New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-07
ENFORCED MILITARY SERVICE
AFFECTING THE GOOD BREEDING VI
FRENCHNEN.

Paris. November IA.
The publication of D." lie Sous on and anotu'I
res stic novel threw n grewsomc light carry III
the year on some ugly pague-spots in TIC fTehc"
Army But nothing was done TO get rld Oh "'el''
The compulsory presence of the divinity s'""en'e
of Catholic sprninarics in camps and barracks HIS
served as an opportunity to General NFSri"r /" ~
and clear away the causes for repr0ach. TIE oo'"-
mands the Seventh Army Corps M f%s'n''"'
where the Due d'Aunale some years ago CUM
handed. The General is a distinguished oi'o'
and Won some laurels in Tonquln. lie was Nv
uounced by VI. Rochefort as Il coming oc'''''
4 man of will he certainly is Oe'ieNe ne tV"-
orally means what he says. and ne cer''luN '"
in his general order in regard 10 me "N'n"H
students who have joined his corps u" s""''"''
there the musket Practical Jokes oil gross VI
rude kind and indecent testing or rihald ''lh "''
absolutely forbidden in guard-rooms ana d"f"i-
,orios The corporalS in charge of such rooms
are 70 he held As accomplices of the coarse testers
and takers if they do not report them
Soldiers" saws the General, "o"e TO eacN
other that respect due TO every one bearing arms
for his country" This is II fine extension "' 'c
standard of conduct expected OF the oflcrr an"
gentle nan W. de Frcycinct backs General N'1
ricr obligatory service. ii was complalned' WIS
smelling the manners of the young generation u
FTenchmcn.
The Minister of Public Instruction has ua"'
many steps forward since he entered once anu
not false one. He has now caused '\'f"''s 81
Alfred de MussetS poems 10 be erased from NV
readers in use in the classrooms OF rl'"'" '''
,iona1 and hieh schools rhcy were fresh addi-
tons 10 il. which had been inserted ny some
members Of the Council of Public Instruction who
.laatt n
spirit The Minister in his circular condemned
the way in which boys and girls IN the N'rlmN
are initiated into the beauties of French classic
literature The great authors should be put INT"
their hands Instead of this they are gwen
criticisms. 10 doubt by accomplished writer's. "n
tle classics This keeps them from gong S'r"leh'
,o fonnfain-hcads and forming independent
op.uion> The professor of Literature should n"'
has tAc young mind HIS task should chiefly hr
in reading selected passages aud IN explaining "n-
dor what circumstances they wrre written. rs
mufh as possible his rcadln- should Ice modci
Of dict,on
TN. deotb of the Countess DO Mercy dArGcu-
,aau causes blank in what was twent' years
ago the inner circle of tie Imperial 'ouri "t
Frnpcr. She ranked ~ a beauty, but she Was
ono rather 10 hc admired than CHERISHED. ii'r
nortr,irs drew crow dS al cNh billions and inter
halter Csbancl and IueIcs were among the famous
artists who tried n render on canvas Ter charms
She was daughter of Tie late Prince A!ph"hN'
de Chimay. aud granddaughter 81 TIE famous
Madame Talien, who ShOnc as one OF ~" queens
Of the Directory IN the ni"ct!cs Of The laN' cen
fury Unfortunately 10Y the Countess "c N'fF
d'Argenteau. her only daughter. Inc M"Ii"'se
d'Avarv. reverted 10 the 1alen tyt". N"e "''
married a few years ago TO a ho'cm"n OF s'"'
fortune and antique house. and burst o"' soon
after. as though she were hvinS hudcr 'hr
Directory Her ccccntricitics and RlddN c"hdH''
when going on pilgrimage 7" Jerusalem were
the cause of a suit brought against her nv hri
husband for a divorce. Pending the suit the
Narouise entered convent as hoard"l. ana III
,ix weeks ran up a bill for 10000 francs worm
of fashionable millinery III" divorce Wa
granted but her husband had 10 pay for the
Gncrv. Madame Mercy dArerntcau never IrcoV-
cred from thc shock of these exposures She went
70 live in Russia ont Of the sight and NINA oil
tbc brillian, set IN which sac mixed and was too
sad and detected 10 rally. Her husband grand
father was the Austrian Ambassador. Count
Mercy dArgcntcau. whom Maria Theresa appointed
IN act AS a mentor 30 The uuiortunai" Marie
Antoiucttc of whom he was often tue torhcn'"I
The Braziljans here celebrated last Sunday me
first anniversary # their R"pnbIlc \ dIhI'i -
Vcfour's was the form which The celebration loon.
brazilian fruits and flowers grown III E"I"i"'"
lo, tou.cs were only used t. dccoran" The table
on which covers were lmd Tor =" persons
colors Of the young Transatlantic F'P''' "'''
blended with those oi her h'h0r''-'''I'-''" ~
ter and grouped round shields Oh ""''N "-"'''
q Globe with Star-spanelrd southern 'H'
.nhcre and Il northern on" having Oh ~ " >'II''.N
,r tho emblem - the mother country Portugal
-, 800, ,, Uor. az fife cveniue were the ucW
Inc "Nc'-D''"" ct;oi pm, and t,,,
Brazilian Minister, NrHh"r ''"I"' w. "', ''''
namely. DIS 'ard"s"' "@'H"'s' ''''|' '''
Cardoso. The non Rr"ZIllaH S"'S'e WIN VIZ
q, TN. cross table above the SAIL were "I"'c o'
D,u,ilIc Naillcf"n who IN the c'urN" 81 me even
. ,o,tcd shat the MORGAN bill ~ inN titles
"S 49,, -, ga. T,or.i, Cb,uler Of Den