New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-02
THE GOSSIP OF PARIS.
A PICTURE FOR CH1CAGO-THE DUO DAU-
MALE AND MADAME ADAM
Paris, March 90.


papers are full of announcements of the opening
of exhibitions of one kind and another. and when
ever one meets ones friends in the street, they
appear almost Invariably to be either going to or
coming from some picture show. These minor eX
hibitions constitute a sort Of preliminary to the
great salons in the Champ de Mars and the Champs
Elysces which open few weeks hence. Most of
the artists have already sent.in their productions
and in few days time the doors of the two salons
will be closed and the jurics of selection and of
hanging will commence their tedious and laborious
work or course, all these minor picture shows
are frequented, not 80 much for the sake of in
specting the pictures there for showing of the
new spring toettes which entirely eclipse all IN
terest in the works of art that decorate the walls.
There is one notable exception however, in these
picture shows, where visitors 60 more for the pur-
pose Of seeing than for that of being seen 1t is
that of tho works of Mile. Louise Abbema, in the
Rue LATTE, the principal feature of this show be-
ing her picture destined for the WOmans Depart
ment of the Chicago Exhibition. 1t represents
the City of Paris in the traditional form of
state vessel bearing some of the principal female
celebrities of the day. In the foreground is Mme,
Sara Bernhardt. personifying tragedy, and Nine
Rejane, comedy. Behind them, on one side. are
Meslames Severine the Countess Of Martel, best
known as "Gyp" and Augusta Holmes, personify-
ing literature: and on the other Mesdames BertauN
and Rosa Bonheur, representing sculpture anu
painting. Paris itself is portrayed III the guise vi
a graceful and elegant Parislenne. holding aio1'
over the heads of the numerous female groups
crown Of laurel aid of flowers The tricolor nag
floats all. The picture goes TO Chicago uh"er
the care of the Come desmond, who Is one OIL
the French delegates to the Exposition, and from
what hear, is likely to remain there AFTER 'he
termination of the show and to tind permanent
bnm the Of a
Apropos of Rosa Bonheur, il may interest the
readers of The Tribune to learn that she thorough
" disapproves of the feminine attendance at the
Ecole DIES Beaux Arts, an institution that she
thinks might be- demolished without compromising
tb. intcests of arr She objects TO the admission
of uirls into the school the ground that the
younc men WHO attend it are brought up toe badly
and are too vulgar to permit of young ladies asSo-
ciating with them. " Had we American manners,
she declares, land was there hut little more
respect for women here. the State might create
mixed schools: but with the character OF the male
students of to-day IT would be wrong to tnlnk OF
such thing" She expresses the opinion that the
male students Of the Ecole DIES BeauX Arts are
worse than those OF most of the other SCHOOLS, ana
ASSERTS that young ladies who venture to enter
there quickly have to repent oil their loiy'
People are still talking here. as of a nine days
wonder, of the dinner party given the other daN W
Nine Adam in honor Of Pierre Lott and which
was attended of all persons in the World oN 'he
Duc d'Aumalc The latter escorted the hostess III
IN dinner and sat at her light while. during the
course of the ppast he entertained those present.
with some very curious and hitherto CnRhoWh
features of the great Bazaine court maftial, over
which he presided. The Duke is about the ias'
rerson in the world that one would nave ever
expected to see in the salons OF Nine adaih. anu
his attendance the dinner has given great offence
in monarchical circles, Tor Mime Adam mas ho.
only figured as the Egcria of the most advanced
Republican leaders during the last twenty years
but was, moreover, the person who iurhisieu 'lc
funds to enable Henri RochefoIt and other well
known Communists TO effect their escape IRON the
convict settlement in New-Calcdonia Among
.otl,er puests at the dinner were NJ dc treycihe''
NJ. and Nine Alrhonse Daudet. NJ Chaiichne[La-
cour and NJ. Schefer. the eN-pilNa'e secretary VI
Oneen Elisabeth of Rumania, TO whose oahci"i
,nfluence il attributed much OF the domestic u''
bapp;ness of that unfortunate and misunders'oo'
sovereign.
The birthday of the Emperor of Russia was ce'c-
hrated with the customary ceremonial here' an"
The especial service held in the Russian 'huIc" "
the Rue l. iru was attended not only Nv "os' VI
The leading members of the Muscovie colony mere
I'm, also bv the Ambassador and the stall oi the
Embassy
the chanting of the TIE Deuul, a grand deJeu"'i
took place at the Embassy. during the course 81
which Baron de Mohrenicim proposed the heai'n
of the Gar Among those present were frincc
and Princess Troubetskoi, NJ. Nicholas he OicrS' VI
RafTalovitch who is bIotlier-in-iaw Oh 'hc h''n
Nationalist leader William O'Brien; Prince ofio"
and Count de Cheremetiew.
All those who have either read The Courier
of Ivons or seen it represented on the stage VIII
be interested to learn that there has Just dleu
welknown and eminent lawyer Senator Bozerdi'i'
who in 1860 engaged by the lahhiy vi '"'
innocent victim Of tho famous tragedy I'd secu'c :"
reversal of the verdict pronounced on purciS u"
cumstantial evidence, just siXty-threc years oc'o''
NJ Rozerain likewise obtained from 'nc "''''''
mon, a substantial sum of money as compensation
20 the desce ndants Of the unfortunate
The latter. it will be remembered, was SO Ike
n,hsc tho real murderer Of the courier oil Lyons,
that he was found guilty Of the pcrpetra'loh Vi
the deed. and guilotined III 1897. III was ho'
until some time afterward that the mistake "d9
d;scovercd and the real culprit convicted ana en-
cuted Unhappiy, this did not amount u '"'
c;al reversal of the verdict against Lesurq"''' nv
did il cancel the cOnfsca,ion OF all MS ~
rho state 1t was not, however. until lsoo 'n'o
his family finally obtained, through .'c 'on"'Y,
,,bo b.s inst died. rehabilitation of his incmory
.,oornarv compensation amounting to some
800 900 for the injustice of guilotinins ah i'''
cent man.
pr;ncs Charles Iichtenstein, whose death Is re-
norted from Vienna. well-known anu popu,
lar figure in society," in clubland ana on 'ne .ura
here and the press has frequently been ca''e' upo'
70 deal with his innumerabe escapades' Gun,
adorable amount Of his fortune was SUNNI a' :.
here previous to his being placed under 's"r .e
.,,.;n, and whilst attached to the Austrian Hn'
s".'- ,hnrc was certainly no member of the diplo
matte urhv corus who was guilty of such insane on
.rsvaoance. The last time that he was in far,,
was with the object of raising money ai'er az
.nnu,ies had been cut of by his family anu VI
- a;o;cult no sought sOlace in morphine