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Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-08-31 | Page 11 | Humble Frenchman May be Decorated

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Date 1913-08-31
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Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Humble Frenchman May be Decorated
Type article
Date 1913-08-31
Paper Salt Lake Tribune
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 11
OCR Text HUMBLE Ull MAY BEJLTECORATEDi Government Takes Steps to Gratify Craving of People for Insignia. By GEORGES DUTRESNE. Special Cablo to The Tribune. PARIS, Aug. 30. No people in the world, I am sure, are ns madly in love with decorations and orders as wo Parisians, and all of us who are not fortunato enough to have beou decorated aro painfully conscious of n yearning for a croBS, a star, or oven a modost ribbon. Tho government, knowing this, is lavish with tho decorations it has powor to bestow, but as it cannot possibly pos-sibly ninko overy one of us a chevalier cheva-lier of tho Legion of Honor it has just instituted a now order, and as our- gov-orninont gov-orninont is a democratic ouo, it is only proper that tho new order should be intonded for tho hjumblest class of citizens, tho servants, who, by the way, aro no more humble hero than onj'whero olso in the world, whore the' know that they nro really our musters. But, anyway, wo havo now a now decoration for this privileged class, which wo sincorely hope will prompt thcui to give up their apparent prcsont custom or leaving us without notice. The decreo instituting the now order of "Distinguished Domostic Service" provides, according to a law passod apparently unpercoivod last Jul, that all domestic servants who havo faithfully faith-fully performed tho duties of their estiitc, and whoso conduct is irro-proachablo, irro-proachablo, shall receive a medal liko the ono bestowed on all faithful clerks, shop assistants and commercial efhployeos irenerally. This will entitle them, furthermore, to wear a tri-col-ored ribboil in their buttonholes. Tho conditions for obtaining this docoration are: Tho applicant must have Hervod in tho samo house or family for- a period of thirty yoars, and must have earned tho commendation commenda-tion of their mastors or mistresses. If thoy havo not beon able to Berve in the samo family or house thoy may novertholoss obtain the ribbon, if It was not their own fault. Servants may exceptionally receive tho distinction distinc-tion if thoy have boon only twenty years in service, if durinc that period they have regularly paid a cortain fee to tho national pension fund or belonged be-longed to a mutunl nid socloty or an approvod insuranco organization. Thirdly, thoy ma- obtain tho distinction distinc-tion if they have brought up four v children or ruoro until tho aco of 16. Finally, no timo limit whatovor is necessary if tho sorvant, male or fe-malo, fe-malo, has rendered exceptional or heroic sorvico to the family to whom they aro attached or havo given proof of extraordinary devotion and fidolit. A circular has beon sent to all prefect by tho ministry of labor to call their attention at-tention to this decree, and It will bo Incumbent In-cumbent on them to collect tho names of those ontltled to the distinction In their respective district. Tho first promotion to tho Distinguished Domestic Service order or-der will bo made on October 1 this year. A day or two ago M. Honnlon, the prefect pre-fect of polloe, was passing along a corridor corri-dor In the prefecture when he noticed an "agent" doalng on a bench. "What are you doing there?" asked Hennlon. in a tone that effectually wakened the subordinate. subordi-nate. "Guarding tho powaor magazine," was the answer. "And whore Is the powder pow-der magazine that you are guarding so zealously7" was the prefeot's next question. ques-tion. The policeman had to oonfess that ht didn't know. M. Hnnnlon organlred a search for the elusive magazine. It was nowhere to bo found. Finally, the oldet Inhabitant of the prefecture supplied the key to the orrlgma. Tho "powder magazine" maga-zine" was. it appeared, tho name given to a lumbor room In which a few rifles and pistols had been stored since 1S75. M. Hennlon, who haH been sweeping vory clean since his arrival at the prefecture, and Is not without a sense of humor, has presented th venerabU relic to the xxruseuxn ef the army.
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