Show eiffel tower still strong the twenty fifth birthday ot at the elf bit tot el tower was celebrated a fow days ago the great iron structure ur nearly 1000 feet high has now become an accepted landmark of arla but when li it was first erected there was a storm of protests from such sue well known know n name jamea 13 in the world obart of art as gounod le conte de lisle coppee bonnat and do Mau passant who signed a petition against it the tower la Is extraordinarily light conits size for many years the bellet belief w was as persistent that one fine in morning orning it would be found leveled to the ground the result is that the champ cham 0 tie de mars district of paris has only recently been really laid out for building purposes the people having for gotten their tears feats now and being ready to live in the shadow of the tower |