El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10
PARIS FIHI5
HEM WAYS
To SPEND
Over $13,OOO,OOO Is Spent
on Amusements in the
French Metropolis.
DEATH REMOVES A
PICTURESQUE FIGURE
.ARIs. France. May 1O.-statistics

@ARIS. France, Nay 1O.-Statistics
ID just published show that in the
\ year 1912 the receipts Of the vari-
Gus places Of amusement in Paris
amounted to over 5000, 900 as against
S11,5OO,OOO for 1911.
The constant opening up of new ways
to spend money for relaxation seems
to have no effect on the increase Of re
ceiPts The moving picture theaters
evidence this. Today they are counted
by the hundreds in Paris. and one OF
them shows total receipts for the year
amounting to 100000.
The largest receipts OF any place are
taken by the opera, $500, 600. This is
explained by the fact that more for
elgn visitors go to the opera than any
otner JheaIer, SO {naI II In4 MAJ ANS d
fairly average audience at all seasons
Of the year
Removes picturesque Figure.
With the death of Jean COnstans,
formerly ambassador Of France at Con-
stantinOple, a picturesque figure dis
appears from the political and diplo-
matte world
He is perhaps best remembered as
the minister whose uncOmpromising at
titude had so much to do with forcing
general Boulanger to flee from Paris
early in 1889 and spend the remainder
Of his life in exile n. COnstanss
strong personality stood out in bold
relief against the elegant silhOuets Of
ms attaches, but under his rude eN-
terror lurked a refined and acute mind
He was minister of the interior
throughout the troublOus BOulanger
epoch. coming in for a large share OF
the OblOquy heaped on the government
by the impasSiOned supporters of the
general This. however, left him quite
unperturDed, ana ne accepted ms sue
cesseS with the same spirit Of calm
On the fateful 2Sth of January, gen
eraI BOulanger had hardly finished
buckling his valisS when a Jealous de-
tective rushed breathless to the min
istry of the interior Although 1t was
1 o'clock in the morning. the official
insisted on the minister being aWak-
ened- and, when he appeared, blurted
out breathlessly-
General BOulanger is leaving"
'All right" said NJ Constans. cOldly-
But, your eXcellency, he will escape
he is perhaps even now at the
well. what Of it, You surely don't
expect me TO go TO the station and see
In spite Of this imperturbabiIity. NJ.
COnstans admitted that one man had
succeeded in astonishing him Emile
LOubet afterwards president Of the re
public. did this.
terror" said NJ. COnstans in telling the
story. Il handed over TO my successor
the kew of the safe containing the
secret service money. 1t was then the
beginning of March, and I had a nice
little sum. more than 2 million, in bun
dies of 10000 francs. N. LOubet did
thing which I should not have believed
Here NJ Constans stopped and asked:
DO you know what he did,
Someone Ventured a guess
Not at all" resumed NJ COnstans-
M LOubet signed me a receipt for the
sum without even opening the safe TO
see if it was there.
Bookseller Entertains Empress.
The passing away Of HOnOre Cham
pion has recalled the days when for
several weeks this well known book
seller entertained unawares the en-
press of Russia Day by day he showed
her majesty the libraries and museums
of Paris. calling her nademoiselIe
Hesse. She concealed her identity from
her guide until the last. planning, how
ever, to surprise him when the OppOr-
NJ. Champion was one of the last
representatives Of the old school Of
French booksellers He began his ca
reer at time when the seller OF
books instead of being in a maze Of
wholesale and retail discounts. de luxe
editions, fine binding. and eagehness to
bring out a best seller" was to a
great degree the collaboration and
friend of his clients, and it was almost
as a colleague that Champion was
treated by the philOlOgiSts and mem
bers Of the Academy of Inscriptions and
Bellies Lettres. who met every Friday
after the session Of the academy in his
store on the Quai Malaqqais, The late
duke d'Aumale in particular had a very
high opinion of the knowledge and
character of HOnOre Champion, and
never missed an opportunity Of show
ing his esteem One day he sent for
him and said:
Champion, a young woman Of very
high family is coming to Paris short
~. and she wishes to have someone
guide her to the museums, Libraries
and collections. Her name is mademOi-
selle Hesse; that is all that / can tell
you. VIII you be her Euide2'
Champion readily agreed and he
pilOted the mysterious young woman
for several weeks until she left, after
thanking him very warmly.
The bookseller had forgotten all
about the incident, when one day the
empress of Russia happened to pass
his door driving in state on her way
to the academy. He gazed on the gilt
teTing equipage with an idle eye, when
to his great establishment he saw the
empress smiling and waving her hand
in his direction. He then
realized that the empress was no other
than mademOiselle Hesse. Before her
the empress was the grand
duchess Of Hesse, and she 1t was whom
he had escorted through the art treas !
ures of the capital.
Exhibition of Davld's Works.
An exhibition Of the works OF
the celebrated revolutionary painter,
Jacques Louis David. and his pupils.
has just been opened and proves of
very great historical as well as artistic
AnatoIe France counts among his
cherished possessions a book of sketch
es made by David for his state picture
of the coronation of Napoleon. He
found it during his wanderings on the
quays OF Paris, which are lined by the
stalls of the second hand bOOkmen-
Rummaging in box he unearthed the
sketch book, and at once asked the
price Five cents said the stallkeep-
er France paid without bargaining
Convict Given Permission to Wed.
Pierre Nollet. under sentence of u {
years servitude for completely in the
murder of NJ Clerc, an engraver. at
Versailles. under circumstances some
what similar to those of the Steinheil /
case, has, been allowed by special per- !
mission by the government to marry
his sweetheart. mademOiselle Jeanne Z
BOUlicOt before leaving for the French I
penal settlement in Guyana
NOllet was married in handouts. Two :
accompanied him to the may I
Or's offices, where the ceremony was /
performed. The inspectors acted as
Witnesses The bridal couple were al |
lowed 10 kiss once before and once I
after the ceremony. Neither the months I
he has already spent in prison nor the I
Of y years penal servitude 4
seems to have affected the prisoner. /
With head erect and smiling he went 4
through the fOrmalities Of marriage Z
with the air of free and happy man. /