Paris, Aug. 21.
Paul Poiret, the former state king, whose creations once. were worn by leaders of fashion all over the world, was discovered here today altived in a shabby sult standing.
queue to. collect his daily unemployment dole of fourteen francs a poor section of old Paris, The one-time Contimental. premier modiste was so hard hit by the world crisis which destroyed the "demand for his products, is now living. alone Jand penniless ina modest garret the seventh floor, near Faubourg St. Honoré. Apparently daunted by the harshness of his present fate as, according to his friends, he is planning to use his exceptional talents for a "-omesback" in another sphere of ezealive - work—'Tvans coan' Kuo Min, Brussels, Aug. 21.
Prof. Cosyns and M. Van der" Eist, participants of the recent stratosphe ascension, have been awarded the ranks of Officer and Chevalier of the Order of the Crown, respectively, announced here.—Hav
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