New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-02

Paris. August o.
Tn M country does carcature play greater
role in political life than In France IL WAS Ill
very we'll for NJ. Casmir-Perier to devote co"-
siderable norton Of the first week OF MS tenure
Of the Presidency to the photographers scu'p-
tors portrait painters and artists OF one KIM
and another with the object OF making HIS
features known to the forty -odd miiiio" Vi
Franchmen whose destinies he Is called upon u
direct during the next seven years ln'S may
he described as having been the nm" sue vi inv
medal But there is a reverse ana the ia''e'
may be found In the inevitable inhicuoh Oh can
cature TO which every public man IN FRANCE Is
ood For tho cartoonist naturally looks for
some physical defect or weakness at which lie
can aim his shaft Of ridicue. and az RUE ell
d.avors 10 discover any trace Of resemblance
,ba, ,here may exist between his victim ana
some domestic animal or wild beast When one
remembers the clever. yet In every way uesp0-
able analogies that were made by 'he caitoo"-
lists OF a quarter of century ago pet"e" '"e
members Of the Imperial family ana the i"o''
d,syusting animals In the brute creation-the
kind hearted Princess Mathilde was deplc'eu do
an urw,eldv sow-the new Chief Magistrate OF
the Republic may indeed consider hmsei1 lortu-
nate that his bullying eyes. his strongly developed
nearance have caused him to be caricatured az
bull-terrier And so popular has TINS ca'lca'"le
become that his name has been Transformed
into Cas,mlr-Terrer a sobriquet that mas
..c,ugbt on" Such n carcature IA this far
frou doing the President harm, Is calculated on
IN. contrary to increase his popularity anu
nres,ipe since the people come u look upon MIN
"a the uncompromisingy honest watchdog OF 'he
National Constitution. Indeed. 1t IL question:
whether this caricature Of our new ruler Is hot
destined to i,npr, 80 his features and his person
ality more firmly and lastingly upon the MINUS VI
his fellow -countrymen than any Ordinary Po'-
trait or bust. Theirs at any rate was ~ IT.
tain extent Of this opinion, When during MS
tenure OF the Presidency. no once visited the
gingerbread Fair and saw displayed In the
h,o,bs n number Of cakes fashioned after MS
quaint features and figure he turned with
smil. Of satisfaction 10 his companions ana eA-
claimed In that peculiar. squeaky voice OF MS
Now g.. tina; have really become popular
II would be difficult for strangers 10 rea!iEe no"
intensely damaging is an unfriendly ana oHeh-
t.a corico,ure The cartoonlsts played an i'm
portant part IN educating the pubic mino up 10
,ho, noInt where II became convinced Of the SUI
perlority II a Republican Government to the I'M
nsrIal regime In the same way caricatures
contributed no little TO the overthrow OF Ming
ouis phillppe I'm ls4S and cannot help THINK
ING thar President GrGvy might have been ape
- withstand and live through the hurricane OF
onurohrium leveled at his head az the time OF
tho discovery Of the determination OF MS so-in-
low Daniel Wilson in the disgrac"fu! Legion or
Honor scandal had Il not been that MS own posi-
ton had been lrretrievably weakened by the ridi-
cu,e with which he had been covered by the
caricaturis,s
Taking If the overthrow ~ the Empire. there
,a, ,,et rassod over 70 the majority man VINO
had a modest yet important influence III prihs-
ing about that even. Many OF Ganbe''a A'he'i-
can friends will remember the white-haired an"
white-hearied Pere Dumangn' VINO SAT Ill Ms
.r,o,, with n velvet skullcap on his head,
,,.,, s,ora ca reyerently. admirinsy and affec-
tlnnately Of the popular tribune az lie ma'Ue -
,l,h,ryh Gambetta was his Junior by some thirty
,.ors-and who acted AZ the great man : se're-
,,rv from the date " the fall OF the Empire until
thet mysterious shooting affair AZ Nhle "Ni'J
which I'm 1882 robbed France OF us most ho'ap'e
and patriotic son. Dumangn was man o' IT,
,,,rl,bl. attainments Of extensive knowledge,
hath a. regards men and affairs. and was simply
Invaluable to his chief. Although Of ancient
family and possessing the title OF baron-"hich'
however he never made use OF. AMI OF when
,. ,.,,l. y.rs aware-he established in the
,,,,lIs ~ the sixties a small restaurant In the
Rua In Faubourg Montmartre. not 50 much with
the lien ~ making money IA 10 provide meet
ing place for his political friends. 1t was there
that Cambettl used 20 meet Ranc' Spuier'
Uebrard and the other Republican and Oppor-
tunst leaders and It was there alone that they
were safe from the prying eyes OF police spies
and were able to take their meals together WITH
out the danger OF having distorted versions OF
their conversation reported TO the political de-
partment Of the Ministry OF the Interior After
the proclamation OF the Republic, there was. OF
c,urse M longer any necessity for this restau
rant. which Pere Dumangin Immediately closed
-, IN order 10 devote himself Gambeta
After the death Of his patron and chief the lat
ters friends. mindful OF old Dumangin's services.
secured for him the appointment OK director OF
rho Stat, Iunatic Asylum at Clarendon. where
no snent the remainder Of his days. far from the
nolitlcal world his entire interest being absorbed
bv the study and contemplation of the strange
mental freaks of the unfortunate creatures in
trusted to his charge. may add that he was IA
brother-in-law Of the celebrated art collector.
Baron Double.
| AZ usual ut this time Of the year. the Project
OF the Seine has issued his customary decree an
nouncng the opening Of the shooting season and
recapitulating the various laws and regulations
for the guidance Of the sportsman would not
call attention to the matter were II not that the
proclamation In question contains two or three
new restrictions. which are worthy of being noted
and which will give satisfaction to all those who
have taken any interest in the movement against
the indscrimlnate slaughter Of small birds. TlW
shooting the capture. the conveyance or the sale
OF birds inferior In size 20 the quail is strictly
| prohibited, exceptions being made In the case of
the ortolan, arks and snipe. 1t Is expressly for
| hidden likewise to destroy birds nests or eggs
on which the birds may be sitting. no matter
| whether on private public property, ex
cepting when the nests happen to be under the
caves of houses in the cutters. etc From this