The Washington herald., 1907-09-22

ural that the American Chamber of
| Commerce should be the rendezvous Of
most Americans. and that both Presi-
dent Benet and Charles II. Becker, sec
retaTy for the last five years, should be
popular with them all.
OF engineers of various sorts. electric.
sanitary, and mechanical, there are fifty
or more, and 1Tst-class at that. earning
as good incomes as men of their grade
would earn at home, since the best abil-
ity is well paid here, even if the ability
Of lower grades is not.
Dentists and Attorneys.
Ever since the days Of the famous DR..
Evans. the Empress Eugenie's tooth doc
tor, American dentistry has been al a
premium in Paris, as in most other Euro
pean cities. and from the signs reading
American Dentist" you would think
that there were hundreds of specialists in
teeth from America here Yet not many
more than twenty are registered, and
some of them are Cubans Canadians,
Irishmen. and even Frenchmen. who
have studied in Philadelphia They are
al doing prgtty well, however; some OF
them even Better than the American at
torneys.
At the first breath you might wonder
what an American attorney could find
TO do in Paris. since only French citi-
zens can practice before the French
courts. and the one thing most Ameri-
cans. attorneys and otherwise. viii not
do is 10 become French citizens. no mat
ter how much they like the life here
But as a matter of fact the American
attorneys here have plenty 10 do. and
get fat fees for doing it. They draw up
contracts and leases. they act as com
missioners Of deeds in various estates
and manage 20 make themselves mighty
handy TO thousands Of Americans who
are either living or travelling in Europe
Every American attorney Of ability
makes connection with a French law firm
as matter Of course, so that should
an American client get into trouble here
there would be a way 10 represent him
before the French courts, and most Of
the American attorneys have posted
themselves thoroughly in the ms and
outs of French practice. There have
been two instances also Of Americans be-
coming French lawyers; one'of the Selig-
mans. now dead, who had d big practice
and represented the family banking in
terests and Frederick Allain.
Allan is of American birth and voted
for Garfield. He studied law in the
States and was admitted TO the bar there
Then he came 10 France, which, being
Of French extraction. he considered his
home, and served his ting in the French
army. That made him eligible 10 enter
the legal profession here. so he studied
French law. was admitted. and has
fine practice as an international attor-
ney to-day.
Run Banks and other Concerns.
Then there are the men who run the
dozen or more banking concerns. in
clUding the express companies. and after
them or before them, as you view it, the
Americans who export all manner Of
French goods TO the United States and
those who import into France the tools,
the machinery, agricultural and other
wise, the petroleum, and cOtton-seed old.
and other American products. such as
typeWriters. cash registers and the like
which. with all their skill and ingenuity.
the French do not make as we'll and as
C@eap as we DO.
To get the names Of the American prin-
cipals of those who look after export
ing French silks, pottery, perfumery, and
the Ike to America. just make a list OF
the great department stores in the States.
There are about 90 American exporters
and importers here and their American
employees viii number as many more.
with their families, i,J00 in all Al
though not employing many American
clerks, their clerical employees are by nc
means all French, and the same is true
Of the American bankers. They get young
Englishmen or Scotchmen who are sat
isled with from 400 to go francs. or
from $50 TO 500 a month. even after they
become heads OF departments, which, Of
course, American department heads.
bank tellers, &c, would not be. Another
point about the English clerks is that
Paris is so much nearer their homes than
il is 10 the homes Of American young
men
There are just four American retail es-
adjustments in Paris-two Of them deal
ers in jewelry and watches, one OF them
"in the optician line. and a book-selling
concern. ali four as famous in the French
as in the american metropolis.
Paris boasts half a dozen American
doctors, and good ones, toe.
American Writers and Artists.
There are fewer resident American
~
don. although there are some here. most
ly correspondents Of the big American
dailies, while Richard Wallace. the art
manager of Hachette & Co, the biggest
publishing house in France is an Amer
lean born and bred.
Yalerian Gribayedoff. an American Of
Russian descent. whose signature. 'V
c." used to be familiar on American
newspaper illustrations. is also a mem
Der Of the working colony from the
States in Paris It was he who intro
duced news Illustrations in the New York
daily papers. Later he did the same
thing here, and he is now painting from
nature
In London there is quite a colony of
literary Americans. and the managing
editor Of the London Express, Pearson's
up-to-date morning newspaper. is of
American birth. Londons American col
ony is larger than the one in Paris.
though American pleasure seekers are
not so numerous there as here. But
London is not a continental city.
CuriOusly enough. two Of the best
known. most characteristicany French
poets just now, were born In the United
states They are Stuart Merrill and
Nlele-Grlffin, son OF Gen Viele, once
president Of the New York park board.
Both write for the Mercure de France
and both have published successful vol
umesi their verses are reCited often in
salons. where they are regarded with
much enthusiasm Both write more or
less in the prevailing decadent vein.
Several Of the worlds most famous
arusts' who are counted Of high grade.
even in this capital of art, despite their