The Washington herald., 1907-10-06

who early showed that ultimately he
might realize his fathers ambitions.
Early Ia his twenties, however young
Evans killed himself for Peruvian beau
~ with whom ne had been infatuated for
some time and from whom his parents
bad tried to separate him. but in vain.
The death OF young Evans made plenty Of
stir, alike In the landed American colony
and out Of IL. II was limited freely that
possibly his death was not suicide, but
nothing came of the hints. He had
threatened several times TO xiii himself
and once had sent premature news Of his
suicide TO his father and mother so when
he =eally was dead they Hid not believe
the message they received about it.
Alfred Clark, well known in the com
merciaI section Of the colony for some
years, has done so well that he was able
10 buy the Chateau de Ia Roche at
( Charge, in the department of Indre ct
/ Loire some twO-Ur three years ago. This
house is about forty miles from Paris,
/ just about far enough TO make the auto
run from home TO the Office in the morn
/ ing and back again at night pleasant
/ daily diversions.
/ Mr. Clark hopes his art collection viii
/ be as fine ultimately as Mr.. GardHeTs s.
/ It includes tapestries. bronZes. old carved
( furniture &c. as well as pictures, many
( Of which were selected by Mr.. Clarks
/ friend. leslie CauldWeli. who used 10 be
la painter, but who, alas' has deserted
/ the brush and palette in Paris for COM
mercial life in the States.
/ The two most famous American owned
/ houses ia Paris of course, are the Could
/ Castellane palace, at the corner Of the
/ Avenue Malak0n and the Avenue B0is
! de Boulogne. and the house built In the
Place des Etats Unis by Julian Story as
/ a residence for himself and his songbird
wife. The American Ambassador has
/ occupied the latter house for some time
/ II belongs to Story and not TO Eames
and now that they have been divorced
she IS not likely ever 10 live IN Il again
/ Since the divorce between the Count
Castellane and Anna Gould she has oc-
cupied the replica OF the Grand TTianOn
which she had built for their joint home
/ and where her boys are being brought up
/ Mrs. Coils p. Huntington's newly ac-
quired residence. the palaceiike, wall-in-
/ closed, emb0wered mansion built by
Baron Hirsch. on Avenue Gabriel is one
/ of the best known houses in Paris. and
as much talked about as the Hunting
/ ton house on Fifth avenue in New York
/ SO long un0ccupied because il was sup
posed to be unlucky. Another house
recently built for Mrs. Hershey Eddy. an
/ American, at AndresSy. is much talked
I cf. because its plans We're made by Sar-
d0u's son, who has turned architect
/ The house of the millionaire Duo de
B Loubat, that interesting Franco-Ameri-
/ can whose father founded the family for
tunes by building the first tramways of
( Paris, and who has given a let OF money
4 20 American universities. as well as TO
/ various French educational institutions
/ has relatively modest house on the Rue
! d Cmont DuTvi.le. He is a great archae-
ologisr, and has supported many ex-
cavatons in various parts Of the world
The chateau that was occupied by Pres
/ ideut Corey. OF The steel trust, for some
/ time after his marriage with MabeUe
Gilman. is near Versailles. between Var
/ riere and Palaiseaux. only few miles
7 from Paris. Nobody IN Paris knows
whether be means 10 occupy il again. and
nobody here cares much whether he dies
I or not His arrival al this metropolis
/ of pleasure attracted scant attention. as
perhaps he hoped IL would-his departure
/ less, and he made 50 little Of an impress
/ sion even upon the American colony thar
most OF its members have forgotten
where the chateau is located. even.
iCopyrisht 1907. by Dexter Marsbau]