Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-27

w IA FOLKS of Mines and
sArA& Aries. Bayonne, OAK.
T,raseen, the land
of rartSrin cry cut against Montmartra.
the Faubourg .Saint-Gcrmain and the
American lady residents of Paris. There Is
a southern chivalry in France. and IL re-
quires the blood OF bulls and horses. Efall
fights Aav=- been the irnne'noriai sport CT
these Old towns. And now the minister has
sent down word from Paris that the bulls
may not be killed.
The- mayor of the city went to Paris to
protest. and he sent back a telegram, mo
hope" Toro. tOro! Three thousand people
gathered Instantly before the. prefecture
10 veil "Demissionr' Half the members
of the municipal council have handed in
their designations. The senators and depu-
ties will hand in theirs. The question will
be fought out to a finish IN the parliament,
v rich opens on the I'D. What would you
say If prize fight Ia Florida could block
the legislation Of our Congress and cause
cur President severe alarm?
Meanwhile encouragcments to openly re-
sist the law come III from every village OF
the southern country side. lnflammatofy
hGraugues are 6pplGuded in the clubs and
cafes. The Nimeis cry: Hands of cur
ancient CUSTOM Judges acquit bull night
ers on the flimsiest technical grounds.
The bull fight controversy has been an
The past six months have brought it into
such prominence that it must be decided
The south has always run its bulls in
peace. The controversy cones from Paris.
Americans who entertained the Duke of
Veragaa through the late worlds fair know
him as a Columbian descendant and
needy noble rather thar as an imprcssario
of Spanish bulls. In Paris at the very
moment of his social trumphs i'm Chicago,
when Mir. HiggiHbotham put his dress
suit on. the duke was being sold out by
the sheriff. In Paris he was known as the
hacker Of the failing bull ring of the Dois
de EOulOgne, that sinister toadStOol of
the Parts pleasure garden" as fighting
Julien Forgues wrote bitterly.
The ducai bun fight came to Paris with
the exposit ton of 1SS9. At first PariSidnS
tolerated it, even To the running of horses
underneath their so-called armor. But
when the exposition ended there rose up
cry of indiSna ton. The sword is not
made for butchers remarked NillCtte in
one Of his cartoons. The cries of Madame
Severins, the lady anarchist, called down
the vengeance OF God she does not credit
on such CrueltieS. And so, in Tins, the
Paris bull fight was tanned down. 1t IAN
guishsi on oil 1872, though its last autumn
days were frosty.
Thc I'arisinn Bull Fight.
1t was q wretchcd sight.
In tanning down" the combat 1t was
made the more abomiEable. There was u
circus, very large. Scattered spectators,
hning, perhaps. one seat in every twenty,
sat and yawned until the music struck up.
1t gave poor promise of the fierce joys held
up the French imagir alton in the Duke
of NeraSul'S richly CClUrcd bill board pic
lures. six bulls TO be run success
sfvely. The Spanish bull is a savage and
feFocuus beast. that attacks man without
provocation. His force is terrible. And
there nave been cOnbats in which bulls
have vanquished liens ard tigers"
PiCaGCreS, banderilieros, matadcres, cabal-
4 Of tr-fru, a
SalUtCI. They were fine. soiid-looking fell
lows-hotel porter5, cafe walters. BARRIERS
ana The Ike. picked UP from many Span
ISL city. Erect, proud hiSh-headed, the lett
arm haughtiiy arched from the shoulder TO
the hip, exactly Ike the handle of water
jug, Trey marched.
Another blIre of trumpets. Some young
Parisians On the Der ch6s be gan yelling in
order To let everybody know they were real
amateurs and had been down in Spain.
bravo. toro! Hardi. Mateito!" The
young Parisians whistled, baTked, miauow-
ell What for? Perhaps to stir the bulls
1erCcity.
All. the poor bull.
He came trottinS amiably into the ring.
stopped in the middle and looked round at
Ill the audience. His beautiful big eyes
spoke his astonishment to find himself
among such badly brought up people. In
vGid the picadOreS attempted to excite him.
In vain the track boys waved their blood
red table cloths before him. He did not
know. He did not unGers tand. He did not
wish to play the part of a feIociouS animal
that even conquers lions and tigers. Three
times he tried to jump the fence. Then he
ran TO the gate. Open the door! L want
10 go out.
Cruelty.
BuC no. the combat must go on. What
combat? Was there, to relieve the stupid
spectacle of its plain cruelty. the slightest
sign of danger to the men,. The men were
safe. The buH-as much as he was a bull.
being only half grown up-was quite dis
armed His horns were sawed of, and their
butts were tipped with big balls of caout-
chOuc. The caballero en- plaza-sorry-look-
ing cavalier-advanced and iammed q spear
into his neck. The bull attempted a de-
Tense. He'punched one of the horses in the
stomach with his rubber ball. The horse
went "um-m-pr'-coL ghed. and walked on,
as one lost in pleasant day dream.
The generous cavalier stabbed the poer
hull again. Fine blood ran down his legs.
The poor beast sadly lowered his head. lie
understood that he was helpless.
Then there came picadOres, banderilieros,
InatadoFes. low fellows. making strLtting
Praces. posing like many chorus girls.
Each took his little stab at the poor bull
calf. who was believing pitifully. He
asked mercy. In his poor astonished eyes
there was Il lock that said: "Yeu cowardsr'
The Paris Corrda de ToFos failed. The
government did not suppress 1t. 1t simply
died from a lack of patronage.
Parisians. when all was over. learned to
laugh about the bull ring of the BOiS
a mere "hippodrome" and no real fight.
so that when young Max Lebaudy some
few months ago bulk up a private bull
ring for the delectation of his friends the
only sentiment in Paris was another laugh
at Max Lebaudy.
Max Lcbaudy's Private Bull Fight.
think the public IS almost ignorant as
yet of this astonishing young plunSer.
What Ernest Benson (the Jubilee JuegiHs)
was 10 London in 1881 that Max LCba'.iy
lie Petit SUcTier) has been 10 Paris for
the past two years. Benson ran through
his million and n half Of dollars in a year.
Lebaudy. With five times the money. he's
made his reputation on much less. As the
only son Of millionaire sugar reiner he
Inherited his fortune at the early age of
eighteen. During mis- minority he devoted
himself 10 siS1in5 away post-dated prom
lSScry notes. With the considerable sums
thus raised he undertook life OF crude
dtlauch. When he turned twenty--one and
came into III income of the sugar factories
he repuuisJei all his pTomissoFy notes and
started ueSh. 1t had always been mis-
Wbim to carry a handy check book i'll ms
pocket. Eow ne gave himself I'D % las
magic absolutely. He became the proyi-
GeDce OF women, FACE track sharpers level
CTS, drcssulIkers and late night r4.;tar,-
rants. Re was and Isl lie Petit Sucrier''-