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...succeed that fabulous Deputy M. Philibert Besson, who for years spent most of his time annoying French policemen and escaping arrest on his motorcycle (TIME, Dec. 23), Philibert's old constituency of Le Puy has sent to the Chamber astounding Deputy Félix Archer...
...demands that a committee be named to investigate Chamber procedure and vote-counting. Afloat for some weeks has been the ugly rumor that sometimes the official tellers rig the count just a little bit, say five or six votes. Nobody else in the Chamber last week liked Félix's suggestion in the least. The frock-coated presiding officer, Monsieur le President Fernand Bouisson, refused to recognize him. When Felix made a dash for the tribune with a briefcase in his hand, President Bouisson, who had adjourned the Chamber for the day, scurried for the door, calling back...
...have died in office: Sadi Carnot and Félix Faure. Six have resigned: Adolphe Thiers (1st President), Marshal MacMahon and Alexandre Millerand under political pressure; Jules Grevy because of scandalous traffic by his son-in-law in Legion of Honor decorations; Jean Casimir-Perier because he was "irked by the restrictions upon the President"; and Paul Deschanel when his health broke down...
...opera unfamiliar to Americans was presented by Louis Eckstein's Chicago summer-company at Ravinia Park, Ill. It is in one act, consumes only 40 minutes' time, was composed by M. Félix Fourdrain, and was first performed at the Opéra-Comique, Paris, in 1907. It is called La Légende du Point D'Argentan. The story. The hamlet of Argentan has been famous for its point-lace, of which the secret design has been lost. For this design, the local seigneur, wishing to present a magnificent robe to the Queen of France...
Comte Félix Ernest de Ségalai, scion of an ancient Provencal family, was often to be seen in the vicinity of the French Ministries and the Chambre...