New-York tribune., 1880-01-18

n-;.oo.. do Iiovan who was governess to all the
Inne,iel I family. except Aexander-she IL noM %
eiohtv-fye wears of age we reacneu h1' Io @ @ors, y
long suite of passages ana ad ths most charming
manners and was dressed III perfect goou .asSo Tt I
her age She asked many questions auouu ~ Soon
and Countess Lleyen, III LoI%oon, % ~ her "a il was
time TO 90 TO the Empress-mother. we W Mole i ono,
taken TO La Sale GrCoque very nanusoho 80 ,ho
where we waited q short time, WIN somo VI ~ ~
Cnnrt reonlc till the Empress the Empress-inoIneI
was the widow of the Emperor faul appencu1 s"o
is very tall and bie conSaree ior her aye ev
eight with remarkably goou n'mnh ,,iith a mooniff-
handsomely dressed in white. and WIN faea i
cent set of turuuoises and diamonds; her ihce -
large and rather fat but with very plen.aing "a
nression she walks slowly ana WIN sonlc uo ~
H. ,nt S.ith creat dignity She kissed me on poth
checks like the other Empress, ana receiNeu uS t
with the greatest kindness; after lahlhs III ~;
,vbia she retired saving she hoped 10 sec us d. u
'nn o,nd we were then conducted to seni-clfeuIaI
noiarv. soon after which the Empress arrived alu
of O'clock we went to dinner Inc ulhhc! " .hs
III ~ ''t mn an annie of the celebrated trans
parent kind. and gave me some heeus W ..hU r 500
!" rIant in England. When dinner was over, We
Won't hack TO the sale GTCCQae. when the hhPIcsS
took me ont on the balcony ana talked loI % su,,o
time asked her leave TO see her lhsllil' W. ur d
Mobiles this she gave IcaulS anu s''u 81 bot and
pi We immediate orders for us 10 see potn '.
tbe Convent de It. Catharine she theh ln,tou
everybody 10 drink tea at lie PAVILION ues hoSrs, I
and forthwith retired we were s fSnlreJ
III a coc! .. 10 ~ bn Grand Duchess Helen daug
Ter of Prince Paul of Wirtembcrg, WHO Is iaiI Inu
nrettv talk ed very fast, and asked great huipcl
of ,uestions | was presented to her hIst anu ineh
Belgravc. and we then returned to the po"ape'
Emprcsss Palace where Beleraye took on MS UNI
form and put on an ordinary evening Dress
We aveanother agreeable glimpse of the Princes
1ieven and of the Imperial family in the following
passage:- H. "A.
After seeing all this, and much more, we drove OH
to PaulofSlSv about three miles; we had Il pcaui!
fn apartment given Us for the Gay, anu ,o' n ,bo
otelv after chamberlain came totake me 10 scc ,
old princessc de Leyen who has neeh uanectto -,
III She is eQhty-fve and the incest. clcanc' pest
dressed person SUITABLY To her age ever saw ncI NJ
manners are a charming mixture oi dCHct1L anWJ ~ D
Liesso full Of kiuducss and thoroughly UtR c"b't'
A0er had been with her minute, the I@iiliT,oi I'M m
was announced of course, my conductor anu - ~
fired to an autc-room, where we thouShu We , VIZ
socc Inf contrary to our expectation the emperor
came through that room, expressed hhscI eSD -
sivclv shocked that should have run away li",n
him and gave me his ann to accompany hiiu I J."
NoIane de IicVen End made me stay through ti'c
whole of his visit. lie shows, a5 they all 40 '.'
greatest respect and affection for Madame de IeI
and kissed her most cnderIy b9lh on coiiiins " T
,rninr After me went away ,BclgraVc was auhi,
She was very gocd-naturcd TO uS POM ana W. In "
,,d J,,irc1 hor extremely. We LETT Ter SGoh, IS II
was near time for Our visit to tic bo"'t'I I-''i
press Madame de Licvcn hau win her '"p S'I ~ :,
oue whom she introduced - her ciutau soi Az" nv
other looked older tha lhe .aons'rI ~ .L '-' ~
who was in England We w'Ic taken thiuuth y "
sutc of rooms aud galleries To large sditc WIN
fc,s chanberlains about. where the Empi.ss ap-
ucarotl soon after. Neither she nor the y0unS I'm
tvond let me kiss tocr hand, but kissed me on bolh
checks She received rs with great goou-natuic,
and after a little conversation, she stid thal Sre
houco to see Us again at dinner and - re'rSi' we
we're then taken 10 a semCIrcuiar gallery "lcic We
fouud about twentv-siX ladies' magnIhcentN ulrs'ei
and still more gentlemen; my friend, the Ola nm
cess Dolgorouki whom had thought quite declcplI
at her own house came out cay aud Youthful ~ an
anricot colored gown, trimmed with hunches oi Nio-
irts-hke "A fashion bOOi-and with the hcIP o.
rouge. sill looking very handsome.
The writer returns by the way OF Berlin where
she passes a few days in the high society OF that
capital relating her impressions in her own unai-
fected and agreeable manner. Among the ncinor-
able visits of that occasion was dinner az William
Uumbolts, at winch the King and Royal family
and many distinguished persons in public HE were
among the guests. Madame Sontag was then IN her
nrilne and some interesting recollccions are mere
presenfed of her brilliant career IN Berlin The au-
thor also gives a brief account OF visit to Goethe
ot Wcimar. of whom she remarks: " He was very
amable and agreeable; talked in French rather
with difficulty, hut pleasantly, on literary subects'
lie has a fine head with great expression, and docs
NOT give one the idea OF being seventy eight years