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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1907.
SHOULD PRIESTS
Question Has Been Referred
To Ilis Holiness, Pope
Pius.
By RAOUL DE SAINT RENE.
Paris#. Juno 1.—An elderly. respecta
bly dressed woman called upon the po
lice coinui!K*ary for the Saint Margue
rite dlstrlet tf Paris and asked to be
cl lowed to see hlrn privately. The lady,
on bring shown in M. Uousselefs pri
vate room, explained that at the risk of
b*ing thought mad she had come to ask
hi* ndvitc with regard to a very pecu
liar clrcmnrtance. She said her name
wan Mine. Pl?roth end that she lived in
the rue dc Montreul! with her grown
up son and her brother. She had only
lived there for a short while, but every
time she entered the flat she felt com
pelled, ns if by some magnetic influ
ence. to walk about on her hands, with
her feet In the uir. Beforo the aston
ished magistrate had recovered his sur
prise from this strange recital the poor
woman suited the action to the word
ami gave an exhibition of what hap
pened cv^ry time site efttered h**r apart
ment. M. Housselet, of course, thought
he had to deal with a lunatic, and, ask
ing her to wait in an adjoining room
while he consulted someone else on the
matter, he sent for the son. The son,
M. Joseph Bleroth, a young man of
about 27. was brought by the police
man.
He said he could not explain, but that
not only Ills mother, but be himself
and his uncle were also compelled to
walk about the Hat In the same way as
his mother Imd explained. The com-
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AMERICANS ARE PATRONS OF ENGLISH OPERA
missarv then thought that the son \vi
as mad as the mother, und sent for the
unde. The uncle corroborated the
statements made by the other two, and
then happened a remarkable thing. The
unde threw himself upon his hands and
began to walk about the room with his
legs In the air. He was Immediately
followed by the son und the mother,
and for a few moments they all prome
naded round the room in this fashion.
M. Rousselet did not know whatever to
do, so lie sent for the concierge of tb
house In the Rue do Montreuil. When
this good woman arrived she said that
It was a fact that these people did walk
about in the manner Illustrated before
tlie commissary, and that she had at
first thought they were acrobats prac
ticing their tricks, but on entering the
flat she herself had also felt the Incli
nation to wulk about on all fours. The
commissary here lost patienc e and said
If this whs a Joke they would be pun
ished and they would be scjrry for-it
and ordered the flat to be disinfected.
Should priests use automobiles? Is
the question which has been submitted
to the pope, and Is creating a good deal
of controversy In ecclesiastical circles.
The decision of his holiness, who
holds progressive vleivs, Is expected to
be in favor of the automobile. An
example has already been set to dig-
nitnrler of the churcli by Cardinal
Cosset ta. Aim owns an automobile and
is often seen riding around the city
In it.
Nuns are working as compositors In
the office of a newspaper at Cuneo,
In Piedmont Italy. For economy7* sake
the proprietors discharged their male
compositors and engaged nuns who
hud learned the trade In their con
vents.
Naturally this move Is resented by
the professional printers, who have
tried unsuccessfully to get the civil and
ecclesiastical authorities to prevent the
nuns working In the composing room.
The printers now threaten to strike
If the nuns ure retained as composi
tors.
According to Dr. Delorme, the
French army cun boast a better stand
ard of health than can the civilian
population. Dr. Delorme has read be
foro the Acudemy of Medicine a report
stating that contagious diseases and
fevers of ail kinds occur much less
frequently among soldiers than umong
civilians. He claims that In their ex
emption In this respect France stands
with Germany at the head of Euro
pean countries. He declares that this
scarcity of contagious diseases among
soldiers Is due to the fact that every
French soldier Is taught the element
ary rules of hygiene and how to keep
himself healthy through cleanliness and
by observing the simple rules of life
In Its relation to food and drink. They
are also taught to sleep with the win
dows of their dormitories wide open,
both In winter and summer, while the
French civilian always sleeps with his,
•hut up dose.
IS 10 BE REPEATED
By RICHARD ABERCORN
London, Juno 1.—Coventry, the an
cient “City of the Three Spires," U
to see another Lady Godlvo. The no
ble wife of Karl Leofrlc will ride
through the city in a historical pa
geant organised by the modern cltl-
sens, who ure proud of their town's
lung history.
Kvery ono knows the pretty legend
pf how Lady Oodlva rode through Cov
entry's streets, clothed only In her
beautiful hair. In order to free the peo
ple from her husband's unjust taxa
tion. In the pageant,' which will take
the form of a grand costume parade
through the streets. Lady Oodlva will
be the central figure, riding on a white
peltry and attended by her Saxon
maiden*
A great number of other historical
figures will follow In Oodlva's train.
Including her sons, Ilcrewnrd the Wake
and Alfgar. with a long line of kings
and queens of England from Edward
the Confessor to George IV.
King Edward Introduced tha tall,
walking stick as the fad foe foshlona-
le young men this use son. The new
tick, which reaches a Utile above the
waist, was first carried by hla majesty
during hla stay at Illairttz. and when
he brought it to London orders for long
canes poured into the West End shops,
for every self.respecting society man in
London is bound to fallow the king's
example.
The new rone carries with It a cer
tain change In deportment, for the
proper manipulation of a stick os high
ns one's waist demands dexterity and
That American women ore play
ing an Important part in London
society Is evTdent by the number of
boxes they own In the . Covent
Garden opera house. The diagram
shows the grand and pit circles of
the opera house, arid those boxes
occupied by Americans are marked
with a ringed dot The picture
shows some of the women, who aru
owners of boxes. At. the left Is
Countess of Strafford, who wus
Mrs. Colgate, of New Turk. In the
center Is the Countess of Tar-
mouth, who was Miss Thaw, of
Pittsburg, and at the right Is Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid, wife of the Ameri
can ambassador. -
elegance. It will not suit the young
men who of late years have startled
the decorum of Piccadilly and Pall Mall
by appearing there In full season at
tired in tweeds, sack coats, straw hats
and brown shoes. To wield a "last of
the dandies'' cane with proper effect
one must be dressed In the correct,
conventional mode for the West End
promenade.
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