Show I Artistic Slums Shims o of Paris Doomed As Progress Takes Up the March I The artistic slums and homely hovels of Paris soon will be only a memory according to Police PoUce Prefect Jean Chiappe in his annual report before the municipal council recently Paris will soon lose its hovels and slums he said for tor they impair the healthfulness as well as the brilliance of the city The poorly paved and badly lighted streets will soon be nothing but a memory As to misbehavior during the past year he reported that the Colonial exposition attracted visitors without resulting in a single serious incident despite the number of ot sovereigns sovereigns sov soy and statesmen entertained and the attendant ceremonies and fetes CRIMES SHOW DECREASE The general proportion of at crimes and burglaries he continued shows a decrease under the preceding year jear there being in 1930 as against 1 95 05 5 in 1931 Ten robberies of importance took place in 1930 as against only five for the year 1931 Not one of the criminals whose sole motive was theft escaped our pursuit They all were arrested I always have made a vigorous fight against the high cost of living Many things that seemed too rash yesterday and an innovation and abuse of power are recognized today as an indispensable reform and perfectly per per- legal I venture to say that we owe to the studded street crossIngs crossIngs crossings cross- cross Ings the entente which is steadily growing closer between the pedestrian pedestrian trian and the motorist It Is by virtue of ot this consideration in our community community community that I dare again and again to drive ahead into the future guided by th great sentiments that animate us all love for tor Paris and devotion to its prosperity On the occasion of at the presenta presenta- tion LIon of at Prefect budget 21 councillors voted f for annual S sup of the o prefecture of poUce pollee favoring assignment of its duties t to the generale the courts an and the mun municipality but 50 councillors thought it would be better to keep keen the prefecture and consequently the budget was approved The POllet ex cx report was optimistic cr cred cre lUng the sagacity and sense of tion and courtesy of Parisians Parisian g si as much as the efforts of ot the poU police e fo for fo- the pr preservation of order orde- and morale in the face of economic depression 9 I I Many things can be changed from froma a harmless substance to a poison by merely changing the arrangement of the atoms of at which they are aro made One of at the few women diamond cutters in the world is Mrs Helene of ot Pittsburgh Pa Par She learned the art as a girl in Belgium Howard Funk of Akron Ohio made madea a minute five flight light In a glider gUder with a passenger |