, 1879-03-29
What May Be Seon There..- Mile.
Anonyma's Clearance-Salo.~-
Frailty and Fashion.
An Old-Book Auction. ;.lsnyers md Sell
ers.~-A Bnnkrnpt's Furni-
turc-Salo,
Tho Brooantenra---A Warning to the
Well -Dressed- .-Japanose Gods
--.Piosures.
Special Correspondence Of The Tribune.

oh"hJ Aho5 NAHA1iIf sOH~N"ht AaseS - Ft''Oe- ~
lnok at, called the Hotel Drouot, 1t II lower
tllan ulost rartsfan buildings, aud more dismnl.
The windows nre few a,,A eur,ousty shapcdt md
the architecture generally Of the ,uglicst, wffu
tho sordtd walls, deiaced by hundreds upon
hundreds Of n,auy.hucd poslcrs, havo an mir Of
overwhelmingly tempered by something COM
,neretal ind prosperous TINT acts you thinking
vaguely Of certain shops which thrive by repeat.
cd bankruptcy. 4 French tratlcsuian once owcl
NourishIng business to an ingcntously-wordca
advertisement which he bad put up outside ILLS
store. "At Inst" said the legend, ttat Inst wo
have fatedl' People read the announcement,
stared for n moment {fur tic art of advcrtlslnE
was in its infancy tlien( grtnned. anil finished
by going IN to buy. We'll, tho exterior Of tho
Hotel DIouot reminds ono OF the shop am A.
ludng TO. It has very spcclous air of failuto
about 1t. You might suppose 1t lived by failure,
and lived well; nor would you bg far wrong, for
the Hotel Dros,ot is the
CHEAT AucrioS.MAlsT or PARIS,
There Is no moro interesting sight In the city
than TINT which may be seen anv day In tic
week, except Sundays, inside the four walls of
this musty, il.s1ncll!ng cdTt'cc. From TIL Q
IN tho afternoon IN eycs'clsanglng crowd poura
in npd out through The swinging doors. a sale
levels ass.lstfnc.iona sIngularly. Hcre como
the rlchest and tile poorest, tho most yrtuous
and tho most vicious, tic man OF tasto and the
man Of money, tic woman Of fashion aud the
woman IN tashton. Thls Is Liberty Halt No
ono Is excluded, nnl1 there is nothing to pay.
Anybolv nny stroll IN and help himself to
scat. Tile entertainment provided IL Invariably
exciting; you need never fcar boredom hero;
anu II yon happen to belong to the mue'l-dc-
ridcd clnss Of philosophers you tnay be sure OF
n,JI. f. .-t3rt
nor. nccnr1nr M ro,,r 1,uro.Eio nnv n,,nnt,ty
A"5t usso'u"s " sou' nun'o." un5 Vhaa',ty'
know no plaee 80 admirably suited to oFios
out Tho secret passions Of humanity ns a sn1e-
room. Imagine, then, tho wealth Of Interest IN
obsctvaut mind may lnd In building such as
this which contains nut ono salc-roo,n, but
t,yontv. not oue crowd. .,nt score
'"@.r5 ,,n, ,,,|..,oss -,
thE. .HStaAt.IA ~, Noei,o's ~ iA'is'
% they do many things beaides very much to
tile convenience OF the public. No lnattar what
oltrr. yon nnv he i, trarch of ,shc,hn- n n,c,.
nm ~ tcono, - h;,h, tohio or a rnrs h,ol. ~,
A., ~ 49,. - s" e .e =. ,, .s "uo"' -. ~
TO tue Nuo nronos a"d you VIII IND It, hut
| you must make up your mlud to bear q little
dtscotnfork, They aro rcprcheus1bly carelcsa IN
mint nf c,can1,nrss ot the II IIntel t1es Vcntea,,
po"' .,.a y. sas :. s.' ~ ~" Ns' se''Ies
anu tnero ,, IS Eooa . neal o' e tooRn.a,a.rcaaY
larknE inaulged In at times. IT, would be as
well to arm yourself with a bottle of cau-le-
Co]ocuc II YOU arc at III, saucan,tsh for sor1o III
I'm gcutrv ,sn frenuen, thc ton,n,o .ro ohtonl w.
."s ss,'s'5 WIZ l.Ya'", ~ VI. .sM.e a'e uoJee'
tlohably otioFa1erou6' Sor "oala 1t 10 amlss to
taso strong opcraclass with you. II might
! holm Yol to ,lctcck tho oc1.nalonal Innocent
,.n"oau .,,,sa :, "a%n.aa rsape un; .a..
I'oneeene hatuFc. 10 auu'eseu' inero Will 1hen
be lnss dangcs of 4pying cracked Sevrcs for
sound, Or mlstakng d Gfth.rate duub for cetl.
unc f,oro, nr 1)toz.
Let u, take a ncyp at what is roine, on In two
| -" tNeF 49, "-se so k~''ts va ~ vi