Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-08
LETTER FROM PIRIS.

THE CoMPONIsTS' CORNER: CHOPIN, CHERU-,
BINI, BELIINI. AND BoIELDIEU-THE GRAVES
OF ROssINI AND AUBER-PLEASANT SOUvE-
MRS AND PLEASANT FACES, ETC, etc.
Correspondence Of The Eceni7lq Star.l
PARIS, Sept. 25, 1873.
well remember that excellent Paris letter
of &c. III. BIS" in the CipitaI, about a year
ago. which subsequently proved to be written
in Washington, but was none the worse for
that; his description of Paris then given
would apply very well to Paris of to-d day; only,
alas, the Ir0iS FrereS restaurant is a thing of
the past, the Chateau deS FieurS myth, and
MGbihe-ah. MabiIe.'-that has degenerated
during the Exposition into something entirely
un-PariSian; a resort of doubtful characters,
patronized exclusively by foreigners. The
Exposition has killed Mabille.
MIRRORS AT MABILLE.
Wen, Il may be no great loss now but in hy
gone days Mabille acGS charming, before they
commenced to reduce the terrain and make iS
smaller and smaller. An effort, and very
make up for lost space by tue ingenious appli-
cetiGn Of mirrors; only, this trick has the dis
advantage OF inveigling young (and Old) gen.
tlemen into butting against and smashing a
hundred-dollar glass when they innocently
fancy themselves promenading down an ave-
nue. OF endless vista; and it has this further
and very awkward drawback. that when one
is In pursuit OF particularly pretty and
attractive petticcat, he suddenly finds himself
brought to bay in a corner where he finds
himself surrounded by fifty pettic0ats, ali
alike, and their owners all flirting and laugh
ing in precisely the same manner; there they
are, as the cannon at Balakava, Sin front OF
him, TO the right OF him, to the left of HIM"
ana Ia the rear OF hlm,-and may be on top OF
him, fer there are mirrors III the ceiling, too
anG TO save his life he cannot make out which
is the real article and which the counterfeit.
But The music at Mabille is good, and the ef-
feet, Oh Jete night, when the thousands of gas
jets are all lit, and reflected q hundred times
IN the surrounding mirrors, is simply cha rln-
ing; nothing more fairy-like can be imagined
On ordinary nights, the price of admission is
two francs; on Jete nights, five; only gentle
quarter, t0rnerly known as C{OSerH deS
L1tdS), all ladies are admitted free, and freely
Of the dancing at Mabilie shall say nothing.
BULLIERS.
have referred above to Buffers: an eStat-
ishment something like lIQ5ilte, but rather out
of The way, and far more genuinely Parisian
IN IT'S character; Against a portion of the wall
Which surrounds it was placed, on Dec. Z, 1915,
Marshall Ney, to be executed by his own
soldiers. His cody was thrown into ditch 10y
the WALL the ditch has been filed up long ago
but the wall is still there; and in front OF it
stands now, at the place where the ''bravest of
the brave, as Napoleon called him, stood upon
that day, bronze statue of the marshal. Not
fifty yards from this spot gyrate the Partisan
students, with their etudidrtes, cocottes and
gllSetteS, In the fancy maZeS of the waltz, the
polka, and the everlasting can-can. Here we
have tragedy and farce brought face to face
Paris. @' i' -
Speaking about Ney, whom had always
aCnIlred fOr his courage and his fidelity to the
Emperor, makes me think OF the churchyari,
THE FAR-FAMED PERE-LACHAISE
where MS body is now buried. But there Is no
stone to mark its last resting place. In quiet
eolner close by an old wei, and surrounded
by boXW0od hedge, rests the dust of the
brave marshal. But his grave is always green !:
roses, lilies and fuchSiaS adOrn it, aud it is ey-
dent that some loving hand is carefully tend
r.Y1n Cfnr I.-y- 4.
reaches the little wicket in the hedge, some
one, evidently not a professional stone carver
has rudely cut the letters NEY thai is all there
is 10 inform the stranger who is tie occupant
Of This quiet and silent corner.
co not belong to that class OF travelling
Yag"bOGdS Who cut and carve fi0m pillars ana
statues aud slash into everything to knock OF
something tiat can be carried away as a SOU
Venlr: noi even from the graves OF Abelard
and Eeloise, MollGre, Or Lafuntaine, did L
, carry away, q single pebble; hut L confess
Noy. And when L found that the grave ef
Beini, the componist, whom we have 10 Thank
lof Norma and many other equally grand COM
positions. had been, strange TO say entirely
overlooked by the guide 6ooks Cor at least
such OF them as have SEEM, Well then took
aforget-me not from his grave, which is just
peHau o. M 1at 81 Gietry anG nearly opposite 10
ering a few square yards, and in close prox.
unity to each other, rest the ashes of Beilini,
Boledleu, G Ghe ca Gtry, Herold Chopin, Pleye, Ne,
Dl,
the author OF Paul and Virginie." When
standing here, amid these quiet graves, one
E 1selS sM,iangely M an impressed, as at the Poets
had perched upon the stone Which covers the
grave OF Chopin. and its sweet notes, with the
rustllng OF the falling feaves, was all the sound
The graves of Auber and Rossini are at a
considerable distance from here, in the large
main avenue which leads from the entrance
in the Boulevard de MGuilmontant to the
tn
other, and close by are those of David (the
painter.l Ledru Rollin, Beu'e, Arago, and AL
1fed de Musset: The day OF my visit to Pere
L0chGtSe being Saturday. the Iraelitish
churchyard which forms part thereof, was
closed; but managed to gain admission, neV-
eftheiess, and reverently removed my hat be-
fore the tomb Of Rachel, the great actress
Nearly opposite TO this is the family vault Of
the RothSchilds; the little chapel which COW
ers 1t was fairly filled with wreaths and bo-
9uets of white loces, the day of my visit being
the anniversary of the death of the y0ungeS5
memter, Andre, of the Paris branch or that
1$mily, who died in September a year ago
NMle Gu the subject OF churchyards, | may
mention that A Ha!Gyy, Ghe comp0ser,) Horace
nernet, Theophile Gautier, ana Heinrich
dnnnfs; aelne, are not buried at Pere Lachatse as
A0fitDtdftfe, III the northern part of the city.
AMERICANS IN PARIS.
10 come from the dead to the living: have
had tLe pleasure OF meeting many familiar
faces during my somewhat protracted s0iourn
III Paris. While your able editor in chief, Mr.
crosby 5. NOyes, was here, 1 was unfortu-
nately absent in Italy, or should not have
1alled to pay my respects to him. Neither did
nave the pleasure OF renewing my acuuaint-
aEce with our two popular fellow-toWnsmen,
hlesSrs. HitZ and MetZerOtt, who are here at
the same time, and, as 1 understand, made
themselves no less popular here than they are
al az nome. But that jolly good fellow. George
W. Adams, l did see; he looked as wen aud
nearly as ever, but complained that the restau-
ant at the Grand Hotel did not come quite mn
to Welcker's Well, George ought to know.
1of lie is a gourmand and can appreciate tur.
DOT. Governor Mccormick looks a little care
worn and tired, but is as polite and clever as
eVer,Cscmething, that can not be said of al
the members OF the commission. Some Ameri
cans, having official stations to fill, do, when
they come abroad, feel themselves aWfuIlv
big; 1t IS like the story of the frog, etc,
now, declare, have forgotten all about
the Exposition! To write from Paris without
referring to that would seem to be an anOmaIV.
but this letter has already grown lOager tbanit
should had been, and shall keep mum on that
SUBJECT Your readers, doubtless. know ali
about 1t already, and perhaps morethan I. who
nave only been there a dozen times or two The
gres test success in our division (and ont of if.
tOO) is our marines who (pardon the rude ex.
pressl0n) take the shine out Of the slouchv
little French soldiers, who look more like rad
legged caterpillars than ANYTHING else. This
putt ought to entitle me to a complimentary
tieket TO the next bail at the Marine Barracks
abou al e it MnaDy AMY 5Sai SSaTa pe1se see Major zen