The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-05
FOREIGN ITEMS.

occupied by wrinkled crones OF uuattracJive
aspect. Mad'lle Gabrielle de la Perine, after
presiding for some time at the sale of news
pspers-consentipg every now and then as
special favor to sell one herself--has at last
forssken her kiosk, and Is on the point of ap-
pearing on the stage. She had already shown
some little talent as an actress, but of pas
sive rather than OF an active kind. Her make
up as a Spanish girl-blsok silk dress, black
lace mantilla, with gold ornaments in the
hair-was charming, and probably correct
and her favorite attitude of repose, evidently
studied, wasfull ofgrsce. Considering, however,
that she used to be at her little kiosk early
eight in the morning, and that she went there
again in the afternoon and remained until past
one O'Clock in the morning afterwards, it
would not bs unnatural II she sometimes did
feel sleepy. She was always quiet and modest
In her demeanor, but the reputation created
for her by LIE GauloiS, Figaro, and half a
dozen other papers of the semi satirioal and
gossipiDg kind, made her numbers of enc
mics among the members of her temporary
profession, who denied her even the right to
feel sleepy at half-pas one in the morning.
Still faithful lie Gdulois has given it's young
protegee part in the "Gaulois- revue" An
air from ole premier jour de bonheur' has
been introduced to afford her an opportunity
of displaying her vocal talent, which is said
to be considerable.
"A Hungarian paper tells an amusing story
about the late Prince Metternich-a tale with
moral, such as it is. One morning the Dam
ish Ambassador desired an audience from the
Minister, who ordered his valet to get him the
Order of the Elephant, in which he wished to
receive the ambassador. The valet looked
through all the Minister'S orders, but was
unable to discover that of the Elephant.
Time pressed, 80 the Prince sent in ali haste
to some brother diplomatist, and borrowed
the decoration in question for half an hour or
so. This done, he received the ambassador,
his breast duly adorned with the Danish
order. The sight Of this, however seemed to
act as an extraordinary spell upon the visitor.
He could not take his eyes off the Minister'S
coat, hesitated in his speech, and exhibited
altogether such distinct signs of distress that
Metternich could not fOrbear at last asking
him whether anything had happened to him.
"Nothing," the other replied, greatly embar-
some extraordinary mistake in our book of
orders at Copenhagen. l had begged an
audience from you in order to decorate you
with the Order of the Elephant, which we
seemed to have forgotten to bestow upon your
Excellency before, and there you wear it
already" The d<nouement-that is, Meter
nich's laughing confession-comforted the
diplomatist greatly, and Mstternich was now
duly, and in all proper form, installed
knight OF the great and sagaeious quadruped.
In spite of the thirty theatres now open
in Paris the "conferences'' on literary sub
ects are well attended, and are certainly we'll
worth attending. AT the last of these
'lectures"--as 'conferenoes' in which the
talking is all on one side would be called in
Epgland-M. Louis Ratisbonne, discussing
the merits and sketching the life of Alfred de
Vigny, told the following anecdote about his
marrisge:-"He married, when he was still
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English millionaire, who in his munifcence
never thought Of his daughter. In the first
place, he did not like poets, and he was
annoyed at having allowed his daughter to
marry one. Lamartine mentions somewhere
| that one day when he was in Italy he met an
Epglishman, who said to HMM. de Lamar
tine, you are pset, are you not Well,
l married my daughter to a French poet like
| you.' 'Ah what is his namei' Il can't
Lsmartine, among other names, mentioned
that of Alfred de Vigny, that the eccentric
Epglishman exclaimed, yes, that's the
one =" M. Francisque Sarcey's conference"
on Journalism, a subject with which he, il
any one, ought to be acquainted, attracted
particularly large audience. Speak
ing of journalism as profession, M. Sarcey
said that to be a journalist in the present
| day man should possess much informa-
tion, good health, some independent fortune,
and enough courage not to mind feeling
| dEcloSSS in contemporary society; and he
thought 1t a good thing for journalist that
journalism should net be his sole profession
The Mayence Gazette publishes, on the
| authority of q Paris correspondent, some
curious revelations as to an alleged attempt o.
| the ex-KiDg of Hanover to conclude an al
lance with the Emperor Napoleon last sum
| mer against Prussia. The correspondent says
that King George offered to place at the dis
posal of France an army of IL 900 men, to be
| raised and maintained at his own expense,
and that this agents represented to the Em
peror that his contingent would probably be
much increased by Hanoverian deserters from
the PIussian army. In return for this assist
ance the King stipulated that in the event OF
successful war he should be restored to MS
throne, his kingdom being at the same time
increased by small slice OF territory, ano
that iffOrtune did not favor the French arms
provision should be made in the treaty O
peace for an unconditional amnesty to the
Hanoveriaps who were engaged in the war
The correspondent adds that the Emperor
showed no disposition to accept King George
overtuTes.
-Absit omen! Simultaneously with th'
Lord Chamberlain's circular to the theatrl
cal managers, we perceive decree by I'M
Duke Of Coburg, whereby the ballet is, In nj
theatre at all events, abolished now ana Tor
ever. The money hitherto spent ON the corp
in question Is henceforth to be added TO tn
salaries and pensions of the musicians an'
other worthy employees of the theatre: Tn
most remarkable thing about this reform !
this, that the German press takes 1t up Will
unwented warmth. We should not In tn
least be surprised to see the anti-ballet move