Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-04-19
OUy lOrEaN LETTER.
4 Reuaion OF hr::sts-Thc salvation
Army.
From OUT e,ular Correspondent: ]

assist at the reunions of these people
who form a race entirely distinct from
the rest Of creation, and who are 0nl,
to he found in Paris it was at one o
these meetings lately that we had
awakened all our old recolections o.
evenings passed in years gone by, il
the "quarter," with the students Ct
those days, now sober, serious profess
-inna! men. We used the word artist
above, in its liberal sense, for, with the
exception Of our host, an artist Of merit,
and ono other, the guests were CON-
posed of two lawyers, one sculptor, one
| musician, and the srulptOr's wife. The
apartments of our host were, in them
selves a study, pell-mrll of luxury and
disorder, only to be found in Il French
artists house. 4 room about thirty
feet square and more than that high,
serving rs salon, studio, reception and
dining room, is furnished as a Chinese
pavilion, adorned with lanterns, lamps
and luStras after the fashion of the
Celestial Empire. To describe the het-
rorcneruS mass of articles strcwn about
on the table, the floor and on the walls,
between the half finished pictures,
would he almost impossible. Dumb
bells. fencing frlS, skulls, Chinese and
lIindoo masks, ancient jugs and old
plates. old prints, books and sketches
en- one table surrounding a capital pOr-
trait of the immortal s'Sarah," these
and innumerable other knick -knacks
are arranged. or rather not ar'anged, in
m artistic disorder that must be seen
to he appreciated The room is screened |
off at one end by curtain which hides |
A staircase leading to balcony that |
would be the boul floh Of a resting |
place for fair .Juliette to listen to the
,mor0us strains Of Romeo below In |
his balcony is the bedroom, which is
N the same artiStically untidy state as
he studio. The guests, too, were in
keeping with the apartment, and
seemed as if the very atmosphere of
he place exercised a spell! upon them,
or grave lawyer on entering the
anrtum, seemed to leave his gravity
N the threshold, with his hat and coat,
nd became once again a "mad stud
mt" The wit that passed would have
made the fortune Of Palais-Royal
0medv, for the host, vino is one of the
ell "blaqueurs' of Paris, was ably
oconded in his efforts by the guests.
okes were passing the who'll evening,
nd the manner in which the sculptor,
7ho had been asked to elect a queen,
" a charade, hesitated q few moments,
nd then, as if recovering from his
for the vacant throne, knelt
efore the only lady pres mt, with a
sayez notre reine," worthy of Got, or
oquc!in, was treat in itself.
A financial disaster, such as befel the
'OurSc of Paris and Lyons six weeks
90 leaves marks which are not easily
radicated. Numbers of quiet country
ouses are plunged in gloom a whole
ass has suffered terrible blow, and
Ms class is one without much inherent
igor to draw upon. The dissipation
f capital from the collapse of the
MON Generate is great and can be
,siy seen. Undertakings have been
which are not cont ued,
I'd all the money expended on start
e them is gone IRE vocahly. In
rcnch financial operations the worst
a,ure is that establish mentS are
unded or enlarged on a scale entirely
ayond the power of their promoters
I'd thus business is wrcnched from
$ natural direction into other grooves
Inch suddenly come to al abrupt end
I'll then comes the crash. But, per-
,ps, the most wonderful thing in con
,ction with the unfortunate crisis here
the evidence it has shown of the \
arvplous elasticity of French re-
urces. 1t even seems probable that .
am he :ShpS of the unfortunate COM .