The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05

SA'i on diS was SEdFrtl- my VINO
ana the dust on some days was oppressive
| causing society people 10 depart for their
country seats or mountain or s,saside re-
sorts.
| The Bois De Eoulogne has been crowded
enc the Seine steamers packed with Bour-
| geois seeking breath Of air In the shady
| woods Of riverside suburbs. while the banks
| OF the river have been lined with indefati-
gable anglers swelter!ng IN the effort q
| tempt the fishes.
| Mile. Lucie Faure, daughter of the late
French President. is engaged 20 Marsy NJ.
Georges Doyan. Mile. Lucie F'aure IS a tai
ented poet. and an author herself. and will
be match for her future husband. who is
one OF The most prominent contributors To
the Revue des DeUx.
Paris newspapers made n curious h,under
in reporting the automobile accident near
Fontainhieau that happened 10 Mr.. Mar
shall O. Roberts and his bride. They all
represented Mr.. Roberts as cousin of
Lord Roberts. He is really a son of the late
Marshall .. Roberts. OF Chicago whose
widow married Colonel Ralph Vivian.
1oaGR Marshall o. Roberts was brought
up In England and is the only American
born officer in the Scots Guards Regiment.
The accident was greatly exaggerated. He
was only slightly bruised on the left leg
and the bride was not hurt, though thoir.
escape was miraculous
TWO attempts were made this week to
wrest the lady balluonist challenge cup
from Nine. Madeleine SavaIle. who. in .JuIy
ias'. won 1t by voyage from Paris to
Neut Brisac. in Aisace. in nineteen hours.
The Duchesse Discs. accompanied b,.
her husband. left the balloon park at St
Cloud at o'clock on the Sirius. but. all
though the ascent lasted all night. she was
not able TO get further than Cologne.
stiil, she did better than Madame Lemairs
who. starting from ST. Cloud came down NJ
81 owen So the cup still belongs to
Madame Savalle
The Minister Of War has just given an
fhorization for a military riding competi
ton. the conditions being that the Compel
ftors shall cover on horseback 40 10 so
kilometers in not less than thirty nor more
than thirty-six hours. The competitors
leave Their garrison to-day and proceed to
Nichy. where they will start
In order TO prevent the riders from oyer
working their mounts. and 10 show the
powers of endurance of the animals an OBJ
stac.e jumping competition will be held the
day after Only horses having done the s.
tance will take part.
Members OF the American Art Association
are still in Paris. busy arranging mid
summer exhibition in their hotel. Rue Notre
Dame des Champs, which VIII open next
week.
charming event this week was a garden
marty given on the club premises. which had
peen arranged with the artistic skill charac-
teristic of the hosts. Many girl art STU
dents were present IN pretty white frOcks
and most Of the men Wore tennis clothes
MT. X. VI. Hahn. proprietor of the Hotel
ST Regis. in New York. sailed on the Kaiser
Wilhelm ii. after completing an extensive
tour Of Europe, during which ne has been
making purchases of art treasures for fur
nisning mis- new hotel. Mr. Hahn says he
does not intend that two rooms OF his hotel
Shall be furnished alike IL was also MS
icea TO attain that degree of artistic refine
ment found in private houses.
The question of making the public pay
an entrance fee to Paris museums arises
again. 1t is argued that receipts thus levied
would be very useful TO the administration
Of the Ministry OF Fine Arts. The ex-
ample OF Italian and German galleries is
given. The Vatican thus makes Ss.uo year
~. The Nuremberg Museum also 800. the
Royal Gallery 55.Co and the British Ma
ttonal Portrait Gallery si6,oU.
~ SHs Was sIit"H mere
the hanainS OF Victor HuGo's house in the
Place des Vosges TO the municipality OF
Paris. The trauitIon says that Victor hugo.
beng asked his opinion 10 who was TIE
greatest poet that ever lived. said. ''C'Est
h;moi. dis seli-appreciaton is shown by
the fact that 20 portraits of the poet were
found in his house. one OF the most in
teresting relics OF the house IS a h.gg desk.
upon which Hugo wrote his creates, works
While standing.
An historic Paris cafe is changing its ap-
peatance. The Cafe dc la Regenic. a IA
nous resort OF chess players since the Sew
enteenth Century. is being turned into a
beerhouse Its frequenters included Dide-
rot lie Sage. Dalcmbert. Grimo Franklin
Noltaire. Pniidor and Robespierrc
The latter. during the Reign Of Terror,
played a match with youth and lost.
When he asked what wal due he discov-
cred that the youth was a girl. who de-
manded the release Of her lover from prison.
which was granted.
]: appears that Primes Arsens Kara
Georgevitch, the new Ssrvian Kings brotn-
er. some years ago enlisted as a private |
soldier in the Second Regiment Of the IA
nous French Foreign Legion" Under the
assumed name of Mullen. Creditors got on
MS track, found and sued him for S2lCO0
before he became Colonel. Prince Arsene
confessed his personality and said
w NY. has not my brother paid yet?
Send him the documents. He will pay" |
He also took the opportunity to obtain |
to the rank CT bugler. in which |
he took part in the Tonauln cam |
pais.- |
Jean Lancelle. a seaagenarian keeper Of |
the Jardin des Plantes. who has passed |
thirty years attending to the herbivorous |
animals in the state geological gardens.
met tragic death this week. He was |
cleaning the hippopotamuss grounds, wher |
the animal. which was always considered |
HARMLESS. rushed upon him. using his head 1
as batterins ram, tore open his chest |
and crushed his body horribly. 1t was some |
Time before the other keepers were able, |
ny iashins the hippopotamus with heavy !
Hhips. to get the animal away from its |
victim.
new clause OF the game laws for the
protection Of wild birds strictly on
forced Sunday at the bird market on the
luai des Fleurs. when the Notre Dame
Pohce CoMmissary released 800 bulfinches
'nrushes and chafinches that had been /
brought from country districts over night.
! he crowd heartily applauded his action.
me sight of the great fight of songbirdS
'Fsr Paris was peculiar one.
81. d ArsonviIle this week submitted to
ne Academy Of Science an invention for
by telegraph. the electric cur