The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-03
PARIS GOSSIP.
Nj. de ChambOrd...The Chimney
Sweeps.--Emile ZOla's ssNana''---
CarIOffa

VI July IdsL-tle leUe OF nam6-uay OF the
Comte 1cc Chambord-a Eastronomic de-
monstration Of private character was
made by few hot-headed Royalists in
Marseilles. Drowning men, they say,
catch at straws. M. de Chambord caught
at the Marseilles banquet with all the
blind hope Of his visionary and imprac-
ticable nature. The proceedings of two
hundred harmless lunatics were magni-
fed by the Legitimist papers into ma
tional movement, and it was determined
to proceed to extreme measures. Manly
resolutions were considered indispensable
to replace the expsctant quiet of the last
six years, and NJ de Chambord got ready
manifest.
1t took the form, as usual, of letter
of sympathy addressed to a Legitimist
nobleman, and in due course was pub
lished M. de Chambord waited some
time to see the effect. Strange to say it
had no effect. Then the banquet demon
stration was decided on. Cunning ad-
visers of the princely exile whispered into
his ears, "Let us win the masses through
their stomachs. Let the white flag of the
Bourbons be in future table napkin.
Let us provide plentiful feast in your
ancestral halls, at Chambord, in Paris,
and in the cities of the provinces. Let
the wine flow unstinted, and let us have
the ordering of the dishes" The counsel
seemed good and prudent, though not
very dignifed. Dinners worth 10 francs
were contracted for with Legitimist res
taurateurs, and it was announced that
the price of admission would be, in the
familiar words of favorite comic poem,
"vat you please
Can it be wondered at that upon these
advantageous conditions, 1,20O loyal con-
wives we're collected at Chambord, and
nearly 1000 at various points OF Paris?
or that eager and thirsty crowds met to-
gether, to toast the Pretender, at Bor-
deaux, at Tarascon, and few other
places in the southern provinces? The
real wonder is that the hundreds were
not tens of thousands; and that the
burning eloquence of Baragnon did not
lead to conflict with the local police.
You may also like to know something
of this same M. Baragnon. Very little in
deed was known of the gentleman, out
side his native town, till 1873, when he
became notorious. 1t was M. Baragnon
who, in moment of magnificent-shall
we say, cheek ?-exclaimed, "Nous fer
ons marcher la FranceW
He was at the time an insignificant
Under-Secretary of State, chiefly remark
able for his excessive corpulence and his
profound but philosophical hostility to
the Republic. Since then he has been
twice elected to seat in the Chamber of
Deputies, once unseated, and finally
elected by a Monarchist coalition to a
Senatorship. In his personal appearance
he is SQUAT and vulgar. His rhetoric is
violent, but hollow; and his Opinions
, too absurd to be worth mentioning. 1t
| must be dreadful blow to the Legitim-
list Marquises and Dukes to confess their
need of such an ally. The very associa.
ton of M. Baragnon with the recent Gull.
nary (and manly) resolution would have
almost sufficed to deprive it of all serious
Importance. And yet, after all, there
may have been certain fitness in the as.
ISOLATION. For is not the 29th of Septem.
ber Michaelmas Day-a day sacred tc
geese-as we'll as the birthday of M. dc
Chambord!
1t is really doing the absurd demon
!, stration too much honor to give so much
space to it. Had not the London papers
, given it so much importance, it might
have been safely disregarded altogether
A more factitious, idle and senseless po
litieal commotion was never made. 1t il
to be earnestly hoped no serious notice
will be taken of it by the authorities
, Breaking butterflies would be earnest oc
} cupation compared to repressing the
, gastronomic sedition of these Legiti
mists.
While the Royalists were drinking con
} fusion to the Republic, a far more usefu.
body, the chimney-sweeps, was declaring
, war against society generally. To b.
plain, they were going out on strike
, The end Of autumn and the winter are
of course, the busiest seasons of the
2 year for the blackamoor brotherhood
and therefore the best of times for get
l ting improved terms from their masters
$ Most of the sweeps in Paris are eithel
: Italian or Swiss but few are French.
The foreigners only seem to have taker
part in the movement, and the natives
l are highly indignant. Nor is this un
| reasonable, for the earnings OF SWEEP
t have ranged between 6 to 10 francs /
I day-a highly respectable sum as wage
r go. One odd consequence Of the strik
!, is, that the recpening of the Chamber o
S Deputies ana the Senate (soon to be 10
: Gated at the Palais Bourbon and tn
l Luxembourg may be retarded, although
D to meet the emergency, sweeps have beel
improvised by the Government. 1t is
. pity the macontents are foreigners ant
s therefore do not count at elections The.
r might have formed such useful politi
n cal vanguard for the Legitimists.
| Emile Zola's "Nana'' is really about t
t begin in the columns of the Voltaire
i "Nana" is, of course, the interestin
:, daughter of "Gervaise," with whose ad
t ventures Augustin Days version O
I L'Assommoir," and numerous criticism
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