Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
GOSSIP OF FRENCH CAPITAL
Weekly Chronicle of Interesting
Events that Arc Trnnspiring in
Gay Paris.

DleBTaln-SpeClal Telegram )-lne IoIneule
Francaise company is threatened with
disruption. Lebargy, who recently re-
signed, has started violent cam
paign against Jules Clarete, the admin
istrator, who has many enemies, but Is
supported by the minister of fine arts. The
papers are full OF the subject and columns
are devoted TO tales Of internal disorder,
favoritlsm and jealousy among the actors
and actresses. Great interest is manifested
because the Comedie Franchise, like the
Opera Comique National is a subsidized
institution. Probably a complete reorgan
ization will follow.
Ernest Nizatella, who has translated into
English every novel by zcla as 1t appeared,
refuses to touch "Fe Condite" which is just
out. He says that Anglo-Saxon prudery
bars literal translation and that the work
is too magnificent a contribution to lltera-
ture and social philosophy to be mutilated
Vizatella Is lifelong friend of zola and
was his pilot and guardian during his re-
cent exile zola says that "Fe Condite'
VIII be translated nevertheless.
Orleans Denies II Rumor.
Prince Henri d'Orleans declares that there
Is no foundation for the present runnor that
he Will soon marry the Princess Asturias.
She Is sister of the king of Spain and would
reign in case of King Alfonso's death.
Loie Fuller Is negotiating with architects
and real estate agents. She proposes to
| build mansion and to furnish 1t sumptu-
ously for permanent residence. She de-
clares she is now thoroughly in love with
Parie, where she feels more at home than
in America. This would not prevent her
| touring, though she now intends to quit the
stage after the exposition.
William Vanderbilt ir., and his wife are
at the Elysee Palace hotel, where they live
! quietly and little company. They drive
in the Bois Boulogne daily in the early
| morning, then spend some time walking and
| shopping together Yesterday they visited the
! exposition grounds. Mr.. Vanderbilt says his
plans are unsettled and he may leave i'm
mediately or stay as long as his wife's
| fancy dictates.
Jeanne Chauvin, when interviewed upon
the ruling Of the senate, expressed great in
! dignaton, but added that the day had evil
IDENTIFY not come for the removal of absurd
restrictions upon woman making living
as she chooses. For herself, while still strug-
| Cling she will not waste her life in further
| futile endeavors to enter the bar, but, con-
tent with having raised the point, will now
| devote herself exclusively to her duties as
/ lecturer on political economy at the Profess
sional Woman's Home.
Urbane Gohier will be prosecuted before
the assizes by direct orders of General CAL
| lifett for continuous vituperation against the
army in the Aurore. Among Gohier's re-
| membranes retained by the prosecution are
| the following.
! "Militarism Is a cancer. You cannot re-
form cancer. You must cut it out We
will hunt down the military clique. The
soldiers trade is, above all, the school of
In tal1 Loo
called the Ministry of War they sell every
thing-forgeries, crosses of the Legion OF
Honor secret inventions, maps. They suck
the blood of the fatherland and betray it,
The Second Prosecution.
This is the second time that Gohier has
been prosecuted for the same offense. The
first time, after the publication of the re-
markable book, The Army Against the
Nation,' he was acquitted unanimously, the
jury holding that the revelations were truth
full and therefore beneficial to France.
Carolus Duran and other prominent artists
are organizing an exhibition of the works OF
Alfred Stevens, now in a dying condition
from want. Stevens was born in Brussels in
1925, OF American parents. He was made
commander of the Legion of Honor in 1873
Stevens is called one Of the greatest geniuses
, who ever lived.
Fanchon Thompson is reported to be en-
, gagged to the Comte de Dion. When seen
both declined to affirm or deny the report.
Yette D'Elva. the marquise who poisoned
herself twice last week, is now considered
out of danger.
The Senate high court will hold tria
of royalist conspirators at the Luxembourg
palace, Paris, not at Versailles, as was con
templated. Marcel Habert, a deputy, who |.
fugitive announces that he will re-entel
France as soon as the public debates open.
President Loubet frequently strolIs out un
attended and incognito for an evening wall
along the Champs Elysees A writer in /.
Matin says he found Loubet and his son
few nights ago quietly drinking beer iq
corner OF a small cafe, looking over tn
evening papers and discussing matters jo
, yially, like two good bourgeois. None amoni
the habitues recognized or noticed them
In commenting upon this the press differs
Some extol his democratic, simple ways
others declare such conduct unbecomlng tn
head Of the state.
$ The campaign to get De Roulede electe.
. to the French academy is not abandone.
i despite his recent letter declining to accep
\ the candidacy. For the first time In 1t
! history the academy Is asked to take side
' in politics. De Roulede's works, despite tn
u patriotism Wnlcn inspired tnem, were neVe
= considered very good literature Still it
quite possible his friends will secure hi
election, they being very influential, II 8
! several members will resign, which in tw
centuries rever happened.
Tribunal of Women.
Several prominent deputies intend to hav
= bill introduced before the chamber t
constitute a tribunal OF women to judg
certain cases for which the magistrate
are incompetent. The original idea wa
Il prompted by the time consumed in suit
: between mistress and servant, dressmake
d and client. 1t has lately been a great ad
v vertising trick for actresses and demi
v mOndaines TO order enormously expensiv
a gowns and then contest payment on ques
a tions of misfit or overcharge, thereby get
ting the town excited over their extray
n agance and prompting humorous para
. graphs,
- King George OF Greece today visited bot
:, the United States and Spanish embassies
= spending the evening at the Theater d
- Vaudeville
Yvette Gullbert refuses extracts from he
- coming book on matrimony aud says III
y whole is yet to be revised.
Maude Come is now in Paris, Just fror
., Ireland. So is Clara Ward and Rigo. TIL
q ex-Princess de Chimay looks careworn an
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