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H 'I' 6 THE SUN. SUNDAY. AUGUST 27. 1893.
1,1 UTILE PARIS IN GOTHAM.
$MiA I if f.trv. nnr.iiK AtisiTnr. imxk-
jjkj f . Arosr tOA 8 lift CM Ml
jSyV2 I 4 MtruiiK foreign and NiKKe Tjpfl of Hh
S mi Wmm Dntl lllilur bi the Ifaa.
S8fe to -j (trooilttrn oflhr Subtle Hrrrr, t.n.lileaa
SSsw How lb Aomtllr Polaon t)e Imhlbail.
jajSP. Not far from Washington Square, on a qulot
BR f w street through which a lonely hor." oar wan-
i 1 ders about one In every liulf liour. there
I gtanda an ordinary looking nmro brick
I building, painted White. A Trench flag floats
I from n polo on the roof, an 1 a 1 retch name In
f gold letters painted OB the fu.ado of tlie
'St pulldlngrroelaim the pla oto boaliotol. To
l M a common observer the house hns a most or-
; ff ittnary appearance, but a closet aaqualntanoa
H(l v. I soon disclose nn Infinity of Tlrtues. nntl
IM t . place will prove itself n ventnliletreaeure-
I li use to Mm who cares to study foreign life
I In pome of the aspects In Which it la offered to
TJ n In Now 1 oik.
This hotel Is almost exclusively pntronlzod
a isttor class of 1 nn h tnvollers and by
I Nerafensjou.wteylng to thla country from the
I French colonies of South America. Almost all
H I tne well-known Parisian actors and Inirer.
"fg. i UtUrateura. and other colebritiei who have
HB . ij " ' '"" ' " '"
HB 'I com to visit this country, first rogtstered at
HM I this hotel on tha quiet street near Washington
H i square. It la tho nearest approach to things
HH lm thalr native land, and they naturally seek
DIE It ont first in preference to the gaudy bostel-
BB jf (lesof onrup-town quarters.
OK ' Hfl IS Tho principal feature of this hotel la tho
HE safe. The bon-vlvants and semi Bohi minns of
He Hew xork havo already dlsoovered tho ad-
W wantages of the cuisine, and almost any night
HE the several dining rooms of tho hotel mny be
HP &. ' found paoke.1 with well-dressed New Yorkers.
if ! Jut with all this Invasion but a small pr.por-
HB f ' Uon of tho Anglo-Saxon element hns filtered
H f. fnto the cafii Thla lias remained essentially
it Fronoh almost l'arislan.
H n l( a medium-sized room, with marblo
Boor, and dotted with marble-topped tables
. Ir IpS that stand on single Iron supports. The wood-
ffst IH work la painted In tho conventional dark rod
MM of similar l'nrlslnn resorts, nnd mirrors about
HJ 3 two foot high are sot In tho walls over the
ggjL wainscoting. Above tho line of mirrors hang
Sgg3 engravings of celebrated pictures by lctalllo
EgX and Da Neuvllle. representative of the brave
Sfc deeds of the French army In the late war with
DK absintiik nms-Ksna.
mS I Germany. A large clock hangs at one end
K I Of tho room and tlaka congenially. Opposite
WK he door that leada Into the caf5 Is tho desk of
f J " la da mo on comptolr." It Is of marble, and
HH 1 earved in golden letters on Its face is the name
f J of the hotel. At one corner la n large bronze
K , model of the liarttioldl statue holding aloft an
Inoaudeacent light. Behind tho dosk slta
(I Madame." as she does in overy Frenoh .,:,
M I Mdahe lifts her eyes from her book only to
H J piaffe olgars on the waiters' sliver salvers or to
c 5" " 1 make ehan eo for the bills Presented in pay-
h J nent for " consommatlona."
f The aide of the cafe which faces tho quiet
B 'I street where tho louo borae oars jingle seml-
H I occasionally has been fined with tall plute-
r I (lass windows that can bo opened in summer
BBsw so as to allow the air to come in freely. (Ireen
f j plantain boxea line the floor here, an 1 the few
Hk I tables near by aro tho favorites with the habl-
V tues of the place.
E A tall French waiter presides over this part
f iW'l f' th? hotel. He is tall nnd he has a light
B blond moustache. lie wears the eonventional
K I Wort black cout and In.: white apron thnt
MB i reaches to his toes, and he spaaks but little
Iffi j ingllsh. lie has an assistant, who la
iirrati
f an apprentlo to New York
Fhe patronage of the plane
; exoluslvelr French. It is but nat
i drinks, or "eonsommatlons." as
d there, should be those that are
ntly called for In the l'arislsn
.the.then. Is frequentlyto be seen
of those whoslt'about this cafo.
aid that absinthe Is the French
k.asooclctallsarothatof Amerb'a,
no doubt that this is true. The
show tho dilTerenee between the
ta of the two nations. Amerlcuns
Into a barroom and call forsome
n be quickly prepared and rabidly
he question of tlmo o 'tneslntoae
i. On the other hand, tho Krenoh
a beverage over which he may
f an hour or more to talk nnd
i.i.- companion. Absinthe Is a
iquiros time. If any enjoyment is
therefrom, and for this reason It
hat it will never be poi ular with
fin who is here by reason of busl
ravellor enters the caf In ques
npon the waiter for an absinthe,
ska for an "absinthe goratuc."
i that a certain amount of sweet
io added to tho beverage. The
io uicin l .
returns with a tumbler, In
Is u lumn of Ico and a
'laces a bottle of absinthe,
rop degomme" and a carafe of
be table. The customer then
tout two fingers of the green
s glass, an I adds the amount of
'an ins. Having done this, he
water Into the tumbler, holding
ilgh in the air as possible so as
contact of the water with the
rong as he can. The mixture Is
The result Is a glass full of a
neoctlon that gives out a slight
rmint.
lave come to look upon absinthe
t weakeus the brain and stag
n. This may be true as a res jit
habit, but as a casual Indul
e is less liatile to Intoxicate, and
Irink not noire hazardous, tbau
o.'Vt.ll 'I l.o effect it has far
t a oooktall or of any number of
loss not go to the bead raridlf.
neon aicoupilc driaku. Tbeiu Is
HJ
a certain amonnt of Indian hemp or hasheeah
In the mixture that difTaaes ltaelf throughout
the si stam and gives the drinker a drowsy. In
different eortol reeling that can be obtained In
no other way. He also obtains an appetite
that Inaures his enjoyment of the dinner that
can be aervod to him in the reataurant In true
Gallic style. Tho absinthe habitues that ait
CAVIt TO SRI TH 7AIR.
about the tables In this cnM are numerous
far moro numerous than oue would suppose.
They lean on their elbows over the French Il
lustrated papers as they alp tho green mixture
and putt larllr at cigarettes which they manu
facture themselves. They shrug their shoul
ders and dlacuss the latest phase of the diffi
culties with Blam or bless their titular saints
that a corner of real I'm Is baa dropped Into
this (Jccldentnl metropolis.
Only a few Americans have found their way
Into this purely Oalllo sanctuary. They are
for the most part literary men ami artists, aud
a number of them are almost as well known to
the "dame du comotoir" as the regular
French habitues. One is the editor of a re
ligious weekly newntmper. and almost any af
ternoon he may be seen leaning over a large
" portefeulilo." writing ttlnlng sectarian edl
toriala with a tumbler of fhe pale-green liquid
at his "dhow.
t lose by alts an ex-Alderman, and with him
a fellow worshipper at the shrine of the green
goddeas. a distinguished noldlerwho has had
long service ubroal. Further on sit two
opera singers, with a "chantcuse ee'en
tHque." whose namo Is on everybody's llpa.
Strangest of all among the guests, however,
are tho dark-skinned men. who. in palra and
groups, chat away together in Frenoh. In
Southern countries and In the cities of the
IVoit India Islands they aro the prominent
merchants and the pillars of society.
Frequently travellers from France, and
women travellers, too. come into the caff1 una
sip queer red or yellow or green beverages
that we are not familiar with lieie. Theworoon
I war quaint and stvllsh costumes, and look as
i If they had droppod from l'arislan skies, with
! their bright colors nnd animated ways. The
I costumes on some of tii men are soiii'timea
ludicrous in thsir exaggerated exposition of
the French Idea of dross, but withal the whole
scene If a most picturesque one. nnd the near
est that wo may obtulu hero of real 1'arls.
HOW PRtYKK SAVKn TUFIlt KMCK..
Thonsb the Old Hailed Kerltrs the H..nK
Itiu. ort'sri- o'ot Mmllb.
Cor.Bvm'n, O., Aug. 21. In looking over
torn ancient documents and papers the othor
day an old resident of this city came upon a
time-stained slip of paper, on which were
printed a "poem.'' a dozen or moro vcrsoe In
length, ontitled "The Mournful Ballad of Carr
and Smith." The oponlng vorso of the ballad
Is as follows:
Corns all y weeping frlennv and aas
Alaxa&'lrr Can 'tit; on 1 tie tralt'iwa tree.
Tor awful rrirua tie dij commit.
To it AbetLil by Solomon T. Smith.
And eee Solomon he too will die
Ttia Mine awful fate, be hung on Mch;
Blind Justice with tier awful aword
Cuts oft tbeia two wltb cue accord.
Tho "ballad" Is melancholy, beyond mis
take, and after reading It through one Is com
pelled to make up his mind that Justico must
havo been blind, indeed. In tho caso oi the
Messrs. Carr and Smith, fur she Is cutting
them off with her awful sword tor tho heinous
crime of stealing an ox I There Is no dato cr
allusion of any kind in the ballad to Indicate
whereabouts on this earth it was that weeping
friends wcro invited to sae Alexander Cnrrand
Solomon T. Smith expiate tbolr grlovons of
fence on tho gallows tree, but the person who
uneartned the poetical history, so reckless In
Its metre and utterly insufficient as to data. Is
able to supply the missing links and tell a
most interesting story about tho case of Carr
and Smith, med so lugubriously uy this un
known p. iot to point a moral and adorn a talo.
The pout, though. wasted the time of his muse,
for although hundreds of weeping friends and
others who did not weep accepted tho Invita
tion of the ballad, they did not see either Alex
ander Carr or Solomon T. Smith die on the
gnllowstree. notwithstanding that Alexander
and Soloman T. were both on hand ready to be
cut oil with ono accord. But they were not
cut off. They were saved.
"And savod by prayer, too." saysthe Colum
bus sltizen. to whom this long-forgotten relld
recnlls tho incident. "Nothing else saved the
nocks of those two doomed men but prayer.
The pruyor came near causing the mortal col
lapse of the man who made it. but it saved tile
lives of Aloxatidur Carr anil Solomon T. Smith.
"It will seem incredible that within the
memory of any person now living capital pun
ishment was the legal penalty In Canada tor
the stealing of live stock, but uch Is the tact,
for I remember when that was the law there.
The year this ballad was printed must have
been UStd, for that was the year Carr and
Smith were to have been bunged at the little
village of Vlttorla. not far from Toronto, for
the alleged stealing of an ox. I was a lit
tle boy then, living In Vlttorla. but I re
mumbor the circumstances will, although
the main incidents 1 know from having
them frequently related by others. Can was a
slmplu-mlniled man of middle age, and Smith
was a younger mun of about the same mental
calibre A tanner in the vicinity had an ox
stolen ono night. J he skin wan found in a
place where Carr and smith had been aeon
last, and the two men were arrested, charged
with being the thieves. The case inndo out
against them 011 the trial soemed to satisfy the
jury that they were guilty, and they were con
victed und senton-ed to be hanged.
"Among those who held that hanging for
such a crime was no bettor than murder were
the Itov. John Jtyersou, a Baptist preacher,
ond Dr. Itolf, both of Mttoila. They had
doubts, also, of the guilt of the condemned
men. and used all their tntluonce for them on
the trial. I.ut in vain. The day was set for tho
I bunging and the gibbet oroi tod in a publlo
I Place. On the morning of the day of execution
I Hominle li'erson and Dr. Itolf resolved to
1 make a final etfurt to sae the two men. T.i-
1 Doctor was to mount bis horse and ride post
Inisto to Toronto and appeal to tbo liovernor
I Heiieral fore reprieve or pardon, while the
1 dominie, in his enpaeity ns spiritual adviser
i of the ' I'deiuned men. win to delay the hang
ling until the Doctor's return, by oxorclslng
his prlviloge 111 prayer for them. A great
surging crowd of people surrounded the gal
lows when Carr and Smith were carried
under the gibbet In a cart. The Sheriff, of
course, granted Dominie ltvirson'e request to
olTsr pruyerfor the two unfortunates, It was a
hot day and there was no iboltor f.q- nny one
from the fierce rays of the sun. No ono bail
auy suspicion that tbo good preacher had any
ulterior motive in making that prajor. and for
the first fifteen mlnutoa of it the sheriff and
sweltering crowd listened with rospectful pa
tience. Then somethlngof uneasiness began
to take possession of the great audience- But
the dominie prayed on. The sheriff moved
about to call the preacher's attention to the
fact that lime was passing, and the sweating
. in-.. 1 1 began to swuy and murmur. But prajer
was not to be rudely interrupted, even on
such 11 prossing occasion us thnt. and
the dominie prayed on. An hour passed,
ibe preacher's uiee liad grown husky. Ills
thrat was dry and perched, his tongue almost
clung to the ro.'f of liis mouth, and his in ..
were ahrh oiled and cracked. But still be
prayed I be condemned men themselves bu
cu mo weary and Impatient, und showed by
their looks that thev longed for the good man
to cease. Still be prayed, uttering words of
no stgniilcuiicoand ulmost lnartloulute. 'I he
crowd becamo noisy In their heat and impa
tience, and the sheriff, at last feeling that
duty should take the place of reverence, was
about to take the domlulo by the shoulder and
compel him to cease, whvn there was a shout
heard on the outer edge of the erowd. uud tho
people made way mechanically for a man who
struggled through the surging moss toward
the gibbet, waving u paper over his head. The
man was Dr. ltolfe. and the paper waa a re
prieve signed by the Oornor-0eneral. At
the first sight of tbe Dootor wltb a paper.
Dominie Itjerson fell Insensible on tbe cart,
and It was for a long time a matter of grave
doubt whether he would recover from the ef
fects of the extraordinary puysleul and ner
vous strain hie prayer against time had sub
jected him to. but he did finally. The reprieve
led to further Investigation Into the case of
Carr and Smith, and the result waa a pardon
fo' both of theru. and tbe speedy abolition of
the death peunltylu Canada for any crime ex
oept murder. Thia ballad was one of many
similar pieces of doagsrel that tbe expected
hanging of Carr and Smith called forth, and
titer were purchased tribe hundred by the
ei'tted crowd, more than half of which were
disappointed at the way the affair ended, aa it
spoiled tlislr holiday, and that after listening
to a prayer an hour and a half loaa"
A STUDY OF A HIGH KICK.
BOW MffHI CLATTOlt nOBS TtKtt BACK
ABD BIDB BLlKOa.
Tow Mast "tl Daarlae Taw sal Ttr
alet. If Tea Moa to Mala ae a altar aaa
ArraateTmr Buk HilrWItk Tear Teat
Althongh Boesla Clayton la yonng enough to
bate prompted Terr sharp Inquiries by the So
ciety for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Children
when she first appeared last winter In " A
Trip to Chinatown." aho ban been danelng
long enough to have acquired some klcka
which she baa never had to patent Julian
Mitchell, who la general stage manager for all
of Hoy t and Thomas's playa, and who has seen
all the women who havo kicked for New York
audiences for twenty years, says that Miss
Clayton's kick is to all other klcka what tho
cathedral spires are to the lampposts on tho
corner. But. then. Mr. Mitchell's bustnesa Is to
stndy the ploturesque in all things; in lan
guage aa well aa kicks.
The thouaanda who have seen the Clayton
back kiek In the Madison Square Theatre,
RBI POSKD WITH nun JtinrtT FOOT EXTINPEB.
would probably like to know just how a curly
headed girl goes about it. when it occurs to
tier to hold her right hand straight over her
own head, and there slap that hand with the
solo of her left foot. That was what a St s re
porter wanted to know, any way. end Mr.
Mitchell helped her out by arranging a pri
vate performance, at which thore was au audi
ence of two, the reporter and an artist.
lion the now spa per women visited tha stage
manager's den. Miss Clayton was drossod in
what alio calls her "working" costume and
ready Jo dance: but thoro was a rehearsal of
"A Brass Monkey" on the lower stage, so
Mr. Mitchell dirccled the party to the upper
stage. And. by the way, every one may not
know or romembor that the Madison Square
Theatre has a double stage: ono where you
see the performers and the other away up
aloft, out of sight of the audience. The stages
move up and down Uko n double-deck elevator.
Tho upper one was sot that day for tho second
act of " The New South," but for two years it
"it's liii this."
hns been set for the second net of the " Trip."
Mr. Mitchell -ail he wept when ho had to or
der that set. which had remained unchanged
for so long a time, to betorn out.
Well. Miss Clayton lei tho way np winding
Iron stairs, which II nail y reached a landing on a
level with the upper stnge. which the audience
of two and the company of onejolntlyoocupiod.
"I don't know whether you can catch tho bock
kick: It has to bo done pretty quick." said
Miss Clayton to us. She posed with her
right foot oxtended. the toes just touching the
stage, her right band held far over her head,
and her left hand holding some of her fluffy
silk skirts. She stood llrmly on her left foot,
the one with wdiich the kick is made.
" It's like this." she said.
She suddenly snapped back her extended
right foot, making a litiio jump, and as alio
landed on the stsgo with her right foot, her
left leg Hew backward with a swift swing nnd
a swirl of skirts, and over her llyiug curls her
left foot smote her right bund, and then, out
of a graceful subsidence of all sorts of Hying
things, a uiiiuig face emerged, and tbe dancer
asked : " Did you catch It Vr
"Well. I. or. I sketch very well from
memorv.'" answered the artist, "but If It doss
not hurt I'd like you to do It again."
"Oh. it doesn't hurt: it's fun," said the
dancer, nnd she repuuted the kick a dozen
times in rapid succession.
"lean only do that kick and my sidekick
1m$
"THAT (JOES THIS WAV."
with my left leg." the dancer explained, "and
It's because there is something funny wltb my
left hip. Seo. lean do this."
what that young woman did when sho
"did tills" looked very much as If her body
had been severed just above her hips, and she
was moving her body four inches to the right,
her hips remaining stationary.
"Just feel there." she added, as she stood
quite at ease in that rsmnrkahle position.
When we felt thore, by placing 11 hand over
the left hip, we goto vivid Impression that
her loft leg must be only distantly related to
thereat other anatomy, and that such rela
tion as exists has Peon dislocated.
II". illy unless the medical authorities are
strenuous in opposing the theory, tho ex
planation seems to be that Miss Clayton can
dislocate her left hip at will.
"I'll show you how I learnod to do that." she
said. " When I was a little girl I saw some
body dance who kicked high. 1 went home.
find stood by the side of a chair, holding on to
t with my right hand, and lifted up my left
leg with my left hand, like this."
she threw her leg out sideways, carried it up
nntll theknee was opposite hor ear, and held
It there while she further explained
"I suppose It waa beeauee I naturally held
on to the chair with uiy right hand that my
K-'JaB&r
"rr'a vjjbt jxast to Da"
left leg got most of the practice. That's the
reason I do my side kiok uUo with my left leg.
That goes this way."
Tho famous side kick Is much like the back
kick, except that the leg Hiss upward rather
more to the side than the back It ands with
the upper part of the calf of the leg striking
the crown of her head.
Miss Clayton did not do tbe "split." except
on one night in hor engagement with the
nils Hue laid she could do li. and tho utu-
aeTement told bar to go ahead with It During
her dance she retired to the wings, came out
Jin a ran. made a flying leap. and. landed on
he stage In a atralgrit pfit Thore waa a
freat deal of applause, but It waa not iuat the
ind of applause the management likes, so
the split was cut out. "It would offend more
people than It would please in Madison Square
Theatre audlvncea, " Mr. Mitchell said.
People think the split la hard to do. but It
la not 8ee." said the dancer, and jumping
straight up In the air, she came down with
her leg at exact right angles to her body.
Then she bent her body to one side until her
head touched the ba'k of her thigh, and In
that, position looked np and aald. laughing.
"It's very easy to do. . .
"Thoro is only one thing I do that la hard:
too dancing. That Is u.y first dance, nnd It If.
not appreciated as much aa the othora. al
though It is much harder. Iliad rather take
a do.en encores for my kicking than one for
the toe dancing. I taught myself that. too.
The first time I saw an operatic toe dancer I
went home and began practising, and I kept
on practising, hours and hours a day, until I
could stand, then turn, nnd flnnlly dance on
my toes, it la very hard work even now.
Tho dancer stood on her toes, to show the
strain thnt position Imposed. It Is worth
mentioning here that too dancers, lnatend of
using allppers which afford a etltfer support
to the toea than the ordinary ones, use thin
kid slippers, tho bottoms of which aro as flex
ible ns the uppers almost They could dance
oe well with silk stockings only, except thnt
the slippers are useful In holding the toes
firmly together. , ,
'I am a jig dancer, too." remarked Miss
Clayton, coming down from her toes when Uje
reporter asked her w hat other style of dancing
she had learned. "In fact, jig dancing was
the first stage dancing I learned. Jig dancing
was taught me first by Mr. Murphy of the
minstrel team of Murphy ond Turner. My
father has been for many year employed In
the front of the house at Cnrnorosa s Min
strels In Philadelphia, which Is my home, it
was through him that I took lessons of Mr.
Muriihv and other step dancera."
"You don't happen to know any other kind
of dancing ?" asked the reporter.
Miss Clayton answered gravely: '"ies, in
deed. I can danco thn polka. I learned to
dance parlor dances at the age of four, when 1
was sent to I'rof. Con Carpenter's dancing
academy with lots of other little girls, some of
thom asold na six. I suppose I've forgotten the
quadrilles, hut 1 feol unite suro 1 could man
age tho polka."
'And do you expect to loam any moro?"
"Oh. yes. I take lessons of l.eontlno now.
She can find many things I don't do properly,
for I nrrnnged all my own dances."
VMth this ii.ode,.! admission tho little high
kicker from tiuakerland compiled with the
nrtist'a request to " pose for a sketch that
need not bo done from memory."
lu hor "working" dross, which is about tho
length of n schoolgirl's skirt. Miss Clayton
inight easily be mistaken for a girl of 15. al
though she Is two or three yeara older than
that. When she in not professionally dislo
cating hor joints, she appears to be a jolly,
henlthv. woll-fotrned young woman who
you would hcier suspect had the advan
tage of being 11 ide to use both hands for crimp
ing her front hair, and nt the sntne time pat
her hack hair into shapo with tiie calf of her
leg. She will not appear In this city the com
ing season, as sho crosses tbo continent with
the "Trip.''
aixaixo their way.
'Be Bualnraa and Plraaura BquoHOtta "
Take u PruAtable Outing-.
The Bay Ridge trains to Coney Island wore
crowded with passengers Friday afternoon on
their way to en the llrcmon's parade, so that
it was with some diflleulty that four ragged
urchins squeezed into tho soat of an open car
just as tho 'J o'clock train moved out of the
Third avenue station. South Brooklyn. Not
one of the four could have boon older than
thirteen years, and tho youngost must havo
been ten. Thoyall bad bright faces, a little ob
hcurod from tho light of day by smudges of
dirt, and they sat perfectly still in their
seat until the conductor came along with a re
quest for tickets. The boy nearest tho side
exploined that they had no tickets, but came
to an understanding with the conductor that
they would nay their fares on arriving at Conor
Island. Tbo ticket puncher looked a little du
bious, but he did not want to stop tho train,
and he pasaod on. The bora then stood up in
their seats and fuced tha passengers in the
car. The four were In tho second seat from
the front, aud as nil the other seats were well
filled (hey had a good sized audience.
At a signal from the olde-t boyall began to
sing as loud ns their little lungs could shout
in adesperate attempt to overcome the disad
vantage of the noise made by tho rushing
train. Their first song wna of the pathetic
Bowery concert ball stylo and told of the affec
tions of some youth who went away nnd never
came back. Tho passengers, unprepared for
such a musical outbreak, straightened up In
their seats and smiled, and the small children
climbed up on their mothers' knous and gazed
in astonishment at the singers. Tbo boys
looked straight ahead with determined and
sorlous express,, ,ns a:id sang as though
their lives depi ndod on the offort. Wlientho
song was ended everybody npplauded. al
though peoplo half way bftck in the car had
not been able to hear a word. Just then Ibe
train stopped nnd the conductor came along
with a wicked luok in his eye. When be saw
what the boys were doing he smiled ami
turned back. Tho train moved on. The four
urchins held n whispered conversation, and
-tinted in on another song. The pnasengers
loaned ovor the backs of the e.it in order
to hoar letter. This second selection in
cluded a monologue between oach verBe,
nnd it was spoken by tho smallest boy.
One of his recitations was to tho of
feot that intle Ikev's father cattie
down stairs one morning with a new bahy in
his arms and told Ikey be had a little brother,
ibe new baliv ha 1 a btrth mark on its left
cheek. Ekoy ask" 1 his father whore the hnby
came from, nnd tho father answered that he
had bought it of the doctor for .". At this
point the othor boys broke in with the chorus,
which was unpposod to be what lLey said:
Tnk tilai bs k fattier;
Don r win iec tm - riimnue.t good t
1 Hnjl'l llOt k '- Jl I 1 III. ISlUSr,
.Nol t-vt-II tf 1 roulit " Ac.
At the end of this selection two of the boys
took oil their ragged caps and started al ng
each side of II10 car to lake up a collection.
Tho other two in the mean time tried to drown
the noise of the wheels with a love song.
Almost every one in the car dropped a coin in
the boys' hats. One passenger asked the col
lector what musical organization this was thnt
the travellers bad liad the pleasure of ll-ten-ing
to. In a most serious tone tbe boy replied:
"Wn'i do 'Business and l'leasuio' squor
tottol" All tho pennies wore dumped into one hat
and duple I among tho fi ui. Tho urchins
1 In 11 got up and s rambled Into tho next car.
where they went through the same perform
ance. On arriving at Coney island one urchin
ran up to tho conductor nnd paid him some
money, and then they all passed through the
gate and disappeared in the erowd of l.iti.ouo
people that bad gathered on tbe island to seo
tho big parade.
TUEX KBMP 1.M .wiio.vtj.
Irrrvereat Children or aa Easy-going. Old
t'aabloaed Fatber,
"My ohlldron tell mo." said a man of family,
"that I'm slow: and do you know I think I'm
Inclined to agree with thorn; though if tlioy
were a little less strenuous about It the qual
ity that thoy characterize as slowness, 1 think,
1 should describe ns conservatism. I don't
lll.o to chaugo; if I'm oomfortablo I like to
keep right along as I am. Thus I contlnuod to
wear leg boots long after ovorybody els had
given them up. and when finally I did discard
thom I took to congress gaitera and I've been
wearing congress gaiters ever since, though
the children toll me I'm the only man In
town that does. I am sure if 1 had been left to
myself I never should have had my trousere
creased. But my oldest daughter says, earnest
ly. I'apa. you ought to have your trousers
Greased;' and my oldost boy. with greater dl
i eet no s of spoeoh, though with scarcely more
earnestness, says: l'op. if you don t you're a
chump.' Bo now I have my trousers creased,
knife blades front and back, and I've promised
the children that the next shoes I buy shall bs
button or lace. And they insist that J shall
buy lists that are strictly In style: and I sup-
fioss. now that the children are after me. there
s nothing for mo to do but got young again."
1'iiwn of tbo Iiaaglaattaa.
"I never was more firmly convinced of tho
power of imagination," said a man, "than I
was by something that happened to mo on the
occasion of a recent visit to a friend. It had
boen an extremely hot day. and when I wont
to bed at night the beat seemed almost In
supportable. It seemed to me that if I should
pen the door from my room into ttiehall.lt
would make a little circulation and make the
air more oomfortablo : and I felt aafe In doing
this because I am an early riser, and I knew
I could get tbe door shut before anybody was
stirring In the morning. So I opened the door,
with the ploaaant result that I had anticipated;
and when 1 went toolose It in the morning I
found that I had opened, not the door into the
ball, but tha door into a oloset
niesslaga of a oaleulcd Mind.
"I see by the papers," said a man of mod
erate means, 'th.it the net balance In the
Treasury in udditlon to the $l(Xi.OOO.UOU gold
reservels 'only' $11.&00.000. I suppose that
to a man of I ncla barn's lofty Ideas elevsu
million dollars really doesn't seem very muoh:
but I know men who would tea uBKe ewtl.OVJ
with much leas."
A REVUE AT THE HORLOGE.
trBVTAOtrr.AB ArtraoBT or tbb
I'ABT YtAirn KrKMTH l.Y flMlW
rren-b and Forrlga Faults aad Follies 1
rtaea Vaoa tbe t'oaeert Slsie r.ilrata
( Srnul wllb tha Flaaaat fSaeire,
or neenii. Flavored wltb Criticises.
Paris. Aug. 15.- On the Continent of EutOpB
there exists ona theatrical feature of which
we know nothing In America; this Is the re
view. It makes a use of the minor theatre and
caff-'Ooncert stage, of which we Americans are
equally Innocent: It doals largely In politics.
F-xtcrnally a review is a disjointed nio'lnngo of
fnlry extravaganza nnd musical farce comody.
without plot, but replete with Incident. Its
personnel in veryallegorloaL A young woman
In pink tights will personify tho salon of the
Champa Klysoos. a demoiselle with a pair of
scissors painted on her skirt will represent the
Govornment censorship of the theatre,
while a third, with nn enormous hat
will stalk to the footlights and re
mark: "I am tho Eiffel Tower I" No
ono has much to sny: few of the characters ap
pear twice on tbe stage: and most of the art
ists more than double up: somo take as many
na half a dozen parts. Thus n girl. If she be
slender and pretty, will represont very exactly
Toutl'arls. the Chicago Exposition, tht five
quarters of tho world, the Zoological Garden.
and tho .i and Hotel.
The essential Idoa of a review Is carried In
the word. It is a review of tho year or of tho
season; en aftortasteof tho events of 1'nt Is.
served with tho piquant sauce of beauty in an
extravaganza. In which, howovor. thero Is
easily detected tho flavor of serious crltloism.
And as a review is meant to please tho peoplo
TIIK CENSonsHtP.
Its tonolsllkslyto bo a very exact reflection of
popular feeling.
There is small use for scene, y in A review.
Often it is one so' Bcene representing a promi
nent street corner. Hero the characters walk
on and off; but tl ere arotv.o who remain over
and nlways pros. of. The first is a man, called
the "compere;" the socond is a woman, called
tho "commore" tbe "go6ips" or "cronies"
of the piece, a cross between tho middleman
of a negro minstrel show and a Oreok chorus.
Something in tho nature of a'comnn'ro was
tried in Dixey's "Sevon Ages" bvtiie girl who
mndo tho remarks betwocn the scenes.
Tho commere appears, do ricuour. In tho
most ethereal of fairy costumes, with a show
of stage diamond.! and an elaborate coiffure.
It is hor business to show her limbs and tiie
curiosities of l'nris. The compere ought to
signalize each of the "actualities." as they
appear, by somo nmiable Bnd delioate'y Pa
risian speech, in which the ghastliest of piles
are wont to llgurp.
"I am tho crinoline." snva one young lady,
dressed in enormous hoops. "Jo le crlns"
"So I fear" retorts the compere, Tho sound
also elves tho Idea of tho crlns (horsehair), of
which the modern crlnolino is made.
a "nt-tiss."
" Bourn, bourn ! 1 cm a sol lat du Dahomey!"
Tho Compere " Un bon soidat: Ob, malsl"
(la-o-mayi.
To give a last example, in which the knotted
horrors of a tin I" pun are wound around a
political sarcasm, take tho following:
A gray-whiskered gentleman in night crp
and dressing gown comes dancing: "1 am a
loll pa-pa " in pretty pupal.
A Moulin Bouge mademoiselle flutters to the
footlights: "1 am a :olie na-na " from the
name of ula's heroine, instead of ma-ma. like
which it sounds
An English Schoolgirl comes bridling and
giggling to complete tho word: "lamajolle
ml-mlssl" ia prntty miss'.
All together: " Wo are I he iolis pn-na-missl"
(i'aiiatnibts uro Panama boodlersk
Then tbo compere: "Vory cheiiuo! (for
ohlc vory touching!" (To "touch a chock
Is to cash It. i'.iery nn remembers tho famous
eh.-1 I: -t ui of the Panama scandal.)
Tho llorloge Is one of tho large. I rilliant,
ond rather expansive ca','s concerts In the
open air of the hamps BlySCOS. its clients
nre of a high class. U has the regulation
theatre seats, with no promenade. Al the hnck
of each row of chairs there ruus a shelf, ob
which those in the next row behind may keep
their glass, of thin beer, c -Id colTee. ico
cream, brandled cherries, or sickening cur
rant syrup and water. Smoking is permitted.
1 tie pi esent review is called "In the open
Air." It protends to recount the Parisian
events of the last six mo nl lis. and four Bt rains
of sentiment are seen to uudurly its bongs nnd
witticisms.
The first Is disdain for the Panama failure
an! thn meagre results of tho prosecutions.
The so-ond is an animus against 111 Eng-
faVgfi
HE 8.UH HE IS AT.TON.
Ilsh. Catiseet (a) The aHalr of the "stolen
documents." con'erning which there Is ., feel
ing that there may b" some truth behind tha
forgeries; ibl the turn ol matters in Slam
where 1 ngl.uid Is playing the part of dog in
the manger and Interfering with French con
quests: Io) I'renoh irritation at tha continued
English occupation of Eg) pt. where the Trench
tliemaelves failed somo ten years aitice;(d)
the desire of tho 1'rench to aid llussla at the
expenso of England.
1 be third curreut of feeling runningtlirough
this piece eohoes the intense dissatisfaction
with the poli'-o. which crops out everywhere
to-day in Paris. Tiie irtn ka and anoera como
from many shies and with manv motives.
Counei'ted with this animus against tho
follco Is the fouitb straw to show whih war
he nind blows. I his wind Is Mowing strongly
and where it ilateth. ou bear the sound
thereof, nnd y ui kn-w whence It comoth. but
pot whither It goeth. It conieth from the
whole French peopbt. and tbe wind Is tbe wind
of pornography. Hatred for the "Puritan"
. element wlih. b stirred up tho prosocutiuu oltbs
ynaf-r-Arta ball. whl " '"r .alTt
against license In tho f?iM"StUon'BUh
whleh mar have feme Jalnt Mf)ction -n
tho allof ed moral revival In J-SnfSe
Keo-Chrlstlan movement of MdsVogrjiDnrne
like vitriol In the soul of ho ordiwr iwamn
and Parlalenne. And people of the hlgner
social class leel mors I contempt for thle smalt
i.ut on meat, band than I JfttJ. IwW'aKJ
which It combats. It is a matter of blood-tnoy
oannot holp It being irench. .... .nt .
As the curtain rolls up. two policemen and a
Sergeant come slouohlng on tho stag, mer
WBB
i in ni.i.pt niivi s.
BfjAjb nnd poor with melodramatlo gestures,
with stupid rollings of the eyas, contorting'
their faces Into pretentious severity. Whom
aro wo to arrest y Thero is no onoloftl Then,
saving our dignity. 1st us arrest ourselves.
Thev dlsouss Arton. the fugitive jPanama STO
between. whom the Paris people wish to see,
and whom the Government shows no desire to
find. Tho Sergeant reada the PitiX Journal!
"Arton is In Chicago." Another reads tho
'Vrnpa: "Arton is In St. Petersburg I" Tho
third reads tbo fuilfnlsi "Telegram from
Home Arton converted by the Popol'
A stout, jolly-faced man In a loud check suit
knl'kcrbockors. russet shoos, and a foot-wide
summer sash of divora colors climbs to the
stage from tho orchestra: "I have just come
up from MontoCorlo." he remarks, humming
the aong of "The Man Who Broke tho Bank."
'Thou you are Arton ?"
Tho ncousatlon Is admitted.
" Then you can't be Arton after all." say the
fioliee. ,'il.u mod at tho thought of being obliged
o arrest the culprit whom their masters do
not want. They slouch oH.
It Is Arton. and he becomoa tbe compere of
the ploce. A fairy In white tights Immediately
appears tha commero. " What has happened
In Paris sin -a I have been travelling for my
health r" And then the actualities begin.
A girl comes prancing in adorned with tan
gled skeins of colored paper ribbon. She rep
resents the "serpentines" which cams as a
novelty to delight and astonish Paris at the
last carnival season. Even now these wisps of
colored paper, which darted everywhere like
rockets unrolling thoir length, hang from tha
treos of the Boulevard.
-Ni -. ; to appear Is the crinoline: Arton bids
THE UKlllTS.
hor r main in the country, where she may bo
u.-elnl as a hen coop.
" Who is tills chetive person " asks Arton of
the fairy, as an abominable old dams bobs on
the stago. "Hush!" replies the commere"
" she has had misfortune. The old lady rep
resents the fortune tellers nnd others, against
whom there has been a movement But be
cause their business is very ofton conneotod
with another, having to do with a strange class
of neurotics from whom Charcot's girl patients
at tlie salpetriere are sometimes alleged to be
recruited, tho conversation and tho show of
second sight is made to conceal sneers at livp
notistn nud raise a laugh at the recent expo
sure ol the methods ol celobratod experiment
ers. Then follows tho Itb'romnne (who drinks
eighty small glasses of beer In fifteen minutes
- a novelty at the late Nouilly Fair I. Then
Como on aud off. with Bongs, dances, nnd ex
changes of Witticisms, tbo soring exhibition
of horticulture, the dog show, the two salons,
the exposition of portraits of journalists, a
voting marriod couple, and tho hot water
fountain. Tho latter is a new nlckel-ln-the-slot
inaeblne. which gives at oonvenlont dis
tances, al ng Important streets, a bucketful
Of hot water, tauled while you wait by somo
cheiuienl combustion. As for tbo young mar
ried couple, they ask Artmi's ndvlce about
kissing, i. .i huso tlie Academy of Medicine has
put out a word concerning its connection with
cholera infection. At his advice thoy continue
kissing, and thoy say to oach othor In great
glee. " We will exchange microbes!" Two
.In. nl. at ds I-.. mi. lain of the increased tax in
liquors. '1 lie say thev aio dyers, and object
to the duty on dyeing wood which comes to
France, chiefly from I'anamn. An actor, made
up to resemble M Pupuy. the Prime Minister,
climbs fnm tlie audience to the stage to argue
with lh m. and there n, a fireworks exhibition
? ' V
r i
II ri.
TI1P OiMLl'IF FIUNPAISI.
of puns nnd allusions, like "It's bolng forbid
den to dip one's p inialooi.s In Panama. "
linn thoro is a suburban kitchen gardener,
who atands fur the spring and early summer
water famine, and uu allegorical demoiselle.
whocoiiboleshlin. represents the new aqueduct
from the river Avre. Last of all these purelA
locnl personifications is tJ) pretty girl who
calls heyelf the D.fpnts. This well-known,
anoient. and old-mtildUb dally has reeontly
come out with nn ev .niug edition The morn
ing edition waa -always on white paper: the
evening edition Is on pink paper Now. the
ITonuuclation of thn words "lh'.bats" und
des has" is tho same. The "licbais rose"
sounds exactly like "des has roses." nnd
Debate blanc" like "des lias blnncs" (white
stockings and pink stockings!! And so the
protty creature wears one of each, snd sings:
J'"iir men edition r-reiultre.
l.u uiallii. le. una.' n, re,.
.1st ilet l-ae l.iuiir rMeJ
Hals la ui r c'wii inula anr rhoae:
tin Ulan '. aiou luollut i o ;. i.l rait
i'e ir ooarmer in n i.u , p i,i
I.eseot, a " cosmopolitan" dam-ar nnd singer,
comes on to represent thocomedio rrnnoalss
just loturned from London. 1 Dave brought
bank ii slight accent with me." alia explains
and begins a njook serious reolistloii from
buy Was.'' spattered with English words
Jiigllbh mispronuiielutl'tis of I'ruurb. and tlie
regular mistakes in gender.
She winds this up with iincomiliinntarr
verses to the tune of "Te-ra-ra llouin-de-av '
concorning tlie English music hull school of
s; ng and dunce. I aler on she sings the
lrencb version of "The Man Who Broke the
j.nnk at Monta Carlo,1' with the first atnna In
English, when, to the dullght of the audience
ah., exaggerates til it can be oxaggetatedi i
that Muster and strident brazeunes which
marks the 'iriiish blonde when shs struts upo
ttl'O'Ht' on, ... ,',,, a
female figure all In purple, drifts across
t . V,'8."- ,s,'e culls herself the MareVhale of
the sal vain n Army, aud gives notice that
with he assistance oj her young "misses "
sho will give a 'ball of virtue. "" I am , tie
.rl-iiJ!!I'? "' t0,r "' vlrIUB of the century"'
""eaij"Ud ujolaueholy species
of minuet dono by Salvation Army girls, well
known figures nn tlie Boulevard and the Kus
Aobar. where ther flourish In their hcndiun
ten. It la Interrupted by a singer with verses
concerning "EnAvant." tho Irench title of
" The War Cry." " Buy our newspaper, m, n
sleur ? A bit of newspaper can do you n,
harm I" Tho Erenoli line of tho Salvation
Army Is the Armt'o du Salut; nnd thellkn.
ness In sound "Salut 'and "chnhiit " It lie can
can) had been already made use of ly ;,
Latin (juarter students in their mid I.mt t ,
rude, where they had Imitation Balvntl ri
Army glrlsto dance In the open streets und, r
the namo of the Armen tlu t hahut."
Thla gag la brought out again to asslat n
confounding the English ami tho Paris I ur -tana.
When two of the girls break out ofthi
minuet nnd into the wild. Itce-ex sing
cbahut. an old genllemnn. drossod ns nn I "
llsh curate, with a Bible under his arm. stall
among them, peering salacloiialy and groan
ing "shocking, shocking, 'ono of the .few I ng
llsh words woll known to ordinary Parisian .
When all the Salvation Army misea tht .w off
their blue gowns and appear like imihs
around the bandstands of tho Jardin de Paris,
the moralist pulls off his Inky cont nnd grey
side whiskers, nnd it is Arton who had sllppi
ont to disguise himself. This is a double in
suit: first to tho English, indicating their
morality Is only a cloak: secondly to Hanat r
Beranger. the principal movor against (lis
student's Indecent balk Inasmuch as they t
up for an efllgv of him so notorious a scamp as
Arton In dlsgulao.
To end thla scene, which spreads Itself out
of Its duo proportion In thn revlow. stufel
with eongs. dances snd witticisms, nnd Inter
rupted by encores and shouts from thn audi
ence. Lescot. as tbe Marechale .drops all .lis
Snlse and sings tho pralsos jrf Montmnrtia.
lontmartro la a thickly sottlod .district of
Paris running up tho hill on which Saint
Denis, the first Bishop of Pnrla. was martyr,. I
in the year 270, and where to-day thn Mou in
do la Galette. the Moulin Itouge. tho Dead I .at
and other corrupt resorts flourish bravely.
As the review marches on Its satlnoal and
mlrtli-proToklng course, tlio local actualities
are taken uo again. A few woeks ago an
a eiTrjsin
THE SAI VATIOlt AJtlTV GIHL.
amateur bicycle race took place In the Bols d
Boulogne betwoon a number of actresses, clr
ous ladles, and oporatlo stars. Th prize was
won by Mils. Saint Sauveur of the Hippodrome.
Here aha is made to sing:
Once at Hi Hlppoaroma
Men hired taeie llmt to rlew.
Wlilili now. to win i lm . letlruen'i prise
Al.uiit the roadway flaw:
Bo well they n.-w wfian wa oame back
To Parle In a equait.
They broujrht me proudly Mrs, ef all.
The llr.t at Ibe Caaoaile.
The cnb-drlvers' strike is recalled by three
red-nosed coachmon doclnlmlng:
Yes. tt'eenoiijrti of tvranny 1
Imwn. (town with all unth.irltr!
Tha i ..... Iiiioui wishes liberty !
Arton offers to reckon up their ncooss iryllv
Ing exiienses. which thov claim nre barely cov
ered liy tho amounts tbe groat companies ul
lowthem. Thocoachnion. who are notoriously
great eaters and drinkers, begin to tell ..if
gravely: "Item, the little breakfast c dfee.
butter, croissants. Item, tho first breakfast -one
meet, ono vegetable, on1 sweet, one cheese,
ono buttor, one bottle of r. d wine, one coffeo.
one pousse-caW. ThB eeoond break Tast- ono
soup, one moat, two i sgefablos, .Ve. Item, din
ner one soup, oue lieli. two moats, three vege
table. " Hold on." cries Artor 'who was himself a
notoriously high livor,"lls already s,v dol
lars. I ought to have been a coachman my
self." Tho trioof coachmon are followed bj a !
trio of respeotablo oltizons. who complain W
IHK M HA LIST.
the cabmen's rapaoity. drunkenness, and lnso
leuoe: Yea. It'a enonrti of tyranny I
Am) we ce.ll on aiitlluruv '
The cUeiita wiili for liberty t
The Frenoh Academy Is ropresontod ns a
well-presorved old grands daiue of tbe last
century, patched and powdered. "Now," she
says, bridling and wagging hor head at Yron.
you II see a lovo seeuo: thoy are all In love
with mn!" Threo would ho Academicians pay
their court. Then outside, under the treea of
tlie Chumps Flyaees. Micro Is heard the crack
of a whip and tho tooting f a trumpet Tha
audience rlso to their taut -somo stand on
chairs to see who Is coming. It is Maxims
IJsbonne. an old Communist snd proprietor of
a dive called "Tho Casino of ( onciorges." The J
conch is the same which ho loaned to Achilla
Eeroy. the Anarchist who n ad,, so ridiculous a
canvass among. the Academicians for their
Votes, on the ground that he had written
a pamphlet on women's rights. I , i.y
Is already forgotten, but Llsbonne is
trying to profit bv his Bhnre of the notorletv.
He, with another meant for Eeroy, par mock
court to the old lady who stands for tbo French
Academv. Then conies nn octor with a make
up which resembles Zola perfoctly. He makes
a speech almost entirely composed of the
names of his many w orks. and concludes by
offering hsr a copy of his last novel.
A street girl nnd a "souteneur" do a cyni
cally sad turn as ho sends her out to ge
money. To Acton's disgust the fellow offers
to shake hands with him. "Oh, I'm not
proud, he says.
"Oh. I'm not proud !" There nre othor wit
tlclsms after this, though the Keview is ail
M.I A casse hi i.rii j.rrrrr.t
but over. But this sentence leaves a last Im
i.roRM, n on tho mind, and in be u-ed as the
touchstone of the pleou. The Parisians If
'"so w-lio laugh so l.uillv ever) night beneath
"" trees can bo taken as loprSsenllug then.,
?Vn ,n'K ie.'-w. Hindi l, the retl,. -tion "'
heir minds. " a are u i pr Ud I" they s i
It In a peevish, hostile tope, because they do
flt Want to ha Interfered with by moralist- -"ie
police. And thev say it in aeytn. .1.
flf-contemptuous tone for there Is Arton. the
Poodler, the compete ol the t leo. to whom all
are made to come and pay 'heir court.
tf;UU4$iUi Ulltiw