The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
AMERICANS SEEN
 ON RUE DE LA PAX Prominent Figures on Prome- made Every Afternoon WEDDINGS IN THE ARMY Royal Figures Continue to Seek Paris as Panacea for Grief and Troubles
 at Home-Lombroso's
 Love Tragedies.
WEDDINGS IN THE ARMY
BY MARQUIS DE cAsTELLANE.

Paris, November 18.-While the Rue de la Paix said to be the most beautiful street in the world. attracts the noted and notorius of all nations, the Ameri- cans may be really said to dominate 1t. Its myriads of pretty nidinettes, it's gems sparkling in the shop windows. it's commanding view of Napoleons column at one end and the Place de L'Opera at the other, are all fascinating and attrac- tive.
 But it is chiefly to gaze at each other that the motley throng walk there every day from to T. One sees Prince George | of Greece, promenading in pleasing exile; l ex-Mayor Van Wyck of New York, who has become quite Parisian in costume and bearing; Harris Phelps, the only Ameri- ] can who ever became French citizen; Perry Belmont, looking a bit out of sorts; Nat Goodwin, with one side of his face
 betokening the accomplished actor and | the other spelling the shrewd financier. | Again one sees General Spiridovich fol- | lowing in the train of a rich widow well | known to Parlsian society; Abe Hum- mel, wearing a hunted look; George l Moore, growing because his novels do not sell faster, to say nothing of Berry
  lection. Here one meets also of sunny afternoon the Dude de Kohan, jostling the smiling Billy Robinson of New York; Sellers Mckee, arm in arm with his son, the festive Hart; Colonel Watterson be- tween two middle-aged men whom he loosely terms This boys" and finally the Duke of Sparta, tall and distinguish ed, wondering if he really will ever mount the throne of Greece.
 So you see the Rue de la Paix is to certain extent the street of all nations, although the Americans seem to own it.
 The blind Deity has found a way to the heart of one of our most illustrious I'm mortals," Monsieur Anatole of France, first of French stylists, officer of the Legion of Honor and member of the Academy; in other words, one of the Forty Immortals.r Yes. the heart of this illustrious academcian has been pierced by the arrows shot from the black and beautiful eyes of Mademoiselle Brindeau, one of our rising younug actresses. It IS safe to say that Anatole France, whose real name is Jacques Anatole Thlbault stands at the head of the French men of letters today.
 Some months ago he was invited by the government of the Argentine Repub- | lie to deliver a series of lectures At ! Buenos Ayres he met his pretty compa- i triot. Mademoiselle Brindeau. She had l beauty, talent and bright eyes; he had
 wit. learning and gittering gold. The | snows of 65 winters had not dampened the | ardor of the great Immortal"
 Returning to France by the same
 steamer the feeling between the two
 friends deepened, but alas, the course of
 true love never runs smooth. AS the gal
 lant Anatole was endeavoring to clear
 the 40 odd trunks of the lovely actress and
 save her from all annoyance of custom
 officials, the unmusical voice of middle aged female broke upon his ears. With | an imperious and commanding gesture l she beckoned Anatole to follow her, which | he did The lady who exercised such | sway over the fierce revolutionary and socialist is a Madame Caillavet, to whom it seems he is indebted for substantial | aid-aid proffered and accepted during his days of obscurity and struggle But 1 as this lady already has a husband of her l own arrangements are well under way which will unite in wedlock Anatole France and Mile Brindeau.
 | Since Alphonse Daudet wrote Kings in Exile" and even long before, royal exiles of all nations have sought to find pan ! acea for grief in the brightness and gaiety of Paris life We have at present in France the prince of the royal house of Greece.
 We have also two charming American ladies. namely, Mrs. Charles Carroll and Mrs. Frederick Bell. A rivalry has sprung up between them it seems of which the young prince is the cause. Mrs. Carroll is seen going about with Prince George one day, and the next he assists at luncheon at Mrs Bells. Mrs. Car roll has somewhat the advantage, because she speaks perfect French, her mother having been a French woman. On the other hand. the hospitable widow is very rich She has been said to order 50 frocks at once in the Rue de la Paix, and is noted for the splendid festivities at her mansion in the Rue Barbey-de-Jouy. Furthermore exiled princes are said to be particularly fond of rich American wid- ows So it would seem Mrs. Bell is tri- umphant.
 We have one young general in France who has distinguished himself both in love and war. He did gallant fighting as commander-in-chief of the French troops 1 in Morocco and, when ill-health compelled him to resign, he returned to France lit erally covered with honors.
 1 Having conquered the enemies of his 1 country the younug general next set | about conquering one of it's most beauti- full widows, Madame Fortoul, rich, bril- | liant, accomplished woman, whom, oddly 1 enough, he met on battlefield of far | off Moroccan town. Madame Fortoul had l left home, country, friends. society to | cast her lot with the suffering and dying | It was as a Red Cross nurse that she at- tracted the attention of General La1ntey
 Now he has just led her to the altar. Madame Fortoul has been compared in
 looks to the exquisite Madame Letellier
 wife of Henri Letellier, owner of the Paris Journal Others think she resem-
 bles Mrs. George Law of New York, but
 everyone is agreed the general has won
 prize.
 The last scientific act of Professor Lom-
 broso's life was to collect some statistics [ of Hove tragedies" LomDroso claimed that the greater number of suicides among
 the Latin races came from disappoint- ment in love- He found In his researches
 that women died tragically from disap-
 pointed love more frequently than men i In France alone statistics show that ot
 such suicides 70 per cent are women. Ir America he found more men suicides than women. not however, due to blight ed affections, but to money losses. i The following story is told of Lom- broso and chief of the Prefecture M. Cor on. When Goron was in active police service he received letter from Lom- ! broso asking for set of photographs of female offenders. In an adjoining draw CT M. Goron kept a set of photos of street 1 venders-all good. hardworking women 1 mothers of families and eminently re- snectable and trustworthy. There was nc reason for keeping such photos, except tba clause in the law requiring market
 women to take out a permit to sell their wares in the streets. In his haste M
 (,oro, forwarded these photos instead of