, 1879-04-02
Tha Artists Ball ut the Grand 0pora-some
Of tho Costumes Worn by
: tho Actresses.

Into BY tic person It In d1fccteu a6alHstt HLeteE
they were mndc before or after 1t, And puts TINT
person exactly Ia the situation of minor. AZ
a consequence, "famlly council" with the
sanction OF tic courts, nppofnts "gliardan,'
CHARGED with the entire management Of Ills or
her Dsopcrty. There Is a good deal to BIZ said
in favor Of this peculiar French institution. II
II vcre introduced elsewhere, there would be
fewer instances of Dukes Of Newcastle and
NIarQulscs VI Hastings running themselves and
eta,uIug their famiIr-cscutcheon by rcck-
less turf spccu1atfons and club-gdMbllng.
STILL Il might be as we'll to avoid abuses, Inter-
dtctlons orc convenient tools for jealous
or hostile relations to iisc against ono in
such la.ll ns France, when the patetnal prln-
clple is pushed 10 ridiculous excess in govern
ment, in lnv, and IN eoclal matters. Much good
1t does TO the society 1t IL supposed to benefit.
The Bcnuplan trial seems nn instance de.crv-
ing attention. Tho parties interested move In
the highest circles hero. nntl arc well known.
N. Arthur dc Dcauplan, who lntcly appeared
for IN s'lntcrltction " against his son Castor, was
formerly sut-Dlrccsor OF Fine Arts. The son
Is one Of tho
MOST rRoM1NEyT YOUNG "DLOODsn OF THE
NouLEvAnDs,-
handsome, polished. and entcrpristng. 10 ia
reported to bc universal favorite with tho frafl
beauties OF the theatres; an1, being rich as we'll
as Eood-looking, 1t Is likely enough rumor for
ouce Is right. DuFlng'thc terrible events Of 1870
md 1871 l,o played prominent part Hc WIS
condemned to ba shot bv the Communists,
but escaped by almoRt miracle. After
that he Joined tle Versalcs troops, mud helped
to scale tl.e nights Of Montmartre On the Inen.-
ornble tay which saw tic entry OF the Govern
u.eut soldiers into Pnris. But Providence seems
to hive been rather l,Rrd on him there, for an
oycs-zcalous military gentleman, ,,istuklng him
for q Communist, was ON tho very point u put.
ting bullet into lin. n. dc Beauplan's face
was 10 bluckencd by powder, anu hts uniform,
80 tatfcrcl, tllut he could not at the moment
prove bis Identity. It would hAyc Jared III with
him had he not Ind the luck to bcthiuk him Of
pass given l,iEn by Gen. dc LatnNruult. That
eaycl his body; hut not, It appcars, bis reason,
according to tleaunblc statement Of Ills father,
J. who declares Goston
NEVER HAD 1IlB AEN3E3 ,,,, IN,
from that time forward. This cuursct was
matter that needed proof. ! don't suppose So
=.eIcty would ever have heard syllable about It
,nless CASTOR Ind begun to throw his nlonay
about rather freely. At 81 many so-called sem
sblo indtviluala do thu same without strait
ratstcoat GelnE thought Indispensable. Seeing
the {runcs going faat, however, n. dc Deauplay
pcre came TO tho conclusion TINT something was
few uf thu Teasnns brought forward III support
OF the soft impeachment Of .diocy. They Will
mike you upcn, vour eyes, fancy:
In the first place, he is snd to have been slib-
1cCt to terrible "mouomania whlc! has ruined
lnany tnnilics..--tlie lnonon,ahia ior lmposstblu
nventions.' Read, . 70 Ed!solls at,d jahloell-
ko1fs. mud ayoid this country till your Inventions
aro tnnturcd! That Inononlat,ta aava wny to
auothcr very Roon, says N. d. Deauplau tho
elder. CASTOR for season was mad on vGloct-
prdcs, aud took It Into Ills "in.bcci.cn hcat that
those uggravating mactturs might bu turned
to various useful pnrposcs of Industry !ntl eonl'
1llercc. Prohahy h!s bump Of enterprise (pnr-
don mo, 0 Gael AnL BpurzlIon y Ind begun tC
develop suddenly. for tho imbcclty quickly
took another BfIapc.
THE DEVIL OF SPECULATION
entered into the luckcss Gue.o,,. He under
| Took business oneratlons on large sealc.-
] "spurchaslng silks, lacest stuifs, potatocs
i el'annaanc. and ellver-plase." Next he went
nsaVG IT. for of oqt scs t,rouE
tried what could be mndo Of a fishery scheme
l The 1stl, imagine; DID not bite. Gastou WI:
! nut discouraged. We lnd him busy With u pla,
ind A1rscan palm leaves; ho also dabhltd lit
lie In copper ,nncs--,lDd this assurctlly, at til,
first blush. does lend sort 81 color 70 the accll
sation madc against him; Worse still is it Il
INK documents without rradlng what they ar
about. Nevertheless, It staggcrs you, rather
when NJ. dc Beauplan pe1c, summing up al
: conclusion that 0aston's imbccility is pntcn
mud unmlstakablo, aud requests the inv to issu
There was somo fear OF Judgment gong
deflult. Young CASTOR had nlH intlcl!EGcY nu
:. to show himself when tho case came GU; but
LETTER OF lib
was Teaa tn court. llcre IS tllls letter, wh'c'
. by-tha-by, Ills father adduccd u an additions
eVdcnce Of insanityf
lam or.. have had enough Of tho doctors.
tn rrHpk In Mt