Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-22

adherence to republican sentiment! The edict
'slR Simon fee fen 1 pgh sas
and his men were wild with joy. But the
wave rolled on and on, and blotted ouS Miitre
de Broglie and all his aides, and Jules SIN n
once more came into prominence. Philoso-
pier, humanitarian, mastery orator, it was
astoilNhing that a reaction headed oy such
should have swept him do En. Hugo, Thiers,
Simon! These three great names were scarce
y heard in 1867. A host of elegant plasitudeS,
lay figures whose outward adornment was
striking, but which possessed no aggressive
nor resisting force, stood in the places which
these worthless should have occupied And
erned by men of straw clothed in shadows.
itere is no savage slmp ely alb ut tn re-
rnh ic: H. who have inyitet tas people Of tn
world to Paris on the occasion of this great
the shah, the Queen of England. his Most
Catl Ole -MajestJ of spain are ae.c,,.ne. aad
PesidaEt IS owed tn lavish fe i've h Sapr
Thousand fraEcs in fetes and dinners, aud this
is as generous as it would be for us to hav.. al
loved President Grant half a million dollars
FOlelgn Affairs and Of Agriculture ami Com
merce are each allowed two hundred and fly
thousand francs; and the other ministers, and
the Presidents of the Senate and the Chamber
O. Deputies, may spend one hundred thousand
francs each. The wise, The witty and the
beautiful from every land are entertained
new lights, paintings. sta ues, poetry, and
song, are the features of every entertainment.
From the opening to the close of the Exhibi-
ton there are to be twenty six ministel ial re-
ceptiOns, and an equal number of ministerial
dinners, each of which will be a memorable
festival; The empire is OutdOne: republican,
M Menier, manufacturer with net income
from lis business of four million francs yearly
"a colossal fortune in France-rivafs the
spendorS of the Arabian Nigh in his palace
on The borders of the Park MoIceiu. re
publican, who died the other day. left sum
II elghty-six million francs, to be divided
49, AS Tor the ptebs, it was never more satisfied
tn; now, Not that it has more money than
it had III der the en pire. but its condition is
in proved, and tie trammels to progress exist
II" longer. The COVE nment was asked If it
would prevent the WOlkn ell from holding a
congress, Certainly not" was the answer.
senses. Were they, then, to lea lowed liberty
TOGO as they eascd? Could they have col
ctive exhibition of the products of French
wolkmen's indu try? Why not? They organ
led an exhibit which is in itself >utfici mt
refutaton of the bru al and cynical assertion
that hey are NJ fit for the suffrage. What
Jean d'Acre, voc. and shall Alpho ST. TeIre-
neuNe who has b. ell prevented, ty clr:um-
stances over which lie Lad no ctn;rOl, from
tracing bis ancestry, but who can prod ice Il
most exquisite bronze, or mayhap a wonderful
CT rOEometer, OF possibly a inacniue cunbin-
ing lnGt nui!y alu art i'll highest degree, shall
he not vote? Shall not the men who builJ
these pa'a ial residences. adjoining every ave
nue OF fal1S, have at least as much to say con
ceTiDg II pre- sentative government as bra in .eSS
tops no Wag their witlrS> pties oug at fest
foUr VII dOWS, and che. ter OF Amanda at the
bail. OF Lola ASS"Hln'Otr, and the latest indie
cency in comedy? The government knows
that TIE Uor kmen's 'coIleclive exhibit N"
will be the Vindicaton OF The theory of uri
yeISal suns CT in France, and hence it is n II
| lkeiy 10 Interfere With il.
1r"cadciO was once a dCsoatp, windy
l1..t. lt,,h IL
Wal delIng alol e late at Light. To light ana
fl OF il, as one stood fl oIiing the Seine. one
saw oll gay masses Of tall, Old fashioned
contain mystery. Gardens choked with
| ark weeds SUI unGed these melancholy
| w, lihss. Hele and there a long flight OF
sole STE pS led up to some high balcony, or
&C: cenc, into sub, erranean ecess. Bey md
llocaCtlo were the peac. ful dOmcieS of
| Ia sy elegant Villas. where ar. lists, acCorS,
ard iieialy men, made their homes; and
| u'm The bsetZe-swept height one could see
| away acluss the plains, over The tops of broad
| tUTests set down betw, ELI pretty villages and
,wnS, to tie line of hills on which the Pru,-
.ials place d the ir cannon in the siege of 1871.
NAH! sLeii did the Germans land on Troc :
| deI", aid in the dal ker days OF the Commune
ali lion hail fell there night and morn. Who
at passed few days in Paris in those stir
ring tunes does not remember the excur-
lois which the cal eless toTeign:r made
o Trocadei", for the pleasure OF being
shot at, and of watching the hi,>iug i o.,
-.nbes as they drowned thei' terro:s in tie
Stine? massive flight of stone airs .el in
hose days from the top of rrOcadero to The
Seine tmnt nkment: and down THESE steps
>httS, which had just arrivI d from the Ner-
>allltS batteries, plunged htadiOng, d, ii de-
| iielttd to take a bt h after their long aud
some what excl Ing journey. Tarougn mi
a, en- u over, SliaS j Sit UbihS and Emile
Ma la Brown and Mrs. Jane Arthur Hi rgin
".tOm tranquil! made heir way at All hours
Lot even shielding thrm>eveS Aitn umb ella,
rarasolS, bent only on saying, upon their
return to their hotel, that they had dodged
IT, ee, five, CT fifteen shells, as the case NIGH
e. 1 have known people to COM ali the way
Il rallW ay WHICH r. mai ed open. an, >pe d
Ing few days in lodging he shell and sol ii
hot which Papa Thiers'S troops threw into
Paris, thtn going away with an if Of radian
n:ent which was most amusing to wi ness.
To-day huge palace al iSeS on the spot where
nee stood the communist bate les, and the
ray walls are decorated with pretty pl tcardS,
teallrg the names of popular COMPOSERS art
sis and actors. Pan rs secured this palace by
| raging. three oul of the eight million francs
| WLlch II has cost the French government, and
Inc eGlfce Will prove treasure. Looking
| down the Seine from the Pont de la ConcOrde,
ne palace me!ts PRETTY into the skyline; its
levers, its long, semicircuar, lateral gale les,
| 81 netting like those of the Church of ST.
| Peter at Rome, produce fine effects. The ar
clitect could rot have builded better, had he
&c: LED to complete The picturesqueness of the
| view 1rC m this especial point.
We miss the splendid sweep and the eX1ui-
| site yel dure of Paramount Park at this Exni-
lHlCn, Tut v e are compensated for their lack
by the aJestic avenues on either side of the
| Seine, tie lines of massive buildings sur
| ICul ded with foliage, the Bourbon Palace the
lHValdeS, and long rows of barracks, upon
WEOi II outs france wastes more art than she
| is Wiling to beStoW on her school buildings.
| From the masses of miniature forest in the
| Champs ElyseeS the Palace of Industry arises :
III the wal m blue air. iofS and superb upon
| lis bill, towers The Triumphal Arch. On the
| left bark of the Seine the pedestrian, wearied
| with his long rambles through The Exhibition,
| may always find nook where he can seat
| Lii SELF, looking out on the SmOOt hly- flowing
| Seil Z, along which hundreds of tiny steamer IS
and huge bargeS are moving. On the ESpla-
LaGe Of the 1LvalideS an unrOmautic and pro
sale al mal show is established, and here,
-FOUR days in the week, Ole may see thousands
IF blue blouSed tanners, burly of frame and
| led OF face, IOaliT & in SteniOIian voices as
| tLey point out The merits of the stock. Merry
n-eh are these French farmers, with no non.
st nSe whatsoever in their composition. They
lake Stern plide in the products of their Ma
| tive con munes, but look with certain leaf
| Uusy upon Paris, the abSOrber, the magici.ln
| who plOtitS by their labOrS, and gives them
| Comparatively small return.
| Apr, aching the Champ de Mars by the
| AveL lie kapp OF by the Seine bank, the visitor
comes presently 10 long Se les Ul SeIuicircular
| buildings, gracefully arranged in the enur.
| nous spaces near the rivers shores. These
are annt xes deN Oted to agriculture and hOrti-
culture, and are extremely pretty now thai
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