New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-18
TOPICS IN PARIS.
ING OF FAIRS AT MONTMARTRE-
PRINCE HOHENLOHE'S APPOINT
MENT GIVES SATISFACTION
AT THE FRENCH CAPITAL
NOTES OF SOCIETY.

culturst who can succeed in producing hover
that s entirely b.ack-a problem that mas
hitherto defed the efforts that have been made III
that direction for more than three centuries
past For notwithstanding the sensational mover
az Alexandra Dumas entitled The Black Tulip
there is no such thing a really black Hover III
existence although almost every color and shade
OF the rainbow are present In flowers ana pios-
SONS Should however. any florist succeed III
discovering this black swan Of horticulture, ne
could not do better than HE straight TO thiS
city, there being no capital in the world Where
flowers are lavshed in such immense quantities
upon the dead Especially is this the case on All
Souls Day each year. when every one who has
the slightest sense Of self-respect. no matter
whether protesting Christianity Judaism. Buddh-
ism or Atheism. considers it to be bounden
duty to lay either wreaths or other horal en-
blems upon the last resting-places Of his dead
relatives and friends. Al Souls Day this year
was favored with sunny weather and mia
temperature and there was. therefore, nothing
to interfere with the annual pilgrimage to the
various great cemeteries Of the metropolis. when
We're as usual. thronged by people dressed tor
the most part in back. After having paia t"er
tribute to their own dead the Vls!tors' aS
rule spent an hour or two in inspecting thc
tombs and monuments Of notable people those
Of the Due De Morny. which Is in the form OF
Gothic chapel. at Pere La Chaise Of the Carnot
family and Of ThGophile Gautier attracting par
ticular attention. \ feature of Pere La Chalse
is the superb sarcophagus in black marble pre-
pared by the tragedienne. Sarah Bernhardt 10
=, .cive her remains | noticed that the totnD ol
MoNare. Of Talma and # Rachel were covered
with flowers, while on the other hand the huse
sarcophagus which contains the bodies OF the
Marshal Lcfcvbre and his wife. NINE sans
f,ape" was entirely undecorated. Offenbach
however does not seem to be forgotten nor yet
Marie Bashkirtsef who lies at Passy. while the
tomb Of Alphonslnc Duplessis. the heroine Ok
Alexander Dumas's Dame aux Camelias' was
literally concealed from view by flowers
II looks as II the great annual fair now in full
.,viug at M,ntmar,re was destined to be the las.
So great is the opposition and cutlery Of the in
h,btants ~ that district against the presence OF
IN. noisy dirty and ail-obstructlve 'foire Tnese
fair. have developed into an absolute nuisance
which urgently demands abolition. They are
.nrnu.sei Of several hundred rar6e shows, menaS
cries. shooting galleries. wrestlngbo freak
exhibitions nc-ry-gD-rounds. etc. which IN a.
r,rlanco with tho tme-honored custom esilo-
lish themselves i'm The prinr streets ana 'hor
oughfaros of the metropolis az stated periods OF
tne yelr. Thus the fair Now AZ MontmarTe was
earlier in the year az Ncuilly. then at - Ter
ma, If vir.anu.s on the Boulevard Clichy. and
AT several other places bringing no END 81 art
and disease I'm its trtll. ParIsians quickly TIRE
o, any form ~ entertainment. and a. these fairs
ar. AWAY, fh. same WITH never any new feature
save. when some Italian or Russian Princess 'i
lo.lycI g,ujility ana fortune consents - star ~
ono ~ thr op-n-nlr music halls. people have
.., .. o., ,rfss in search az that particular
r,rr, ~ entertainment which Is known In America
a. raining the town red" or course. this is
most unpleasant for tho permanent residents Of
,ho district thus honorrd and the sanitary au-
th.rltic- have Observed that outbreaks Of cpl
denies almost Invariably follow the visitation
~ the fair 10 any particular quarter Of the city.
An influential lcaru, or society has now been
f,,I NTH , ,..,y ~ doing away with this fair
,.. ,l,,c.th.r ono ~ tho leading spirits Il
.t. ,,..,,,.,, hsirc, the PAINTER C;frome who de-
.,,.. cha, D.. was t,al,lo T., do stroke # work
%, tfs ..iiji, during the entire time that the fair
GOA. ir ,r,rr,.s under his windows
Prince uoh.nlrh,'s app1fntmcnt To- the Office
- Chancellor Of tho German Empire has given
.. s,,tr,.,i.,, hora where peoulc II all classes
..f most ,l.asa,f recollection Of his long
..,, 49, ,,,b.>-.J,r He speaks French like
p,,.si,, - am intimate, friend Of NJ de Frey
alma, and ,.,.., ,,rc.,s that his uncle 10 whom
h ,,.s ,,.,r,rl,. attached was the bosom friend
80 King t.nis XVIII and King Charles X In
l..1 ,hi. u,ci, II tho Chancellor entered the
1,r.,.h ,,siit.r, s.ryir. after the Restoration
,.. 10, .b. r-r.n,h army hearing his
.,.,....,,.. ,t,honlobo" and died
,.,.h.i and ,.., r France. Tho Princess
= , ,t ,.i times.
ana h'r "'uE"'''S ''''' ans
every Netr for the purpose Of replcnishinS their
irt, aud ar. rotated 10 several Of the
,,, ,, ,,,,. r,,,
gihih'-t HOUSE,. "i '''' 'i'"'" "'' - $4,000
biv the Harcourts and the lmccouris. Ihe new
,,h,,..,nr is kn,2.n ,o be-, "A man If mach
.,,t 1..i.i,, of ch,r,,ter and
IL. tt. ., hin, ., a.t
calmness. and IN" people here look 10 MN 90 "''