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Show FRENCH DUEL OF TO-DAY Comparatively Harmless Jfair, but at an Institution I It Deeply Footed in the Nut ou -The Correct Mode of Prr r.edure. I "Which ill) ynu rhooae." Iil cinda asked a frlKhtcncil .India! In apltcnf-nlmaslf. apltcnf-nlmaslf. "tho dilcllnir sword, or pUtiiln t twenty paces'" Tho .Incline nwnril - at imfr paces," wan the answer. This duel Juke waa new In the ila)N , of th First Kinplro. In the Franco of today It ha less imlnt. hei'suse the dueling sword at twenty paces In at most an accomplished fnrt. "Yuu ran compare modern fi-nrlna; to modern warfare," I hi-nrrl a ninltre d arnica aay at tlio Autinu.ilillo t'luu'i "You hall Htar From Mai" last fern-In a evenine?. "In the earty prt of Ihi nineteenth century deaths on thn field of honor hail become ao frequent that' Dm JiMlrinl repression of the duel waa altnnnt hroiiKht about. "Today all such ptoHtsiila are laiiKhod down In I'arllnmcnt mid proa. There la no luw nvalnst dut'llntr In Kranra; ami there seema to ha no need , of 0110. In uplift of thn fnrt that duels are more freiiuent than ever. "The fvoiiilou of fi'iirliiit on the old of honor has rendered im h ft law unnosi Tha tendency la to treat French duels llchtly, lici suae their avowed ob-Jnct ob-Jnct la no looser death, hut such ft woumlhiK an will put inn' of thn parties In ft atate of practical or technical Inferiority. In-feriority. Nevertheless, at Ha worst a dui'l may nnan physical danKcr, or von di'ath; while In Ita least harmful vent It moans auno)ance, expense nil goaalp. Therefore It proacrves Rood manners In tho pnbllo as well aa prlvato Inter-rourso Inter-rourso of Frenchmen admirably. A Httln man accidentally tread on your foot In tha theater. You do not rare to rail him an awkward ana, because, .mall aa he la, ho may have Iota of fencing practice. Now who rarea to I ii to an expense of. ay I loo In j eworiii, sura-eon, rarrlaxca, rent of I dueling (round aiiit lunch to one's sec. enita for tha pleasure of receiving ft i rip up tha sword arm? In thin linn of thought, Ihn greatest in thn Hal uf thi'm all, tho lain Aura-lino Aura-lino Hi hull, often declared that, looking look-ing back on hl encounters, ha rs-(rstti'd rs-(rstti'd only one of them. It wan tha raaa of ft younx reporter who had, In oinethlng bo had wrlltcn, offended tha sensitive pi Ids of "the last of tho haa any social saiaitlon In defend, for example mcnilieraliip In any den t lull And noli'. Hi" gesture to alnp la null" aa fTci-aw. Frenchmen an rcat on these Hlaii-plnn Hlaii-plnn ami pun lilna KcHtures. You will ace i. no nlm lila ft -1 nrid hold It Hero. Thn nlhcr I nula hack ami holds himself him-self hauled hack. Km h looks death and fury In thn others eyes. Should Ihn flrat strike, thn oIIht would alrlko. When neither alrll ca. II hicoinca tin duly of a cimrt of honor to placn the offi'tidiil parly. In thin land of ai llliil formula! blown arn aHitoiu atrucli ln.iwncn mnti Wom.'n pull i-ai'li oilier a bala off, rlaw each other's farea, pull hair and luaka alalia wlih haipina. Men. nlthuiiKh luiKiiaed In thn mini row, ronlent tlieiiiaelvea with ralalna tlmlr canca tlireklenhul) and patiently, unlll aomn coin ni hi friend or airanKer Inter veni-a. Why atrlki'7 Til. Ihinrrllial blow fell when thn cann or flat wan ralaniL "Monalnur, behold my card!" "And mlnn. motialcur!" 'Monalnur. you ahall hear from mnP "At your onlera, nionaieiir!" Thua nnila Ihn Incipient row bo. twenn men of aood taatn and navolr falrn. You will ohJ.it fiat to n forr.Nl thua to Intolve oiie'a self In an aJTalrn with a perhapa olijiatlonahla unknown la a heavy penally to pay to rial order. I'arlalnna of anvolr falre, for thl reason rea-son carry two card canca. Onn con-talna con-talna ranla prlnliwl wllh a fnlan nam and addreaa When the onVndlnx or orliMiiled party aiina not to bn worthy of one'e alenl onn pulla thla inrond card raan, "Monalnur, hnhold my raid!" ona aaya wllhout Ihn allrhieal rlak. "And mine, monalnur!" replica tha other. Now, If thn are'iuiil card rnnlnlna ft fiilun namn and nilrena each party can lull hla frleuda that tho other "Monalaur, Behold My Cardl" party fearn.1 to moft him and no barm la donn. Note, It la hlxhly Improper Im-proper to folat thn card of ft friend or acnualnlancn on thn Irato atranxor. Alphonao Daudet haa malnlalnrd that thn duel will always hold good among thn I.atln piniplea, that It hokums ho-kums In their Idea of honor and that no civilization ran do away with It. Certainly It muat bn a deeply rooted Women Claw Each Other; Men Don't. tKiulevardlera.'1 himself alwnya so willing will-ing to otfend thn prldn of others. Tho yuuiiK reporter .11.1 not wlah to flKht and tiled to avoid nutlclug Hi-hoU'a provocations. At laat Krholl was forced to sliip him In thn fucn. After a ineelU K In which tho experienced ex-perienced diiellat aerntched thn young reporter's forearm, ho refusml to shuku hnnda ith htm. Tho ynutU called htm aaldo and nHked him why. "1 have always fmiKlit with men of courao heretofore," was hVholl's ra- i You Oon't Call Him Namea, ply j "but you. arter having oft ended me, did all you could to get out of tho meeting." "Your other adveraarlea, M. Belioll, Hero, If you will rellect, all rich or well to do. I. who am evtretnely poor, had to count the coat of a duel. Only day before yesterday did I succeed In gutting tho nwnaaary funds together." Tha "Khtlng boulevardl.ir was deeply deep-ly moved. "I do not remember on which rheek I struck you." he said. 'Therefore I must kiss you on both!" And did It A slap on thn fare will always bring about a duel, when the slapped one t 1 ":v , lnnt.tulU)ii wln'ii youiiR tmya at board InK rlitH) rnn (jimrnl uud hrvo up tlii'lr qmirri'l till thn ilay they rami of a'', tn 11 uli t It out hi a real, suro : oiidukIi il iuJ. Thai tho 1'arlg puhllo tukcA t h Ik Blirt of iMinp with tho Ut-j Ut-j iiiiiNt utThmnnrns a hIiowu by tho i Knlhm hlhM.uUn nil' oiu ountor Ichs I thiui a yt'nr ho PhtIi corrchpuu- (U'liro New York t?il. I |
