The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-22
FROM FRANCE.
M. Alfred Naquet, and His
Law Against Divorce.
Some Statistics and State
ments Regarding French
Fashions.
The American Minister, and
His select Dinner.
Sarah Bernhardt-HoW She
Frightens the Parisians.
Colombier in Jail She Will
Write a Book.

tspe cial correspondence of The HEs Id.
PARIS, MAY 9th, 1884.
M. Alfred NaQues, the champion
for the repeal of the
LAW AGAINST DIVORCE.
and the representative of 5000
separated once-turtle-doves. has the
odds in his favor that he will succeed.
His bill has passed the Chamber OF
Deputies triumphantly since last
year, although at first thrown oat, in
1879. It is nov undergoing the
second reading in the Senate. Pub
lie opinion, once so hostile to divorce.
has been converted to the necessity OF
the measure, and such ha, been
brought about by Naeuet's featuring
tours. Deputies said: eve would
vote willingly for you, but our electors
are opposed to the bill. Convert
tHem. Auu Nd9ueG ulu SO.
N. Naquet is an IFraelite, and a
distinguished chemist: he is hunch-
backed and about fifty four years oil
age: he is q good, winning speaker.
He is married. but separated, smic-
ably, from his wife. They did not
agree on religious matter; his wife,
O Catholic, wanted to convert him,
and he only desired to be left alone,
in company with his retorts. his
theories, and his industrial discov-
cries. So they separated mutually;
he leaving to his lady to bring up the
children in her own persuasion. He
is on the best visiting terms with his
wife and family and dimes occasion
ally with them. He occupies his own
home: two rooms on 9 fifth story;
over head, the attic is his study; and
above that, the lumber room his
laboratory. He cooks an egg and
makes a cup OF cofee, when hungry;
if he forgets his repast. 90 much the
worse for the food supplies of Paris,
and their dealers.
The two chief difficulties M.
Naquet encounters are. the religious
one, which views marriages. as indis-
soluble. That is not insurmountsb BILE.
The second ia what to do, or how to
deal with the children of divorced
parents. Nsquet says, that thirty
nine per cent. of widswers. re- marry,
to have mother for their children;
those who are "separsted' take a
mistress IN the same end. Better
than the latter, is step mother.
Widows. too,
FIND HUSBANDS MORE RAPIDLY
than maidens. as they, too, require a
protector. Personally, Naques is OF
the opinion that if g wife obtains q
divorce, as the consequence of her
husbands misconduct, she has all the
reasons in the world for resumiBg her
maiden name. If she Re to blame,
the husband ought not TO have his
name dragged in the mire.
Quite remarkable change has set
in respecting the Suez canal politics,
and shows what remarkable discip-
line prevails in French journalism.
Last week, the press was all Anglo
phobia; at present, all Anglo-mania,
eince it appears that Bismarck is the
cause OF the GOODNESS and aoerbity
reigning between England and
France Despite the oanards manu-
featured here, not q Frenchmsn bat
knows in his heart that England has
no Intention to relax her grip on
Egypt, ard compromise the position
she has exceptionally ard dearly
Won Tor the beautiful eyes IF France.
England will ret "scuttle:" she will
have 10 international cooks: she will
not inaugurate the walking out"
policy, while France is walking in"
TO Tunia, Tonkin, Madagascar, Gems
trail Africa. with Morocco and the
Oceanic Archipelago in the minds
eye. and Russia extending the Merv
Joke into Prussia. Vi3uomte de Bize.
mont urges, that the first step in the
protecting" of Morocco is for France
to back up Sidi Abdesslan, the g eat
religious chief and the mortal foe of
the reigning Sultan snd the heredis
tary English consul. Sir John Drum.
mond. That France will
ORGANIZE 4 COLONIAL ARMY,
to have and to hold, her new posses-
sion is certain; but that these new
colon .es will be worked or developed
oy French merchants, no one believes !
.ave the spectators who count to do
4 good stroke of business, when the
mother country proposes railway and
1ther public works. The colonies OF
France will ever have armies of
officials; as for the colonis:s, X will
represent that unknown quantity.
M. Clemenceau in rendering al
account OF his stewardship to bis con-
tituents on Sunday last, made a very
'emarkable speech. II was a pro-
yramme-discourse delivered by an
orator, cool. plucky and incisive.
These extra parliamentary utterances
yill not fall UNDECIDED on the country
or whatever may BE considered. not
Jtopian, but advanced, in Clemen-
view the nao,oIa Epou ft,II