Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-28

has q melodrama called 1.-THE War IN
madagascar, where an Amazon prisoner
captivates French officer OF high rank by
her noble sentiments, SO that 1t ends in
marriage. One Of the shows. certainly a
ply Hell" ~ 'e" SIM
The Theatre Archiartistique" offers
Twenty-Five minutes of spectacle renre.
Sented by men, women and children Of the
moot splendid beauty, with magnificent ac-
cessories each belonging TO its own age of
the world Cupid and Psyche executed by
the celebrated Phidlas for The Gardens of
Versailles; The Venus of Milo which Is
que to Michael Angelo; Susanna and the
LueIs, painted by the illustrious Rem
, Liahul LOT the Chicago exposition; 'Napo-
icon at Waterloo attributed to Leonard,
ga tinci; The Last Survivors OF the Del
cse' from Contemporary photograph"
Ambitious Young Man.
AT the great Museum of Progress met
e"psychosls takes place every ten minutes"
AT the Panopticum the celebrated Kabowls
drinks eighty glasses of beer in fifteen min
rtes In his tent an Arab boy sticks long
hails up his nose ard needles in his eyes
a sailor has a devil fish in tub. A half
uoSen cafes Of Death" dispute the at
uactioiis OF the original esta blishment of
the Boulevard de Clichy You NAV see hal
Ic.s, ana there are anatomical museums
VIII no specimens made in Germany"
wrestiers is delightful
ANY spectator with sufficient confidence
may get down from the audience and
~resue with the champions; and it is a
iavorfte practice for girls of the neonla 70
send down their young men TO show them
on Then, * you were near enough to the
struggle, You might hear a whispered con-
,,ra saon between the straining. twisting
professional and amateur:
mo" ~" net ZIG thro" your
But my girl is here's
a1I h,,
Three dollarsv
Word Of honorr'
Word OF honor"
ana 30 Suzanne has her wish, and eyerv
Vic applauds her Gigolo, but at what price,
Variety of Pleasures.
close by the gingerbread fair, to catch
me overflow, 10 the enhancing forest park
Vi .ihcennes' with its green, Shiny lake
nesting lugubriously in q trampled wool
"hoee Tree trunks have the eame unhealthy
ana forlorn hue. 1t 10 the sprinGtime. when
Parisians are gay and vigorous. the ladies'
sahttlsh, the men conquerofs and the chill
dren and the little dogs will prance ana
yep Tor joy. The fair is an excuse to 60
rowJyfng in the Bois and the Rois ia an
excuse to go gaping at the fair. The wood
~ gay with nursemafds and soldiers with
red trousers and blue blouses: the nursa-
maids bright in their new Easter ribbons
the soldiers neat as pins the workingmen
with their ears washed and their mustacbes
Eewy CURED Family parties eat their
Easter Sunday lunch upon the ground.
Others patronize the small cafes. where
tney will buy only wine and big t,,reen 81
soup. Tney have their own food in their
baskets, and the management will lend them
plates, knives and forks. They make a
deal or merry noise, their dogs fight their
children lament and rejoice in turn. the
young man sings his song and the old man
tens his tale, as they sit I'm the rickety ar
DORIS and devour cold veal and onions with
1helr gingerbread and garlic sausage
ON! exciaim Americans who would dis
Gain such common joys at home, how
French and how delightful
IT Is early evening, in the long snrinr
twllght OF the north The sun is setting in
a dust Of gold. The fair booths are in lon,
lines. furiously painted. bumped uneven.
SHARP odors float through the air. sharo
music beats against ones ears. The grind
ing organ of the flying horses takes ones
soul away and leads * dancing The cry of
the hot waffle merchant and the turn-.lIm of
the oriental stomach dance mix with the
tooting OF gazoos Over all there is the
mixed perfume Of wild animals fried mess
es, burnt gunpowder. lilac blossoms and the
nayor or ten thousand perspiring human
bodies. The Partisan swims in the tide.
bis eyes and nose and ears delighted.
Easter Sunday comes but once a year
STERLING HELLO.