The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-03-04

Constitutions, We have now our twenty-thiro
since 1889, and the present has lasted ten years
a pretty respectable longevity.
The financial crisis, not a kracs, that has taken
place, will do good it will clear tie Stock FIX
changes Of crowd, not Of spectators, but OF adj
y]enturers and gamblers il viii put a break on
the passions of many honest pc pie, who in their
haste 20 become rich. have quilted tho slower,
bat surer paths Of commerce and industry IL will
make capital available Tor the latter. The fortune
Of France has not suffered In the present crisis (;
no sterling security has fallen below its real value,
the fall lops of only fctieious prices. TIE 3ueE
Canal and the Paris Omnibus Shares, which have
suffered SO severely, will not cause a slip or a
passenger less, to pass through the canal or to
mount in a buss.
Opinion here has swung round 10 the necessity
Of the maintenance Of a cordial alliance with EGG
gland. Necessity thus ccments and makes friends.
Much talk is naturally taking place about the
treaty Of commerce. but something like proof is
demanded. as to what concessions France has
made to the woollcn interest.
The proposal to increase the salary Of the $50
deputies and 300 senator's. from Q 900 fr. to l2,-
600 fr. per aunum, is received by the public with
marked GOODNESS. As the law exists, ia order not
10 Nphuh ahA l''lAiNFs NNNAg NN"""'
to accept his salary, although lac may be a mil
liouairc. Other countries have representatives
only too happy to give their services free.
Politics and political smashcs do not interfere
with the pleasures OF society life is very gay Mt
present in Paris, the five o'clock lunches, and the
lSauterIes, those precursors to fall dress balls, are
very general, while there are salons, where people
meet only TO chat, there are others where theat-
ricals and music are the order of tho evening.
Mime. Harris is the c%antatrice most in favor for
private parties, as Mile. Krauss, rarely accepts
such engagements now. Much gossip is going on
about the wonderful portrait that Bonnat ID paint
ing Of Mrs. j. W. Mackay, where that lady gives
sittiugs in a lace dress that has cost 100, 900 fr.
The Anniversary Mass i'm honor of the memory
of Marie AnIonette. was very largely attended,
this year, chiefly as n protest against the contem-
plated prohibition tn use the chapel on the Bou-
levard llaussmann, erected over the spot where the
remains of the unfortunate Queen and her hus-
band were inferred in quick-lime, after their ex-
ecution. Ii is singular TO notice how many OF
the ladies " made up - 60 recall the poor Queen.
Indeed a kind Of cutie exists for Marie Antonettc,
who was the most Queen Of Queens. Ladies seek
to perpetuate in their visnge, their carriage, their
naughty gracefulness, and their manners, some
souvenirs Of that sovereign. Tho Empress Eu-
genie since she was IA girl, had such an end for
aim, and when she assembled the throne, she col
lected all the relics obtainablo Of Marie Antonette;
the Trianon was her iavOrite pilgrimage she re-
furnished that Villa home, TO recall the fresh gai-
ETY. and exquisite cleganccs of her Majesty.
Zola's new romance. Pet BouiAe, is appearing
in the GouiOis. the story is based on adultery
among the middle classes, for 1t appears the Dec
alOgue has different manners OF being violated
he intends to draw no conclusions evidently leav-
ing the reader to dcduco such himself. as in the
case Of the ASS0mmOir, and like that work too, it
will be painted with "A brutal sincerity. Moliere
described cuckold husbands as grotesques later,
society viewed them rs dishOnOred to-day they
are regarded simply ms deceived. In the brilliant
and corrupt society OF the eighteenth century, a
faithful couple were regarded az IA laughing stock.
lola appears to lay down, that in the upper clas-
ses, adultery Is especially winked at, and in the
lower does not count, it Is only IN the middle
classes that the matter becomes ~tragical. On the
other hand it is but IN the middle classes where
the astonishing spectacle is to be witnessed, Of the
wIfe's paramount being the husbands bosom
friend. Is the husband aware OF Tie haisOn, Is
he blind, is lac stupid? The paramour gives his
arm to the vile in public, while the husband
carries her shawl, he eats 40 their table, they are
sworn friends. the wife alone remains n sphinx
between the two. All this situation forms the
ciou, the pivot of hundreds Of plays. But what
passes in the hearts Of such three personageS is
what lola intends to lay bare.
One Of the longest aud most wearisome streets
in Paris is the Rue dc Charonne-14 miles. IL
was formerly in TIC country. In 1883 Louis de
Bourbon. COmte de Clermont, fought a battle
there and was beaten by order Of the Court he
followed the plans Of tie boudoir General Nor
tagne. Meeting the latter aftcn being beaten, he
said " why, General, 1 could have madc a plan
as good as yours, alone. Naucanson, the cele-
brated mechaniciaD, later occupied Mortgages
mansion, and constructed there his famous auto
matte hute-playcr e.. When Marnontel's trag-
edy OF Cleopatra was represented, Vaucanson
manufactured an asp. which in clImbing aud
w~riggling on the stage, Missed. After the play,
a spectator was asked what he thought Of the rep
resentation, " am Of The opinion Of The asp,''-
which Kissed.
Many ladies ia high society, vino were addict
ed to gambling on change. as others are TO chic
raj or nips, have been ruined by the monetary
crisis, they drove ia Their carriages TO the Boursc,
and occupied a shabby room as an Office for n few
hours, to give and receive orders. Their idea Of
tic world was, to open the oyster with the sword.
When Laws South Sea bubble burst, the inhab-
iiants Of a village outside Paris, threw an unfor-
tunate lady into the Marine, believing she was his
wife.
The fetc to honor tie centenary Of Auber prom
ises, like similar funeral ceremonies, TO be very
gay. lie was ninety when be died out OF disgust
at the Commune, for he could have lived had he
50 liked. Almost to tie hour Of his death, he
worked with the energy Of twenty years, alleging
work to the best prcservative Of life. lie also
laid down, that no man however aged, but retains
in a corner Of bis heart, an affection for that mu-
( elC- DOH OfODoHW lOs cAhihllits WHICH most pledh-
ed him at the close Of his teens.
Adele Page has been humbly buried, an old
woman aged GO. She was the Musettc in the
We de BoheDae, a play dear 10 all students. She
was in her day the prcttiest actrice on the stage,
what eyes. what pcarly teeth. what a laughing
face, what wit, Her husband Is n rowing fiddler
in Prague.
The Theatre Francois wants a%ctrices, Of talent.
Since the retirement Of Nine. Fayart. and the bolt
ing of the grand Sarah, this first Of play-houses is
on the decline. This has been illustrated in the
revival Of the Demi Monde, where the principal
role held by Mile Thaler, was a failure. She
lacks expression and natural interest in her part.
The most pitiable creature in France, is held
to be, a young lady belonging to tie middle clas-
! see, without a fortune, and consequently doomed
to be an OLD maid.
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