New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-27
PARIS NOTES.
A TALL PRINCESS-CURING CONSUMPTION
IN FRANCE
Paris. November 6.

| Paris, November 6.
| Among the visitors of Madame Carnot at the
| Eysee Palace during the last week have been the
| Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark.
| The latter is famous for being the tallest and
wealthiest Princess in Europe. Her stature is abb
| solutely gigantic. being over six feet two and, so
| far as her fortune is concerned she inherited
81 5 900. 900 from her maternal grandfather, Prince
| Frederick of the Netherlands, besides the entire
wealth of her father the late King Charles Of
| Sweden She is extremely fond of Paris, fact
which is perhaps attributable to the existence of
| French blood in her veins her fathers father
| having been the famous French General Berna-
| dottc who was adopted heir to the swedish
throne by the childless King Charles XIII in 1SO2.
| Her grandmother who died in 1860 as Queen OF
| Sweden and Norway, was Mademolselle Deslrcc
Clary. the daughter of Marseies stockbroker.
who Tilted Napoleon Bonaparte, afterward flrst
Emperor of the French in order to marry his
comrade and classmatc, BcrnadOttc. Although
devoted to the land of her birth, Queen Deslree
revisited it after the fall of Napoleon, III
1914, and her life scarcely be said to have
been a happy Bernadotte was far from what
can be called model husband. During his lie
time lie subjected her to much neglect and even
! to downright cruelty. Obvious OF his own
| humble origin, he was cverlastinSly tauntlng her
with her bourgeois birth. strange history, In
| deed, might be written of the misfortunes which
have befallen every one of the women who have
been raised from the ranks of the people to seats
on the thrones of Europe. Josephine de Deau-
| harnas, her daughter Queen lIortense, Eugene
de Montiio and Nathalie de Kcchko have each
! in turn contributed sad chapters to the history
Of the hcroncs of royal romance, and have paid
| rl,- fort I,,ir Thn
of Denmark is said to have inherited her mag
nifccnt eyes from her grandmother Queen Deslrce
but certainly not her height since Bcrnadottc's
consort was extremely petite and pquante. Ber-
nadotic himself, however, very tall.
| France is already taking steps to contest with
Germany the honor of the discovery Of the
| remedy for consumption ard other tuberculous
| diseases Tho widespread publicity which has
| recently been given TO the experiments of DR..
Koch at Berlin has attracted attention to the
| fact that there is in village of the Department
de TAubc doctor who for several years past has
effected wonderful cures of consumption by means
Of bvpodcrmic injections with two liquids of his
own invention Nor can the efficacy of his
remedies be- attributed 10 mere hearSay and
countryside gossip. for among the patients whom
he has treated with absolute success are Nine.
Armct de Isle. Nine Archambaud, VI. de
|
change etc. etc. etc. Dr. Mathicu, for such is
the name Of the modest and obscure village
doctor. did not strive when he began to apply his
remedies TO reyoutionzc the world of science.
He simply rcjoiccd in the marvellous success ne
obtained in cases where consumption had reached
almost its last stage. and kept his own counsel
about his discoveries. Little by little. however,
these uasi-resurrcctons of morlbund con-
sumptiyes became known among the weather.
Inhabitants of the village of Estssac. ana through
some summer visitors the news thereof reached
Paris Many distinguished patients thereupoh
ourneycd 10 Fstssac and placed themselves uh"tl
DIR Matthew's care After thirty days oil SUD
cutancous in jcctons around the lungs they leU
the village one after the other. perfectly heal'hE'
!, j, said. and with heart full of cratitude ana
enthusiasm for ,he miracle wrought by 1he couuuS
doctor So runs the tale here
II is rumorcd that the choristrrs of the SlNthe
Chanel at Rome will shortly come to Paris. where
ho' II rive series Of concerts at the Trocadcro
This will hc "A great treat for all lovers oil
,,,sc for never has such perfection been attained
49, that displaycd by these admirably trained ana
wonderfully endowed artists. The conductor OF
tho ChaprUc SiNtiue choir Is the 'heF"iier
Nustapha. "a soprano who enjoys European
oor.britv The choir sings ALA PacStrlna,
that i, 10 say in four parts. VITA accompaniment
Tho music Of old masters is alone SUNG. ana the
impression created 10y these admirable voices
interpreting this grand and solemn music IS
Ildcscrlbabc
Tho Ecoc &c, BciuN Arts has been lately
,b, .,er. Of most rc.rcttab!c Disturbances caused
by a new pupil, a VI. Pelle-y WHO refuse" 10
submit 70 what the inmates Of the school call
To-, brimadcs." AnSice " lAzln-." practical jokes
roycd on every ncw arrival among the embryo
t,r
SIS, that the newcomer should strip and fight
dpcl with ore of the senior pupils whose COS
,,,,,. j. ais, of the hghtcst and most decollcic
Nature The weapons used are very long banded
,,ipt brushes loaded with crimson paint ana a
,,orc udlcrons spectacle than that presented hy
flo Two advcrsarIcS II Is impossible To CONCEIVE
IT Pcllcgry consented 80 h-ht thiN flHi'uiouS
ducl but thlnlIng, with some reason, u''' ~
b,d done enough Tor the amusement OF Ms com
,,,.s hr objected to being drcnchcd Win cor
wafer pulled around The STUN" pN ROY" ~,
,chrd To- mi, feet. and finally dragged away Inn'
Ills easel every time hc attempted To W0rk' ili>
rrcrimluations meeting however WIN nnl H,,'r /
,',,,rS, Inc nj last took the law INTO his own
hand, and proceeded ~ thrash the lih-c3uc'.
NJ Pcllcgry i, tall. muscular \ouh7, man g.
,'.,,t, -t,ur YEAR, and his blood has all the m
and impctuosltY which are So CHARACTERISTIC
trait Of all French Noutherncr~ Inc |
corrcrtion he inflicted was therefore very sound
one and aroused the indignation OF the onl9oNrr.
Rushing 10 the rescue, they fell upon the hcu'
mr. freshman. aud paid HIM back IN his own COIN
with the result that hc had tn he Carried 10
a nclghbornS diuSS'oi' !" = '' ~
Asa rule the professors Al the Ecolc DIES BGauN
Arts torbcar from interfering with the s'uu'ilN
in ANYTHING that does not concern lncr Jam, |
tnst INF this time W. BGunat. tie lief 81 Atcil'r
oT fine studio where the dlsturn1n'c took p",r' |
came 10 the front 10y cApclllng four oi the IL |
culpatcd students, and ny CLOSING HIS S'''"'
for a period of three months
Emile Xoa is at present working ON ms rev
novel "LArgcnt." which IS 10 he the t'S' WI.
two If his gon-NlAcgu1rt" series. IhlS 'lihc