Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-04

q soup spoon for two sous. The Place is
half full Of workingmen In blouses, and he
salutes as he enters. for he has learned
some Of the graceful customs Of the Paris
tans. whom people are wont to call super
dcial. But the genial Bon jour, monsieur"
from each stranges ~ the safe takes away
some OF that belors breakfast dissatis-
faction with LIZ and he takes mis- chiccory
and bread without butter with q more
ShristiaV spirit Three or four fellow stu
gents Enter. and II the favor Of the chic
Conversation. the gossip Of the quarter or
the latest anecdote, it Is forgotten in the
excitement of-a discussion of the superla-
tive merits or the ineffable infamies Of the
latest fad in painting.
Eager for Discussion.
No religious views are attacked or
defended by fanatics with greater fe-
rocity than the different schools Of
art by these embryo painters; but they
Will usually stand by the latest, the
most startling vagary, and the one
most likely to paralyze the faculties Of .
unenlightened public. At times such 81
tercation will arise In the schOn' on -. d
Sns form 1l par'isan san H between the
spective merits of its ~.aster IN tn the In,ian
senool, on the groS> ii floor, are three classes
~ an ~ at a spark is necessary to
$50 danes of internecine war. A
80 discussion will lead to violent
~nS"-ge and defiance. The classes will
y..e II up, and when they have exhausted
the resources of invectire, the missiles begin
to fly and in a second tumult is on which
Is credit to the traditions of the quarter.
Bread modelling clay, stretchers and stools
hurtle through the air and crash into the
no owing ranks of the factions The fight Is
fierce. but brief. The up-oar brings the
thorities OF the school. and vigorous Efforts
are made to re-establish peace. The shower
of projectiles gives place to one Of oaths
and eplthets IN French, Russian. Spanish
nd x-iv nc loo n
their attention to collecting their scattered
property and doctorins bruises. The mod
els resume their posing, and by the time the
endure from half n, hour to six weeks ac-
cording to-very slight circumstances.
Witty, but Shameless.
Tia famsof the Academic Julian Is world
wide, but many Of its most striking and IN
teresting features have never been describ-
ed They never will be, In print. Rabelais
Is dead and lola has too much natural re-
dnenent of taste.
1t is a popular idea that the artist Is
being of superfined sersibilities. So he may
become. after h leaves the schoois-the
Partisan schools, meap~,hpt the change Is
thesmost radical Of reactions. The art stu
dent OF Paris Is the mostseendalous, ribald.
desperately shameless, and at the same
time the most ynconSsiv9h1y droll Of human
creatures. HIS only reckoning quality is
the psrfect sIrapkness ard candor or ms
badness and the uproarious humor with
which it Ia always accompanied win the
abandon and freedom from self-conscious
ness of gambcling lamp, he will perpe-
trate a Joke which would make an angel
laugh. but would bring a blush to the
swarthy cheek OF the arch-hend
The Students Duel.
In the midst Of such associations, IN an
atmosphere reeking with the smell Of tur-
pentine.@ paint and cheap tobacco, does
genius sprout. Bat 90 firm is the purpose
OF the student. as general thing. SO indie
fatigatIe Is his diligence and so great Is his
enthusiasm, that these distractions ara only
rnomentary and apparently leave but slight
Impressions. But there arediyersions which
occasionally Interrupt the. arduous study
which are more innocent. 4 quarrel may
arise between a couple of Individuals about
pome subject which WIN not warrant
partisan battle. A blow IS struck. Instant
b the school Is In an uproar. The belliger-
nts are separated and held TIE matter