17th March. story of Albert Glatigny, a strolling actor and post, one of the last of the Bohemians, Glatigny, whom M. Men-"les know, died in 1871, at the early ago of thirty-three. He was not a groat writer, and, but for the picturesqueness of his misfortunes, would probably have been forgotten long ago. He was one of those unfortunates who strive after the highest in art and are condemned to wear themselves out in struggling' with problems of broad and ch The groater part of shis existence wandering from one country or musie-ball to another and ing his talents on the amusement ofclowns. The most practical purpose which he over turned his gift of versification was in supplying " rhyme wan part etyrdom Now and proving his position pi but some material obstacle, which a more practical mind might ba mounted, always kept bim back. tied disappointed and embittered, and he has left no successors, unioos Ver-mine be regarded in that light. Bohemis, in fact, has 0 entirely caused to exist, far' as Paris in concerned, that M. Monclds' play will claim attention partly ea the ground of historical interest. The men who cared for nothing but their ideas have given way to those who care for nothing but success, The Bo-faults, wore disinterested.
The present prefers to be practical, win has ceased to be any! ing but the affectation of a fow. It is incompatible with an age of electricity and motor-cara, Many visitors from England and America make pilgrimages to the places of which they have read in " Trilby" rithoat oalising that although th Quartier still exists in s material sens: ita soul has departed.
M. Lissagaray, a well-known Communist, performed so vigorously on a whistle that the police had to expel him. The performance was stopped for sbout ten minutes, and when it was resumed the uproar broke out afresh. The play was novortholoas played out, but the Revolutionaries were enraged that the Government ordered ita withdrawal in the interests of the In the Chamber, and M. C:émenceau ublic peace. The question was debated
delivered x characteristically incisive speech, in which ho described the Revolution as" "bloc" from which nothing must be taken away: an assemblage of principles to be accepted na x whole or not atoll. "The Revolution," he added, "ig atill going on. The descendants of those who brought it about are cun: frosted by the descendants of their adverenries. Neither side has changed. He wound up with a very p'ain intimation that there would be Flot if the play were given x aeoond time. The Gov ment took the hint; hermidor was withdrawn, and the inviolability of the bloc " was endorsed. Yo-day M. Clemenceau has to maintain order nateed of disturbing it, La ite hour of need the Church has fount an unexpected benefactor. A few days azo, the cure of St. Paul's received visit from a ate anger who eaid he had come on behalf of" distinguished writer, now deceased, to pay the first ivstalmont fan annuity of Gfty francs towards the Church expenses. The testator turned out to be Anguats Comte, the fou eof Pusitiviam, It is @ little dificult to understand why a philosopher whose and without ® monarch should wink deal was a State without a Deity
to keep an ecc'esinstical tion alive. The fact remains that his will contains a clause to the effect tht, ax ho hoped the State woul! eventu: ally cease to support the Church, he desired that his executor should pay one hunitred francs a your towards the main= tenance of the Caihol'e religion, and that one-half of this aum should go to St. a reality, Comte's wish its now been fal. Pauls. The mutuality having become
filled. He selected this particular church because the christening of a child to which he stood godfather took place there, The cure took The remaining sum of fifty franco has boon handed over to the Archbishop of Paris. It would be interesting to know what the congregation oft in the Ri Payenne think of thei founder's posthumous liberality, Ae matter of fact, the money comes out of the pockets of others. The philosopher left nothing more tangible than "lebte, mitted ten o'clock on Tuesday night at a amal fancy gools factory in the Rao St. Maur, near Pere Lachai cemetery. The victim was the head of the establishment, M. Henri Bédor, man about fifty years of age. He was found dead at the foot of a staircase leading from his warehouse, on the ground floor, to his private apartments, situated on the second floor and behind the warehouse. Ho bad been working in his office, which house from the oth; his way to bed, carry is murderer himself 01 ind a pile of boxes and killed his victim with throo sharp thrusts of @ triangular weapon, presumably sword-cane, The dull thud of the body falling dowa the stairs was noticed by the porter and hia wit, A fow minutes earlier they had heard someone unlock the door of the vaulted passage giving access to factory from the street, and walk ud directly after the noise of the they heard the door close, Looking out, they saw a figure walking quickly away, but their view was imperfect that they could not be pesitive whether the figuco was that man or of a woman, Suspocting that something was wrong, they gave the alarm, and M. Bélor's body was found his brother Fréléric, who lived on the premises, After committing the deed, the muriorer took M. Bédor's passed close to w so which made no noise wing ti member of the household or someone who came to the office feequeutly. The maidservant, who came in about nine 'o'clock after taking the dog for a walk, discovered, after the murder, that'two keys giving access to the promises had disnppoaced: n citcums'ance for which she protestes to be quite unable to account, Bidor had had no quarrel with an his workpeople. In trot ho was universally liked; and, hitherto, no one has been able to eugseat a plausible motive for the crime. There was no attempt at robbery. M. Bédor was married throo Kimeolfs and had lived very happily with rears ago to 8 woman much younger than
only other member of the M. Frederic Bédor, wal d. with "shattered nervous ayntom. [terviewed yesterday, he mit brother woul not let: him have anying to drink or smoke but was otherwise very good to him. He was not allowed to have the keys, M. Hamar, the head, of the detective dep rtine't, investigating this curious M. Cumwexcnac any tHe " Prov."
The bloc," of which so much was beard when M. Combes was fighting the Church, owes not only ita now lease of life, but its name to M. Clemenceau. The expression was first used by him Gfteen year ago in the course of political fight over M. Sardou's " The: mider." The firat performance of th play, at the Comédie Francaise, was marked by an unprecedented disturbance, The author's description of the Revolutionary tribunal was regarded by a certain section of the audience a unwarrantable libel on the sacred principles of 1789. M. Clemenceau was one of those who manifested their disapproval by hooting and hissing. los, 100 francs to the The deceased formity with Corate's wishes, 40 that the continuity of his doctrine should be assured, and they have raised a fund amongst themselves to pay the annual
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