, 1881-05-01

EMILE DE GIRARDIN.

EMILE DE GIRARDIN.
Principal Event* In the Life Of m.
Eminent Frencila1:n Who Died -
Wednesday.
II. de Girardin was born in Switzerland ena
was the illeQitimate son OF Gen. Count A,av-
andre de Girnrdin and Nine Dupuy He ~,
originally registered under the name Of Em,fa
peIumothe, his date Of birth being given as :Juna
-, -. 1871 In 1877, after Il long struggle fo.
recognition from his father, ne nn,,-
lishcd anonymously Emie,'' in which N.
romantic incidents of his birth and a,,,
years were employed. About this tine hs
took the name Of Girardin, and the date Of
birth was changed to 1S02- About ten years Nh.
er he took the natne OF Girnrdin, the Count VI,
declared to be his father BY Il commission ot
tho Chamber OF Deputies. In ISIS. he published
An Hdzaru, the subtitle Of this being Frau.
ments Without Connection of History With
out an Emf" He was also Inspector OF tha
Fine Arts under the Minister Mar1ixnac. After
this he set afoot Two periodicals, La r0l<urtl3.A
and La Node tlse9}, u journal of fashion, and
snjoyed the PATRONAGE OF the Duchess dc Belrt
Girardin established the ,mourhly Jour
nished at the low price Of 1 francs year, aud
connection with this publication he orKantzeds
subscription for IL model farm called The H.
stitut Axricole dc Cu.tbo-" Through hts udyo.
cncy also the number Of savings bank through.
out the country WIS greatly Increased. Othes
cheap publications. were also Issued In connee
tion with the monthly. Among these we're l.
Journal dea institntcurs, at 81 cents IL year: 4
geographical atlas ut one cent map; and tha
x1iIuunacA dc France, at 10 cents copy. These
vera al! published under the auspices OF Tia
National Society for Intellectual Emancipation,
G.rardin likewise published the Journal Dc,
Gdrdes NatoHa es, and the GaHtrolsome, a nenspa.
per devoted to culinary topics He foua also
an Illustrated weekly called .u,tssee d<s FumLles.
In lEs5 he undertook tho Pantheon Lttteru(rs
This was a series of 100 large volumes. 6vo The
let1er-prcss Of this was computed to be equal
to l,000 ordinary volumes, and in this form tha
All these undertakings did not satisfy the l.era-
r. activity Of II. de Glt71rdin. In July, lG&, ta
began the publication OF La PTessc. the organ
Of the Conservative party. me yearly sunaetlo-
price of Journals of like size and import
unce. II. de Girar'.in fought nad
battle with his contemporaries Of the Paris
ian press. Ills enterprise threatened REVOLT
ton in journalism He was bitterly lampooned;
he was charged with fraud in business 1ransae-
TOPS: and with discreditable political aspita-
tiuns- One Of his controversies led to dual
With Armand CArrel, the editor OF the National
who fell III the reneontrc. But Cirardin was ua-
tluuntcI. The duel with Carrel was his fourth
aud last, and he aftcrvurd refused that Kind Of
satisfaction to those who we're assaulted in biz
newspaper. He obtained 4 seat in tho Chamber
or Deputies in lE}4. when bis return was opposed
on the gropnd Of bribery and corruptlon @ 1hl:
charge was brought against him also in 1883 and
ISL. In 1SU he sustained the Minister Mole
against the coalition.
In 1875 ". de GIrardin, in the midst Of thu
Revolution. strongly ur.ed upon Louis Phfllpps
tho necessity OF abdicauon In favor Of hi5grand-
son. the Count OF Paris. and the Regency OF sha
Duchess OF Qrleau5. The advice came too la1a
10 suvo the House OF Orleans. He then accepted
the situation and for 4 time the circulation Of
the Prexsc .eached liU.0OJ copies daily, its popu-
larity being very greAt. HIS plain speaking.
however alarmed Gen: Cav;llgnuc: he vas ar
rested. and for rlcvcu days was kept in strict
confinement His quarzels with the Govern
ment were constant. He WAS Often officially
warned. md was partlcnar'y caunonea Inc r.
Track Of Revolution" Wearied by these
difficulties. he retired from the nlauas oi
ths rrssS disposns Of his in5s.ess m IN It lot
OF Louis Napoleon, whose elevation. however.
he had supported. having CAUSED MS oanls1mens
from France: ~ Decetnber; lsd.. he a aRnln BE-
1inueu to conduct until 1866, when he abandoned
it md began the publication Ut La Lu,crtt His
strung attacks upon tho Government subjected
hitn III iS&;1 To fine OF sou francs, uuu month
nfrer the sale Of bis newspaper upon the street
WINS prohibited. His attacks upon tue Admtnis,
tr1tion, however, continued To be numerous ana
Olivier Ministry in 1870, be became
rcconciIed to the Government, which, but for IL
overthrow. W0QlQ uI%t UtttD"EA upOtI Atan t4o
rank Of senator. Upon tine sale of L1 Li1srk
in 1S.U for which l.0uJ,000 francs were obtained,
ST. de Girardtn withdrew for time from jour
nulism. Soon. however. be resumed his connec-
ton with that newspaper He yehemently sup
ported the war against PrussiA- While Paru
was besicged the Journal WIS published In TIL
country II. de Girardin also purchased L.
dictatorship OF NJ. Gambettn- In tho journal
entitled L'Ellion FruneaiSc, published during
the Communist insurrection, he urged the ndop"
ton Ut Il federal system Ut govern
ment. He purchased in May. lSs2, ths
Journal OtMci:l, bur this he did not man
number Of N. de Girirt}n's publicatons. apart
from Journalism. has been very large Among
these may be mentioned :. Etude5 Poiti9ue5"
{1S;s, new edition 1S4y1; journal d'un Journal-
1stc au Secret :" tls4S}: and his contriou dors 70
the Pre<Se {ls5S@, In twelve volumes. To Il work
Ce!ebres " he furnished Il preface His work on
the Law Ut Punishment engaged him for ten
years. and was published in ISL. In reply to
- L'lIommcfemme" Of Alexandra Dumas nla
he published in 1s.2 "LfIo.nme ct IN Femme
rHonmc S1lzeram, IL Femme VassaIe-" He
during the career Of Napoleon Ill. He was the
author OF IL comedy iu three acts entitled La
File du Millionaire The comedy Of '- Le Sup
plicc dune Femme" produced in lsHj, was writ
len in conjunction with NJ. Dumas. and gase
rise To some curious debates between the au-
work. lie was also the author Of several other
dramAs-
In ISL, n. de Gir:rdin nnrried Mile Delphtuc
Gay, who died i'll June, 1S!I5 His second wife.
married In 1s35, was Mile. Nina BrunhnId.
Countess of Titrenbach, daughter OF Il former
handed mnrriaye of Prince Frederick OF NassAu-
f flo r. irarit, .ras fjrDrce.1 frpm her In ltI.s.