Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-30
MRS. BONANZA MACKPy
How She Furnished Her D..
Home. s''
Newark Advertiser.

ratis, l give you 1t for what it is wo-,t
1t ought to be true, ii it isn't. Sor'I
years ago, when Mrs. Mackev fro, come
to Paris, the BONANZA KIM a. zane
toadies in the states delight To ca J 'i ia
golden idol, came with her. She % o .,ig
pies, as you know, the whole Of . T Ivy
hotel lin the French sense( on q oa @'
OF the Champs Elysees, close 70 ia "
Arc-de-Irlomphe, one of the hos, :.
in Paris for a residence. They naf slf
ing this grand hotel, naturaIlv J 10 ,es
to furnish 1t IN manner becom;ns ~
magnlficence of the house and the =, VI
IN which Mrs. Mackey entertsins ub;.t
Is gorgeous and unequaled by any ' ~.
vate individual in Europe. Mr. Mo-
obtained the assistance of an Amer.
Mr.. LIE Gay, a well-known comm;ss:-
merchant here, to purchase the fn.s
ture, upholstery, hangings, etc. y S;I
er OF these gentlemen being "exner,'
70 that much-a bused worldly in bor'o
furnishing, they rather overdid tho brS
mess, and the result was a palace w,,1
Its green room, its yellow room !.
mauve room, its saffron room and ;.
room, like Joseph's historical cnat
many colors. In short, a great deal
money was spent, but without mnot
taste; or, more correctly, with extreme
y loud taste. The like was ns~o
before seen in Paris; that is. ohar5I,
ever"
Just here appears upon lie tapis q Ger
tain count,--the well-known Connt d.
No-Account Ito which celebrated fam;
ly belong nearly all the counts and Bar
ons and marqulses OF La Belle France
Count de N. Is an elderly gentleman al
expensive tastes, which DURING Lana
lifetime he has gratitied at the cost Il
other people. Now, grown venerable
in appearance and ripe in wears hs
setting sun Is declining upon a life wei
spent in Fleeing out only his country.
men, but rich foreigners who need ha
assistance of a man of refined tastes
like himself, to help them to live in hi,
great city, and to do what many foolish
Americans who come here wish to do
get into French society tabout al
prohigate, licentious full false a, ami
society can be and yet no fall to pieces
| from inherent rottenness( The count
managed to have Mr.. Mackev brough
to him and introduced into his house
Mr.. Mackey was then received with the
dignity betting scion of the ilustrious
house of No-Account. In return fo1
this condescenslon he invited the CO of :.
| to the Mackey mansion.
After the count had been shown
through the various rooms, Mr.. and
| Mrs. NJ. asked hila how he liked the
way their house was furnished. Count
n. told them it was very beautiful, you
know, but not at all French, and that
they expected to enter Partisan society
| land be what we call in America "anyl
oody') they must change all that sort
of thing. Thereupon Mr.. NJ Tor hls
wife, which is the same thing begged
the count to direct them how to alter
that which they had done and do Ii
over in rue Partisan taste-toae
a fat Franchise. OF course II would
not have looked well for the Count TO
go about spending the Mackey's money
for them and acting as an humble COM
mission merchant. You know lhese
titled people affect to look Gown on
vulgar tradespeople," " shopkeepers
and all that sort OF trash" That's inc
way society is constituted In ooth In
gland and France. The noolemaL
never objects to making money oul
tradesman--on the contrary, Is ~
ways we'll pleased to "spoil the PMS
tines" but strenuously asserts his pol'
ton in society, and never allows man
who has made his own fortune to meV'
him on social equality.
But to return to the Count. ne Sua
gested to Mr.. Mackey the appolntmenr
of certain young Frenchman as pr
vate secretary, steward, chanloefNll
etc. This man was appointed. lnfoos
him, guided by the exquisite tas'e
Monsieur lie Comte de n, all the pD.
chases for a complete leilrhlf'n:a's
were made, the other furniture pe,l'
shipped off in toto to the states lol .b w.
Mackey's American home. Since VA
time everything required ior A''
Mackev's establishment, down 10
candle even, is bought by the chani gs.
lain. The negociants (from pure a M,n
ton undoubtedly kindly pay 10 n ,on,.
sier lie Comte a liberal percentage w.
mission) on everything when ? nr II
into the household or housekeePElhpss,
Mrs. Mackey. No one can sell D ean.
sous worth Of anything without I'm Tns
tributing a noiety to the Counlr; ,b;nr
manager of the largest art-paO'i s,orl
and picture-selling firm IN Tue p vii
(having stores in Paris, LONDON, p Al
the Hague, etc. told an artist IL .r;ad 10
mine that he had repeatedly H nsys-
sell Mrs. Mackey paintings, anu h ham
yet has succeeded, because ms . nOs
commission he demands. Such Is |'
in Paris
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