New-York tribune., 1893-12-31

rx.rMrEF:s.s WET -TuE civE hLE'-
TONS MONSIEUR pE rAEIS HErlENS.
Paris December L.
shops are beginning TO look brilliant with
Christmas ard N.w-Ycar novelties and. as
.us,on,arv n, this season Z IN" year tho " 'od"n
Lnr,ou.s and booths for ~" sale e cheap TOYS
,,,I ,,,,r.rbrcad ar, making their appearance"
along the bculevards Tho book@"llcrs hav"
adorned their windows with tho usual highly
cnlorcd volumes 81 adventure by land AMI 49,,
and Il popular stories f'r the rising g'h'falh
while the stores - ~" confectionery - IN"
chocolati,rs and IL thr great tonbon V"hhrS
are dressed IN III" most picturesque ana artsh'
manner All this. combined with ~" rli'i
weather 9. the last frw days. contributes u
dispeI the universal gloom and du!n"ss 'hh'
b,v. been 40 unusually markell a feature "f
The last two or three wc"ks. or '''ir"" th'f"
is however nn rose without its thorn. ana !"
the present instance "ir thorn Is whale "hhH u
r.,osos IN a long narrow harg" n"Ir IN" i'h'
de l., Conoorlr. AMI n.ls. y" a'in'S Sih"r" - -"
champs Ely-"c. ~ III" TUI"ri - G'il"ns ana II
the ,!uai d'Orsav. "a w"ii NJ hiji'"nt '' y "''''
fares with Az oior ~ something 'k comp l"'
= rancid butter AMI stale oi Th- whnl, ha~ been
tr.,u,lt hero hv a Nurw';,iau captain. VIZ mar
,oou.d I, last year IN the chriS,iania II rl
preserved from ,l,r"ruI,. slt"n by n special pro-
c..s = cr,halming which canri"' truly ID" s'il
in have been nit"-cth, IN ari'us AZ '"' 3 t'
i,dg. ly n. prrfuu, "f putrii h-h viii IA n"
corroas c>hnl,s I, T. IN" frst tiif" int any
thing Il IA" Kind has oyer boon s'ln h''". -"
only id"a which rarisianS hay" of',h" appear
aiioc - 4 what" h.in; derived from -" plaster
rl~lc "r whai" wl''h rrl"s'S "n"'' a Sh'"i
IN u" hotarical garden n'lr l'"r N"twi'h-
stauilng th.a. ~" hous"h elders AMI residents
e the fa,hi, uri.l" districts within "'fa''"ry
r.a,h ~ he r"n' Il, Ia F'lr'c' hav" tn
vnkcd H." Intervention ( a." aHth'rii,s I" IN
si~, On The r'ii.'Nat r -" 'Lt'A'H u *'in"
other ,os~ ,l,.ns,lN i"hHl,tci portion - the 'ai-
it,I. nni arc"idir.iy II lat" ben d''r!'d that
rr,.w 4 d.l,g'tiru OF r"'ir" "''i'l~ hri "t
th, sanitary authorities ar" I" tist ~" huF"
H., In ORDER I, IL, ,;"ruin" wh 'th"r Its od'r -
offensive AMI ,nirri'us t. health
Nnr arr. the advent e the l"ilIay season ani
t!. i.Ay aspect ( ~ -. ps al. u' IN n,rihut-
INK toward The Increased ch.rffulm"ss 4 III"
worthy Iarisias o,Ir authorities have just
been .cizci with ono q: th"r priioicai hts Of
i.,llr,,.rl.ut nnI among it's ur'~t notable f"a-
rur,.s r. IN. PROJECT for increased light The
tiaEuiiic.nt lighting II ''lr 81 At th"r'urhflf's
and Iu,.ic hu.ll.ugs h's s'nrN* ""n di.-
uu,ushing cl.tr.t.tt, a.. - 'hc Fr'n"h 'aiitIl.
AMI nnw II has ,"rh ,"t"rru'l - extend -"
Illumination ',li iirth.t ard . li.hi with cl''.
u!r,tv not on, all tn" Iuhiir s'ii!ii"S ana IN"
,irlcns from ~" Tuii lies I" ~" ln>"mh"uig
and from M"nts u'iS - ~" Jar'i'n de- i'au''S as
woli aa the i.u,irs ,r ''haum"ni. hu' even tn"
Genet. rics an "Nccs;N" -" lsui" as sraN yards
~, not precisely the r'a'"T Or il,tsur" strolS
after dark. Th"u. too. NV statues are being
pat up al over II" civ. while IN" numerous
Ilnnriuins which some years ai;" formed l"Hl
marks arL .vrsurrs At uuin' r,Ls points Il III"
city ~" disappearing not wanted at any lii'".
Mention ~ statues recalls the fi,t that p,.r
S.uuno ha~ h, . sIlh.r,ilri within a." spar" x
TIM, weeks tot tn" m..nnra t" G"un"d. Set
when an at,cmt, WIS made = rais" 4 public
,uhscriptlon fnr 4 silru, nf Vlct, Huge. whose
popularity daring hs hf',im. Was infinitely
greater and - a more WiicN extended rharac-
ter than that IT ,;onnnL. the movement was at
tended hy failure. Mann improvements ~" likr-
wise taking place Ia The Jn.din ,i,s Tu,ri"S.
and not only The rild'l tops "r tn" six
por,c columns hring removed AMI replaced 10y
bronze vases similar I" sh"a" 81 the column tnat
ornaments the Avenue "i IN" ohS'rNat"r, near
the Luxembourg, hut also thrr' are AT least "a
dozen new statues being erected IN various parts
of the garden. while the walks and Hover beds
arc beinS laid out In an entirely different man
ncr Then. too the new Opera c"miIur has at
last been commenced and the inhabitants of
tho Place ravart are beside themselves at the
unhopcd-for contamination Of their wishes. II
wili however require at least three years to
build md. with one thin. and another. may not
be- completed before 1898. The only things that
remain unt ,uchcd are the chgrrcd and blackencd
ruins Of the old Cour dcs Complies. or audit
office. on the uuai dOrsay. which seem destined
to rr,natp y permanent monument Of the cx-
ccsses Of the Communists two and twenty years
ago.
Possibly It was owing to the dynamite out
rage at tho Palais Bourbon that relatively few
people attended tho grcat function which took
place at the Institute On Tuesday last In con.