New-York tribune., 1893-12-22
PART II.
DEC. 22, 1893. (
RESTLESS PARIS.
THE SEARCH FOR EXCITEMENT. !
pADIsrAys WANT INCEssANT FOOD FOR THEID
CURIOSITY-IBSEN'S PLAY CREATES SEM
sATION-THE BUDDHIST MASS.
Paris, November 80.

Paris November -!
In truth Paris Is not merely "Europes tavern
as II was rreverenty called-not without good ree-
son-by Princess AIetternich. she who styled ner.
self of all the apes the wittes, is also, and es-
sentially the chosen city Of idoaters and icono-
clasts The Partisan is unable to spend week
ouIetlv without being wild after some one or
something though he is ready to destroy OF
morning the statue he erected the previous days
and to drag through the dust the Identical person
he raised above the clouds twenty-four hours DE-
fore To this incorrlgible fault-hnder. VINO goes
through revolution after revolution with uncnanse-
able inclinations each day must supply some fresh
object to his enthusiasm or some new victim 70
his sorcasrs Everything has its turn-matters OF
art Of science of literature. OF fashion. as weh a
those OF religion Of love, of politics.
match between two famous surgeons tue ''eS-.
pearance Of Sarah Bernharit in LES Ro's an M
different play though the great tragedienne "aoo
sneedv amends for Il, by her mastery performance
"a Phaedra one Of her favorite parts; new sons
Of Yvette Guilbert or of Judic, who has gone oac.
TO the music hail. whence she started; sensauonas
criminal suit; a fashionable scandal-all these ex.
cite to the degree the great city, easieSs
among the easy to govern. for her inhabltants' TOO
often slandered, only eager after ALL ZOE
"nanem OF circenses" and not even free Of cost.
like the degenerate Romans. but on the contrarysi
at whatever price the bakers and impresari cnoosey
to name. What the Partisan requires Is incessansI
food for his curiosity. for he can turn anytninsl
police be sparng of cuffs and blows on the heaa'
he IS manageable at will His behavior during the
Franco Russian festivals has amply proved IL IN
the most acute attacks Of this patriotic fever no
unfortunate event occurred. simply because tns
crowd was suffered to have its way.
The Russians gone. something else had 70 De in-
vented till Parliament resumed It's situngs' Ihen
Ibsen turned up Just at the right time. 1mmed-
ately Dumas, Sardou. Emile Augier were forgotten.,
There was but one dramatst in the world-lDsens
Ibsen forever! The two performances at an OUT
of-the-way theatre, Les Bouffes du Nord." OF hs,
comedy "I' Ennemi du Temple have made grand
sensation and proved once more the versatility OK
the Parislans mind, his love of all that Is news
even when he does not understand 1t In the least.
That which heightened the success OF 'L'cnnemil
du Peuple'' In the eyes OF those among lDsens'
fanatical admirers who choose to consider him first
of all as a revolutionist lowered it TO great ex.
tent In the opinion OF literary solely intent on
Judging the Norwegian writer's dramatic aesthetic
and social philosophy. A desperate struggle went
on between the cheers and the hisses amid
which sounded and then like dismal knell
the cries of "vive Ianarchie." AS the performances
followed close upon the Barcelona outrages, II was
not without some apprehension that We searched
the upper galleries. lest some kind OF explosive.
shell might be thrown down from them During aip
the brawling Francisque Sarcey. the critic. slept
peacefully in his STALL Nevertheless. the next day
but one IN his dramatic feuleton. he did not fail
TO 'cut up Ibsen. The nap had been sweet, but the
waking harsh.
Another performance OF quite different kind.
and Of the quietest. though 1t created stir In
orthodox circles. was the Buddhist ceremony
which took place in small pagoda. got up for tho
occasion, In OF the halls Of the Gumet Museum.
This museum has a superb collection or chinese;
and Japanese curiosities. which NJ Guimet, the rch
color manufacturer OF Lyons. gathered in his
journeys in the East, and which he generously
offered to the city of Paris on the sole condition
that his goods idols. worries. his china furniture
and manuscripts. all his marvels, in short should
find proper accommodation. and that he should be-
come director Of the museum that to be called
after him. The town councillors fastened to accept
the gifts. and this Is why there stands opposite the
Trocadero a large building wherein the priest OF.
Buddha passing through Paris ian infrequent oc-
currence. indeed). may easily fancy that some good
genius has transferred him to the banks OF the
ng-tse-Klang in the shadow OF the Porcelain,
Tower There it was that the Buddhist mass was
celebrated. according TO the consecTated rites. byei
mos, authentic bonze. and In presence Of an inter-
esteI and respectful public. This Is what causes
the Indignation not only Of the Ultramontanes but
OF certain papers belonging to the Israelites. For
instance. this is how one OF them. and one OF the
gravest. speaks of the incident: 1--WE must wonder
that when so many formaes are required to
practise any OF the religious rites acknowledged BY
the STATE none Should be exacte6 or ns nn,
bad as far as a pun goes in speaking OF a religion
prevalent in China. but this same paper seems to
event s s' Is Of small imporance but however Slight
may have been It's mpropriety. 1t was superhuous.
eSey S ysd4 tn n @hh PaOf the psses Of
do not extend" 1t is a little nnreasonable to ap-
lowed by nearly 4SCGOoo Of people pd Those ,S whc
Sa Se UsI sd a t is to
built in Paris. and this would be only fair: as the
aay only ON the first may nappen
when the muezzin calls out from the minaret the
Aan ,IIu some parslan % Arab taxing the ssnenss
a personal insult, may answer with one OK tnose
suburbs; and then people viii get used to it, as one
gets used to everything in Paris. excep, to things
OF votaire's opinion.
all o,hers,-sarah Bernhardt, Ibsen,, the Russian
sailors the pudhst Of apa the resin
forgotten. 1t was really curious sight and fer
@ f S essss'hss the
Grams and reelected or newly returned ones look.
ranks endeavoring to stare each other Of coun:
ha OF Ss and s r is IN
Palas bourbon. this palace where no bourbon =
the most attention but those whose presence may
some astoni.hmen,; Wilson a,y first of ALL a:
s%sn s, asss s @ ss PsstG q
at the time when he made 200 francs Of an evenine
m nf @ hsFsffe e
ss 1 Sssy Sea Of h thy byGss Ssn %
some Melvaque de Lacour, who carried of his
election as he did his wife, the pretty Mercedes
Campos; Joseph Jourdan; who Aoored Clemenceau:
the Abbot Lemire, the Deputy OF Hazebrouck :
calls. but of whom we cannot be quite sure as they
not yet sure themselves OF thef political load
stone. And then remember those whom univer~
sal suffrage very Saturn, has swallowed up
Paul de Cassagnac. the DArtagnan OF Bonapart-,
ism; De Num- the creator OF clubs for Roman
catholic workngmen; Clemenc,au. the leader OF the
Extreme Left. who might cause to forget Juares,
the Deputy OF the Nord: Milleyoye and Paul De-,
rouiade, who fell such prey TO the negro Nor.
tons snares. VIII the new Deputies prove better
than the old ones? It is difficult thing to FORE
Meanwhile the President. Vce-President and
secretaries have been elected, as well as the
"questeurs after desperate struggle easy to ex-l
plain, as the dignity Is worth 1900 francs a year.
with a fine apartment. and found In candles and
Goals indiscreton