, 1865-01-22
SALE Of AN IMPERIAL.
WARDROBE. ::


Tho Paris correspondent Of the London:
Court Journal, under date Of December cd,
mentions d Alngular "sale" +" that bud inst
taken place at the Palace OF the TutllerIcs.
The custom is singular one, established by
the royal ladies Of the. Tu,lle.ies long before
the great revolution, acceded to by the Eu1-'
press Josephine, continued under the Resto-
ration, maintained By the Princcsses of the
House Of Orleans, and kept up with great
spirit under the present reign. The writer
says: =. 80
; 4 long gallery which runs along the baso- :
mcnt story ut the Palace looking into tho
garden just opposite the Prince Imperfal'8
winter walk, Is lifted up tre1n one end to the
other with oak wardrobts. This is called the
d.}Fo9ue Of the Palace. 1t Is here that the re-
fuse dresses and cas.-oT wearing apparel Of :.
the Royal and Imperial ladies' who haye sue .
ceeded each other for the last hundred years
IN their occupation Of the Tuf1lcrics ase inva-
riab1y borne when rejected from the floor
above. These wardrobe cnpboards,, numer-
ous and extensive as they arc, get gen
orally we'll filled during the year, aud when
the iour seasons are considered thoroughly
over sale Is made Of the whole, where every
admitted to view and purchase without the
observance Of further ceremony than the pre-
sentation Of an invitation card from one Of
her Majesty attendants, to whom the privt-..
lege OF granting them belongs. .'.' I:
The sale Is called In the present day the +
"!Retour de Compiegno, i" but has been known
under other appcl1at1ons during former rc1.ns,
--"sacridsc d. Fontalnebleau," ," "Caprlccsde
St. Cloud, ,''"Joies de Ia Afalmaison'1- accord
ing to the place whence the Court returned
! to spend the winter In Paris, and which has
SaIied With every Sovereign. That terrible
old lady, Charlotte de Baircre, mentions In
one Of her letters that tic SAME sort Of cere-
mony once took place at Versailles, when the
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money ut play th1n she durst own, imagined
q ksud Of lottery Of nil her old dresses, which.
were bid for among the ladies' of the Court;
but as the Duchess had, in her distress; coul-
e.es as Rs pr'ses %se as Is as e
old ternlagant always denomfnated Madame
dc a1ainteuo1, having discovered the secret
ansaction, waxed exceeding wroth, threat
TO nsrs nssnS a !" letasc III he 6a
fficndeiltp for the Duchess some Of tho lntltea
! conscntea TO the 1use, hut others decinrcd
tlnt they wnn1d much rather incur the dis
pleasure Of toth King and 1n1sirtss than losc
huf11 prize mud money.
The sale OF ihe fcgai wartrolm Of tia Tuit-
lctiGs is condnctcd Oh tlle stfictest principle
of equity. The shutters of tho lung gallorY
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