Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-01-10
Amusing Paris gossip-Dinners In and Dinners
Out,

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The Boston Trace}er's corresponden
, writes from Paris:
\ good story is told of an adventure
hch befell the late Charles Nodier, from
yielding too readily to the temptation OF
good kitchen and ceiler An Austrian
countess of old family and great fortune,
, spent the winter of 1882 in Paris She
me, Charles Nodier in good many din
ing rooms. and had been delighted by his
brilliant and piquant conversation he
was tor long time reckoned the best Ia IL
er IN Paris. She heard everywhere his
talents yaunted, and tha, nobody gave Il
dinner party without al least trying 10
have Charles Nodier among the guests
Some week afterwards the Countess hny-
ing determined upon giving a large din
ner party, wrote 10 Noder. asking if he
would be good enough 10 dine with her
and her friends the Thursday following
and IN postscript she said she would be
very much obliged 10 him. if he accepted
the lnvltation,l If he would come al 4 o'clock
lie accepted The invitation, and while he
thought o'clock rather early for a din
ner hour, he remembered the Germans
were early diners, and suspected his ann
liable hostess imported her dinner hour
from home. Al 4o'cIocl, therefore, he
was =, her door. To his surprise, he found
her alone, and not yet dressed
" All how do you do ? am SO glad
TO see you; and so punclual, too! hope
you have not dined yet"
Charles Nodler smiled and looked as
tonished, and said
8 Certainly not"
" SO much the better, Come, 90 10
table. ! have had your dinner served in
the little parlor adjoining"
Really, thought poor NoIier to HIM
self, those Germans are odd fish. aud do
things in the queerest style. HIS sur
prise was not lessened when he was bid
den TO his seat The Countess rang the
bell, and the previously instructed ser
wants brought in the dinner. Nodier's
eyes were like saucers, SO large were
they.
d" Great Heavens, Madame thought
/ | was invited 10 a dluner party; here ]
am alone-not a guest present, and you
in dishabille, and not sharing the dinner
Ready | don't understand II -
! The Austrian Countess now manifested
as much surprise as tie French writer
and she said, (ailow me TO show how her
strong German accent added TO the ridi-
culousness Of her remark.) - de zlng is
very simple tare are twentee of my
friend coming to tine wiz me to-daa at
seek o'clock. | mean for you 10 SIT down
at de table wiz dem; YOU mu>s be funnee.
CAV, wttee, and make dem ali Iaf. No
bodice shall talk but you Don't pc afira-
des, dey will all be too glads to hear you
talks. Now, il you stop TO eat dis or 10
trink DAT, dare woald be disagreeable
silence your delightful conversation
vouids pc interrupted, and dens de folks
would lose de Jokes, de troll anecdotes, and
ozer funce sing you says perfore folks,
and de sharm uouldz pc prollen eyeree
instant. But as you have tined, zen your
mind Will pc free and you cans shatter
aways and pc delightful. Dis is de rea-
son | gives YOU your timer before ze ozer
folks"
This story puts another into my head,
which has the advantage of being good
deal fresher than the joke told at Charles
Nodier's expense in truth, in dates only
from last winter A Russian Prince and
Princess, who were here during last sea
son. and dazzled the weak eyes of the
Parisians with their splendid way of liv-
ing. gave a large dinner party soon after
their arrival. They invited Il novelist,
whose tastes you have often admired
They did not know him except by reput-
alton. nor did he knew him; still, the
invitation was accepted. The literary
man. who IS as fond of admiration as a
woman, soon took the floor, and kept it,
for he is really charming talker. The
dinner over, both master and mistress
COMMUNICATED him In the most fatterlnC
manner on his success, and repeated 10
him the most delicate praises they had
heard their guests bes,ow OH him. He
was intoxicated with JOY. As he was
going ouI of the room, the Princess went
up to him, expressed again to him her
profound admiration, and slipped foealed
note into his hand.
.sBy Jove = thought the literary man,
bowling porfoundly to and looking tender
Is at the Princess, My usual luck-she
IS dead in love with me !, Poor thing -
He pat the letter in his pocket, and as he
went home he kept thinking Egads,
these Russians have a taste OF the Great
Ca,harine still in their way of making
love. How evident il was | captivaed
her from the first. How she listened to
me. Well, the little woman is rather
agreeable, is so-so-ish; I'll Try her on.
ANYHOW" BY this time he had reached
home. and after he had taken off his coat,
he said Let's see how she writes -
He carefully opened the note, and found
a bank note for FIVE hundred francs =
Imagine his ANNOYANCE, vexation, hum
iliantlon. The Princess paid INN as she
would have paid a piano-forte player
! He sent back the note In letter which
| he strove TO render ironical. but which
he only succeeded IN making vexed-
SFIRiDEoS.
HARn Ur-A good story is told by The
Cb;c.ro Times about the appointments {