The sun., 1892-10-30
NoIES FROM phRIS

| Vile. and the cronkcrs have once mora inton.A
their Jeremnd on the subject, declaring that
| like most other things worth living for In this
| bright city. tho salon" is as extinct as the
| douo. AS usual thore Is much cxaggeration
| in this wall. Nine. de Blocaurville undoubt.
edly succeeded in rallyinR rouad her a croup
| OF distinguished writer's and fashionable peo.
pie whom 1t is not easy to bring together but
the privilege OF uniting this elite is still nos.
sessei in ofhor hospitabo mansions. Tho
ressmists are right enough. however. TO .
certain extent: u transformation is tnkin.
place What tends to disappear is tho buo.
stocking salon which was specially OF hv.
gone days. From lS4O to lS1O moro es.
| pccinlly. 1t was oil the rage. increasing n,a
multiplying in depressing proportions.
| scarcely think there is any reason ..
| regret its doom. A moro Aetcrorcneou.
| trosome assemblaCe than was To- lie mat In
| those intellectual centres" az 1t was ,bs
| thing to style them, could not VOL W, in,,
| iued. Protentious nobodics. intolerahlc ,N.o.
taton. antipuatcd copuetry. asa tu.Nipa ms.
| diocrity were far more apparent than genuine
| talent. and any wit displayed was nearly nj.
| wavs borrowed Su:h GALAXY of nouentuio.
could not add to the glory Of Franco or on.
hanco the charms Of Paris. 1t was rhilarets
| Chusles who. on leaving ono OF those ouoer
| gatherings. during which IA number OF board.
| less. misunderstood authors had been nutter.
| ing round n hcyy Of mature literary ladies,
| summed NJ his impression in the words. "It
| seemed to me was Attending competition
between bnrrcnncss and abortion Sa,uns
OF that kind have vanished thank heaven. hut
| there are still plenty OF drawing rooms where
| one can converse agrocably and rronaby.
Winter fashions threaten us with singular
ani tho snccmens already cshiSiiaIi i1Ie''Ss NJ ,Hs
| races or In tho thentrcs. From time ,nme-
moral We have heard feminine indignation
van nf,.,li n - a. 10 nm ~.
bic Empire gowns. which dcformed lovely
| woman Ny cutting her bust almost at the level
bosom. Weil in spite OF all previous anath.
enas. those, very leaders of fashion WHO last
ments unmerciully are beginning to sport
,nem Wit, with t., evident its ., pride. There rapn3t
We have 50 often laughed in Old por. POI.
traits oi the Josephile period is rearrear.
s 'smnaP9h %r 9hS wasst "s som I:
i rlctes he ugliness OF the accoutremen's with
which ,he female form diving is to be adorned
it can &c translate literally from a fashion.
able. able paper which has lust appeared " Par.
the charming toilet of Mime. unetelle. whose
private box was the cynosure of all eyes. En-.
and on the, shoulders u magnificent LOUIS
tie hrestory and Louis XIII called diofGs.n: to .eq:
nizo in ,hs nerson OF Nine. netrle., What a
~. vintage nnd It's results are not wholly
satisfactory. Luckily the weather continued
IN this respect. ut least conditions were eXcep-
tionallv favorable, But in nearly every dis.
ressimistic estimates. From the Charcntes
rosy reports come oftle quality of the wneob-
II tho Juice yielded by the few vineyards which
escaped unscathed from the phylloxera.
Lecxcellen,. in two.thirhs ofthe actual super.
icies under grape culture scarcely anything
fairs. Un the Whole. this years yisid Is est.
mated at not more than a third OF that Of 1891.
Svsy pH9r wns Tsss
Of France the grape threatens to die out. In
the D"r,loGne results have been nuite as bad.
from burgundy and Champagne but in both it
is exnscied a.. that aft year years production win be
TrosTee etSsr hSnd the @ des F. ths
de and f IS 5a oansass ansses
able IN tho Gironde the year has proved far
e"insids pesardns The quality yea1 q ths
1882 vintage. and every. district appears to
gas Seen in 10 have
sseR and il 9SnS sine
teaux" will be delicious. and lucky is the man man
Who can lay in ,s store OF Cos d,Estournel or q
suffer by the excellence Of this year vintage. '
The theatrical world shows signs at last OF
hkns up from Its n and during
ancient fare to which ". had been ad condemnsd m led
matte season started on its way. Newspaper
readers acros: the Atlantic cannot fail to have
our wine. have fallen off in quantity. and. may
safely add. in quality as well. Fewer pieces
that see the footlights in the course OF a
twelvemonth scarcely. half a dozen make any.
ss aes % Sd
Tor the. poverty which he's settled down on our
dramatic art is only too evident. IN fact all
perceive plainly that tho French stage is pass.
inGthrouEh crisis. not OF a financial but ofan
deavor to explain in Il few lines. OF late years
an evolution. perhaps revolution. ha, taken
things TO- which importapr" was attached
Of others that formerly never cnt"roi our
heads. French dramatic authors with very
this change, in opinion. and they Consequently
feel themselves completely a sea as some Of
the most eminent have admitted 70 me.heins
oSt lSfsea With It. s rn @ Al hsst
ton on their part and III" continued absence
compromise between the new taste" Of the
stiles Of dramatic art-that istp say. those
conyenti3nn!,ies whlc., are inai,p"n:.aois
taste" consists. i answer in ono word
truth. The French drama has ceased t" 10
romantic ana lWHslnlIlNt III trIer 10 N'''oI,o
logical. even to a srathing point in III" study
OF passions and characters. Of their develops
ment and effects. The same craving for vcrl.
simlitudc mnniiests itself IN tn" construction
OF plays in their bis' en- S't'n no impFobnbty
pass mustor nowadays. Writer'S Of the old
school naturally ind it hard to 'rurkle TO tho
eXigcncies Of this new cult. ar. the eonse-
pucnce is that while they are resting on their
oars the French stage Is rOnd"mncd to tho
present state "f crisis, Msanwh."i z very
lauE ha BILE farce hy NJ Gandio. entitled La
Tournte d d'Ernestin.' has set Cluuy audiences
in II roar since saturday. and an in,erestlne
drama, La Maitrc d Armns. by NM, Mary
anh Grisicr. has appeared At III" fofte,Nt-
Martin. But between the new taste and the
old tho French stage is in a par!ous state
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