Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-29

tons of scenes from the poems of Armand
Silvestre, certainly one of the most prolific
and successful Partisan writers of the last
two decades. His style-ah. there's the rubi
Plain Anglo-Saxon must hesitate to attempt
that which the most accomplished fin de
steele pen fails to do in French. That
these living pictures will be naughty goes
without saying, but they will be neither
vulgar nor commonplace. On the stage of
the pretty little theater, where these scenes
will be portrayed, only artistic feminine
characters will be seen, though some of
them may be very decollete. None of the
scandalous scenes which tainted the Paris
exposition of 1889 will be tolerated this
summer, for committee under the vigilant
supervision of Senator Berenger has been
appointed to guard the morals of the third
republic and see that everything is most
proper. The Dame with the Phrygian cap
will not stand in need Of fan.
In addition to his humorous poems, Ar
mand Silvestre has written others espec-
tally for these living pictures. Who are the
heroines of his short stories and his verses?
He has sung the proves of the Amazons of
Scythia, and the courage of the warrior
woman. Semiramis. He has painted the
chaste poetesses of Lesbos. who, in their
ecstatic virginity, enchanted the melodious
seas. His heroines include the expresses
of the orient and many noble DANES for
whom gallant knights entered the tourna-
ment with lance and plumes. He has sung
the charms of the modern Parisienne with
as much sincere enthusiasm as he has ex
tolled those of the divine Beatrice of Dante.
These living pictures will be a Partisan
work Of art and the work of art of the
Partisan. Enough said!
Fish and Statues.
The aquarium of Paris is similar to all
other aquariums, SO far as fish-and water
are concerned. How could 1t be otherwise?
But 1t should be remembered that this at
traction. like the Tableaux vivants, is in
the hands of two artists, the Guillaume
brothers. and, consequently. everything
connected with it is artistic The entire at
traction, by the way, is underground. One
meets on all sides numerous works of
sculpture, the most remarkable of which is
life-sized statue of Amphitrite, the beau
tiful wife of Neptune, who is portrayed in
the midst of a huge tank of water in all her
nude Spiendor. She Is surrounded by fish
and nude mermaids. The whole compost
tfon. with a powerful light playing on the
tank, makes strong picture that is so
truly work of art that visitors will for
give the dashing and daring manner with
which the subject is handled.
The Wrestlers.
The Japanese wrestlers will provide am
pie entertainment in the Around the
World building for amateurs of this par
ticular kind of sport. For the past year or
two wrestling has been coming into vogue
again in Paris, and the champions of many
nations have been afforded ample. oppor-
tunity Of encouragement on the various
Partisan cafe concert stages Some of the
best known and strongest men in all Japan
have now been imported. During the ex-
position months some of the champions of
other nations will have bouts" with the
Japs. so that some excellent international
sport may be looked for. After the pitiful
exhibition and ''put-up-5ob" made by the
French leg boxer, Chariemont, and the
English lightweight fist boxer. DrIscoIl,
some serious contests are necessary to re-
vive here an interest in boxing and wrest-
ling. Paris was once almost the home Of
the latter sport. and during the last years
of the second empire the heroic "Marselle,"
whose exploits indicate a strength equal to
half a dozen Shadows. proved himself able
to throw all corners for twenty consecutive
years. Once only did he come near defeat
That was when a masked gentleman in
the smartest of evening apparel stepped one
day from the crowd and offered to match
his strength against the Irresistible wrest-
Ter. The tussle was witnessed by an ele-
giant crowd of crinolines, but until this day
the name of the plucky but unsuccessful
society hero has remained secret In or
der to whet the appetites of Parisians, tie
music halls are giving nightly wrestling