New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
WILD PARIS.
A QUEER MASKED BAIL.

that has just expired. All the gayety emanaied
from the non-genteel sections of tn population aud
bore Thoroughly Frelcli stamp TIE fashionable
world had neither p Irt nor lot in tie matter aud
theirs were few RIGA foreigners 10 loos ut he fun
or to participate tner.il. Paris was as Partisan as
10 could be. Its merry mo- reBinlel me of the
chapters in The Wan lerns Jew +" ia which Engene
Sue describes the advent of cholera | coal | not
help thinking as saw the universal lin the labor
ions casses Outburst of tOmfo,ery. in which there
was nothing dotic. What good thing it would be
for permanent re,deats hating PhlIstiueS. if Gu
pleaSnre-seekers left OIL coinug here froin all
quarters Of the globe aui tockel t. cities where
they could blsk to Their hearts content in the
shlne of royalty or imperialism. There
in-pility in the junketings o. Wslncs lay night an
Thursday morning. | wish | could say that
hid diminish ID head But feel bona To record
that 1t behaved with less gross less than II w0ull
have done under corresponding circun stances in
any other great European city. must also add
that tho ridiculous way in which youag French
girls o good statirn are held in ohlge> young men
who want to indulge in little mad mirth in Car
uival tunes to seek for iroc-partuers III tie desi
monde.
There wera this mid-Lent. chill lrens afternoon
balls at the Opera House Cue Continental aot1l and
the Eden Theatre anl ia.ksd balls IN the even ing.
de voted to Terpslchore. Waslerwo mems proe-s-
ons enllyened the streets As the cars 0n waich
tue nymphs of the wasatub role In trininrh
through the city were lot to advertising agents.
they reminded oae of the process, ans OF trades
unions in the old German towaS. wine merchant
arranged car to look like an tr OF Btcchns win
saivrs and bdcchante as priests anl prestess'S
ribbon merchant IN Ide 4 line show rival oil
Uuval. tho restanratear. parallel bullet with
cooks and neatly dres ed mattresses ronn.l IT, The
cracking of whips and the Duwing of horns were
incessant. IL il lnprs,IDle for tue French TO do
anything wI.hout noisa, and IN Carnival tines
nobuiy resi- ects the ears Of auy Ons els. Tue
Incoherents ball on Wetnrs lay night will never Oe
forgotten by those whJ wers present. Who are Le'
Tnc1hsreatsP A tribe of young artists who woull
make believe that i'm presSian an spurts OF eaiing
are everything aud discipline aad reflection
nofh.ng. They are bred of reaction. In England
they would be called "Ihe Ecc,aSrns-" Some of
them have talent and have It. T'oir lea Ter
is one ,ie,rget Auvray. who is u very sha"p follow
aI,l means to make money ont Of their W whimsical
ties lie g,t up an Incoher@nt pictorial exhibition
MT long snce aui the ball Of tae night before last
which came OH ia the ro0TnS Of the late Cerce des
Arts Librraux in the Rue Wv eIae Co n2lete
su:nptnary hberty-tr. in,teei. icen ~-waS assured
to all nvItod unles- tey pFe-eato them selves IN the
black trousers and cav ham aer" c1at ald Wits
urckte which hUur1soiS walters an.l un.inrtakers
affect. Far warning was z yea that 40 mercy
would be shown 70 that habIllment. Journal les
IacJheres was PUBLISHED for the occasion and sold
al tae door If the hou iere tae ball WAS gwen.
II contained ia the leading cUlunn an lncoacrent
Manifesto which ran tuus:
The Inc0hnrritts 10 n set up 10 be more wittv or
widea wake than Any nther set Of pcrs"n> following
uattrr what art or hInlirratt Lnt thry are con
viIcel that ti,ey not bnn foIis. Frncb aent aud
"a .ery baye been dphlei by the unSav"ry tribe oi
handles gos mearl dudes po,s ly aud ias amncs;
by the po,poPdphist' uHturlists, and rcaIlss.
aud by the gTaos hOrisJatales an 7uarf-deHo ma'hS
1t - necc,,iIy To- renosate French wit oar ciiri
nItonIl gur'. ~ Is way the lna". .irr''tN "a we
arisen Without ever being uroSS thoy Will Ia their
ntHost To lie gay. VIII thog be supp 'rtsd u =
fIr the levers at hcathy aud chtStc m 'r1IltV u
renlv. What Is knoSn u, the brl liant w"rll nov
pro esses g. siier teiu u. Toiiou 'iesS ~ Ihe
la,hIIn. Tue IN e aud the dtnlv yawn ot"ner
tklu they talk. rhIs bee uniform ~ re 1ns
Tic lncoheF,nt1 have Tor a ln'ssoh to revolt
against this dsSpItism anl u dethrone the stupid
gJs.als4n a,l dn'tic SIRENS o. whom the tntelig'nt
have resigned the sceptre aud have now p''ntt OF
l"lsure Co b. dull. Gayetr is n 'ine old French
chIraCtrriStc. Lot ns tho. efrre be CAV. Laughter
is the finest Cordial going Let II. I 'eraf're anth
when sau ald only weep VIII - we cannot dp
otherwise. let ns ki stupidity with mirth ald
when il ia done cry aond that those who win may
laugh.
There NAV bo some wisdJcl in the above. Eut the
vi IL somewhat force l.. iksi better the illus
,rti) )n that was on the letter Of invitation. IL was
yerv suggestive of mh pIrth. rccentricitv and
animal spirits gone wild. Bnt although Ia the
manifesto the de nj a,,Ris was erie down. there W ~
mlre than a suggestion n the viInette speak OF
that Il woal! be repre- ,ortad at Tie ball. which
nurned shortly before midnight The stewards who
received the invitatrolIS we're lRguissd as police
men and though excellent fell Jw- werr nm .linchng
in their obelirnrc to the orders thsy hid received
No weITcr OF u claw. hammer Or other coat which
was for every lay bunrge us wear was allowed a.
enter. Metra led tie GnadrIlI, orchestra, ia tie
hlbimeuts Of a royot. and locked 10 dirty and
rIsclly AS tho Artfnl D'dsar. Georges Auvrty
con Iuctad iu 10 uniform of a Polish a1csr. the
musicians vino paved waltzes and p'lkas, all com
posed by Incoherent.. Some of them were w"ufer-
fully lively The rooms where gambling formerly
went on were arranged rs ctbiaets partcHitsrs. On
the walls were such notices as. "Co IsunIers OF
re reshments are warned net in hts of absence 'h
mind 10 pocket teaSpoons"; CHESTS are requested
not TO make "A spitt0"n of the ceiling; "Glum
via ,gcs are forbillcn here" Choice language. is
not de 7gcau''
The guests were for the most part journalists,
painters. sculptors mplels musicians. actors and
actresses and all did their best to rig themselves
out IN droll way single claw-hammer coat got
in But gray linen was bastel on the collar and the
tails and on the nat Of the WAS the inscrp-
ton, "My costumier has not been punctuai.'
batch of Yellow Flag captives from Tonquin under
the care of comic sergeants gnarl we're cause Of
hearty and long continued laughter They were
supposed to be going 10 the Chamber where Ferry
wanted to show in displaying them that he had
done something for the millions which have heen
voted for his Far Eastern expeditions Another
sensational group was made mp OF ten galley con-
vlcts of the dashonod sort with red vests green
caps. yellow breastplates braring their respective
numbers handouts on the wrists an manacles oD
the ankles. connected with chains One OF them had
on his am however. Duval waitress who was
neat as il she had lust come out of O bandbox and