The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-12
Mlfflli Eagle
SEVERAL PAKISIAN DENS
RARE COMBINATIONS OF LUXURY.
COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE.

utations-Where the Bright Lights Re-
tire to Do Their Chosen Work.
The sanctum of NJ. Louis Pasteur, for
example, is one of the most simple in the
high order of truly physical comfort. 1t
is not encountered with the scientific
paraphernalia often met with in the
houses of medical men. A large carved
oak table stands by the side Of the arm
chair in which the great scientist often
sits in quiet contemplation of his past
experience and future hopes In that
high stack Of green cases at which he
casts an occasional glance stores Of valu-
able notes are classed in perfect order
They are ready for reference should a
fresh problem arise in the course of his
labors in bringing about the prevention
or cure Of that terrible affection to the
study of which he has devoted so many
years Of his valuable and successful life
NJ. Pasteur usually wears close fitting
skull cap when in his sanctum. He is
grand cross of the Legion of Honor, men,
Der of the French academy and perpetual
secretary Of the Academy Of Sciences
TIE GREAT TOWER BUILDER.
NJ. Gustave Eiffel, the engineer whose
wonderful popularity has grown SO rap
idly, Is accustomed to ruminate in a
quiet looking but very comfortable sors
Of library. He is fond Of walking about
when in deep calculation, and frequently
makes a halt in front Of his admirable
chimney piece, the shelf of which is sur
mounted by very chaste and beautiful
female bust. On each side of the chin
ney piece is a handsome Venetian mir
TOR. 1t was in this sanctum, situated in
the Rue de Prony, that NJ. Gustave Eiffel
solved the last few serious difficulties
which at one time threatened the COM
pletion Of his Champ de Mars triumph;
and there it is that he nowmeditates
over the opposition formed by some Of
the members Of the municipal council to
his project for the construction Of the
Mettopuitan railway for Paris. The
main objections to the metropolitan
scheme are that it would destroy the
beauty Of the boulevards and ruin the
line of omnibuses running from the
Madeleine to the Bastile. 1t is not at
all unlikely that the engineer who tri-
umphed so gloriously in the case of his
tower will achieve another victory with
the railway he proposes to construct.
The man Of the iron tower is an officer
of the Legion Of Honor
NJ. Francisque Sarcey, the well known
theatrical critic of The Temps, and one
Of the brightest Of the galaxy Of Pari-
sian chroniclers, inhabits during his long
working hours a library in which he is
almost surrounded by his books. NJ.
Sarcey is beyond what is usually consid-
cred the prime of life, yet he looks
well rs, with spectacles on nose," and
wearing a soft and smooth white beard, |
he poses himself carefully and closely |
over his table in front Of the copy he is |
carefully preparing. He is reputed to |
be a model Of gallantry toward the la |
dies; but the case might be reversed |
when it is considered that the lady art |
lists whom it is his duty to criticise not |
call at his house TO ask a
favor or an act Of justice for their pro- |
fessional requirements. There are two |
places where Sarcey may very often be |
met with; one is his library, and the |
other is his fauteuil d'orchestre, when |
ever grand performance or a premiere |
IS given at any of the |
principal Partisan theatres.
wEAvERs OF ROMANCE.
NJ. Georges Ohnet, the celebrated TO-
and dramatist, still young and |
with his smooth dark hair
brushed and parted, usually |
sits in pensiye attitude in one Of those |
luxurious armchairs with which his study i
The sculptured chimney piece
by the side of which he takes his placein
winter is a work Of art in three stories, |
by beautiful clock and |
looking glass out of old or young human /
reach. The author of the "Maitre de I
FORCES" is one Of the most amiable of I
Partisan htterateurs, as all who have
visited him at his charming residence III
the Avenue TTudiane can affirm. NJ.
Georges Ohnet is as young in the Order
Of the Legion of Honor as he is in his
age; but with time both may surely be
expected to ripen and advance to a brill
liant maturity.
NJ. Emile lola dwells in the artistic
quarter Clichy, where. in the Rue Ballu,
be possesses a sumptuouSly furnished
sanctum, provided with sofas, peacock
pictures of the greatest beauty, stat
1ettes, evergreens and objects of art in
every variety. All these strikingly APP
parent comforts and delights combine to
that inclination for the dolce
far niente TO which the interchangeable
pretender to academical honors does not
for one moment yield. With his hmpid
hair falling in loose style on each side
Of his head, after the manner Of many
popular knights Of the palette, he con-
tinues to wear the same binocle as when
be wrote "L'Assommoir' and La Terre."
In fact Zola, by his free and easy APP
pearance, looks more like an artistic
peintre than literary man. He may be
considered a painter also, since he writes
pictures with his pen almost as wildly
rs those who paint them with their
brushes NJ. Emile lola is a chevalier
Of the Legion Of Honor, and the red rib
bon is well placed and well merited as
the reward of his profound thought,
bold imagination and vigorous express
sion that are sometimes severely crit
rised but invariably Misunderstanding ,
nani's Messenger.
The Phunicians are amongst the earli-
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