The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-24

throne and altar" are always found to-
gether in Paris. The rich equipages had
brought a considerable number or reverend
gentlemen from the neighboring houses and
palaces. But no sooner had they been no
ticed when the mob turned upon them,
took each separately in hand. and made
the prisoners shout: Long live the repub-
lici"
Those were anxious moments. but the
priests made the best of II and bought lib
erty and freedom from molestation by
shouting for Loubet
This intermezzo was followed by pro-
cession Of rowdies. mostly inhabitants of
the notorious La Villette and Meuilmontant
quarters, the kind of citizens which. in the
first revolution. figured as BLACK
Brooches" They carried priests skull caps
on sticks and dirty mops. meant TO repre-
sent incense fans. Woe TO the carriage
that within reach of one of these
flth-sOaked sponges. If the riders escaped
with sOiled coat or dress they were in
great good luck And under pressure of
the moment orators sprang up on all sides
the balustrades edging the square were
lined with them-a carnival OF bathos and
grand-eloquent gestures.
Somebody drew my attention to little
knots of men within this mass of seething
jabbering. shouting cursing and laughing
humanity-soldiers. rife 10y foot, idly smok-
ing their cigarettes. 1 had not noticed
them before, and no one seemed to mind
their presence. Doubtless the boys had
their Observation-Disclosures ones.
The cry Of Long live the Sisters" grew
more infrequent. Evidently there was no
more heart in it. The gage Of battle of
the last two days had become an apology.
Instead: La caIotte, boum. boum. Ia
calotte, boum, bouml' Men and women
cried it. too; the children piped it, the sol
diers muttered IL under their breath. La
calotte is the French for a priests skull
cap-in popular parance it designates
priest-rule generally.
THE MOB HAD ITS WAY.
The darker it got the more obvious it was
that the Clericals had lost. and the more
interesting the scenes enacted all around.
The mob broke UP into hundred groups.
each constituting a mass meeting to discuss
the politics of the day from every conceiv-
able point of view. Debating was the order
of the night. and while some Loubet men
and Liberals were slashing at each other
the listeners accentuated each point made
by wild applause, cat-calls or laughter, bit
| ing comments or unlimited Endorsement.
Yonder an old gentleman. who looked like
a colonel or major on half pay was burst
ing with excitement: ''You call it liberty
when you drive people whom you dislike
| from home and country he cried
Speak the truth, monsieur answered
| hundred voices. "Your friends are well
| come to stay if they obey the law; equal
rights for all, whether they are priests,
/ Sisters or laymenI'
Two women shouted at once: 1.-The Sis
tiers never harmed anybody. They do
| lot of good. They tend to the sick without
| charger
Admitted; we like the Sisters! The law
doesn't prevent them from continuing their
/ good work. The trouble is the Sisters par
| tisans refuse to abide by the law, or even
read it,
In one corner of the square I heard a
! young scientist discuss what he called the
Clericals' laundering for power. IF let
| alone they will reintroduce the Inquistion.
/ They defend Jew-baiting-ask Dreyfus-and
Protestant broiling. Brunetiere and MATS
ire will tell you all about it,"
| At another stand a hair-brained aristo-
/ crat of the Boni Castellane type was al
| lowed five minutes to explain his position:
WHO will pay the teachers in future?" he
| demanded. The Sisters didn't cost you
sou. You will have to give up many a
petit verre drink to pay for the teachers
furnished by the state
1.-THE less we drink the better we are off,
monsieur lie comte," shouted a man in a
blue blouse and wide-ri-nmed straw hat
I'VE will pay the teachers out OF our own
pockets, and will hardly know that we are
! doing ii. What hurts us is the expense of
! the army. III venture there isn't a man
or woman in the square who hasn't paid a
sou or two toward fitting you with red
trousers and epaulets."
The male defenders of the Sisters were
first to abandon their task, while the wom-
en- continued 10 fight for their friends some
time longer. II was pathetic to hear some
OF them shout: Liberty and long live the
Sistersi" amid chorus of La calotte
| boum, boum" One fat old woman had to
be fairly dragged away by her daughter,
who cried bitterly because Mamma, a
chorus singer in the opera, was running her
| voice" There was an aristocratic crusader
of the female persuasion. too, who pune
| tuated her arguments by jabbing the enemy
/ in the face and between the ribs with her
parasol The police took care of her after
her umbrella had been broken into a thou
sand bits, her hat demolished, and her
skirt torn into shreds.
AS, toward midnight, l was preparing 70
go home 1 heard an orator say: 1.-The
/ French Clericals and the aristocracy have
conspired against liberty for centuries, and
now that force them to obey the laws
adopted by the people they howl for the
liberty they so long derided."
EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION.
Here are some interviews with great
French writers for and against education
on the American plan-separation of school
and church:
Maurice Maeterlinck: 81 was educated in
a sectarian school, and after graduating it
took me ten years to get rid of the super