New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
PARIS.
THE INTERESTING MEETING OF PREsl
DENT LoUBET AND ExsPEAKER REED

THEY DISCUSS PARLIAMENTARY PROCEED
rRr-M pryBorss SETTING OF THE
PoPEs ODE ART SALES
AND SOCIETY.
fny CABLE TO THE TRIBuSEl
Paris May 13.-A Partisan event VI
tional interest to Americans was tne n"ee"e
of President Loubet and ex- Speaker Keeo' "h'eh
took place on Tuesday at the Eiysee raiaoe' ~
| will be remembered that M. Loupet was io' i'e''
| President Of the Senate, and the conversation
,,rnsa upon a comparison of the systems OF
parliamentary ruling and procedure III RAM
| ana the United states Mr.. Reed was agreeapiy
s,rnr,ssd at NJ. Loubet's thorough knowledge or
the working machinery Of the House OF repre-
sentatives The veteran parliameDtarans OF
| the two great republics, through the medium OF
a fluent Interpreter, talked with the utmost
frankness of the merits and shortcomings OF
the two systems from technical point OF view
| and with all the keenness OF two amateurs us
GUESSING some rare work OF art.
Those present were struck by the contrast pre-
sented by Mr. Reeds tall. massive frame. Anglo
Saxon phlesm and impassbilty, and NJ. Lou
bets short stature and Latin vivacity OF gesture
The ex-Speaker was favorably impressed Win
| NJ Loubets breadth Of Views. yersatihty' SIM
| plicity and earnest directness Of expression ana
| the coopleta absence Of anything approaching
pedantry or pretension President Loubet, when
subsequently abiding TO the visit remarked
! that Mr. Reed impressed him as possessing Fur'-
| tanical austerity with an enormous store OF re-
served intellectual and moral force. which ne
UoubeO had always associated with Benjamin
Franklin.
Mr.. Reed has not yet visited the French Cham
| lAtx,r ha tlytl
Paul Deschanel. President of the Chamber at
! a small informal breakfast to which MT. Reeo
looks forward with unusual pleasure especially
as NJ Deschanel is thoroughly familiar with
English. while Mr.. Reeds French, like that OF
BENJAMIN Franklin, is limited to theory. The
| ex-Speeker seems to be In excellent health ana
| spirits and greatly enjoys his stay In Paris.
The fourteenth centenary OF the baptism OF
| Clovis was celebrated Thursday. Ascension
Day, by the production at the Cathedral OF
Rheims of an oratorio composed by NJ. Theodore
! Dubois, director Of the Paris Conservatory or
Music. himself a native Of Rheims upon an ode
written and dedicated to France by Pope Leo
XIII entitled "The Baptism Of Clovis the
oratorio is divided into three parts-"Baptism
"Epopee" Awakening" 1t comprises five grand
orchestral morceaux. with chorus, chants ana
soil. 1t was performed by one hundred and thirty
singers and eighty orchestral MUSICIANS whhe
Escalais and Note. Of the Opera, sang the SOIL
NJ Dubois himself conducted. He has eschewed
attempts to initiate Gounod and Perosi by MIN
Cling sentimentality with the Gothic forms OF
Bach and his present work marks return tow-
ard the ecclesiastical inspirations OF Paestrina'
The poyphonic passages are successful thH
choral melodies impressive. Nearly all the mu-
steal celebrities OF Paris were present. 1t is i'm
ctolt roa
for such an oratorio than the magnificent basilica
OF the Rheims Cathedral, with sea OF sun
shine pouring through the rich stained glass
windows Illuminating the Cardinal robed In red,
and surrounded by the assembled clergy In
golden chasubles, while the Gothic architecture
and medieval tapestries were In perfect har-
mony with this remarkable composition 1t Is
likely soon to be heard in America, England and
Germany The next performance Of this oratorio
will be given In Rome in the presence Of the
| Pope.
Art sales have now become the fashionable
rendezvous of Partisan society. The Doria sale
ended on Tuesday, producing total of S226,O00,
and at to-day's view of the Mulbacher collection
of eighteenth century art large contingent OF
Americans put in their appearance, including
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Drexe. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Jacob Aston. Mrs. Hughes Hallet, Mr.. Eu-
gene Higgins, Mr.. George Scott and many
others. The sale begins on Monday with twenty
four Fragonards, Of which eight are oils and
eleven water-colors and fine miniatures. There
are delicious Watteaus Matters and Lancrets.
and works by Greuze. Isabey and LAWRENCE.
| Altogether there sixty oil paintings and four
| hundred water-colors and pastels. and Houdon's
| marbles, lie Baiser Dome" and lie Baser
Rendu" The picture particularly admired to-
day by Americans is the portrait Of Nine. de
| Pompadour's daughter Alexandrne Etoles,
| painted by Boucher in 1749. little girl In blue
kissing a bird in its cage Several of the Frago
| nards once belonged to Nine Recamer
Another collection to be sold at the end OF the
month at the Georges Petit Gallery is that Of
the pictures and furniture belonging to the Due
de valencay and sagan. which, owing to fam
| fly dispute, is brought under the hammer
These objects have been the property of the
| Talleyrand- Perigord family since 1905, when
| Talleyrand purchased them at the instigation OF
| Napoleon, who himself made up the difference
between the price his Minister could afford to
| pay and the purchase money due the owner. M
| de Lucay. The Vaancay collection includes
Matters masterpiece representing the Duchesse
| de Chateauroux as goddess seated on cloud
| and the Marquse de Flavacour. her sister. as
| Venus dsarmng Cupid. 1t also contains por-
| trait OF Christopher Columbus painted during
| his lifetime by Sebastian del Piombo. which. at
| the request Of the United States Government
was lent to the Chicago Worlds Fair in 1888
It's authenticity is beyond question. but 1t Is un-
| likely that the great navigator ever posed for It,
because it has been established that the artist
never left Italy, and Columbus never entered
Italy after 1854. But the great attraction OF the
Valancay sale the sets Of superb Louis XVI
| furniture in carved gilt with Beauvais tapestry.
also the furniture in Coromandel lacquer bronze.
which. in the opinion of experts, is the finest
workmanship Of the sort seen in any public sale
for many years.