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...thing upon which French Royalists and Bolsheviki can agree is that France needs a dictator, but neither can agree upon the person. L'Action Française, Paris royalist journal, in advocating the Duc d'Orléans, said: "The example of Italy shows clearly what a real leader can do and what a Parliament cannot do. We ask you to make the Parliament understand that we need a leader, and the leader we need, in the estimation of L'Action Française, must be the hereditary leader, consequently the legitimate heir to the 40 Kings...
...etchings at Keppel's both in Manhattan. Besnard, little known to Americans, is considered by many to be the Dean of French painters. In 1890 he seceded from the Société National des Beaux-Arts-from the Société des Artistes Français; thus he was considered a radical, although he was carefully trained in technique. Besnard is President of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and Director of the Ecole Française in Rome. He has decorated many important Parisian buildings, notably the Hotel de Ville and the Théâtre Fran...
...canals. If adopted the canal would afford continuous water traffic from the Atlantic Ocean to the Black Sea, across France and along the Danube. The brain of Voltaire, famed cynic, philosopher, friend of Frederick the Great, grandfather of rationalism and the French Revolution, was offered the Comédie Française as a gift by a descendant of the undertaker who embalmed the body of the great writer. The gift will be placed on public exhibition. Voltaire's heart was recently discovered in a storeroom of the French National Library...
Maurice de Feraudy. In Les Affaires Sont les Affaires (Business is Business), this distinguished veteran of the Comedie Française calls himself "the tiger cat." But he hardly spits. His sense of humor is so overflowing that in the scenes where he should be yowling he is purring. In all his varied repertoire he seems certain that what this sad old world needs most is comedy. He prefers to exchange drama for a wink...
Although the French Chamber of Deputies for the greater part of the past week resembled Vesuvius rather than a parliamentary institution, M. François de Wendel, in the name of the Commission on Foreign Affairs, moved in an atmosphere of noiseless solemnity an address of sympathy from the tribune of the Chamber to the U. S. House of Representatives on the death of ex-President Wilson: "The Chamber of Deputies is profoundly moved by the news of the death of President Wilson. Having a grateful memory of this great citizen, under whose Presidency the United States brought to France...