Foreign News: Ribbon for Papa?

An undistinguished process-server was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor last week. That was the last straw for the distinguished-looking old gentleman who cuts off French heads with his efficient and well-kept pair of guillotines—a light, folding model for the provinces and for Paris a heavy, ancestral antique. This official, famed Anatole (“Papa”) Deibler, has been waiting impatiently for his Legion of Honor ribbon. After receiving it he will retire and leave to his son-in-law the family business of executing criminals. Last week enraged “Papa” Deibler let it be known that he has secured the services of a Deputy who will rise in the Chamber and demand of Minister of Justice Yvon Delbos why a process-server was admitted to the Legion of Honor, and why Guillotiner Deibler is still waiting “after faithful service to the State for 37 years.”