, 1879-05-27
Candidates for immortatitY-..The
Coming Academicians.
Leoonte de Little and the August Forty
~--Labiche and 80 Voyage dc
n. perrichon.'
Operatic (Iossip..-l'attf and Nicofinf---
Society Talk---A Modest Author
--.The Salon.
stfetnt Correspondence of Tnf Tribune.

death OF q ss+calle1 ituMortat." Very often
the deceased Inns not been buricd--and fl France
the Inv requires burial within thtrty-stx hours
utter tile announcement VI tho deatl1-wten tic
papers inform Us that the vacancy IL to be com-
prted for by such or such 4 person. The
elaborate oFatfons, In which welcome Ia given to
new II" Immortal y ure always counterbalanced
by the equally elaborate orattun devoted to the
late occupant Of the Academic fautc,tf1. That
IL one comfort. Each frcah arrival hds 10
sing the praises OF his predecessor. whose place
he has H,ade such Indecent hasts to pounce
upon. II he have any sense Of the tugubrtous,
he must
PERL RATHER UNCOMFORTABLE
during the ccremUny,-knowinE l,u~ short. nt
tho beat. his own spell Of Immortality is to he,
and how soon some happy rival will ba pru-
nounctng similar, and perhaps less glowing,
ouiogy Of himself.
II Is not very long since NJ. de- Sucy, the emil
ncnt writer, and ". St. Kcnc.TaiItandier, the
wctl-known Professor, were takc,, to tllc bosom
Of their fathers,-lcnving two seats at the 1n-
stituto to he foueht for. Already formidable
list Of candidates Las been published. Charles
Mnnsc!ct, Lab!ohc, 1.econto dc Listc, Francois
Coppee, n. Louis Rattshonne, and good many
besides, arr all meut1nucd as possible COM
petstors; but think the iHt.,cs Of tc last three
gentlemen should be omttteu. tccontc de
T.stc, Of all 1lvin. French writer's most worthy,
perhaps, Of Academic distinction, has coMtrived
10 yet into tile had gracrs Of the august Forty,
wfotu he somewhat GIFTED at Tecctlt election,
they say. The story goes that havlnE, on n
former occasion, alinolInced Its intention VI
eonsheting 'of 'a'''cu1l maj happenea A. thc
time to os awaiting an occupant' he s'ad prom.
-. -
This hi Is said to have remarked that, II Having
yi,tor t1rro,, nromise NJ vo,c, ,,e ,,oLo, ,,r,on
'ie1os tiuso's pron''se ~ a'o'e' 1'e 'oohsu opoa
his election as certain"
.. THIS DID NOT PLEASE
m ,hr 1T eccrti nj the Arms n-no t,a,,ht ,i,,nt.
~. n.,.''' .., H., "."
''R uleHsc.sea squs' :" :''"'' io' i"at Very
reuson,-a'ld II was soon lnade clear to the In
cautious candidate that eycn with Victor 1Iugo's
snnport. ho VIVA mn nearer IN ,rmorta,itv.
'1p ~ 49,. ,,.s.s.. H..
4.ssu.v &c. ..a.t. ~ ns1 - ,,,I., IT,, aS w. "es
cut lhscntloa OF tfyns 10 rrpaiF luz aeteat, tor
he knows that nothing but fresh humiliation
would COME OF It, As to that remarkably
,,,,.1,u. .,,,,,,r wan ~ Ern,,ot. f1,,ra. ,,,h,
~ .ss 80. .,...., '. 49,. CT. r. r,..
iate'S lsetu'eu 'euE tn'es' ~ '"e oh'!o oes eon-
feFe''ecs. on l.,s own Itie ana poens' havo good
stcn over the hcai of hia mn,tcr.-onrc ,,,s
,uoacl-Lecon,c dc Lssle, What II. Rats
,,a.,a;. a,s,.ss -, ao,t ,nor r.. tn"a1ad ~. !,
ooa'so e'"','a ~ 'sas 'A"' w 'oo"'s" va 10
best Eno"n 10 ha1'setl. ...'
So tho list may be reduced to ". Lubiche and
81, Monsctet,- OF the wItttpst, most elegant,
unl fonr,fut ,rri,rra ltylno I,,hi,ho Il ~
t" "e "
cousset the aulpoE oi LII taEnotte, Lc
FayaEc de VI. F0rrlehou," At11 lot more OF
those slle-spittug farscs tt.cy play at the Paints
Royal, md Try to render, III tho form Of adnp-
tat{vns, in London u,,tl New York.
..,r vny.a. mr. VI. rvun1crouu
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!1ssfioaps is t ~ Jns' nSen
!. "lth H. sssut IT'LL, sas ,';s*s ~ ~ ooeu 81. neata
~ uo ntnei st -, =. - ., us ~ -. & LUZ .unest,
eGstscs., .E,: a..u M ~ .nS sne te nost M
pEl'osauplctl' , sss ILL.,. pS usl . matton sincs
.uo .a"S " -, 1l.,.s.a, ~. e''tn ~
tYlsas tIe"su uuu.,Gsieo's'wpS9'hpuus Enoeant,
eaotlst'cu's tIa' Sunua' mnM s'o1esilnus.w!ns tlt
1a5net ol gaaan'inE uuuEnnI. ..t,i tn's youpe
,auy WHOSE nae, son.u nacpnon y afenrtette'
nas two @ , 11e'roe' ;, a.. H.
senuous Me'uop ns.het, ",'n ,,e. 1.a. 3ueaiu'
An cqaanY Me,s..ouo. ~. .'oFS as MoFn; alfsct.
or VI s'Ca. s""'pt. e.,,t,,... ~ H. ['sns, "Ho
t,1,. - a,uifzorin11 md ,vb,i, in Me. tornr.
ri Iutid pf ruurists, swllyIiInr hotci.itcepers,
and r,usiraL boxes enicayor to win thu fall
Hrnyjait's affections aud cr fatber's favor, hut
fiIry 70 h, wUrl, In li!Terrut wnys. While
1rt,taud fnnocently and pcraistr1tty tries to
mnirg IN i,unrcssIon by bc!,Ir dcfrrsntfal utri
usrf,d m n Perr chm. Ills r{vat nffnnta mn al