Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-02
any other nation in it's methods O dealing with public conyenienees.

any other nation in it's methods of dealing with public conyeniences.
 The people coming from and going to small stations of Saint-Quen, near Paris. were greatly surprised to see a well dressed man suddenly climb up the "marQuise" of the large fac tory opposite, gesticulating wildly and utteriug incomprehensible sentences It was only with the greatest difficulty that he was rescued from his peril ous position and taken before the po- lice eommissary.
 It was MT. John Markett, of Cincin- na1i aged 35. the well-known Amert- can acrobat He was quite mad, eith- CT from sunstroke or from some other cause. On him were found $500 in American notes and quantity of magnificent jewelry. Mir. Markett was conducted to the police inflrmary, where he is being cared for until
 he shall have recovered sufficiently to take care of himself.
 An exhibition of women's portraits
 has just been opened at Bagatelle. in the Bois de Bouiogne, the beautiful residence of the late Sir Richard Wal | lace, which has since his death, been acquired by the French government. The opening ceremony was attended by Mme. Fallaires. and the President
 of the Republic and large crowd of fashionable people were present. The | exhibition was organized by the So
 ciete Rationale des Beaux Arts, but 1 in order to enhance the interest of the
 show it decided that besides the work of their associates that of deceased
 artists who were noted portrait paint
 CTS should be added.
 The exhibition is crammed with
 beautiful works. many of which were | lent by private owners. The period under review is from 1870 to the pres ent day. and among the artists repre-
 sented are Bastien Lepage, (portrait of his mother, Mme.Alexis Godellot
 and Mime. Sarah Bernhardt): Henry
 Regnault: Paul Baudry (Mrs. Sing | CT. Mrs. Bernstein and othersl ;
 amongst living artists Carolus Duran t(Comtessee de Pourtales); Roll, a | beautiful picture of his old mother) {: Besnard (Mme. George Duray); Ger 1 vex Courtois (Portrait of Mime. Bar | tet, of the Opera Comique); Boldini | (the infanta Eulalia); La Gandara 1 (the Countess de NoaliesI; Dubufe ! lso we'll known in America as the painter of Capril his two daughters; l Carrier Belleuse; Dagnan Bouveret
 and Jeam Beraud, the painter of Mont martre and the Latin Quarter.
 There is series of small portraits ! by Meissonier. two works by Manet
 the impressionist. the famous Femme
 aux Gants" (which created such a
 sensation when shown at the Salon
 some years agob by Courbet as well
 as portraits by Whistler. Stevens, Winterhalter, and Toulmouche.
 Never did a dying man make calmeT preparations for death than did Joris ! Karl Huysmans, whose loss was the greatest French literature has suf- fered since the death of Emile Zola- Huysmans, who began by writing
 decadent novels, and latterly, aban- doned unsayory realism for mysticism has been for months in agony from
 cancer in the jaw. Although he was warned against tobacco. he would lie ! smoking many cigarettes, saying that
 he was quite ready for death. He re ferred to the Angel of Death with
 grim gallantTy as Madame la Mort.
 We will draw up my epitaph," he
 said. He dictated the form in which
 he wished to be described, ending with "who died on ... fortified by the sacraments of the Church. | Huysmans directed that his body should be clothed after death in the
 dress of the Benedictine Monk. He
 had latterIy turned his thoughts to re