New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-25

or an interneaton the works ~ his favOre poets ar,
always within reach. and among them LoBgielsv
usually occupies The most prominent place. lie kaov,
the literature 81 the day. and especially works ~ eiien
are 10 be lOuud In his lie fond OF cigar ana
smokes often when writing.
Madame GrGyy, the wife of the French presi-
dent, travels In the simplest Sue tases ere.,
pains to unperceycd. Notwithstanding he tronbe
taken 70 do her rather ostenatous hOnafe She hs.
just arrived with her daughter at Eaux.B6iac, whers
the manager Of the hotel, after serving et bottle
Of his choicest wine, astonsed 70 hear her y the,
she was accustomed 10 frugal life and dd not r. abs
20 drink at Eaux-Bonnes richer wss than IN Paris rhe
hOnors which nave ALLEN 10 her lot do nave
affected her In the least Many carpes think that Frane
ought to be represented with elegance aud her
Jus Is opposed 70 such simplicity.
Lord BeacOnsfeld is described rs remark.
ably careful IN his Dress although he no longer appe,
In embroidered wastcOats, fest0ons OF gold chains silk
lined coats and light trousers. He goes now 20 the
House OF Commons mornings quietly dressed In
frOck coat black necke and pair OF brOnzeO ored
trousers. But when he takes his walks abroad he
dons a wonderful light overcOat. with trousers shade
darker, blue neckto, ana whom the east wind blows
white silk handkerchief loosely tied round the throat
In strange contrast 20 the white silk are the sunken
wr!nklcd cheeks and the dead unmOved expression.
His face shows MS age bat from back view that
ningly-cut oYereoat would seem to surround man OF
forty.
Mr.. Gladstone in recent speech on "Beanfy
in Manufacturer" observed that very few OF the IN.
dusrial productions OF America have any beauty at all
remark winch greeted with applause by his
audience. The circumstances Of their national
isteuce," said Mr.. GlldstOne down 20 the present
slime have. from the scarcity OF labor aud other causes
CONNIE led Them do thing in the shortest and most
eecual way FOR answering the immediate purpose and
the beauty Of production has been entirely overlooked
may illustrate this by reference to pursuit 10 which
Ihave myself personal reatiOn-tbe cutting OF wood
The American axe is an not intended to a tree
away neatly, but to cut a tree away quickly. The
American does not pin aboht beauty OF work his
object is TO clear ground.
"0uidao is greatly concerned at the man
ner in which the wonderful old monuments and land
marks Of Rome being daily destroyedby the march
OF Improvement" she declares that the people OF Italy,
singularly enough have lost all Of the beautiful,
and all reverence for In the main terribly ignorant,
they have altogether lost that instinct toward the
which one would have imagined would have been bred
in their bone OblivOus Of all that In the past made
them famous they only ambitious Of Initiating
the fOes greater nations, boys initiate the vices
and vanites of men, As their youths IN high life are
mere bad, exaggerated copies or the Paris gOmmeux
every petty civic council sspires to DO Lllputien
Haussmann. The result is that the country is
with jobbers aud intrguers Of every kind that
scrupuous spectators bene1g and that the most
able relics and nObest beauties OF art aud architecture
perish that cOncesslODaries may Dtage ana attorneys
gorge"