Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-08
MILLIONS FOR PLAYS
Paris Turns Stream of Money
Into Theater Golfers.
CHARITY GETS LARGE SUM
Tax Nets $1,275, 900 for Poor Dur
ing One Year.
COLLEGE "FOREIGN POLICY"
Additional Exchange of Professors
Between Harvard and French
Schools Provided.
Correspondence Of the Associated Press.


money that is spent in theatergoing in
Paris Is obtainable from figures just pub
lished. giving the receipts of the differ
ent places Of amusement The gross re-
ceipts of all, which amounted in 1850 to
81. 100, 600, had reached over 81. 1000. 600 in
1911. The last few years show a steady
rise of from $4,000 to $1,OO0.OOO a year.
This is largely attributed to the opening
Of cinematograph shows. and to the in
creased popularity of the summer and
winter music halls, concerts and cafe
concerts
The great national theaters. like the
Coincide Franchise. the Opera and the
Odeon, have also shown an increase in
revenue, and the leading boulevard thea
tiers have held their own with handsome
door receipts.
On the receipts of every theater in Paris
the city lev1es tax for the poor, this
money being distributed by the society
known as the Assistance PubliQue The
poor have benefited considerably from
the increase of revenue. In 1880 they
obtained only $13s.OOO. but in 1911 their
benefits had jumped to $1.275.OO0.
Step in Education.
The Inauguration of the official Harvard
Foundation. calling for an additional ex-
change of professors between Harvard
University and the various French uni
versities. marks an important forward
step in what might be called the institu-
ton Of a foreign policy for the uni
versities of France.
The ministry of public instruction has
opened a special department devoted tc
finding out what France may offer to
the foreigner who desires to study in
France, and to the practical establish
ment of French instruction abroad. There
are $3.50 foreign students today in French
institutions Of learning. and the course
of study of the universities at Rennes
Dijon and Lille have been arranged to
suit the needs Of the foreign students
At Tours a special summer course Is to
be arranged, and at the girls college
there special department will be opened
for young women from abroad similar
to that which exists already at the school
at Versailles.
Influence Is Spread.
The other development is in the prop
agation abroad of French university in
fiuence. French professors and teachers
have been placed in large numbers in
various European colleges. including
Leipzig, Budapest and st. Petersburg,
and recently professor was sent to the
Normal College of New York.
This foreign policy of the French
universities is also made possible by such
organizations the Alliance Franchise,
the Franco-American committee, the
French Institute of the United States,
and, of course. by the new relations be-
tween Harvard and the French univer-
stiles. Other countries in which the
French influence is spreading are Rou-
mania, Servia. Norway, Sweden and
Chile.
The new Harvard Foundation signalizes
a movement to create even wider bonds
of sympathy between the United States
and France. 1t is planned to send French
students to the United States. and the
creation of a French museum at Harvard
is project Of the near future.
Interesting Figure Passes.
Andre there passes one of the most in
teresting figures in the brilliant French
society of the second empire. AS Mile
Nelly Jacquemart, she won fame as a
portrait painter, carrying all before her
at the salons Of 1868, 1869 and 1870 and at
the universal exposition Of 1878. Among
her best known works are portraits Of
Marshal Canrobert, President THEIRS Gen.
Palikao, Count de Montesquieu Count
DecdZeS, Baron G. de MOnteSQuieu, Count
de Saint-Amand and of a host Of celebri-
ties of that period.
After her marriage to the fnancier,
Edouard Andre, she ceased exhibiting at
the salon and devoted herself to COM
pletinG her collection, which she made
one of the finest in Paris, comprising an
tiquities, bronZes, sculptures. worries of
the Ogival period, Limoges enamels, His
piano. Moorish luster ware. Italian fay
ence. middle-age and renaissance furni-
ture. and a very choice gallery of paint
ings, including excellent examples of
Rembrandt. Rubens, Vandyck. Jordaens.
Vatican. Fragonard, Greuze and many
others.
Disposal of Fortune.
Nine. Andre has left her Paris mansion
in the Boulevard Haussmann. her coun-
try seat, the Chateau de Chaalis, and her
personal fortune. amounting to over
$1,000, 900. to the Institute OF France. BY
the terms OF the will 100000 is to be
devoted to the upkeep Of the Boulevard
Haussmann mansion and the art treas
ures contained in IT. Another million Is
to be applied to the upkeep Of the Cha
teau de Chaalis. Finally 10000 is to
be distributed by the institute in accord
ance with certain private requests. The
remaining $6C0, 900 is to be devoted to
whatever purpose the institute shall deem
fit.