The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-19
CARNIVAL IN PARIS.
CHARITY AND aAYETY Welded IN WINTER
PALACE BESIDE THE sEINE-MURCIA TRANS
PLANTED By CONJURoR's wAND-BULL
FIGHTERS, aITANos AND cABALLERos-THE
PRESS FEIE
iBY CABLE TO THE HERALD

tBy CABLE TO THE HERALD
PARIS, Dec. 10, 1879.
The tete given last evening by the Press for
the relief of the sufferers by the Murcian inun-
dations was one of the most brilliant events
that Paris has witnessed since the close of the
Exhibition. Journalists regardless of politics,
combined to make it most unique and
brilliant spectacle, and the government, the
foreign ambassadors the stage, the opera and
the public lent their aid to the sacred work of
charity. The management was entirely under
the control of journalists The four
newspapers that were entrusted with the
working control were the Figaro, Gaulois
Tolairc and Eerenment One hundred and fifty
thousand francs were contributed for the pur-
poses of the fete. The result has been an in
calculable development of good feeling between
France and Spain, showing that Frenchmen
excel in nothing than in works
of Renaissance. kilograms were received from
Senior Canovas del Castillo, acknowledging, in tho
name of the Spanish Senators and Deputies who
composed the Central Committee at Madrid, the
good offices of the French press. The Marquis of
Moins, Ambassador of Spain, took an active
part in the preparations His representative,
now in Paris, strenuously urged that half the
proceeds should be deyoted to the poor of that
city.
IN THE HIPPoDRoME.
The fete was held in the Hippodrome, vast
building on the banks of the Seine The
with mounds of snow 1t was O night
of Arctic, hyperborean severity. Never
theless' the building was crowded with
the elite of French society. Thousands were
present. The Spanish visitors were headed by
ex-Queen Isabella in person. Indeed, the festival
had been delayed till her return from Madrid. M.
waddington and his Cabinet were noticeable in
two stage boxes Opposite them was NJ. Gam
BETA. All that is most notable in Paris, whether
in poetry or craftsmanship, in journalism and
oratory, was represented in the assembly.
The amphitheatre was serried mass of
the beauty, wealth, genins and valor of
France. The scene in the interior was dazzling.
The electric light Cleaned overhead, flags
waved on all sides. The American banner was
promincpt among the latter. In the centre M.
Aroeuf, the architect, with an army of carpeu-
tiers. carpet-makers and decorators, had set mn.
in pasteboard, u vcritable city of Southern
Spain.
MURcIA IN MINIATURE
Murcia, with all its minarets, its monuments,
its palaces, was there represented. Chimes
rang out in the towers overhead, fair
forms in mantillas promenaded the ter.
races, duennas pccpcd from the balconies of
the palaces, and in the sixty stalls of the fair
some of the most charming actresses in Paris
vendcd and rewarded purchasers aud caboleros
with "a smile. There were multitudinous
tapers there were fountains; there were
grottoes; there were bazaars. Nine.
Nolan Carvalho sold music, Thco cried
violets, Judic told fortunes, Sarah Bernhardt
wrote autographs, Croizcttc sold LIE Carnarai
the journal Of the fetc. The cover of the latter