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Landau trial. If Lieutenant Rouzier had been convicted, the cry would have been that French officers are brutal and overbearing; the acquittal is hailed as a miscarriage of justice. The Royalist Action Française regards the uproar in Germany as a political maneuver to facilitate a Nationalist Government, a "role suited to Herr Stresemann." The Homme Littéraire (Left) also suspects that Herr Stresemann is merely showing the Nationalists that Locarno and Thoiry have not spoiled his patriotism. The Messine (Metz) says that no account should be taken of speculations as to what a German court-martial would have done in a similar
what a German court-martial would have done in a similar case in France, but that French traditions are those of generosity. "The Landau verdict should have been one of general acquittal." Eat all you want of Christmas dinner. Have a third helping of the turkey and do not spare the chestnut dressing. There is plenty of it. The New Health Society, of London, assures the world that turkey, chestnut-dressing, plum-pudding and mince pies are healthful and actually can be eaten in plenty - without discomfort, if one follows a few simple rules. The New Health Society declares: “Eat all the
simple rules. The New Health Society declares: “Eat all the Christmas dinner you can get, and play deaf if a food faddist shouts ‘Stop!’ at you.” The vegetarian faddists held up to scorn by the New Health Society include the London Vegetarian Society, which is pledged to a vegetable Christmas dinner. “Stuffed nut roast” or imitation turkey is served at the Christmas meal of the Society. The “turkey” consists of almonds, pine kernels, mushrooms, butter, chestnuts, milk and eggs. As a matter of fact, turkey is a food easier to digest than many meats eaten throughout the year. Served with
digest than many meats eaten throughout the year. Served with chestnut stuffing, it is both wholesome and nutritious. Plum pudding, since it contains various kinds of dried fruit, is a wholesome mixture. Mince pies, especially to the liking of those with good digestion, are excellent food. Any trouble experienced after the Christmas dinner is caused generally by unwise indulgence in other meals on the same day. It is therefore advisable to make a light breakfast. An occasional hearty meal such as the Christmas dinner can be eaten safely by most healthy people. The human body possesses remarkable reserve powers and
healthy people. The human body possesses remarkable reserve powers and it is quite reasonable to call on the digestive organs now and then for a little extra work. The simplest rules for Christmas are these: Do not let the children stuff themselves with sweets all day long (and do not do it yourself). Dried fruit is much better for the digestion than many sweets. Do not drink heavy wines. Do not dance or indulge in active games for an hour after the Christmas dinner. Turning to France, the marron glacé figures on Christmas menus as a stuffing for turkey, as
figures on Christmas menus as a stuffing for turkey, as a garnish, or in its own right. The maron glacé is a particularly characteristic Yuletide delicacy. The high price of candied chestnuts is due to two factors: The difficulty in securing perfect specimens, and the care necessary in their preparation. The supply of marrons glacés originally came from the Ardèche and Lyons, but this is no longer sufficient to meet the demand. Today, Italian chestnuts are imported, chiefly from Naples, Turin, and Florence; and recently Japanese chestnuts have been used. For the best confections, there should not be more than
For the best confections, there should not be more than sixty chestnuts to the kilogramme. They are cooked in steel cylinders, fitted with wire layers to keep them separate and avoid breakage. The boiling point is never reached, and the water is changed several times to prevent the chestnuts from taking a reddish color from certain pigments in the skin. Each chestnut is then carefully cleaned by hand, and the lot placed in double boilers for sugaring. A thin cold syrup is the first stage, and the temperature and consistency is gradually increased during several days. The glaçage is the
is gradually increased during several days. The glaçage is the final stage; it consists in plunging the chestnuts into a thick syrup, on the point of changing to caramel, for their brilliant, translucent coating. Diseases in Waves THEIR LAWS STILL A MYSTERY German Toys ENGLISH MODELS IMPORTED A feature of the Christmas season in Berlin this year is the large number of well-known British favorites to be found among the toys in every better-class shop. Dog and cat calendars of the true English variety are to be seen in all the well-known patterns, fitted, of course, with the days of
the well-known patterns, fitted, of course, with the days of the week in German, but quite to the exclusion of the time-honored national dachshund, whose figure, peculiarly suited for making notes on the more generous scale, is an annual decoration on German walls. The bottle industry and certain other industries de luxe on the other hand, announce the employment of supplementary help.”—Report by M. Bouju, Prefect of the Seine, to the Council-General of the Department. With the French franc today worth nearly double what it was last July, the chorus of calamity howlers predicting a run of the tourist trade
of calamity howlers predicting a run of the tourist trade in France grows in volume. Yet, the declarations of the Prefect of the Seine to the Council-General yesterday should be the sign for pianissimo. The rise of the franc has affected many manufacturing industries, in which unemployment has increased to nearly 5 percent in the past few months, but the commerce de luxe supported by German Comment. The Berlin Nationalist press naturally makes patriotic capital out of the Landau verdict. The Liberal papers are more measured, but they hope that the French Government will do something to counteract the psychological
the French Government will do something to counteract the psychological effect of the judgment. The Berliner Tageblatt hopes for a pardon for the convicted Germans, and it suggests that the garrison at Germersheim might be evacuated to appease the population there. Herr Streßmann's Tägliches Rundschau holds the same views, but instead of suggesting, it says: “We insist absolutely on this point.” The Nachrästi does not scorn the solution of clemency, and demands “positive satisfaction,” such as punishment for Lieutenant Rouzier and the recall of General Guillaumat. The Lokal Anzeiger also finds that a pardon would mean nothing, and it demands
finds that a pardon would mean nothing, and it demands a “reversal of the infamous judgment of Landau.” Italian Comment. The judgment at Landau is declared by many Italian papers to have created serious tension between France and Germany. “Lieutenant Rouzier has killed the Spirit of Locarno with a revolver shot,” the Popolo di Roma writes. The Tevere insists that French policy was inspired by a militarist spirit. A Man's Country Italy has a larger proportion of men per unit of population than any other important country in Europe. For each thousand men there are in Italy 1,028 women, in
each thousand men there are in Italy 1,028 women, in France 1,070, in England 1,094, in Germany 1,099, in Russia 1,229. Suicide Prévention A committee for the prevention of suicide has operated in Zurich for the past five years. Of the six hundred would-be suicides dealt with during this period, nearly two hundred had already made one attempt upon their lives before their cases were brought to the attention of the committee. In most instances, those who contemplate suicide are in need of money; immediate aid removes the desire. The smallest, but smartest umbrella shop in Paris manufactures the smartest
smallest, but smartest umbrella shop in Paris manufactures the smartest umbrellas and canes suitable for Christmas presents. WILSON, 8, Rue DUPHOT. (Announcement.) Mystery still prevails as to the laws governing the onset and decline of epidemics of infectious diseases. Further evidence of this is provided in the report just issued by the British Medical Research Council on “The Spread of Droplet Infection in Semi-isolated Communities,” Boys at the Royal Naval School at Greenwhich and at the Foundling Hospital have been studied just as rural communities have been studied in Laboratories, and as regards the fluctuations in herd immunity and its
and as regards the fluctuations in herd immunity and its relation to the introduction of new elements or population. The main conclusion of the report is that the individuals of a community should be isolated from each other to the greatest extent possible in their sleeping quarters, this provision being particularly important in those communities to which many susceptibles are frequently added. Poor Babies! The newborn babies, the report states in conclusion, are the recruits to the population; hence the overwhelming morbidity of infectious diseases among children opposed to adults. “The newborn baby,” it continues, “seems to possess a remarkable
“The newborn baby,” it continues, “seems to possess a remarkable immunity to certain infections, which is often casually explained as being due to its protected environment. As a matter of fact, the opportunities which a newborn baby has of receiving doses of any bacteria that may be in the environment are considerable. A baby is fondled and caressed by all its immediate fellow-humans, and it is truly remarkable that infantile mortality should be as low as it is. CURRENT HISTORY TOLD IN CARTOONS “DRAUGHTY” a Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the British Prime Minister, is being criticized on all sides for the
Prime Minister, is being criticized on all sides for the manner in which the coal-conflict has been handled during his term of office and for the end of it by attrition which has solved none of the problems of the industry. Low, the cartoonist of the London “Star,” therefore pictures Mr. Baldwin in this situation, taking as a text the shortage of fuel in London which is particularly acute today. A Biography of Poe - GIVES LIGHT ON EARLY YEARS Hitherto-unknown details of the childhood and early life of Edgar Allan Poe are given in “Isaef,” by Hervey Allen, which
Allan Poe are given in “Isaef,” by Hervey Allen, which has just been published in New York. Having to the fact that important private letters concerning that period were given out only last year, the author has been able to offer what is probably the first coherent account of the formative years lived by a strange literary genius. To the age of fifteen, Poe, the orphan, was brought up as quite an ordinary lad in the household of his foster-father, John Allan. The latter was a hard-willed Scotsman, who was fond of young Eddie. But since Poe was forced to
fond of young Eddie. But since Poe was forced to take sides against Mrs. Allan, who discovered the irregularities of her husband, the fight between the two was long and bitter. While Poe was at the University, John Allan refused to give him money for ordinary needs. The result was that Poe gambled, drank, and became a prey to nervous instability. The author also discusses Poe's relations with his child-wife, the ethereal, consumptive Virginia. THE MAD OF THE DAY Old Palestine The whole of the colonnaded main Street at Jerash, in Palestine, about 1,000 yards in length, joining the North
in Palestine, about 1,000 yards in length, joining the North and South gates, has now been excavated, and it is possible to drive in a motor-car through the ruins of the chief public buildings and over the pavement that still shows marks left by the wheels of the Roman chariots. Insurance in Japan MANY FIRMS IN DIFFICULTIES As a result of too-fierce competition, Japanese fire insurance business is passing through a severe crisis at present. Before the war there were only some fifteen native companies of reputation doing business in Japan, but after the war their numbers increased rapidly and
Japan, but after the war their numbers increased rapidly and now there are about forty. As there has not been a corresponding increase in the number of insurable risks there is not enough business to go round, and this has led to extensive rate-cutting, with the inevitable disastrous result. The local tariff is not so strong as it might be, and high commissions are being paid in the endeavor to obtain business, while there is considerable illicit rebating to the insured. A certain amount of facultative reinsurance is transacted among the offices, and many of the companies are paying 35
the offices, and many of the companies are paying 35 percent, and even 40 percent commission for such business. Since fire insurance cannot be profitably conducted in these circumstances, certain companies have decided to curtail their underwriting as far as possible until better conditions obtain. Many of the native companies are further handicapped in that loans which they received from the Japanese Government at the time of the earthquake are now due for repayment, and everything points to some of them disappearing or being absorbed by the stronger companies in the near future. Bacteria Shells It is reported from Moscow
the near future. Bacteria Shells It is reported from Moscow that the Soviet Military Administration has established on the Island of Kurgaly, in the Northern part of the Caspian Sea, a military bacteriological station, in order to experiment with bacteria shells and to arrange for manufacturing them. Similar experiments, it is added, are being carried out at Astrakhan. PARIS TIMES” LETTER BOX Dickens in Paris. Paris, December 23, 1926. To the Editor of The Paris Times At this time of year, an Englishman in Paris naturally thinks of Dickens. and he looks about him for any spots in the city
he looks about him for any spots in the city that are connected with the novelist and his work. London, of course, is full of such associations. Not long ago the “actual” stick that Mr. Boffin was so well known to carry was “discovered” in a tavern in Clerkenwell. The owner of the establishment gave the article an unimpeachable pedigree. Dickens was at one time a permanent resident in Paris and lived at 48, Rue de Courcelles, now demolished and rebuilt as 38. But he must have made several places famous in a novel such as "A Tale of Two
famous in a novel such as "A Tale of Two Cities" and it would be interesting if any of your readers, better acquainted with Paris than the present writer, could identify the spots and make them known to him through the medium of your correspondence columns. An enthusiast in Paris. MR. EDMUND HELLER Naturalist friend of the late Theodore Roosevelt and co-author with him of "Life Histories of African Game Animals," Mr. Edmund Heller, a companion of the famous Roosevelt African hunt of 1909, has just reached Paris again with one thousand specimens of big game, birds and reptiles which
one thousand specimens of big game, birds and reptiles which he has been collecting for the past three years in the Belgian Congo for the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Mr. Heller is America-bound with his treasures, which he will install in the great museum in Grant Park, where there are already many exhibits shot by him, in the African wilds and mounted under his direction. His special study has been the gorillas that live in the forests. Although known as one of the best naturalists in the United States, and a crack shot who has had thrills
United States, and a crack shot who has had thrills without number in the jungle, even including being the goal of three charging lions on one occasion, Mr. Heller is most modest about his adventures. He considers it all "in the day's work." Naturalists and big-game hunters are "born and not made," he thinks. Recently he has repeated many of his earlier feats by bringing down elephants, buffalo, giant pigs, lions, okapi, gorillas, chimpanzees and countless birds and reptiles. In order to carry on his extensive studies and operations, a base camp was located near Lake Kivu, in the bamboo
base camp was located near Lake Kivu, in the bamboo zone 8,000 ft. up the slopes of one of the volcanoes, where the naturalist had assembled one hundred natives to carry his equipment and care for the camp. For the actual hunting he used bushmen of a rare race of pygmies that dwell in the African forests. This tribe is called "Wahutu" in the native Swahili dialect, which Mr. Heller was forced to learn in order to converse with his men and with Belgian officials in the Congo. Every official sent out by the Belgian Government must learn Swahili immediately;
sent out by the Belgian Government must learn Swahili immediately; thus there is a common tongue throughout the district. To mention some of the difficulties of life in these woods, Mr. Heller tells an interesting tale of the so-called "Army Ant," which emerges from the forests in droves of thousands and falls upon the first living thing it finds unresistant. Often in the night the members of the expedition would awaken to find themselves attacked by these ants. The only safeguard against the "Army Ant" is a circle of hot ashes thrown about the tents or the rude huts built
ashes thrown about the tents or the rude huts built by the natives. Mr. Heller has spent twenty-five years roaming little-known parts of the earth in search of museum specimens. His desire for the life of a naturalist developed early, and he was but a child when his fine collections of birds were the envy of all the other neighbor boys in his native town of Freeport, Illinois, and still later in California. There he graduated from Stanford University with the class of 1901 and went as a representative of the University on his first expedition—to the Galapagos Islands, off
the University on his first expedition—to the Galapagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador, to collect fishes. Then he went to Alaska, collecting animals and birds for the United States Biological Survey, and he spent the next seven years traveling for the Field Museum along the Pacific Coast, Lower California, and in other places he made a trip to Peru for the National Geographic Society. Four years ago the Field Museum sent him through the Amazon Valley. In the meantime, he has made several expeditions into the heart of China, Tibet, The Great Seal has been styled the “Key to
Tibet, The Great Seal has been styled the “Key to the Realm.” To counterfeit it was accounted high treason. In view of its great importance as authenticating the acts of a King or of his Government, it has always been in safe keeping and always available. On occasions when a King has seen fit to take it abroad with him, an equivalent seal had to be substituted for use in England. Under the Lord Chancellor, who held the Seal, was a large staff of clerks who were accounted men of some importance and whose duty it was to prepare the
some importance and whose duty it was to prepare the instruments which were to issue under the Seal. Sir H. C. Maxwell-Lyte’s book deals with these clerks and their methods. Among other matters of interest and instruction contained in the volume is that in the early part of the 19th Century the Lord Chancellor was in receipt of an allowance of £96 a year instead of twelve tuns of Gascony wine which, presumably, his predecessors had enjoyed. Paper from Alberta Farmers of Alberta are being warned not to follow the usual custom of burning straw left from threshing operations. An
usual custom of burning straw left from threshing operations. An Edmonton company is arranging to build a plant in the spring of 1927 which will take large quantities of straw and turn it into the heavier grades of paper, such as wrapping paper, building paper and straw-board. LIVING trees are always shedding something in order to produce more. In modern traffic, he who hesitates is bumped. Competition may be the life of trade, but it is the death of profit. Self-confidence: A human lesson on the hand. It’s the running experiences that keep fathers out of breath. & The air
experiences that keep fathers out of breath. & The air is just as free as it ever was. It just costs more to be able to breathe it. One pedestrian is killed in the United States every eight hours, a statistician says. That pedestrian must get awfully tired of it. philosophers Twenty young men are seeking wisdom, Twenty young men with innocent eyes. They read wise books in small, quiet rooms. When life outside makes a monstrous din The twenty shut their windows tight That the passing noise may not break in And keep them from becoming wise, —Kernpfer Hammond
break in And keep them from becoming wise, —Kernpfer Hammond Broadus. AustraLIA. ENGLISH The Director of Education in New South Wales advocates reform of the Australian pronunciation of English. He says: "It is incontrovertible that the English language in Australia is developing on its own. There is no such thing as Australian grammar or Australian spelling. Why is there a distinct Australian speech? Why cannot we share with other parts of the Empire a common language, pure and untainted by crudities of pronunciation? It is sad to reflect that other people are able to recognize Australians by their speech. Our
people are able to recognize Australians by their speech. Our variation of the accepted standard are along fines that are harsh, unmusical, and unpleasant to the ear. Many characteristics of the Australian dialect are reminiscent if not identical with those of uneducated people elsewhere. "For example, for the London Cockney the open voiced sound in "catch" became something like "ketch," which is near to the Australian’s pronunciation of that vowel. 'Taxi' became 'texi,' 'Tan' became 'treq,' 'can' became 'ken.' The Australian 'j' is slurred by the worst speakers, so that it becomes 'i.' The London Cockney, said of 'i' as
it becomes 'i.' The London Cockney, said of 'i' as in fly. The slurring of the diphthong is probably the most consistent fault in Australian speech, varying with 'i,' which is a diphthong begun with the open mouth, to 'oi,' a diphthong begun with a rounded mouth. The sky was meant to be a crowd of stars. Her golden head; The earth a shifting fairy stage For her feet to tread. The wine a score of willow tunes For her youth to fend to, But she lived in a hinterland Where there was no end to Paper rocks and granite
Where there was no end to Paper rocks and granite faces Made by hinterland people, Who said their prayers in hinterland church And praised its bell and steeple. Who pursed their lips and rolled their eyes Much like their meadow frogs, And who croaked behind their hands at dusk, “She’s going to the dogs!” But in a lonely burying plot Under the willow trees That she danced to A long time ago. —Queenie B. Lister. CLEANING & DYEING CLEANING & DYEING NEW YORK STEAM PRESSING 8 Rue du 29-Juillet (Louvre 57-06); Canal & Delive'Three Houses in Paris. ART DEALERS ERCOLE
57-06); Canal & Delive'Three Houses in Paris. ART DEALERS ERCOLE CANESSA ANTIQUAIRE EXPERT PARIS, 93 Avenue des Champs-Elysées NEW YORK, 80 FIFTH AVENUE. LESSONS. ACADEMIA ESPANOLA Lessons in FRENCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN and GERMAN, from 4 fr. 50 an hour. 12, Rue Blanche. Tel.; Trud. 49-41. ON THE RIVIERA. HOTEL NEGR A Sumptuous Palace Open all the Year Round. HOTELS under the SAME DIRECTION PARIS Claridge’s Hôtel LYONS Palace MADRID Palace Hôtel MADRID Hôtel de Parle ST. SEBASTIAN Continental Palace SANTANDER Hôtel Real BRUSSELS Hôtel Astoria BRUSSELS Palace Hôtel DINANT Chateau d’Ardenne NICE, MONTY-CARLO NICE, CANNES Av, Spelague S UNITED STATES
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