The Jour mi carem in Paris

Manawatu Herald, 21 May 1895, Page 3

The Jour mi carem in Paris

The Jour of mi Vartme (MindTi Lerjt), was a beautiful day in the capital, and from twelve o'clock the crowd had began to form on the boulevards, and by one o'clock a human wall lined the streets from the Madeleine to the Bastille. A continual rain of confetti was kept up from the windows, and the serpents were soon twined into all sorts of fantastic shapes from the branches of the trees. Many of the fancy dresses, especially those worn by the children were extremely v pretty. ' The political part of the procession which began at i.90 was a man dressed as a welNknown statesman talking very seriously to another individual who had " Budget " written across him. Another dressed as an admiral of the .. fleet lifted his hands to heaven while hanging round his neck were a lot of Httle ships in a Very bad Way. Then* came a bishop vainly trying to get hold of a cardinal's hat which was fastened to his back, and a well got up effigy of a certain statesman who continually shook hands with everyone. The cats were beautifully mounted; and reflected the greatest Credit oh the taste of the committee, and the costumes of the fair damsels who rode in them were beautifully fresh and pleasing to the eye. The car of Folly and Charily, which, _. represented King Carnival giving largesse to Charity was a \ery happy thought and capitally executed. Eight white horses dragged the car of the Queen of Queens, which was all gilt and in the Louis IV shape. At each horse's head was a figueur in resplendank livery, and preceediug hey Majesty were thirty trumpeters on horseback. The Queen (Mele. Marie-Louise Goimning) in a magnificent white satin brocade dress, with a gold and ermine cape, looked charming and smiled and bowed most gi aciously to her subjects, Bound the throne in . pretty groups, were the maid? of honour, who formed a very nioe looking and .fascinating court* After this came what was called tha second section, and among a number of amusing cards, one was labelled "laughter," which was decorated in the funniest way and contained bears, mandolinists, guitanists, etc., besides some of tne Picadores who performed later at the PlncedorH6 l .eldeVille. The students were well to the fore with the " Char do l'Ecole de \Droit " and the *• Char de l'Ecole de Medicine," on the latter was a dissecting table and from the interior of thjt" Pul>j°ct " who was being operafeft on, the medical students produced wpsnU, which they flung to the crowd . The group representing the bull fight was very funny especially when tfae student who had to play the necessary but unenviable part of the 11 hind legs " to the bull, stood up to itretch himself, while the " fore legs," sat down. When the cavalcade passed the E'yee'e the President of the Republic, ;M. FeMin Faure and Mile. Lucie Faure came to a window and watched all the proceedings. Directly they were recognized they received a great ovation, which the President and his family acknowledged very amiably. Major Morean then gave to M. Brill, President of the fete, a bracelet from M. Felix Faure for the Queen of Queens. As the procession wended its way axnong the grand boulevards the Bight was a very pretty one, especially at the Place de l'Opera. At the corner of the Bue Bcribe the members of the French Jockey Club threw bunches of violets instead of coofetts to the crowd, which was a charming substitute. At the Place de l'Hotel de Ville the students gave their imitation bull fight, whioh was screamingly funny, and they then sought- thiir own familiar haunts in the Latin quarter and held the Auto-da-fe" at which King Carnival was „; burnt. ,