The sun., 1882-01-29

magna. Toutanes, Saiutc- narbc the Poly
| t"ohnic meet together ana drink to the health
! OF ~ cSrryhldy and everything. Bu; besides these
old boys dinners there are n number OF
provincial groups and literary and artistic cor
poration- that meet at fixed dates around the
festive board. These repus de camard91'ic are
one of the curious features of Partisan life Of
! the present day. Every Partisan Of note belongs
| to one or two or half dozen dinners. And
WHEN say every Partisan of note, mialt as
well suppress the qualification, for it is
another popularity OF the times that nll
Parisians men of note just all critics
are eminent. all Generals gallant, and all vnudc-
| villists witty. In the French press epithets
nre cXtreme-cNtremely deprccatory, on' cX-
trcmcy audatory. The cxaggcrntion of praise
| Is carried even to higher extent than the
cxaggeration of viiiiication. By force of in
sistancc. iteration. and abuse of adjectivcs.
regulations are built up at the rate OF so much
n line. paid either in cash or in the various
rcncies Of cdmdrdd7'ie. that in the end deceive
| Foreigners who come to look upon these Parsian
puppets rs if they were statues Sarah Bern
| hardt might be- cited as remarkable instnncc Of
reputation thus acquired. But the list is incx-
hnustihlc. and let us return to the club din
ncrs. which. besides being in many cases meet
! in.gs of friends and rivals in the same calling,
are just as often affairs of fashion and prctexts
for acquiring and exercising influence by means
| OF cdnIrdd-Tie.
The oldest of these dinners is that of the
| Cavcau. which dates from 1929. The Cavcau
was and is still devoted entirely to the cultiva-
ticn of song, of the chnnson. 1t has numbered
among its members tho painter Boucher. the
| philosopher Hclvctius. Rameau. Piron Duclos,
| Crdbon the younger. The last member
elected was Mile. Theresa. the famous cafe
! concert singer.
Tho next famous dinner was founded about
| 1924 by twenty painters and scuptors of cassi-
cal tendencies. whose desire 1t was to have
their career crowned by m armchair in the
Institute of France. Tho dinner began in
ciety was L'oi1non fat la force: tho dim
ncr was called the Diga de, la s9Hpe. 1t
ton the palo,gpops Ono by one all
The mcmbers Of this dinner ontere, tho
This dinner, which no longer EXISTS, was nm
instance Of the repos De ca'naro,ier'ie. like the
the author of tho Human Comody7 Tho
for instance. tho Di1.7' da .. on tho 0th OF each
month c?mposcd of former winners of the
| Other groups Of artists and musicians who have
| studied IN the Academy of France at Rome meet
car .ii7osti of the -iniiS de Rome the Dine, dt
10 the inn7' de rHpp?Pofame.
dic.tos -mdcat2ne mounting amedley or mixed
| dish,-comroscd of various clements. Among
jules ClsTGtio siifs ssiy,rfu%homms, f % the " raw
AAGndsmiGan, Pan Dubois msnncr sain,- Tni
dinner is ,4ten in the Latin quarter at ihe taii
| Foyot. Other scmi-artistic dinners are the
Dtne's EisoLcrt and Birio and the Diner de la
., AMONG ths literary dinners must he mon
| gorl. composed Of the poets chiefly of the
! Parma ,sian school. whose works are published
by Alphcnsc Lemerre. All the books published
| roprc> ntinl; II man digging, hence tho name
| Of This dinner which takes place occasionally
Leiacs dine on tho first Monday of the month at
six tranrs head. ut No;tas; At the same res
! lican press and the monthly dinner founded by
the lat" Baron TAYLOR. and now called the Duei'
presides over it. Tn. members of this
dinner are novelist: and Journalists. ThGn hon
| bon Boch the latter Iovial and noisy grpupof
PAINTERS. poets. scu,tors, actors. nm.i inns.
mte was for u long tim, presided over by tho
| present Minister Of Public Worship, Mr.; Paul |
bert. Am"rg the mcmbcrss are Bartholdi, the
| commander of the Guarl Of the Chamber Of
hou-"nold Of the President Of the Il public ana |
Al most profile producer OF med poetry. /
when Nine. Adam prints In her '0ttc}f L~rue |
-nltoarthrr thoroughly rrpub!ican society.
is ono Of thc most select of nll the Partisan |
dinnrr-. Il numbers only twenty parsons, |
among W HON are AleSandre Dumas, Camille |
Snrdon ali 81 tie Frrnch Aca,irny Sess"nicr.
HcDr Rrgnier. and Jule, Chr't,e. Among the
deceased numbers of The h",rr E.l,o whose
Claude bernard. Sainte- -Beuvc. M6rmde. and
The Hian, Mogny is still more distinguished
than the Ntf' B'T'o. l. Wa founded some !
Nas1y's liable. 10 which the br,,tnrrs d. con,
court dedicated one 9i their finest novels.
mnns mon ''i Saini.. pdmye Gayarn % C.tyo we
FHubrri. ThCnpaile Gauticr. Pau. De Saint
vct3r Irr2meht,n IlilId; rfHl Sr tGnr
Eenan. y rthel"t Dr. Robin. and 50 on. After
tn" denih of snin!e-B"uve thi. dInn"r WAS
transferred u BrcbaRt =. on the boulevard
Montmurtre. 1t was in the old ..;aHrant
MagnN in ne Tue C9nlrns. n, .nrI'" pinthihe i,
csiNed by thiS S"riety an honor never eAtchdpd
have probably omitted soma Of the Partisan
dinner. bai thoSS ae@yo m"ntiontd are re
,t Wne e Ia Ia inne Were % ilnsrrons NormamS ms
and hr"l9na w meet under 1.-THE the gay presidency Of
the presidency OF Henri do Bornier whore the
guests speak and write in all the dialects Of the
Gaseon: SEQ the bner dSfk$ for AiSacq, ,I?rraine
Auvergne: the. Pqneponiir's from the deiart
ment Of the IidraMlt the i'pienta. for the Ital-
ner Of the Parisans of Paris" composed OF
celebrities born and bred in the. captal.
dar ,' ~ the so Frsnch 9ra are Hpna rb & bof'by
Moiaristes, Of the Dramatic Critics. Of the
iiliaitii, ol the bra'ch't oi the oIhrl,'lht',s.
The UtHtI' des Hleusrs, the dinner OF the laugh
ers, was founded some four years ago by some
sprightly actresses OF the Ifilais Royal AMI the
Vaudeville. No man has ever been present at
this dinner. Nevertheless. il is known that the
ladies in question dine at Bribant's: that the
President is changed every month; that the
presidential bell for calling the guests to order
Is fools cap and bells: that the President is
bound TO make speech or sing song of her
own composition. and that some of these songs
would not. perhaps. bear printing, The
fact is that the actresses of the yau-
deville and of the Palais Royal ara very
sprghtly and often little Rabehisian
The actors. too, have their groups Zach
theatre has its dinner. like the D'Dtr' de Ia
G0,tSse ut which the actors Of the Paas Royal
meet once month In short. dinners ara Il
Ia HOdr. they have taken the place of the salons
that used to be- one Of the Glories of Paris, and
which hardly exist any longer. If it We're not
for those dinners. the Parisans would never
each other and never have opportunities
for sociahility. discussion, and chat. The dis
advantages Of these festive meetings are that !
they tend To become c0teries, and that women
t,ra Int I,ut lar p.f l