Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06
RARE COMBINATIONS OF LUXURY,
s. COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE.


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
fresh problem arise in the course of his
labors in bringing about the prevention
or cure of that terrible affliction to the
study of which he has devoted so many
years of his valuable and successful life.
M. 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
THE GREAT TOWER BUILDER
M. Gustave Eiffel, the engineer whose
wonderful popularity has grown SO rap
idly, is accustomed to ruminate in a
quiet looking but very comfortable sor:
of library. He is fond of walking about
when in deep calculation, and frequently
makes 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 handsome Venetian mir
ror. It was in this sanctum, situated in
the Rue de Prony, that M. 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 now meditates
over the opposition formed by some of
the members of the municipal council to
his project for the construction of the
Metropolitan 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.
M. 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. M.
Sarcey is beyond what is usually consid-
cred the prime of life, yet he looks
well as, with spectacles on nose," and
wearing 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 q 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 crfticise not
infrequently 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 premiere
representation is given at any Of the
principal Partisan theatres.
wEAvERs OF ROMANCE.
M. Georges Ohnet, the celebrated ro-
mancist and dramatist, still young and
handsome, with his smooth dark hair
carefully brushed and parted, usually
sits in pensive attitude in one of those
luxurious armchairs with which his study
abounds. The sculptured chimney piece
by the side of which he takes his place in
winter is a work of art in three stories,
surmounted by beautiful clock and
looking glass out of old or young human
reach. The author of the "Maitre de
Forges" is one of the most amiable of
visited him at his charming residence i'll
the Avenue Trudiane 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 brill
iant maturity.
M. Emile Zola dwells in the artistic
quarter Chchy, where. in the Rue Balu,
he possesses sumptuously furnished
sanctum. provided with sofas, peacock
pictures of the greatest beauty, stat
nettes, evergreens and objects Of art in
every variety. All these strikingly ap-
parent comforts and delights combine to
encourage that inclination for the dolce
far niente to which the indefatigable
pretender to academical honors does not
for one moment yield. With his limpid
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
he wrote 81 'Assommoir" and "La Terre."
In fact Zola, by his free ana easy ap-
pearance, looks more like an artistic
peintre than literary man. He may be
considered painter also, since he writes
pictures with his pen almost as wildly
as those who paint them with their
brushes. M. Emile Zola is 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
zion that are sometimes severely criti-
cised but invariably admired. -Galig-
nani's Messenger.
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The Phenicians are amongst the earli-
est nations which are supposed to have
used the saw. The scholar is not sur
prised to find a very pretty story ac-
counting for the discovery of the saw in
Grecian mythology. Here the inventor