Notes

Mme. Le Franc, widow of an officer of the ill-fated airship Dixmude, was presented with "a first class tobacco shop" by the French Government.

General Gouraud, Military Governor of Paris, who recently paid a visit to the U. S., was elected a member of the French Academy by 40 out of 42 votes.

A French Industrial Exposition is to be held at the Grand Central Palace, Manhattan, from April 22 to May 3 under the official patronage of the French Government. It is said to be the first of its kind to be held in America.

At the Church of St. Louis des Invalides a religious ceremony was held in honor of the U. S. and French soldiers who died in the Champagne section. Cardinal Dubois, Archbishop of Paris, conducted the service, which was attended by U. S. Ambassador Myron T. Herrick, high military officials and a large number of the American colony.