The sun., 1880-08-08
WHAT rs GOING on IN EUROPE.

after the cloas OF their sensons. There still rO-
main In the French capital about $50 .0O1 pco-
pie hut. in the absence OF the 10000 belonging
to the beau monde. they do not count. STILL tho
eareprpneurs OF amusement have to provide
for the entertainment Of the foreigners and
country people to be found ON tho boulevards.
Mabille 10 in Its glory at about II o'clock. after
the close Of Franconi's circus. where 1t Is now
the fashion to 20 to applaud the equestrian !eats
OF Mile. Elisa. the proeges OF the Empress OF
| Austria. The Mnbille Gardens nrc flooded with
light from 10000 gas Jets and with music from
band which discourses the airs of Ofrenhach.
Lecocq. and Herv6. 1t Is intended to add to the
attractions of the great dancing place chorus
OF 100 voices.
The chief object OF interest which attracts the
attention of the Parsians on their journey TO
the seaside is the house OF Zola. at M6dan. The
apostle OF realism has cnsconced himself in
the pretty little village upon hillside. close to
the railroad from Paris to Havre. Here Zoa at
first rented small cottage and kitchen garden.
but when money began to flow into his purse
he bought the whole property for 10000 francs.
AS his popularity increased. he found the cot
tage too insignificant. and built a mansion at n
cost OF 100 900 francs. Unfortunately. 1t takes
time to turn u kitchen garden into n park. and
Hoa's grand house and Italian terraces are
made to look ridiculous by the realistic potato
patch which surrounds them.
One OF the most sequestered OF French water
ing places is Arcachon. near Bordeaux. Some
English physicians found out that its climate was
peculiarly favorable for consumptive patients.
and soon tho little hamlet nesting in its forest
OF fir trees became favorte resort for weak-
lunged arstocrats. Now. however the specu-
lators have laid their hands upon the health
restoring spot, and are turning 1t into second
Monaco. with the cry OF the croupier echoing all
over the formerly quiet place.
Another favorite seaside resort for both the
English md Americans is st. Malo on the coast
OF Britanny. nearly opposite the island OF Jer-
sey. The picturesque little town is on the bay
OF st. Malo. The climate is very mild and
equable. the heat OF the summer benx tenn
pered by the sea breeze. The cost OF living is
very small and as most OF the visitors belong
TO the middle classes the society is not at all ex-
elusive. Driving. boating. bathing, lawn tennis.
and amateur theatricals are the amusements.
Two clubs have been formed sacred to the game
OF poker. in which the ladies join: and in one
Of these clubs the play is snid to run quite high.
In making some alterations in the Paris Post
Office the watchmen discovered a letter which
had slipped behind panel and lain there fifty
years. 1t was forwarded to its destination and
delivered to the person to whom IL was nd
dressed. Its writer. however. will not receive
an answer: he died many years ago. Not long
since. on the demolition Of the old pump in
Aldgate. London. q number Of letters were
found in the inside Of the box shaped pillar
The pump had been dry for years and the
authorities had removed the handle. but had
neglected TO close up the slit through which the
handle passed. The opening had much the
look OF the aperture Of letter box. and as such
1t had been used by ignorant or careless people
This was one OF the reasons that induced the
postal authorities to paint the London pillar
posts. as the street letter boxes are called. a
bright vermlion.
The merchants OF Paris are about to petition
| the authorities for the erection Of an exchange
They complain that the present Bourse the
building OF which was begun by Napoleon l..
has been monopolized by the stock jobbers and
that pure commerce requires another sanctu-
ary. Considering that the evil has been
patiently endured since the days OF Louis
Philippe. it may be thought that the merchants
are awakening to n sense Of tho wrong done
them rather late in the day. But they declare
that the increasing prosperity OF the country
justfles their demand. When Laws Missis-
sippi bubble burst. the French Government de-
creed that all financial operations should be
conducted under the supervision OF State
functionaries. and in 1925 the Bourse was es-
| tablshed in the ancient Hotel Mazarin. In
liso II was transferred TO the disestaolished
church OF the Petits Peres. Ihence II was re-
moved 10 the faials hoyai. sHerwaru 10 the hue
Notre Dame des Victories. and in 1903 the erec
ton OF the present Bourse was begun. but it
was. not hnlsheu in 1870 Ns cost eAceeoed
sl'ooo'ooo' NO persons were aamitted 10 the
inner circle save sworn agents de chdh0e ana
commission brokers'. VINO hau 10 De hrst ap-
proved OF by the ministers OF FINANCE and
commerce. wouia nave 'he look OF irony 10
mako an Ehgiish OF american STOCK broker
take an oath 10 De honest. put THIS Is the prac-
lice IN france. Mlraoeau once said: DON'T
care now many suotie distinctions are urawn
between him VINO speeuiates ior rise ana MIN
VINO specuiates ior n laii. place ooth gamesters
on par. lheS are eouay lischi7'ous anu
equally cohtenptiole' lhis sharehohger may
play against lhh' shareuoheer' ou. they ooth
commune IN paying against the PUBIC.
According 10 the journal de 81 fe'ersoour0.
sanara. one OF the most iertlie Hraih-Srowihg
provinces Oh hussia ID aRain threatened with