Comtesse de Noailles, the poetess whose works rank high in French estimation, has been raised from the dignity of officer to that of commander of the Legion of Honour, being the first woman to attain this rank, "The news soon spread among her poor, and several them came to congratulate. her, possibly with an eye to favours te come. "After their visit, her maid issed a valuable fur coat. belong.
to the countess. It was not find the culprit. jshabbily dressed man carrying a fur coat is a conspievous object, Jand the detectives soon found out that one of the men who benefited by the countess's charity had tried to sell the coat to a dealer, who declined to buy it. The offender arrested and brought before the: countess, so, that Sake could fat him tore. im. sorrow than Identity her property.. She
finger and asked: "Why did you rob me? Are not poetry and penury twins?" "He replied' with some warmth, in, the bourgs, that he himself for "pinching" the coat, but} would take his solemn oath that he never touched the twins! This reply, made in perfect good faith, completely disarmed the countess, and she told the detectives that' she declined to prosecute. 'The repent-Jant sinner was overjoyed, and went Jaway vowing that the lady was a real' good sort and well deserved to be decorated.
Developments tending to advance the strength of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York as the Possible Democratic nominee for the presidency next year are the sub-_ Jeet, of wide comment in political
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