Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-29
In Paris-An Initiation at Julians's-The
National Peculiarlties Of the English,
American and French
Students-The Advantages that the Great
French Capital Has in Its Art Treas
ures Over Other Cities.
A SOiree en- Famile de Pc nsi On-S0me
thing About Julien and the Art
lists Who Teach fer Him.
ICoRsnsroxUrScE OF THE APrrA1.l

Il CLOCK IN the morning, and my after
moons l devote to the Louvre. Every
thing l see is fresh and new to me, so L
have not quite reached that period of en-
nui so many people affect over here. My
initiation at j ulian's was most pleasantly
gotten over with. The ceremony consist
ed chiefly in setting up the drinks for
the crowd" You pay your masse of ten
francs on entry, and if the masSier thinks
he can afford it, very bad wine is bought,
with small cakes to go with it, and your
health is drunk and many good wishes
accompanying. In my case La SINCE, as
he is facetiOusly termed by few serious
minded ones, acted as master of ceremo
nies, and began by throwing, by way of
distribution, the little cakes to the stu
dents, who scrambled for them, creating
many a friendly scuffie. After this inter
esting and exciting performance was
over, the wine (?) was poured out into
tiny glasses, and then came my moment
Of martyrdom. Shall l ever forget itl l
was obliged by the rules of the school to
drink to my own health in the vile stuff.
OH what a mockery. With a gentle
grimace or two [ managed to get it down,
receive the hand-shaking, and cover my
retreat bravely. This doesn't happen on
the entree of every nouveau, for at times
during the winter the masse gets very
low, and as most of 1T is applied to fur
nishing the students with various articles
for use in work, a check is put upon the
outflow. When a nouveau refuses to
pay his masse he is executed, and crier
passes through the different ateliers no
tifying the students of the purposed
punishment. There are various meth
DDS of doing this. One is TO take the
of every shred, and, Ssked as he
highest round of ladder, OF which the
school is possessed in number, and secure
his feet in like manner to a lower round,
there tn leave him tho morning through
er until he is willing to pay his lump OF
10 francs This is called
CRUCIFIXIoN.
Fortunately for the credit of the school,
it is not resorted to often, in fact it is fast
being done away with, reform wholly
due to the wholesome influence of the
English aud American students. Another
highly delectable method known to have
been used only once in the memory of
| many of the older men, is that of strip
ping the unfortunate and then painting
him Antwerp blue. | believe this color
has the preference because it is fast.
When they find man too big or too de-
termined looking to handle with entire
/ safety, which is sometimes the case, they
! satisfy themselves by annoying him in
many little ways, and his life is made
quite burden to him. Sand is thrown
into his palette, but just set with color,
his freshly painted study is scraped off,
the lining and pockets of his overcoat, or
| undercoat, if they can get at 1t, are torn
| out; he is crowded unnecessarily in his
place before the model, and, in fine, he is
given every minutia of insult that only a
Frenchman can devise. OF course these
little pleasantries, OTmost of them, occur
during some momentary absence of the
| victim from the room. | will here state
for the credit of England aud America,
| that the sons of France alone indulge in
| these gentle pastimes, and also, that l
hardly think it worth mentioning that
| there are only two Germans in the
steliers at present, and they keep their
origin as dark as possible. In the Beaux
| Arts affairs for q nOuveau are little
worse. The gentle n0vit,ate has much
harder time. There is hardly an excep-
tion when he is not made to sit upon q
table stark naked and sing a song, besides
| paving his masse. | mentioned 8
man sometime back, familiarly called
by the students La SINCE. He is of nc
particular ability as a draughtsmsn ol
coloriAt, and generally fritters away hi,
time in practical jokes and mimicry Of
something or somebody, and there are
few cleverer men in this art on or off the
stage. His limitations of Boulanger anC
Lefebvre criticislng a study are lnlmlta
BILE. Each mans peculiar manner o
making gestures, and other points OF diff
ference and portraiture, are wonderfully
and exquisitely given. All
THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN BOYS
are very Jolly fellows, and | have made
two OF three chums. We go everywhere
together, and enjoy everything will
equal zest. On fine days, of which thert
are few during the winter, we mount t,
| the roof of an omnibus or train and maxi
| iaunt to the end of the route. Every
thing strikes us as ludicrous or beauti
full there is no medium mOnotony IL
life to us. M is an Epglishman, and
rara avis, up to all mischief, but a hare
worker withal. His tongue has a charm
ing knack of turning out one bon mo
after another in rapid succession, on TIL
people we meet and on his comrades, ant
then his laughter makes us feel like put
ting our arms around his handsome heat
and kissing it 1t is the most infection
roi, of fun, freedom. and joy that wa
ever hrsrd. H aud F. are jovia
boys and goSd students, both Ameri
cans. and full to tho brim of stars ant
stripes. | know four sore congenia
fellows never went on tramps together
Several days ago, NJ, H, =
and l mounted to the top of a train an
started off for an afternoon 5 recreation
As usual, NJ began the roll of fun b
intensely annoying an old gentleman
whom he insisted upon smiling at con
tinually, to the infinite disgust OF til
old fellow, who left the bus" PRESENT.
in high dudgeon. Then We began [
sketch everything and everybody, on tn
sidewalks, on the bus, in the street
aud in the windows of the houses, an
= M kept the rest of the passengers in
: litter throughout the ride. When W
reached the barrier, not car
the wall to the end of the run, W
climbed down and walked to St. CLOUD
where
was holding, and what a noise of laugh
, ter and iollity. The people were havln
such fun out of their merry 20 rounds
swings, games and dancing. The band
of music played and the children dance
: in perfect rounds and rounds of 10,
D their little chubby faces wreathed
= smiles and roses. The tete was rathe
propitious to marriage, for we saw tOU
I lively bridal parties. The brides an
, ! Vreeuas were Just like children out for
1 holiday. Hither and thither they WEI
. fitting, fall of happiness. One coup
was making tour Of the world on
merrv-go-rouud, while one OF the bride
attendants hell her veil. She was q j
: tie girl, and had crumpled 1t all up
1 her hand, but what cared she, or eve
| the Young wife2 They were out for
4 dayss lark, and were having It. Ever.
7 one WAS bubbling over with f0n IN
: GOOD nature. Not caring to be LETT OF
!, OF all the good time, we purchased Il
horn each, and went marching abo'
! among the laughing crowd, alternate
= blowing and singing TO our hearts col
y tent. In time we had eathered lots
A the little ones, who followed US q
. around, like those of the Pied Piper
. Hamiiu. only our music was not half
i sweet and ailu-ing as his, for they wou
/, 20 no farther thaa the limits of q
: CroSnds. But again We came to Il
d great city, and back again 70 Tor
d I went the other day with a friend
s THE MARINE DEPARTMENT
: of the Louvre, which is exceedingly e
4 tertainipg. There you find models
n all kinds of marine architecture, fro
n the canal dredger to the handsome
bottom that ever Hoatsd on the hi