New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-11
TOPICS IN PARIS.
CHANGES IN THE GREAT CITY.
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CAFE vEFouR-A STRICT
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Paris. January 26.
Next Sunday marks the close Of the shooting
season. and Of the least Satisfactory vi
record True rabbits have increased 10 an eN
| tent that threatens to develop plague OF ai'o-
pether Australian proportions. and numerous
complaints are received on the subject from 'le
agricultural population in all parts OF the
| country But feathered game has been very
wild and difficult to get at. while the deer nave
| become so scarce here, even in the strictly pre-
| served State forests as to lead to the beet thal
| they are on the point Of becoming as extinct as
| the bison in the United States This Is attrlp-
| uted by experts to the unfortunate practce OF
! shooting does. OF course, no true sportsman
would shoot a doe, but neophyte is geherany
in such a hurry to fire and so afraid OF iosihs
| his game that he does not give himself tlfhe 10
| find out whether the animal which he Is hrlhs
| =, &c y buck or a doe 1t Is only fair, however.
n add that. TO the majority OF French Nimrods
| especially those Of the bourgeosie and lower
| middle classes, the chase Is not 50 much an
| object Of sport and pursuit OF game as the OPP
portunity that IL affords for brlet periou vi
| release from the control and supervision Of the
ladies of the family, and many a sign VIII DC
| heard on Sunday evening next. when guns ana
/ $1,000
next autumn.
/ One by one the famous cafes and restaurants OF
Paris. to which the French metropolis is so
greatly Indebted for its astronomical prestige
! and universally acknowledged supremacy IN
! matters culinary are extinguishinR their lights
! and putting up their shutters for tn" last
! time Il was only last week that had occasion
! 10 mention the disappearance OF the FAMOUS
! cafe Richie on the Boulevard des ltaiens' ana
now the sale by auction of the furniture ana
! fittings Of the cafe velour Is advertised The
Cafe velour has, perhaps. been the most cee-
/ bratcd of all the Palais Royal restaurants. and
there IS scarcely a foreign tourist of any stand
| ing or anluence who has passed through TINS
/ city without dropping in there. hear that'
as in the case Of the Cafe Richie. OF Tortoni,
/ OF the Cafe Foy. 1t is to be converted into
one Of those brasseries. or beer saloons.
! which appear To be daily becoming more
| popular on the banks Of the Seine. The origi-
nator and founder Of these Partisan brasseries.
| hv-the-bvc has Just died. leaving fortune OF
some . 900 900 or 100000 francs A considerable
norton Of which Is 10 be distributed among the
twelve oldest and most assduous frequenters of
| his original and first brasscre in the Fauhourg
! Montmartre-a testamentary disposition that
| cannot fail to considerably increase the vogue OF
beer saloons. since their frequenters will always
| be able to give 70 their wives as an excuse Tor
! their potations the pretext that they are endeav-
/ or!ng To qualify themselves for legacies OF the
/ kind left by the late NJ Pousset. Pousset was
MAJ, NJ good education and sound artistic knowl-
| edge and had been for several years director or
| the military college In the capital Of Japan.
After varying fortunes and Indifferent luck he
! finally started his beer tavern in the Montmartre
district: and SO successful was his venture that
| hrasserles are now driving all the old-fashioned
! restaurants out of existence. Nor is it only the
restaurants that are disappearing. There are
! whole streets and even districts. that are at the
! present moment threatened with ruin the houses
| being those built over the ancient catacombs,
which extend beneath n considerable portion of
! the older quarters of the metropolis. Thus in
| the Rue de la Tombe Issoire. the inhabitants of
| all the tenements with which the thoroughtare
Is lined on either side have been forced to aban-
don their homes owing to the danger that ex-
lists of the thin crust Of earth on which the
! houses are built giving way and sinking into
the catacombs below.
General Mellinet the senior or dean of all
French generals of division. who has just died.
was noted as the only officer OF his rank who
had been throughout his military career
strict tectotaler The French people especially
those belonging to the educated classes, are 50
! abstemlous IN their use of intoXicants that the
temperance movement in this country is almost
supcriluous. Moderation is the order of the
day. and hence entire abstinence from strong
drink is as rare as excessive indulgence therein;
consequently, General Mellinct was regarded as
eccentric in the extreme especially when he
happened to enter cafes and restaurants where
he not known.
The newly formed Polo Club has followed the
examples of all the other Partisan cercles and
just held It's general meeting for the election
of members and of committees. Several new
rules and regulations have been enacted. notably
with regard TO the temporary membership OF
foreign polo players The Vicomte de la Roche
foucauld has been reelected president OF the
club while on the executive committee. compris-
ing the Due Decazcs. the Due de Morny, the
Prince de Polk. the Due de Luynes the Comte
j. de Madrc and Baron Edward Rothschild
England is represented by Lord Shrewsbury. and
the United States by NM. Rldgway and Thorne
The police have just captured and brought to
book couple who in the most ingenious manner
have swinded many tourists from the United
states. The scene of their operations was on
the boats between Dover and Calais and Folke-
stone and Bouogne days when the sea was
rough. The steamer would hardly leave the
port before quietly but elegantly dressed lady
would attract the attention Of her feow-pas-
sengers by her suferings from NAL de mer.
These suffe:ings would appear to arouse the
sympathy OF porty old gentleman Who walk
Ing up to her. would offer her lozenge from a
pox which he held in his hand. declaring that 1t
constituted sovereign remedy for seasckness
she invariably took one. and in the course of ten
minutes announced that she was completely
cured; and soon afterward her fellow -travellers
would behold her discussing with considerable
relish plate Of sandwiches and a bottle of
BASS This. of course. had the effect OF in
auc'ng those affected unpleasantly by the mo-
''oh OF the ship to apply to the possessor of the
marvellous lozenges who thereupon as a special