Evening star., 1924-12-07
By STERLING HEILiG.

" vEKYBODY knows that Richard
l. Hudnot, the perfume man, has
bought, TO live in, the roman
IL tic old Chateau of Juan-les-
Pins, on the Mediterranean,
near Antilles.
It is pretty generally known that
Mrs. Harrison Bennett, formerly Mrs.
IN the same neighborhood, the Cha
teau-vigie. at Roauebrune. prominent
landmark near Cap Martin.
SO Il has been widely reported that
Henry Clewes. jr.. son OF the New
York banker, has bought and restored
the ancient Chateau OF Theoule. on
the Bay Of Cannes, At to live and en-
tertain in. Parts OF 1t date before
the year 900. because it has two
Moorish towers.
But nobody knows that another
American Is buying, to restore and
live in, the nearby dismantled Cha
teau OF Napoule, all these being close
together.
As a fact, many American pur-
chsses of this kind are under way,
and there Is sometimes reason for
Withholding names. Strangely, a
quantity OF Frenchmen turn round.
now. and in3uro their best friends
the cultured American richi
lihe SApts ttoOk. III tHS EsteE Jbu
towns twhere 1 will tell OF other
American buyers). they shout and
threaten these kindly dreamers who
love France enough to buy romantic
and neglected French real estate.
They restore and refurnish the old
places which the French let 60 to
ruin. Then q French crowd Of self
constituted guardians of the patri-
mony" cry out In tho papers: TOO
much! Too muoh!''
Yet another American there IS an
example) has been piously dickering
for the battered old Abbey de Sc
maque, In Provence. Until the deal
Is concluded Cor killed. he begs to
remain unknown--becausah he has al.
ready been attacked in the Paris De-
bats by local correspondent who
had not been able to learn his name
More than ever. in this region"
runs the crazy story. 1--WE must watch
and defend ourselves. After the Ger.
Americans! They are not content ts
visit. They buy They buy to"
much!'
And the friendly gink concludes:
If things are not kept in order
we French will finish up by no longs
being at home in France"
,INHE Americans continue buying
= Sam Park Zone OF the best known
Americans in France), who enter.
tains SO lavishly in his Biarritg villa
has just bought the venerable Cha.
teau Monleaurn, parts actually crum
bling, with its scanty old furniture
and magnificent tapestries.
Miss Katherine Norris, the web
known American interior decorator
has bought and restored the grand
old Chateau OF Gourdon, high on the
foothills Of the MARITIME Alps, above
Nice.
What is the attraction of these old
castles2 They are very often in bad
repair, always cold, damp and dark,
requiring great works OF plumbing,
steam heating and electric lighting
windows being small and walls u
feet thick.
An illustrious American Iady--she
was Miss Sands OF Detroit and New
York--had been telling me about Il.
She is now Nine. de Parseva1 of Paris
and her grand old Chateau de MALI
jay, near Sisteron. Although with
out title, her French husband was
related to half the nobility of that
region, and she tells about it at its
best.
"In the chateau" says the former
Detroit girl, society is ready-made,
all alike and coneenial. You are
bound to entertain house guests, in
such big place; and the neighboring
chateaux are bound to receive you
and your guests. because 1t all hangs
together. Around Malijay are seven
chateaux. All receive and visit, all
togetherr'
1t is enjoyed by Americans who are
diverse at home.
Americans Join the local hunt, To
keep up your end OF this last, ex-
pensive privilege" OF the nobility,
is Q great card. They chase the stag
on horseback through the farmers
crops
Such crop damage was a cause Of
the French Revolution; but today. the
peasants keep tab on each hunt run"
through each field, and present their
bills to the hunt master, triple the
real damage. It's paid. all right
So, to say, as the Steadmans OF