, 1879-08-05
GAMBETTA'S FETE.
What II Cost, and Who Paid for It,
Hdria fttf.rk I'm ndkNed Nktn T6fE IXIhnnk

smoking ili7au, which wns erected In the garlen.
Five thousand cigars ware ordered for the con-
sumption there Of II. Gambctta's guests. Be-
fore the fetc wna half over, somebody was asked
by the host, who was In splendid sptrlts, why to
did not smoke. "Bccause have not the wtera-
withal," ho replied. "Yet," said Gatubeita,
VI ordered cigar for every ono asked, and a
thousand over and aboyo; but l supposo that
some OF my friends, finding them excellent,
made provision Of thcm." The expense OF
Gnnbetta's fcto las been vnrlousty COM
rutcd. II cost upwards OF $4,000, which
was not mnch when tho supcrnne qual-
ity Of the "londrcs," tho champagne,
burgundy, and bordeaux arc taken into account.
The flowers, Of which thero Wis splendid pro-
fusion, cost nothing. They were furnished by
the city gardens anil greenhouses, nnd thu Ga7do
Mcuble Of the st.tp undertook to erect tho
marquccs md temporary tnulllfng-rooms. Gen.
Richard. . ci-dcEant arry contractor, was
charged with the command In cbiaf in organic
Ing the petaonncl Of servants, musicians, pur-
vevors. and stewards.
Where tho money came from Is q myatcry
which Gambetta scorns to clear UP, thougt. u.
DC Cassagnacs journal takcs his iioeralIty as
proof TINT ho has made use Of bis opportunities
to rob Jacquns Donbomme. Tic bankers wcro
two ladies'. who are both enthusiastic Kepub-
licana, One. Of them Is Nine. Arnaud IDS
secretary, anl the other the Afarqutse Arconala-
Vfscontt, daughter OF Senator Poyrat. She ID 4
blooming widow of about 9atnbstta'a nRc, and
at the head Of fortune left her BY the DECEASED
poverty to great oputauce took place under TO-
mantle circumstances. Tie Atronate-V'scontis.
for the last three generations, we're adsanced
Liocrals. md often prescribed BY tic Tuscan
periods Of prescription they made Belgium, In
which their funilY lad possessed land frcm tho
time Of Charles v, their homo. The grand
father Of the Inst Marquis, in whom the famlly
to Austrian rule in Brabaut, and was tnado
by the Consulate the first prefcct who ever at-
mlnsterel that province In tho name Of The
French Reonbltc. He dropped bis ttle and
him to DO noblc actions. He purchascd tho
"Maison du Roi " In Brussels and presented It
70 the town. A large portion Of tile Bosanc
Garden was also Ills gift to tho Municipality.
When Gacsbeck, which belonged TO the hoaso
Of Austria, IVES couascatcd and sold. he bought
II nn1 the thonsAnu acres OF rfctly-Woodcd
park in which It stnnds. This domstu ls MI au-
eicnt one. The castle dates from the carly part
Of tue fifteenth ccntury, and Is In as good rc-
pair as Windsor. There ts . room In It which,
the Duchess of Burgundy prepared for Per
Kin Wafbeek. hung round with the tapestries Of
khe rcriod Of Louis N. ~ Gamtctta. IN the
Is being preparc,l for lis reception Ii il not
usually iDhabitcdby It's accomplished c,nielalro.
The present Maruusc l'Arconato- Vtseontis was
brought up TO be a goycrncss. Sho met the
Italian millionaire. who endowed her with his
title and bis fortune, In the nnbtlanccs Of tile
Commune. She tcudcd there the wounded Fed
erals along with Louise Michel. whose hard lot
In New-Caledonia she would probably have
shared It the lAst Of the Arconntc. vlscoEtia had
not saved her from the vengeance OF the Moral
order marty by making her Its wife ma plnvlng
her Under tlp shelter Of the Italian flag. From
tic beginning ui tile civil war to the
day OF her marriage her father suffered FROM
nrspeakablc nEony Of mind. She did all that
seat 10 the Versailles Assembly and pronounce
for Paris. Afi's well that onds we'll. La Nar-
4utac Ia now at tln. TOP oF fortunes wheel, md
one nj the directing ladies' OF the FrcLell Re-
public Sho and ..'i,no. Arnuud wtllca that no
axpcuse should he spared In rendering the fsas.
at .hc Punis Bourbon worthy of the anniversary
Which 1t celebrated. In tllo London Uaiu Atus'
Parls cnrycaoprtlunco the soutce w1encr n.
Gatnhetta derived Ills mouetasy supplies was
h.utcd ut. llle two la,ites whu have shown
such ti1te spirit tlo not wtsh3their names to
come ont: hut. rs New York IS so tar away,
do not feel much cumpuurtiou about letting out
LleIr Bccret.