The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-27

from the effects OF cancer in tho breast and Of
several operations thereon. She was only "a
years old and a woman Of remarkable natural
ability and high intellectual attachments She
founded charitable institutions by the score.
and hor direct gifts to the poor averaged 30O.-
600 forins yearly. The Austrian Rothschilds
enjoyed the unique privilege OF attending the
court balls at Vienna and Budapest, but rarely
atalled themselves OF It.
on Of the features OF the farewell hanauet
to whi,elsw Reid in Paris on Thursday night
arose out OF the circumstance that Mi-Caremo
was being celebrated in France on that day
and that most OF the men who sat down to din
ner were covered with confetti Old residents
said that they had never seen so many people
In tho streets as on Thursday. for the day was
exceptionally fine and almost the first pleasant
one OF the season. All Paris and every French
man within 100 miles who could get to the
capital were In the boulevards to SEQ the pro-
cession and take part in the paper
war. Confetti fell like snow all along
the boulcvards from the Madeleine to
the Place dc Ia Bastile. Men and women were
sowing 1t broadcast from the windows upon
the people in the streeta Pedestrians ran
alongside Of the procession wagons and threw
1t over the pretty girls in costumes. who show
cred 1t back with equal zest. In the Bots and
tbo ShhuIs Ely SceS tue hTletOCEUtS WE'RE Uclt-
ing each other from their carriages and from
on horseback, and all over the city children
were scraping it up In the streets and flingIng
1t over each other.
just as Mr.. Reid drove from the Rue Castig-
lone into the courtyard OF the Continental
Hotel. where the banquet took place. an nd
venturous sprite OF the feminine gender in a
mask and tights opened tho carriage door and
threw an entire cornucopia OF confetti over
the American Minister. There is no getting
rid OF these paper missives after baptism un-
less one undresses and shakes out all his
raiment. and so when Mr.. Reid rose to speak
confetti sifted out Of his sleeves and on to the
floor from his buttons. Consul-GeneraI King.
who presented the address to the retiring Min
lister. had his hair full OF paper. Gen. Meredith
Reid had confetti in his moustacho and his
shirt front, and all the guests who had come
through the streets were spotted with it as If
they had been In u stage snow storm. How
many tons OF paper were thrown about tho
streets on Thursday and at the Casino and the
Opera ball in the evening it would be venture
some to estimate. At midnight the boulevards
and the principal streets were half an inch
deep with it.
Tho fine art sales in Europe have rarely
been moro interesting than those fixed for
this spring. The sale Of the Wertheimer col
lection has attracted to London this week the
connoisseurs Of the Continent.
The auction sale of Gen. Boulanger's trap
pings brought a few OF his countrymen to
Paris. The Dumas sale continues to be
eagerly discussed. while Englishmen are
looking forward to securing some good things
at the sale OF David Prices modern collection
next month. In this gallery will be found
some first-class examples by FIRTH Millais.
Landseer. Turner. Linnell. and Alma Tadema.
besides Messioner's painting "Hcgnard in
His Studio"
Tho London theatrical managers are COM
planning. not for the first time. OF the extor-
tions OF tho playwriGhts and star actors. to
which is attributed the fact that quite doz IN
theatres are at present closed. The managers
threaten to combine against both writer's and
players. but they have not yet got beyond tho
talking stage. nor are they likely to do So
Good plays and actors who can draw bi.
money are as scarce, as ever they were. AMI
the competition to secure them becomes
keener every year.
It is authortatively announced that Sir
Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert have agreed
to collaborate in a new comic opera. which.
however. cannot be pi oduced before next year.
Sullivan Is at present engaged upon the COM
position OF the music for a comic opera for
which Sidney Grundy recently completed the
librctto and which will be produced at tho
Savoy next autumn.
1t is understood here that the Kendals have
decided to resume management in London
beginning next year Charles Wyndham Is
making arrangements to produce Mt the Cri-
terion an Anglicized revision of Tho Demi-
monde" one OF Dumass earliest su ccesses.
Manager Mitchelrs Royal Agency. the lead
ing house for supplying artists for drawing
rooms and lat homes" says that Judging by
their booking the coming season will be a very
brilliant one. Americans will again be prom
inenr. tho entertainers including Nine. Giuia
Valla. Mile. Elandi. Miss Amelia Grool OF
Cleveland: Adelaide Detchon. Mrs. Alice
Shaw Miss Dele Thompson. Marshall T.
Wilder. Burr Mcintosh. and Alfred u. Cam
meyer. On account Of the large American
business Mitchell intends opening o branch
in New York.
The English reciter. Mrs Albert Barker
yielding to strong pecuuiary persuasion and
her personal desire to visit America. will COM
mence In the summer tour In tho States ex-
tending from August to Christmas.
This week has witnessed tho opening Of the
fiat racing season in England and practically
tho wnd-up Of the stcerlechasing. The Lin
coin Handicap in the former category proved
n good thing for the hackers OF Clarence. tho
horse belonging to Biundell Maple The
horse started Il hot favorite. winning with
ease. Maple had advised all his friends to
bac; the horse. He even went further than
that. for when delivering Tory address to
hiS constituents no wound UP by advising
them to back the horse, so 1t is scarcely sur
prisinE that tho animal started at the short
od's OF to l against him.
The Grand National Steeplechase. however.
proved rs much a surprise rs the Lincoln
Handicap proved confirmation Of the
prophets. The favorite. Uoster. was bad
second. and Father o'Fiynn. an outsider.
starting at 20 to l against him. came In twenty
lengths ahead. He was ridden by Capt Owen.
who. having secured the blue ribbon of
steeplechasIng. now proposes to give I'D ANA
tour jockeyship.
The practice Of the Oxford and Cambridge
crews on the Thames this week has drawn the
attention OF all the riverside critics. and the
dongs OF the men are rs eagerly watched as
ever Oxford Is much the more forward crew.
II the race were rowed to-day II would win
easily. The men pull long stroke. catch the
water we'll at the beginning. md keep we'll to-
gether. They feather Clearly and splashine
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