New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-11

inclined for the Cardinal Archbishop Of Paris
has issued pastoral letter authorizing the faith-
,ul in the name Of the Pope to eat meat
throughout Lent every day Of the week ex-
cepting Wednesday and Friday; while to per-
sons who are In delicate health or whose work
Is Of a particularly arduous character stu
further concessions are made. By virtue OF this
ecclesiastical decree the poor are for the frst
time permitted to use lard in lieu OF butter our
ing Lent, and the only observance upon whicn
the Archbishop insists Is that at no meal shail
the faithful partake Of both FISH and meat Tney
must restrict themselves either to one or the
other.
The cable dispatches will have contained 80
much about the Anarchist scare that II VIII Do
unnecessary to make any further reference there-
to- except to state that the Parisans seem 10
be getting accustomed to Anarchists. and are no
longer so panic-stricken as they were Al irst.
There have been so many hoaXes ana 50 many
bogus bombs since the explosion in the Cnamper
of Deputies that no one knows exactly where
the serious part Of the matter ends ana me
ridiculous begins Everybody seems TO De lok-
ing-except Of course. the authorities Inc
Anarchist scare has certainly not been allowed
to interfere with our gayeties. the only appreci,
able effect apparent being the very prohouhce9
decrease in the attendance at the theatres ana
cafe chantant entertainments Forlan our lead-
ing caItcaturist has aptly portrayed THIS IN
sketch published the other day In flgaro.
butler and q chambermaid are represented snlil-
ing contemptuously at a ticket for box at the
Fra meals which has just been handed mem by
their master merely, as the maltre q no'ei re-
themselves Another reason. perhaps Tor the
emptiness of the theatres Is the increasing ire
uuency Of dramatic and musical enter,ainnehts
in private houses which renders the trouoIe OF
going to the the atre and ensconsing ones self in
a stuffy box superfiuous. r.. A.,
centennial anniversary Of the foundation o. me
Ecole Polvtechnique From that famous scnooi
have been graduated many OF France most
distinguished sons, including President Carnot
and large number OF Ministers ana statesmen,
adp mfrs engineers
popular authors and poets. such as Armand
Silvestre and Provost ParGG d. IL was OF lhis
school that Emperor Alexander rsIhdlheu ~
the international congress OF Ax-la-Cnapele
that Il was one OF the grandest INSTITUTIONS
ever founded by man, while Gambetta repeatedly
declared that without the Ecoe PoiytecnhHque
the national defence If France would be impos-
sibe The ceremonies are 70 be divided INTO
two parts The first will take the form OF
banquet at which N. Carnot himself Will pre-
side, while the second portion OF the festyiues
will take place a few days later az the Troc-
adero and will include a procession Of students
wearing the various kinds 81 uniform that nave
been adopted by the EcOle PoiytecnnlqIe since
with that true eye for the aesthetic which dis
tnguishes the French in general and the
Parisians in particular. the new Chamber or
Deputies has JUS oesn passed in review FOR the
purpose OF discovering how The ornamental and
useful qualities OF orr legislators compare. The
result OF this has been 20 show that the present
Chamber s of a distinctly hirsute character
there being only sixteen bald legislators out OF a
total of close upon 800 DEPUTIES. The baldest Is
undoubtedly VI. Raphael Bschoffsheim. Then.
too there only six who are clean shaver. and
OF these two are abhes. namely, Monsignor Hulst
and the Able Lemire. There are nine rcd
haired Deputies. every orc OF them belonging
very appropriately 10 the advanced Radical
party The shortest two are NM Isaac and
Cobeet. both Of whom barely five feet HIGH
and distinguished for their peppery char
acter. There are half dozen s!X-footers. and
among the latest NJ Leon Say the Due de
la Rochefoucauld and the Admiral WALTON.
Handsome men. and those entitled to be de-
scribed as 'jolis garconsA-which is untranslata-
ble-abOund. and II | refrain from mentioning
their names II Is because | should regret in
any way 10 Jar upon that sentiment which may
be regarded as the browning virtue Of nearly
every French politician. namely. modesiy.