, 1889-12-18

For a complete timing in transformation
scenes cen mend me to the aspect of the
Nov Clan btI today. Old familiar faces
had disappeared, and III their place were
q number OF strange ViSngcS. Men groups
ed about in lie Loib;cS asking each
Other WHO No.and-So could lie, and the
probabilities wee That hey failed TO ob-
tain a satisfactory answer. When The
House had filled and a view OF The crowd
GO llclcs was to lie had, HE novelty
WAS even more striking. 9heIe were the
Ministers IN then ScatS-M. Tirlard flank.
Cd hl NJ. Rouvier and NJ. FalIiercs, with
Nj. Ihcvcuct NJ SpulIt!, NJ. ConstanS,
and III. NNtS-Guyot round them-lntre,
too, in the front row OF the Rcacti0narF
ILaIauX was to be seen the black and
violet Soutdne Of the Bishop OF Angers,
with the Comte de Nun at the side of tho
militant mtlalr, the Due de Doudeau-
vile in the background, and NJ. do Bau-
dry IT ASSon and M. Paul de CaSsagnac
diminishing about but the Centre WAS u
ICIttCt lab, ruth without a single clue.
Everybody seemed to have changed places
and goat was the number Of the new
Corners who SWellcd the ranks of the
NodrIates. Nj. Flourcns and NJ. Sarrien
we've to Nc recognized easily, but beyond
them all was chaos. The Radicals, now
ever, like the Right. had retained some
thing Of their old order, and most OF the
BoulangiSlS. aS WcIl as the Socialists, sat
among them. There was a great deal of
good humcur ana banter as members took
1lcii places shortly after two O'Clock. Old
NJ. Pierre blaur, as the d0gCR ddgc. pre-
sided, The six Youngest Deputies diSchmg-
ing the ollice OF Secretaries until the
BWOu OF the House should be elect
ed. Oddly enough. lhlcp OF thcm-includ-
ing Nj. Iicuc Richard, of the Patriotic
Lcagut-Vcrc B,ulaHgi~ts and TWO Reac-
tioEaIirS. NJ. Pierre Blanc, who had al
ready received the protest of a deputa-
ton Of the Boulanglst Committees at
Mtntmaluc against The election of NJ.
Jot1Iin, intC,d the House attilcd iii
the official evening dress always dOnned
by the President. but ON this occasion he
had exchanged his white gloves for 'laven-
dcIs," which he lcok some time in I(m0v-
ing In the meanwhile people We're await.
ing with considerable curiosity the arrival
of NJ. Thivricr, the Socialist fMcmber, who
had promised to attend the first sitting of
tie Chamber in Il blouse. Nj. Jotfrin had
slipped in unohsclycd, and, though a RAJ
diral of Radicals, figured among the Moder-
G.tA'tN't1 NHN UNIV OtOUoC ~
III colour, and with a good-looking, swar-
thy face and black beard above il was
seen near the door, and M. Thivrier walk
ed up to his bench on the Extreme Left,
with a couple o. friends, the cynosure Of
all eyes. He bore. the ordeal calmly
enough. and, indeed, looked quite at home
in the garment, which was sufficiently
open to display a patch Of white shirt
front and collar, and a neat black
necktir. Amusing to relate NJ. Thivrier
had scarcely sat down when his neigh
bours began lingering The blouse, to ascer-
tain what he has wearing underneath, 1t
was a black frock-coat, with black continue.
tons and boots Of the same colour. He
was not ashamed Of his blouse, but lounged
about the Lobbies afterwards, so that
everyone might have a good look at it.
NJ. Naquet, by the way, who turned UP
rather late, had great difficulty in finding
his place, and, unless my eyes deceived
me, the two Deputies near whom he took
his seat got up and moved away.-Daily
Telegraph.