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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1907.
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FRENCH RACES
Astounding Figures Are
Compiled by Government
Department.
By RAOUL DE SAINT RENE.
Paris, June 8.—J. Plcrpont Morgan,
who Is luxuriously Installed In the spa
cious and comfortable appartments at
the Hotel Bristol, which he always oc
cupies when in Paris, is very busy.
The antc-chambcis are filled with art
dealers, waiting to Bee the millionaire
and offer him their various treasures
for his Inspection. . ,
Mr Morgan receives each In turn
with Invariable courtesy, which Is In
marked contrast with the' brusque
manner of many wealthy Americans
toward those offering objects for sale.
The way In which the famous collec
tor Is pursued by those having any
thing of artistic value to sell Is amus
ingly exemplified by a little anecdote
related by Comte d’Aublgny, a cousin
of Mme. Herl Say; Mr. Morgan wns
the other day tho guest of Mme. Say
(nee Miss Davis). *
Seeing among her valuable collec
tion of pictures one which took his
fancy, tie said to M. d’Aublgny, "I will
buy that, will you arrange the pur
chase for met”
■'Impossible,” was the reply. "Mme.
Say does not wish to sell her pic
tures." , . „
Great was his amusement when Mr.
Morgan retorted, "Then what am-1 here
for?"
The French agricultural department
has Just published some astounding
figures concerning the amount of
money wagered on Paris race courses.
This department, being the official pro
moter of horse breeding In France,
has the supervision of all the race
courses. .
The report shows that each year
larger and larger sums are wagered.
Since the opening of the present sea
son In March last the Paris Mufucl
has received *20,200,000 In wagers. This
is a distinct increase on last years
takings for the same period, the
amount taken In 190# belpg *17,000,000,
while 1905 yielded about a million and
a quarter less.
Gate receipts have increased in like
measure. The amount paid thus far
this season Is *672,000. against *612,000
for last year. M. Oalllauxs depart
ment has also benefited. By the law,
which gives a percentage of the bets to
the treasury, he has already placed
over a million dollars as the product of
the state control of wagers and all
kinds of betting.
It Is estimated that over half the
money wagered each year on the Paris
race courses Is wagered by Americans
who come aver here. They are more
reckless In their bets and put larger
sums of money on the horse they «ant
to back than do the French.
The Empress Eugenie has Just won a
suit In the Paris courts against the
government, which will deprive the na
tional museum of a large number, of
objects of historical Interest and value
now being shown In them.
As far back as 1879 the empress
Roll of Honor
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SOCIETY WOMAN PURSUES
CHAUFFEUR THROUGH PARIS
This picture is from a photograph of Mrs. George Law, the noted
New York society woman, who amused Psrie by pursuing a runaway chaf-
feur to his defeat and to her britilant success.
brought a lawsuit claiming the return
of certain articles which had been the
peisonal property of her husband, the
Emperor Napoleon III. Thesri articles
had been appropriated by the state,
since the republic, and had been placed
In palaces of the Elysee. Fontainebleau.
Versailles, Compkgne, Ramboulllet and
the Louvre Museum.
At that period the courts found that
the august lady’s claim was Justffied in
theory, but nothing more was done In
the matter. She has again brought
the matter before the Paris courts,
whose Judgment Is to the effect that as
those objects were In reality a personal
property of the Emperor Napoleon III,
and as they aie of minor interest from
the artistic or historical point of view
(this Is to 1 save appearances) they are
to be handed over to the Empress Eu
genie.
The articles Include pictures, tapes
tries, porcelain, snulf boxes, etc., but the
most Intending ntnong them are a
number of personal relics of Nupoleon
I, Including several hats, one of the
famous gray overcoats, several pra-
M-ntatlon swords, and the bench ou,
which the exiled emperor used to sit In
the gulden of Isingwood, St. Helena.
There are also one or two relics of 8L
Louis, Including the window and part of
the wall of the prison where he was de
tained at Mansouruh. All these things
are to leave the museums at once and
are to be handed to the empress; but It
Is more than likely that she will give
them back to other Institutions of her
own choosing. She has been very gen
erous to Malmalson.
A competition of the beautiful hand
lace which Is only obtainable In France
and Belgium Is about to be opened at
the Muses Soclale In Paris, an Interest
ing Institution founded by the Count de
Chambrun, husband of the sister of Mr.
Nicholas Longworth.
The object of the competition Is to
encourage the making PVhgtJokl luce
at reasonable prices. The Society of
the Dentelle de France, which bos many
aristocratic supporters, bus noticed that
between the cheap commercial lace,
which Is used for so many purposes,
and the eoetly article used for lux
urious toilets there Is no medium, ana
It Is the object of the present move-
m They 0 hare P Mtherto been largely Im
ported Into France from abroad to sup
ply tho deficiency, as the large number
of purchasers of lace among the middle
classes want something better than the
very cheap commodity, but ore unable
to rise to the high-priced lace of Brus
sels, Valenciennes and point de Venlse,
The Importation of nffedlum-priced lace
during the lost two or three years has
exceeded 10,000,000 francs. T.he com
petitors for a French lace at a price
sufficient to assure a proper remunera
tion for the work are to.be awarded
prizes of 1,000 francs for the best, three
at 600 francs and five at 100 fronts.
Some three hundred specimens made
by seventy-live schools of French lace
have already been sent In to the Muse
Soclule. The president of tho move
ment Is Mme. Emile Loubct, wife «»f tho
ex-president of the French Republic,
and among the many aristocratic sup
porters the following represent the
American colony on the committee:
Countess Henri de Bearn, Countess
Stanislas de Castellane, Marquise de
Ganrtv. Baroness de Berckhelm, Coun
tess P. de Brissac, Princess de Faucig-
ny-LucInge and Princess de Murat.
AND
BAILEY
are not here but the Natato :
rium is; go over and have a
swim.
Out of Ordinary
MEN’S FURNISHING
COLLARSHOP
ALLEN M. FIERCE CO., .
38 North Broad SL
Opposite Empire Building.
SNUBS VS POET
Mx*. Alfred Austin Is Hoist
By His Own
Petard.
By RICHARD ABERCORN.
London, June &—Ambassador Whltelaw
Held administered a painful snub to Alfred
Austin, the poet laureate, at the “Dilute
tea” given *t Dorchester house.
The English rhymer, discussing American
literature with Mfr. Held, rather tactlessly
said: “It Is strange that Amorim, which
has produced so many millionaires, has so
very few poets.”
“I think," replied the aiqbassndor, “that
the statement might lx! equally uppllcd to
Kngluud. 1 do not think there has been a
really great English poet since Teunysou.”
Mr. Austin could- forgive the American
diplomat for Ignoring Algernon Chmles
Swinburne and the others, hut was sorely
hurt by the Implied slight ou the genius
of England's official |ioct.
An Increasing numlier of English society
women are becomiug active autntiioblllsts,
and nu automobile club for Indies Inis Imtu
established at the very fashionable Clor-
Wge’s Hotel, Mayfair. The duchess of
Sutherland, one of the busiest as well as
one of the handsomest of the peeresses,
Hilda time to act as president and to lie a
practical chauffeuse.
Among other well kuown women who
drive their own Liaehtnes are Lady VVliu-
borne, the Rarouess Campbell von leiiurentx,
Mrs. Kdwurd Keuiinrd, the novelist; tho
Countess of Klnnoull. Miss Dorothy lecvltt.
another member, is perhaps the pioneer of
motoriug for women. Hlie has taken part
In Important races, and knows what it is
to be held up by the' police for exceeding
the speed limit.
member of the royal family who Is never
seen there is the Princess of Wales.
Her royal highness' tastes In music aro
those of the most uncompromising Philis
tine. Nbe Is very fond of light uiusle, and
often goes to bear the latest musical com
edy or a popular ballad concert. Rut slid
Is uot afraid to confess that grand otieni
bores her. Herein she differs strikingly
from the queen, who can sit out the long
est and most tcdloua of Wnguor’s “ring”
operas.
The thousands of skilled Rrltish workers
who are going over to protect Germany
will assist still further In ruining Rrltish
trade. The intention of the manufacturer*
Is to utilise the expert kuowledge of the
more costly type of articles which will then
be “dumped” In the markets of free trade
Britain.
Already over 70 pbr cent of the smaller
goods in EngfAnd are made In Germany.
A well-known hardware dealer, talking to
on Express representative, put the percent
age much higher—'“90 per ecut at the very
least,” he said.
Into whatever
goes, tho probability , ,
of the articles purchased are of German
origin. A round of retail shoos in a bin-
don street yesterday resulted In u striking
object lesson In this direction.
Nearly all the gloss fitted t<< Loudon win-
The bottle In which the Itrviilid carries
away Ills medicine probably came from tbo
other side of the North sea. Ho do the
tin kettles and pans and other cheap tin
ware, brass wire bird cages. “French’ wire
mills, bend trimmings, brushes and brooms,
clocks, cblna earthenware, electrical goods,
fancy goods and embroidery and needle
work.
“Northampton la rapidly losing Its su
premacy In the leather Industry,” wild n
bootmaker. “It Is certainly cheaper to liny
purses and hnndbuga and other ornamental
rWI7< WMI MM nuiiuiwiign. » J' »•
. Irv from Germany Is flooding the market,
while bicycles and lamp fittings are coming
over at an nnprceedentod rate.”
“German cutlery, too, ia ousting that of
Rhcffletd. Razors, knives, saws and work
men’s tools can In* sold by retailers at a
much lower price than the home-made ar
ticle.’’
The new millinery and coiffure, which
aim at height as Ihelr dfctlnrtlve feature,
threaten women with baldness. This de
structive new fashion, which creates tho
“huystack effect,” la described by a West
End hairdresser as not only Inartistic hut
ruinous to the hnlr.
Tim hair Is dressed na high as possible)
a thick pad Is pinned on tho crown of tho
head and over this tho hat Is rolled. It
Is then arranged In quaMItlea of smalt
earls, rising In pyramid form.
The hut Is lightly poised on this erec
tion and secured by two long hatpins. Tho
hnlr Is then loosened In front and plu-
nod up to tlic brim of the hat.
Denouncing this new fashion, a hair ex
pert said: .
“Nothing ruins the lialr more than drag
ging It up from the temples. In a llttlo
time devotees of this ungainly fashion will
not only become gray on the temples, but
link!.” . . ...
There Is one class of persons who will
benefit. -The girl with very short hair can
raise Ivor hat on an enormous circular pad
nnd pin her scanty locks up to meet her
hat. thus doing nwny wllh the toll of ar
ranging curls, colls or twists.
The *TinysUck” style seems like n revival
of the monumental coiffure fushloiisilde
enrly In the relgil of George III.
TEETH
EXTRACTED
poultlrely without
I ia In, SOc curb, iltst
teeth W. Money can
not buy better..
Fill LAD BLPUIA
KfWB