Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-18
POLITICS KEEP
BRAND FROM
FISHING TRIP

( FISHING TRIP
PARIS, July 17-Premier Brands
recent formation of his tenth cabl-
net spoiled a perfectly good fishing
i expedition that he had planned. The
French leader had just given up
his attempt to form the ministry
when the fishing season opened ana
! the veteran premier began over
! hauling his fishing tackle for a
raid on the streams of his little
place at Cocherel, in Brittany For
mer Premier Herriot then under
! took to form cabinet, but was ul-
successful and M. BRAND was called
to the rescue by President Dou-
4 mergue.
1T was lucky for the fish,, M.
BRAND said when he received the
summons.
The opening of the fishing season
was an important event not only Tor
the premier but also for thousands
! of Frenchmen in humber walks Of
life. The traditional fisherman who
+ sits at the seine for hours to catch
"minnow," betook themselves to the
nearby country to try their luck at
bigger fish
/ Every train leaving the city on
the first day of the season was
packed with eager Isaak Waltons. In
many cases the entire family ac-
companied the angler.
Rotted buds and stunted flowers
on the rose bushes were found at
the celebrated rose gardens of Hay
! Les Roses by those who made the
annual pilgrimage there this year.
The rose Gardens of the city of
Paris at Bagatelle, in the Bois de
Boulogne, is in the same condition
and the jury that presides over the
annual contest of new varieties of
roses there has decided that no
prizes shall be distributed this year.
Prolonged rain after prolonger cold,
after premature budding in February,
are the causes of the garden disaster.
| Roses cultivated commercially for
perfume or for the essence of roses
| also were affected by unfavorable
weather conditions although less than
the garden varieties because they
are mostly cultivated in the south
where the weather was less severe
| Joseph LIE Driant, French sailor,
| is to try the channel swim this year.
He has found hackers among French
devotees of sport for the attempt.
Their faith is based on his victory
in the water marathon" last Aug
| ust, a swim down the Seine from
Cordeil to Paris, 25 miles, which he
won in 10 hours SO minutes,
| A Breton, with all Breton's
! proverbiaI obstinacy, LIE Driant has
swum in channel waters since a
! boy.
With LIE Driant and Nine. Scion as
tri-color1 has an excellent chance to
score masculine and feminine sue
cesses this year.
| An American piano house that
presented President Doumergue with
| a sample has placed him in a rather
embarrassing position. With the no.
tice that the piano had reached
| Havre came request from the
customs authorities to pay six thou
sand francs duty.
AS non-piano playing bachelor
the president had no great use for
the instrument and the idea of
paying some two hundred dollars
If nffarnd
sequently he wrote to the customs
department to explain that he had
only accepted the present from
courtesy, not to hurt the feelings of
the donors, but that he had regard
ed the gift as having been made to
his office rather than to him per-
sonally. He added that he intended
to leave the piano at the Elysee
Palace on the expiration of his term
of office in the hope that it would
be of more use to his successor
Therefore he asked the authorities
that M. Doumergue, the private in
dlvldual ought not to be asked to
pay the duty.
The officials after consulting all
! the texts available informed the
president that the point could only
be settled by the minister of fl
nance The minister at the time was
M Peret, but before he could give
his opinion he had resigned and the
president still is anxiously awaiting
the day that his successor will be
able to tear himself away from saw
ing the franc long enough to decide
this delicate question.
The recent session of the Interna-
tion Psychic congress in Paris pro-
duced message from the "un-
KNOWN" the Grand Duke Alexander
of Russia being the medium, accord
ing to current report. The message
presumably from the late czar, was
delivered at secret session and
was stated to be very interesting"
Nothing more definite than that was
announced.
The public meetings abounded in
lengthy treatises on how to trans
form lead into gold or how to find
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