New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-23
PARIS AND THE PARISIANS.
TOPICS OF THE HOUR.

lFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRlBVNhI
PARIS. May IN Calmann Levy, the pub
Usher, has confirmed what / heard last night at
M. Victor Hugos, about the great success OF the
new poem on Religion and Religions" Orders
pour in from the Provincial towns and cities, and
from abroad Incredible to relate, the Spanish he
publcs of South America are said to be moved by us
renown TO study the deistical theology which
NJ. Victor Hugo has evolved out Of his conscience,
his tender and his large heart, his noble lDVelleC'
and the varied experiences OF his long lie. Dcl-
Qium is not so eager to read Religion ana heHe-
ions" as Germany. In proportion to her SIZE ana
populatIon, the best customers OF victor hugOS
nnblisber on this side of the English Channel are
the Swiss English orders greatly abound.
Victor Hagos work has made strong impression
in the Catholic world. Priests. in writing 10 BIN
Tn EXPRESS their admiration of the manner IN which
he has yindicated Gods goodness, do not shrink
from, giving their names and addresses. The poet
ia greatly amused at the difficulty which some OF
his clerical admirers have in emancipating them
selves from the sinister belief in Satan which has so
long oppressed the human sOul They remind MN
of what the Duehesse GOrleans said OF the regent
her son: He was born with natural mcapaclty
to believe in the God worshpped at Versailles. But
he could never cast of an hereditary terror OF the
Devil"
TURNING THE BRUSSELS MISSION TO ACCOUNT
NJ John Lemomne has done we'll unto himself in
refusing the post of Minister PleniDotentiary to
BRUSSELS The court and nobility which are there
very wealthy, proud and stand-still, would not
have understood or appreciated this leader
writer of the D6bats His salary would not since lie
lacked the prestige of illustrious birth, have
suficed to keep up the dignity OF his ambassadoriai
posjtion 1t would have come to not more than
10000 francs year. Les dbseHts ont toUo"rS toF|
The homme d esprit whom the D6bats would have
in nj might
supplanted him. so that when he returned to Paris
he would have been journalist out OF employment,
and ndisposed to enter the staff of any other paper
Also his interview with NJ de Freyoinet the day
on which he proceeded 10 the Qual dOrsay TO thanh
the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the honor done
him ana IN demand instructions chilled HIM. NJ.
John Lemonne did not relish being treated with
freezing hauteur 1t also struck him that perhaps
NJ de Freycinet will not long remain In Once. ii
he were turned out what would become OF NJ. J0hn
IemoinDe and his Legation7 The former would be
recalled and the latter handed over to new ttular
M, John Lemoinne accordingly went straight from
the Ouai dOrsay to NJ. Bapst, the man'
ager of the Debats and spoke to him III
this wise: " You nave kindly expressed yourself
overwhelmed with sorrow at the prospect OF losing
me. Your distress was not greater than my own
But Won see have a daughter to settle and rs am
now venerable can afford to lose no opportunity
which presents itself for doing my duty to my child
should greatly prefer remaining on the stan OF the
DSbafs, in Paris TO going into sort OF honorable
exile IN Brussels. Make it worth my while to re-
main here. Double my salary and can then afford
to reconcile paterna duty with indulgence in life
long habits and friendships" VI. Bapst at once con-
scented. John LenOnne will hcnceforth draw for
three articles week contributed during elght
months in the year. an annual income of 10000
francs from the DfJ0fs.
A RIVAL or MADAME ADAMS SALON.
The soirees of Madame Andrieux, at tue Preiec-
ture of Police, quite spoil the " Wednesday," oil
Madame Edmond Adam. Madame Andrieux is a
woman of refined manners and tall, elegantly
formed figure. She is unaffectedly polite. and the
cordialjty of her dispc sition is evinced, even on
state occasions in the sweetness of her smile Her
intimate circle is Alsatian, she being native OF
Alsace, and fOndly attached to it.
nj. Eugene Reichtembergar. NJ AndrieuX's pri-
vate secretary, assists the Project of Police IN
doing the honors. He is a young man of re-
markable courtesy for these pushing. striving
tir,es-a quality which much enhances the
oraces Of his person. Madame Reichtemberger,
his mother, is still one of the most beautiful
women of the official and financial world.
She is dark Jewess with soft, speaking, hazel
ewes delicate, straight nose and mouth formed
one would say, to utter none but agreeable truths
Sac has tue daZzlingly white teeth OF giIi , OF
eighteen. In her company often think OF eiil-
tons description of Eve Grace was III all neT
footsteps Heaven in her eye in every gesture dig
But in some respects Madame Reichtemberger is
superior to the ideal drawn by our great Eugllsh
poet She is Parlsenue to the cere. Her grace,
her dignity, her sweetness have the seasoning OF
wit ANIMATION and artistic sensibilities. Madame
ReichteInberQer dresses with exquisite taste be-
cause she is rich and has the sentiment OF the tOet
But she takes no pride IN her eiegane pc De,
of pleasing as though she we're afnicted
with an empty pocket and an ugly face
and wanted to render society obvious OF DOtn
evils. Her salon Is frequented by the leading men,
bers of the Chamber and the Senate, ana ny the
Plutocrats of the Bonrse. Artists flock around heL
also and believe that IN an her lie she was never
jealous of fashionable belle.
KING ALPHONsos ELDEST SISTER.
The Princess of Asturias and her two sisters are
expected at the Paas de Castillo, but will not re-
main there small villa hard by has been prepared
for them. Their stay i'll Paris will not exceed ten
DAYS. after which they will make a tour in Germany
and return to Spain with the Archduchess Eliza
4 beth. 1t is probable that the younger Processes
will meet their future husbands in the course of
their tour The Princess of Asturias is a woman of
character and logged WILL There Is more
than a spice of heroism in her DISPOSE
ton, aud she is capable of strong and
unselfish attachments. The adversely in which
she was schooled did not subugate her Castillian
pride Her life has been of perpetual dlsappOnt-
ment. For some years she was the heir to her moth
ers bpt she easily forgave Don Alph0neO for
haviugSuppfhted her. The Wild life ana headstrong
temper OF Queen Isabella rendered her unhappy as
o girl. She married the Count dc Cir;
Renti with whom she fell in love and afterward
discovered that he was victim to cpl
leDsy The Pope would have released her from the
marriage but she resolved to devote her young eX-
stence to the Count who ont of pity for her. after
She had borne the chain three years. delivered her
from il by committing suicide.
Her affection for her brother is jealous and DOM
ineering and he. being even fOnder OF his present
Queen than be Of Mercedes. is therefOTea source
. Of disappointment to her. She is truly mother,
and judleous mother to her younger sisters, who,
under her eye have been carefully educated. They
have the charm of youth and gayety, but they have
not the beauty of the lnfanta Pillar, who, had she
lirad nvnnII have bean Empress of Austria.