New-York tribune., 1903-03-22

Ill, A.-nv.S while the other "1s A -
rcsv compIexioned whose creed was 80
moderation and abstinence from Aico re.I. ,,,,ch
1 Th. gigantic heavyweight auloiNo0e 80,
was to have served as the car " - ,s the
~ CuA.ns-a pretty young woman ""o ,.,rt,,
scS.o - a bcrsedesh butcher-ulAu
-. do<-n and her majesty, with her A''eno ~
eot ,adies Of honor, had to be drawn W g.
4 o@ -, Percheron stations, VINO ihN
.hoxr but ELECTED sarcastic coI -. -.
! according to programme the aiiipule 49,
I ,tonped before the Automoohe EtUo' 1
! Place de la Concorde. where 'iie .a ba-
! +he cIub offered the queen OF queens anu iie-
| escort cakes ana chALHp0e
| tanning ten gold louis.
| Io+h.r feature Of the show which n.osI
,,.a6 the numerous American tourists "aS
The procession OF insects. groups ol my
! got up as flies. spiders, Wasps' oee'eo
hoppers frogs, lizards and scorpions N
c,,nsr Of a citizen Of Rouen enooHihs '1e Niieo'
! physicaIIy proportioned couple In france W.
! $4,000 brought forth varied conpe'i'0iS
| counie in masks and gotten up to appear aS
-. rh.rA we're two separate PROFESSIONS
on. for each side of the Seine, in medleFal cos
TUNES az we'll as a reconstruction or armies u
the Consulate and the Empire
The most significant feature OF the Gay was
grand costume ball at the Salpetriere Hospltal
e. ". insane where all the inmates took part
in appropr1ate attire. Among those invited were
N. Mesureur, director of the charitable Depart
uent OF the City OF Paris: eminent statesmen
and literary men The ball was opened in the
vast establishment by groups Of young insane
patients who walked and waltzed TO the music
of an excellent orchestra. Three hundred of the
insane patients men. women and children, TOOK
part in the ball and danced with each other OF
with their keepers or nurses. M MohtfeuI' oi-
rector of the SaIpetriere. said that these MID
Ienten festivities seemed TO cheer up patients
wonderfully and did them great GOOD 1t Is
needless to say that really dangerous madmen
or nadworen were not permitted to participate
in the festivities Of the occasion, but 1t was
nevertheless q melancholy sight to see these
urfortuuates nasque7ading about with inco-
herent gayety as clowns sailors and medieval
knights or marquises-
There seems TO be a fatality in Goethe's
story Of .Werther'. being provocative Of
suicide II has been pointed oUt by Il
literary statistician that since its production as
a novel the direct cause Of no less than seven
hundred suicides may be attributed to this
melancholy idyI, now being acted with con-
siderable success by Sarah Bernhard at her
theatre. Last night a startling example OF
this occurred when Just as Sarah, as Werther'
emerged from the chamber covered with blood
about to fall IifeIess at Charlotte's feet, loud
proved to he a writer of sentimental feuilletons
in Paris newspapers named Paule de Martigny,
had drawn q revolver from her pocket and,
aiming the weapon at her ear. had discharged
IT, intending to blow her brains out Luckily
the wonan's daughter who had OWNED her in
teutions before leaving home for the theatre,
had replaced the bullets with paper wads- AS
a result Mime. de Martigny was only wounded
Nevertheless the moment before her attempt
< IIoy-o cd a
Of bottle Of laudanum. The bottle was picked
ur by n Mounet-Suly the well-known
traeedian Of the Theatre Francais, who hap
pened to be seated near her. The woman was
removed to hospital. where her life was saved
but the excitement at the theatre was intense
at this practical object lesson derived from the
morbid realism of the play.
The codfishing fleet which this week sails
from Fecamp and the ports of Normandy and
Brittany for the Banks OF Newfoundland and
Nova Scotia, is larger this season than ever
before. Altogether there were siXty-three YES
sells mostly Of 500 tons each, barkentine rugged
Each ship has a crew of about forty men ana
boys with dozen dories for each vessel There
is an astonishing demand in France this year
for salt Goldfish, and the Brittany fishermen
hope the cod will give them the prosperity
taken from them by the sardne. The profits to
the Fecamp fishermen last year were l2,GuU,UUu
francs and they hope 10 increase this during
the coming season by at least another million
''Muguette" a comic opera in four acts
hy Michel Carre the music by Edmond
Missa being a clever adaptation Of Ouida S
story Two Little Wooden Shoes. which
ELECTED high praise from John Ruskin, MAS
produced on Wednesday at the Opera Co.
rnique with considerable success. The slight
plot Of this little mignon Of the low countries
the action passes in Holland and Belgiun-ls
skilfully drawn out into four acts Missa's
score contains melodious. graceful passages
and pIeases the Partisan public, although some
what severely criticised by academic musicians
Of the old school. Albert Carr7. manager Of
the Opera Comique, has mounted Muguette
with great skill. The market place in Antwerp,
With the costumes OF the 1920 epoch, is highly
effective and the snow scene end is exquisite.
Mime. Marie Thiery sang delightfully."- In this
| Hight unpretentious elegac opera, which prom
Ises to have long run. e l. B.
M. JAUREs POSTED AS COWARD.