New-York tribune., 1896-05-24
THE SALON or THE ROSY Cross.
eAR PELADAN AND THE LAST OF THE ANDRo
GYNES.
Paris CORRESPONDENCE of The Pail Mall Gazette.


GYNEs.
Paris Correspondence of The Pail Mall Gazette.
Who does not know the Sar Peladan. the Merd-
.onal magician the high priest and pontiT Of the
CSat Nor' tteratenr not indeed bereft Of talent.
but Of dsordsd ani symbolic style sort OF Semitic
Ing himself as an ambulatory dentist, with a mind
n which Lucfer ever strugsleI ior mnsteTy xed Wed
up with the Talmud. temperament ascetic ana
hedonistic at the same time hesiiating as It were
change has come over the Sar He has marT.ed ar an
10 be expected that the annual salon Of the Rosy
Cross would benefit. from the improXemert , that
had manifested .tself IN its patrons aHaFs. IRON
the deplorable collection of croues hung in stable
y II was Two yetT5 & aS9 & IT IL mas 6seoe bs sefG' eo
catcG US IN the Macninery Hall has gwen place 70
artists from Montmartrc. Iatsnoles and Mont
parnasse the sticky anlrOgynes who formerly com
69sfa 6f Soie hI pdnne ss G seekers after he saint
Graal. rapins and crouta.ds alike. NJ. Peladan has
bon soir messieurs"' There is something sin
gularly pathetic in this leave-tak!ns between a
commerce. account Of retiring from business
modicum of occupation which the prophet still
tains not TO let his mage and prophetic talents
His preface to the catalogue no longer announces
that Inarqu. safes. and at need dukedoms. are for
but ne assures that the angels the side Of
the exhibitors, and that the charge is one franc.
Nor that minm sum ill-invested, for there are in
this collection Of hundred odd paintings and draw
ings some examples OF genuine talent and earnest
work NJ Maur ce Chabas's "Ncmea' a weird.
TALLY draped figure in still. werder wood holding
in the left hand magic flower half boodsplash
half anemOne is OF really fine technique, leaving
little to quarrel with save that the ladys robe Is
more like a Turkey carpet than medieval gar
ment. The young women behind her, gazing
at a Jagged sunset, wormlike n pose and " ne
and -watery in tint Then NJ. Seon, too. IS praise
worthy His Harmonic du Sor' IS chaste, the COL
oring of the decieuX order (deliceuX fills today in
aesthetic the same place as did Moliere's 5
preC.eux) and as a drauehtsman. If you pleas. he
is by no means the hrst-cOmer. NJ. Dcsrivieres
makes a hard try to be imaginative in "I|Auroie
Bor6ale," mystic archangelic lgure, saffron and
red the general effect being borrowed from that
eye-torturing instrument the Kaleidoscope Of our
youth 1t would be well 10 discourage him. There
Is little pastel by NJ. Bremond which IS not
delicieux. but gem OF its kind. NJ Osberts sugary
black-and-whites are really interesting What can
ne be doing this magician's barge? There is, OF
course some who initiates NJ. Whistler. and
finally there Is VI. Point, who attracts good deal
OF attention He initiates NJ Botticclli with pain
full exactness which might take IN anybody but n
jew. Were he 10 adopt his talents 10 the forging
OF postage stamps, the business would be more
lucrative, II not quite as respectable. Botticelli
boueva rdier' A Botticelli potboileT, How shock
ing, | left under this impression and encountered
at the door a young man dressed entirey in velvet.
q Renaissance pages cap the back OF his head,
his hair curled on either cheek in the style of Mr.
Stothard's illustrations of Quentin Durward" rcd
dogskn gloves and an umbrella. He seemed greatly
pleased with himself Could this have been the last
of the androgynos?