Show A FRENCH JOKE I Parisian Journasists Summoned to a Bogus Rehearsal London Standards Paris Letter An Interesting hoax has been perpetrated perpe-trated by a prominent Parisian journal at the expense of Its contemporaries M Dcschanel In the course of one of tho noisy sittings of last session broke the historic bell placed on his desk to call the deputies to order The journal In question announced that there was to bean be-an Interesting rehearsal today when with the ushers to imitate the noisy deputies dep-uties a trial of a number of new bells would be made with a view of selecting a successor to M Fichets gift which had done duty since 1850 The result was that a crowd of Parisian journalists was early in attendance at the Palais Bourbon Bour-bon with a view of ascertaining the hour at which this interesting ceremony was to take place Courteous ushers who no doubt from their long experience would make model deputies were there as usual to greet them but nothing was known of the trial and the jOurnalIst responsible for the original paragraph has the satisfaction of knowing that hp deranged at least fifty of hs confnrps caused much amusement at thw chamber and afforded a subject for gossip in the evening at time clubs M Deschancl the president of the chamber Is I still In this country hut on his return eight new bells which have been cast will be submitted sub-mitted to him and the chosen three will be further embellished with the Initials 111 F One of these bells will b placed In the chamber ono kept for reserve and I the other I sent to Versailles for the use of future congresses I seems that when M Deschanel broke the bell belonging to the chamber that from the congress hal at Arersailcs also of historical association for it has assisted at each of the seven presidential elections was requisitioned only however to almost Immediately share at the vigorous hand of the jiresl dent of the chamber a fate similar to that of the confrere It had been called In to replace and which it has now also cone to join In tho parliamentary museum |