New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-25

set aside the arguments raised against her
transformation into saint and henceforth her
statue will be permitted to be placed In all
Catholic churches in France. How great is
the extent Of the Joan of Arc cult may be
gathered from the immense number Of monu-
ments erected TO the Maid Of Orleans in every
part Of France. while there are at least a
dozen public museums devoted 10 more or less
authentic relics pertaining to her career
The suicide OF an entire family. consisting Of
father, mother and grown-up daughter Of the
name Of Caubet by asphyXation the other day,
appears likely to result in the radical modfca-
ton of the system of education Of women in the
public schools and colleges here. In this case
the suicide seems to have been caused by the
disappointment resulting in the failure OF the
young girl to get her paintings hung at any OF
the numerous picture shows, or sO-called "Petts
Salons" which are now in progress. Like 70
many other daughters Of "petits bourgeois"
whose limited means are altogether out Of pro-
portion to their lofty pretensions OF gentity,
She had received an education which. while gen.
tecl was calculated to prove absolutely useless
to her in her future life She was taught paint
ing and was led TO believe by her parents rea-
tlves and friends that she was possessed Of re-
markabe talent and the making or a great
artist Just as other Of her schoolmates VINO are
I'm the same condition Of life are imbue1 with
the belief that they have the genius Of Rachel
and the voice Of Sarah Bernhardt, and that they
would carry everything before them on the stage
OF course, everything else was neglected In order
10 foster these more or less extravagant Ideas
and the result is that at the present moment
there immense nulIlDci u SlllS D'NHctH
twenty and thirty years Of age who are literally
face To face with that same KIND or despair
which prompted Mile. Caubet and her parents 10
take their lives That Is to say. they have en-
deavored in vain TO find even means o' snow
ing their pictures at some exhibition the lni-
ing Of n market being altogether out or the ques-
tom, or else they have knocked in vain 81 me
door Of every theatrical manager in the rapital,
meeting everywhere with retusals, tiei1,nuy
accompanied by sneers and even glDes. f'ry
often the parents have, as in the above case,
relied upon their daughters apocryphal talents
to provide for them in their Ola age, having
Oh, Frfully devoted NOR" than tney couiu redly
afford toward the development OF her genius
AMI when they finally discover that all their
homes of a lifetime have been built upon sdnd
then tragedies are apt 10 result. such as tnas
which now goes by the name OF the Ahaire
Caubet" - 49,.
TaIkinr Of asohvxiation the doctors here have
been raising a hue and cry in the newspapers
against the method employed In neauhg Ihs
cabs The warming Of the vehicles Is efected
by means Of a sO-called "brquette mace OF
,,asie composed OF coke dust, oxide OF manganese
and q concentrated solution of salicylate OF SOFA,
They burn very slowly give out no s,'Vh'' "'.1
are mt in a metal box provided with holes 10
10, ont tho hot air on the floor Of the cab, whlcn
is fhereupon styled a "voiture chauHee' ana
Is as such in special demand on coid days ~
ives our n most dangerous gas, and not only
Io,,o several people lost their lives IN ms way,
bur If we are to believe the doctors. there are
many others who have inhaled suiilcent poison
TO cause their slow death. ! am soIIy 10 80,
however that the public does not take tnls
marninp as seriously as it is meant. and with It's
proverbia! tendency to make fun OF every tnihs;
:, ,lroadv suggesting that "VOiturcs chauitees
chouId he utilized fog the airing Of obstreperous
wives and above all. Of mothers-in-aw.