New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-02
TOPICS IN PARIS.
II. LOUBET, THE NEW PRESIDENT of ltiE
sENATE-WOMEN IN JOURNALISM.

oto and NJ Challemel Lacour, who recently va
Gated that post after occupying IT for several
wears Whereas the outgoing President Is one OIL
the most atrabillous irasclb,e ana sour-te"ipe'e0
men in French political life, his successor 10 ~
o, the most rrn-hearted, kindly and GENIAL OF
Gallo statesmen Irasmuch he now occu-
MES the Office next in 'ank to the president Vi
the Republic. and will be called upon IN case NJ
Faura resigns the chief magistracy peiore tne
expiration of his term 70 organize anu P'e'
over tho Congress intrusted with the task OF
selecting successor, brief sketch OF HIS pe
eonalitv may prove Of interest to the readers OF
The Tribune lie is a II tie. snort man. la'ne'
fat with gray hair cat pompadour fashion,
pslnted beard closely cropped and clear ho'eSl
blue ewes. He Is the least diplomatic man that
| can remember ever to have met, and II ne mas
any fault it is an excessive frankness. liis"-
! n.incpled to n degree ne will tolerate no equiVo-
| cation or Misunderstanding Of any kind, ana If oe-
yotod 20 his home life diskng theatres state
| banauets and official receptions. lie mas III
ready on two occasions held Office. once as NH
ister Of Public Works and the other time a.
Primo Minister, on which latter occasion ~ "~'
| associated with his old friend. NJ Nlet'e 'iie
| ralstaff Of French politics. noted for his ahec-
do;es for his loud ringing laugh and for MS phe-
romcnal consumption Of beer
NJ LOUBETS MISTAKE.
NJ I.oubct has been made the subject o. III
Vulnerable stories most Of them OF cha'ac'e'
| :, demonstrate his great good-HatuTe' mus l.
| aprears tina. wher he arrived the other DAY mere
! from, the south Of France to assume the fresi
! doncv Of the Senate he vas met AZ the railroad
! terminus by an exceedingly Wel!-dresseu an"
| inDortant- looking gentleman, whom ne at once
assumed to be one OF the principal oHcials " INC
! Senate The gentleman in question: having
| greeted NJ Loubot. Informed him that MS car
r!agc WAS in waiting and conducted MN 10 IT,
Az s,ou as NJ. Lolbet had taken his place in the
vehicle he pulled the skirts of his coat ASIDE IN
order to MAKE room beside him for his COM
nanon. Noticing. however. that the latter was
! about to shut the door without getting H. ne
| injured why he I'D not enter.
! "I am going to ride on the box. mon Pres'-
| dent" said the stranger.
! Nonsense not bit Of IT," exclaimed NJ Lou
bet you'll get wet Come inside"
! Fat Your Exceency---
| Come along insist upon it,
The stranger thcreupon took his seat beside
| the new President Of the Senate who subsequent
! ~ during tho course of tho ride. discovered thai
| sia companion was nothing but Of the foot
mon or mental servants Of the Preside ncy. It
! "a scorcelv necessary 10 add that the man ia
.,ul in his nrals, ~ the cJadescens0n and bon
! homie Of NJ ChaIe.n~l LacouI's successor. H.
! I.olib.t Is p lawyer By profession and fairy well
| ~, for professional man. making his home on
! q plairly furnished Gfh floor I'm the Rue De Ia
! Seine Nine I.oubci IS in no sense a woman
! of society lut unafectcdlv absorbed by her
| duties as wife and in connection with the care
and education OF her young children ". Lou
be, IL scutherner and owes his rise in politics
| frat OF all 20 the favor which he found in the
! eyes Of Pr sden, Carnot. and secondly. TO the
| good will which his sterling qualities as a man
! ~ unbemished honesty and as a "bon pere de
| famiilo" have created among tho bouISeoisie
and rural population who may b" said 10 con-
| s.itt,'e the backbone Of The French electorate
| Talking OF Presidents. it is very pleasant 70
| noe the agreeable relations which exist be-
! tween II. Felix Faure and his predecessor in Of
flee Thus. at the dinner and reception given
at the Elysee Thursday IN honor of the dip
| tomato 'orps NJ and Nine Cas'mir Perier were
| conspicuous among tn guests. the President
! having specla Is written himself to invite them.
! Moreover. when they were announced on their
| arrival. hc went forward 70 meet them imme-
| dlately with the most marked demonstration Of
| Cordality and court ~. Now that NJ. Faure
HIS been made tho object If such slanderous at
"a ks directed not only against hims H. but Ike
wise against those nearest and dearest to him.
BE- can appreciate hct,sf. perhaps. than at first
the reasons that prompted NJ Casmr Pcri.r SO
suddenly TO abandon the Presidency.
CARNIVAL. SEASON AT IT'S HEIGHT
II Is full carnival season. a fact which
was brought home to those who happened to be
at the Opera House last Saturday when fam
| fare OF trurlpets started the first masked bali
| Of the season While IN" scene was most brill
| liant. anu the fan fast and merry up 10 near
! O'Clock In the morning, yet all veteran clubmen
! ana bouevarliers unite In declaring that these
balls Mosques OF today can in no way compare
| with thos~ held thirty and forty years ago in
! the old Opera House Of the Rue lc Peeter
where the attendance was If an entirely differ
| ent and in every way superior character And
in truth. II is doubtful whether any artist OF to-
| day could have found at the bail OF last Satur-
| day any OF tho e scenes which served 10 insnIre
| the brush OF the artist Giraud.
| The new Opera by-the-bye is inst a. ,bo
| present great source Of anxiety 10 the an
thorties. II seems that the stone used in its
| construction was OF an inferior character and
| il IA literally crumbl.ng away. Oniv yesterdo,.
block Of stone weighing nearly hale n ton fel
with tremendous crash from the top of the
| building into the Rue Haievy. and the news
papers to-day publish warnings to their read
era not 10 loiter too near the building. The
| Government has just given orders for thor
| ough inspection of the entire masonry and -, Is
| feared THAI the investigation may result I'm tho
discovery OF Injuries serious as 70 reouire
the expenditure of a vast sum OF money IN re-
| pairs
Nine. ScvGrne's sensational connection with
the Lebludy Matchmaking case serves +, naii
attention TO the fact that France has furnished
far more women to the journalistic profession
lgs
| Mime Severlnc VINO enjoys tie distinction ~
| having interviewed the Pope there is "i,tin.
| celle, whose matrimonial misadN Ventures ,vera
spoken % in this correspondence LAST v,oaL a.t,
| who has hitherto been known In society nc ~
| Barcnne Double. a name which. it appears shc
has no longer any right to bear. Then thnrc
is "Cyp." the pseudOnymc Of Mine dc Nor,cl.
| Mime Adam the Editor Of la Nouvelle pa.
yue': Nine de Laince who writes under tho
| lame Of "Nioeite"; Nine. Carettc formerly tho
| lectrice OF Empress Eugtne. and Nine A.
~ Lot mo ft..t,.
| be mentioned the Marquise de Saint Mars who
| wrote f.: the papers under the name OF tho
| "Comtcssc Dash. the pseudonyme which aba
used for her contributions to the ''Fipor,' hoirn
| that of Jacques Reynaud": the Comteesc
dAgoult, the adaptive mother of Nine Adam
and the real mother Of Mime. Richard Wagner
| u-if, Dftb a