New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-22
TOPICS IN PARIS.
THE RETURN OF SOCIETY.
MILITARY PRACTICE AND HUNTING-AN UNFoRTu-
NATE GRAND DuKE-A QUEENS CLOTHES

astonishing sef-conrol which the French are
displaying In connection with the national re-
jolclngs throughout the length and breadth Of
Germany In honor Of the Victories OF the latter
n quarter OF n century ago. There Is not speech
by sovereign or general. statesman or politician.
that does not TEEN with remarks calculated to
wound Gaiiic sensitveness. and the same may
be said Of the articles in the German press, gloat
INK over the French defeats OF 1870 The people
here have the reputation Of being Of an excitable
nature and Of being afflicted with particularly
quick temper; yet nowhere does one learn OF any
instance Of the Teutons' provocations having
been successful In singing them out OF the dlgn'-
fed reserve which they have observed ever since
the war festivities began In Germany several
weeks ago Even the less respectable OF the
! newspapers those indeed. which are irrespon-
| sible and frequently stlgmatlzed as 1.-THE gutter
| press" have maintained silence which can only
be described as patriotic and dignihed In the ex-
| IRENE Indeed the only notice that France may
| be said to have taken Of the national rejoicings
in Germany has been In the form OF pilgrimages
to the graves OF those who fell while defending
! their country against the German Invader. In
| the solemn chants OF the de Profundis' over
their tombs. and in the requiem masses cele-
! brated In their memory.
| Yet II ever there was a time when the French
people might be expected to be most easily moved
to warke fervor and Chauvinist excitement II
is just at present when the atmosphere OF France
/ is redolent Of gunpowder. The country Is In
the throes OF the grand manoeuvres, which are
being conducted an unprecedentedy extern
slve scale. converting the major portion Of the
country into a mimic battle-ground, while In those
places to which the soldiers have not penetrated.
the "cha sseurs" or hunters are out In full force,
| - ali thar ~
proportion to the rid!culously small amount Of
game which they manage to bag game
license only costc 81. and once equipped with that
and of course with gun-one Is at liberty 10
shoot everywhere except over estates and forests
specially preserved which constitute the minority
| in France instead OF the majority. as In England.
! The result is that the game has become very
scarce and the bags so ridlcuousy small that
were II not for the unrivalled opportunity which
a couple Of days shooting offers to the French
| paterfamilias to escape the supervision OF wife
and daughters 1t is probable that there would
be very few people willing to waste 81 upon
gun license.
The manoeuvres are being followed with an in
terest which American readers may find difficult
| to comprehend and which only be understood
when 1t is borne In mind that in this country
almost every one OF the male population either Is,
| has been or Is going to be a soldier. The news
papers filled with columns Of dispatches from
! the seat Of war; Maps and charts are issued
with almost every number in the shape OF sup
/ PIGMENTS, and hears Of nothing but military
operations and the movement OF troops. Indeed
there is such warllke spirit in the air that 1t is
surprising to the Jast degree that there should
have been no popular outburst Of anger and OF
irritation against Germany In connection with
| cplpbra OF 81 left Of
| French at Sedan.
THE PARTISAN CROWDS RETURNING
Meanwhile. Paris is filling up again with ia
mar faces, and. above all. the theatres have
once more opened their doors. 1t Ia curious that
with all the changes Paris has undergone during
the last hundred years-changes OF government,
changes OF fashion. changes Of speech. changes Of
custon-one practice alone should have remained
the same. namely. the reopenfng OF the metro
politan theatres In the month Of September And
1t Is at the theatres that one realizes to what
tent Paris Is filling W again. Thus at the
Francois three nights ago could be seen the Prince
de SaRan, home from Wiesbaden the Due De-
cazes. back from Brittany; the Due de Luynes
fresh from his twenty-eght days OF military
service: the Baron and Baroness Alphonse Roth
schild. their way back from Trouvie 10 Fer
reres and Prince Nicholas OF Greece who occu-
pied a box with his Russian uncle. the Grand
Duke Constantine Constantnovitch. Prince
Nicholas has since left here to take part In the
military manoeuvres but the Grand Duke stil
remains. and owing to the fact that he ~ known
to be on the most Intimate terms with the young
Car considerable political importance IL attached
TO his visit
All the more Is this the he has already
occasion been employed on a political mis-
m Erap nv no
at the time OF Alexander ITS visit to the
German Emperor at Kiel and 1t was so timed that
at the very hour when the Car was driving
through the streets Of Kiel with the Kaiser, the
Grand-Duke Observation-Disclosures
being escorted through the streets OF Nancy amid
the greatest popular enthusiasm TO the prefecture,
where he was to lunch with President Carnot, the
object OF the Car being manifesty to show his
French friends that the &C. OF ordinary courtesy
which he was compelled to return to the German
monarch In no wise affected the cordially of his
sentiments toward his allies in France.
AN IMPERIAL sCAPEGRACE
The Grand-duke is the brother Of Queen Olga
OF Greece. and also Of that misguided Grand
duke. misunderstanding who has hther-
10 been detained IN a fortress In one OF Russia
Transcaspian provinces as a punishment for
having stolen the Jewels OF his mother and those
Of the Imperial chapel In order to present them
to Fanny Lear. the American adventures. known
I'm the United states. and especially In her native
city Of Philadelphia, under the name Of Mrs.
Hattie Blackford The crime for which the
Grand-duke was dsgraced occurred more than
twenty years ago. and 1t might have been thought
that before this he would have been considered
as having sufficiently expiated his misdeeds. Soon
after the accession to the throne Of the late Car
he was on the point Of being pardoned. and per-
mitted at any rate to return to Europe and to
enjoy the sweets OF liberty either at home or
abroad. But at the last moment 1t was dis
covered that not only had he contracted mar
rIage with the daughter OF the postmaster Of the
town In which he was interned but that he had