New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08
COSMOPOLITAN PARIS.
SILVER WEDDING OF THE ALENCoNS-
TUXEDO IN FRENCH EYES.
Paris. September %, 1885,.

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savant Professor Kurth. who has made IN"
Merovngian Epoch his special study. ana VINO
claims that no such person as -. GeneNIeNr
.ver existed the fete day Of the patron SAINT
nf Paris was celebrated in the customary man
ner at Nanterre and the ceremony was at'ehueu
by a sufficiently large crowd Of more OF Jess
,ious pilgrims to indicate that there Is no lalhs
off i'm the popularity of the festival N'"i 'he
traditional mass in the Church OF 81 'ehe-
We've. the congreeatio formed procession al
the head OF which marched nuHpeI Oh young
girls arrayed in white. escOrting IN" Shrine 81
the saint. which borne on the shoulueiS vi
four delegates Of the BROTHERHOOD oil 81 'ene-
We've The shrine contains two or three frag-
Inents of bone. the only remnants oil 'he SAM
bodv left by the Revolution Of 1873. Up to
that time the canons of -. GeneVleNe iiiu J"
their possession the complete skeleton OF the
saint but the bones scattered ana lost
during the Reign of Terror, and only the L."
fragments that are now retained in the shrine
were subsequently, recovered. After marching
round the church several times. the pilgrims
visited the house in which St GeneVleNe was
born. Strictly speaking there remains Ho'"i"s
Of the house save the cellar. which the SAINT Is
said to have turned into a kind Of chapel. and
the stone in the courtyard on which she was
accustomed to kneel and pray. in the same
yard is the miraculous well from WHVH H"c
drew the water that cured her mother oil pIihu-
ness and resusctated a dead neighoor' Inc
pilgrims drink largely from this spring and
profess to find themselves cured of maladles
which up till that time had bafiied the doctors
Never before has one had an opportunity oil
realizing how cosmopolitan is this great city as
since the decree ordering foreigners TO register
their names at the Prefecture of Police mas
come into force. Among the crowds that assem-
bic at the Prefecture all countries are repre-
sented even Afghanstan, Patagonia ana Ten
trail Africa Extremes meet and the officials
have now an excellent opportunity OF survey
ing mankind from China to Peru without leaving
Paris Great would be the confusion Of tongues
81 the applicants were not able TO express 'heih-
selves in French with more or less Partisan
accent They seem to conform TO the feguIa-
t,ons with very good grace. Notwithstanding the
fact that the operation bears considerable anal
ogv with that which convicts liberated on ticket
of-leave are called upon to fulfil periodically
The registration is described delicate work
I'm some cases especially with the ladies. VINO
do not like to confess their age, ana are cohse-
ouently irritable. and also in the case OF o'her
skeletons in the cupboard which the foreigners
registered would prefer to keep secret. The
scene at the Prefecture in fact. is depicted as
that of Babel. and as ear-splittng. the Italian
model the German waiter. the Swiss dohesuc'
the Snanish student the English stabeman, all
speaking together.
Scarcely any one Of note was present at the
Omnium which is the leading handicap OF the
Paris autumn racing season. 1t rained all day,
and this naturally precluded the elegantes and
all the fne-weather sportsmen from taking their
usual places The stands were very scantiy
peopled and during the intervals between the
races almost deserted, serving only as sheIter
to those who make racing business. Out on
the broad field, however, surrounded by the
racecourse there was a seething mass OF men
and women clad in waterproofs round the Paris
mutuels booths, bringing their hard-earned
money to the Juggernaut Of racing. ignorant Tor
the most part of all matters connected with the
turf. and simply satisfying innate passion
for gambling The principal event of the after
noon was not so much the racing as the an |
pouncement of the decision of the well-known |
Franco-American sportsman, Mr.. Ridgway, to |
retire from the turf and to lquidate his entire |
racing stable The withdrawal Of his colors !
will be a sad loss to the racing world here |
where the stables that run for honor and glory |
may be counted on the fingers of one hand |
The Prix Royal Oak, to the establishment of
every one, was by horse called Ramieh |
comparatively unknown and belonging TO NJ |
Ache Foud, a Of the banker who was |
chosen by Napoleon III as his Minister Of FL |
nance.
Inasmuch Paris enjoys a wemerted and |
acknowledged pre-eminence in everything per- |
tanning to gastronomy, it is only right and |
proper that there should be a newspaper de- |
voted exclusively to culinary matters. 1t bears |
the name of LIE Pot au Ecu" and contains not
only a quantity of recipes. some Of them in the |
form Of poetry. but also editorial expressions of
the views of the culinary world upon the cur
rent topics of the day. In fact, ii is what one |
might describe as a species Of salmi of the news |
garnished with sauce piquante that carries |
with ii a distinct flavor Of the kitchen. The |
pot au Ecu" has had several predecessors. the |
first newspaper of the kind having been pub |
lished in the reign Of Napoleon I under the |
name of lie Journal des Commands" 1t was
succeeded in 1s4S by lie Gourmet" to which the |
great Alexandra Dumas, who was even more
successful as a cook than as a novelist, con- |
tributed many articles. After lie Gourmet |
followed the ."Sae a Manger.' edited by the |
Baron Brisse. but that venture. too. was short |
lived. being much more the organ Of the gour-
NETS than of the cooks themselves The pot |
au Ecu" however. has more prospects of long |
life having the advantage of being owned by |
cooks, edited by cooks and read by cooks.
Yesterday the Due and Duchesse d'Aencon |
celebrated their silver wedding at Chanty. |
where a great gathering Of the Orleans family |
took place In honor of the occasion. the Due |
d'Alencons venerable father. the old Due de-
Nemours. who is the living image OF King |
Henry ". being well to the fore. Few people |
nowadays remember that the Duchesse was at
one time officially betrothed to the late King Of
Bavaria The wedding was close at hand; every
thing had been prepared. and her portrait had
been printed and distributed broadcast in popu-
lar form. bearing the superscription. Sophie,
Queen OF Bavaria" Suddenly very stormy
interview took place between the royal lovers.
Various stories are current with regard the
cause OF the trouble. some of them not alto
gether redounding to the credit Of the lady.
But at the close Of the interview the engage
ment was declared at an end. King Louis fed
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