New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-16
THE GOSSIP OF PARIS.
CROWDS AT TIE GINGERBREAD FAIR-THE
LAFAYETTE EXIIIBITION-A NEW
AQUEDUCT.


Easter which has now come and Gore. has
been. In every sense OF tae word. popular
festival. and the CITY has been fu.l 0: Vs.
ors not ONLY from tne PROVINCES. BAT also from
foreign countries: tue churches ard theatres have
poth been throngej and | cannot rrco.!cc' AZ
any tine seeing the Cathedral 81 No'ie Dane
| and the cLurche. OF ~. Roch ana the Made
lelEe so dcnsely crowded Ole OF the great poP'
| lar at,factiors has. a. usual. been IT," ginger
bread far, which reaches from tie Place de IL
Nation and L. prolonged both down tie Fanbohre
1t Antoine and IN the avenue leading to VIM
cennes 1his year il Las been VISITED bv greater
masses OF people than have ever been seen theie
| before on Easter Sunday and Monday, ana me
police had hard work 10 keep the road sum
cientIy clear 10 prevent complete congestion OF
the traffic. The counterpart OF the gingerbread
fair Is the ham fair which opened Just "A week
AGO on the Boulevard Richard lc Nolr. nut
must confess that it. seemed to find lar less
popular favor than the gingerbread fair notwith-
standing that most of the charcutcrie oieI"
for sale comes from Alsacc and Lorraine Inc
spectaclc however was lively enough ana hanlS'
sides Of bacon sausigcs and whole siicklln@-pi2H
were gathered together in vast and pic'"i'sI'r
confusion IN the booths and hnts when liheo an
the central portion OF the Boulevard Richaiu "
Noir beginning a little above tn" Bastile o'''n"
and extending toward the Boulevard Noi'ai''
Those who did not to undertake. 'he i"hT
Journey from the fashionable quarters OF I"'H
10 the gingerbread and ham fairs III what '''
known rs the Quarter EXccntrIuc OF 'hc ''P
Ital found unusually fine treat prepared i''
them by the shopk~peis IN the knr nr III ~"
rho Avenue de rOpera and the Boulevard dies
taliens and Dies Capucincs Ia" ku" u' Id l ''N
was literally ablaze with the precious s'"H
oxbihted IN the shop windows by the Jewellers
WIN have established their head quarters IN tha'
thorounhlarc 50 dear 20 all Americans, WIN
nm thc main bomlcvards Roissler "ouac''''
Sircadn. valiant and Labrousse ana thelr "'''
| 70 uutrival one another with almost pe"l'''''"H
results. One Of tine most conspicuous ''''"'
In the shop of Iabroussc, the ""ii-Kilo"" "'''.'
va. a monster Easter egg formed Of Parma VI
,Ict. IN a nest of ric! foliage and surrounded
bv a hen and chicks made OF natural ica'ic'''
Many pcopie have been nocking during the iaS'
fc,v DAYS 10 the Gard Mcublc 20 inspect the Naii-
ans relics and souvenirs which tn" IaiaNc'"
family have offered for exhibition at the Chlca3o
Worlds Fair and those who VIII INA IL inpoS''
HE 10 cross the ocean TO visit TIE CIV U" wv
shores Of Lake Michigan are adj" 10 OBTAIN Il"
impression of what at least this par'"uI" po'
ton of the show will look like III" room al wv
Gard Mcublc III which the relics are "\'i'i'e' J.
arranged exactly II will he az 'hioago, III"
like the Apollo Room nj Versailles. wh'tr LOUIS
XVI received the American delegates Mafen ~
,--s Tho tapestry representing the siege ct
Douai which now hangs III the room Al INV '"''
Ncubl. decorated the Apollo Room on inc occi-
sion of that memorable reception Ihr FURNITURE
.,.,.,s -, chairs. dc,l, aud table ALI once the
ptopcrty Of General Lafayette, am 'h"r" j "'N'
ch,i, embroidered for him by the stcpdau,htcr
tic
mans made each day by the malor-.o laiaN't"s
army ms campaign journal aud the sword OF h'n'f
oeo,,d IN him IN 1919 by the American Congress
ri, handle il of cold marvcllouslv chis"g"i' mt
dr,,rg the reign Of terror Madam" d" LAFAYETTE
fearing that II woud be stolen, buried th" swof'
and when il was again brought to lislt the nla''
vos found 10 be ruined In IT, plac" Lafayette
substituted the blade given 10 him IN l''i' "h''
from a lock OF the Ba-tiue. Among oth'i s'"t'-
Mrs are q box madcs from the Treaty 'i"' """'
which William Penn concluded treaty WIN '"'
Indians. a ring containing HAIR oil "'>"''E'o"
and his wife Washington's umbrella and pistols.
BENJAMIN Franklin's cane, sword aud scaf'pih "h
many other articles too numerous TO mention.
%o,vberc in the world is the drama subjected to
such ouc.r censorship "a in France, ana Ahh~-
to.ie" a. the holder of that Office - p"p"ldiN
nicl,named has for the last seven OF 'i-h' "''-
AIDES exercised his power IN a MANN" ''''' III u
| Gates that the holder OF the ONO" IN question:.
| AT any rate, does not possess any oi INN WIZ ANU
| sense of humor with which the peop" mere are
! 50 very Justly credited. His most recent abuse
| Of power has been his prohibition OF i p'''
called the Roi dcs Montagnc' which was pro-
| duccd the other day al H." forte N Martin
Theatre and which had subsequently 10 pr W''-
drawn IN consequence OF his obl'c'l"hs' NV
| were based on the fact that urc'h "fls'""'
| nlavcd a prominent part In the piece ana '''d'
their presence on the stage was calculator I" Oh
! fond ,bc Hellenic nation This can hardly De
! regarded AZ in the light of n compliment on tne
mar, of the Censor to the Athens government
s,,o. Il implics not only that Greece pos''s>''
,ho ronopoly of brigands, bat also that OilSaAd-
ana =, IN much of a social institution Of 'h" Greek
oo,,o, that any crotcsque portrayal thereof Oh
,ho stage il calculated to offend it, national siN-
con,bl,ics H. was only "A >hnit TIN" a1o tha'
I ia. Censor prohibited Henri Borh"fs piece,
| 'Mahomct' from being staged on the Gto'"'
| that il would give offence 10 tie lurki-h "oN'
| crpmont and under the circumstances people "'c
| not without reason beginning TO a>E'wi'i" AhaS-
| tasier proposes 20 stop. For II wou'd only w III
| ,,o,,r with his previous cdicts where he to 10
oucst the withdrawal from the stage o. II"
| D,.vo,o" on the groand that II might offend tie
Italian Government. while every pee" whe''
Germans Americans, English or Spaniards inquire
in \ d,sagreeablc light would be apt TO be barred
| on the same grounds
| Two new large theatres are how beng addcd 10
Tho ,hrtv.seven places Of entertainment OF Nh'>
, l.. cd which we already possess her" On" o.
| them Is situated in the Avenue Marlgny, lust OIL
,h. Champs Elysecs. on the site OF the Old Pan
Drama Building II will seat more than thousand
| rcrsons, and will be ready two months h'nc"
The other Is not strictly speaking, a theatre, but
clrcl.. and Is being built on the left bank OF tn"
| Seine. behind the Mont Parnassc Railroad ter
minus. 1t will likewise open in June Both are
likely to prove paying enterprises, ~ theatrical
| ,ei formanccs may be included among the ruling
| PASSIONS Of the Parisans and there are ~ people
! i'm the world who are such invet"ratc play
| uocrs Not even during the most critical events
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