Inevitable Army Service

inevitaDltí Army aervice. Max Lebaudy, the French rnillionaire whose bilis have woa him much notoriety in París, finds that his small stature and palpitations of the heart wül not save him froin having to serve three years in the army. The recruiting oooni cil before which he went deoided that he was fit for a light oavalry regiment and might usefully serve as an eolaireur or a military oyclist. He though t he had smoked himself iato heart disease. Natnrally, with a fortune of 25,000,000 francs to spend, he is disappointed at having to serve as a lancer, whioh involves cleaning a horse and other stable duties. As it is useless to kick against the inevitable, he intends to give une fete sportique at the Maisons Lafitte befriro coinc to be drafted into a reeiment.