The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04

1 Much of the atmosphere of the old 1 Paris is evoked by the death of a par | ticularly well-known boulevardier Among his intimates he was known as Prince Lubo." It was a contraction for Lubo- mirski, and, at the same time seemed to mark the joyous character of the man in his palmy days, though, alas, he died extremely poor. Possessed of vast es- tates in Poland-his family owned. it is said, two villages and interminable fields and forests-he managed to ruin himself in the gay whirl of Paris.
 Those were the days when the boule- wards were otherwise than a vulgar thor oughfare given up to photographs and imitation jewelry, Tortoni iourished and the Cafe Anglais was the resort of the smartest people in Europe. Dinochau gathered in the artistic Bohemian, and the Cafe Brebant, at the further end of the boulevard, was a real academy of wit and literary elegance. Now scarce ly French gentleman goes to a cafe, 1 leaving such dissipations to the tourist the provincial and the idle of lower mid dle classes.
 Lubo wrote books, and, by virtue of the fact, became a member of the Gems | de Lettres, to whom he has left legacy of s4000-probably the greater part of his fortune. His literary style had the merit | of perfect frankness, making one think 1 of Jean Jacques Rousseau. One of his works begins: T despise myself thor oughly, but when compare myself with some of my contemporaries I hold my head up" And, indeed, nothing of a mean or surndalous character was ever imputed to the departed Prince. His ship foundered with It's millions of roubles. but the flag flew gaily from the mast head.
 A certain charming actress, by name Juliette Beau, had doubtless so-- ~,''
 do with the dispersal of Lubos fortune in the haloyon days of the second empire. She was blonde. and beautiful figure and captivating voice. And she was the original Merry Widow" for at the vaudeville in thise days she sang in 'L Attache dAmbassade," the work of Meilhac, which was later to become the world-famous and fascinating Widow" 1 In recent years, crippled in health and in fortune, poor Lul, became very serious in | his ideas. He wrote about politics in. stead of compiling sprightly memoirs, and he became positively socialistic It may truly be said that he scorned money.
 The French railroad troubles arc by nt means over, though there is temporar. lul in the storm, whilst the prime min lster is urging on the companies tho politi cal necessity of taking badk the men dis
 charged during the great strike last year
 It is a curious fact, worth noting a
 this moment, when there Is serious talk z a gigantic conflict in the railroad world
 which has already had It's effect on tn
 stock market, that the greater part of tn
 railroad shares of France are in the hand
 of small capitalists. The iron roads ar
 by no means owned by "the idle rich"
 Recent statistics concerning the Com
 pagnie du Midi show that the Pension an
 Mutual Benefit societies own about lift
 of the public stock. The rest of the hcal
 sr bords. to the number of 10000. ar
 held by 5000 persons seventy-five per cer of the ordinary shareholders posses froi
 one to ten shares. It is the same stor with the Compagnie d'Orleans. The 2 lgantic sum of nearly $S.6o0. .oo0ooo reprt
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