New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-09
COSMOPOLIS.
THE INTERNATIONAL CITY OF PARIS
A FASHION OF SMIIING-CHANGEs IN GALLO
CHARACTER-A BROADENING VIEW.

A FASHION OF sMrLING-cHANGEs IN GALLO
CHARACTER-A BROADENING VIEW.
Paris, June I.
II Is not Rome. but Paris. that deserves the
name Of Cosmopolis. for 1t is year by year be-
coming more Of an international-one might al
most say foreign-city. To begin with. all the
forms Of popular entertainment OF the hour
ere exotic. We having the German Tam
hauser at the Opera a Soudanese village Is at
tracing huge crowds at the Champ de Mars.
Then there is the Russian Exhibition with its
Tchcrkess horseraces and equestrian feats. while
the Government and the leaders Of society are
cooperating in the erection on the banks OF
the Seine OF a magnificent Mussulman mosque.
dainty with minarets and fretwork. like that OF
Cordova This Is only fair, since the Buddhists
have already temple here. The Germans nave
recently set up a fine Lutheran church. where
henceforth there will be public worship In their
own language, while Of the wealthiest OF
Creek bankers has provided the funds for the
construction OF gorgeous Greek church. 50
that his felow-countrymen may no longer be
dependent on the Russian Church in the Rue
Daru Even the very boulevards can no longer
be regarded as typcally Partisan since Teuton
beer palaces yclept "brasseries de Strasburs"
have suppanted most Of the once-famous tenn
ples of gastronOmy while Levantine bankers ana
successful politicians from South America jostle
one another on the pavement. filling the air with
their noisy jargon and dazzling ones eyes with
the garishness OF their attire and the exaggera-
ton Of their jewelry. Anglo-saxon games, such
as football polo and cricket have ousted the old
lieu de paume" once the national game OK
France, the Partisan teams even defeating those
sent over from the other side Of the English
Channel while the gymnastic societies. all the
rage are fashioned on the model OF the German
Turnverein. At the Dog Show which Is now IN
full swing II is usual, the Dutch scAipperke.
the English foxhounis al the Comte de Maleyssle
and the German dachshunds Of the Prince de
Wagram which carry off the laurels. while close
by the annual exhibition Of flowers nnds that Us
most drawing features are the superb tropical
plants exhibited. 1t is the same thing in the
Bos de Boulogne. where the jeunesse dores drive
American bugg!es-they call them "bogneis'-
in lieu Of the former phaetons or T carts, while
the caleches. the daumonts and the snowy
equipages which in days gone by used to give
such a picturesque appearance to the Alice des
Acaccas. have now given way to the most sooer
and simple os English victor.as. This is not only
the case with the grande mon ie. but also with
that which has the qualification II "demI pre-
fixed to it. The only apparent difference be-
tween the two is that the former NJ matter
whether their carriage Is drawn by a single
horse or by pair. invariably have iootman
on the box with the coachman whereas, as II
by some tacit agreement. the Others DO not An
other PECULIARLY OF the drives in the Bols TINS
season is the expression on the faces OF the gHced
youth who drive in person. In years gone by Il
has been considered good form 10 look as i'm
perturbable as possible the next season they
assumed as contemptuOus a look as they could
create: after that. to be as mournful as possible.
THIS season on the contrary. II is considered the
correct thing 10 look as happy and as pleased
can. ana the result Is that one sees any
number Of young danies dressed In the very
height Of fashion driving alone AMI with their
! faces wreathed. will not say in smiles but in
broad and somewhat lnane grlns, all the more
inanc owing t. the fact that they are stereo-
typed and last throughout the entire drive with
out any apparent object. With regard 10 the
Mah0metan mosque already mentioned IL Is
/ curious coincidence that the cornerstone should
have been laid just az the very moment when
the festivities were In progress al Clermont-
Fcrrand organized 10 celebrate In hitting man
ner the sOO,h anniversary of tie first preaching
Of the great Crusade against the Mahometans
by Peter the Hermit This celebration was rem
dered all the more memorable by the participa-
ton therein ~ the descendants OF many OF those
/ mobiles and knights who took par, In the hrst
Crusade and many OF them rode In the process
sion which was one OF the features 81 the ies-
tivi,es with banners bearing their hcraldic arms
/ borne before them
All this contact with foreigners, this inter-
naturalization OF Paris where all the wealth.
and all the luxury seem T. be concentrated in
/ the hands OF milliOnaires bearing foreign names,
is exercising very remarkable effect upon the
- aha, and has W.
backs. It is certainly broadening the French
mans views. Formerly. there was no more
stay lat home person in the world than the Gaul
and a mere trip by rail OF two or three hours
duration involved almost as much preparation
and discussion as "A tour around the globe for an
American. Nowadays however. Partisan thinks
nothing OF just running over to Brussels at
seven or eight hours distance. to attend the
premier Of some new opera or drama, or OK
crossing the Channel To put in an appearance at
some OF the great English horse races, WhiIe
YOU actually saw few weeks ago party OF
French nObemen and ladies running across the
Atlantic to attend the wedding or one OF tneir
relatives in Newly DIRK. with as liitle russ as II
they had been making few days trip TO the
Riviera.
one of the most brilliant social occurrences
Of the week has been the party given ny the
Baroness Moro de rIsle a, which theatricals
were the feature of the evening. we'll known
amateurs, such as the COmte Arthur de ia
brillac, participating IN the nonOrS Oh tHe even
ing with some of the most popular artstes
OF the Theatre Francais. OF course. the Bona
partists there in great force. Ths was
only natural since the Baron Morio de Ilsle
was one Of the fayorite chamberlans ard most
prominent figures OF the imperial court a.
though he forfeited Eugenies favor after the
part which he played In mnmask.ng hume, u.
soi-disant cIairyoyant. This took place al
Blarritz whittier Hume had been summoned by
the Empress who. superstitious and credulous
like SO many Spaniards firm believer In
his supernatural powers Baron de rlsle's sus
p.cions already excited by what he had seen OF
the man at Paris. were strengthened when ne
observed that Hume declined To give any per
Torrance at the imperial residence unit. he had
gained a thorough knowledge Of every cornei
and corridor of the building.
Another social occurrence or the week mas peer
tho marriage of Baron Henry Rothschild to Mile
Mathilde Weissweer A son OF the late l5arof
James Rothschild and a grandnephew OF Baror