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Show IN MEMORY OF HUGO. Centenary of His Blith Will Bo Celebrntcd ill Taris With Oitat BrlllHncy. Paris IVh S -The (cnttmty of the birth of btor Hugo will be celebrntel In l'.irla with gitnt brllllauc. 'Die Mil nlclpnl Couin II tndt drew up a 1 ro Krimnie nf fi stlvltles to last six dajs from l'ebrunis 23th to Mur li 2nd In tltishe The most Impoklng ceremony, organized b the Omernment at which Piesldent ljouhel itnd the Ministers uud nil the leading citizens will be ptesent, will be hild In the Pathon rebrunry 2Slh which will be the pilnclpil day of the fetes A monument to Victor Hugo will tw liuugurnted In the Hquaro Ues VogcH In the afternoon 'lhls promises to be a splendl 1 function President Loubet, the members of the Cabinet nnd the municipal otlkhls will take their plates upon a phitrotm raring No S, Hugo's hntiiie a diolr will render muslcnl se-leitlnns se-leitlnns based on Hugos works, an 1 eulogistic nriilloiw on the writer will le pronounced A great popular fete will be held In the eienlng In the Kiiuire Des Vngee which will be brll-llnntl) brll-llnntl) Illuminate 1 The following dass will be devoted to halls and lonterts In tho Hotel De Vllle the re sll Hies culminating bun-da, bun-da, whin nnntliKT celebrnllon will be held In (he t-qime Des Voces, under the auspices or Ihe municipality Hugo a house will be taken nier oltlrlally for amusement their will bo musle and a prni melon of school children carrMng pilms nnd (lowers will man It beside i bust of Hugo ereited upon a pedestal III front of his house The sepiire will ngaln bo lllumlnited nt dusk the hnuso Itself bdng bathed In a golden light on which will ha thrown an Image of the pnellc muse In unlive color holding out ii i leeii palm brinch An open nlr ball and concert will conclude tho festival |