The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-05-31

)turn ups Inere are regrets INA
France bungled in not going hand II
hand with England and Italy II
Egypt and Tripoli, and with Spain al
Morocco: then g good Commercial
treaty could have cemented this Zolll
verein of the west. Some suppose
that France should knock at the
door of the triple-allies, and demand
.tMirth admit me of thy crew." Fol
Germany, the visit would be strange
but Why not anticipate the day when
the lion is to lie down with the lamk
i-without eating it? Mrs. MalaproE
held, for lasting liking it is best tc
commence with a little aversion,
Nor is the idea so very wide. Emile
Girardin, whose pen inflicted I'M
mense misery on his country by
bounding on his fellow countrymen
to invade Germany. with his theatri.
cal cry of d Berlin! advocated up tC
his death two years ago, the union
OF France with all the European
powers to extinguish England.
The French continue to feel very
sore at The English occupation Of
Egypt. which is not chivalrous, after
being solicited to Join in the danger
and to share in the glory. Nothing
will cure that want of msgnsnimity
save the making of a second canal &c
Suez. May it have precedence o.
the channel tunnel. s
The Lebanon question is heart
ache; Bismarck ia now considered tC
be here at work also, to oppose 8
governor who might favor French
schemes. As for the Tonquin expe.
dition, the radicals oppose that tooth
aud nail. assert it is another Tunisiar
speculation, less even a Kroumir
leUer de aideau.
The Salon, or annual exhibition oil
paintings and scui rture, ever "tickles
the town" as Tony Lumpkin says.
It opened with May day, and affords
the occasion for noting the prosp cts
of fine art in the country. The gen
eral impression is that the exhibition
is a good mean: no marked progress
is to be oted; none of the hopes ex
pected have been realized. The con.
tests Of other days have vanished
they are now but competitions, not
for glory. bat for the market. Paint
ing is becoming a commercial art;
when the artist has secured certain
number OF models and prizes, an0
made a clientele like manufacturer
he produces. But it is living Greece
no more; soul is wanting; Inspiration
becomes drowned IN ability, and tai.
ent degenerates into marketable
commodity. The salon is thuH dull
lassitude, the prelude Of deoadence,
is visible; the artist is the victim Of
the monsy-fever; he is in hurry to
get rich; hia trademark sells well.
While painting is something between
backward and on the decline, sculp
ture. on the contrary, advances
This is due to the fact, that the soulp,
tors range Of work is limited, he
being % . sense forced to live in him.
lself. The composition Of the juries
of the Ecole des Arts has much &c
answer for in the stationary charao
ter If French art; its council of ad
miration wants new blood, original.
idea men: one half of its members
are physically too old, and the other
moiety, young in years, is behind
the present wants of art. One fact is
gratifying, the exhibition draws
crowds, and such a power is not ia
be despised.
We are now in the height of the
Paris season: iddles keep feet going,
and cooks are working overtime. It
would be a national calamity were
they now to execute their threatened
strike-strikes will soon be among
the permanent institutions of the
land, for there are not many hosts
who could cook a dinner for their
guests like DumasPere or Rossini. M.
Grew Is noted hand at roasting a
partridge. The Russians have OBJ
served their Easter with all honors:
the gentlemen attended church in
evening costume. and the ladies were
also 10 full dress: open corsages o la
de Medicis, arms as bare as at a ball,
proiusion Of diamonds, etc, After
the ceremony, the deacon gave q
grand supper-the expenses Of which
the Russian embassy pays.
It is feared that France will not be
the observed of all the observers at
the approaching coronation of the
Gar. There will be no pecuniary
extravaganoe, When Charles x. was
crowned at Rheims, the marques OF
Londonderry represented England.
In posting from Paris to Rheims, he
settled on each new postillion as a
| tip. an annuity of 100 francs for life.
That's how to do it.
The Petit Journal, at one SOUS,
made 100000 francs net profits in
1882. Every Paris cemetery will
henoetorth have Its dead house"
where wakes can be held as long as
desired. Glass collins are coming
into fashion for the poor: they can
serve Indefinitely for others.