New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-17
PARIS GOSSIP.

IiIE DEATH OF DESIRE, THE ComHDrAN--sUIcIDE or
A TRAyIATA--sPECrMENs OF GALLO HUMOR.
IRON AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNEl
PARIS, Sept. f7.-Desr6, comedian OF some
note in PARIS died. day OF two ago, the village Of
Asnieres, In the neghborhood OF the capital He had
hyed here IN modest cottage for some time previous
to his DEATH not far from the Seine. The day OF the
funeral his little dwelling filed with that singular
variety Of men and women which only seems possible
IN France Here were mixed together those who had
kept the straight path and those who had sraYed from
it-mothers and wives who had fulfilled their duties
toward husbands and children and these who had not
An author two, two three journalists. several Bo
hernians OF uncertain occupation, aud crowd Of
actresses and actors were there to the last tribute
to the dead On the wall hung portrait Of Tost6. in
water colOrs, by Desire, for In his leisure
hours this his occupation. Tho sur
rounding furniture Of a simple description.
recoect D6sir6 on the stage as a stout but he
appeared in his coffin Of fragile proportions. Disease
had wasted him to skeleton One OF his last jokes
that he sufficiently reduced TO ride the Longchamps
races At the head Of tho bier "A magnificent bou-
quet of mmorclles which the Offering OF Isabelle
the well known flower girl Of the Jockey Club. Beaut
fu wreaths were brought by the Mesdamcs Jude and
Peschard who are playing in OF the pieces in
vogue, called tie mbale dArgent" at the BOues The
immoIteiles OF Madame Judo bore the words: mon
eam0rdde Dtsir4. One actor, Lionel, who exhibited
much distress had for eight ten years been playing
in the theatre-his intimacy with the deceased
being such that the public called them the siamese
Twins. One woman betrayed considerable emotion; it
was the cue perhaps, 10 heart story In the church
the orchestra OF the BOues present and furnished
the music, and at tho grave the manager Of
the same theatre pronounced the funeral grafton.
The Of the Comedians death the immoderate
Of stmulants in the evening when he appeared on
the stage lie advised by his physician to this
practice. and for timo the advice was followed, when
the public began to criticize tho playing OF the comedian
aud To hint that no getting tame. D6sr6 himself
Of the first TO note his falling Of and IN spite Of
the circumstances Of hs physician, resumed his old
habit Of stimulating for the stage and this killed him.
During this tme under the spanges OF the bufoon, he
set his pGbuc in Those who saw him Little knew
Row dearly no paying for his success. After tho
echoes OF laughter and the brilliant footlighs this poor
Yorick went home TO suffer from the reaction which
always set in after the excitement had passed away.
The news OF the comedians death announced be-
hind the OF tine Boules, between the acts of the
"Tmbae dArgent" a piece Of lively and indecent
gayey when the late actors friends fell TO weeping
men and women, for the man was much liked. Five
minutes aerward the weepers on the stage In the
midst Of the qups and qurks Of their respective parts
and the public knew nothing OF what had happened.
Another Trayiata has committed suicide by throwing
herself from her window The Of this unre-
Quilted oyethe only one as rule, which ever drives
these Phrynes 10 scf-destrnction Remorse does not
enter into the drama does in America, and this fact
gives fair ins eht into the difference Of society in the
two countries. This Pagan woman OF the Breda quar-
ter followed her life OF pleasure free from admontons
OF conscience and she only suffered when the man she
loved abandoned her There was deception in the
case; her character as woman OF pleasure was well
known before he ever met her According TO her, In
eating drinking and making merry there was no guile
ana consequently there no regrets. Our theolog
ans would call t OF absence OF moral sense
She lived ike the fauus, as far as conventional
morality was concerned. knowing neither good
nor evil, and she all the happier for It,
While the mangled remains OF the suicide lie under the
freshly turned earth Of Pero aChase, her sisters con
time her life aud are seen on all sides. The beginning
OF Autumn has brought them back to the city OF pleas
ure. Half Of the women meets on the boulevard,
and half of those in the Bots de Boul0gne De-
long 10 this class. The beautiful equpages on the
tour du lac are theirs. The most beautiful toilets are
worn by them. The daintes Of the Gaze Anglais are
spread before them ami Madame ChQuoPs best nectar
assuages their almost continual thirst Truly their
success their happiness and their luxury are anything
hut encouraging to the honest sewing girl VINO tolls
through daylight for y traucs day. 20 she i oIteh
dazZod BY their prestige and throws her bonnet over
the mill to become Ike them
Alberto Second who a sort Of drum major or htera-
turc has boen quite sick. During his sickness Adren
Marx who ia Journalist OF very small stature went To
see him. and On coming ont accostcd by third per-
son a. 10 Seconds condition. q would not Ike 20 DC IN
his SKIN" slid Marx Pshaw!" returned the other
"yoa would 20 quite at your ese-penty OF rOcm' you
know The same Marx who had been crtcising one Of
Cr6mieux pieces pretty severely met him ana endeaV
ored 10 smooth over matters. You know, Crenieux'
said Le have 10 write about something III my paper
in short have feather tpcn). You are covered
with them" was the retort Of the dramatic author'
Here Is a specimen OF the Gallo Joke. paryenue
who gave herself airs said to her maid VINO 'u
handed her letter from hand 10 hand; Justine you
must lrescn, everything TO on waiter; II you IAN
10 do so will discharge you" Tao next day tae MS
tre heard the servant ia king in the antechamDer WIN
some one. rang and asked her whom she was taking
with with my sister, madame" . ana not hho"
that yol had a sister IN Parls--wh.t does sue doi
"she n come TO got place but so far has not foHna
any, will help her TO get ono said the MISTRESS but
why don't You present her 10 mcP IL cane De done
ansyc red Justine She must be very proud-your SIS
ter" All mon dieu madame. 1t ID not that-lts DC
cause I can't get her on to the WAITER
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