The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-03-08

The Career ef the Famous Cowmunsrd-nv-
goa Great Ambition.

athirst for sightseeing and play acting. or. as
they say In their own language. the specta-
cle." Tho other day. when. on the occasion of
the Anarchist manifestation on tho Place do
l. Opera. the cavalry began to sweep the boule-
ward and things became more or less threaten
ing. ] noticed that the shopkeepers In the
neignborhood had no sooner put IN their shut
tore and locked up than they rushed to the
scene OF action to sec what was going on. Ihe
Partisan tradition holds that the maintenance
OF order In the streets Ia tho affair of the police
and the military. and that individual citizens
are In no way bound to nelp. Their privilege
10 to look on and mark tho stroses. No. too.
the politicians and all other French pub
lie characters are regarded a. actors on that
great stage. where. as Hsine says. ths PARISH
ans are perpetually acting . tragi-comedy
for the distraction OF humanity and 10
bon Dleu." The Minister'S. the Deputies. the
Journalistic and the men % Letters may AZ DO
s%sss ths% S.s el for Il.
sk.ptlcal crowd th"msryos skepue ana ns,s con
c q iRis phs s ro co"d be ound than the
famous Communist. jules Vallos. who died on
n: sas S s .y' 1t In" hs s and
wnen you ask what hs did. II ia not easy to nnd
n. ss i y"nR no Of d"y 10
was poor and mad nsironx appetite Tor az !nnt
he a"s s inns
Varsity when had gwen him that education.
h OF %AS the tue eaa ''s crs,ors o, the lain
Quarts, az the time when i.nro G" T..ye.
same sf!srnoon =, the 6urnips up q ihs
the ssS III Of soeie,y. Wales ADOPTED under
the empire the role OF q truculent soclalst,
ns %. aa Mtss nna ss
reyoiie caussi villemessant OF the t,yar9 TO
IF p.o. Il " Ss' s4s aa al h sF aT
cle for two months. The readers then began
70 complain that he was monoton2ns. and so
Commune be was covered with gold lace and
vastly pulled up with the importance OF his
valorous. and toward the end he managed to
escape to England where he lived until the am.
About a wear ago lie started paper, called 70
si da Hn parHgrapa IN W Which ,Ss G %as tns
the police officer Norbert l,allerich.
snss H. gas
bin is that he was asa, writer Of and trne.
ulent and bombastic humbug. Despite AL his
rSSna Sa a o se
Wales was personally almost wealthy. He IN.
herited some money he gained other money
habits and tastes were entirely those OF n cnri-
talist. In the presence Of literary ac ,
seriousness OF his newspaper rhetori. about
disembowellinc the capitalist. and shontinG
stage attemptssto keep up the r6s which lie
has been interpreting before the public.
must largely attribute the position held b,
6cpr Hugo the eSfs q ad ne rrsnsh pu FsS
S5 ali Paris viii marcn with banners, bands. and
flowers IN front Of the poets house In the Ave
pue d'E,lau Hugo by his long mo nl ,aDor. ~
tican. and a militant exile. and also by the
s IN Sa ne mas aaY.s
Ing point Of view has bsSonf ga as S ei idol In
rahce hugo may De sad 70 DC sne u, hs
tho rersoSiieaton Of France. The old poet is
stll hale and hearty. 0nly the oihe BE, day i had
sbon ill., I'm win s osa rtsn snres
.'is we'll. ani absolutely Yithout any m%iady or
w voice hs x i ' with o @
what Son are TSsn
him. ana he Joins In the gayety. some days
on other days he is dull. weary. and says iirs.
He still reads the newspapers and takes an in
Serious vos to- Be hs to the
Senate. He goes to bed much earlier than he
s' ns he he
not rse until 10 IN tho morning; but he works
arranged SO TO speak. UPSIDE down. the pillow
and bolster being placed y, the foot, so that he
IMPOSITION as classification and arrangement.
| script. mostly produced during his exile ut
lished by NJ. Alfred AsseiIne. Victor Hnro's
cousin. we find some interesting details about
was: "A little work is. tiresome:. great
deal OF work Is AMUSING Al Hauteyil!e
ess Hugo ss LIVED with TA h' dawn
| having perfect command over his inspiration.
which he had made tue slave OF his genius. lie
sat down to work TRANQUILITY. like a workman
at his niece. BY noon he had written his hum
dred verses or his twenty pages of prose, with
a Af "a a M IL
and amnlif!cat,ons which filed more than the
page He used TO work standing AT desk and
you'd come s lawn No %ts S a aud charm harm
all BY his genin.ity and good humor, by his
the aui nor Of the CIdinSe"ts Composing Vulgar
GsSrAhe e, Ike the fo!oTinG which has 10,
| the solution is momon:
Non ,rsnn; hut son az e Ia, Y r,s
| Mon tout want!
The unpublished works VIII ch Victor Hugo is
now arranging and putting in order. are two
volumes Of verse, md half IL dozen plays. writ.
ten during his exile These manuscripts will
teriai NJ Meurice tells me. for six or eight vol.
umes. Then tier" will he several volumes OF
has Snni rs
write many letters. NJ; M-urlce has very vol
ia sn Kim s ad
eighteen years Of exile; and NJ. Nacquere, the
no.t'ssecond great friend haa also great guam.
| tity OF Interesting letters. NJ. Nacluerie. him
| self poet and prose writer Of no mean talent
has, sr.n, his LONG lie IN chanting the praises
| OF Hugo. No more touching case OF se'.abne-
| CATION could be found in the Annals OF litsra-
turs. Since, 1869 NJ. Nacquerie has been editor
| OF lie Rdppel newspaper. and In that capacity
| he has ns much hatred for the enemies and
detractors Of Hugo as he has admiration Tor
| the poet A curious instance OF this hatred
| IS the fact that NJ. Nncluera has never allowed
| the name of lola TO be printed in tho columns
| OF the RdppeI so that for the readers of that
| journal the PontN OF Laturalism and all his
works. the issommotr, Mana Pot Boui'ie and
| others do not exist. Surprising man tn have
read no other paper but the Rappei during tho
past ten years. he would be absolutely ignorant
would. perhaps, DO no great loss.
The great desire of Victor Hugo's friends
| present at thu opsning OF the great exhibition
| ana TO preside over tho centenary Of tho reyo-
! iu'lon OF lIS9 Considering Hugo's very
! hehthy nature there ssems no reason why 10
| SHOULD not I've until then. and even longer
| ana 1t certainly would be- n glorious incident in