New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-11
TOPICS IN PARIS.
THE GREAT BICYCLE CRAZE


,. about TO be nsti-
Grand Prix for bicycles II aoou' ~ s,,, ~
tinted by the Municipal Counci Vi ''e =,
Paris which so far as Europe Is =,
any rate. may be regarded as Tie NV - Ion.
cvcling: for in other capital "o' . mi,
49,. ,od been adopted with SUCH UNI
versa, enthusiasm as here. true '"e - no
~.os hy tho CITY fathers is only one OF '1'"0'
,-.aa -, tho 900 600 which they devote Twice "
..oou % tho equestrian Grand Prx al N'"e
h,ns. hut ~ the management OF tha' '"
oo,rsa ,s enabled by means OF the gate "o"e.
oud artrv foes to raise the stakes TO ooupie 'N
r, vs NAV confidently expect 'na' '
% mn voted nv the municipality Will prove W oe
,,oro, tho nucleus of a Grand Prix Tor Dizzy
worth ton times as much-so great ~ Tue ''""N
FOR everything connected with the wheel
A,,houeb knights and DANES OF the "hee'
oho,rd IN everv quarter Of the city, yet IL is TIC
Avenue de la Grande Armee that co"'''''
their headquarters and happy hunting s.
ITp til six years ago that thorouenidie
NJ the auietest and least busy OF fai's' INV
either side by fine six-story apartment "oN
inhabited for the most part by "e".'o'o
aoo,s ro,,red from business, people that one de-
scribes here as "des bourgeois cossu''
..a,,,o t. one ~ the most animated and noisiest
IN Paris and there Is scarcely an hour Vi INC ,
mr. NIGHT when the air is not hlled WITH so"''' W
tho warning whistle or the metaihc Jihs""e u
tho hell Of cyclists in hurry. Inc grouhu noo,
~ ar,, every house has been converted either
into a depot repairing shop lor o,0s0'e'
49,. uos,aurants and cafes for wheelmen ana
nv And the Easements that are not
,aken IN nv establishments Of this kind are h''ea
-. .nons for the sale OF cycling haberdashery.
Tho word millinery would obviously De lhappio.
-,s. s,nce here in Paris. at any rate. the skirt
- .oor almost entirely abandoned by veloce-
-, - as they are called, ladies OF the great
,,.or,d as we'll as those Who belong 10 announcer
,hare having alike adopted the knicKerpooheis'
Not only are women thus arrayed 10 DE seen III
.ho restaurants and cafes In the Avenue ue :"
crande Armee where, indeed, woman eau III
,ba ordinary habiliments Of her sex Is iooKeo upo
os q rarity. but they are likewise to be met WIN
elsewhere in the metropolis, at restaurants ~
shons and walking along the boulevards anu
streets without their appearance creating any
.,,shuen+ or remark Certain 1t Is that the
men neither object to nor discountehahce ''e VI
...-oa,ad oarh for women. and it would seem as
:, the new fashion had come to stay. All
:, .ho hg stores such az the Louvre, the bon
Narche and the Printemps, have orgahizeo cs
cling dress departments; every pubic estaohsh-
mont even to the Hotel de Vile, the faias NC
Justice and the Chamber of Deputies mas cioa"
rooms arranged for the checking ana storage VI
wheels; each newspaper has its cycling eui'o''
and suppose that when the dramauc season
reopens we shall find the managers arransi"s ~
tors tho wheels Of those Of their patrons who pre-
for using that method Of conveyance TO get 10 the
theatre instead of dirty, stuffy and painfully
,ou, sacre No class of society seems to have es-
caped the all-pervadng epidemic, and great dig
nd Of he
Cabinet Ministers, famous Generals and eminent
d,n,omats are to be seen pedalling along, care
loss Of the danger OF a 'pelle." which is the ex-
nress,on in Use here for tumble. The RESPONSE
bility for this mania may be ascribed to the DIP
lomatic Corps since 1t was the BRUSH Amoassa-
dor. the Marquis of Dufferin who first undertook
70 show the Parsians that cycling was not FORM
NJ exercise restricted exclusively to shopmen ana
counter Jumpers
KoTZEBUEs GRANDSON.
NJ. de Kotzebue who has just been appointed as
Russian Envoy to Washington. is we'll known
here having occupied for many years the post OF
| councillor and first secretary Of the Muscovite
| Embassy in Paris occasionally acting as Charge
| A. Affaires In the absence OF Baron de Mohren-
helm He Is brother-in-law Of his predecessor at
| Washington, Prince Cantacuzene and is known
here for his love of society, OF which he Is one OF
the most fervent devotees. He Is member OF the
Union Club, where he Is to be found every day al
the same hour save when absent on leave lor the
purpose OF visiting the large estates which ne
owns in the Baltic provinces OF Russia IL Is 10
old Prince Gortschakof that he Is Indebted Tor MS
appointment to the diplomatic service, his rather
having been for many years the principal secre-
tary and assistant Of the great Chancellor. But
TO literary men In the United States the new En-
voy will be an object OF interest. as the grandson
OF that celebrated author and poet who. born
German and attached to the Prussian Embassy at
St Petersburg, abandoned the citizenship OF MS
native country to become naturalized Russian
and to enter the service Of the Car. In the early
part OF the century he exercised great influence
as the most trusted adviser of Emperor Alexander
I on German and French affairs. and bears the
responsibility for the absolutist doctrines OF that
monarch as we'll as OF those OF the Triple Alliance
Indeed II was on this ground. namely. as an
enemy to freedom that ne was assassnated In
1919 at Mannheim by the young German student,
Sand Most Of his works have been translated
into English, especially his bitter attacks upon
Goethe Schege and the entire Wemar group.
The engagement is announced OF Captain Sadi-
Carnot eldest son Of the murdered President to
Miss Lazard daughter of the NewYork banker
OF that name. Although the bride is reported to
be great heiress. yet the match cannot be con-
sidered open to the objection that exists with
regard to OF these International unions since
Captain Carnot will. on the death Of his mother.
have an income Of at least ten fifteen thousand
dollars OF his own. which is quite a handsome
competence in this country for OF such
quiet tastes this young officer.
The annual exodus OF the Government has be-
gun and we are usual at this time Of the
year without a single Cabinet Minister in town
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