New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-22
PARIS TOPICS.
COLD WEATHER HAS TORTURED THE POOR,
EFT IMPROVED TIE SKATING
SOCIAL FESTIVITIES

F1!i-. Jdr-arN l..
The ir'a1-n "a. accompanied or heavy AL,
o. SOW. = si:il continuing. and tbs Arctic tom
p,raturc IA. awakened parsiar- e, ,hn fact 'aat
tGere are many thousand poor pcopi, here whose
labfHal sufcriugs are greatly increased by the
severity o. the weather Daring the winter 81
lsgo-'ol thn galleries Of the former exhibition
buildings On .he Champs de Mars wcr' converted
into night refuge. ard u i, row proposed - 10
the sam" thing a-ain Inc newspapers whlch
took .he initiative in tie matter TWO years ago.
have already opened subscription lists 50 mat the
hou>clns- poor may not only find a roof - shelter
them from The cold. bat also a plate IF soup IN
tie evening and morning. thar i 20 saw. on en'rr-
ing and leaving the refuge The reports from the
existing Malt refugees leave doubt concerning
the urgent need If doing something for the vast
number of people who are every night turned
away from ,he doors Of tie refugees for want of
accommodation II ia hardly possible. a. general
rule ~ realize what an enormoCs army OF more
cr less hoa>elcss mendicants are assembled here.
but fair idea Of their number can br obtained
by any ono who takes walk on IN" bou'rvards
on January ,, that day being especially the
Rcrgars' rc'n when the poor wrctch"s are al
lowed by the Project Of P.licc to PLY their call
ing in the streets wthou; fear Of interference
or Of arrest by tho police The intense cold wa'
pcrhaps unfavorab. for thos' Of the indI>ciimnA'"
almS-,cokors who dill not cDninc th"ir operations
~ the portico~ Of churches. as il was poSitlV"
main 20 persons addressed for aid in the streets
70 b" Obliged to expos" thcmrl"cs - the p"ir-
inr cold by removing their cloves pr unbutfon!n'
their wraps in order to reach their rrr-r' ii"h'"
the takings Of mary of The inh2biant" OF vi"
modern Courts OF Miracles must haN" h'rh
smaller than If the weather lad h"'n hl"'r'
'rlr crowd Of tattcrc1. torn. MANNED AMI crippled
,nondic,nts vas nevertheless. something fright
f,l 70 behold. and their aspect nly bears ont tho
assertion by tho Municipal Council that IirIN
contains ov.r 10 OOO individuals who get their
living nv no,Ain'. lint begging. According I" th'S'
statistics some 5000 bcgcar. live in dhout 400
lodring-ho;is.s disseminated throughout III" wdoi'
CITY som, ! 600 others sleep IN refugees ~ IN t"'
omen air. while about 300, who may be regarded
as the aIistocracy Of the community. i've III Pri-
vatc apartments or hoG>cs
seldom has a New Year opened moro inanSpl-
cionsly than 1898 as far social events ar" con
ccrncd Either 10 the inclcmcnt weather or else,
possibly. TO apprchcnsions of popular disturb
ancas in connection with the Panama scandals
must be attributed the absence from the capital
Of nearly all the great families of the noh" fan
bourr and most Of the hospitablc houses remain
closed.
Among the Poral pci-ona-cs who have arrived
in Paris durin- the lust week. but who are not
likely TO contribute in any way - the cntor;lin-
mcnt Of society hero, are the two sisters Of the
Empress Of Austria. namely tie Counties, Tiani
and the cN-Quccn Of Naples While the forr'r
l. st1yng at III" Hotel Dominica, ;hc latter has
taken MP her quarters, usual. on th" liil floor
# the It'll" Hotel Nouilrmomt, the anrliorltion
OF her fortunes being destined apparently -
modify IN no way her haiit~ Of hfr Since She
was last here n"r mother, tie luchc. Ludoyi",
Of Bavaria, died, and u i, she who ha, lnhciitrG
almost the whole II The old ladvs large fortune
Hitherto the cN-kng and Queen { Maple, have
cen in s;raehtcncd circumstance. indeed. aud
on more than one occasion they have been obliged
TO .cnd the silver plat" and jewels which they pos,
s,sscd over To London Tor the purpose Of obtain
ing money thereon from the great London pawn
broker, AttcnhoiouLh The cN-(ucrn, Ink" her
sister. the impress Of Austria, !, ius-ionai"ly
ford Of horses and /, ~ the saddle every morning.
being invariably Of the earliest arrival, at the
rols King Francis, on the other hand. Is Away,
seen on foot, AMI never either on horseback or m
Il carraec Ioth Of them bear on their features
traces Of sorrow, disappointment and misfortune,
and there is something pathetic IN their continuing
70 live at an hotel, since II indicates that they
still entertain hopes that their former subject,
may summon them to Ioturn and to r">um" their
Throne When asked why they do not lease q
house here and establish q permanent residence,
they reply, We are olly her" d" passage, THAT
j.. temporarily and do Eot know from on" day
day T. another when W. may be called away.
Nevertheless ever thirty years have HOW elapsed
since the date OF the overthrow of the Nrapolitan
Throne and the cnptur, OF Gacta aftr lis heroic
defence by tie Queen.
Although people are accustomed especially Of
late. TO heap abI,c upon the Partisan polic", the
latter has Just made lis, of it, somewhat arbitrary
mowers 10 prevent an exhibition which wo1id
have resulted in little short IT an International
scandal. Some time ago Hungarian painter
named Luskina arrived here with very little
money in his pocket. but with largo collection
Of photographs and rather Ingenious project IN
his BRAIN The photographs consisted mainly of
portraits of the late Crown Prince RuGplpi of the
Earonc,, Marie Vctschcra. AMI of thc various
rcoplc more or less intimately associated IN The
TRAGEDY Of Meycrling. Having hired studio,
l.siina set to work 10 paint Il large picture
fcprcscntinr tie scene at Mcy"rling rs described
in whispers At vienna, and in all its horrbl" de-
tails The likcncsscS were OF the most speaking
character. and the picture was realistic In the
extreme. A. soon as il was completed h" set
10 work 20 obtain . gallery in order 70 exhibit IT,
All the leading picture dealers here refused ~
have anything 70 do with him. hut lac finally
discovered orc less scrupuous than tho rest, and
having conveyed the picture ththcr. e"nt out
notices TO tho press announcing It's exhibition.
Fortunately. these notices were brought to the
attention OF the Austrian Ambassador, whr I'M
mediatcly invoked the assistance of the police.
The latter at first confessed themselves unahl" To
move in the mtttcr. but aft'rward consented 10
set u trap for the painter by inducing him 10 name
a sum on the strength Of which lac would with
drlw tie picture from exhibition. In an nm