New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-12
PARIS OF TODAY.

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interest. !Arsene Houssaye, in the New
York Tribune, pictures the Partisan society
of to-day as. having undergone decompo-
| sition. The saloons have lost their char
acter. and the delightful intimacies of old
times are no more. Railroads and steam
boats have made not only Paris but the
world a tavern, and great lady says
there is no opportunity for INDUCING in q
| serious passion, for the man at your. feet
to-day is off around the world tomorrow.
Since the Revolution French society has
gone to pieces. There was a sort Of re.
vival under the Empire and Restoration,
but 1880 struck it down. The bourgeoise
invaded the court Ct the Citizen King and
oyerran the Tuileries. The Second EN-.
pire made AZ aristocracy composed Of
; those Of birth, heroism. the pen and the
arts. Every one who had q name was re-
ceived by Napoleon. Now French society
mus: be sought in the neutral ground of
the embassies. Paris is hash OF foreign
nations. People are ceasing to dine and
commencing to take lunch and supper.
To give lunch one must have house, a
garden and fair weather. Tor it is only
in garden that one can properly skirm-
ish around q table decked with cold
dishes, fruits and confectionery. This is
a sale a mongsr worth while. You come
or 60. sit down or stand up, take turn in
the garden or turn in a waltz. It espe-
cially suits the women. For while at
serious dinner they show only the head
and shoulders, at lunch you can admire |
them in all their careless grace.
The Times contains letter which deals
generally with the French Assembly, and
particularly with Gambetta's difficulty
with the ''irreconcilable" Nader. The
old man insists, with Louis Blanc, in
speaking his mind, without regard to his
leader, and, in consequence. is booted on
his own and put down by the other side.
He never speaks except to defend his |
principles. and is the bette noire to his !
party whenever the yielding Of point is
desired to secure IN alliance. He was
born in 1914; admitted to the bar Of
Paris; defended Barbes; took part in the
revolutionary banquets of l84e; received
one bundled thousand votes in Paris, and
sixty thousand in Pas-de-C Calais, and, as a
man may be candidate in as many de-
partments as he pleases: he was elected
from Saone-et-Loire. II. Theirs was
elected from twenty-seven different con-
He remained in Belgium till
The fall Of the second empire, and Feb
ruary s, 1871. was elected red from
Drome.
The Catholics OF Bavaria did not effect
he triumph of the Ultramontanes, and
his fact affiicts those of France. Admiral
Excelman's death. by being thrown from
lis horse. was precisely that of his father.
licompte de Beaumont assy, author Of
several interesting works, died in his pub.
isher's store, as he was about to examine
. new volume. Atanasse Coquerel, the
eviewer of Remains ''Life of Jesus" I
lied in the south of France, where he had
zone to recruit his feeble health, the elo-
[uent pastor having become too weak to
emain on his knees a: prayers. The
monument over Theophile Gautier has
,een erected, and is renown, holding
he poets medallion. 1.-The political prin-
iples Of Theophile Gautier," says the
ritter, "were above all politics. He loved
rance outside and inside of revolutions.
lie did more for her, in not eonspiring'l
han the whole legion Of rhetoricians and
ttorneys. He has added star to the s
eaven of France" Victor Hrgo refused
, speak at the monument, fearing he
'ould be forced into politics, and per-
APPS remembered the poets words, ''The
ord is silver, but the silence is golden