The Paris edition of the "New York Herald" devotes a considerable amount of space every day to what it calls an "open tribune." Readers are allowed (so long as they refrain from libellous or offensive remarks) to air their views on all sorts of subjects, not necessarily of public interest, by means of letters in this column. One, for instance, complains of the incivility of Customs officials; another launches an anathema against motor-cars; a third offers his services in any capacity; fourth has something to sell, and many others hove various exes of their own to grind. The great variety of these epistles, and the styles,
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