New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
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Paris. Sept 29.-An interesting fact IN connao-
non Win 'iie OaHoon race for the Gordon Bennett
cup eoiiiAs olI 'o-H0rrow. Is that the sixteen
coihpe'i'oiS WIN START from the very spot in the
1ulierles Garuen where the Montgolfier broth
ers sent up the hrst balloon 123 years ago. sps-
cla4 pipes nave peen laid by the Partisan gas
company TO supply the $4,000 cubic rnetras q,
gas required 10 initiate the balloons Sunday
September 30, was selected for the contest he
cause the moon is full. and also II IS a ner,od
when westerly winds. in accordance with tbs
meteorological observations OF the last AP+v
years. are most prevalent in Central Europe.
thus raising the hope that the previous record
OF an aerial journey Of 1.195 miles. accomplished
In October. 1900. by Count Henry de la Vaulx
who is a competitor in to-morrow's race, may
be beaten. Everything depends on the direction
OF the wind because If the present northeast
winds continue the balloons would head for the
Bay of Biscay. which they would reach in the
night, necessitating coming down hastily or run
ming serious risks. A wind from the west even
with a little rain, is ardently desired and
whistled for.
TO RECEIVE LORD MAYOR
Paris is already making preparations for the
reception of the Lord Mayor of London who
will come here on October 13. Parisians have
wonderfully picturesque conceptions of the
chief magistrate OF that city. and fully expect
him constantly to wear his full robes of Office
and never to appear without his bearer
and complete trappings and flnery. The BAN
Quet at the Hotel de Vile will be of Gargantuan
proportions surprising anything heretofore
undertaken by the municipality Of Paris, and
VIII rival the proudest achievements Of
the Mansion House. The Anglo-French
tente cordiale is now more popular than ever,
Notwithstanding the attacks made upon the
oh an
Catholic Archbishop Of Westminster, on
count Of the Separation law, and also the
analogous onslaughts on the British govern
ment by Ernest Judet, the Anglophobe pam
phleteer, who denounces the complete under
standing with England as a snare laid by per-
fdious Albion.
FINE QUALITY OF WINE.
Grape gathering began this week throughout
the wine producing districts Of France and is
now in full swing. The fine. dry weather and
hot sunshine of the last six weeks have i'm
parted extraordinary quality to the grapes,
and the experts report that champagne, bur
gundy and claret will attain a richer and more
delicate flavor than for thirty years past, and
as far as the high qualities of those wines are
concerned 1906 will break the record. In guam
tity the average vintage OF one thousand million
gallons is predicted
QUEEN OF ITALY ~ MOTOR CAR.
Among the enthusiastic motor tourists in
France just now is the Queen Dowager Of
Italy. On Tuesday, while forty officers Of the
garrison OF Autun We're having luncheon at
hotel, an automobile containing woman and two
other persons drove into the court Of the hotel.
The occupants alighted and the visitors. who
asked TO be served with luncheon. were con-
Quoted TO a table in the room where the officers
cd Io7 ry11f an orde
waiter who shortly afterward appeared with
numerous bottles of champagne. Then, ad-
dressing the maitre d'hotel. the visitor said:
''Will you please ask the chairman OF the mess
If Queen Margherita Of Savoy may offer cham
payne to his gallant compartment" Overcome
with surprise. the officers arose and saluted'
while the Queen drank to the health Of the
French army. When the royal automobile left
later for Bourges the French officers gave the
occupants a hearty send-of.
WHERE AMERICANS ARE.
The Italian lakes are now in full season.
Among the Americans there are Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Curtis Mrs. Foxhall Keene. Mrs. and
Miss Ripley, Lewis Ware. Mrs. Frederick
Nelson, Mr.. and Mrs w. H. Wolverton, Mr..
and Mrs. w. P. Bearer, Miss Amy Townsend.
James Gordon Bennett, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
B. Hilton and the Misses Hilton.
Mrs. Robert :. MacCormlck VIII leave rams
for Salso MaggioFe for fortnights cure.
John S. Sargent, the painter his sister, Miss
Sargent, and Miss Gardner, of Boston, passed
through Paris on their way to Venice where
they will be guests OF Mr.. Curtis in the Barbara
Palace.
Walter MacEwen. the American painter has
been decorated by Prince Luitpold, the Regent
of Bavaria. with the order Of Saint Michael.
Among the passengers from Paris who sailed
from Cherbourg the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse are Mrs. James Deering, her son and
daughter; Mrs. J. II. Hartman, Miss Nora
Iselin. Mr.. and Mrs. H. O. Hartford, Yale
Dolan and Nine. Yvette Guilbert.
Samuel Untermyer, Of New York. has had
several interviews with prominent bankers in
reference to policyholders of the American In
surance companies, and has started for Berlin
and Vienna, intending to return to Paris on
Friday.
a good bargain, but the promise OF electric tram
ways is a sign that the world moves, even at