HER SAVING GRACE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17186, 9 November 1926, Page 5

HER SAVING GRACE

FRENCH SENSE OF HUMOR ITALIAN INCIDENTS JOCULAR PRESS COMMENT (Eke. Tel. Copyright—United Preen Assn.) (Australian and N.2. Cable Association.! (Received November 9, noon) PARIS, November 8. The healthiest sign that the French are not over-heated in their feeling against Italy by the recent incidents is the fact that the newspapers kept their sense of humor intact. Tiie Soir says: "Our Latin sister put her house in order, discovered antique phrases, and armor fit for a museum. Shi speaks proudly, and mounts on horseback. It is her affair. We are fond of our Latin sister. The warm sunlight of Italy allows the children to walk about in shirt sleeves and rifles, instead of umbrellas. They appear on balconies and harangue the crowds like the good old days. She has a perfect right to smash all the crockery she pleases in her own home, hut she will do well not to smash over-much on our heads. Dry powder and sharp swords have had their day." The Midi-says: "When any nation has an attack of temper it relieves its teeling on the French Consul. When a British citizen, such as a corned beef or pickles merchant, is in the least affronted the whole British fleet goes full steam to help the chutney vendor, and opens fire with 20 long-range guns,"