01 - THE LAST PROMOTION OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR CONTAINS THE NAME OF HENRI BÉRAUD. AUTHOR OF "THE MARTYR OF THE OBESE" AND OF THE VITRIOL OF THE MOON WHICH WON HIM THE GONCOURT PRIZE AND GREAT NOTORIETY. BÉRAUD IS, MOREOVER, A JOURNALIST OF GREAT VALUE AND AN INTREASY TRAVELER. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON HIS RETURN FROM A TRIP HE RECENTLY MADE TO ASIA AS A GREAT REPORTER.

02 - THIS FARMAN PLANE, PILOTED BY COUPET AND BOSSOUTROT, WON THE GRAND PRIX FOR TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT BY COVERING 3,090 KILOMETERS IN 6 HOURS 32 MINUTES 44 SECONDS. IT WILL BE NOTED THAT IT IS A MONOPLANE WITH THICK WINGS, WHEREAS NOW ALMOST ALL MANUFACTURERS ARE FOCUSED ESPECIALLY ON THE BIPLANE FORMULA.

03 - THE FATE OF THE INFIRM HAS ALWAYS CONCERNED PHILANTHROPISTS. IN PARTICULAR, SINCE VALENTIN HAUŶ, GREAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE TO MAKE THE CONQUEST OF THE MIND AVAILABLE TO THE BLIND. BUT SPORT SEEMED FORBIDDEN TO THEM. A PHOTO TAKEN IN ENGLAND SHOWS HOW THE BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION, OF RACING, ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THEM.

04 - THIS CAR WITH STRANGE SHAPES PERHAPS, BUT BEAUTIFUL WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, IS A 300 HP CAR THAT WILL TRY TO BEAT THE WORLD SPEED RECORDS. ITS MANUFACTURER HOPES TO SEE IT DO 300 KM AN HOUR, THANKS TO ITS PROFILED MASS, DESIGNED TO PRESENT THE LEAST POSSIBLE RESISTANCE TO PROGRESS.

05 - PELLETIER D'OISY AND HIS MECHANIC BESIN RETURNING AS VICTORS FROM THE MAGNIFICENT TREK THAT THEY HAVE JUST COMPLETED TO ASIA, WERE TRIUMPHALLOUSLY RECEIVED IN MARSEILLE BY THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AERONAUTICS AND THE ENTIRE POPULATION.

06 - THE PLANET MARS IS RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE EARTH AT THIS TIME AND THIS IS WHY SOME ASTRONOMERS HAVE CONCEIVED THE PROJECT OF COMMUNICATING BY T.S.F. WITH THE MARTIANS, IF THERE ARE MARTIANS. DESPITE THE PERFECTION OF RADIOGRAPHIC POST AND BATTERY-POWERED TELESCOPES, THE RESULTS WERE NOT CONVINCING.

07 - THIS WINTER, PARIS WAS AT GREAT RISK OF FURTHER FLOODING, AND THIS TIME, ITS EDITORIAL OFFICIALS WERE EXCITED. IN ORDER TO WIDEN THE BED OF THE SEINE AND FACILITATE NAVIGATION AT ALL TIMES, THE LOCK AT LA MONNAIE, LOCATED NEAR THE LOUVRE, IS CURRENTLY BEING DEMOLISHED.