The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28

Clellan. the daughter of our iIlustrious Cen
eral.
1 might go on with a score or more names.
but i will give only a few. The Comte
Jean de Kergolay's wife was Miss Carroll:
the Due de Valencay's was the daughter
OF Levi p. Morton. and that OF Baron Ray
mond Sellliere was Miss Li-ermore. emile
Pascal's wife was formerly Miss Townsend,
and the Comte de Moy Of the Foreign Office
has an American wife who was formerly
Miss Glib. Madame Patenotre. the wife of
the French Ambassador to Madrid. is an
American. as IS elso the vicomtesse de
Courval. the Comtesse de st. Romafn. the
Comtesse de Trobriand and many others.
There are many rich American men who
make Paris their permanent residence. and
among them bankers. lawyers aed dentists
who count their money IN millions You
have all heard of Doctor Evans, the Enlist
who was such a close friend of the Empress
Eugene. who made a great fortune during
the days of Louis Napoleon. His family
still lives in Paris, and one of his sons. /
understand. carries on the business of his
father, although he is. i believe, a French
Count. One of the big banks here IS that Of
Morgan. Harjes & Co.. which is backed by
the millionaire Morgans of the United
States. of which Pierpont Morgan Is one
Another American bank is that of Mum
roe & Co., and another still the Seligmann
Bros
One OF the richest of the American colo
nists Is 4 newspaper man. i mean James
Gordon Bennett. who has for years made
Paris his home. He has close telegraphic
communication with the Herald Office In
New York. and practically edits his paper
by cable. Mr.. Bennett keeps up his estab-
lishment here whether he is In the city or
not. The servants are always in full dress
and always on duty. II you call at the
not know II Mr.. Bennett Is in. and they win
go Of to find out A moment later you may
be told he is In Nice. or Cairo, or OF on his
yacht in some other part of the world The
Figaro speaks very highly of Bennett call
ing France the land of his adoption, and
saying that he is the friend Of all ParisIans
and that ali are his friends.
PARIS EDITION OF
II NEW YORK HERALD.
One of the queerest of the newspapers
published in France Is the Paris edition of
the New York Herald. 1t Is like nothing in
England or America. being devoted chiefly
to French and Continental society news.
1 understand that Mr.. Bennett is as much
interested in It as In his great paper In New
York. and that he is kept advised of all
that appears In 1t. The Paris paper Is cir
cuiated freely over the country. and copies
of IL are sent gratuitousiy to all American
Consuis and Ministers. as well as to the
chief clubs of the world. The paper sells
for 20 ceniimes in Paris, and for 2 pence IN
England.
There is an American Chamber OF COM
merce in Paris which is becoming very i'm
portant TO American trade. II has It's Of
fees in the Rte Scribe. just back of the
Grand Hotel. and under the shadow of the
Grand Opera-House. in the very heart of
business Paris. The Chamber was founded
eight years ago with ten members and 1t
has now 20. embracing the leading Amer
leans of the French capital. Its business Is
to further commercial and indusfrisl re,a-
lions between the United States and France.
and TO invest gate all matters beasing upoa
American trade. 1t holds regular meetings,
publishes an annual report. and issues bull
letins every two weeks with all items Of
interest regarding Franco-American COM
m--ce- The Chamber has a library Of 100
volumer. and a reading-room well supplied
with American newspapers. and especially
with our trade journals.
The president 5 Mr. Francis KimbeI, and
the secretary Mr. Edward Green. find the
Chamber Of Commerce a valuable repcs.to-
~ OF American and French statistics, and
am indebted to fits secretary, Mr.. Green. for
valuable assistance regarding the American
INVASION In talking with me to-day he
said that the United States now stand
about second in the French import trade
and nth in the export trade. We are sup
plying France with about 81 per cent of
It's imported foodstuffs, and about z Der cent
OF the imported manufactured articles.
1 asked Mr. Green to give NE what our
enief French exports were. He repiisds