Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-27

dinner to few chosen friends, after which
followed reception, when the poets hotel
on Avenue d'Eylau was jammed with the
celebrities of Paris Saturday evening the
friends of Victor Hugo gave him banquet
at the Continental Hotel, on which occasion
remarkable speeches were made by Emile
Angler, Mr. Delauny, one of the noted actors
of the Theatre Francois, and Francisque
Larcey. Victor Hugo responded with his
usual eloquence and beautiful images, IN
which were pictured, in charming colors
love, charity and fraternity.
The devotees of Patti, who constantly
revel In the charm of her trills, complain
that apart from the prima donna and Nico-
hni the troupe is abominable. But such is
failing of directors they cannot consent
to diminish the brilliancy of their stars by
an absence of surrounding darkness. Patti
was taken hold of by the grippe, as has oc-
CURED to all the singers this last winter,
and so general was the complaint that
operas were postponed for the want OF sing
ers to fill the roles. Patti was obliged to
absent herself once, when the door of the
opera house was of course closed. The
expense caused by the grippe, summed up,
was one dollar for physicians visit, twelve
cents for hot drinks and one thousand two
hundred dollars for not being able to sing
ART.
Mr.. Makart, the Austrian painter, re-
Gently exposed historical picture in which
everyone remarked magnificent head of
an old man. The brilliant qualities of the
masters touches added new charm to
the exceptionally characteristic features of
the model A short time after, the
artist received visit from parsonage of
mysterious appearance who, after compli-
menting him on the execution OF his work,
asked him in confidence the name of the
person who had posed for the
head of the old man. The artist
was very much astonished, but after
explanations on the part of the visitor,
gave him the address, at the same time as
surfing him that he was mistaken in his
surmises. Several hours after two police
officers arrested this handsome old man of
II years of age, who was not only model
but also a dangerous criminal escaped from
prison. 1t may be remembered that Ma
kart is the artist who obtained the medaille
d'honneur of the late French Exposition.
The magnificent picture was painted in
view of its being placed in the museum at
Vienna, but Makart incurred, by some
means or other, the disfavor of his mon
arch. He therefore was obliged to try and
place his picture elsewhere. A gentleman
in Paris bought it, who afterwards tried,
on account of its immense size, to dispose
of it. At length Makart bought it back
again, and his friends having reinstated
him in his monarch's favor, the Emperor
bought the picture, and it is now to be
seen In the Museum at Vienna.
FASHION.
Short dresses are becoming more and
more the rage and are worn by all ladies
under fifty years of age. Scarcely any
thing else is seen at balls and entertain
ments. The spring fashions are long max.
ing their appearance-p-obably owing to
the continuation of the cold weather. 1
saw very pretty street costume, belong
ing to California lady, Mrs. c., who has
been spending her winter in Dresden. 1t
was of cachemere de pInde and croche.
The front of the skirt, from the basque
down, was of large box pleats of the cache
mere with croche between. Where the
basque was cut short on the hips, were
large pieces of croche with pockets, which
added in making the costume very stylish.
Satin is almost entirely worn by the rich
and elegant. Entire suits of satin with
long cloaks of the new bronze color are
often to be seen in the streets. VAL.