Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-28
What They Talk Of in Paris.
paris Cor. \. Y. Tribune ]


Paul de CaSsagnac will no more perhapS be
able TO play the part Of noisy Obstructionist in
the Chamber OF Deputies. The election was set
which he was himself up to the closing hour
the sole speaker. Those parliamentary men
with whom | RET turned from Versailles seemed
to tah hfn you'd have been more polite 70 val
listened to all they had 10 say on the subject.
but did not agree with them. | think 1t was
| right to dlspiace him-a proposition nobody
WHOM met yesterday would gainSay, and that
the act VIII serve as q wholesome example. II
IS also my opinion that he will not in the pre- y
ent current OF republican feeling in the south
! western departments Of France, be returned
again TO the chamber. Gamb3ttl. was told.
was against the invalidariOn, and his friend
SpElleT refused 10 draw up report in favor OF
II. was sorry for Gdmbottl and for those who
TOOK their enc from him il the lobby. The iile-
galitieS peTpetrateG by De Cass2gnac. the Pre-
Iect, SuD-Prcfect, and other fJncti0n2rie; under
/ the De BTosIe government, we're 50 gross and
Giafifg tHdf GauDCtt2 was DOVGrl6>s 20 nrc-
tent a hostile vote. II may BE- asked why the
republican tribune made himself unlarhand Tue
advocate q Paul whose conduct in the CHAM
per mas hcen q cause OF scandal ana a nature %
. bring discredit upon Parliamentary institutions.
seek out tie woman in the case, / answer.
Madame de beaumont, sister OF Ia Mare
Chale M2cMahon has been a warm. very
warm friend OF GamDCtta. who still often sees
her. ana IS q warmer one of De CaSSagn2c his
recent marriage notwithstanding. This lady is
femme ffGe. Prince MetteTnicl fought q duel
about her in the latter days OF the empire q nd
was badly wounded By his adversary. the Comte
de P0urtaieS in the arm. The Marquis de Cal
linet called OIit an ms Jicat admirer OF hers and
wounded him. III a third duel the person cha!-
lenged was killed by the gallant who defed
him. \ German journal speaks OF four ladies,
1.-The blonde, the brunette. the strong and the
auStere and witty" as often weighing through
Gambetta on the politics Of Europe The aus
tere and witty" it would appear, is an Old
friend never asks anything for herself or her
friends and exertS her influence in favor OF
policy OF moderation and OF principle. ''The
blonde Is Madame de Beaumont who IS ALWAYS
begging for places. Whether she communicates
the secrets of the Presidential court 10 the tri-
eune, or discovered his weak points 10 the EIyS:e
| cannot precisely State She may have done
both. Gambetta calls her to her face "Hia1i
Carlisle because be has perceived in her
likeness to portrait OF that celebrated intri-
guante by Vandyke. To the long harransue of
De CaSsagnac ia bionde.' who has made as
much mischief in the world as Helen, listened
with feverish interest mingled with apprahen-
sion. Notes passed frequently between her and
NJ. de Belmont and Gambetta. You can now
understand why the latter in the Hobbies asked
his followers tc validate the election OF the b.
napartlSt Deputy, who, he observed, did himself
in the Chamber Infinite harm and no good to
the BOnapartiSt cause.
De CaSSaGnac'S name has been q good deal be-
fore the public since he entered the Chamber Of
Deputies in 1876. 4 London Journal probably
on account OF Madame de Beaumont, generally
characterizeS him as 'the young and fiery
Deputy" He was young seven years ago: fire
ne has none when speaking. His interInlnab.e
oratlOnS, delivered IN drawing accent and &
mufied tone, are without method Or vigOr.
show OF tempeStuouS passion might excuse the
BliilDgSgate which appears, what 1t is, premedi-
tated, and which flows in d slow, turgid stream
Paul has the physique of an athlete at fair
and rather handsome Creole head ana face
The dark circles round the eyes tell OF a negro
great-grandmOther and of Sybarite habits lie
mas large, dark, 1ndOlent eye. never more than
half opened In the Empress Eugeaie's estima-
ton he is the handsomeSt man in Europe The
Bonapartlst ladies', who are Of the same mind,
are legion. Paul allows himself TO be pursued
by the fair, but does not spurn them when they
eaten him. ElScomteSSe de Brimont. the ma
demolselle Cleopatra" of ArSene HouSSaye is
one OF bis purSuerS. In the tribune de Cassag-
nae throws his handsome head back and ad-
VanceS his right foot. When the correspond
which he wears buttoned up, it is On his hip
AT the close OF each phrase he slowly looks
round the galleries to see what ladies are sml-
ing approval.