New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-23
PARTISAN LIFE.
RoYA1IsM GOING OUT OF FASHION.
REPUBLICANS RETURNING TO OLD FoRMs-AD-
suRD NUMBER OF HOLIDAYS FOR SCHOOL,
Boys-rREHCH AND GERMANS Be
COMING FRIENDS.

| 49,. oors,,ored II necessary TO don mourning for
| the late Comte de Paris, and when one leO''''
to mind the almost unanimous adoption o. '"e'o
tokens OF woe by Partisan society at the ti''e VI
| the death of the Comte dc Chamoord' II Is Po"
| sible to realize to what extent royahsm II gums
on, ~ fashion and moderate republicanisin De-
| canning the order OF the day, even IN the rd"-
hourr 81. German When the Ccmte de Cha'"-
bord was laid 10 rest everybody that hau any
social prctensions aspirations made po'"'
! Of wearing black, the women even gong 10 '"e
| length Of adopting Grape. exactly as II 'nc re
| tender had been their own father IL WIS uee'ne"
the correct and chic" thing to DO sieo'e'
Of indication that one belonged 70 inc "pPe'
classes of society and that one mad h$nins !"
| common with the nouvees couches' Noe o'''
| In ten thousand OF these mourners ever SCI eSvo
| unor him whom they described as their "Roi.
| The Comte de Paris. on the otner manu. H"'
sncnt a, least seventeen or eighteen years OF the
| quarter Of Il century that has elapsed Sihce INC
war at Paris. right in the very centre OF every
| thing and both his appearance and his ways
were familiar. II not 10 tn people at large d.
| any rate 10 the great world here mat 20 NUS
| mourning should be worn even In the nooie ! 'u-
boury shows that the nobility as well as Ia
| haute hnance"-in fact all who have material
| interest at stake-prcfer the continuance OF the
peacc and tranquility assured to them by the re-
| nubican Government 70 the turmoil, disorder anu
consequent pecuniary loss entailed by more OF
less successful Royalist propaganda. Ncl'ner '"e
| Duo de Ia Nochefoucaud Doudeauville me DUO
| de Noailles nor the Due dues would care very
much 10 risk exile and imprisonment I'r the
mere sake OF an idea. They are at heart quite
content with the present regime. Hence ''e
| lukewarmness Of their loyalty toward the late
| Comtc de Paris. and to his son. And since the
! profession OF royals, doctrines IL no longer a
| Sine qua non Il admission 10 the charmef CIR
| cles If society here. Royalism has ceased 20 re
Chic" and that practically ends IT, al any rate
for the time being.
What the Monarchlcal elemen; has thus lost
In chic has been gained hJ the Republicans
who are becoming very talon rouge ana
"yieux icu" Evidence thereof is afforded by
tho decree jrst issued by the Government
ordering that the words Monsieur" MADAME
and "NadcnoiacIlc" should loo restored 10 use
in all Official documents and communications
These terms were cmpiovcd ~ 10 the DAT" OF
the grca: Revolution a hunGr yoars ago but
wer, abolished by law on the proclamation OF
th, Doctrines % Equality. With view 81 put
ting into practice the latter to their fullest eN
tent IT was decided that people should usc the
their only title should be "citoyen' or 'c.t-
oycnnc" and that II II became necessary 70 cite
their names In any Official document they
should bc described as FOR instance La femme
Ia Eochcfoucald" Ia file Montnorency.' while
mon were 10 b. alluded 10 either as lie sieuT
Murat" or else rs ''lr nommG Murat" win the
advent Of the First Empire the pronoun thou
and The titlr 81 "citoyen" feil into disusc and
people reverted TO the old-time Monsieur
Madame" ard "MadHmoisec." But. true to
It's red-tape principles. the Government dc-
clined to make any change unless obliged 10 90
go by law and hence the essentially reVolu-
tionary forms ~ predicate or tile have been adj
hercd 10 ever since. neither of the two bourbon
Kings nor King Louis Philippe. nor yet En-
peror Napoleon III. having vontured u invite
criticism and court Republican ridicue by the
issue Of any decree upon the subject What
those rlonarchs have feared 30 Do the Republic
Itself has now accomplished. and b. none Is
tho new decree moro enthusiastically welcomed
AID approved Il than tho extreme Radical
urcss Judg!ng indeed from tho satisfaction
which my worthy Republican friends seem 10
derive from the fact that they arc henccforth
10 bc addressed and referred t. in all ohclai
documents as Monsieur | presume that IN
conrse 81 time We shall drif' back t. IN" form
ulac employed In prc-rcvoluti9nary times AZ the
Court ~ Versailles. ana which atill obtain ~
the official Documents of Great Britain. where
q marquis is described as 9TH" most noble and
puissant Prince" and whore an ordinary
knight's wlfe ia sometimes referred 10 49, the
very high and most pussant dame. Au'F AL
Il was 20 be expected; for the first ana openly
confessed ambition ~ cve~y man who b" dnt
Of push enterprise and industry riaca from the
lower classes to aGiucnce and prosperity is TO
"A = a. oh
France is indeed the paradise 4 thu schooiboy
but no, ~ the schoolb1y's parents. b careful
calculations which have just been made. anj
which have been submitted 10 the Minister OF
Public instruction AZ his request. It Is shown
tha, out Of the year Of S65 days French school
hoys have rs holiday AMI some even -ol Ina'
is 10 say for every days study they have on the
average a days vacation This. Of course. In
cludes the Christmas. Easter and midsummer
holidays as well as the National festivals. Thurs
days and Sundays. French parents certainly
love their children quite as much as DO American
fathers and mothers; but the idea that half of
the year should be spent in ldencss and as
natural consequence in mischief Is Of charac-
ter TO give rise to reflection and to lead them to
indorse the proposed reform ~ the Department
OF Public instruction In this respect. Should
this be effected, II cannot fail 10 improve the In
te!lectual development Of young France. The
eVer-increasing number If holidays has led OF
late years 10 a proportionate and perfectly log-
cal dimnu:lon in the number Of subjects studied.
there being no longer sufficient time To carry
out the old time curriculum. Instead. however.
OF dropping Greek Latin. some OF the studies
least likely to be Of assistance to the pupil in
after life, the Supreme Council at the Ministry
Of ubic Instruction decided to eliminate French
and German from the educational course. and
for the examination for the baccalaureate or
graduation. The baccalaureatc. IT may be added,
is required Of young men upon entering almost
every profession in France short OF that Of arti