Show I U Vf TO 10 VICTOR HUGO HUG SOlD SOLDON ON BlOCK Affectionate Letters of Juliette I of r Them Go for p p. mS m. S March 6 AP One APOne One One of ot most pf pt love letters on record more than OO of ot them written by the former former for for- mer iner actress Julletta Drouet to Vic Vic- t tog Hugo o between 1833 and 1883 brought rought less Jess than nOO when put up at auction recently its lis actress whom Hugo loved lo re retired ted red from the stage and lived a of ot seclusion for 50 years Almost most every day during that ierI pe- pe rI she wrote the noted a etter as he had asked her to tod todo d do although they were seeing ath ach pother her regularly as well and this collection an average fo some 11 Ic ers a year ear was carefully pre- pre seyed ed at th express wish of ot Hugo himself G Gustavo Gustave stave Simon who as executor Hugos Hugo's will and arid personal per per- onal friend of Juliett says that th the th letters etters will wil vil disappoint anyone arch of ot a thrill thrillS as th they y are aren n nothing but a collection of ot empty phrases full of ot adulation and adoration ado ado- r ration on far from giving that re- re of ot the Inner life Ute of oC the lovers The he collection might have r reald real real- al- al d a higher price had not a Paris b bookseller notified the auctioneer as soon as It was put up that h fowled owed wied the copyright and so the purchaser could only obtain material mate mate- ate ate- ri rial lal l possession but could n not nt t pub- pub h them History will forget the war debt d discussions between France and the States and will remember tonly the crusade fought in corn com soon by the two nations which should love and understand each other being honest nations made honest people former Ambassador Am Am- said in a speech this week at Lyons Recalling his long stay in the States e whee he was accredited ac- ac credited as ambassador under five administrations M. M paid to the cl character L LJ very practical and very gen r- r je He had scrupulously refrained trim from any form of propaganda during dur- dur ing the war relying and not in vain on Frances France's just cause and Americas America's good sense A. A set of ot enterprising P Paris Paris' crooks pot pot- the jump on Finance Minister ll D oumer umer recently with the ann announcement announcement an an- i n of ot the introduction of ot th bill imposing a t tax x on wireless r receiving sets Taking time by tho th 3 forelock felock these unscrupulous but in ingenious ingenious in- in genious genious persons armed with books of looking receipts began calling at the houses with wireless aerial terminals on the roof or In yard betraying the of ot tR eless sets and collecting as flange l ge a tax as they ther thought the householder would stand for The prefecture of ot police pollee was vas obliged to broadcast a warning against these individuals remInd remInd- ngo the public that the bill t tut t ng the tax had not been passed The ie newly elected president of Fat Men's Mens club of Paris Pari is almost al- al most doubly as h ha weighs kilograms over pounds while the qualifying limit for membership mem- mem is kilograms pounds M. M Paul Sutty was in ac- ac Jil iI ii service throughout the war not In the trenches for his weight of pounds disqualified him je can still jump onto an auto autobus autobus bus if It it has started before hs he reached it ft and is an active bi- bi not on a ready nada made machine ma- ma chine out of stock but on a specially constructed machine somewhat some some- what on the bicycle built for two lines Shingling has become popular for ittle gird as well as for those of larger growth among Paris Paris' fern fem population and thereby have come complications at nuptial and other church functions I Paris has its traditions and one of them says that small girl at- at pendants on the bride at weddings must wear curls Consequently fond papas are today treated to th sight of madame of a coiffeur arranging false curls on the head aged 5 or 6 Church people further object to giving religious instruction to tots and shorn locks are looked upon with little favor in communion classes |