IN THE CHAMBER

For some time now, the Palais-Bourbon has witnessed noisy and sometimes stormy scenes unfolding within its walls.
The refreshment bar itself has lost the sort of extraterritoriality that, until now, prevented political quarrels from reaching it and escalating.
Mr. Renaud Jean met there last Tuesday with Mr. Périnard, Member of Parliament for Seine-et-Oise.
"You called me a lout earlier," the Communist Member told him.
"And I repeat it," declared Mr. Périnard.
An exchange of slaps ensued.
Deputies intervened, and when Mr. Périnard was freed, his friends realized that in their eagerness to save him from Mr. Renaud Jean's violence, they had torn the jacket of the friendly Member of Parliament from Versailles to shreds.