Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-05
NO. 1856.

| nowned. The great writer dropped into po-
etry in style to make Mr. John Ruskin jeal-
GUS. M. Renan. moreover, reminds one of
Mr.. Ruskin in the biblical forms of express
sion he SO often uses, old echoes as it were of
his early ecclesiastical training. "Happy
the young, !" he began on Saturday night
when he stood up to address his young COM
patriots, 'Efor they have life before them"
And if the young will Invariably digest all
the good counsels he gives them to how to
use that life they will not go far wrong. His
aim, like Mr.. Ruskin's, seems to be to edu-
cate them to fuller enjoyment of it by
teaching them the beauty of well-doing and
the ugliness of the pleasures that leave in
the mind tinge of regret "He who would
possess gaiety of mind" he said, ':must lead
a good life" With the grace of Massillon
he continued: 'Never profane love; it is
the most sacred thing on earth Regard it
as cowardice to betray the woman who has
opened to you for moment the paradise of
the ideal" He appealed to them to fill their
lives with work, but not to neglect healthful
pleasures. Joy and work should GO hand in
hand, and he regretted having filed his
youth with study to the exclusion of play.
There is nothing ascetic about III. Renan.
The beautiful that he teaches is earthly, but
not etfeminate. M. Renan is Mr.. Ruskin
made man.
L was much amused the other Sunday to
hear the vicar of a fashionable church which
L was visiting propose to his faithful flock
way OF outdoing the pick pockets, who it
seems not unfrequently insinuate themselves
into the sacred edifce In these days of con-
stant collections everybody goes to church
with his purse in his pocket, and the thieves
have naturally enough cultivated 80 fine
field for their operations. It of course
annoying to see the funds destined for the
collection plate diverted into so unholy a
channel, but very much fear that when the
reverend gentleman advised his congregation
hJaF hive
into the plate he had found but poor solu-
ton of the difficulty. There are persons
who can see into next week, but this ecclesi-
asGical hnancier is clearly not one of them,
or he would have seen several purses left at
home.
l have under my eyes an official document
which is not altogether destitute of interest
in these times of exhibitions of pictures; it
is the list of the women who pose as models
to the T risian painters. There are six hun
dred and seventy-one of them. Two hun
dred and thirty Italians, one hundred
and twenty French, eighty German, sixty
Swiss, fifty Spanish, forty nino Do1glan, for
ty-fve Fnel;~L, euIrty American, four Aus
II1an, two Portuguese and one Irish Out of
these six hundred and seventy one poseneos
one hundred and thirty above twenty
one, the others being from sixteen to twenty
one. Sixty are dramatic artists, forty milli-
ners, thirty-fve florists and thirty dressma-
kers. The others, not claiming to belong to
thing but model life. The pay they re-
ceive ranges from two francs sitting to for
ty and even fifty francs.
Mrs. Langtry is going to play in French on
the 24th of May and will acquit herself
charmingly no doubt, for we all know that
she spent her youth in Jersey among French
speaking folks. I have heard from gentle
man who also lived the island, and who
used to play with her when she was yet in
short frocks, that in those days she was any
~ 1D,,@ roLI fo,,
can hardly believe it, But to ''return to our
muttons," the now lovely Mrs. Langtry is
going to play "Les Moutons de Pauurge"
with NJ. Febvre of the Theatre Francois next
week, and the proceeds of the entertain
ment are to go for the founding of a bed in
the French hospital here for dramatic artists,
and as the Prince of Wales has promised to
patronize it, the affair has every chance of
being a great success. The lending of her
theater for the occasion, and the trouble she
is taking to study part expressly (eyen
crossing to Boulogne last Sunday in
horrible weather to rehearse with NJ Febvre),
proves that the Jersey Lily is as generous
she is beautiful.
Madrid has just rung with shouts of Viva
ell Rey since the Spaniards have a king once
more. For some time to come the voice of
this little royal parsonage will be of small
use in councils of State, and his scepter will
for the present probably take the shape of
coral and bells But the Spanish royalists
were in fever of suspense, and when the
Duchess of Medina de Las Torres appeared
before the assembled ministers bearing a
golden basket containing small august per-
sonage who had just entered the world, and
it was announced that the royal baby was
''fine boy" very hearty cry of "Long live
the King!" burst from all lips. The future
sovereign was duly presented to the grandees
of Spain, the Governor of Madrid, the di-
plomatic body, ETC., while a salute of twen-
ty one guns announced the great news to the
world outside, who in their turn echoed the
cry of Viva Ell ReyI The royal household
has been much exercised in mind for the
past week or two about the choice of a wet
nurse for the expected 'tlittle stranger"
The post is a light and well-paid one. The
nurse is treated like a lady of the palace, is
presented with handsome clothes, and when
her term of Office is ended she is laden with
rich presents, not to speak of fat pension
she receives from the privy purse 1t is not
much wonder, therefore. that considerable
number of perambulating daisies, some of
them handsome WON in most picturesque
costumes, made application for the position,
and gave the royal physician distracting
time of it choosing between them.
I was glad to hear that DR.. Valentine
Mott, of New York, who has just passed a
week in Paris with NJ. Pasteur, has been for
tuuate enough to persuade the great French
savant to let him carry his virus to America.
1t is said that NJ. Pasteur has been greatly
struck with the scientific intelligence of the
American physician, and that for the first
time he has broken through his rule not to
let his virus go out of his own hands DR..
Mott takes to America a rabbit inoculated
with virus, and 1 hope this poor 'bunnie"
will be the bearer to Americans of immunity
from the scourge of rabies. MAX O'RELL.