The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-25
WHAT ~ GONG ON IN EUROPE


portant news last week from any part Of the
Assembly upon the Government was expected
but IL did not come of. Many will probably ut
tribute this fact to the skiful management OF
Gambotta; but his influence does not seom to
be on tho increase.
Since the day he was enthroned in the chair
vacated by NJ Grevy. his chief attention has
been directed TO his health. He seems to have
become decidedly alarmed at his constantly
growing corpucnce. During the Exhibition.
Sir Phillip Cuniffe Owen. then factotum Of tho
British department. and connecting link be-
tween the Prince OF Wales and the ex-Dictator.
persuaded him to live on a fve-franc piece n
day. and to walk at least five miles every morn
ing. Gambetta set to work. and walked daily
to Vile DAvray on his way TO Versailles.
These walks soon became known. and host Of
office-seekers and politicians began to follow
and annoy him. Happily. the resignation OF
MacMahon, and Gambettas election to the
Presidency OF the Chamber. put him into the
Palais Bourbon, to which Ia attached the love-
Hest garden on the left bank OF the Seine. A
footpath running around the garden affords
him nm opportunity OF taking his exercise
without being molested. But II seems that no
objects to tho monotony OF the exercise. and his
courters are ut their wits end
He has taken seriously to tho treatment, ard
has even joined tho Alpine Club with the inten-
ton OF leaving for Switzerland the moment the
Assembly adjourns for the summer vacation.
A daily Turkish bath is another part OF the
treatment. and 1t is rumored that British visitors
to Paris now make point OF calling ut tho
Hannah to have look at the great man.
The great sensation OF the week in Paris was
the "Assommoir " ball given by Chabrilat at the
Eys6e-Montmarto on the occasion of tho one
hundredth performance OF that play. The un-
derstanding was that both ladies and gentle
men should appear In the costumes OF that
stratum OF society from which the heroes OF
Zola's novel are taken. and the tickets Of invita-
tion were appropriate to the occasion. An adj
mirably sketched. llthy-looking barman held
out n card. on which the name Of the guest was
written. with a postscriptum in the corner
"On cassera une cro1te." which meant that
there would be n supper. 1t appears that most
OF the guests understood that the workingman's
costume must necessarily be rufflany and they
seem to have succeeded in composing n tableau
vivant the like of which even lola himself did
not expect TO see. The Paris correspondent OF
the London World gives the following details
on the entertainment:
zola one Of the few who did not wear blouse
lie was drcsscd-lke gentleman. ana his only chance
OF saving himself according 10 the rules was TO that
he apneared in the raNesiy OF tavern waiter Tour
Russian
on blouse over his black coat Cl,irn. the painter Of
actor, pork butcher, and there were bin suckers
enough Tor The wants OF Provincial town Most OF The
misia,Ses we're made by iorsg9crs The French knew
IN the spirit Of the Asslmmotr. There has been
people in masquerade Of ali tie misery vice aud crime
OF greet cry The ayorte uIe was the French rough
numeral flowing from under casqnetie Of SIN trousers
~ keeping. The meats and wines we're good Brtba 1
faubourg 81 Antoine-he wines poured out OF pewter
sandwie6sd between huge srusts Of bread II wa:
rsn,r sp'og,f S@Sn The ass 81 TaS
10 Inc ~ eyer',eigs ~ eesnse' OF eSsrss
shed At the ROBUSTNESS Of appeues At o'clock IN the
before T' so s se All. % 70 s II @
rcireshment bar on Easter Monday. ! saw rersen
every thing IN good part Ltonde Leblanc went TAT
anshcI o,S.,,ssnS Angelo really seemed 10 eniov i,
without enort She appeared asa washerwoman on her
scribed ii is only to be hintcd at
1t is evident this was kind Of sociable which
the Boy Of Tunis would not be likely to approve
Of. That worthy potentate seems to be cxcop-
tionally strict. On the occasion OF tho in
augural trip over the railroad which has just
been completed between Tunis and Algiers he
declared to the railroad directors that he would
assist at the ceremony only upon the condition
no women present in the company.
Another petty potantate. the Prince OF Monaco
seems to have a similar dislike for women--a
any rate, for his wife. from whom he is now
getting q divorce. They have lived apart
great many years. The Princess Is a daughter
OF the Dowager Duchess OF Hamilton. who. in
her turn. is q Princess OF Baden by birth. The
old Duchess detests England. and lives all the
year on the Continent because the English
Court would not give her the precedence she
thought due to her birth. She was a second
cousin and an intimate friend Of Napoleon III.
and after the battle Of Sedan was engaged In
desperate and fruitless conspiracies for the
restoration Of the empire. Hotel de Bellevue al
Brussels was then her headquarters and Nine
MacMnhon and Nine. Canrobert her chief Ms.
sociates OF late years she has lived with her
separated daughter at the stephonie Palace al
Baden Baden. where the mother and daughter
| kept up n semi-roya state.
Another crowned woman-ha King Louis
| ii. OF Bavaria. seems recently to have resumed
| the course Of his musical eccentricties. Almost
| every week he treats himself to n grand opera
| performed at the Royal Theatre Of Munich OK.
| clusively for himself. Even tho superintendent
| OF tho opera house is not allowed TO be present
footman remains in attendance behind the
door Of the royal box. and conveys to the artists
| after each acttho compliments or reproofs oil
his Majesty. Recently prima donna of the
name of Herzfelt was discharged on the spot fol
| having in some way displeased the King
The King Of Spain. on the other hand. seems
| to have made up his mind not to remain single
marriage between him and the Archduches:
Maria Christina OF Austria has been definitely
arranged. and is to take place at the expiration
| Of the one years mourning for the dead Queen
| Mercedes. The Archduchess is a handsome
and accomplished girl OF 81. the daughter OF the
late Archduko Charles Ferdinand. Her mother
Archduchess Elizabeth WINS married twice. heI
| first husband being Archduke Ferdinand
Charles Victor d Este Of the Modena branch o.
the Hapsburg- Lorraine house. This match O.
the young Archduchess has been favoritC
idea with her uncle. tho Emperor Franci.
Joseph, and was discussed previous to the sac
marriage OF Alfonso to his cousin Mercedes
| This matrimonial alliance between Spain anC
Austria is not unlikely TO become double one
| for the Crown Prince Rudolph. now on n visi
to Madrid. undertook the journey for the pur
pose OF curtinG King Alfonso's sister. Infants
| Maria del Pillar.
Another royal engagement spoken OF is tina