The morning call., 1890-10-26
SALVAD0R'S
SUNDAY CHAT.
The Monument to Parmentier
Erected at NeuiIly.
Sketch Of a Remarkable Woman-Ls Baron
Hirsch de Gereuih and What He Has
Done for His Co-Religionists.
Special Paris Letter to THE SUNDAY CALL.

~ ARTS. Oct. 4, 1S9O.-Naturally
the French people have not so
( u 4 much sympathy for the Irish as
! have the Americans, because
in France there are very few
& Irish immigrants. But as soon
as the French knew that the potato crop
in Ireland was a failure because OF the
blight, from every part of France came adj
vice and offers Of relief.
From Bordeaux an eminent agriculturist
writes "Aidew, formed OF vegetable para
sites, have often attacked potatoes in
France. and the following mixture has
ALWAYS proved q most Efficient remedy:
Water, ten Tons; sulphate Of copper,
three pounds; quick lime, one pound, or
burned line in thick paste, four POUNDS;
the mixture must be stirred until it be-
comes a sky-blue color. In France special
Instruments are used for Sprinkling the
LIQUID. but potatoes may be splinkled by
means of a birch rod. used under apd over
tie leaves"
Tie French believe that if their own Par
mcntier did not invent the potato, at least
lie discovered it, and for this reason they
have erected statue to his memory.
In school, children are taUght that Angus
lin Antoine Parmentier, born in 1887, had
noble. generous character, and that because
OF his discovery OF tie potato the bulb was
called palmeutiere. The truth is that when
Qaly 70 years old Parmentier, chemist Of the
French army, WAS five times made prisoner
5i Hanover, and oh 'ged TO eat potatoes.
There he appreciated the advantages OF THIS
vegetable, cultivated in Germany and Italy,
tut i'll France considered cause OF ieptoSv.
Louis Nv and Louis WI projected Par
uentitr in his efforts to introduce the vege-
table in French sell and it l. said that one
OF these kings went so far as TO wear BIOS
som in lis buttonEole.
Parmeutier established potato plantations
nj Sablunville, and here he used strata
gem to make the people acquainted with the
IOtatO's value. DuTl & the day the potatoes
were carefully guarded, but it was so ar
ranged that IN the night those who wished
to satisfy their curiosity could help them
81 YES 10 ny number they wished.
THE CONVENTION THOUGHT
Proper 10 suppress Parmentier's pension,
but the regicJdes were obliged TO ask him 10
UeoTgauiZe the army'S chemical department.
PaTmentIer thought more uf his country
tan Of III. sc who governed Il, therefore did
As duty. Named chief chemist OF the Hotel
des Iuvaljdes, then Inspector-Geueral OF the
Health Department, at last Parmentier saw
tie doors Of the institute open Tor his en-
trance. His works on chemistry and pOlitl-
"a economy are numerous, and the homage
paid by the little town OF Neullly Ia suburb
Of Paris to this enterpris ng, Conscientious
trrHchman is merited.
Parmeuter's monument is of granite sur
mounted by bronze statue, He is repre-
sented as standing, at one side sack filed
with potatoes, and IN his hand one of the
premium vegetables that lie examines with
attention.
The head Of Parmentier is that of a
thinker-hs forehead IS broad framed by
MASSES Of hair, parted in the middle, and
falling in curls over his shoulders. The
nose is aquiliue, the mouth large, and the
under lip very full. The statue is the work
Of Adrien GanGez Gandez, when a pris-
oner If the PrsSiaEs in 1870, made mOnu-
ment in memory Of French soldiers who
died in captivity at Magdeburg. Since
then, he has completed the 'Meissonneur'
at Fare Monceau, the "Ciseleur." belonging
to the city of Paris, the statue Of 'Lnli En-
FAINT" now at the Hotel de Vile; but the
statue Of Parmentier is considered the
sCulptUr's best work.
There has been buried in the cemetery of
PtTe La Chase woman who called hersel
Princess Royal of Cyprus, Jerusalem and
Armenia. AS wife OF a self-Styled Prince
lie Lusignan she converted her house (what