Word: marquiset
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Founded in France in 1946 by Armand Marquiset, a rich Catholic nobleman, the Little Brothers came to Chicago four years ago, have successfully tested their technique of "luxurious charity" in several French cities and in Montreal, Naples and Casablanca. The 50 permanent members of this "pious union," who get financial and other aid from 1,000 associate and auxiliary members, are all Catholic laymen, although they take monastic vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. They also have to become master chefs during their novitiate, and many have been trained by Paris' famed Cordon Bleu cooking school...
Therefore last week the plight of a hitherto unnoticed Mme Drouard-Marquiset fascinated all prosperous French men. Secret agents had discovered in Switzerland at the Banque Commercials de Bâle a deposit in the name of Mme Drouard-Marquiset which she had omitted to disclose, as required by law. Result...
...Drouard-Marquiset was jailed for three months; she was "fined" 1,000 francs ($46.60) and "penalized" 190,812 francs ($8,896.60) ; she had to pay the costs of the Government's having caught and punished her; and for one month there will remain publicly posted up at the police station of her precinct in Paris a notice proclaiming "THE CONVICTION FOR FRAUD of Mme Drouard-Marquiset...
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