New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-01

..,, tho many arnoyances to wh!ch inose
.,ca l., authority and rank are exposed one ol
,ho r,ns, ners,stent ano frequent Is the mann"
which certain vain and weak-niinled people nave
FOR making 10 their appearance 10 represent 40
closely "a possible that Of the p"rsonaEf "''''
thcv fondly imagine they resemble TN"'P'''
atino az this Is as far as oress 10 ~
corncd II becomes Infinitely more 80 VIM"
the imtator begins 70 copy pccuha'i''e' -. 80
rage. dcmeanor gesture and Speech A'''"
,,,,, succoes often attends efforts In thls re-
spect. SO much so that 1t is sometimes iHpos'i'.
to distinguish the imitatcr from the ih"Ne"
course this leads to no end OF a"k""'u N'''
,o,,os aud son,e;,uoes 10 serious complications
the unfortunate originals being sadd'eu az" '''
on,s ., tho ,ndiscretons and shortcomings OF
one kind and another OF ther
douh,es Indeed. the Inflated Queen Marie An
toinette NAV be said to have lost both he' '.''
and her head in consequence Of the extraordinary
roornar IN which she was .mpersonated by an I'M
scrupulous adventures. In connection WI"
has e,nce bcconle known as the diamond NeoN-
,aca Scandal" in which both the Cardiha' ue
po,a, and the famous magician. CagHostfo,
rIave1 n prominent part 1t was only ha'"i"'
,hot President Carnot should be exposed u '"o
same nersocution II It may be described as suc''
nc has been every one Of his predecessors at 'ne
head Of the French Nation. from King LOUIS mn
inne and Empero. Napoleon down 10 81 49,
and NJ. Th.ers More fortunate than the9' w."
has. however released aim Of his double anu
shall no longer be treated every afternoon " INC
snoc,oc,a of tho exact counterpart OF ". Carho'
,o,,tng I'm the Champs Elysces or along 'he
ho,,avor1s returning with the characlerisuc
su,ceD Of the arm OF the President the Sa'u'eS "a
those who mistook hin. for the Cniei M"sia" Az
Of the Repubc. The only great poraoh'se VIM
has ever derived any Amusement from ILLS ~
culiar form Of craze was Napoleon H. WIZ w
,,oar ito, % listening TO stories about his living
colnterp1rts. and who on ore occasion 90"
mako arrangenents to assemble them all tose'">
-. ho,,y onIv dls1uadeI at the last minute by ms
,,,rts,ors on the pretex. that 1t would be confld-
o,od 20 lacking dignity Emperor Alexander 5 III
,.o,or wosa Danish banker named Carlson VINO
hocor,a so imbuei with his resemblance 70 inc
rnneror that he lost his mind ard died IN 'nau-
borsa = shor. time ago. convinced that ne was
victim Of Nlhilist Vaccinations.
Anparcntly there is no end 20 the nu'Hoe' u
crcduous people who are ready % acco." -
edonoe to adventurous Of the class OF 'hu' H'-
.or,ous MARQUIS O. RAYS 50 SmusNbF P'
tro,ed by AIpnonse Daudat in his tartan" -
,r,..eo,-" During tire last few days the
tribunals here have been occr"'NI IN oe"""e
With tho frauds Of n swiHdle" .yIlhG H4''a''
count Armand de FranoZ, VINO mas "uro0V'V'
in obtaining immcnsa sums OF money ana guam.
I.,os 81 Goods uoon represen atoms that he had
cecured FROM President Carnot aulAor'""-'o" ~
,ola no.scsgion OF and colonze the hlthcTto con-
to~-ed rtrip # valuable territory iy.AG be'"F'"
French Guiana and Brazil. The Count seems
70 have had quite as much vogue among the
wel-to-do bourgeoisc as had that Paris lawyer
who STYLED himself King of Counani. and that
barhor's anDrentice who died King OF the
sodancs after being arrested in Belgium as
svind,er on his last trip to Europe The
"count' has been sent to prison for a couple OF
Years where he will have the opportunity Oh
rejecting upon the prosecutions to which ex-
plorer; have been subjected in al ages, from
Columbus downward
The EXPLOSION If dynamite bomb in the great
Church OF La Madeleine last Thursday when
resulted fortunately in little else than the death
~ the parpetrator OF the outrage. is Likely TO
lead to the revival OF the old practice CT the
aristocracy OF having private chapels IN tleir
own houses. since attendance at public places OF
worship will henceforth be considered as &C
compan!ed by the danger Of being blown 10
pieces. Prior to the great revolution, nearly
every one of the great mansions Of the aris-
tocracy had its private chapel. where mass was
celebrated every day. But they were not re-
stored after the close of the Reign Of Terror and
most OF them have been converted to other
uSos the late President Gr6vy even going so far
as 10 convert the beautiful chapel of the Elysee
into 4 storcroom for his old boots and cast-off
clothes. One Of the first things that Nine
Carnot did on taking UP her residence In the
Elysee after the election Of he. husband to the
Presidency was 10 restore the chapel to It's
original use. and It is there that her husband
has invariably performed the ceremony OF pre-
seu;lng the olrettas 10 the newly created French
cardinals At the present moment there are
Only about a dozen private chapels In use IN
Paris one Of them being at the Palais de cas-
tile the residence of Queen Isabella of Spain in
the Avenue KlGber another. that OF the Co'nte
Frederick de la Rochefoucaud in the Rue de
rUniversie, third. In the Hotel Lambert, the
superb palace Of the Polish Prince Szartorysk,
son-.n-law of the Due de Nemours; while yet
fourth is that Of the Conl;csse dc Chambrun, in
the Rue de Monsieur Tia; Of the late MarQuse
de Plessis- Belliere In her mansion in the Place
de Ia Concorde. has been closed since her death
two years ago ard Will remain shut until the
lawsuit now in progress decides whether or not
| execution can he given to the terms Of her will!
which bcoueaths her property To the Pope and
| her Partisan residence for of the Holy See
as the headquarters Of the Papal Nnco to
France 1t may be added that nearly every
weil-to-do and aristocratic family includes a
priest or abbG as part and parcel Of the establish
ment The duty Of the able ia TO attend 70 the
educa ton Of the younger members Of the fam
| fly, and to to the spiritual welfare OF the
! household. There VIII. therefore. not be much
| difficulty in arranging for divine worship In "a
| domicllc" Instead Of Mt church But 1t remains
| TO be seen whether the Pope and his representa-
| t!ves az Paris. the NGnc!O and the Cardinal
Archbishop, will be willing to grant the
! thorization needed 10 celebra;e mass in private
chapels. 1t is not generally known than there