Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-19
OUR PARIS LETTER.


THE TRoCADERo PALtCE-sTRBRT SCENES AND
INCIDENTs-FLIGHT OF THE ARTISTS, ETC, ErC.
PARIS, 5th June, 1880.
II one can get TO the Salon early on Saturday
morning 1t Is good time to see the pictures
There Is no crowd, most of the visitors being
artists and Students for it Is easier for these TO
leave the schools on Saturday and take the
quiet morning 10 study their favorite pictures
One might as well attempt to read all the
Doors written on wellworn subject SAY the
origin OF eViI as to examine separately the pic
lures III the Salon. Even the EFFORT TO ind many
or those which we mark In the catalogue as
being desirable TO see only results in a weary
wandering from room TO room. SO the best way
Is just to stop before the portrait, or landscape
or group which attracts ones attention, and try
TO take away some impression of 1t.
Some pictures tell such eloquent and touch
Ing stories Dagnan-BOuveret Is one of the
French painters famous for this power. His
only picture this year Is entitled IAN Accident
A little 0oy not yet In his teens has had bad
hurt in the hand Some kindly neighbOrs have
brought him TO the plain home room; the wound
mas been washed and very attractive young
G0e.of oslndlng It skillfully The little fel-
ana Is faint from loss OF blood, bur he will not
cry out or fllnch for the world The most ex-
neither bear TO go away nor yet to look at her
little lad, so she crOucheS near the bed In the
corner hiding her face In her apron.
Tnere Is wonderful =" Ishmael" by Raub, a
native OF BreSt. The outcaSt lies on the bare
and burning sands-a figure telling In every
line the story OF utter exhaustion. One of the
very striking Scripture paintings Is the saul
consulting the SorceresS" by Joseph Wencker
lStraSbourg-pupil OF Ger6me.) Tie witch of
Endor Is no withered nag, but a young and
neauuIul woman Her eyes are diiated with
leTTor as Sne gazeS ON the form her enchant-
ments nave evoked. Saul,-hi5 kingly adorn-
ments all In disarray, hts red robe thrown aside.
hls band clutehing his hair.-crouches low on
one Kilt e, LIS looks wildly fixed on the spectre
The spirit OF the old prophet stands white and
stern, Yet with no look of the grave. The
moving robes, the appraised insignia of the
priesthood, and the sandalied feet speak OF the
other tut not less real existence from which he
mas been summoned. His presence Is so clear
ana VIVID IL terrif1eS the two who have dared to
call MIN Oack 10 earth.
Lumina1s sends an historical picture. solen-
didly painted, and grand II the subject be
rather repeillng. Clovis I'd having conquered
and sends them, lying helpless on a couch, In a
rude BOAT &c float down the river Seine The
current bears them to the monastery OF Ju-
mfeZeS, where The monks rescue and shelter
them.
Jules Breton, whose beautiful country scenes.
peasant women and wheat fields have placed
MN very nigh In modern art, serbs wonder
1ui evening scene. The figures are as simply
CLAD aBd as unaffected as possible; yet there is
dgnlty and poetry in them most admirable
The setting sun, round, red and mist-veiled,
sheds last ray on the appraised form and face
OF one or The figures, and the COUGHING forms of
the two others They are "weeders," resting
aitef th+iT Gay OF heaVy toll.
AuguSte BOLheur (brother of Mademoiselle
Rosa BChhGur, who, strangely enough has
not exhibited this year. sends two large pic
lures: II ne Return from the Fair" group of
Sheep aid COWS with an Alpine backgroind
very hard In color, and Horses at Pasture
Beside these is a very sweet and charming
scene, bridal party returning from the tying
OF the knot, in a wis boat. The river runs
close TO the home WIZ. e a .frte Is prepared and
figures stand with outstretche51 Welcoming
hands TO greet the young bride and groom
Sull life pictures do not generally convey
much OF story, but the painter of La ftte de
FabSent' (Madem0iSelle DeSbordes) has DEPICTED
a very touching and suggestive one. A globe
STANDS on table beside 1t vase OF flowers,
fresh branch OF blossoms resting on the spot of
eaMh where the beloved absent one Is believed
10 De- A little box OF the precious letters Is
near the last one still open after its latest pc
IuSaL
Mademoiselle Sarah Bernhardt-who has
managed TO create rather turbulent atrnos-
sculpture. her painting, and finally her daring
disregard of "ies conVenances'' In social and
business relations sends striking and some
sS Pesgs girl has Just
flowers and jewels show intensely against a
rose-colored background, q bright-winged in
seer mes near; put behind the maiden stands
pale Death who touches her shoulder and
tTea.hes his warning in her ear. The picture
bears couplet In French, which venture to
translate freely and impromptu:
"Coms!"-In her dream the beckoning phantom
And wtispers-'Tove but dies :-immortal. Death
There is only space to mention two marvel
lously painted. still life pictures, by Blake
UesgoHe, or very rare and precious objects;
lne "Nymph at the Fountain" and Head in
RepOSt' Dy Henner. one Of the most famous
artists and teachers OF Paris, and most vigof-
Gus end life-l1ke portrait OF Monsieur UIysse
Bntin. py Ernesr-Ange Duey:-painted, EVIL
Gently, In the openeSt OF open air.
Sitting half dreaming In a corner OF the
tram wagon" with my eyes still full OF the
pictures l had been seeing, thought one If
The Salon and seated herself opposite. 1t was
peasant woman In strangely picturesque cos
tune; ep rich yellow-green, with bodice (
black velvet; large apron OF soft purple; an
old chain about her neck; quaint, pretty CAP
OF White lace close to the head, surrounded "
the stif, clear square OF thin muslin pinned In
looking In that brilliant part OF Paris. yet she
had the simple, self-p0SSeSsed air OF the real
TeaSant. and seemed as quiet and cOntented as
II she wee on her way home from Sunday mass
The city is full OF English and American vIsl
tors; one can hardly call them strangers, for
9ney nake themselves very much at home In
English we're displayed with the announcement
OF Monsieur Claimants weekly organ recttals at
tne palace OF the Trocadero. This immense
building, erected for the exposition OF '6S. was
at that time quite out OF town and In very
rough and uninproved part. Now the streets
art all idIu OUT around IL. and large apartment
buildings or the usual style are coming up close
by. The grounds are beautifully laid out: the
uamWays and stages reach IL from all parts
admired, and Is rather Of an odd and
undignified kind. The middle building is a ro-
tunda, and on entering 1t one sees that as usual
IL Is rot often safe 10 Judge by eXternalS. It is
magnificent concert hall, seating am afraid
10 say how many, but certainly over i've thou
sand persons. Every visitor can hear and see
perfectly; IL Is well Lit aid admirably yentiia-
ted, with the ampleSt MT ans OF entrance and
exit; and Is decorated In good taste The organ Is
very noble one, and does not break she Circle
OF the hail, but hts into the cOncave The ar
rangements for the performers are excellent
also. There was az Thursday afternoons con-
cert an orchestra go pieceS) OF stringed fnstru-
mentS, and lev artists OF good standing In
Paris assisted VI. Guiimanls organ playing
was, or course, the chief attraction. He plays
With much taste and refinement, but he Is not,
as 1t seemed TO me. equal In fire,
br1niance and power 20 Mr. G: W. Morgan,-of
New \ ork, was going TO say, bat OF the United
States might be the hitter locality, as the repu-
tation OF Mr. Morgan Is as wide spread as the
Union 1 could Lot help wishing 70 hear him
play on this great organ and In this superb
Sale de concert, or, What would be preferable,
that we might, By some Arabian Nights en-.
chantment on the scale OF the nineteenth cen
fury, transport TrOcadero palace organ and
all, 10 one OF the cities Of the western hem
1Sphere. Even then, however it Is TO be feared
We would have 10 leave the surro indings which
make the Trocadero so 1ne.
Coming out OF the concerCroom to the wide
corridors one holds ones breath In admiration
and wonder at the magnificent view. The sky
n hS,f he ole,