[_"As an example of another form of 'B¥rcharging and also of an aspect of' Parisian life, we may take the use of a former valet, an Stalian Pablo Sartini, who appeared fore the 18th Correctional Court yesterday on charges of fraudulently obtaining money from his employer 'Bénor de Alzaga, a wealthy Argentino citizen. Sartini is reputed to be a very prosperous man, with a comfortable balance at his bank. He arrived at the court in his own moor-car, driven by his liveried chauf. eir. He was immaculately dress and listened to the case with an ai fof detachment which seemed to say By lawyers ave paid to attend to these details."
Counsel for the complainant prow duced some of the bills presented by Sartini to his master and paid by tthe latter before his confidence wa "andely destroyed by the discovery' that Sartini had supplanted him in bbe affections of one of the other ex, Some of the items were: "Trip for fixing curtain-tod, Frs, 200; tip to hotel porter, Frs. 260; food for Monsieur's dogs, Frs, 14,000." dogs in question were not a pack of hounds, as might be supposed, but favo small fox-terriers.
MorosGiatferi, one of the two eminent enunsel engaged to defend Sartini, produced accounts pur-ofting to show that Senor de Azaza aoally owed his former valet Pee 82,000, of which 7,000 was for cigar relies, In the absence of the com. plainant it was decided 9 postpone the hearing, and as M, Sartini had engagements at the seaside and in the country for the beginning of the shooting season, the case. was adjourned to November 13. Bf. Sartini drew on a pair of light yellow gloves and departed with great dignity.
The President Relaxes Everybody is supposed to be making holiday. Even M, Poinearé, that prodigious worker, admits that he! needs 'a rest. He has actually cancelled an engagement to unveil a couple of monuments on the same day, on the ground that his doctors have prescribed repose and that he will need all his strength for the reopening of Parliament. As he has seldom or never pleaded bodily weakness, it is clear that the strain of the past two years 5 telling on him. He and Mme Poincaré are now at their country home in the Meuse. Bf. Albert Sar-aut, the Minister of the Interior, has also gone away, and the tom porary head of the Government is that old Parliamentary hand, Louis Barthou, the Minister of Jus-
The President of the Republic has begun his annual holiday at Rambouillet. He has no engagements, other than the reception of the new British Ambassador, Sir William Tyrrell, and nal Cabinet "Council, and will give no parties or entertain ments of any kind, his am-ition being to live the simple life for three months. M. Doumergue not fond of sports. He neither shoots nor plays golf, and he takes his exercise, like so' many of his predecessors have done, in the form of long walks. He has a wireless set Dut is said to have lost some of his Interest in it, He buys a great many books and is' credited with being well acquainted as any of his fellow-citizens with the trend of modern French literature. He is a man of mature judgment, and he shows his wisdom in his manner of spending a holiday.
The Davis Cup Final France's victory in the final of the Davis Cup might almost be called the Tilden tragedy. It began with the announcement' that this great} lawn-tennis player was to be suspended by his own people for it fringing the rules of amateurism, although, according to rumours current here, their action was taken on grounds which had nothing to do with the game, After his reinstatement, Tilden made heroic efforts to Drove himself indispensable, He did all that man could do to take the burden on his own shoulder. He was encouraged by turning the tables on Lacoste, and the energy ho pat into the doubles, with Hunter as his partner, was phenomenal, but one player, however brilliant, cannot win 8 first-class doubles match off his own racquet, The deciding match, in which Til den encountered Cochet, must have. been a cruel disappointment to "Biz. Bill." Tinie after time he was within an ace of winning a set, only to' The find is advantage vanish. Tle play~ himself almost to a standstill in his efforts to keep tip the pace set by his opponent, but it was all in vain and he was beaten by three sets to none—the most crushing defeat his career. This_match definitely eliminates Tilden from the position. of the world's best tennis-player. He was beaten, not so much superior skill as by youth, and he was unlucky to encounter Cochet the top of his form. Tilden, however, is thirty-six—almost a-venerable age: for a first-rate tennis player—and would be the first to admit that he has had\ long innings.
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