New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-16
TIE ADMIRABLE DURAN.
Translated for The Ner- orleans p,oa,,,


Carolus Duran is gentleman of the nineteenth
eentury-in other words he has not thought himself
porn TO saunter on idle from cradle to grave Queen
Shl1stlne could never have said of him. as Alphonee
karr reports she said to EsDar ero: Il have made
you Duke de NittOra, Marquis of this Count of
Inat, Dnt nave never-and defy any body else 10
90 lt-been able TO make you gentleman Dursp
Is as accomplished gentleman as "A man can be who
mas intellect and heart, who carries his head high
dances gracefully, fences like Cheyalier de 81
Georges, swims like Lord Byron can fire ONT anS
horse, is ready TO stake his life as II t,yere Iao
lous'. lie Is elegant and muscular his fsultless
lace is ANIMATED by an intelligent and sngularlv
GtiangeaoIe countenance; which reminds one of the
Italian artists of the Middle Ages He has great per
sonal magnetism; whoever has seen him once seelsfo
see MN again. In his studio he wears strange.
mad thought 1t invented by Raphael It is sort of
roundabout, almost doublet that is a Jacket
with black jet buttons. The iacket Is TosSe az
nstrous, so black silk, of very delicate grain as
wearing this artistic acket-doublet has foil i'm hand
ana sound you with the lead of has glance flaming
~ e n5es OF hgh you feel SIX inches of his steel
yited by ms friend, General New he who TO die
6 6u no, await deaths eomng 10 fencing bout at
ls ehallihg country house. near Versailles. There
were twelve trst-rate fcncers. The rule adopted
was mat Whoever was hit twice should be- dis
qualihed Alter two hours fencing Carolus Duran
renamed sole master OF the field He had hit twice
each one OF the eleven other fencers. and he lad
Oceh ny only once and tins by his eleventh adver-
sary. Adroit Ia every manly exercise. in every
game OF Skill he juggles like East Indian; he Is
as Sood necTomancer as the Fakir Of India and he
Is the terror OF ali the itnerants who of, sni
to be won by turning a wheel, pipes to break plas
Ter images 10 pierce with pistol balls
lie seems TO have been born on horseback Tho
pest circus rider not more elegant nor rlur in sad
die than he. In water he is very pornoise dl,.,T,
noating, turning somersaults, trea,ling water
swimming every sort of way. | rnvsclf Witnessed
one OF his nautical feats for which tfe Frent ~ =,
eminent thought he deserved medal for saving life
IL was last year at Arcachon. He had been In The
WAR Tor an hour, and was coming ont to dress
men SUD enly cries OF distress were heard.
Help! a woman Is dTOwning" Duran Looked
ana saw lar from land III that part of the channel
MLeie the current runs swftest. something floating
Dut us nature he could not make ont The people
VINO cled Tor help assured him that the object al
most our OF SIGHT was woman swept away by the
current There was net a boat in sight Carolus
Duran SAID 60 himself: Suppose 1t was a human
beng and still alive Z" HIS wife begged him not 10
nSk "A life which belonged rather to his children
Their all than to himself 1t was TO brave aeath
To attempt to save that distant person in an angry
sea ana az INST such current. lie tn peril
sun more clearly than his wife and feeling fatigued
ne "a mes tate. Twas Tor an instant; his courage
ana beileNOlence carried the day he plunged INTO
the seethmg waters struck out vigorously and vas
soon o9Ille Iaf away OY the current rapid mill
az re presently reached the floating object. 1t
Was indeed a woman, buoyed up hy her clothes H.
thought her dead She had only tainted. He lied
Ioi ~ She mar, anu hoping against hope, kept her
head above water with one hand. while with the
otntr he struck ont for shore. This courage, this
Nlgoi thls shl aStonlShed the rare spectators who
stood anxious breathess on the beach. They
capped hands, waved la 8; he could distinguish his
WIGS voice aS she PRAYED TO God TO speed him safely
10 her arms. and his chlldrenS voices as they called
To INN. All these things gave him new strength lie
nealeC shore, but slowly. painfuly-bottom was at
last touched II was time, for cold was beuurobin0
MN ana ne was near intmg. Every attention
was pald the drowned woman; who gave no sign of
lie nevertheless kind souls continued 10 try 10 re-
call the vital spark. A few moments after,v.rd one
OF the llttle daughters of the noble rescuer said:
Father. she moves her head" IL was true Mean
tllne the physician summoned came and the woman
was put on her feet again.
Naroius Duran studied for twelve years in the lille
conserve tory. Nature, who would refuse Llu nothing
Whch can add charms 10 man, has gwen him a
uenghtlal voice lie has visited Anda us a. and he
Drought back from Spain great skill in guitar and
manqolne playing. Ii Is impossible to imagine
anything more pOetcal than 10 hear him sing "a
Maiagusnas and other songs of Moorish orr gin ac-
Sompanled 10y tie soft tnkllug of the guitar. When
he plays on the organ he changes stvle and
chaunts works of Italian and German composers
Tor ne has travelled IN Italy and Germany and
speaks tboth languages. Sometimes he eXfesu-
poflZes score and words and then he sings
as he talks. He has in his pigeon-hoies
long critical notes on Mozart, Beethoven Schn-
mann. Wagner and GOunOd, which. were ne to pub
ish them all together, would form an interesting
work OF musical aesthetics. | have seen pieces If
sculpture by CaroluS Duran which are remarkable
WORKS OF art. We all know lac has married a sister
OF Mile. Croizette, and he has charming children
lhelr mother Is Justly proud OF them Mother aud
father take particular of those darlings cluca-
uOh. Every body has admired the paintings Of TINS
shlAlU SWordSinan tins expert swimmer this organ
Z, guitar player. singer. poet for lac has written
poetry ioo), dead shot with pistol rifle and CUR,
horselnan Juggler, master of egerdemain art critic
musical crltlc, author, Reader, sculptor loving hus
band, aitecuonate father.