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Show H A SCHOOL OF DUELIuG H Frenchmen Taug'it How to Bchava oil H the ricld of Horor. m VC Although dueling lms l.in been H laughed out of court in this coun- M try, our continental friends by no H means slinre onr opinion of this M in el li od of settling affairs of honor, M nays n writer in tho Wide World H Magazine. H Though tho French duel is usual- H ly carried through without nny scri- H 0:1? !nj'"-v to cither combatant, it H ! r-mrd-d with gravo considora- B lion, . ul excry dctnil hns to ho H ailenM to mo-it punctiliously. M III order that gentlemen who mny H lc culled upon to defend themselves M nt tin point of tho pistol may have B fome (ruining for the ordeal, there BBJ lms been established in Paris a BBJ school of dueling, ono prominent HHI member being c.v.-1'residcnl Casimir- H Verier. H This neademy is conducted by Dr. M do VilltTs, and combats frequently H lake place there by way of practice. H hi these mimic duels wire masks. H are worn to protect tho face and H bullets made of wax are used, bo H that no injury may be sustnincd by H the combatants. H In all other respects, however, tho H conduct of tho affair is carried H through a nn the fjchl of honor, eo H that when the time comes if it H ever docs eonu. for tho scholars to H lake part in a serious duel they may H ncquit themselves with credit to H themselves nnd disaster to their nd- H veranry nllliovgh this latter point H is not of much importance. |