New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-09
WHAT PARIS TALKS ABOUT
o.wcEsTYNE's ADVENTURES - ART - THE
DEAD PKErENDER.


IT. adventure of Ivan de westyne y beginning
-. the air of mystery with which in its early
-. IL seemed invested. Some say that the en-
.s.nris,ue journalist is simple swnder, and he
.,ers that he has been mere victim OF thoughtess
oa.nature IL has returned to Paris from
It, whittier he went about ten DAYS ago to be,
a. was alleged. out OF the reach OF French justice
ID Ia. offered to explain his whole position and
a. a.. o,rcumsapces that LED to it, TO the Procurator
:. n Renublic. Who Is this Ivan de WPstynef
rr. mast impudent Jew In creation, and man OF
...,. talent az writer, with inventive powe
-, axceed those OF Munchausen. His real name
:. rsiaore Lewestyne. Van LGwestyne.
armwesy "a simply Lewis" or +" Levy" and the
a,,nen is an adjunct which DISCUSSES the Judaic
,d NJ this tribal name euphonic manner.
rha euistul aud often the honest Jew is fond of
.,,sriug his patronymIc. An Italian Nose french
vo,.s becomes in England Moss. An English Judah
=, Jude becomes in Paris Lyon. Levy who goes
into fashionable English society becomes Lawson,
j. vbieh 10 4 variety OF the German Lewiston or
,aw,son. Delamarre is another French disguise for
Mo.ss. All the Delsmarres have originally borne
tbe name OF the Jewish legislator.
Ivan do WGstyne claims kindred to Gereral
rnwestyne, who was Governor of the Invalldes
,rosr Napoleon ILL., But the fact that he does so
nroyes nothing 1t is true. however that he passed
throneh military school in Belgium. and that see
ting there was no scope the army of King Leopold
for n man of an adventurous disposition, became
aroyng journalist instead of a soldier To believe
him bs has been on hail-felow- W ell met terms with
all tho sovereigns and hcirs apparent in the uni
verse made conquests Of august. illustrlous and
noble ladies' In all the capitals of Europe and the
fashionable watering places, and might if he chose
have had princess Of Imperial birth for his wife.
NJ do Blowitz, Ia point Of familiar intimacy with
great people of the EARTH nothing to this Belgian
Hebrew. Ivan is handsome and agreeable looking
A well. tie is brown compsxioned man with
regular features. quick, keen and roguish eye.
hearty laugh. which has, however, some ugly
grating tones which betrsy cynical disposition,
twistsd-up mustache. that gives an impudcnt air
20 bis pbyaognomy. and figure that falls rapidly
into flesh, but which was symmetrical and clean
built when he was ten years younger In speaking
he stammers great deal. The cause OF this defect
is the fertility of his imagination. When telling
stories about himself fictitious incidents aud stu
atoms crowd fast upon his brain that he ia en-
barrassed in choosing from among them. AS he
has a prodiglous capacity for believing in his
1bounces," they have delightful air of sincerity.
Ivan de Westyne for some time attached 10 the
Figaro and Gaalois as rowing correspondents. lie got
himself nsturalIzcd Frencbman in 1870. and be-
longed to the Press Legion, which capacity he
tremendously pufed the heroism which he and bis
fec w-jourpasts displayed at LIE Bourget. He WAS
taken at his own estimate by the Parsians and be-
came at once q celebrity of the BOuieyards.
Naturally as Figaro writer and man who com
blned in large proportions amusement with pro-
fessioual business, he took the pose OF devout
Catholic and monarchist.
One of his intimate chums was ArnOus Riviere.
the most astounding adventurer of modern times.
This AInous is half Pole He has a natural genius
for nshing IN troubled waters. 1t was he who
organized a foreign Legion, at SebastOpol and
Metz and was the intermediary between Marshal
Bazaine and Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia in
Octobei, 1870. Arnous Riviere went in deb. and
almost penniless to Metz. After the of Frank
fort he turned up on the boulevards a millionaire
rich enough to buy the Hotel de Chemay IN the
Faub0urg St. German, the TunsIan house in the
Avenue de Montague, the prnceIy country residence
Of Chamerande, which the late Emperor had given
to the Due dc Persigny, a vino chateau In the
Gironde. marine villa somewhere in Brittany. aud
TO start along with Ivan de W9styne and Aureiien
Schol Bonapartist journal called DEctdir. But as
ArDous Riviere soon got to the end of the myster-
iousy made fortune, DEclair soon went out. Ivan
then fell in with an American editor. became his
spiot" for a while in Paris. and WAS rewarded for
his services by journalistic missions to Aighanstan.
.
10 the Danubian campaign as the Intimate friend
Of the Grand Dukes and prominent generals
short time ago be made arrangements TO start
paper which was to squeeze the Figaro and all the
other Boulevard gazettes out OF existence. This
Journal was to be called lie Rdpide ana to start
capital of $4,000 900 francs. Paris was deuged
with prospectuses. and tempting appeals were
made to investors. But nothing has 50 far come of
the journalistic venture.
While Ivan was astounding the world with his
Preparations for starting lie Rdpde. he had another
iron In the fire. aud he has handled it IN such way
as tc get his fingers burned. Ii occurred to him
that with his experience traveller he might set
up rival of Cook, the excursion agent, whose
fame has become world wide. Ivan proposed an
excursion by Scandinavia and tue Polar Sea to
Archangel. The cost was to be 800 francs for
each traveller, and tho tour was to be made In
fassailing steamer. lie like Cook, personally
to conduct the tourists. Advertisements to this
elect were sent to the journals, and those wishing
to see Scandinavia. the Polar Sea. ETC., were IN
formed that to secure berths they must pay two
thirds Of the fare in advance Applications streaned
10, and $1,000 francs were paid TO NJ de WGstyne
In avery few days. He engaged for the voyage the
good ship lie Potion by the intermediary of an lts l.
ian Jew named Rosetti. who lives near Monaco.
On = prearranged date the travellers met at the
e. Lazare terminus. whence, 1t was understood.
hey we're to proceed with NJ. de WGstyne to llavre
10 embark in the Poitou. He was ut the rem
oez'ous and brisk laxative and cheerful rs usual.
But ne told his clients that they must go unaccom-
panied TO Havre. circumstances over which he
mad no control" prevented him from going along
with them in the tram. But he hoped to rejoiu
them next morning. and trusted that they would be
comfortably installed in their borths. As he pro-
posen so they did. But on reaching Havre the
captain of the Potion refused to let them on board.
ne knew nothing about them. Where was NJ de
"9styne, with whom alone lie had transacted busi-
ness An instament only had been paid of the
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