01 - THE THREE NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY ARE, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: MM. GEORGES LECOMTE, PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY OF LEFTISTS, ÉMILE PICARD, THE ILLUSTRIOUS MATHEMATICIAN, AND THE GREAT PAINTER ALBERT BESNARD.

02 - PUCCINI, AUTHOR OF "LA TOSCA" AND "LA VIE DE BOHÈME", HAS JUST DIED.

03 - AT THE PALAIS DE BOIS, IN PARIS, AN EXHIBITION OF MOUNTAIN SPORTS IS A GREAT SUCCESS. THIS SLIDE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ATTRACTIONS, IS A MAGNIFICENT AND CURIOUS SPECIMEN OF OLD CARRYING.

04 - IN THE PAST IT WAS TRADITIONAL TO TEACH YOUNG GIRLS TO MARRY AN ART OF PLEASURANCE. IT APPEARS THAT ALL THIS HAS CHANGED NOW AND THAT IN GREAT BRITAIN IT IS TO THE MYSTERIES OF JAZZ-BAND THAT WOMEN OF THE WORLD ARE INITIATED.

05 - AFTER THE CUSTOMS OFFICER ROUSSEAU, A MERCHANT OF FRIES, BOYER, PROVES TO BE A TALENTED PAINTER AND WE CAN ADMIRE AT THE SALON D'AUTOMNE HIS PORTRAIT OF PRINCESS MURAT. BUT FAME DOES NOT INOXIDE HIM, HE CONTINUES HIS BUSINESS. AT THE MONTLHERY AUTODROME,

06 - THE CYCLIST MIGUEL WAS DRIVED, RECENT DAYS, BY A RACING CAR, THE BACK OF WHICH IS FITTED WITH A WIND BREAKER OF A VERY PARTICULAR SHAPE AND, IT SEEMS, VERY EFFECTIVE.

07 - A CURIOUS SNAPSHOT OF A CHIMPANZEE PENSIONER AT THE LONDON ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN.