New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-08
TOPICS IN PARIS.
hcAv CARNIVAL sEAsON-M. BAIHAUTS
SAD CAsE-rwO POPULAR HEROES.
Paris. February 2S.

Paris, February Is.
"The rayest carnival within the memory OF
The present generation" such is the general YER
dict concerning the three days OF merrimeh.
Brought to close on Wednesday morning i"o'
h;v the advent of Lent The people with one ac-
cord appeared to be bent on forgetting tha' III
the palais de Justice some OF the names until
now most respected. not to say ilustrious, III
France are being dragged through the fouiest
Of mud in connection with charges OF dishoh-
enty and corruption Of every kind. and that the
fvro great legislative bodies of the Nation are
n the throes of a conflict so bitter that IL Is
held by many to threaten the very existence Vi
Che Republic. Nowhere else would IL De posSi
BILE to find such strange and Striking ah'''"e'
of this character as at Paris ana III oroei "
ind any parallel II Is necessary TO go oach ~
The DAYS of ancient Rome and OF Babylon. Ever!
BODY seemed join in the run, ana even III
fashionable thoroughfares one could see e'oe''
men and women at the windows letting down
into the street below upon the heads Oh 'ne
passers-by large rubber dolls and animals fast-
ened to long strings, which were tneh s"a''"eu
up out Of reach the moment that any one maze
a. s,,.unt 70 seize them Men whom one
would have thought incapable OF understanding
sokes far less Of making any. attired them-
.aIves I'm fancy costumes and masqueraoeo
about the streets performing strange antics' as
AZ delighted at being able to escape Ior 'i"e
from their monotonous identity and 10 become
some one else; while 1t would be difioui' W 'h'u
IN the length and breadth Of this huge metrop
oils a man. woman or child who couiu WIN "
clear conscience deny having contributed ~ ."e
ae,uge Of confetti and paper spirals with which
the city has been literally overwhelmed our'ns
the three days that the carnival lasted
FRANKS OF MERRY PEOPLE
stranger entering the capital and passing
aown the boulevards on Monday and Iuesoa!
last might we'll have been excused 1or ihau''i"e
n some curiously composed aerollte hao "o'
burst in multi-colored particles over the 'o"n
Every tree was covered with a dense network
of paper ribbon. showing all the hues Oh 'ne
~o,nhow while the streets and sidewalks MADE
one tesselated pavement from house 10 nous.
on either side. Along the streets avenues ana
boulevards thus carpeted passed the process'o"
Of the "Boeuf Gras" revived for the first time
An many years. and every species of trade was
renresented In the extravagant cortege which
was reviewed by the President and Nine Faure.
rhera were all sorts of triumphal cars, inter-
.nersed with troops of every kind or i've STOCK
Imaginable the two most successfui Oh '"e
rhar,ots being the cooks car and that de'o'eo
10 the charcutiers. or pork butchers Inc ie"'
ure of the latter was the highly ih'ei'se''.
..soret" (young Pig which occupied the plaee VI
sonor at the summit and which has already
.ch,eved a considerable celebrity in the prov
tnce. as an actor. being able to smoke pipes
drink wine and beer, and to play part on the
stage. Monsieur Cochon." the name by winch
ne figures on the playbs. seemed fully 10 en-
Ter into the spirit Of the occasion. ana ho'ni"e
.yas more comical than the quizzcai exp'ess'o'
I'm his snout as. with his pipe between his teeth
was also a funny and highly trained RABBIT OF
No.. 7 could not see exactly which. in the cooks
t,.r that spent Its time in playing circus tricKs
anon n chef who was vainly trying to con-
sign 1t to pie.
The weather was magnificent and contributed
An no small degree to the enjoyment OF the &C.
cason. which was further augmented oy num-
her Of somewhat amusing Incidents not on 'ne
programme. Thus, at moment wheh the S"Se'
Of the Quarter Latin were most crowded, puohc
attention was suddenly attracted to terrible
srscas IN progress on the fifth story OF house
eeyeral police officers rushed up the stairs win
all speed to put stop to the hght put oelore
they could get up the combatants suddenly huns
two of their number out Of the WINDOW INTO the
street below. Cries of horror were heard on
every side which were soon succeeded by SHOUTS
of laughter on the discovery that the two victims
OF course. the thieves had free play while the
carnival lasted, and took advantage OF the pres
ence of people In the streets to ransack their
homes None OF them. however. was so polite
- the rentlemanly successor OF Robert Macaire.
who, otter appropriating everything OF value IN
the apartment Of one Of the most popular
actresses Of the Varieties Theatre. left beauu-
fully written note on the dressing-teble OF the
diva expressing "a thousand regrets for not nav
ine found In this chamber by far its most lovely
jewell
PELTED WITH BANKNOTES.
For a few moments the people passing along
che Boulevard Haussman enjoyed the altogether
unusual and unique experience OF being pelteo
with banknotes. True they were cut up IL
seem that some children. having been left alone
in their fathers writing while their pa
rents were out Of doors and the servants look
ing out Of the windows. had found banknotes TO
the extent Of 80 900 francs which had been care
lessly left in an open drawer OF the desk'
Ignorant Of their value the children quickly con-
verted them into confetti and then nung them
into the street. the amusement thus costing them
at the rate Of about 500 handful. 1nasmuch
as no record had been kept Of the numbers OF the
notes II is doubtful whether their owner will be
able to recover the amount of currency thus
destroyed.
One Of the saddest incidents Of this jolly car
nival was the appearance In the witness-box
in the Arton trial at the Palais de Justice Of
N. Baihaut. the Cabinet Minister and member
Of the Chamber of Deputies. who was sentenced
in 1893 to five years penal servitude for re-
ceivins brides from the Panama Canal Company.
and who alone Of all the people implicated in
that scandal has not been set at liberty. Few
who were formerly acquainted with the man,
ut one time 80 we'll known about town, recognized
IN the bowed. shrunken and cadaverous-faced
convict with snow-white hair and beard the
portly. jovial and sturdy M. Baihaut OF three
years ago. His appearance aroused the SYM
patty Of all present. and when In the course OF