New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-12
H. GAMBETT4 rs HIo NEW no USE.

From Time.
on.ieur Gambetta moves about so rapidly that
chroniccrs " no have to describe him IN connection
with his home can hardly keep pace with MN.
Two or three years ago he was living IN the num-
blest STYLE in the Rue NOntaigue with gooi old
aunt To keep house for him and to make his pastry.
Then he moved 70 the ChausSee dAntln, 10 live
M the Office of his paper, the RfPubiq"e FrqnGdist
Here he had fine suite Of rooms hut nothing . to
those he now occupies for he has gone AT bound
To the Palais Bourbon. on the other SIDE OF me
river III the Chaus.er Antln he lived over MS
workship: in the PalaiS Bourbon h. is near his
workshop still-the Chamber OF Deputies over
which he presides. The palace Is next door to the
Chamber it is the Speakers lodgings OF the
French Parliament.
lie has Splendor here but it will hardly do 10
say that he has comfort. There Is everything Out
that The furniture l. solemn and art!stIc1lY IN
YARD of Golelins work panelled on the walls IN
lien OF pictures. Beyond the breakfast room of NJ.
le President is his drawn. groom. II the former
room would manGuvrr battalion, me after Would
Iuaunu,-rr n regiment. 1t j. one interminabe eX-
pansr of well-waxed floor; and II wcuid serve the
TWO Chambers. and all the great Lodlts Oh ntaV'
INTO the bargain rs a skating rink. There Is very
little furn ure here the place has 10 be kept clear
for H'rs and monster ceremonies. The President OF
the Chamber has great many people to enter
tain; his drawIng-roonls are Nttle more. IMAM
ornamental sheds in which he NAV convenient y
herd his nominal acquaintance. PaTaliel 10 the Oi
irawing-rOOm Is a long corridor IN dark WOoo ana
garnet velvet softly ilumincd from the celIng
through colored glass, which Is understood 20 ne
suoki GROOM for the thousands. Ii Is not half so
some dozen wears 20 VI. ie President used To smoke
his clny pipe. This corridor was me picture
gallery OF De Morny. and half his fortune was
stored there in the shape OF some OF the most al
uIrrd works i'm Europe. We forgot, as We LETT the
breakfast-room the little library on the rght,
which is the only comfortable chamber III tins part
of the plaee. Some such snuggery as TINS was
wanted 10 save the occupant IRON the lntOIrrADle
eunui of a sojcurn in these gildcd barns IL was
happy thought of the architect to dot the eXpahSe
of barn here and there with room IN which man
may talk without beng scared by the echoes OF MS
own voice Gambejta guards against That III the
other apartment by never Dreat raStlnI alone ne
was always hospItable; and IA hi, present position
he has to entertain a good many people on puhilc
grounds. By way of securing the LOYALTY OF the
army, he has revived the custom OF aSKihE r Hhe
officer Of the guard 70 his table every DAY Inns
question Of the guard Is OF much Importance AZ
the Palais Bourbon. The Guard OF Parliament
ought To be entirely devoted 10 Parliament, ana 10
h.. ready 10 defend it upon occasion against both
the army and the mob. NJ Martrl wished To haFe
"A special corps for the >enatc-a gendarmcrie OF
veterans Gambetta. who was wiser SAID the reg
ular army would 10 for him; AMI so adroitIy put
in first clam 10 the devotion Of The entrr service
by show of the fullest confidence The device
is wcll-kuown In lion-tlmI Dat IL mas hthcIto
been ignored i'm political lie;
The upper rooms at the Palai- Bourbon are less
deSolatciy grand than those below; ana ltie' IN
certain snug pstr dppariemDi., Gamh, tia truly
lives He has had the place fitted mp with a special
view 10 ms peculiar needs. IN one room ne
Ieven.cs himself by the comfort OF ms dinners on
the occasional dcsO,atlOu OF Tie breakfasts eaten
below. lie is by no means indifferent 10 the
pleasures OF tn. tabIc-as a IIcn ahman o influence.
h. cannot afford to be but hc has learned to enjoy
These win more moderation since ms doctors
,,.rrrd INN that he was on tna Llel-roau to cat
a,trnphc. n one time H. never walked. but simply
worked and fed, fell and worked now ho dos his
given number Of miles on foot every day a'N ny $
with a coWpaniOu and a1 often rs hot. WIN
Coguelin. the great comic actor of the Francois.
Moreover De takes steady exercise III his gYinnd-
ram, to read the morning paper, while H. l. MP aoft
on the bars Another part of his REGIMEN OF health
is To take cold doucnes the with all French
men-snd. II may be added, fIenchWomen--Iu Just
now Tine supreme hon ION with the latter Is 70
have gallop in the Bots. and then jump of the
horse before they cool. to be punlpeu on with al
most lce-cod water. 4 year or two ago II was TO
emf arsenic for health; but OF course, the fashions
chang. Gambctta has even taken 10 L. sport and,
whenever he can find time, Is Out with gun and
doc All tins is understood To be- part OF his
nLr,irol training for the Pr, ,idrn"y OF tn Re
public he has had his political training long since
i'm many a trying scene.