Show ph the e worlds world s finest city adir yi fraud boast of parisians is the literal truth stately buildings and beautiful parks in profusion special correspondence there is probably no city in the world which presents go so fair an aspect on a bright autumn day as does the city of pans paris the first impression one gets of it comes from the symmetric al manner in which its great thorough fares are laid out then one notices the splendor and magnificence of its architecture characterized throughout by harmony of style every structure through an endless succession of squares gardens bridges and boule yards fitting in as it were to every other finally comes the human inter i church 0 of f st eustache v er ersal sailles lles est and certainly with its street crowds its military bands its bril biant uniforms mingling here and there with the gay dresses of sightseers the outdoor life of pans paris I 1 not merely at but even fascinating among the many things which are characteristic of the s ren city Is the extent to which life ii 1 public there and especially the ease with which the visitor who cares to toiler foller the crowd may come in sight of if not into ac contact with the celebrities who gathered from all parts of europe as well as from many other foreign coun tries make pris P ris ns their home one of the first men foreigners who enter the french capital are almost tion tiona allty lity add to thi i record the many less brilliant yet none the less useful social and po services which through the instrumental ty of his pa per mr bennett has performed for his community at home the drawing of the latest c lild bild of european bridge engineering the font pont du alexander III in pans paris gives only a faint conception of the lar beauty of this show piece of the pans paris exposition of 1900 it spans the se ne at abou abol the center of what was the exposition grounds and millions of passengers rode or walked across it during the gr at fair of two years ago the total length ot of the bridge is 57 feet and the eidth tee fee the road way occupies a space of 70 feet in width and the i on either side s 30 feet wide at both entrances are two pylons in n white mard marl e each J feet high 71 y L r corridor in hotel de ville surmounted by gilt bronze statuary representing pegasus with fame about to take her flight at the lower end of the pylons are four pieces of statuary representing france at varl ous epochs two groups of massive lions guard the approach to the bridge broad flights of stone steps lead from the lower quays tn t the floor of the bridge at each abutment and at the top of these steps are groups of statuary representing the children of the vases the cost of the bridge is esti estl mated at about and it is said to be the finest of its type in exist ence brumont originally a hack writer for the french pres afterwards show ed considerable ability as an author of works one of which was aga crowned by the french academy but he did not become known to fame til his bid for it in a bool called jewish france net with an immen immediate diate response some editions ot of it were sold in a few weel a in this I 1 ook the foes ot of the church were denounced as jews foreigners or ger ix ans while the lives of public men buch such as gambetta and jules simon were held up to contempt another of the celebrities of paris is de blowitz the correspondent ot of j tt U e london times who for the last t barter of a century as I 1 deur du teems carried diplomacy and statesmanship into with a degree of success that made him known all over vae the world he began life somewhere ere in the austrian slav co entries spent his youth in a way that enabled him to ac quire all the more important of the european languages acted as pro of literature in a at mar seilles lectured in 1868 married a french wife the garde na did patriotic service in the I 1 ranco german war and finally owed Ms his position on the times to the tact fact of being asked in 1871 to represent its regular correspondent frederick marfi all during his temporary absence during his connection with the t times M de blowitz received 22 deco rations from all sorts of princes and potentates roten tates besides having been made officer of the legion of honor in 1878 tor for services rendered ren to peace dm dur lg jg the congress during the same period he wrote I 1 more than 3 columns of the times i and Is said to have talked with half I 1 j of the sovereigns and statesmen of europe al de blowitz had so perfect I 1 a memory that he could report inter bews verbatim terba tim without having a single ingle note on one occasion he in oils this way reproduced a speech ot of M ahiers to the extent of twenty two I 1 columns for the times count boni de caellene Ca ellane Is also eel but in another way he ile does I 1 i gj 0 o f XI K y sure to meet is bennett of the new york herald the boulevard flanour remembers mr bennett main ly as a wealthy american interested in yacht races and auto automobile mobil ng as the man who sent stanley to find liv LIN Ing stone who helped to open up at af rica to civilization who organized the jeannette expedition to the far north and defrayed the cost of a dozen other enterprises of world wide importance the better informed of his own na not object to being called a perfect type of the parisian dandy of the fau fan bourg school a keen sportsman and a lover of pleasure but he la Is also will arg to have it known that his name la Is derived from the old castle of castel lane on the loire that it has descend id cd to him in a direct line for exactly 1000 1 years and that the family es t tes are worth f f in 1894 the court then 26 years old came to this country tor for pleasure ind to complete his education early in 1895 was announced his betrothal 0 miss anna gould second daugh ter of the late jay gould the multi millionaire nillion aire ahe marriage tool place on march 4 1895 10 weeks atter after their first meeting the ceremony being sol in the house of george J gould could after an elaborate wedding breakfast the happy pair sailed on oil tle tt e first steamer for france enormous expenditures of money on the part of the count attended his introduction of the countess into trench krench society it leing generally un der stood that it was the gould torvund the fortune of the countess to the extent of 3 that was thus squandered quan dered the debts of the count be ing raised to 4 an action followed in the french courts brought by george J gould trustee for the countess his sister I 1 bior to this the count had succeeded ii ix bo borrow ing I 1000 from the goulds but it was soon gone in such items as site tor for marble palace chateau at pau yacht valhalla building little trianon 1000 brie ai I 1 ac jewels and furniture r lost on bourse HN ahing ing ex benses cards and race track clothes r carity 50 0 maintaining yacht 1 while the couple anere a ab nt in new york reports were p shed in the pans paris papers that grea ly annoyed the count not only I 1 d he threaten vengeance but on chiq tui tuft to europe he fought a duel wit I 1 j curot of the petit nc c ind ing the editor twice he ile a ad t trouble roubie ith others and gave ral challenges |