New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20
TOPICS IN PARIS.
COMPROMISE IN THE PANAMA AFFAIR
,ror-RN1NG GOING OUT OF FAsHioN-A 'iO'''
OF THE IMPERIAL CouRT-MLLE' hEi' II
EMBERG's COOK.

Ascension Day which Is usually celepra'eu a'
ono Of the principal popular holidays OF inc S'"''
all the Government offices. law-courts the houlSe
and big shops being closed, was relharhao'c '0'
49,. drooriness The rain came down in torrents
o,d the consequence was that the boulevarnS
wore almost empty and the attendance at ."e
races at I.ongchamps and at the theareS p"e,
nomenalv small. The only pubic pu'u'hss ,'a'
,,'aro ,n a,v way throngcd were the churches
where the crowds served to corrooo'"'e '"e ."
sertion current to the effect that there Is very
strong and widespread revival OF re's'o"' '''''
ment In France. -. o..
It is astonishing how quickly people "e'o 'o'
oct md lose interest in even the most sensa'
tionaI and dramatic events. RemarSap'e e''
dence ~ this popularity has been manifested
,.,,o. ,b Iaet week by the utter Indifference oil
the ParIsians toward the compromise JUST ell
,oc,od between the official liQuldators OF 'ne
ron.r,a Company the heirs Of Baron Reinacn
nd Dr Cornelius Herr In consideration OF
GO, ~ s9n0 600 paid by Herr. and siniilhr
,,o,p, nv the Reinach estate doth sums prop
.,,. canning ont OF the formers pocket All
,,,rol and civil suits against the astute uoV-
cor hava been withdrawn, as has also the ue-
rnan1 for his extradition The $6oOOOO IL mere
tr,n. IN = man Of his wealth, and he VIII hen''-
forth no free 10 return 10 Paris ana u take up
bis business affairs his social, and propa'E' w.
hts politica relations just as II notnihg hau nap
nened Indeed II anything he comes oacH u "s
more powerful. more influential ana more i'"''u
than ever. Although known TO possess "'oS'
damaring secrets concerning many oi INV HUE.
prominent statesmen. officials ana pon''0''"' w.
the day. he has betrayed no one ne mas "'''"-
talned silence under the greatest p'o'o0".''"'
o,d no has managed 10 live through ana 10
- h,,d ore-t from such a storm Of obloquy
40 seldom falls TO the lot OF any one man. EN''S
conceivable crime. from murder to treason mas
heen laid at his door by the press ana ny oo"''-
ward gossip. SO strong was the hurricane vi III
dienatlon with which he was al one "''"'".
overwhelmed that the Council OK the h's'o" "a
Honor was moved to remove his name H"''i '"e
roster OF the order, in which he hela 'he '''.N -
crora omcer on the ground that. having been
criminalIy indicted ana fed the country Nv "'''
,r,n,,calv admitted his guilt and become an out
law And now he comes back. as lar ~ "'
cove,rmen, "a concerned. an innocent man. since
otherwise the former could not have w'thn'"""
ira charges against him. Everybody - at pres
=. ,,,,r, ,,be,her under the circumstances. ne
,ut no, he restored 10 his former grade IN the
r.,,,,, ~ Honor. In that event g. viii surely be
unjust 70 withhold "A Ike act - Reinstatement
NJ. n
\, p.th.ut tba ox-CAblnei Minister. are me only
. r.,i sufferers by the Panama scandal VI.
p,tbou,s IL, is still more pitiful than mat 'i NJ
Cnr,os L.. 7 osaeps. for whereas the latter - NJ
,,,,or,v M Daihaut IS sur confined IN that ter
r,hle peuitentiary ~ Etampes. whore IN" ''"-
v,c,s are detained In solitary confinement WIN
ont being allowed TO converse or associate VIII"
zach other the str7ctness 81 the sys'enl bcihs
such TIA, whenever any one - them - TAKEN "u'
NJ his cell hts head is covered with "a h''' ~
mask ., prevent his features from being '''"h-
rizcd by any ~ his fellow prisoners f'rsl"lF
o. rr~r- my f~-i .4'nuf"i - make use ~ we
,nmcns. influence which he evidently p'S''''
with the auth critics. and ~ which sh'h aS'"""V
,nr evidence has been given In his own case u
interest himself IA behalf Of the Only I"i"'""
prisoner who remains I'm captivity
Although nearly an m" leading families or me
r,ub,urg 81 G., rmain. including ihe great houses
-, ,f.rf.,ra-t. R.auNr.mon, Cl"rmon'-Tonncrre.
Algle Grammont. snbran. etr. AZ" IN mourning
20, nothlng seems 80 interfere with the gay"ues
., tho sc,s,n one ~ the remarkable features u
which f. tn decline ~ outward manifestations of
,.,o fr the loss = near ana dear relatives. Even
&, tho c,vest years ~ the empire where every
,hi,, serious was M discount. what may De-
called the conventlonall'lcs ~ mourning were 'tr
| mara strictly observed. Nowadays people seem
i
~ consller that provided The servants hVereS
and the harness u their horses are hountfuNy
aaorrei with enI1,lems OF grief. an that - nee
ossarv has been done They plead In excuse OF
,hia arparent Indifference - the dead that ow-
| ing 10 frequent intermarriagcs. their relation
ships are ~ complex md extensive that were
! they 70 observe the oldtlme rules that governor
mourning they would De- In black and debarrea
! from any kind Of gaycty from one years END 70
the other Hence. people here no longer feel
| shocked when they see a mondainc who has lost
her child attending dinner parties three months
! afterygard. or a widow o. six months eTHconcel
| I'm the. discreetly dArkcned baignoIr' or lows
tier box. " such frivolous theatres as the ihiaE
| Royal. =,
the ofIicial world has been the reception al the
| ElysGe or the Annamite Embassy. which has
| served II veca TO mind practical JOKE payrd
with the cugnlzance Of Napoleon Ill upon ms
consort-whu. by the by, has Just celebrated her
| elxty-eghth birthday. II was In the early days
! OF her marriage and when she was perhaps still
childshly intoxicated with the magnhcence OF
the position u which she had been elevated
Burman Embassy was known To be on It's way to
Paris for the sake OF cntrcating Napoleon as
sstancc against the entertainments Of the Anglo
Indian Government. Her Majesty was led to
believe that the 0rientals had arrived at Paris
and that the presentation Of their credentials was
70 take place. AT the appointed hour the Am
bassadOrs. accompanied by large retnue, were
introduced with much sOlemnity and pOmp into
the Throne Room, where the Emperor and En-
press, with the principal members Of their
court. had taken up their position. The strange
ness Of the garb OF these diplomats from the far
East was only equalled by the extravaganza Of
their behavior their manners being accepted in
good faith by Empress Eugene as manifesto lions
OF extreme respect and v4neration customary in
| Burmah Some Of the most pOrtly members OF
| the Embassy even went 10 the length Of turning
several somcrsaults on their way TO the foot Of
Of the throne while others crawled on their
stomachs and rolled over and over. so ludcrous
| was the scene that even the ordinarily mournfu-
visaged Emperor could not maintain his gravity.
but laughed audbly. whereupon the Empress
| angrly expostuated with him on his lack OF de-
| cOrum and OF the commonest form OF courtesy
toward these Oriental dignitaries. Her irritation
knew no bounds when she observed that the
officials and members Of her court encouraged