour big races viii mark grand
week three II the Auteull track-the
grand gteep1e chase On Sunday, the.
grand hurdles On wednesday and the
Dragg prize Friday Then comes an
rofber great featute-the Grand Pr5x de-
Parle-at L0ngchamDs. Sunday, June
u,
Two Of these racing events have.
1Ogt some Of their prestige IN recent
years, TIE Grand Pr1x 10 longer fgl
the big fashion show Of the year, and
last year only three persons showed
the ability to handle a coach and six
horses IN driving TO AuteufI IN the.
traditional manner which gave the
name 70 Drag or ta1ly-ho coach day.
4 female Fagin Is being sought By
the police, She is declared bg The au-l
thorftieg 10 be the Counterpart Of the
Dlckens' Fag1n and the +Artful
Dodger who taught young Oliver
Twist ali he knew Of Hghtfngered
art Only instead Of fmpartsng her
instructions TO youths. she gDec1al5zes
in teaching young girls.
Two young women caught picking
pockets Of shoppers IN the Rue Mouf-
fetard, 2 busy market place, confessed
they were pupils Of Amanda GOdart,
belgian woman, WHO ran q thriving
~plckpOekets school, 1t Bicetre, a
suburb Of the metropolis. Pupils, the
prisoners asserted. were assigned reg
u1ar beats according to their skill
They charged that the Godart woman
personally made tours Of inspections
to assure herself that her pupils were
keeping active and prOfitably en-
ployed
The dead letter office in Washing
ton is not the only one in the world
that has trouble with badly addressed
letters. In this respect the French
pogtoffice has also fts burdens TO bear.
During 1928 there were 2.sO0,9 LETT
I tterg and postcards which could not bs
forwarded because of incomplete or
faulty addresses. Of this number, l.
100000 could not be returned to the
genders for lack Of return addresses.
There are different charges for
postage on cards. depending upon th.
number Of words written or them.
Many Of them 20 to the dead letter
office because of insufficient postage.
American tourists. accustomed 1T home
to write as many wards az they de-
! sire on a card. are large offenders ia
the matter of lack Of the necessary
stamps.
Sir Esme Howard. British ambassa-
dor 10 the United States, is being men
toned as the possible successor Of th~
Marquis Of Crewe when the marquis
gives up his ambassadorlal post here
/ II is pointed out, however. that 1he
post of ambassador to France is re-
garded as one Of the pIums in tho
British diplomatic. service and thas
an attempt is made to observe senior
! ity in making the appointment. Sir
Esme is Junior TO Sir Horace RumboId.
British ambassador to Madrid, who
has been taking an important part H.
the diplomatic exchanges between
Spain and France, dealing with tho
Moroccan question.
A statement by Daniel Vincent, min
lister of commerce, that "we are work
ing in pur country seems borne out
by the latest public statistics. These
show there are only 4O9 persong-22
of them mountaineering unemploy-
ment doles in France. OF these, 95
are in Paris. These are the lowest
figures registered since the war.
| Egyptian authorities are giving at
tention to the preservation of the
sphinx. 1t would be a pleasant in
ternational courtesy if they would
keep the White House physician in
formed Of their methods. Chicago