New-York tribune., 1903-04-05

Rrieux and the other advocates or carnpdis"
in favor Of an increased birth rate express u.l
feigned delight at the tact and good ekaihpi7
offered TO the world by the President by his
consratulatory letter. accompanied by phcto-
graphs which according TO cable accounts IN
the Paris papers Mr.. Roosevelt gave 20 MRS
George Cunningham. the happy mother OF trip-
lets Side by side with President RooseFells :
Chicago speech is published the address or NJ
Jusserand at the banquet given him at the en-
cago Auditorium. in which the French An1passa-
dor is stated to have called attention 10 the
facts that the United States is the only great
nation with which the French nation has never
been at war, and that France is the only coun-
try with which the United States ever contract
ed an alliance.
President Roosevelt and the United states
thus to-day almost monopolze the front pages
of the Paris papers and the enterprising
"Matin'' publishes q sensational article, also
on its front page about an alleged American
trust of FIVE nilliards OF francs 10 acquire con-
troll OF gaslighting in Paris and other large
cities in Europe The ''Matin'' publishes por-
traits Of FIVE Americans, whom It declares TO pe
heads of the American Gas Trust namely, Jonn
D Rockefeller. C K. G. Billings, Anthony
Brady u o. Mills and Arson Flower. The
"Matin' in due fairness, prints denials from M
de Gournay. the alleged agent of the expelled
religious CONGREGATIONS,
tionists accused Of collecting funds to invest
in the so-called American Gas Trust, and also
denials from MN. Devaluez and Duchanoy. al
legged authors of the American scheme, who de-
clare the trust is not an American trust, but
q French trust in which American money is
largely invested but wholly under French con-
troll.
There seems TO be no objection on the part Of
the French public TO the scheme on such a basis.
for the new association laws are regarded py
Frenchnen as an adequate safeguard of French
interests and Partisan gas experts ADMIT mat
the Paris gas is the dearest and of the worst
quality supplied to any large city, either in Eu-
rone or America The average Partisan tax
paver would only be too glad TO get gas o. better
quality and at cheaper price even If such a
municipal boon en1anated from American gump-
tion and enterprise.
In financial circles considerable uneasiness
prevails in regard to United States railway
and industrial securities Nervous timld1ty
prevails among French investors. Who our
ing the last twelve months have for the first
time in French history placed appreciahle
amounts Of their savings in the United States.
They are alarmed at the fall in gilt edged Amer
ican securities A leading Paris banker, who is
in constant touch with the American market,
expresses the opinion that the present fall in
nrices is really a blessing in disguise for in his
Judgment American railroad bonds and shares
have recently been quoted at inflated figures.
which may have pleased SPECTATORS but which
prevented investors from purchasing them. The
financial authority with whom [ conversed on
the subject said that that sound American
securities especially railroad ones were becom-
ing crvstalIized on a lower level more nearly in
inst proportion to their earning value, IT was
likely that French investors would seek the
orI-a vKi+h
witnessed for the amount of accumulated
money in France vainly waiting for investment
at reasonable rates is greater now than at any
time record.
With the spring sunshine of April comes
series of passionate love dramas, which this
week became epidemic. No less than three
| young women have jumped out of windows ana
| committed suicide. \ venerable old gentle
| man shot himself in the lobby of the
| Theatre Francois after witnessing two acts Of
Maurice Donnay's play. "L'Autre Danger. the
cause of suicide being unrequited love. Seven
| love dramas with fatal endings are registered
| by the police reports and two of these were
girls of sixteen whose hearts had been reduced
! to n1eIancholic mania by their admirers deser-
tions.
Among the love dramas that 50 far have not
resulted in fatal denouements is that of Marcel
| Provost. the author of Les Demi Yierges' and
other PSYCHOLOGICAL works Of fiction familiar to
readers on both sides of the Atlantic. Details
| of the drama and the duel between NJ. Provost
| and the heroines brother in which the latter
was wounded, have already been cabled 70 read
ers of The Tribune, but II is interesting at this
phase Of the drama to note that Marcel Provost.
/ who is standing forth in bold relief the cen
tral character of a tragedy in real life. has not
the sympathy of the public, which is with his
| fair assailant. Mile Emma Touret, who some
wears ago was regarded by her friends and fam
! ily as an angel of purity and who was known in
| intimate circles as the vestal virgin. but who
| nevertheless served the brilliant novelist as
living study for his psychological novel Les
| Demi Vierges" Partisan opinion has taken up
the discussion with picturesque eagerness
Grave daily papers like the Temps and the
.rDebats" devote solid leading editorials to dis
ouisitions and dissections of girls hearts, and
sentimentality seems to have taken Paris by
storm: but as before stated. the trend Of feeling
| is decidedly in sympathy with the young woman.
| The season at Cannes i. now at its height.
| Ideal weather with a clear blue sky prevails
/ with almost monotonous continuity. The din
ners ar the Ladies' Club given by Mr. Won Hoff
| mann of New-York Mr. and Mrs. Meredith
| Rowland. Mrs Luckemeyer, Mrs. G. Gordon
Clark and Mrs Percy Bennett have supplied
| discreet and joyful feature of the Lenten amuse-
| r7ents large party left Nillefranche on
| "Wednesday on Mr.. Jones's yacht for Naples. and
| thence by rail for Rome TO pass Holy Week and
| Faster. Among Mr. Jones's guests are Mr.. and
/ Mrs Stuyvesant Fish Mrs Charles Carroll, Mrs
| John Drexel. the Marchesa Carlo di Rudini and
4 Mr.. Otis.
Mrs. Goelets fine yacht the Nahma IS at Vile
1 aft b2 vim