, 1875-11-28
EUROPEAN GOSSIP,
How the. Artist Elem Entraps We
notian Beauties,
4 Sketch Of 0fenbach's Spectacular
Opera, lis Voyage dams la Lune.''

| "F~~o1 '3V sV3o3O Aouo 40 A4u0s
L6uts Philippe and the Painter-.-B -Beggar,
In Venice.
THE ARTIST ZiEM.
Atseue Housssve, IN recent Paris letter Il
the New York Tribune. gossips - follows &bou
the painter Ziem: Two Parisiennes fr1euds o
hts, Madame de- c. and Mademoiselle de P. BE-
ing in Venice were delighted to find Zian, VII:
knew everything and talked equally well ot
Paris aud Venice But the next day, at The hous
when be ras to have met them at the Piazza oi
St. Mark, white they were giving breatl-crunhl
to the pigeons OF the Republic, -for the pigeons
had never changed their politics,-ZieEn had
diasppeated. They kImost waited for him
after which they vent to walk With
out too much caro- a. to where
their little feet we're tending through tbs:
tbemselFes on the bridge OF the Rialto, stopping
idly before the shops, They we're struck by the
luminous beauty, the white fstp, tho golden hair
Of fair daughter Of Murano, Who had come to
I cell her doves 1t Venica; yes, genuine mer-
| chant Of doves fit to have been merchant Of
Cuptds in antiquity
!
pairs Of doves, for they we're doves for Two pur-
poses-to fr1cassee or to set up housekeeping in
nests. On the doorstep OF shop the TWO ladies'
| recognized the 6uxarrow boots Of the oblivious
| Ziem.
| ''Theze he is," said one; 'but huahl Ho is
beckoning to the dove-melchans.''
| In fact Ziem had already taken tho basket,
and was looking now At the doves and now 1t the
| watt Ay n~}to nt>n Fa-Sv inn
| he invited her into the shop. He was so en-
crossed With her that he had no eyes for his two
! friends, who were not ten feet from him. When
he had gone into the shop the two ladies came
| up. It was oue af thosa little shops OF this
| Rialto where Je"s, disguised as Greeks and
Turks, sell Oriental ssuifs and 1eWe'rY Of Venice
| gold. Looking in they saw that Ziem seemed
perfectly at homo Hs was Offering jewelrs aud
| small finely to tha-dove merchant As il every
! thing there belonged to him.
L. 1t possible that this artist is also shop
| keeper +" said Madame de q. Let us go in aud
| cheaper something" mo. no." said her friend,
awe ought not to disturb this tete-a-tete."
Now, "hat WIS Zien saying to the doye-mer-
| chant7 He was proposing 10 buy her doyes at
| her own price ii she Mould give him few MIN
| She refused psu1nvly. He thea offered her 20
francs. She refused still more haughsily.
NO. she SAID. "you might give NE your whole
! shop. aud I wouldn't then"
Ziem had beckoued to Young man dressed as
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fer her these silver ear-rlngs aud this gold ring.
Il sbe insists 90 being paid Ia cash make her
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Lis narsh.leh while the young Turk DISPUTED
with the dove-merchant. In spite Of herself ahe
was induenced by the charm Of the ribbons aud
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i HfsI ho " .e.e at,n sI 1as harsst F,,1
.us ~" - 8 r. ~ .norah, ..;fI h,d srch a.
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ha ,arah,,ah ~ .r,I xed,. ",sto1Irr t,,a t,~.is
.o 10 70 r. ae4 4,." aou sa.a1 >ao Joy
n.n,.d 1as" u nn.h;no ~ 40 o." ~1'4 "SE7
pesssa ~ a a,r.d.,,.;a.,,.a !. .o,,a
Maus 10 .taa ana thae ~ ~ eoa tta
n1 ~ d ~ .us t4Ss a,1ss ~ -, 'ao @
hset sJ ~ ~. ~. s1,nn -h.1 ,ha g-sst a1far ~ tbe
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other .;cht tbev d;d not retnrn for hst, N how
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n.a ~ I.5,s. vtbo,,t ,a1,n1 dorn s,thsr
~. nre ~ ~ h,a nstette Sac what heant,fni
th;ru have thera he eaid with tha faith of
an artist IN tns nfs: nte OF nls nspl1A'lon;
ne oose-me1cnaat! ioH nave seen nes
ar @.s - ~, "A sha ia ,ha trns Van;,;.nna ~
gior,iona's time. You have nut her ali ahye on
the canvss." 1t is only sketch 40 far; she
n1qst SIT again. .ls th.s yonr stuolo; then r
.,1a a ~ ro,, a,1 strs.,a.n,5 h ~,
moi know that the girls Of Venice will never
pose? Whatever they NAV do for love, they re-
fuse to do 1t for art. Titan, Giorelone' and
seronese 'nere1ote naa 10 cono1ne tne IVY mo-
LEE, .eoa Pa Ratestfa v;ns.o,a and tanners were
the models of ali the pictures of thess great
masters. Their Madonnas and their courtesans
have, therefore, the same type. In the M2don-