The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-31
LETTERS OF THE
GREAT CARNOT.
A Publication That Will Have an
Official Character.
Nine. Carnot Wears Canoes, and Nothing
More Was Necessary to Make Canoes
the Fashions in Paris.
Special Paris Letter to THE SUNDAY CALL.

7gARIS, Aug. u, 1S9o-The CORE
~ spondence of the Great Carnot, grand
AS"S father of the President, will soon be
brought out. Figaro. always ready TO at
tack the present Government, accuses Pres
ident Carnot of publishing these letters
with Government money as did Napoleon
Ill in 1858, when appeared the memoirs OF
his uncle But the President of the French
Republic is not responsible for the appear
ance Of Lazare Carnots correspondence.
The publication was arranged two years be-
fore Mr.. Carnots election, and the arrange
ment Of documents was cOnfided to NJ.
Etienne Charavey, member of the HiStOri-
cal Society of the Revolution. President
Garnet has been able to furnish very few
documents, among them the letters written
by Lazare Garnet to his father.
The correspondence will be preceded by
portrait from Bolly's painting, made in
1913, and the work will consist of four vol
umes. A portion CT the correspondence re-
lates to French military operations, and
the letters. addressed by Carn0t to the Re-
publican Generals, place the conveBtionnel
in new light A celebrated Republican
said to me to-day: 81 have known the time
when the announcement of this publication
would interest only savants, historians and
litterateurS. But political parties have
seized upon the news and there are all vari-
cites of opinion. The publication has an
official character because IL is under the
protection of the Ministry and printed by
the Government printing-hOuse. In this
there is nothing Irregular, because books
that do not sing the
PRAISES OF CARNoT
Are published under the same conditions.
Perhaps NJ. Carnot will regret that he did
not insist upon the work being published
in the Quietest manner, thus preventing the
accusation that he tries to slime from the
rejected glory OF his great ancestor. But
in reality, the letters are not those of the
grandfather, but of LaZare Carnot the
"organisateur de la yictoire." Who can
say that the great Garnet accomplished
nothing Twenty-seven victories, and eight
of these in pre-arranged battles; 120 COM
bats, $4,000 of the enemy killed, $1,000 pris-
oners, 116 strongholds or cities captured,
$50 forts destroyed, 10000 guns, 80 flags,
and powder without limit, taken by the
French during his campaign of seventeen
months-can this be considered nothingl
His enemies speak of the contradictions
in this wonderful brain, that opposes the
nobility and accepts title, that contends
with the Legion of Honor and accepts the
cross, that rejects the 18th Fructidor and
recognizes the 18th Brumaire, that wanders
from Robespierre to Napoleon, from Ma
poleon to Louis XVIII and returns to
Louis XVIII after having gone back to
the national defense, the twenty hours each
day of hard labor, the gigantic work that
assured TO the republic the fruits Of its
conqueStS.
Few Of these men famous in the Revolu-
ton displayed much unity in their lives,
and the gulllotine saved some of them the
trouble of accepting positions not in har-
mony with their doctrines, and more than
one, like Carnot, asked from exile pardon
for equiyocal concessions and thoughtless
errors.
NINE. CARNoT WEARS CAMEoS
And nothing more was necessary to make
canoes the fashion.
When canoes were almost forgotten, NJ.
Vaudet, famous engraver, decided to
chisel the largest cameo that has ever been
executed. For six years he has worked on
reproduction of Rude's famous group OF
the 'Marseillaise" on the Arc de Tromphe.
The stone Is sardonyx of rare quality,
five by seven inches in size. A sardoDyx
has always several layers of color, and
this stone has brown for the foundation
and white for the lersonages. To repro
duce Rude's group. NJ. Vaudet meets with
the greatest difficulties, for the slightest
false movement Of his tools might break
the stone thus destroying the work OF
years. The cameo next in size is that OF
the Sainte Chapelle. now in the French
National Library, called Triumph OF Au-
gustuS." but this sinks into lnSgniflcance
beside Vaudet's 'MarSeillaise."
Among the great French cameo engravers
are David, Chevrel, Lemaire and Francois.
Their Work III no way resembles the
canoes one finds in Shops for these works
were the traditions of the illustrous
ENGRAvERS OF ANCIENT TIMES.
The stones used by them are red corneliap,
agate, lapis lazuli, jasper, moenstone and
cDTysOnraSp. BrpclDuS stones ruDleS
and diamonds, are often objects for their
cnisels, and soon the BeauX Arts may have
department devoted to engraving on
precious stones.
The unknown divinity who presides over
fashion has decided that the watch must be
inserted in the collar of the gown. Ii ever
a fashion we're absurd, this one is certainly.
We need no longer consult the clock OF
public edifice, for the collar of our neighbor
is much nearer For a woman the same
object must not continue to occupy the
same place, and the watch has changed
position many times. We have had It IN
every kind of pocket, attached to belt by
Chateaine, in the corner of a card-case,
framed in bracelet. in the cover OF
sniellIng-bottle, on an umbrella handle, now
| on the collar, perhaps later in the hair.
1t was only in the eighteenth century that
comb was considered an ornament for the
| hair, as well as an object Of utility.
Japanese was the first woman to place
comb, as an ornament in her hair, and IN
a Japanese work on the couture there are
| designs for arranging the hair in the most
| becoming manner-always with the AID OIL
the comb. Now, the comb is to be placed
in front, as a diadem, and the fashion Is
| adopted by all French mOndaines. But,
strive as they may, never can they arrange
their combs as do the Japanese, who accord
ing TO Hakusai. know every means tnat
can be used by feminine perversity to en-
| slave men.