New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-21
TOPICS IN PARIS.
AN EXHIBITION OF wOMEN'S WORK-SEEh-
ING THE GRAVE OF MIRABEAU.

oro,ced the chief feature is the display oil Iasoii
lor the last hundred years. There Is vast al"
rare collection OF pictures miniatures ana 'rihNe''
all portraying fhe ephemera costumes worn ia '"o
DAVIS of Clouet Mignard. Lagilllcrc, "ih'ciI'i'i'
with Others in the times of Titan kuoens' h'Vo'
Crancb Van Dyck, Gainsborough ana MY n
Another original attraction Is waN-"orh ono" VI
head-drcsses of different epochs' ar'is ."
rorood bv skiIful artists The modern hVe-
o,croclt, of The Partisan ladies is charmihgN IT.
olizcd Sewing materials, lace. musical ihs'ru-
" q. teminine- furniture and other elements
:. .,.o,oon,s work and womans daily life compete
A. lie. There il a good collection OF pain'ihb'
49,, -, cems of lace executed by fair hahus' pS
,h side of these walls will be seen collec'ion' %
,ho thousand aud one Embellishments Wlo" ".'P "
form ladys toilet CurlositlcS OIL al N'"" w..
u,o,vis. eyhibited--for example, ,he i". - ..
.''>' ,Ea,,o. the spcctaces of Marie Antoihct'c,
uo 49, oarr,rcs Of the Empress Josephine. All
"N .h;oo,s have been lent by the owners OF ''
hix,o,ical bibelots. As if they were NOV
.. attract the spectator, we are trca'e" "
| nisccnt diorama depicting the changes anu .l."
formations of fashion. One OF tle c'. ,
droos us TO lie Bal de IN Bas'lie III ,'V
>. .Irn. Soirec chez Barras' whiie o'hc,s
Quiet ,a.. 90 tho "Golcrics du Paais Royal
.rc ,he Rouhvard de Gard in 1872 'hc
=" i. g Cloud- in 1870 and finally the o'Ho
,...;.noIlc promenade Of Longchamps. huu u"
~ 49,. rd othcr sights excellent pahI oi Nv"
=. "a oro,,cb will hove been sald 10 PRIV WV"
h,h;tion Is worthy Of being pa'rohiz0"'
m. ,.rtcrarr Of the Republic, when Is 20
i"I 1901 on September 90, bids fair 10 "e
w uornoo,,. affair indeed. The GoVerh'Ich'
49, s~hscribed the fund. for the "fetes'' ""io"
IN ;,,rde two professions of the same i'"'"''
-, ,ho right. the other on the iel'' oanN "
a.. So,,o so that everybody VIII ne aoie
..o N. sight. Among other features u IL
on.s will 10 five aIlegorical charlo'S i"o
c,st will represent the period previous 10 ~,
p.roln.ion-thst is to say, the heScnoS a
machining Of the reign Of Louis ANl' IL wan - IN
,,rdcions and ballct-dancers, ana Dehihu " VIZ
rolIov the oppressed people SINGING mourn"
,r.,odes and crying for food. Inc Tcoo"" '''
.m ~. coucd The "NIarscillaisc." and Will be
accompanied by volunteers OF the he'o'",'o" "'s
su,,r,, and flies. The third will be chrlS'cned
''''.' CO... ar Dcnart." escorted by cavalry IN
.,o uniforms worn nj the battle oil NhlhlN' anu
,,,o.od nv groups representing the trade corpo
.o,;ors 81 the epoch and carrying flags ana pan
on. oo,;cd from those Of the Carnavalct Museum
IT,. ronr,b chariot will pcrsonify the Triumph
- rho Rapublic." and behind it VIII walk d'p"-
.o+,ons ~ tho various gymnastic ana o'her e"''
tie. bearing the symbols OF the arts ana s'""'r'
Tho last will symbolic the tohcoru VI Wv
pcon,. and the Army and Will he acco'np"h'"
bv thc cavalry and the infantry. lhe ch''i"'S
rsod !, thc cortcrc will be placed at certain
sr.o, corners in the evening. and will then ser'r
40 oncn.air theatres where patriotic pieces VIII
be played.
n connection with the Centenary. may here
,efer 10 the active search which antiquarahs nave
o-canizel for the missing remains OF Mirapeau
After the death Of the great orator OF the 'on
sti,ntional Assembly, his counfrymen, deSlrons OF
doing honor 10 him, transformed inc 'h"fc" VI
eairteGenevicve into the Pantheon. where the
bodv Of Mrabeau was buried with All pomp
and solemnity Alas! it was doomed not 70
liz there long. Two years later the inquiry Into
H.. trial Of Louis XVI led TO the disclosure OF
documents proving that the Revolutionary noble
man had kent I'D relations with the Court. Deep
,vas tbc inclination Of the Jacobin tlub. ana
loud wa. the cutlery of the Parisians The Ton
vcnton Immediately prepared It's anathcna
REPRESENTATIVES OF the people" exclaimed Marie
Joseph Chenier in his report. listen to the voice
Of the Nation, and show yourselves great ana
strong: representatives Of posterity. he Just ana
severe The very praises which have hfen ne
slowed on the genius Of Mirabean will render the
example you about 10 make OF him all the
more solemn and terrible. Your committee pro-
order TO strike ambitious and INSCRIPTIONS men
| with fear" The expulsion was voted and the
| Convention ordered the body of Marat to be
| conveyed TO the Pantheon on the very day when
| that Of Miraheau was removed.
What became OF the body of Mirabeau? Some
say il was inferred in the cemetery OF Saint
| Etienne-du- Mont; some at Clamart, where the
remains of executed criminals were buried, ana
others believe the place chosen was the cemetery
Of Saintc Catharne, In the Faubourg Saint
Marcel. where most OF the victims of the Revo-
| luton were inferred. In l847. Mchclct, who
was convinced that the body was at Clamart,
| proposed to hare it exhumed Fifty years OF
expiation" says he in his Historic dc la Revo-
ntion." as quito enough for this unhappy great
man. Ten years afterward. in letter addressed
70 NJ Jules Cla,ctie. Nine. Mchcet took up her
husbands idea Of rescuing Mirabeau from the
ignominious graveyard, and suggested the l4th
of July, the National fce day. as the most fitting
occasion TO do justice TO his memory. She even
designated the spot where his grave would he
found The coffin can be easily recognized,
sbc added: ait is in TIE middle of the cemetery
and hears the name OF Mrabcau, engraved in
copper. on the lid" Search made at Clamart.
but with no result However, his admirers did
not despair. Foremost among them is VI. Adam
conrt, who has recently undertaken fresh eXplora-
lions. this time in the old cemetery OF Sainte
Catherine, or rather on tie ground where the
cemetery existed before school was built on It,
Unfortunately, owing 10 the burning OF the
archives Of the Hotel de Vile during the Com
mune. it was not possible TO determine the pre-
cise date when the cemetery was done away with
That il was prior 10 1918 is certain, for 1t was
there that under the Restoration, monument
was raised to Plchcari. Fragments Of it have
been discovered as we'll other interesting relics
But no traces Of the remains Of Mirabeau have
been found.
One Of the persons WHO take most interest in
this lugubrious, if curious. search, is the celc-