Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-18
OUR PARIS LETTER,
Interesting Criminal Statistics-Art
Notes - Notable Murders News.
paper Gossip.


PARIS, June I, 1881.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF CRIME.
DR.. Lacassagne, In investigating the crini-
nality OF France since 1925, gives cosmopoli-
taH character to his inquiry. He divides man
kind into three strata: those with large fore
head, or the intelligent; large back head, where
dominate the passions, and the third the In
termediate stratum. Civilization consists In
developing the anterior at the expense of the
posterior part OF the brain,-a work OF ages
Taken in the mass humanity Is what 1t was at
Its commencement, fetch. For the first cate.
CORY punishment is next to useless; the code
was not made for them; honor, religion.
conscience and public opinion keep them In the
paths OF duty. In France police. judges. & q,
compose an army Of 200. 600 persons TO look after
crime Now, the latter Is one OF the conse-
quenceS OF social life, as much as birth, mar
rage and death. Each year sees produced the
same number OF crimes, in the same order, In
the same regions; each class OF crime has its
special and fnvarabe distribution By sex. age
and season. DideTot maintained that only med
1cal men were competent to write upon meta
physics. DR.. Lacas5agne believes that PEN
altieS have had but an Insignificant effect
on the general march OF crime. aad GhaG If
the latter has become more general, 15 ha' d.
mnished in intensity. Many suicides, he main
tains, are but criminals modified OF social!
causes. The greater part OF crimes against pro-
perty takes place In winter, and against per
sons In summer. Infanticide is moSG prevalent
during the first four months OF the year, follow
ing thus the months OF conception OF summer.
Murders reach their maximum In July aud
August, and are peculiar to warm weather.
The latter dominates also viola ions of the per-
son, and especially OF children. May represents
the highest number OF poisoni0es, and January
and October-when the rigorous season CON-
meDces and reaches its maxmum-of PARTICLES.
The inclination TO crime is four times more
that woman is retained by the sentiment OF
shame and modesty more than man; by her
state OF dependence and physical weakness.
women assasslnate more IN tne interior OF the
coward, Is with them favorite weapon. They
commit more domestic rODDertes and thefts In
churches; they are more enterprlsing-where
danger is least-and owing to their inferiorlty
of instruction there are certain crimes that
women cannot commit.
The maximum of crime for the two sexes
than woman,-is between rs and 80 years OF age.
One fifth OF all the crime is committed during
thlS luSter, and as man advances In age and
ioses strength. he resorts to cunning. Fayet
In his professional statistics has demonstrated
that the most specific chminaltty is In the ranks
Of lawyers. nOtaries and bailifs,-men versed in
the law. DR.. Lacassagne states fewest crimes
are on i Fday thai the
fractions Of the law, and that would be largely
diminished were it possible to pay wages daily.
Professor LombrosO concludes that criminals
have special physiogonomy; such as thick
and cuTled hair, absence OF beard, skin brown
or dark colored, obnque ey 49, smallness Of skull.
large JaW-bones, retreating fOroheadS, and un.
duly developed and pitcher-handle ears. These
traits. united to the facts laid bare by post
mortem examinations, connect the Europ 9an
criminal with the Mongoi type and pre- historic
man. Dr. Border has studied the skulls OF IS In
dlViduals guillotined, and found they possessed
all the characteristics peculiar to prehistoric
races; he concluded then the criminal to be
savage In civilized country, m 1nster COM
parable to the progeny OF domestic animals
fGCpnnrQtQ NJ at OF tryflj
docq, ex. chief OF the detectives, divided rob-
DerS into thieves by profession and by Occa-
sion. DR.. Lscassagne believes the former can
rating the erlmnality of France since halt a
century, with all tho fluctuations, meteoroIop-
ical, economical, political and social of the
country.
NUNS VERSUS LAY NURSES.
In the senate, the government has been de-
feated by a strong majority against its plan
for superceding in the public hospitals, the
nuns by lay nurses. Public opinion Ia With
the senate, and demands repression or sup
preston only Of orders that NEEDLE with poli.
tics France is anti-clerical. not anti yious.
MUEKACsY's GREAT PAINTING.
TIE artistic world is In its annual state of
fermentation, consequent on the awarding of
the medals The successful have been abused,
and the overlooked pitlel Not few are
glad that Manet, that 1ntransigeant of art, has
been included among the ten righteous. Art
region OF the Park Monceau the pInte-s dSei
In 1anciful and gorgeous residences, which re
call the sumptuous shops OF the jewellers o
old Florence. MISSIONER remarked that he
d'9uvre ought not to be as well hous,
as those VINO bought them-an oossrva
ton IL opposition to the theory OF I'M as pere
popular painter OF the momen5 Is MilkaesY
All Paris deems it duty TO m axe p.lgrlmlg
10 the gallery Sedelmeyer TO view his .'Caris-
Delore Pnate' It Is most wonderful Dr,iu;
ton IN point OF design, flal:h harmony I
color and elegance OF execution. ISIS lhe first
time, since the triumph OF realism IN arr, that
80 much thought has baen seen behind
subject Is treated. not from the religious, brt
the historical point OF view. Criticism is chiefly
concentrated on the head of Christ. Il is con-
sideIed to be too physiological. but It displays
man OF sorrow and acquainted with grief
PHASES OF PARIS LIFE
Paris has been q little startled from its cyni.
clsm Dy the two recent cases of unfaithtul love.
A commission merchant was informed of his
Wife's ibfidelity; he adopted the usual ruse.
felgned voyage on business; the paramour
duly arrived, was surprised by the husband who
pursued him down the servants stair case; botn
were armed with revOlvers. exchanged several
arrested the half-dressed Don Juan. The other
case was that OF telegraph clerk, who had
l0r mistress young and very pretty cook
Iney llVed In an attic, and led Cat and dog
HE de was formerly soldier, aud had LOST
an arm-1n duel The amputated arm he
preserved In bottle. as an ornament for mis-
chimney piece. The wooden member was sus.
pended against the wall, never worn, and
was Chiefly used to beat the unfortunate
girl. who, having become enceinte, was
threatened with abandonment. A few eve
nings ago she was treated with great brutality,
She sat up all night crying. at five In the
morning, Whensher seducer had to rise to 60 to
his once, she approached hiTn ASKED him to
en- Drace her. Never MORE" was the reply.
Inen sne crew revolver from her roba and
shot MIN In the head. dead; next gave herself
up totwo policemen handing them the revolver
and relating her history and the deed.
PARTISAN JOURNALISM.
The first newspaper established I'm this
country was the Gazette de France. by
Renaudaf, en- the 3Oth of May, 1881. 1t ia now.
consequently, $50 years old, and fully reflects
It's antiquity. 1t was left TO the Figaro to
improve the occasion by issuing special sheet
to commemorate the two and q, half centennary.
while blowing, Of course, Its own horn. The
Gazette appeared once q week. four auarto
pages, ana was more the organ OF Renaudat's
DuslLeSs-chemist, broker and salesman-than
q newspaper. However, 1t soon quickly ac-
CURED the latter character, and Cardinal Richie.
lieu, some allege even his royal master. be-
came constant contributor. To DR.. Veron
belongs the discovery OF The yteualeton. or
with Sues wandering jew" for which he
paid 100 600 francs. De G.rardin intro.
duced the cheap PRESS at three instead
VI SIX sous. he had also the speciality or mr.