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Corruptible Wealth. By this time, Dominique had another devoted admirer, the architect and industrialist Paul Walter, whose revenues from the vast Zellidja lead and zinc mines in Morocco at one time represented 10% of the entire foreign revenue of France. They were married in 1941. A tall, tough, humorous man, Paul Walter had both ideas and imagination. He gave away millions of francs, endowed hospitals from Paris to Istanbul, established the Zellidja Foundation, which offered tiny cash grants to young students on their pledge to travel widely and live by their wits (TIME, Dec. 1). He also had -with apparent...
Living by Wits. Walter's wandering paid off, he became a distinguished architect and a shrewd and lucky purchaser of mining properties. Twenty years ago, to celebrate his acquisition of an enormously profitable lead and zinc mine at Zellidja, Morocco, Walter began passing out some of the world's least lavish and most demanding scholarships. Each year, 300 young lycée graduates (average age: 18½) get $70 each, and certificates explaining their mission. Then the Zellidja scholars are thrust off to begin research projects, pledged not to use any money except the $70 stipend. They...
When the life-confronters return, Zellidja Foundation trustees judge the best reports, pass out awards-another measly $70-$90 in cash, plus the privilege of doing the whole thing again. For next year, the trustees are uneasily trying to decide whether to give Zee scholarships to girls. Mused one Zellidja officer: "The girls would like to have a try, but how many French families would like their daughters to hitchhike around the world...
...French Morocco, Walter saw something that changed his whole life: traces of lead ore, which he recognized because he had seen the same ore around a big mine near Joplin, Mo., U.S.A. Against the advice of experts, Walter decided to start the Zellidja mine at the site. Within a few years he was getting rich...
...able to contrast the different types of architecture, and that brought me success in my building projects. I was able to study different methods of farming, and that helped me improve my colonial plantations. I was able to study mining methods, and that brought me success in Zellidja. The boys will do likewise...