Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09

man who changed his PRINCIPLES with the
times. and. like the modern edition OF the
London Telegraph, he was always with the
administrs ton. During the revolution lie
established a weekly paper known as the
Jacobin Architecte: in 1906, when Napoleon
i was at the height of his lame. Poyet PRO-
tected an elaborate scheme for the erection
of monument to the glory Of that great
est of all generals. and :inilly when the
Bourbons in the person of Louis XVIII re-
entered France and assumed the throne
Poyet, ever fin de steele. loully demanded
AL good Frenchmen should erect a simple
and majestic monument as a national
homage to consecrate the fortunate return
of his majesty
Such was the versatility of the gerius
who is responsible for the imposing struct-
ure wherein the greatest Of events of the
have been dictated, and where, recently,
the interest of the intellectual world has
been conferred by the 1ery discussions by
some of the most eloquent orators extant.
The Great Chamber.
To descend from the picturesque to the
realistic. the great chamber where the dep
uties meet. and in which the public general
ly is permitted to enter freely at all hours.
was built in the first years of Louis Phil
Eppe's reign.
The ante chamber of the great room where
the affairs of France are adjusted is a most
commonplace apartment in stone, where
country constituents and others seeking an
vice or to ask favors. are requested to wait.
The interior of this apartment Is furnished
with comfortable sofas extending along the
walls. ami in the center a table provided
with writing materials and surrounded by
cane-bottOm chairs.
This is the spot where many of the TRACE
ales or the chamber have been enacted.
Here n minister was assaulted when he
came from his seat to answer the call of an
alleged sympathiZer; here Gambetta was
fnsulted upon responding to a similar ex-
here. a
enceau was surrounded by circle of ad-
mirers and welcomed back into a fame that
he had voluntarily sacrificed and which was
thrust upon him by the mistakes Of his en-
emies- Such a record prompts the curious
visitor to study well the countenan nee of his
reighbors as he sits there awaiting his turn
for an audience.
Awaiting Audience.
Who can be this desperate looking char
scter in velvet who is constantly pulling
his hat down over his eyes. and sits
shrunken into a corner of the bench await
Ing response to his card? And this other
who persistently keeps his hand in the
pocket OF his coat. and taps nervously with
his fingers upon his knee: is it a revolver
that he 50 secretiyely fondles? Is it intend
ed for n deputy of the right or of the left
or or the center? And this woman who
with evident self-control. changes her place
rom one seat to another. is she there ask
ing redress for any political wrong or
merely 70 play the secondary figure IN an
impending scandal?
Advantages and Uncertainties.
II the business Of a deputy has its
charms. It's glories and it's triumphs. 1t
likewise has its perils and its uncertain
ties Presiding at banquets. dining upon
turkeys and truffes. INDUCING in frapped
Champagne. enthused by the applause of
constituents. complimented by office seek