New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-16

a.d ,or, o,.or. 7. kods It's sttincs IN a
.naciou. salon situated in the arsie o! the huc
P,ohcI,cu and .he Rue - Hohofe The walls
,,o hung with portraits OF Tue most te!eofa'e'
member, 0. the conpo1y III the centre oil 'he
room /. al oval table coveFed WIN cassie gree"
haze 7, : there that TIE ai'hor' wElc reaG:@s
r.. cjo,e s.co;. al tie a:-I'sn OF ccc"ftd'hV'
4. b,.::. by .hak::c haAH' al 'olLd WI"
~. committee ara tne2 ucd'HiiK" slieL'c
~. he a..hor coI2nS. op",s III maHI-rrlp''
N. r, re ,revI'apie -.l-' o. water w'ich =
PLACID r. noct Of an. a@i gems 'ea1i"-' va
r.,s.,.~ ~ v,.,l raws 20 aa aGlo:.irg room. AID
.,o..iy AIR. tnc coLI''''" lfoh'iEceS is 49,
Az, NJ, ,,,ho,. ~. Tad readers AZ eXcep-
r.c1 - tie case. however i cd'-oh' VITO CO.'S "o'
,.,l ~. r,.,e tut actla"y PLAYS y. IL traa--
49,, a,e ir,, every Caara..es Ike a ver!tacle
d.'1r
Tie most rotat,r iEclient of last week was the
maHr.,ation Il tie At'e aluedIct, cy VINO"
Par,, |, hcnoeforfh TO be supplied with Eood Clear
v,ter r,,n, sources III the Departments Of rh"
Eu,c and OF Eure ct Loire The water supply
hitherto has tccn from the Nanne ara the
Ehuis. which, however, yielded supply 80 limited
that tbc balance had to be obtained. especially
during the summer months, from the Seine, WIN
,he result that innumcrable cpidemics arising
fhptaftcm OF annual OCCURRENCE ii'ii''
forth the population OF the city Of Paris Will De
able TO dispense altogether with Seine water, the
nu,, snnplv from spring sources being considerably
IN excess per diem and per head to that of either
London or Vienna. The length of the agucduct
INST opcrrd is sixty-siy miles. and brings a supply
of s,rlnc water into Paris amounting To some TO-
400 600 cubic feet per dav. or course. the
suburbs are still left unprovidrd for, and Will
have 10 remain content for some time longer with
the poisonous Seine water, the watcrworks pro-
icctcd by tie eit- Of Paris being by means
compIctrl II may he Of interest TO add that
the first supply OF spring water to Paris was
brought by the Arccuil a,Iucduct, tie foundation
Stone of which was laid by King Louis NIL.
The second Empire turned the Dhuis from the De
part nent of the Jura to the Mrnilmontant quarter
of the mr'ropolI, al ccst Of nearly SjO,OOo
| DON: it, reservoirs, Of which there are but two,
| are near Pcrc La Chasr Cemetery. but they ar"
much less extensive than those opened last week
| The south side oI Paris has for some years been
| SUI FLIED from springs Of the Boul7c. near fon-
talnebl.au. but they have neither the purity nor
! the quantity of those Of the Arvc.
Another favoritc resort l. about 10 disappear
| from the French metropolis Many have heard
| Of Robino but few have seen II IL ~ situated
| IN the Montparnassc Quarter. II was merely a
>howmans booth IN lsl6, kept hy clown mex
named Bohlno. II diterward became dancing
| place which was frcquent"d by the students ana
qr,ctics Of the period Later on II was trans
formed into theatre which lasted many years
| and was celebrated for It's pantomimcN ana bur
lesque- On several occasions II was closed Nv
the Censor for attacking the Government ah.
eventually IT. theatrical fame wan"d ana u
returned 10 HE again ~ cal" concert, chihEe
,.lt
a theatre for opcrcta~. hut public patronage was
lacking and il was shut up II i now DING
transformed into circus.
The annual Concour- lIppllur began Last Thurs
day M the PLlai- d" Ilndustr". ana promise
TO b. 4 great Improvement upon IN" similar ~
hihltons Of preceding years. The popular ana a',
,rac,iyr side Of the show had always been neglected
and ,ho first exhibition of ~prIng tollct;cs was
invariably ,llmmcd by the fact that the ladies
had no promenade to display them - ADVANTAGE
To remedy this. a picture gallery mas "'.H ',
sanlcd IN which The h2r-, Oh ran, .,nd amonp
the most noteworthy exhibitors are the popular
nuthors. "tvp~ Confess" de- Martcl, 'aran
,rAcl.c, Gcromc and ia" Marquis d" Bar'eh'ah''
The Project Of Police has done we'll TO issue an
rdct IN view Of the Easter holidays iorpi'ui"
the U.s. Of those carnival abonlnatloh' "ih'u
spras consisting OF long. narrow strcainrts ol
paper similar 20 ticker tapc. these wer' thrnwn
about IN such proinson by ting HOLIDAY III INT
nt Mi. arcin. that the branches OF IN" trees Wrr'
almost weighed down thereby. lhcr" has "''n
no heavy rain To wash away this artificial para
site and the cons.-l ucnce Is that the twgs III many
instances are 80 completely cntwincd IN It's iold'
thai the early shoots are entirely chokcc.
Although over 10000 horses wcr" slaughtered
IN thi. city alone for human consumption during
the past year. yet according TO an Official report
lust issued II i not III" poorer part OF TN" p"pu
la,ion that buys the most horscm'at Til" largest
nurchaSrrs appear 10 b. the proprctDrs of private
schools. boarding houses and >hopkc"pcrs who KEEP
a considerable staff of assistants whom they have
10 nourl>h, and wish 10 do 20 on In" most economic
| scale II appears from the same authority that
horsclc-h j. likewise served up III beef or mutton
on the tables OF many moderately w"ll-to - rit
zcas who's. INSCRIPTIONS wives purcha>" equine
meat I'm lion Of beef or mutton and by pock"tin4
| the surplus cash, rs the difference in price /,
considerable. enabled 10 satisfy their person.
| wants in "A more luxurious manner than would
| le otherwise possible on a slender allowance.