New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-08

purposes hold the rank though they do not bear
the name Of marshal. They are already aesig.
mated to assume in the event Of war the COM
mand Of the five great armies Of France under
the supreme direction Of the generalissimo Gen.
eral Saussier. now Governor Of Paris.
Culinary pre-eminence having long been one Of
the national glor.es Of France, which Is far ahead
of every other country in everything pertaining
TO gastrOnomy, IL Is only fitting that the Municipal
Council Of Paris should pay tribute to the most
famous Of all Gallo cooks by naming one Of It's
principal thorOughfares after Antoine Cartme
The street In question is (which passes through
the metropolitan market, and it seems particularly
appropriate that, located ii is in the very
centre Of what Zola so happily describes as the
"Ventre de Paris" 1t should be called after the
renowned chef Of Talleyrand who subsequently
directed the kitchens OF King George ~ Of Eng
land, OF Emperor Alexander Of Russia and finally
those Of the Baron de ROthSchd, in whose
vice he died. The dedication Of the street on
Thursday next will be followed by grand BAN
quet, which will take place under the auspices
Of the National Academy Of Cookery. composed
OF the foremost French chefs and the culinary
counterpart OF what the National Academy is 10
art and literature. The societies Of the master
confectOners. poulterers. patissiers and bakers
and of charcutiers are also - take part therein
and after the banquet Will come a ball az which
are to figure the well-known and characteristi.
cally Partisan marketwomen, who have played
50 prominent part in all the great popular
risngs and who go by the name Of the Danes
de la Halle" possibly to distinguish them from
the "femmes du monde"
II IS only the interest excited by the Grand
Prix that has prevented people from paying more
attention to the action Of the Government in
Selling the papers and sealing up the doors Il
the apartments occupied by the once famous
NJ de- Mondion, who died last week in the Ave-
nue. Victor Hugo. a street 80 dear 10 Americans
NJ. de Mondion played a prominent part in Euro
pean affairs the time OF the Boulanger episode,
and received from "lc BRAY General large sums
Of secret service money for work which, though
destined 70 serve his country, can only be de-
scribed as dirty IT, the extreme. Thus, during the
trial Of BOulanger by the High Court In 1879,
VI. De Mondion deposed under oath that ne had
received from the General a sum or 3O,VW francs
for abstractng important documents during the
night from the apartments Of the military at
tachc Of an embassy at Paris OF Power inimi-
cal 10 France The papers In question ne de-
clarel 10 have been hastily photographed ana
then restored He was likewise the principal
author Of that remarkable correspondence al
Legged 20 have passed between Prince Bismarck,
the Court Of Belgium. that Of Bucharest and
Prince Ferdinand Of Bulgaria, with regard 10 the
position Of Prince Ferdinand. VI. de MOndion
claimed that the correspondence vas authentic.
that ne had obtained Photographic copies tnereor
While In the service Of the Prince de Cnimay BEL
gan Minister Of Foreign Affairs, whose private
secretary he for time. At any rate II was
those DhOtOgraphc copies that were shown by
Princess Marie ~ Chartres- Orleans. the wife 81
Prince Waldemar OF Denmark 10 the car wnen
at Copenhagen, with the object OF promoting the
Franco Russian alliance and estrangng AeXan-
der from his German relatives. Bismarck was
subsequently, able to convince the car tnat the
correspondence was a series Of clever forgeries,
and ever since the affair has been oihciaHy
known as The Forged Letter Incident. Inc Dest
that can be said Of VI. De Mondion Is that ne was
a well-born adventurer with taste for intrigue
similar 10 that which led the stu mysterious
Rognier 70 constitute himself the em!ssary of
Empress Eugene 10 the beleagured army az Metz
In 1870.