New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30
PARIS TOPICS.
THE CITY OF CDYrRASTS-A PIECE OF
PHILANTHROPY-A GREAT ART SALE-
TIE STRANGEST OF STRIKES.


week here that one would he tempted 10 peiieVe
that We were already in June, were 1t not for 'he
immense quantities Of lilscs which are to be s'f'
on every side and the advent Of which geherd'N
marps the opening Of the Paris season. Car'
loads upon cart loads Of these fragrant blossoms
80 emblematic OF spring are brought i'o wv
city, and so plentiful is the supply tia' '"c u
ton arises where ii can possibly have @oni' "'"'
The flower market, which is held on tuesdays anu
Fridays on the Place de la Madeleine Is more '"a
ever one OF the most picturesque sleh's OIL rarS'
And tho djsnloy of snowballs, tulips. forget-!ne-
no+s and lilies of the valley. mingled with acs.
forms a perfect treat TO the eye. lhe market IN
deed is one of the show places oil the rrchc"
capital and with the air rendered GENEROUSLY
cool and fragrant by the freshly watercd piossouis
and shrubs forms pleasant retreat iroin 'he
heat the glare and the dust of the boulevard.
Indeed so great is the heat that nearly all the
floating baths along the banks of the Seine have
been placed in position and thrown open TO the
public at least month six weeks before the
usual time.
There are few more generous and munilic'n'
inhabitants of Paris than our fellow citizen Dr.
Thomas Evans, so well known in connection with
the part which he played in helping the Empress
Eugene to escape from Paris on the overthrow
OF the Empire in 1870 During his long residence
here he has in addition 10 his private bcnefac-
TONS devoted some 3,oOo.Ooo francs 'o
benevolent and charitable institutions, an" Nv
has now announced his intention OF putting on a
solid basis the proposed home for American GIFTS
who come here TO study. How much needed an
institution of this kind is here all those WHO
have spent any time the banks OF the SEINE
have occasion to know. The doctor with TINS
object in view has built a new house IN 'hc h"e
de Ia Pompe. which is 10 be- used as the ho'h''
the only condition that he makes being that it
shah be conducted on strictly nons"ctariah lines.
Il will accommodate some forty girls. each of
whom will have n separate bedroom and Is TO
he managed by committee OF American f'Siu'h'S
here appointed for the purpose
Paris is throngcd at the present moment win
art dealers experts, collectors and museum d.
rectors from all parts Of the world, who have AS
sembed here for the purpose OF attending ''
sale of the renowned Splitter collection OF WORKS oil
art antiquities and curos The COLLECTION Il hcNeVe"
to be the most unique in value AM EXTENT III 'hc
world and much regret is expressed that no govern
ment museum or public institution ehouid nave
consented TO furnish the money needed 10 pur-
chase the entire collection Zen bloc, and TINS
10 prevent its dispersal 10 the four corners OF INC
earth There are some 1000 works enumerated III
the superb catalogue, every one masterpiece OF us
kind. and only about 20 have been sold since the
auction began couple OF days ago. Under the cir
cu,nstances il is easy TO understand that me s''e
will not be completed before the middle oil june
Tho prices realized already exceed million francs
and while I notice the Louvre and Cluny mu-
seums as well as those of South Nehsih+'oh III
London and that of Vienna. among the buyers
] have not vet heard OF any hlds being h'"e,
by American dealers collectors.
The municipal elections Sunday last passed
off very quietly This was due as much as any
thing else TO the fact that The Parisians found
more agreeable things to interest them on that
day than politics. There very successful
race meeting at Longchamps, capital afternoon
srort at the Horse Show in the Champs Elysres,
a martial eclipse Of the sun and perfectly ideal
weather for excursions into the surrounding sub
urbs and country districts. So crowded were the
incoming local trains at niehtfall with men,
women and children laden with flowers and bios
SONS the floral spoils Of a spring days outing,
that il was easy TO perceive that the municipal
election interested them only in very secondary
manner.
The Princess and Princesscs OF the House Of
Orleans have just lost ore of their most devoted
and beloved friends and followers in the Dowaecr
NIarquise de Beauvoir, who died last Saturday at
an advanced age. daughter Of the Marquis de
Humlgny ana granddaughter OF the Duke Of
Trevise, killed by FIeschi's Internal machine as
he rode by the side of King Louis Philippe she
married the Marquis dc Bcauvoir, "a well known
dlplomatst and the Intimate friend and crony Of
A@Nandre dumas, ST., some sixty years ago. and
became principal lady in waiting t. the unhappy
Duchess Of Orleans the mother Of the Comic de
Paris and of the Duke of Chartres She accom-
panied her mistress in her evcntful escape from
the city in ls4S, and watched by her dcathbcl
at Twickcnham, near London some ten years later
The eX-Qucen Marie Amclie then retained her a.
her trusted coniiGante and she was with Her Mai
csty at Clarcmont to the last Returning 10 Paris
she became widow in 1870. Her SON. the present
Marquis, Is one Of the principal members of the
encourage OF the Count Of Paris
One OF the quccrcst strikes that have ever taken
place here is that Of the so-called Machaboo. ar
fishers for dead Eodies who PLY their trade
on the Seize between the Blancourt BRIDGE and
the Auteuil Viaduct The reason why they have
struck is because Of the slowness with which their
money premiums paid Father Joscph. the
senior member of the guild. has been fishing for
Machabees during the last twenty-five wears
but he is now idle with his companions as he has
not been paid for the last batch oil corpses sent
70 the morgue, and for which the Government il
indebted TO him 70 the extent of II francs
apiece Last year the trade was bad but tb.
year the morsue has been literally OVERLOOKING
with bodies taken out OF the river, and in day
alone Father JOSEPH fished out less than five
Not having received his money he has with his
companions, laid down his ropes and graphing
irons ana moorcd Lis boat TO the wall until the
oHiclals whose duty il is 20 rcmuncratc him see
their WY to organize more expedition in their
pay department
The sensation of the moment here is the release
of NJ Turpin. the inventor of the explosive known
as melinite. who two years ago was condemned to
five years imprisonment. to Punishment and to
expulsion from the Legion of Honor on a charge
Of high treason The trial took place in secret
and the unfortunate man has since been buried
In the Etampes Prison, where ne was kept in soil
tary confinement. He has now been parloiicd
the result OF newspaper AGITATION and mainly of
a series OF remarkable articles by Il NJ Car,lanc.
in the Figaro me world here is therefor agOS