The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-26
MR.. SPEAKER" OF FRANCE
Entertaining sketch of Monsieur Ds~
chanel, the Distingue Partisan.

Entertaining sketch of Monsieur Dea
chanel, the Distingue Psrisisn.
We have n new president OF the
chamber. He Is worthy to lave him
self in the silver bath OF De Morny,
and to act the part Of host In the
tapestried Sale des Fetes. Deschanel
has those social gifts and talents fof
which so many women arc remarkable
No una could have more tact
charm, quick repartee. or a keenef
feeling for what Is elegant, d~lstingue
refined. He dances to perfection, han
an elegant figure. and a face that
would be Of feminine beauty were the
forehead not so vlrile. The wcll-cui
profile is one for Sevres, ~alabaster. OF
cameo. 1t looks delicate, but II you
examine II you will find II strong. He
was nursed on Greek and Latin, but
took most kindly to Greek. | sus'
pect him OF a weakness for Alcibiades.
Pcricles, Aspasia, and the society that
gathered round them. Nobody talks
Of love at an epicurean banquet with
more Anacreontic feeling than the
new MIR. Speaker" Now that l think
OF Il, he is in ONE respects a kinsman
of Moore, but received a better educa'
tion and has a harder head. Had he
been born 10 wealth he might have
grown up n dandy; but he was born
the son of a proscript of the coup d'etat
at Brussels (1S76), and was reared In
honorable poverty. As II is, his dress
Is merely elegant, and n good deal or
the elegance is thrown into 1t by the
wearer. There IL no better drawing
room actor. He Is a very clever ora
tor. though his speeches are over
studied. But he is n first-rate lee
turer, as his father was before him.
Such a man must have aristocratic
leanings. He would have been IN
Athens with Alexander and Aristotle
as against the disciples Of Demos
themes. But | do not think he realizes
what n vast distance lay between
Athens and Corinth, though they were
but 30 miles or so apart. A Corinthian
republic perhaps would suit him bet
ter than an Athenian. M. Emile De-
schanel, the speakers father. was also
an Athenian in education and feeling,
but had no particular taste for ele-
ganee. except In literature. He went
in, as n professor OF classic literature,
for analysis of the feminine heart. |
have somewhere two little keepsake5
he once upon a time gave me on lie
Bicn Qu'on dit DIES Femmes" n lie
Nal qu'on dit des Femmes." He was
a worshiper OF Racine, and discovered
endless keys to his tragedies. They
turned In the rusty old locks were
wonders Of ingenuity. Throughout the
empire Prof. Deschanel had a black
mark agains. him. He nearly caused
the Introduction OF certain courses Of
lectures in the Rue de In Paix by Ills
expositions o! Shakespeare. Poor
Badinguet had just been holding out
the olive branch to the Bishop Of Or
leans and pa.ronizing Darboy, Arch
bishop OF Paris, the future martyrs OF
the commune. Deschanel pere found
in this a parallel with Richard III. be-
tween the two bishops. II was seized
by the audience. never heard any.
thing more spirited and more anus
ing than the lecture. The passages re-
lating the Richard and the bishops
were admirably read. He also gave a
lecture on Juliet's love affairs, which
brought pocket handkerchiefs to eyes.
Romeo he thought n poor creature. But
love is blind. and all the Interest OF
the play was centered in Juliet. Prof.
Deschanel has 10 n chair at the Sor-
bonnie and q seat In the senate.-Lon'
don Truth.