New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-25
TOPICS IN PARIS.
TIE THEATRE IN LENT.
,.r, ,,,v1.rAcTrREn-T CANONIZATIoN
or JOAN or Area WRONG SYSTEM
OF EDUCATION.

Lent uShereu III, az USUAL W.
last with 4 vast amount OF puDhc sa'e'S' NV,
50 even than IN former years; ana HOE" ,a'''
t., Tho or,orno,n Of Tuesday until diybreak on
the following morning the principal p'"
,.arls ard adiacent streets were 50 densely
thronged with a crowd Of people OF every oi"'''
hent on ENJOYMENT. that it was difficult to ge'
from any one place to another on Ioo'' W.
traffic Of vehicles being entirely interrupted. As
was the case last year when the actor uiper'
s.onnad ON, Of the frst-story window of the
CATS Richie on the glass marquise' or aWhhS'
through which he fell. cutting himself so that
his death ensued almost Immediately. 50 was
there on this Mardi Gras a fatality Of the same
kind to dep!ore Toward nghtfall, young
electrician who was placing some wires along
fine cornice If the mansion on the Boulevard
dos Capucnes and the Rue Scribe. occupied IN
ra~t by the Jockey cub. was precptated into
tho street being instantly killed. and severely
Inhlrlng two or three people in the crowd whom
be- strucl, in his descent His death seemed to
be- peculiarly shocking by reason OF It's con-
trast with the merriment which prevailed on
ovorv eide The streets were ankle deep in
confetti and paper spirals the sale Of when
brought large profits t. the numerous hawKerS
male and female. some Of them clearing as much
evening The real Paris Carnival is, however
- take place at Mi-Carcmc. or Mid-Lent. and II
ls only then thar the RENE des l}lanchsseuses.'
or Queen Of the Laundresscs will make
triumphal progress through the city. attended
by gorgeous cavalrale and by the entire
cops of the Paris University students. The
Queen has lust been elected. Her name Is
Marie Eonhon.me: she is nineteen years old
and she has already been solemnly presented
by The Association of Paris Students with
gold. rearl-studled ring, as a symbol Of her
ephemeral sovereignty.
I.on;is far less Ii,tly observed here nowadays
than formerly and rs maia differences from the
remainder Of the metropolitan season seem to
conrls, in small carpet dances ard receptions
taking the place e full-Aedged balls; in fish
being largely substituted IN place II meat not
only in the families. bur also in the restaurants
anl in thu fact that the ladies'. instead of fire.
quentlng the lectures II popular "conferenciers'
scientists university professors. poets and ai-
thors. z, to the churches t. hear famous preach
crs
Another of the effects Of Lent Is to lead people
- devote more attention 10 the theatre. and the
Corcdie FRANCHISE is never seen 10 50 much ad-
vantage as during the Lenten Tuesdays and
rhurslavs Those are the days which are
specially set aside for Partisan society. the house
belrg then literally crammcd with all that IS
mos. "chic" and fashionable. The Prince de
Saran is generally crelitTl with having organ
izcd these Trerlays and Thursdays. But this j.
altogether wrong: for even a hundred years ago
H.. Tuesdays and Thursdays were the fashion
abb. DAYS ~ the week for the Francois. Unlike
his predecessors IN office, President Carnot Is
very regular i'm his attendance on these TWO
days-a fact that brough; him some time ago
into conflict with the Princcsse de Sagan VINO
had been accustomed during the tenure Of ofHce
- President Grey. and even Of Marshal Mac
Mahon and Of Theirs, t. lease the Presidenuai
lor. which If course. she had to give up when
President Caruot announced his intention OF
making use # IT regularly. 1t is on these par
ticul,r days. 4 course. that any stranger visit
,nr this ci,y should make point ~ being pres
cut az the Comtlie FRANCHISE. not So much FOR
th. purpose u Witnessing the performance on
the stage as for the opportunity that he Will
enjoy Of obtaining a glimpse OF the people who
a., to make ND the great world" of Paris. Per
ham. should add that on those nights the ac-
~, and actresses maybe unconsciously. play
with .sn.cial care and delicacy. Indeed they are
a, ,,.ir very best not only because they feel
that they have before them an audience more re-
or.i highly educated. and consequently more
critical than On ordinary days but also because
TN. artists are indebted for large portion OF
,hc,r income To the invitations which they re-
coive from the great ladies and hosesses to recite
monologucs and give private performances at
their houses.
The Comte Dc Chardomet a well-known and
nopular c!ubman here. has, greatly TO the as
constituent If his friends and acquaintances'
who have hitherto only known him as man OF
leisure and pleasure, branched out into an alto
gether new line. and has started mill AT
r,sancou for the conversion Of wood pulp into
eft sukcn threads AMI fabrics. which are
durable light and elastic. II seems that he
has been experimenting quietly for some time,
and his az length brought his invention To
that STAGE where Il could be turned 10 COM
mcrcal account Some Of the fabrics that
have seen are really very beautiful; and As
spun glass Is already In use by the modis;cs
here Il looks very much as II before very
long women will be going about arrayed In
wooden dresses. wearing glass hats and papier
mlcht boots.
Another seat IN the Academy has become
vacant during the last week through the death
os the man who was assuredy the most prolific
ana widely read writer pertaining To that
august body. Maxine du Camp is especially
Partisan Communist instruction, which he has
mos; graphically and dramatically portrayed in
IA work that can only be described monu-
mental His most remarkable book was, how
ever that devoted to his description of the
city of Paris the material for which he obtained
by exploring the lowest slums OF the city. and
from the archives OF the Prefecture Of Police
which. by special favor he was permitted to
consult. His life was not without a touch Of
romance and adventure. In ls4S he fought in
the ranks of the National Guard. and behaved
with such bravery at the barricades that he
was decorated for his galantry. and in 1860 he
Joined Garibaldis expedition In Sicily. and
marched side by side with Crspi. Prime
Minister OF Italy, to Naples In the train Of the
great patriot. He was greatly esteemed by
Napoleon III. who made him a Senator. and was
on terms Of such warm intimacy with the Grand
Duke OF Baden that latterly he had become
customcd 10 spend the greater portion OF the
year In the dominions OF his royal friend.
II would be difficult 10 imagine a more pop
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