because they put up prices and inter-fore with his habits, a sneaking fondness for these manifestations of industry still prevails among" the tradesmen and Iceal politicians, whose interests they serve. Some years ago it was decided to hold a great Colonial Exhibition in Paris} it was obviously impracticable hold another exhibition the very next year, and so the Colonial affair was Postponed to 1928.
One would have thought that by this time the officials and others Jconcerneg would at least know where the exhibition is to be held, bu: this very essential point is not yet settled. As the Municipal Council would not} hear of the Decorative Arts site, in the finest part of the city, being used in, it_was supposed' that the] Colonial Exhibition would take place in the Bofg de Vincennes, which is ta, the east side of Paris what the Bois }de Boulogne is to the west. A site was selected, but when the preliminlary plang were gone into it was found that about 4,000 trees would Ihave to be out down to make room for the numerous pavilions, and it }was felt that the permanent beauty of the Bois could not be sacrificed for a temporary advantage. Attempts are now being made to find some other site, One of those suggested is the parade ground at Issy-les-Mouline-Joux, where some remarkable feats were accomplished in the early days! of aviation, but such a flat, bare and treeless expanse could hardly be made to look attractive. The Rond Point de la Défense, at Courbevoie on the northwest side of the city, and Val door, on the high ground near Mont Valerien are also suggested. It is a foregone conclusion that no Colonial Exhibition held in any of these places would attract anything the attendance recorded at the Decorative Arts Exhibition, but most! citizens will not be sorry to see the 1028 affair relegated to the suburbs.
will at least be out of their way.
A marriage in Mongolia 22 yea ago formed the theme of an action in which judgment has just been kkiven by one of the Paris courts, A Frenchman, Comte de Lesdain, one an American girl, Miss Mavel Bailey, met while travelling in Mongolia in 1904 and decided to marry. The ceremony was performed by two Belgian missionaries in an out-ofthe way part of the country, and the contracting parties appear to have regarded their union thus consecrated a8 binding, inasmuch as, when they had finished their travels ang returned to the const, they did go before a French consul to have their marriage made perfectly regular.
In the course of time matrimonial discord showed itself, and Comte do Lesdain took proceedings to have his marriage deelareg null and void. It was argued on his behalf that the validity of a marriage depends either! on the laws of the contracting. parties' countries or on the customs, of the country in which the union takes place, and he maintained that neither of these conditions had been! folfilleg in his case.
The Mongolian style of matrimony, said his counsel, is either for the bridegroom to pursue the bride on horseback and go through the form, of carrying her off by main force, or for him to buy her, the usual medium of purchase being so many leep. As neither of these formal ties was carried out in the case question, and as the marriage w: not registered at a French consulate, the husband maintained that he way, never legally married at all. The court accepted this view and granted a decree of nullity of marriage.
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