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Show FRENCH LOVE OF SHOW. Well Illustrated by Incident of the Early Republic, Albert Vandam, a French writer, tells this story of the early days of tho French republic, which followed tho downfall of Louis Napoleon: "Ono day there camo to Tours a hundred volunteers from tho south, wearing enormously broad-brimmed felt hats and dressed In sable garments all over. They looked like funeral mutes, nnd they wore evidently determined to net up to their appearance, for, wondrous to relate, they marched through tho principal streets without opening their lips a proceeding somewhat some-what different from that of tho rest. As a matter of course, the crowd was tragically Impressed The Impression, Impres-sion, however, did not last long. Tho volunteers felt thirsty, nnd their chief, who wore a still more enormous hat than his men, slgnnled to thorn In the middle of tho Hue Iloynlc to halt for refreshment. That spoilt tho whole tragic part of the business, for when these southerners had opened their mouths there was a difficulty of closing clos-ing them ngaln The moment drink was In speech was out They Informed In-formed their admirers that tho had come from the department of Oers nnd that the) had mado a terrible pact A hundred and one. including theli leader, thej had started from their homes, a hundred and ono they would return If one of them was killed the whole would perish In their efforts to avengo him." |