Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-27


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 LONDON, March 13. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 The carnival at Nice, with the customary
 Battle of Flowers, has been great success this year. It was favored by beautiful weather and the presence of great many members of the French and English aristoc- racy But, alas. what has become of the | once lovely carnival time at Parisa This is how humorous visitor describes it: "Peo pie here celebrate fetes which are called 'car- | nival,' and which must be wonderfully mys- terious, for nowhere could I discover any ex- terior signs of it. There must be under meath horrible practices, sinister limitations pertaining to the ancient worship of the Gauls. Even if I must risk my life to find it out I shall penetrate into the secret" I hope this new Paul Pry will be successful. A strange story has just come from Berlin. A crime has been committed by member of the highest circle of society, which will in all probability be tried in court of justice. At present the greatest secrecy is maintained with regard to the name of the offender; but although the German papers remain silent, it is pretty well known that the crime was committed by 8 lady whose husband occupies a very high position in the diplomatic world. High as his position may be, his lot is no very enviable one at present. The poor man has been absent from Berlin on State busi- ness lately and returned to find his wife &C., cused of having committed robbery of diamonds A IIaaRanf hOmA- coming trulyi It appears that few nights ago, at ball attended by the elite of the German capital, one lady made a great sation by her beauty and the loveliness of her dress. Her costume is said to have been fairy-like, but that which gave it the finish ing touch and attracted all eyes was a little dove made of diamonds that formed a kind of coronet and lighted up her blonde hair. On arriving home, delighted at the effect she had produced, she went to her mirror to see how she had been looking, and to her herror saw instantly that the diamond dove was not in her hair. Servants were reused and search was made in the house and the carriage, but all to purpose. The bird appeared to have taken flight and there seemed small chance of discovering it's hiding place. To cut long story short the robbery turns out to have been committed by rival, who, fu- rious at the amount of admiration the beau tiful bird had attracted to the fair head of its wearer, stole it while pretending to fix flower in the blonde tresses. The jewel was taken home by the lady kleptoma,liac and hidden in the drawer of a secretaire, which no one was supposed to open but it's owner However, hazard had given prying and tat ting maid to jealous and spiteful mistress and the whole story has come out. The po- lice came, opened the drawer, found the bird and the matter is in the hands of jus tice. This scandalous affair is the talk of the day in Berlin society.
 Oka f0 a A jected performance of 'Lohengrin" in Paris. There was much opposition to it's being giv- en and M. Carvalho the director of the Ope- Comic ue TheAter, had to abandon the idea and come to the conclusion that Wagner is not wanted in France. This was great snub to Wagner's memory. But the musi- elan of Bayreuth is avenged already and this is how: M Saint -Saens, the well known French musician and composer, set out the other day on tour in Germany, where he counted upon filling his pockets by giving performances of his own compositions and those of other favorite French musicians. So to Berlin he went. But poor M. Saint Saens had literally reckoned without his host. Venit, vidit-et fugit. On the nor row of his first concert in the German capi- tai the press gave him 8 thorough drubbing, and for that matter 1t had been plain to him the night before that cabal had been formed against him. The opportunity had been too tempting to let slip by the guardians of Wag- ner's glory; they could not resist the tempta- tion to visit upon the head of musician from Paris the slight that Paris had offered to their idol. The most curious part of the affair is that M. Saint-Saens is an admirer of Wagner. But that is not enough for the Germans: you must not only admire the maestro; you must exalt him above all other musicians, past, present and future. They may f1atter themselves that they have had their revenge, for their unwelcome guest, seeing which way the wind blew, promptly packed up his scores and made for Paris. It was as well that he should do so, for the pro- prietors of several halls that he had engaged lost no time in informing him that t'seeing the hostility of the press towards him. they sal"
 Thackeray relates somewhere in his "Eng- fish Humorists" that Sir Richard Steele of Spectator" fame, having built himself pretty private theater, and wishing to try whether the room was well adapted for hear ing, called upon the carpenter who had built the house to speak from the stage. The carpenter at first objected, but after @ mo- ment he commenced. 'Sir Richard Steele" he said, flor three months past me and my men has been a-workin' in this theater. and we've never seen the color of your honor's money. We will be very much obliged if you'll pay it directly, for until you de we won't drive in another nail.'' Sir Richard found his friends elocution perfect, but said he did not care much for his subject. What put me in mind of this anecdote is most remarkable scene that took place at Her Ma