New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-20
TOPICS IN PARIS.
THE DUKE AND THE wAsHERwoMEN
THE ALMANACH DE GOTHA-TRlA. OF BISHOP
AUGONARD - ENFORCING THE REGuLA-

u-GONARD ENFORCING THE REGuLA-
rIoNs OF THE LEGION OF HONOR
Paris. January 10.
The manifesto just issued by the Duke OF Or
eans announcing that henceforth he intends to
have ALI his clothes made in Paris. has won for
him good will and favor in entirely unex-
nected cuarter namely with the powerful syn
dictate Of washerwomen Of Paris. Their support
* hv no means to be despised. Numbering
soma sixty OF seventy thousand women. they
have more than once in times gone by promoted
and assisted revolutionary movements. Their
charter rights and privileges, granted by King
Henry " more than two centuries ago are jeal-
ouslv preserved by them, and whenever any at
fnmn, has been ma de by the authorities to inter-
fere with their vested rights. threat that they
would all march in procession to the Ministerial
departments armed with their 'battors. or
wooden paddles which they use for beating the
linen had invariably sufficed to bring the Govern
,nent Of the day TO its senses. Conscious of their
power they generally manage to have their way.
Just at present they are up in arms against the
Government. not for any direct mistake on the
part of the latter. but because of the growing
fashion of the better classes here to send ther
linen over to London to be laundered the faiis-
ian washerwomen are indignant at TINS. Inc!
ance that 1t is merely another instance u 'he PEI
fdv of Albion and that the Government shouiu
nut a stop TO IT, Exactly how the Government
is tn do this they do not condescend to explain
bur they are loud in their demands that the au-
thorities shall come TO their rescue somehow OF
other AS the Government seems 10 De al loss
10 know what to do they have halled Win sat
;sfaction and enthusiasm the manifesto OF the
Duke of Orleans convinced that Prince VINO
sets the fashion Of having his clothes made IN
Paris may be counted upon to inaugurate once
more the mode Of having linen laundered by
the Partisan blanchisseuses
Although the "Almanach de Gotha' is pup
1shed IN Germany and is essentially the Libro
Doro of the monarchical families of the Ola
World vet for some reason or other-possibly be-
cause for the last hundred years II mas peeh
printed in French--the people here seem to
look upon It as an essentially Gallo and national
publication in which they have a greater pro-
nrietary right than any other country in the
world This feeling is intensified by the TACT
that tho "Almanach' for 1895. which has just
made its appearance. contains an excellent por-
trait of the new President NJ Casimir Perler'
There is certain element of sadness about TINS
annual for 1t contains the names ana geneaioss
Of so many fallen rulers and princes that IL mas
sometimes been described as the cemetery OF ue-
throned monarchs. The "Almanach is ABOUT
The only place where dethroned Kings and
Queens continue to figure after having oeen ae-
prived Of their sovereignty and their crowns IL
is necessary to refer to its pages in order 10
find that there is still in existence a Grand Duke
Of Tuscany a Duke of Parma, both tuscany
and Parma having been absorbed by the King
dom Of Italy nearly twoscore years ago II
Is there. too. that one is forced to look for the
hat
rights and claims Of fathers. grandfathers ana
,ncles who have been deprived Of their crowns
Such neople as the Duke Of Braganza. claimant
IN the throne of Portugal: Don Carlos Afonso oil
Bourbon claimant to the throne OF spain; Prince
Victor Napoleon. the Comte de Caserta Claimant
10 the throne of Naples. and the Duke OF Cui":
berIand who is the eldest son and heir OF 'he
late ex-King Of Hanover. figure. as far as 'ne
general public is concerned, nowhere save IN 'he
"Almanach" The annual had been appearing
for more than forty years when the hrst Napo-
leon threatened to suppress 1t for having vent
,rsd 70 nubl,sh in that part devoted to sovereign
houses the names OF all those rulers whom ne
had deposed. and for having referred to himsehf
ora ~ the members OF his family in manner
,,h,cb he did not consider sufficiently respectful
=, NOS onlv with the utmost difficulty that MS
ura,h WAS appeased and three different editiohs
rad IN he printed in single year before the EN-
r.ror WAS satisfied Since that time. however
M Government has attempted TO interfere III
anv way with its publication; but. on the COLI
trary each endeavors to assist the editor MI
Justus Perthes. by placing at his disposai all '"e
Information and statistics that they have IN
spite of this some very glazing mistakes occa-
sionally creep into the "Almanach. not only III
the second or administrative and statistical sec
ton. but also in the first part which Is devoted
10 the genealogy Of the royal and princey houses
~ Europe such as for instance, when the
Princesse Mathde Bonaparte was set do"h d
few years ago as morganatica.ly married 10 MI
Paul Baudry the painter. married man.
7, ,s not often that one sees a bishop figuring
IN the prisoners dock Of the AssiZe Court OF the
Seine Department Yet this was the spectacle
that was presented TO the public last week Inc
accused was Monslgnor Augouard, the bishop
and apostoIic vicar OF the Congo parish, who'
after having served with distinction in the army
during the war OF 1870. under General de Chaf-
rette. entered holy orders and has since spent MS
entire life in missionary work in western Africa
The offence with which he stood charged was
that of criminal libel. brought by a NJ Forget
who chooses to regard the bishop as Responsible
for his dismissal from the colonial service ana
edopted this means Of wreaking his revenge
The trial was all the more interesting since IL
brought TO light the fact that the cohihct De-
tween the two men was brought about by the
prelates condemnation Of NJ Forgets attitude in
heading the clique that endeavored to deprive
poor NJ. Dolisie Of his hard-earned honors' NJ
polsies case is one which has been attracting
much attention Of late and is somewhat pathetic
While a student OF the Eeole Polytechnique
financial straits led him TO commit an indiscre-
ton in connection with money matters. involving
his resignation. After endeavoring IN vain &c
procure a means Of livelihood at Paris, ne emil
grated to the colonies, where, by dint OF energy