New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-20
AN AMERICAN WOMAN IN PARIS.

Correspondence OF The N. Y. Tribune
PARIS, Thursday Oct 25, 1855.
The rain began to fall bat we we're neither
sugar nor salt There was another chateau mile
or two distant at Armesson, once inhabited BY the
beautiful Gabrielle Of Henry ". We desired to
see it too and its lakes gardens and park, so re-
calling the words OF the hymn
when the heart Is warm,
Cold and rein can 10 no ham,
We started brayely on our way We had been so
long accustomed TO fine weather and hard pave
ments, that there was a certain luxury in the soft,
soiled turf and muddy roads. There were no bur
rying carriages or hustling coachmen threatening
to run over us as we crossed. Four rows of pop
lars, forming nave and aises, extended down the
long avenue to the chateau. 1t was not wet close
under the trees, and further from them We could
clean our feet on the fallen yellow leaves. Then
the rain battered so pleasantly-it was never so
agreeable We forgot to regret the mornings
sun, and blessed the laying Of the highways dust.
broad NOW cleared plain at the entrance Of the
avenue was once the rendezvous de ehasse of Henry
". Sheep grazed in the distance, bat the shep-
herds hut stood on wheels near the rodsiie.
The man, brushing the falling leaves from the ave-
nue., saluted US as We passed. Little Mary walked
with me, having turned her short skirt over her
head, as my umbrella could not shield her entirely
from the rain She talked French aud German
and sometimes both, as she dreams, equally well
10 either. We grew confidential along the way
Mary proposed to give a dinette to Celine the
mason's daus hter, on Sunday next. There were
twenty things that could be bought for twenty
sour in the village; and if Chebevieres' resources
failed to supply the delicacies, Champigny WAS
only an hour walk distant. She aud Celne could
60 there Saturday evening with servant, but not
ill after & o'clock, for CeliDe makes stitched
shirts at four sous each she always segs till six,
except on Sundays, and once week she carries
hers and her mothers work to CbsmPigny. Mary
had a menage, doll dishes, and kitchen things,
which had been given her By the lady
of the first chateau we visited; the dinette
was to serve for their Inauguration.
learned considerable Of cooking from the ctild's
bin Of fare. German soup made oibroth. thick.
ened with eggs beaten to shreSs was to be the rst
course. Then she would garnlsh cake OF choco-
late with parsley to make Cfline believe it was
beef She could make fishes from peeled radishes,
and a sous worth OF green peas wOuli MI toe tiny
tureens Papa, the gardener, would furnish the
salad and fruits-snd already were walnuts laid up
which she had found in the fields. The grand out
law was 10 be on the cakes and candies for the
dessert. lived my doll days over again Mary aud
/ were young together. 1t wasior us q day oil rest
and play Had We been inclined ~ be sentimental,
hop my. thumb and the Babes in the Wood
would have enlisted all our ympathies. All at
once Mary threw up her hands, on which she had
been counting her various dishes, and exclaimed
VOLTA" 1t was the top Of the chateau which
rose above the hill Soon we bad view OF the
whole building and the beautiful grounds around;
The position of the chsteau showed anotnet Of
the ingenious devices of those gallant Anss ior so
latipg their avorite- from rival lovers. The place
is charming fortress. The whole park is sur
rounded by ditch and wall. The chateau stands
in the center of an artificial lake. and is entered on
two sides b, bridges The water is clear and fresh
and several jets rise continually from its surface
sculptured vases, filed with bright Towering ge
rani1ms and similar plants stood at Intervals around
the border Of the lake. 1be bridges, too, were
lin ed with orange trees and flowers.
Back OF the chateau the grounds sloped down 20
the bed Of natural stream, whose waters had
been wideDed and contr, cted 10 form q long oval
mirror, which reflected BY turns the ehateaa and
its gardens OF the beautiful slopiDg turf With its