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Show WOUliDKEFORM PARIS AND THEnRFOnB IIBIinNOBIt 19 VBRY UNPOPULAR. Wanla tnttilng That Will 'aver nf the lliliago MMr In Ilia I'arla l'fp.... lion llrinimU Nail War A treneli l'orllan. Although the Dreyfus affair I over, Prance cotiltmie to furnish sensational sensation-al development. (Senator llrne Her-enger, Her-enger, who has recently stirred up I'arla by Issuing a protest against some nf the proposed attractions of the music hall during the exposition In 1900, pose a the laleet figure of Interest In-terest on the atage nf French dramatic affairs Henator llercnger Is credited with being one of the foremost lawyers law-yers and philanthropist of Krance He la seventy yeara old, and J something some-thing of a puritan In nppearaneo aa well aa In character He waa made a senator for Ufa In 1873 after retiring from the cabinet of President Thiers, t3ii Bi'N.vioit itKNi: lir.itn.sw.ii In which he held tho position nf minister minis-ter of public works He took part In the r'rtnro-PniMlan war as a volunteer volun-teer sol Her. being wounded In one of tho fiercest battles of that struggle He Is a mrmber of the Academy of Science. Morals and Politics, and la president of the Society lor the Prevention Pre-vention of License In Street llxhlbl-tlnna. llxhlbl-tlnna. Ho contributes liberally lo many charities, but what specially Interests In-terests him Is the reformation nf criminals crim-inals Since he Is bent tipou overhauling over-hauling Paris It Is not surprising to hear that Senator llercnger Is not overly popular. |