The happy father, who is thirty-five, with his wife, thirty-two, attended by the ten children and hundreds of their neighbors, proceeded to the Maire of the arrondissement, in response to an official summons. The attendance of the entire ten was necessary for the bestowal of the prize. There consequently was much formality. Beginning with Aimertine, aged sixteen, the names of the ten, their ages, places of birth, etc., had to be properly verified by the mayor's clerk; when the last, Gaston, only a few days old, was reached, the clerk gave a sigh, the crowd a cheer, and the money was handed over to madame, who trusting to be handed it to monsieur.

Rules Wife Must Pay Alimony to Husband Los Angeles Cal.—"Marriage Is 50-50," said Judge John W. Summerfield of the Superior court, in ordering Mrs. Mary Scranton to pay her husband, Charles Scranton, $5 a week as temporary alimony, pending trial of his suit for separate maintenance. Scranton testified his wife, who earns $150 a month in a bank deserted him. He said he was ill and unable to work.

"This couple married for better or for worse," remarked the court. "The husband has broken in harness. I am afraid the wife will have to pull a double load for a while, at least. Marriage is a case of give and take."

Women of Berlin Are Law Abiding. Berlin.—Women break the law in Berlin only one-sixth as much as men.  According to Berlin police statistics for June, just made public, the number of arrests was 14,979, and of these only 2,583 were women. The total number of arrests was 14,979. 