Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-04

are empty the weapons are struck I'D by
the umpire with mahl stick, and gener-
1usy Techarsed from the palettes. Bril-
hant blotches Of green, red, blue and vel
icw begin to spread over the vanishing
features and perspring bodies of the
nshters. An, c'est impressionism" says
an an, e, enthusiastic F'renchman. Impression
Ism; returns another, contemptuously
Bah! 1t is Reconsideration imbecile"
flerre laughs. Fatal laugh His Vigilance
ior the instant Is relaxed. and his mouth
Is open Like lightning comes a thrust in
quartz, and Alphonse's brush is rammed
half down his throat. He sputters a half
strangied sacre." his arms wave for an in
s STA ana ne comes down with a crash to
sne moor. The place Is a bedlam, but be-
tore ne ceases to see stars the umpire ha .
MN on MS rect. crowding a towel into his
throat and swabbing out the paint. The
victor is carried in triumph to The na,ras
brasserie, whence he sends a bottle ~ viva
70 WASH the remaining paint from the
mouth OF the vanquished In half an bonr
everyoody IS at work again. save small
groups OF sympathizers who are adm al
duelists. at the sink. to remove Their soars
ana stains OF battle. There will he no
further hostilities between those two so
long as each preserves his memory.
In the Evening.
Inc day over. its WEAKNESS is forgotten
at oinner with kindred souls in front of
some restaurant on one of the bouleyaris.
II 'ne weather be warm, or perhaps at Thu
German. he
students of the Latin quarter have known
Ihirion's Tor generations. Thackeray knew
Thirion's. They serve a charming broilsd
mutton chop there and an elegant beef
steak or "chateaubriand" and with tho
true instinct of Briton Thackeray follow
ed up the scent. 1t is shabby little place,
with low, smoky ceilings and a modera telv
level Moor, full Of knobs and ridges. and on
tne nearly vertical walls there are few
indescrioabie old paintings. which were left
Dy some student In the past who had the
Will but not the means to settle In the coin
OF the realm. There Is nothing lovely at
Thirions, but / would venture to offer any
man who ever studied at Julian's or the
Ecole des Beaux Arts his choice between a
spread at Delmonico's or two-franc de-
teuner at the little old place on ST. Ger
main. He would say. Chez Thirionr'
On the "Boul Niche,
But life In the Latin quarter does not
really commence until after the sun is
down and the long twilight is spent. Then
the crowd begins to thicken on the Boule-
ward st. MicheHthe "Boul Niche" in the
vernacular Of the quarter-the cafes fill I'D
and the tables outside on the sidewalk are
occupied by throngs Of students with their
feminine friends and constant companions,
the "etudiantes." For a Frenchman has no
idea Of amusing himself out of the pres
enoe of the fair sex. That would be a bar
barism Of which he has no conception of
the possibility. SO the only place where
student Is unaccompanied by his girl is the
school. If he spends the evening at a bill
lard room she sits near by with a novel or
a bit Of fancy work while he plays. If he
sits all night In a brasserie at ecarte she
takes hand as a matter Of course. As a
result there Is a marked absence of the
rowdyism which is characteristic Of En-
glish and American resorts, and intemper-
arce among the French students is ex-
tremely rare They drink moderately of the
mild German beer. but very little even 81
that. They need no artificial stimuli,
Danish care; their gayety Is not - " ~
alcohol. Only the Anglo-SaxoD - tho III, oi
Teuton must drink to be u.s. ,rt .mJ s.oiiu
For a Frenchman. all -, inrtuAsea a.
breathe the air Of e .,s Is 'equieo Is u
"' 3nl Butler.
nights of the week the Bal
is going, and here will be found
any of the art students. Butler is the
successor to the famous old Jardin Mabille
Of years ago. In one corner of the i'm
mense hall is a vaudeville performance of
mediocre quality. which lasts until IL
O'Clock, and soon as this is over the
orchestra takes its place in another part
Of the building, and the dancing begins
There are waltzes, polkas and quadrilles, in
which any one may join who has a partner,
and you can have a partner for the asking.
There are 500 or 600 students In the hall