Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-05
Paris Pantheon in Wax.
The Musee Grevin which Is to Eclipse All The Shows of 4. Ward, JarIey Mme. Tussaud Herself.

The Shows Of A. " ard. JarieE or Mime, Tussaud Herself.
 From the New York World.l
 Paris is soon to have Musee Grevin which will completely eclipse such exhibitions as Mme Tussaud's, and which, by the way, might furnish a profitable idea for the con- sideration of New York showmen. The Musee Grevin has been organized by well known financier, M. Arthur Meyer, who is somewhat of a society man and has dabbled in journalism, and the artistic direction has been confded to Grevir, the most original of draughtsmen and designers, seconded by Le bourg, the sculptor, and Messrs. Jumelin and Ledion, most expert workers in wax. The collection presents all the celebrities that make up Tout Paris, " and, besides has features that can best be described as 'newsy. The Musee Grevin is situated on the Boule- yard Montmaitre, opposite the varieties, and admission Is gained to 1t by long corridor ending in a conservatory. In one recess Is reproduced the greenroOm of the Comedle. Franchise, with, as large as life and quite as natural, Dumas and Sardou in discussion, watched admirlngly by the manager, NJ. Emile Perrin, and group of habitues and | all the celebrities of the company-Mounet- Sully as Gdipus Coquelin senior Don Caesar de Bazan, Coquelin junior as Scapin, Delaunay as Richelieu, Febvre as rAmi Fritz, Got, Madeleine Brohan, Jeanne Samary,
 
 | danseuse, Rosita Mauri just about tc l bound on the stage in the ballet in "Fran | coise de Rimini,'' is trying a step before l the mirror, while in another the Bey of Tunis is signing his treaty in the presence of Musta 1 pha ben Ismail M Roustan, General Elias | and the French commander, General Breard | A large portal, guarded on either side by { female centaur, with the head and bust of [ 1 Parisie me and the body of goat couchant with cigarette held between the dainty fin | gers, conducts to the Hall of Colonnades, il | the centre of which Grevin himself, in his | studio, is receiving throng of artists, nlusi I cians journalists and daneurs, all moulded 1 from the life and in most instances dressed 1 in the clothing of the living subject. On ont side President Grevy, in his library is en 1 gagged in grave discourse of state with Pre- mier Freycinet; on the other is the tribune 1 of the Chamber, M. Brisson, in the chair | with hat and bell Gambetta addressing tht | House, Paul de Cassagnac rushing up the steps with an interruption, and in groupi 1 around such well-known members as Arch bishop Frsppel, Clemenceau, Jules Ferry De Nun and Janvier de Ia Motte. Here i | represented the Interview of Gasten there M de Lesseps is showing his little girl tn, Isthmus of Panama on the globe Hugo hal | a "group" to himself though he has some | what marred the naturalness of his efigy by insisting on having his old coat cleaned be fore giving it up. In another corner is Socialist meeting, with Louise Michel deliv eriag fiery speech and Ferre's sister taking notes. The next hall is bright and gayl, decorated salon, with in each corner a scene from the Comedie Italienne and at the bacl a theatre rather the stage of Q theatre, ol l which is to be displayed the sensation scene of the current success" Round the hal are such exhibits as Judic ill her dressing room, ready to go on the stage as Lii, witl her tiring woman giving her toilet the finish ing touches, and her faithful lap dog admir- ing his mistress or Sarah Bernhardt in he
 studio gazing at her unfinished bust of Emil
 de Giradin; or Theo as la Jolie Parfumeuse
 pinning nosegay in Doubrays buttonhole | A feature of the room Is a boudolr, com
 pletely and irreproachably furnished, with
 group of gossiping ladies attired in the lates | mode, the costumes and furniture beinj changed with each revolution in fashion. II
 the chambers on the lower floors are wha
 may be called the sensation pieces, reproduc tions of pictures or of contemporary events
 of interest. Here there is a cloister scene the burial of a monk at daybreak there, tn
 assassination of President Garfield is repre-
 sented beyond, the body of Alexander II
 is lying in state, surrounded by blazing ia
 pers and torches with priests kneeling be
 side the couch, and the imperial family ant the ambassadors looking on. Another hal l OAAS
 the earliest time, each bold soldier boy bein
 accompanied by his sweetheart, also ill tn
 costume of the time, while in another sever
 tableaux represent the history of crime
 In the first the murderer having broken int
 building,i is about to kill the sleeping watch
 man in the second NJ. Mace, the head of tn
 detective service, and another officer ar
 grappling with him and binding him in
 thieves resort, the assassin being dressed il
 flaming new suit, purchased with the pro
 ceeds of his crime. Further on he is at tn
 morgue, being confronted by the body of hi
 victim extended on its little marble slab un
 der the water jet, the bloodstained clothing
 hanging on the wall behind. Then there
 given bit of the court of assizes the pris
 oner on the dock, Maitre Lachaud pleading
 in his defense and on the bench above tn
 judge. Another scene shows the condemned
 man in his cell at La Roquette playing card
 with the m0ut0fa-or agent of police-wht
 shares it with him to worm his secrets ou
 of him, the spy piously ignoring the fac
 that the murderer is cheating him openly II the sixth tableau the convict, just aroused from sleep and hurriedly dressed, is in tn, hands of Monsieur de Paris, his hands hay, been tied, and his hair is being cropped while the clerk reads the sentence and tb'