New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-24
TOPICS IN PARIS.
UNCONVENTIONAL ROYAL VISITORS.
Az rxpr.E,s.Nr KrNG-srRvIvAL OF QUAINT
OLD CUSTOMS-PARISIAN ANGLO
MANAGES RIDlCULED.

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ROYAL visitors from abroad. who seem to throw
all restraint and conventionaty to the winds On
reaching this gay city. apparently entertain
the most extraordinary ideas with regard 10
what constitutes amusement. Some ma IL IN the
petts theatres others in strolling about the bou-
levarIs day after day; others. again. In haunting
the ateliers OF celebrated painters and sculptors
while there are again some. like Queen olga OF
/ Greece who whenever they come here. devote
/ their entire stay to visiting hospitals ana charl-
table Institutions Young King Alexander Oh
/ Serva seems. however, to have invented Il ne"
/ way of spending pleasant afternoon. Not con-
toni with dcvoting an entire night to doing the
round of the slums and the Quarters rcceh-
trloues under the guidance Of the police ne
passed three hours yesterday In the anthiopo-
metrica bureau Of NJ Berthon at the Pdlals ne
Justice in measuring with his own hands prison.
ers brought in for identhcation. Most Of them
were rccalctrant and the police present were
compelled to resort to force to keep them quiet
while being measured by the King But the VIC
lcnce which they displayed, far from dsconcert-
ing His Majesty. appeared. on the contrary. 10
add TO the excitement. and consequently 10 MS en-
iovment He has now left Paris for Biarritz -
visit his mother Queen Natalie and accustomed
as the Parisian, are to the vagares of their
ROYAL guests even The most cynical and blase %
boulevardlers show signs of being startled by the
dongs here of young King Sacha-donss repre-
hcnsible in man Of mature age. but particular
~ shocking in a boy of nineteen.
IDconsiqence is one OF the principal features Of
the Gallc character. and adds considerably 10 It's
charm since a. in the case OF women. one never
knows what the French are going To do next, ana
consequently one is always kept on the qui wye
Thus although NJ Casimir-Perier preferred ID
show the grosses kind of dscouriesy 10 the
daughter Of the Comte de Paris. Queen Marie
AmeIie Of Portugal. when she passed through
Paris a. the time q her fathers death. rather
than t. expose himself To charges OF old-time
friendship for the Oreanists. everybody accused
him of being disloyal to the Republic and mon
arehical in his continents. Yet no one dreams OF
| casting any such reproach At " Felix Faure, al
,h,urh ne IS the intimate personal friend Of the
Kings If Greece and Belgium and has begun his
Presidency by comforting decorations on Il
. Duchess and IN Countess. The Duchess Is
member Of the DE la Rochefouca uld family ana
ia the Dowager de IA Rochc-Guyon. widow oi the
younger brother OF the late Duo de la Rocheiou-
+ cauld who married a woman Of humble birth and
/ whose son IL the husband If Miss Mitchell The
| decoration conferred upon the Duchesse de Ia
I Rochc-Guyon consists ~ the violet ribbon ana
/ gold palmloaf of an officer dc racademie and -
Intended rs an official recognition OF her c1ntri-
buttons 10 literature. particularly in the line Of
poetry The other woman who has been deco
rated is the Comtcsse Foucher de Caren. AMI it Is
the Cross OF the Legion Of Honor that has been
, mined To her dress as reward for the services
which she has rendered president Of the Asso-
citation dcs Danes FRANCHISES Red Cross Society
which. in time If war. provides ambulances. sur
geons and nurses for the sick and wounded. while
] IN ffrto Off /
POUNDS all over the country hospitals. founding
asylums and charitable institutions OF various
kinds The association is composed exclusively OF
/ women and constitutes a sort of common ground
upon which the great ladies OF the Faubourg ST.
German and those Of the new republican regime
/ meet and cooperate for the benefit of suffering
| humanity
Very many quaint old customs still prevail
here that have long survived the original reason
: for their existence. Thus. no sooner does a
native Partisan turn into side street than he
/ instinctively walks in the centre Of the roadway,
and not on the sidewalk. In good cid times this
: Usage had n valid cause. In the first place at
: the beginning Of the century. there were no
pavemer;s and secondly, househoders were
wont 10 indulge I'm the habit of throwing all
| their refuse out OF their front windows. so mat
the long-sufferlng pedestrian was compelled 70
risk of being deluged 10y dishwater or stunned
by cabbage-stalks Now OF course. all that is
changed one is not even permitted to shake a
tabccloth out Of the front windows after 10
o'clock in the morning. and the infringement Of
this rule brings an irate policeman and TO tard-
cned offenders fine
II IL seldom that a foreign ambassador has
entered upon his duties under such adve Sc cir
cumstances and heavily Handicapped as Count
rorniolli. who has ius- been appointed by King
lIumbert to represent him In this country Count
Tornielli has for some years been Italian Envoy
at the Court of 81. James. and on one OCCASION
was called upon to respond for the dPio"I''io
corns IT = tanouct given by the Lord Mayor OF
London. when he made political speech contain
ing such offensive utt Frances with iesai" :"
France that official rcmonstfaEces were ""-
dressed To Prime Minister Crispi. ana all scrts III
expla ne tons and apologies nad To DC 'e'ue'V" ~
ordor :, annease the French Government and
neople II was considered at the time that MS
examinations were lame and his apologies made
,,,,o and hence he enters upon his duties here
IL, nonular sentiment distinctly against him.
m. ,pIv thing that he has in his favor being
that his wife happens to be a Russian Princess
His PREDECESSOR I'm office, Signor RessHlan, who
had spent the major part of his existence on the
banks OF the Seine. was extremely popular. and
"a generally believed here to have been recalled
mainly on that account Prime Minister Crispi
being credited with the opinion that 1t is neces-
sary for Italy to be represented here by diplo-
mat less conclliatory and more unbend!ng In
manner than the predecessor Of Count Tornielli.
President Faure is a source of despair to the
caricatursts and to the comic papers They can
find nothing about his physical appearance on
which TO hang what Is called here a charge -