New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-17
LIFE IN PARIS.
LITTER FROM ARSENE IIOUSsAYE.
lie ART OF LIVING 100 YFARs-COUNT WALDECk

FIT ArH - DECORATIONS OF A CENrENAHI,N-
-sM0y OF 1S75-rSrrIATs OF GENIUS
frRoM 4 rrcuiAr CoEIrsP, r1rNr or Tfs TRIBUNE
PARIS. May c-Do you ever take The trouble TO
live 100 ses.rs in America 7 In EuroV@ there are
always a few obstinate fellows who pcrsistcrty re-
fuse TO be buried. ". &c lontene,le Of illustrous
mem ny, who always had bis hands full of truths,
and TOOK good care not 70 open them; whose emf
nently French wit was FREQ from any faint of the
Gaulish,-M Fontenelle, in short, died few hours
before completing his hundrcdth year When i'm
beetles asked him his ago he would say, Hush
Death has forgotten me-"
But Fontenclle has been left for behind People
in society in Paris received yesterday hc following
notice:
are requested 10 assist Al the funeral OF NJ 1can
Frederick Maximiiian Count waldcck officer OF tie
Order OF Genius and Merit OF Venezuela honorary mem
her Of the London Athenpnni member OF the Geosta-
phica SOcit ~ OF Paris member OF the American society
az Archaeology Honorary viccpTesident of tho Univer-
cal Alliance and author Of al works. who has drd
in his IL year. furnished with the sacrameiiS Of Tie
Chulch at bis house, No "a Rne des Martyrs"
Since Count Waldcck, VINO bad been successively
page OF Marie Antoinetic. soldier OF the Republic
and of tho Empire, prisoner of Cannihals' ranger
in virgin forests explorer Of American ruins, three
times sh.pwrccked, LEFT for dead i'll duel, smit,on
by fovcrs Of all colors-white. yellow, green, and
blne: married. also when SO years of age,-since he
had neglected 80 many chances of dying. one cannot
help asking how he came 10 diei NJ. IonreDs, WHO
occupied in the Academy the seat OF De de fonte-
nellie was himself ambitious to live hundred years
L. was he who invented the third youth " begln-
ming at 60 years, which We call " 81. Martins sum
mer" lie Published a learned book TO prove tha' u
man never dies, but commits suicide, whatever MS
nee NAV be- Connt Wadcck, therefore. must have
killed himself for he had no to die this
IN lao In
himself in better trim. Death seized him, pencil ~
hand. On the fatal day, no usual at D
o'clock IN tho morning. He said that he had ten
wears of work on hand and did not wish to lose an
hour.
l met him somo ten years ago. The minister had
asked me if his archaeological discoveries We're Sc
rious went, as InspectorGe of Fine Arts, to
ace this monument of another age. found that this
page of Marie Antoneste still possessed all the III
pstuosity of the French Guard lost SIGHT oil nm
afterwarl; but "A month ago met nm again at
dinner ~ the house OF charming and eccentric
Irisbwornan. known here under the name of the
MARKETABLE Lopez. l had Count Waldeck III front OF
me; sat between bis wife and his SON. AS this
young gentleman was about "a years oil, supposed
that If WAS q step-sDn, and scarcely knew on what
ground was standing while chatting with his wife,
an English lady of great beauty and distinction.
At last took the bull by the horns. Madame
said you made heroic sacrifice in devotlng Your
self to this gallant gentleman of another century"
"No." the said, &" he is not of my century, for we
feted his hndredth birthday nine years ago but he
is of my age. because love him"
81 never doubted. Madame, your love for H. de
Wadeck. i love him too, as one would love the
eighth wonder of the world"
"Iundcrstand you. Sir; but love him AS wo-
man lcyes h + husband. do not count his years.
Ihave trouble in believing that he is 100, and am
only a."
'"Pardon the curiosity OF philosopher whose
study is woman. Permit mo to place an intcrrOga-
ton point before your heart Did you love HIN at
80 because bo was Gentleman in spirit as well as
birth, or did YOU love HIM from love =
al loyesi him from love. was at thai time some
what III d,lnand. Ii among all my sutore l chose
Count Waldeok, it was because found hia the most
irresistible" Here is something to console thOse
who are entering NJ Flourens' Third Youth"
"And Why Madame, was no the most irresisti-
Jlci"
because he the youngest. He was not so
years of age. lie was 20, four times over"
At TIN, moment Count Waldock rose, took with
a firm hand glass OF Champagne, anu Improved
pretty sianza in honor Of madame Lopez. After
which lao emlhied his glass at "a breath. without
winking. when it was empty he turned it upside
down Oh the hand of the MARKETABLE, and Kissed
away tho last pearly drop That he said, is
what we did at the Court of Louis ANi.'
nothing could have been moro gallant aud gentle
manlike
proposed a toast in my turn to this living history
of "a century. to this who had seen and judged
everything After dinner We had q long CONVERSE
ton lie spoke of the future of the past, if he
had only gone half way as yet. He talked of doing
this and doing that. And still how much" he said.
"must he left unfinished" He related unpublished
witticisrns of Marie Antoinettc and Louis XVI. He
said he was present when RivarOl after the taking
of the Bsstle. summoned by the King, who
wanted every ones advice. 4" Sire" said Rivarol,
my advice is very simple. If you wish to remain
King Of France. act the King"
Louis XVI did not act tho King, and instead of
mounting bis throne again no mounted the seaifOld
This Was TIE last time that Count Waldeck dined
ont After that memorable evening he never again
left bis apartnent-on fifth floor in the Rue dies
Martyrs-uni he left ii yesterday for eternity. To-
day. all the old mon are out of patience with him,
and are accusing him of having been c1imnally i'm
prudent. They propose an epitaph to be engraved
on his tombstone, " Here lies one who died at a
hundred and ten for having lived too fast.
His wife is in despair-nobe woman and brave
heart. Bat after all, since she married the Eight
zenith Century, perhaps she will console herself by
marrying the Twentieth
This singular nan lived solitary and deserted.
The go scrnment which supported him Gid it very ILL.,
Historians preferred TO raDsack libraries rather than
this voluminons life. Swans rushed to observe the
transit Of Venus but did not to take the trouble
to go 70 the Rue DIES Martyrs to study these 40
years living together. Yet Count Waldeck always
was CHEEKY and prcsentable. He was born at Prague
in the Autumn of 1866. He began page to
Marie Antoinette. But the Court of Louis XVI.