New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-25

. .-oo.ty. Governments in addition TO their
nrfvate resources This has the erect OF rehder'
ing them not only exceedingly popular IN inc
QUARTER but also very dandined IN the matter
of dress They are noted, too FOR oeihg iaf ess
boisterous and unruly than the Ordinary
"etudiant" and this. indeed Is the only reproacn
that Is addressed to them by their rrehch conn
.do. IA far az study IL concerned, their per-
,ormances are below rather than above. the
average This is attributable 20 their wish TO
nrolong their sojourn in Paris as far as possible.
and 10 the fact that they are aware mat az
eoon az they are graduated they VIII be sum-
moned home.
This manner Of herding in groups Is peculiar
10 our university students whenever young
man comes to Paris tor the purpose OF gong
through a university course he Immediately
hunts I'D the students who come from his DIS
trict. takes up his abode with them, lives win
them and to all ntents and purposes restricts
his METROPOLITAN associations 10 them Tne re-
suit IL that when he returns nome ne Is as pro-
vinc.al he was when he arrived. ana pDsse s
of the true Partisan polish and tone Du' htne
save the merest veneer
Parisians have a right TO complain az the ever
increasing encroacnments that are peing mace
from every side upon the Bots de BolOghe Inc
latter may be said to constitute the lungs OK
this great metropolis. II Is place wnere NOT
only the we-to-do obtain their daily quota Ok
eyercise and fresh air. but also the spot "Helc
each Sunday and holiday the working classes
congregate to picnic under the shade ~ the me
trees and to permit their youngsters 10 ron
about to their hearts content upon the green
sward. As long Emperor Napoleon was on
the throne this public park, so famous through
out the civilized world. which owes It's creation
in the main to the Empress Eugene. was Jea 'i.
ou.sly preserved for the use Of the puol.c but
since the Republic has been estabnshed mere
has been a gradual Giminuton OF the area "a
the shape OF concessions ~ land granted 10 tns
Of
time being II was but the other day mat one
Of the leading Partisan journals puolisned q
chart showing the original acreage OF tne bols
In 1868 as compared with It's condltion OF tl-ndy,
from which II could be seen that well nigh
tenth of the area IL now N private han1s. An!
as II this not sufrcient Inc Munlrlpn
Council has just voted the concession OF frdh'
chisc to a tramway company which Is u run
line Of cars from the Porte Maillot u the foht
de suresne-that is. right through the Bois;
added TO which. an American svn'lcite 10 re-
ported 10 have concluded the purchase ~ Bag.
atelIe for the purpoee Of erecting glgsnuc
caravansary on the site of the lovely chateau
constructed within the brief space or ninety Gays
by TIE COmte dArtos. afterward King Cnaries
x for the purpose Of winning wager from MS
sister-n-law. Queen Marie Anto:nette. his
chateau. overlooking tho racecourse OF Long.
champs is perfect bijou. and constitutes one
of the most picturesque features Of the Bois lts
disappearance would be little less than crime.
and 1t is not astonishing that the authorizes
should have been invoked % prevent the execu'
ton OF thu project. II IL unlikely. however.
that their protests will be ~ any avail. ma mo
chateau and park ~ Bagatelle are the private
property Of the widowed Lady Wallace, who mas
a perfect right to d. Herewith as she likes ana
who. In spite Of being A French woman nv nirtn'
infinitely prefers London 10 Paris. Her HUSBAND:
the late Sir Richard Wallace. was a brother %
the fourth Marquis OF Her,ord. and merely re-.
Trained from using the name Of Lord Rlcnard
Seymour. To which he was entitled, win we"
of avoiding any ill-natured con- ent about tne
behavior OF his mother. who had given birth 20
him while detained In Paris az an Englsh nos
tage during the Napoleonlc wars. and % whom.
Ike Lord Hartford. he was passiorately at'
tached. When Lord Hertfo-i died In Paris In
1870 he left the whole Of his vast fortune, IN
Guiding his priceless art collections ana ms
chateau and estate Of Bagatellc. 10 Richard wal
lace as "a token Of gratitude not alone for inc
loyalty which he has ever manifested towaro
me. but more particularly Cor his loving care
and devotion To our mother" 4 couple or years
later Richard Wallace was created a oaroAet oy
Queen Victoria. partly as recognition OF MS
munfcent philanthropy and partly, too. II tne
truth were known. as token Of her royal APP
probation Of his chivalrous regard for the fair
name Of his beautiful mother