, 1873-07-20

Why Prtiasia ehou1d favor Franco with ~ fov
friends md littto nlualo' cannot nagino.''
!. At tho fanoy ball at tho Tut1crios tho Emporo.
=" apparently in tho highest possible spirits"
the Prince Imperial aproare aa Alaaanie!lo, tho
Emproas in gorgeous Louis XVI. costume oi
ruby volvot trimmed with fur, tho lalr rasod to
q, 9yast p9wdoEod t;owo, prof,naoly decorated With
Angel Gabriel with flaming sword. At ono Of
tho Minister'S partiea tho Empire, "puro and
Bimplee " wau represented by lady whose " "hoad
waa like golden glory, no waist to speak Of,
n spare pettcoat; her clothes clupg to hor like
What eliell aay7 We'll, like tight IT." A taato-
tul arttcle in ]ewolry Ia noxt prceontod to our
nosico-a necklace with twelvo lookets hanging
with the lovceas Of tho best and olidost families
IN franco. and containing portraits Of tto" " we'll.
Tlahors of tho goldcn-hairod daughter Of dis.
ssipat'on," WHO woro tho ornament. Then wa
nYo n1o fs! faat.oinE account Of tho Appearance Of
Q maskod ball at tho Foreign Ofllce--eyery other
night thero soons to bo q ball, ,unskod Of plain,
at enc ct Ct the h1instrog, or tho Hotel do Ville,
or Tue Inliertoa-CRsar ia detected coming oui
Ct e., private suppor-Feom, intriguing ono 81 hla
TAR subjects, aud then returning to tho room
laughing. At 4:95 n. m. thoro are Still piles upou
ples Of trntllea, md walters aro coming il With
s 1resn aspaFagns and thls ls tho Cd of March.
whore you ntop. out Of hot and crowded bnli.
room Into cool and shady grot, with oascado
falling ovor rocks into valley Of exotic plants:
and m fow nights aftor, another ball at tho
and saflors with drawn cntlaBea etsndinn II
attention In limo from tho carriages to TIC ro-
ception-room. In the summer Of 1B87 tho King
OF Prussia, with Molsko and Bismarck, pays bis
memorable viait to Paris, and q party Of military
etudenta from st. Cyr, at dinner party, drink
to their mooting next yoar at Ecrlin. Some Of
the invitation cards Of tho period arc chhraotor-
ietic. Madame do A. recoives on auch. a night,
aud on saufera sans cs''ernontc. Madame do B.
q, crossed a8 nurses, md tho mon ns conscripte.
The correspondent Is obliged to admit that very
oda sort Of people got admission to tho state
t1 pals. a. one 20 hoard countryman Of hiH OF.
claim, say, this ia d-d bnd wine, not 80 good
ss Pinard's, !" which nhoohed him very much
for roally," ho says, tho Tuiloriea is tile only
place where tho champagne is not as swoet as
sugar, and iced to doath:' At thoso grand fosti-
hot punch md coffoo ioo, champagne flows in
rivers, and littlo pheasant au bois, q TOW truf-
dos en- serulette, Ittlo salad a Ia paradis, some
pineapple, few swoct cakea, and m leo arc
dcntally TINT an Imperial salad was IN artistic
compound OF potatoes, asparagus, pohs, beanB,
and truftlos, dreB8od with oil, vinegar, and sa1ad
t Ia pretty clear that tho Emperor, who had IN
k1lu BY 4ubthuGN HOu OfDF Gkl8 AI1QY WITH CHA11-
pagno and sausagos baited for society in pretty
much tho sanne way. Entertainments OF this
kind Wero constantly being given, and tho chioi
duty Of tho Army Of Paris WAS to servo as doc
orattona for balls and supper parties. Life in
tho Cont Gardes must hare been rather exhaust
ing about this timo; and what went on In the
capital wan repeated fn various degreea through.
out tho country. Projects md sub-profecta kopt
open houses ut the expense Of tho State; and t1o
Empire, In short, Was grand system Of whole.
6RfG trHHtInr. ilhH anH hOenit Ah1n pra fonf
OF Rouon, who WIS pulled up by II. Thiora for
his dofalcationB, was only typo Of tho system.
This aspect OF tho Empire 10 ssympntAotcally do.
1t tie Tuilcrios tIoro Is open house Tor Ri. al
comors; balls. ronts, supper parties follow Zach
Other in rapid succession, aud thoro III always
ao,nothing going on. Aristooracy and cocotte,:!e
arc oddly confoundod; hno Court ladies' copy
import, aa IN excellent jost, tho slang and man-
nora Of the original woarerg. It must hsvo beau
evident to many Of tho royeers TINT this Doho.
mian paradise could hardly last; and tho closing
shadows Of coming events. although tito writer
tries. to explain them away as only passing
clouds. There Ia atroot-rioting in Paris, and
the correspondent, like good Bonaparsist, from
tho snug window Of his restaurant, longs for
"ono good volloy, and ono good charge of cav
airy" Tho general discomfort Is shown In tho
deposition to turn tho shooting OF Victor Noir
against the Emperor, who OF course had nothing
Rochefort into tho hero Of tho hour; and The po-
litical emphasis given to passages in Victor
Hugo's play Of q s'Lucroza Borgin." Respectfo for,
and confidence in, tho Emperor had fallen 80
low that in his own palaco he was mobbed by
dcputica. each anxious to put him up to his only
chance OF safety. Looking back, we can SEQ now
how the failure of the pleblsote and the Olivier
Ministry to restore confidence drove the En-
peror into tue gulf Of slisaatrons war. But the
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