Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-21
LETTER FROM PARIS.


GIRARDIE-AUsARD's DEATH AND ROMANCE
FASHIONABLE LIPE-oDDs AND ENDS, ETC.
Especial Correspondence Of The Evening Stdr.I
PARIS. Mays.
The most important matter In Paris now is
the yearly Fine Arts Exhibition, called the
Salon. 1t is the annual event In the lives OF
artists: 1t makes, and continues their fame,
and, for not few, means corn In Egypt. The
noted painters dispose OF all their works while
such are on the easel or even before sketch
be undertaken; not few are on the dealers
books, since youths to fortune and TO fame
unknown, and must remain till the end nothing
but hacks. The exhibition this year possesses
the attraction OF being arranged by the artists
ment Of msmansging matters there su is little In
the way OF reforms to be noticed; the organiza-
ton can hardly be said to be whit better. The
to walk through. and the fittings up and gen
eral arrangement, far behind the art shows of
England and Germany. The latter are COM
Portable and luxurious, real drawing rooms,
as the comparison was very evident ct the
universal Exhibition Of 1875. IL the present
show be not inferior to that of 1880, 1t is not
much superior; fifteen hundred less pictures.
us true, are exposed, and stu there are Just
that number too many. There are SO flrstclass
works, 100 second, and 200 interesting. Tue
rest merit hardly the honor TO be namsd, save
perhaps some 500 as title to encouragement
Sketches by young ladies are very numerous,
while the productions of aged painters were
rejected. But Wnen malden5 Solicit men are as
generous as gods.
THERE ARE NO "CATEGoRIRs"
of pictures this year, and the nuisance OF affix-
ing all the honors that q painter has received
has disappeared. However, the committee did
not perceive any necessity for adding label
indicating the subject OF each painting. M.
Baudry's Pegne de Ia Loi is destined for the
new ceiling OF Law Court. It Is more grace
full than grandiose; it Is the Law made amiaole,
not majestic, cold and severe M. Detaille ex-
h1pits his enormous work, the Distribution des
Drapeaur, last July; 1t Will be rorcibly ranked
as the companion to Davld'S Distribution des
Atges. The artist has admirably succeeded In
depicting the leading incidents OF the cere-
mony; In that famous military fete there seems
The different attitudes OF the officers is excel
lent. The production is more remarkable, as
NJ: Deta1lle up to the present has confined his
Tadema's irtntemps is full of science, but ap.
pears cold and destitute OF emotion. Nj.
GAINS C0ncordta is intended to represent
| longs to the young school: he endeavors
| to emoody the union OF work, science aud force
| with Paris In illumination. The execution is
very superior. fun of delicacy and expression,
| and the composition or allegory Will provoke
| much discussion. M. Blanc5 fresco for the
Pantheon will attract crowds. for his person
NJ. Gambetta is Roman prefect M. BarUhele-
| my Saint Rilaire, St. Remi; NJ. Clemenceau is a
warrior; nj. BTiSSon, the notorious advocate OF
separation of church from state. is bishop
| singing psalms with two converts, OF which one
| Is the comedian Cogullin. No one can paint a
battle piece like NJ de Melville. His soldiers
| seem to live and slaughter each other. With
him we assist at a battle. The end OF the day
OF Saint Privat dams un Cimesere" displays
| the results OF the days carnage The funeral
aspect OF the whole scene makes the flesh creep.
1t Is admirably dramatic and full Of the keenest
| observation. His second picture. the "E nissa.
| ry" Is striking contrast with Saint PrIvat but
| not the less emotional The French emiSSary is
being searched before an Inn, where group Of
| fate.
N. EMILE DE GIRARDTN
| has been inferred with all honors. He rests In
! splendid mausoleum beside his first and tai
ented wife, Delphine Gay, In Montmartre Gem
| etery. He was the practical and successful
| journalist. His rival, Carrel whom he shot In
q duel. reposes in quiet grave at ST. Maude,
| and that Gtrardin never omitted to visit every
| LIST November. NJ. de Girardin'S mansion Is
| quite museum OF costly curiosities; it Is
| sumptuousness, but lacks taste. There is per-
haps only one residence In Paris which leaves
| OF Baron Adolphe de Rothsch1lds. NJ. de Girar-
| din's house was the rendezvous of uttera.e,trs,
yet 1t is no secret, he detested literature. His
Pr Wss very mSea sed tor aSam
| at the head OF the ideas OF your age, and these
| ideas will follow and sustain you; march In
their wake. and they win drag you along;
| march against them, and th5y Will over whelm
you" De Girardln wrote underneath, "rrue
| words: Greatness for him who acts up TO them:
misfortune for him who forgets them"
The Marquis de la Valette, like so many other
| fllustrious persons who have "jolned the grand
majority recently, was a sincere Bonapartist.
AS minister, he was distinguished by his
urbanity and practical common sense. He wss
among the faithless, faithful to the Empress
| Eugene, and diSbursed his fortune to uoerally
| aid bis political friends
MUsARDs DEATH.
Another light OF q different character that
| has become eXtingu1shed Is Musard, the son Of
orchestra and opera ball Musard. The deceased
| is best Known as being the husband OF Nine.
Musard, whose wealth, famous eccentrIcty and
odd social position placed her at one time as an
institution in the public cosmopolitan life OF
Paris. She ended her days In q mad house.
What termination after such splendor. The
half OF her fortune-1ve million francs-re-
| prietor Of the cafe Rohan, at the Palais Royal,
that inherits Musard's fortune his palace in the
Avenue d. lena included.
FASHIONABLE SOCIETY
here is gradually being divided into three
| camps-one for nadtinees, where music and
comedies would be excluded and the feast OF
reason and flow OF soul relied upon to say ''be-
gone dull care;" the second insist on music and
theatricals; while the third has no higher ambi.
| ton than tea before dinner and plenty OF
| gossip. The great attraction for millionaire
! TO secure is to have q crowned head &C., at his
| gatherings. Thus Baron Rothschild had the
| ex- queen OF Spain and Don Carlos among his
| invited q few days ago. The two celebrities as
| they sat on sofa, were not approached by
| ordinary mortals. A millionaire OF the second
order must be content with the cousins OF q
| king. 1t Is simple curiosity to have such per-
| SOnages to make an entertainment go or WELL
| Princes lose half their Importance when they
cease to be mysterious. What, for example,
| would the Grand Lama be worth were he TO be
| visible at tea parties OF his f1nanciers? Fran
| co.'s l. picked up Titian's brush, but he would
| never be so degenerate as to stoOp for RothS.
| child's p0rtmonna1e. The times are clearly out
| OF joint
ODDS AND ENDS.
Some ways have been playing nihilIstic prac-
tical jokes-less important here than at st.
| Petersburg, on Nine. Adam. the editress OF the
Noareue Rerue; she has been defending the
| Cars, and some nihilists, to mark their disap-
| probation. sent her bottle of some compound,
| that the chemists are analysing. Happily.
| being grandmother, and very amiable she
| has all in her favor Of being like Tam O'Shan-
| ter, DER a. the ills o. life victorious.
| Patti, like everybody elSe has been laid up
with q cold, and that interrupted her repre-
| sensations: 1t Is bad wind that blows nobody
| good; to believe an advertisement, she owes
| her cure to simply drinking three bottles OF q
certain mineral water.
NJ. Dupre, one of the secretaries OF the Cham
| Der OF Deputies, having displayed signs Of in
| sanity, It was decided to lock him up, on the
| advice OF two alienistS; the more 50. as he
| nod 1n nj hlnft