Show A in france recently a french gentleman replying to an inquiry by a lady concerning the character and qualifications of a woman who had applied to her for the position of cook and who had lately been in the service said that he could not recommend t the be applicant that she was extravagant impertinent and somewhat given to drink the lady gave the letter to the applicant for foi the cooks position who immediately brought suit for damages against the writer the case was decided against the writer of the letter who was fined and admonished moni shed that he lie bad had no right to give circulation to injurious statements state meAts concerning another person even if the charges were true in order to evade the responsibility thus introduced in french law housekeepers have taken to issuing such recommendations as this thia this certifies that mme ame hortense late nurse to my son aged one year did not leave him bim on a bench at the jardin dea des Pl plantes arites and go away and forget him on the of august last the certificate is intended to be taken in a contrary sense and serves its purpose without laying the writer open to a suit for damages youths companion |