LITTLE STORIES FROM A WIDE WORLD

The right man in the right place

It is Mr. de Perretti de la Rocca who is going to be sent to the South Americas. The director of political affairs at the Quai d'Orsay is, as everyone knows, a style dancer. He will be able to study tango steps on the spot.

The time of crises

If you are happy in times of crises, rejoice. France does not have the privilege. They are everywhere in Japan, Finland, Greece, Romania, Serbia. The reconstitution of the Marx cabinet has not put an end to the German crisis and the actions of Messrs. Lloyd George and Stanley Baldwin still threaten the Labor government of Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald. Only our southern neighbors seem safe for the moment at least from any political fluctuation.

Happy Spain! murmured Mr. Millerand, where General Primo de Rivera. has no Parliament. Happy Italy! where Mr. Mussolini drives his with great kicks. And he had dreams of dictatorship. But he was pulled out of it a little brutally.

Shakespeare has ceased to please

The director of one of the largest theatres in London had recruited a troupe of artists who knew Shakespeare perfectly to give a series of performances at reduced prices which would have allowed the many visitors to the Wembley exhibition to applaud the poet's works.

He expected to sell out every night. He could only make an average of 30 pounds and had to close his doors to avoid bankruptcy.

So the great Will can no longer interest his compatriots. At least foreigners remain his fervent admirers.