New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-31
LIFE IN PARIS.
,Hr.rER FROM ARsENE HoUssAYE.

pVI-RENiNISCKNCE OF BAkON ONoS-ihb
FRENCH rHEATER AND THE oPERE1TA-CHARLES
MoSsrLET-A DINNER IN DUPLICATE.
,rRou A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBuNEl
PARIS. June 21.-It is clear that the nineteeh'h
century is TO be the century of blondes IKE the BIN
tcenth Just as the seventeenth century was 'a' VI
che wig. and the eighteenth that of powder. All
ou,on arc blonde nowadays, South as well rs
Nor,b. Nestor Roqueplan once said, "God gave
h,ondo hair TO the women of the North to console
.ho man for having no sun" But now the Southern
,omen make them selves blonde by the use OF fairy
waters OF simply by bathing their HAIR In ammonia.
Some Of them color others discoOr; 1T is miracle OF
chemistry.
when. % wears ago. that young madcap whom we
called Ophea at the Coincide Franease FIRST had the
fancy of making herself blonde, " for change as
che said she never imagined she was introducing
fasbion. Now both the new world and the OLD nave
oo mad over il all women want to be blonde es-
,o.;al,v those who are gray. Silly violation OF ma
- Gov what ia more sacred than crown OF white
III, And has not dark beauty its characteristic
..o,;o, nc we'll as the fart saw recently Rus
80, rr;,ccss who was renowned for her black hair
and blue eyes, which gave her an incisive charm.
VIII she wanted blonde hair also, and has succeeded
in eifacing her beauty.
IL the ewes have ravaged hearts since the creation
of the world the hair has also intoxicated many lips
with it's perfume. A King contemporary with MOSES
fe in love with tress of hair which the way > Vi
.be Nile bore to his feet Was IT not the har VI 'he
pr;ncess Mantrilis of the Nineteenth Dynasty, she
Who was surna,ned the PalmH "The blackness OF
nor hair is rs the darkness of night" She was sui
clad in her long halr when disarrayed Her cheve-
,re dopbtless weighed 600 shekcls like that of Alb
.o,om "Clad in her hair is an expression which
oruos down from Paradise Lost. st. Paul sand tothe
Cor,ntbiaps that long hair was the glory OF woman
When Venus rises from the sea IN her ccr'esc Vi
Craees and Cupids, is she not incomparaoiy oeauti
o., :, that garment of hair which shines over the
,;nplnC brine like newer and softer sunf for
venns WAS blonde, and Helen; still falrer was
Daphne all antiquity wOrslnped far hair' IN al
The pocts fair is synonymous with beautiful. MATS
was blonde like Achilles there is mention OF con-
oueror a savage hero who dyed his halr red 'a' ,'c
might have the name of lion. MeSsalna was DARK
hut She wore blonde wig in her stealthy journeys
90 +bo Jnpanar. Ovid ragged in vain against these
Gcbt wigs: the Roman ladies persisted in buying
tber hair of the German and Gallo women In
BRITTANY there is a song which says that for 2,ooo
wears the girls of the country have sold their har'
and today they furnish the same commodity to our
tosbionaMc courtesans. But Venus, Helen, Daphne,
and the rest, did not buy those locks which seemed
like fine gold, and kissed their feet"
There is an eternal dispute among lovers ana
poets blonde ana pIack. D0Sh ''s eeii III VI!
hair said Sad Il will love thee like the night and
in thy presence will forget the day." An ARAB
noet has said. "Thy black hairs flutter like the
raveu's wing A Greek poet, "1hy hair is black ana
living ike the ccalan Pindar sings of both black
and golden hair, but Horace only of blondes. Ovid
,,raises the dark beauty of Leda bnt Aurora was
fair" he cries. daZzled by the rosy-hngered maid.
Another poet has said that where the hair Is OF gold
the neck is of milk. Where does the blonde begin
ond end, Alfred de Musset said Blondeas wheat"
The Greeks spoke of "honey-eoiored mar
Adratic honey for the honey OF the north Is paer
blonde like the hair of the Germans. the Swedes ana
the Dutehw0nen. Ii does not possess that warm
Venetian tone which captivates all eyes, There also
that flaming gold which makes the Rouse, beauty
NEGLECTED. in ancient times even more than now. iet
tho Roman women sometimes gave their hair a merry
t;ne the better TO express the ardor of their sen-
,on.s Solomon had already said to some OF ms |OU
wives. why this royal purple on thy head T. Later
prophet cried, "Why this color OF blood upon thy
l,.ir ~ IL was TO recall the rising and the setting
sum-
The admiration of golden HAIR arises from the fact
that light is the ideal of all beauty Apollo ac-
cor,ling 10 Ronsard. was all dsheveied Win hehV.
Homer compares his goddesses and mortals to the
golden Venus In history and in fashion, therefore,
we see the blondes triumphant, until such time as
tb. br1nes regain their empire. The North has con-
opered the South People turn in Paris to look at
1lact hair Queen Isabel said to me the other dav
els il not an insanity?' The Queen holds her
ground and refuses to dye her hair Sheretans tiat
Spanish coronet of jet black tresses until her time
comes to asume the austere crown OF whlte' bul she
would prefer to remain bruno az long as possible pe
her ewes are blue 1t used to be said of royal
personages, " She has pretty eyes, for a queen.
Yo, could say of Queen Isabel y She mas me eyes,
for n woman She does not presume upon them,
however, for she says, Good heart Is better than
good looks"
The doors of the Exposition were closed yesterday.
II was exactly the anniversary OF the death OF baron
Gros the historical painter Forty years ago. at the
close Of an Exhibition this ilustrious artist threw
himself into the Seine in consequence of an abusive
criticism which has been ever since the secret re-
norse of n man of talent whom will not name. In
1895 near the end of June, an early riser walking
by the shore of the Seine saw drenched hat hoat-
ing TO the bank He looked around for moment
and soon discovered among the reeds Baron Oros,
drowned since the night before. There was general
morning, for Baron Gros the painter OF the
"PlagneStricken of Jafa" The Battle OF the lyra-
nidsv and twenty other masterpieces. lie was per-
haps our only great historical painter This artist
died from pen-prick. He had exhibited " Hercules
and Diomeden NEUROLOGICAL picture, whlch Is now
Mt the Museum Of Toulouse, and which L admired
last wear without troubling myself about school
preiudices For criticism made fun of Baron eros
because he was still devoted "Olympan frippery'
II vras criticism which needed schooling. The gods
and heroes of ancient Greece belong to the eternal
youth Of the world. This poor, great man was re-
yensed by a splendid funeral. All Paris was there.
There were no undertakers needed for his students
themselves insisted on carrying him through the
ereat citv IN his crave This death should be an