Notes

At an autograph sale in Paris, it became known that Premier Poincare had signed his name so often during his 63 years that his autographs would not fetch as much as $2 apiece. Benito Mussolini's signature, however, fetched almost $6, while Kipling's brought nearly as much as Napoleon's, at about $19. But the autograph of Nietzsche surpassed them all, an admirer buying it for $100.

An attempt is to be made to induce Parisiens to eat chilled meat. Once before it was tried without success and experts declared the new experiment is predestined to failure. The fact is the Parisiens prefer snails and frogs.

La Banque de France repaid the loan of $100,000,000 advanced by J. P. Morgan & Co. at the time of the franc's crash (TIME, March 17).

Bicycles are as thick in Paris as hairs on a dog's back and the expression "No, thanks, I'm going to walk to the office as I haven't time to ride in an automobile," is in daily use. In across-Paris race between a bicycle, an automobile, a subway passenger and a pedestrian, the bicyclist won--time 17 mins., 16 secs., distance about 6 miles.

A proposal to use the first three floors of the Eiffel Tower, respectively, as a restaurant, a dance hall and a. tea room on July 14 met with hot opposition from the French General Staff, who now utilize the Tower as a wireless and meteorological station. The refusal was based on the fact that it would establish a precedent and necessitate costly special insurance.

France sent instructions to her minister at Athens to recognize the Greek Republic.