La Patrie, a daily newspaper published in Paris, published a front-page article on Alexandre Lion's institutes on December 21, 1897. At that point, Lion had established storefronts in Paris, London, Bordeaux, Lyono, Marseille, Brussels, and New York, and had also exhibited at numerous exhibitions in Europe and the United States.
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