Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1935, Page 30

USE OF PISTOLS INDUELSDEPLORED Duelling Masters Resent Preference, but Many Combat With Swords. By the Associated Press, PARIS, July 1.—Dwueling masters deplore the apparent preference for pistols instead of the time-honored sword in present-day duels. Pistols were the weapons used in the duel between Jean Chiappe, former prefect of the Paris police, and Pierre Godin, his predecessor, as president of the Paris Municipal Council. They were also used in settling an affair of honor recently between Horace de Carbuccia and Cesar Campinchi. In each instance one of the duel- ! ists was wounded. | Swords Still Clash. However, swords still clash as Frenchman seeks redress from Frenchman under the ancient “code.” Fights with swords occur probably once a week in France. The laws of the duel, drafted by Bruneau de Laborie, cite the National Fencing Federation rules. The swords are new, standard fed- eration “epees,” with triangular, hol- low-sided 35-inch blades, mounted | with & 5'-inch bell guard and a | 9-inch pummel. The weight may be between 16!, and 27 ounces. The needle-sharp points are sterilized with fire to prevent infection. No | freak handles are permitted. | The usual costume is dark trousers, | street shoes and soft shirt. There | may be neither stiff collar mnor tie. | Protective bandages or hard objects | in pockets are forbidden. Wrist- | length street gloves are commonly | used, but gauntlets of specified length ! sre sometimes worn. Duels Fought in Morning. Duels are fought in the morning, | when the men are rested and secrecy is most easy. The customary “feld | of honor” is 35 meters (38 yards) | long and 4 meters wide. Besides the | principals there is the referee, two | proportions. WELL, I SEE SENATOR TFIDDLEFINGERS KICKED THE BUCKET! CHICAGO REALTORS REPORT AGTIVITY Business Assumes Impor- tant Proportions After 4 Years in Doldrums. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 1.—Real estate dealings- in Chicago, described today by Hugh Croxton, chairman of the brokers’ division of the Real Estate Board, as having been “more calm than the doldrums for four years”| are once more assuming important | “Business for the real estate man has started coming through the office door once more,” Croxton said, “ while there isn't a boom, it's so much better than it was we're beginning to feel human.” seconds and a doctor for each duel- ist. When both men assure the ref- | eree they are ready he withdraws his cane or sword and shouts “Allez mes- | sieurs” (proceed, gentlemen.) | The duel is halted when there is| any irregularity or when one of the men is wounded. The referee, com- plete master, alone may halt the duel. | When there is a wound, however, the doctors have the final word. Sometimes duels are fought over prescribed periods “without results’” Which is accepted as suficient test of the duelists’ courage. Reconcili- ations never take place on the field. | have listed several hundred proper- The code requries the victor to take the initiative in reconciliation. | Outside the Chicago area, a 300- == Noted Painter Found Dead. MIAMI. Fla., July 1 (®).—Howar Hilder. 68. noted scenic and mural painter, was found dead yesterday in his Coconut Grove home. Death apparently was from recurrence of a heart attack suffered last Sunday. Constable George Hardy, who in- vestigated, said the artist had been dead since Wednesday. Hilder had been living alone for several months. Recruiting Begins Today. BALTIMORE, July 1 (#)—Enlist- ment of 2,275 men in the Regular Army for duty in the 3rd Corps Area begins today. The recruiting is in line with the increase of the Regular Army by 45,000 men. The best index to conditions, he said, was that insurance companies, | estate trustees and similar financial sources are again making loans in| what he described as ‘“reasonable | amounts” on real estate. The most | recent return to this field was the Bankers' Life Co., Des Moines, Towa, | insurance firm, after four years of absence. Only last week a newly organized Real Estate Exchange was launched by the Real Estate Board. Planned along the lines of a commodity ex-| change, more than a hundred members ties for sale. Croxton said. | ‘BrewacdD Z‘rzg'mv:rs and Fine Printers | 61l TweLFTH STReET | Producers of Distinctive Business STATIONER \: 2/Business CARDS Let us add. power to Jyour Business G;rrl:/:onr/tnt. Phone for our Représentative without obligation PHONES DI 4868-4869 THE EVENING MUTT AND JEFF— HE GOT HEART FAILURE AND DROPPED DEAD! home building project was scheduled to get under way in Whiting and Robertsdale, Ind., this week. Australia Gets Southern Cross. PERTH, Australia, July 1 (#).—The sommonwealth government has bought for Australia the Southern Cross, the airplane in which Sir Charles Kings- ford-Smith made many record-break- ing flights. The sum of £3.000 (about $15,000) was paid for it. Sir Charles crossed both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in the plane. Scout Jamboree Ends. S8T. JOHNS, Quebec, July 1 (#).— Boy Scouts of the United States and Canada knelt in prayer yesterday and brought to a close the first interna- tional Boy Scout jamboree held on Quebec soil. The jamboree ended after three days of activity in ath- letics and scouteraft, with special church services yesterday. Phone MEt. 0151 The new finish for linoleum, woodwork. Impervious to alcohol and water. Quarts $1.19 Pints .. . 69c BUTLER-FLYNN 609 C St. N.W. Metro. OISl Nagging Torment of ITCHING RASHES quickly subdued by Resinol. 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