The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-16

81 some wel-knOwn Frenchman. NIl'oiS'
artists. politicians, journalists esen a.
tors. are in this strange gallery VIII a.
cludes about twenty men VINO ia -
currod The enmitv Of the habitues OF Fsie
Lunettes. The portraits are no' D'
done Their source is quickly ulseo ,rS,a
after one enters the rear room. I nlo
artists are among the fts1iai ~ ~, q
of Pere Lunette's. instantly WnIn %.
stranger goes among them they Desh to
sketch his portrait IN chafcoal OH US
sheets of white paper 1T pdNiheht 4" ~
for they expect a franc. lhus uyc9 ~.
hold. bad Anarchist manage 10 exc ou'
a living. our party was sketchsu 49,
nrately and together. Among 1ne iii~a
WHO gathered around us-the uceoDs.rO
was well known. and his presence I'm IN
msnded respect-Was one VINO WIS
or known 10 the police than ne want
u 10 be. and who tried 20 SHedh 49,
unseen. But his efforts were lruS a - ,'a
b. the proprietor himseli, VINO nau -, az
desire to achieve worse reputation Win
he secret service than he had alIeaus
gained. The rear room, Ike that IN Ilon,'
was wildly decorated with the Ied PAM
OF Anarchy for the groundWoIh ,' ~ ~
Illustrations These were rather alesoIl-
cal than capicatures, although the races
Of well-known men had been USED Dy lne
artists who had made the pictures. AVla
was there as little DOG pickhs w ia
bone of public approval. although ne nau
TO run through the miry puuaie OF n.y.
crsv in order to obtain II. 1clstol VIZ
represented as being led away run on
Anarchy-tho beautiful and fue-py tne
will o. the wisp of false philanthropy.
The only men who were glorlhed on 'n t
wall were Edouard Drumoht' WIZ - w w
eiltor Of Libre Parole and the most Isplu
aaifatOr IN France, and Henri kOcheloil'
uho for a time shared Drumonts exile,
ard for the same Demonstrating lhe
popylace against the Government Soinie
6f sie paintings I'm this eXtfaorulhay coi-
lection omitted personalities, ana WEI
a ri
toms Of the present day-one OF tls M,
which aimed to deride the pretended VIZ
tue OF the women Of the DouTgeolsle Dc
ING indescribable and unprntaDle.
one woman only was among the cro"u
I'm this strange resort. She was n nor
rible creature with long, unkempt NSAss
red inhamed eyes, sloucny dress, mar
off and a way Of waving her arms anu
swinging her legs which was not ungrace-
full but was wholly unpleasant By ana
by under the influence OF spiced VIII
the crowd began TO sing. instantly tn's
woman sprang into leadership. win
voice fun Of strength and by no means
without its sweetness, she rolled out me
words of four or five typical Anarcnist
songs. accompanying her music with the
weird gestures which mace her seem
being not quite human. When, IN ne
last verse OF the last song the roupn
poetry began its condemnation or eNlsung
society she Strengthened up. her dress
falling still further from her snoldders'
With one hand she caught Il at her
bosom. leaving one hand free for the wild
wavings that emphasized the words;
The condemnation ended with via
curse for the bOurEeOisle. she raised
her free hand above her head, lifted her
ewes to the dingy ceiling (only half re-
vealed by the smoking oil lamps ana
hurled the words into the air with hate
and defiance in her eyes and every mo
tion. Her hair few about her head I'm a
whirl from TIE Vigor of her gestures, and
her red eyes were those OF mad woman.
who thirsted for blood She looked the
Nemesis. A moment later the song
changed 70 the story of the wrongs OF
the people. and wound up with an ap-
peal 10 all humanity TO help them-to help
themselves When she reached IL there
was as great a change in her expression
and her gestures as there was IN the
words. and she sang plaintively and cf-
fectiveIy. Altogether IL was very dra-