The sun., 1907-08-04
PARIS'S SYMMETRY MARRIED
AHTRIC SkYSCR4PER THE
LATEST CITY BLENISH.
Buiidlng Law 10 secure a Harmonious Per.
spcctlNc Apparently Disregar6ied-
10 the Authorities -I.OnbrOso's False
palmIStry Deduct I0ns-POlIce Dogs.
.yocoI CaNs Despatch 10 ruH suN.


hs. long been. observed that around a
spuerc only buildings conforming in size
.n1 apucaranco shall be allowed. This is
NOV being disrcgardei On the Rue de
piypli aud the Champs Elysee several high
rr.cf!rps have destroyed the harmonious
rer,frr'.ve and the Arc de Triomphe is
oyors % lowed by "A monstrous construction
Asa eliminating blow an American syndi-
rare has bought the block running from the
G.ln .a Boulevard to the Rue de la Paix and
r'en rs 20 build skyscraper, An indignant
lrogrh writer in the Patrie, commenting on
il,. ~ivs
.Orrn your eyes. municipal officers;
s.4ye II your inertia. Ii il your duty to
rgari The harmonious aspect Of Paris. and
~ you 80 not, take care! The public are in
d.anant ~ the crimes committed against
ne hcalty Of the city"
In. fg,ilne,cr cabmcn. who are Obliged
,o nav twenty francs a day to the cab COM
rsny use various means to increase their
earnings, An ubserVant cabby on discover
mgthat the taXimeter registered more when
3'r,iul vas placed beside him made an ex-
rsrment and found that a piece of wood
eeigel in q certain position made the tax
meter register faster Other cabbies fol-
lived Es example. The police have Just
..-coycrel the fraud and are endeavoring
t. pu' an end 10 II
LoMBRoso FALLS INTO ERROR.
That celebrated expert in crimnology.
Prof Cesare Lombroso. has dealt a severe
bat not altogether fortunate blow to palm
,.,rv as a science. Bas.ng his conclusions
a.. photographs Of the murderer Soleilland's
hand published in the Paris papers, Lom-
hroso wrote to the Temps describing the
right hand as what neuropathologists call
monkeys hand, for il possesses the
'atrophy Of hypothenaire" which apparently
is palmistry language for a fattened palm.
only one line crosses il, which Lombroso
savs il typical Of the lower monkeys, epilep-
tCs IDIOTS and born criminals. The little
finger is wide apart from the others. The
LEI, hand is somewhat longer than the
right. otherwise il is entirely normal. Later
Lombroso toys with words like atavism
and chromatic asymetry, leading to the
conclusion that this should make us think
hefore pronouncing definite judgment OF
Solelland.
Unfortunately for Prof. Lonbroso VI.
pertillon, the director of the anthropometric
farvice saws Soleilland's hands have not
been photographed. Bertillon says:
A reporter asked me in February for
photographs OF the hands of criminals to
Illustrate a story possibly hoping that
Soeilland's hands would be included.
gave him the ri ghu hand of an honest work.
man who Sc occupation was that Of car
rage washer. and the left hand of another
honest man, a sheep shearer. | was much
surprised the next day to see these repro
duced as Solellands hands. The carriage
washers little finger was stifened 10y the
water and acids used in his work, which
would also account for the Disappearance
Of the lines on the palm"
This is not the first mishap OF this nature
that has happened TO Lombroso. Some
time ago he asked Bertillon for a series Of
photographs of women criminals. Ber-
tillon explained that the. rules prevented
him from giving these photographs and
advised Lombroso 10 apply to the Govern
ment through the Italian Ambassador.
Lonnbroso, however. applied to Prince
Bonaparte, who asked Bertillon to give
him some photographs of women for a
book he was writing, neglecting to specify
that he wanted criminals Bertillon sup
Piled several photographs, which he found
reproduced later in a work by Lombroso.
who found in the women signs of atavism.
alcoholism and degeneracy which made them
born criminals. The photographs were
those of peaceable market women and good
mothers free from a passion for alcohol.
NUMBER OF EUROPEAN TOURISTS.
A French statistician has made an esti-
mate of the number of tourists travelling
in Europe. II s difficult 10 place reliance
upon mis- figures. but they are probably
as good as those of anybody else. Accord
ing 70 his computation Paris receives
eOo. 900 visitors year, who spend s45. .o00, 900;
London gets 900 600, and Vienna. $50, 900.
During the year 900 go to Switzerland.
spending $50, 900, 900. Italy and Spain receive
~ 600 people who spend SG0,0O0,OoO. The
large amount expended is due TO the fact
thai wealthier people visit there and make
longer stays. The record is held by Euro
rean watering places. which will have
100000 people spending more than
$50 ooo 0oO.
Apropos Of the influx Of foreigners to
Paris during certain months the Prefect
~ Police has decided that certain num-
hey Of policemen should learn enough
English German and Spanish To answer
tourists inteligently in their own language.
Classes will be established and policemen
serving in the central parts of Paris will
attend these sessions three times week.
\ curious PNhlDltlOn WAS gwen az Nitei
to-day Of police dogs from France and
Germany some of these animals develop
won larful skill in hunting out not only
reu but lost and hidden objects. There
wac sharp competition between the va
u,.- animals for prizes offered by the Dog
society of the East. These dogs assist n
s9hini"g refractory prisoners without SER
u.,iv ulurng them. Various objects were
hI len on the large grounds and the dogs
were released at about the same moment.
lLev never failed TO discover these objects
aui Usually found them in marvellously
sanr space Of time.
L.i'le " urttemburR has developed an
amazing case of megalmonania, IL aspres
\ POSSESS the largest railway station in the
world and seems likely to succeed The
State plct has voted Sl7.OOO.OOO for this
rIr0sc.
I'e ant gambling law passed in Belgium
Two years ago is now complete dead letter.
.y. rf..at aatplliry Lursul,la "a ra now omen