"Names make news." Last week the following names made the following news:
At Rouen, three weeks ago, a girl named Juliette Brebant played the part of St. Joan of Arc in the 500th anniversary celebration of the Maid's martyrdom. Climax of the proceedings came when pious Mlle Brebant was bound to a stake and had Roman candles and Chinese fire set off about her feet. In a high state of religious ecstasy, she fainted. Last week in a Paris hospital she was still delirious. Doctors despaired of her life.
An anonymous donor gave $50,000,...
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