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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1922.
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Washing dishes is a pleasure for the girl scouts at Camp Andree Clarke, Briarcliff Manor N Y for their fellow
scouts serenade them during the “ceremony.”
Paris Mecca of
Divorce Hunters
Americans and Other Foreigners
Are Taking Advantage of
Easy French Laws.
SECRECY IS THE CHIEF FACTOR
American Lawyer in Paris Declares
the Whole Divorce Situation in
Franco an Abuse and Scan
dal—Grounds for Decree.
Paris. —The Increasing number of
divorces obtained in Paris by promi
nent Americans and other foreigners
seeking relief from matrimonial In
felicity has I<ml to many inquiries as
to why the French capital apparently
has become such a European Reno for
discontented spouses.
The chief magnet appears to He In
the fact that divorce proceedings may
be brought In French courts with si
lent ease and completed without even
friends and acquaintances becoming
aware, at least through the medium
of French newspapers, that there has
been the slightest ripple on the sea of
domesticity. Publication of such pro
ceedings by native newspapers is a
criminal offense, on the ground of
lowering public morals. The newspa
pers may print the names of those in
volved, If they can obtain them, and
the fact that a divorce has been grant
ed, but nothing more.
Recent publicity in the United States
of some divorces of Americans in
Paris has caused an unpleasant feel
ing of apprehension among attorneys
for others who have been contemplat
ing divorce action. Several cases of
Americans are reported to have been
taken to Tours, Rennes and other pro
vincial cities, both for the still great
er seclusion offered and because the
provincial court calendars are not so
crowded as are those In Paris.
Must Establish Residence.
Provisional decrees usually may be
obtained In France In from one to
three months, and final decrees 50
days thereafter. The complainant
must establish residence in France,
but a declaration that he Intends to
stay indefinitely is held to be sufll-
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Burglars Use Aeid Test
On the Family Silverware
A literal application of the
acid tost was made by burglars
who ransacked the home of J. A. '
Gillies, Hamden. Conn., during
the family’s absence. The bur
glars carried acid with them to
test the quality of the family
plate and, after discarding such
silverware ns did not measure
up to their standard, took table
ware valued at $3,000. Fur
coats and nealskln garments
were taken at their face value.
WONDERFUL RELICS FROM EGYPT
Interesting New Discoveries on
View in London.
Graves of Courtiers and Royal Ser
vants at Abydos Belong to Date
as Unbelievably Remote as
5,000 Years B. C.
London. —Most Intensely interesting
are the relics brought back by Prof.
Flinders Petrie, the great Egyptologist,
and his colleagues from the tombs
near Abydos. The precious fruits of
last winter’s search are on view nt
University college.
The graves at Abydos were those of
courtiers and royal servants of the
first dynasty kings, and the treasures
that Were buried with them belong to
« date almost unbelievably remote —
about S,(XX) years B. C. These tombs
were not known 20 years ago when
Professor Petrie explored the famous
tombs of the first dynasty kings.
cient, or the inclusion among bis pa
pers of a year’s lease on an apart
ment. The second essential condition
is that the defendant must appear be
fore the court in person, or through
counsel If he Is a resident of France.
But if the defendant lives outside the
country, as is the case of Americans,
notice must be given through the
state department.
There are three grounds for divorce
in France: adultery, conviction of a
felony and cruelty. Both physical vio
lence and mental anguish are accept
ed under the heading of cruelty.
Neither party to a divorce Is allowed
to remarry in France within ten
months, because of the question of
custody and sustenance for the chil
dren.
“The whole divorce situation in
France, from the American viewpoint,
is an abuse and a scandal,” said
Charles F. Beach, an American law
yer in Paris. “There Is no suggestion
of Reno In the attitude of the French
courts, but French judges are not
aware of the advantage that is being
taken of them by Americans who are
UNIVERSITY OF FLYING PLANNED
Advanced School Soon to Be Es-
' tablished in Texas. j}
Newest Form of Training in Air Serv
ice to Be Provided by United
States Army—Ninety Listed
in Initial Class.
San Antonio, Tex.—Development of
one of the largest flying bases of the
government air service at San Antonio
is expected by air service officials with
the transfer of the primary and obser
vation schools to this point recently.
The latest development of the flying
base here Is the establishment of aa
advanced flying school.
The opening of tht? advanced school,
designated by air service officers as a
“flying university,’’ is the newest form
of training in the air service, accord
ing to Maj. John N. Reynolds, officer
In charge of the new courses. The
school Is located at Kelly field. Thirty
cadets and GO officers have entered the
initial classes, and it is expected this
number will be increased greatly with
the opening of the fall term in Sep
tember.
The advanced instruction offered in
the “flying university” is divided Into
four branches —bombardment pursuit,
observation and attack, the primary
groups of the air service. Embryo
flyers will be graduated from the pri
mary school, just removed from Carl
strom field, Florida, to Brooks field
here, and then advanced to the higher
training. The two schools will bear
the same relation tis high school and
university, air officials state.
The present strength of Kelly field
is 1,165 men and 108 officers, accord
ing to air service officials, while that
of Brooks field Is 350 men and 45 of-
There are hundreds of them, and it is
thought, from (he evidence of inauy
burials at one time, that In those
times the servants of a king were sac
rificed wholesale on his death.
The bodies were not mummified but
lying on their sides with their belong
ings round them —finely-made flint
knives, copper tools, and, of special in
terest. pieces used n games. There
are some exquisitely carved figures of
lions in ivory, probably puM of a game
In which these little figures were
pushed along a board in pursuit of a
hare. There are delicate copper
needles, perhaps from the stock-in
trade of the .court dressmaker, and a
great deal of pottery and vessels in
alabaster, all nearly perfect after 7,000
years. ’
One is struck « nee more by the evi
dence of a very finished civilization In
tlie delicacy and refinement of these
Implements and decorations brought
from "the dark backward and abysm
of time.” J
procuring divorces. These divorces are
generally of no value in the United
States, but Americans obtain them
and they may hold until their validity
is contested. Any kind of rope of
sand will hold until it’s pulled.”
Liberal .Regarding Divorces.
At the ministry of justice the sug
gestion that Paris is becoming a sec
ond Reno for American divorces Is not
well received. M. Lemeerieux, first as
sistant to Minister of Justice Barthou,
■"aid that France was a liberal coun
try regarding divorces, having been
the first continental country to grant
them to foreigners, under the law of
1884, and that possibly Paris was be
ing visited for this purpose just as
Fiume was such a resort for Italians
because of the lack of a divorce law
In Italy.
M. Wells, director of civil affairs at
the ministry of justice, said he did
not think It logical that France should
be looked upon in the United States
as a country where divorces could be
easily obtained, since there were few
er legal grounds for divorce here than
in America.
Generally speaking, France grants
divorces to foreigners if their own
countries permit divorces. Judges
during the last few years have been
taking a more lenient view toward ap
plications for divorce by foreigners.
Previously the applicants usually’ were
notified that they should apply for
divorces in their own country.
fleers. This number will be greatly in
creased with the opening of the fall
course, when 130 planes will be put In
operation, at Brooks field, it is said.
Approximately 100 planes are now in
operation at Kelly field.
GIRL, MA AND GRANDMA WED
Romance Revealed When Muriel Conk
ling of New York Marries Baron
Van Reigersberg.
New York. —With the marriage of
Muriel Lorillatd Ronalds Conkling to
Baron Louis Van Reigersberg, an offi
cer of tlie First Royal Dutch hussars
i in Holy Trinity church, London, it was
revealed that three generations of one
family have been married in a single
month.
The mother of Baron Van Relgers
berg’s bride became Mrs. William P.
Holley at a secret wedding July 1,
while her grandmother became Mrs.
Stillman F. Kneeland at a fashionable
wedding In Danbury, Conti., July 29.
The baronjess* stepfather-in law is a
New York lawyer, Interested in tlie
stage and motion pictures. Her new
step grandfather-in-law is Genera!
Kneeland, who is seventy-seven, and
also a lawyer, well known in New
York for nearly half a century.
Ten-Year-Old Wound Is Fatal.
Camden, N. J. —After carrying a
bullet in his brain ten years. Cateldo
De Benedicto, twenty-seven, died at
the Cooper hospital after it had been
removed. De Benedicto, who was an
Italian soldier In the war with Tur
key over Tripoli, was struck twice in
the head. One bullet was removed
and lie was thought to have recov
ered.
Tlie exhibition is rich in tablets of
later dynasties from tlie same site,
one of the eighteenth dynasty is mem
orable because the dead mim does not
pray for funeral offerings In tlie com
mon form, but only that tlie gods may
grant him “a heart that Is sweet every
day.”
A great deal of Important work wns
done also at Ozyr'.ynkhos, notably In
exploration of the great Roman thea
ter which held 10,(XX) people—one of
tlie noblest theaters of antiquity.
Lion Near Crib.
Eureka. Cal. —Mrs. J. Cilspo. wife
of a homesteader at Bigbar, invoke one
morning to discover a large mountain
lion crouched Ips hie the crib where
her year-old child was sloping. Tlie
lion had entered through the open
door of the lent bouse. Mrs. Crhq.o
screamed, awakening her husband,
who seized Ills rifle and fired two shots
at tlie lion, Tlie lion escaped.
All field artillery school* of the
United States army are to be concen
trated at Fart SHI, Okla.
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ONGRESS comes in for a
3 good deal of criticism
£ these days. For example,
3 Secretary of War Weeks
2 said in a public address
3 that the drift of recent
| years was g r adu all y
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weakening the nation’s
governmental structure by undermin
ing the Constitution and sweeping
away the principle of party responsi
bility. The direct primary, “bloc” agi
tation, and, the country’s readiness to
accept constitutional amendments were
given by the speaker as evidence that
the government was heading away
from its ancient safeguards and to
ward complete social democracy.
“As one result,” he asserted, “in the
public mind the legislative branch of
our national government probably
never has at lower ebb than it is
today.”
It is to be noted that the press has
commented freely on Secretary Weeks’
words —and frequently with approval.
In this connection an address on
“The Business of Legislating,” by
Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkan
sas before the Maryland association
Is of great interest. Incidentally, he
is opposed to the much-discussed
proposition that cabinet members
shall be given the right to participate
in congrestlonal debates. Senator
Robinson made the following points,
among others:
“It is not altogether surprising, nor
yet entirely fair, that the unrest and
vexation Incident to postwar problems
should find expression in bitter criti
cism of the congress.
“Legislation erroneously is regarded
by the masses as the remedy for every
ill which afflicts the body politic. Con
sequently the continuance of disturbed
conditions occasions bitter censure of
the national legislature for what is
superficially deemed obstinate Indif
ference to alleged essential reforms.
"Congress often is blamed by the
public, ridiculed by editors and ora
tors, and flayed in magazine articles
for faults, some of which inhere In
our political system, and for mistakes
and failures attributable in part to
causes beyond its control.
“The normal difficulties of tlie con
gress, due to its broad discretion, have
been augmented since the war by tlie
pressure of propaganda.
“Every department of the govern
ment is assailed by class influences
deliberately organized and set in mo
tion to secure selfish advantage.
“The senate and the house of repre
sentatives no longer divide strictly
along party lines. Frequently the
alignment Is according to blocs or
groups organized for the promotion of
special interest, as, for instance,
finance, labor, atid agriculture. The
finance and labor groups have long
been influential factors. The agricul
tural bloc is of recent origin, and Is
justified as indispensable to the pr<>-
tectlon of a large and deserving ele
ment whose situation renders compact
organization difficult and who there
fore are at the mercy of other interests
which* profit by oppressing farmers.
The congress under pressure from con
flicting forces has manifested indeci
sion, nevertheless in many Instances
its failure to act Is less harmful than
would be compliance with selfish de
mands subversive to the general public
Interest.
“Such unwholesome practices proba-
Titanium in a Star
There have been made some inter
esting comparisons of the spectrum
of the wonderful variable star Mira,
or Omicron Ceti, with that of titanium
oxide. It is found that the two spectra
are, for tlie greater part, Identical.
Especially the curious bands seen in
the spectrum of Mira are shown to be
due to titanium oxide. There has also
been found evidence of tlie presence
of vanadium in the same star. Tlie
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r bly cannot be prevented without iu
’ frlngement of the constitutional right
of freedom of speech. It is better to
s endure the evils of unrestrained propa
ganda than to stifle free speech. The
. only sane remedy for propaganda is
i exposure—full and fair publicity,
r “The fallacy that discontent may be
- removed by additional legislation finds
i Its counterpart in the suggestion that
! our legislative system may be im-
I proved by giving to cabinet members
> the right to participate In congres
‘ sional debates.
"The division of the legislative, ex
. ecutlve, and judicial functions Into
separate co-ordinate departments Is a
• wholesome provision of the Const Itu-
I tion. This valuable principle of gov
i ernment would be threatened. If not
destroyed, by any change which would
confuse and commingle the legislative
and executive functions. The argu
ment advanced in support of such a
change is that it would promote har
mony by providing the congress full
information concerning the opinions
and motives of the executive. Anyone
familiar with the congressional pro
cedure rejects this argument as utterly
fallacious. The President by address
can furnish the congress any informa
tion in his possession. He may advise
what action he deems necessary In the
public interest. The committees and
houses of congress now call upon the
executive departments for information
concerning matters within their re
spective jurisdictions. It is true that
frequent and sometimes bitter differ
ences have arisen between the Presi
dent and tlie congress, but these differ
ences usually have not been due to lack
of mutual understanding. They have
uniformly grown out of opposing view
points. Tlie admission to congres
sional debates of cabinet members
would divert their attention from the
important and intricate details of ex
ecutive duties and convert them into
legislative agents. Tlie President In
evitably would be committed In ad
vance by ids ministers to the approval
<»r rejection of measures which our
scheme of government contemplates
shall be passed upon by him witli an
independent mind. The congress would
be subjected to executive Influences,
and the result would be either subor
dination of the legislative mind to the
executive will or hopeless and Irrec
<fticilable conflict between the two.
“Whatever may have caused present
conditions and whoever may be to
blame for them, participation of cab
inet members in the business of con
gress will not constitute an effective
remedy.
“The cause of the prevailing rest- !
lines of titanium ami vjinndlum have i
likewise been discovered in the light j
of sun spots, leading one astronomer
to remark that the sun spots and the
rtar Mini are evidently very closely
connected in physical condition.
Use of Tea In Japan.
In Japan, ten Is partaken of not only
at meal time, but also at Intervals
throughout the day. The cups are very
small, and neither milk nor sugar is
used. The Japanese tea, unlike Cry-
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irssness and discontent is too much
government rather than necessity for
additional legislation.
“Every lawyer is conscious of the
process of centralization. The sphere
<>f federal activity Is constantly ex
panding and federal agencies are being
rapidly multiplied. The states and
their subdivisions have been repressed,
until the last stronghcld of local au
thority, the police power, is threatened
by federal encroachment.
“The disease which afflicts the body
politic is so complicated that the pa
tient cannot describe the symptoms
and the doctors cannot correctly diag
nose the illness. Nothing is worse
needed than a cure for the prevailing
neurotic fanaticism which manifests
Itself in clamorous calls for legislation
which in the long run must prove
harmful rather than beneficial.
“Approximately 16,000 written stat
utes, including municipal ordinances,
are applicable to the government of
the conduct of citizens In the various
municipalities. The public mind would
be cairned and comfort and happiness
would be promoted If one-half of these,
judiciously selected, were repealed.
“The fanatical tendency toward ex
cessive law making is demonstrated by
the introduction during the last session
of congress of 16,170 bills in the house
of representatives and 5,052 In the sen
ate, making a total of 21,222, not
including resolutions and joint resolu
tions to the number of about 2,000.
“A sane program for the restoration
of a whole-hearted confidence in the
government might well include the
following policies:
“More deliberation in the enactment
of laws and the repeal of unnecessary,
vexatious, and admittedly unpopular
slautes.
“The simplification of all laws con
tinued in force. Federal revenue acts,
especially income-tax provisions, are
notable instances of complex statutes
which no one subject to them fully
understands.
“Rigid and Impartial enforcement as
the surest means of compelling the
repeal of obnoxious statutes and of
creating a spirit of obedience to law.
“The notoriously frequent, and in
some localities open violations, of the
national prohibition act are creating
a spirit of contempt for law and are
tending to convert the American peo
ple Into a nation of lawbreakers. The
inauguration of a national prohibition
was premature in the sense that public
sentiment in many communities did
not approve it, and wherever that \\
true It has been difficult, almost ii.»-
possible, to enforce the law. Never
theless, while the National Constitu
tion and statutes provide prohibition,
there is no honorable course to advo
cate or pursue save rigid and impar
tial enforcement.
“The creation of higher standards of
public duty for the citizen and the
officer ns the certain means of destroy
ing the power of organized selfishness
now threatening to dominate the gov
ernment.
“An intelligent am) comprehensive
study of the various phases of indus
trial life with a view to the establish
ment of just tribunals for the investi
gation and adjustment us disputes
likely to result in strikes and lockouts.
“A nation-wide campaign, led by
lawyers, to refine the administration
of Justice as the surest means of
stabilizing our civilization »nd or per
petuating high ideals in American
citizenship.”
i lon or other tens, must not be made
j with boiling water or it will become
very hitler, and the finer the quality
1 of the teu the more attention must be
paid to the temperature of the watel
used. In serving good ten the Japa
nese put a tables^.,onful of tea in a
j small teapot and puar hot (not boiling)
I water over it. it is then serw.l Io
1 small cups. When the waler In the
pot Is exhausted, more hot v.niei s
poured in. and in this way the ua .hi
be list'd -v\e, al t lues.- East mi*! \.-st
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