New-York tribune., 1880-03-07

Is stated that the N"ih'' va =,
diving ont. Among the balls prlncipaiF
spokcn of are those at the houses OF NJ. Oiey
and Madame Nervile and tie Bal dOpeTa'
Some Of these affairs are much discussed IN
the papers and socially.
OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE FESTIVITIES.
CLOSE or A DISMAL sFAsoN-PARIS losing TIE
CAR>IvAL sPIRIT-PREsIDFNT GhENYs BALL
WILD SUNDAY RoUT.
rypoN THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT oF rHr rRlBUNb'l
PARIS. Feb. 2O-We had on the whole as
nal carnival. The blood was frozen III "ui
veins and the few bursts of sunshine winch we hau
had since the great fog cleared OIL hao not y"'
tba,ved H. It's question at the Fine Arts DEPART
ment whether it Is worth while throwing open mex
wear the Opera House TO masquers. lhe bai de Up
ara is duIl as non-potical funeral 1t Is beginnm1
not to nav; and there is class of masqueIs attend
ING n "a no leave animated souvenirs of their PICS
euce. which the administration is at some trouoe
In brushing away. At the Ministry OF Marine a Icw
oav halls In the Carnival and Mi-Careme are tradi-
tional This wear there was not any sign
of fcstivi'y in the handsome rooHlS'
Admiral Jaureguberry is Puritan, and his port
folio trembles i'm his hands There was no man re'1y
for I'm. most last December. There is one now, and
the moment Article goes through the Sehate-
or IS reiected-there Will be vacancy at the MINIS
Cutlas,es, boardinghooks, guns, pistols, tattered
aaes and anchors form the decorations. " salts
and marines who seem rather to have spent tnelr
lives IN a Marine Trianon than aboard war ship,
keen order in the court and corridors. Naval heu-
tenants who who are very gentlemanly fellows as
sist tbe Admiral and Amirale III the discharge "t
hospitable duties. Admiral POihuan gave at the
Marine Ministry two years ago q charming ana
Verv original f6te to which he owes the lonely con-
dltion into which he has fallen. Ihe weather WAS
YARN An officer who had just returned from
Greenland suepast tcd Lake Weuham ice grotto IN
the pripcipai sal jon as "a means of keeping the air
cool }hdcm asele Roz,. the stepdaughter OF
the Admiral was. after a rapid waltz taken by hcr
cavalier To this crotto. This uprudeuce brought
on ,,.H tnunation of the lungs aud consumption.
BroSen down with fatigue and grief, Madame
Pothuan soon followed her daughter to The grave.
A MATRIMONIAL BALL.
AIfr Of the Orlcsuist set who ha, eight mar
riaeaIl. uicces. gave on the Dimanche Gras mus
lin fancy ball. Fathers and mothers were uot ."
wear costumes The young people were all 10 De
costuiscd u eighteenth century style, ana 20 nave
their ,.rpovGers1. Tnauou fashions which we're
n coi,t'y imitation OF rusticity, were revived 10y
yolur ding. fresh flou convent schools The lady
of IN. aouso belonged o. IL bogeyiyie S0ti4fir OF
Ioui. Philippe. aud is q cousin of Nine. Iciseotenc
de Bort. She is one OF the biggest money bags III
Pans Her eight niec-S are daughters also or
none, bags on the patrIndl and maternal sTirs "i
then aoa.-s Money draws money. There WAS MOI
a ...!.fcd slophcrj-.s IN tine room who was not
an hele,, or exceptionally wei do" red. Ihis
party was au undisgusci matnmouai iiir fatIo''
md rru.rs went with tine object ot choosing WIVES
and bands for their > .ns and daughters Prelm-
inarle- to te uerotla.ia which notorcs VIII carry
ON w,r. entered into Whist the elders vcr" d.s-
cresina dowrie, in cnhrlsnres, t1'9rs r'ng(s sou
brcttes and rosebud dairj maids in Naue- Automatic
hats danced away in tae ballroom
lam bound not to publish the namc OF tho lady
who gave this etc, which WAS attended bS the DE
Iigne family. Il tool, place in ana o't and Toouy
mansion of the Faubouis Poisspun ere built b. the
eroat-cIaudfatAer of the hostess when ths qua;trs
I'm which Il WAS situated was out NJ tho helds ihe
dr.wiu,-roouis are Iuug round with i1n'ly rof-
ua.s hr M5iauc La1rln, David Gerard Aiy
eclet.r lurree. Ilaudriu. Wn'craa'tcr a"d
tlcr. aiaoa- them tNO Lawrence. One oil tAe
IaN.....s reqres.ntsl young girl, ii..h upe and
piqu.a... Wao became .he wit OIL i.e"D" GENERAL.
She w,. oi se5toA-Iii5n lineage, and AS represented
In th,, t.t,ire an admirable creature. remember
the subject OF tins portrait She was Wrlnhlct "ld
womal. earrul0us and iaqasitive, ID me oi those
brown ironts which were worn M tho Nouth OF
Ouern Victol1 bnt which could not properly he
called false hair seeing that they took nobody
IN. They were ugly thugs All out OF time WI'h ihe
faded faces beneath, but stires .eciabie and tney
werr nos perpetual drain on the pocket like those
capillary ed fees Of the present day which profes-
sioul ha rdressers alone can build mp. The wearer
Of the particular brown front | nave been speaking
about generally sat before the Lawrence portrait
and very often directed the conversation toward II,
IN order 10 net few compliments and TO talk about
the fashions which were in vogue when she and the
Princes Charlotte, OF England, were playnates.
~. GREvy's THURSDAY NIGHT BALL
The ca holic journals anarhematze NJ and Mad
anne Gr6yy who forgot that ball gwen on a Thurs
-day night must end on FRIDAY morning. As the
supper-room was not opened until after midnight
the ,onl's health of the 900 or 1000 persons
who remained for the supper was placed
in jeipardy. most plentiful. snbstan-
tial. and by 10 means Leuten TepaSt was
served to the Presidents guests, the majority of
whom were nominal Catholics and a good many OF
whom were believing Catholics Bat the faithful
and non-bcleving were alike obhvlou' that they
had got into Friday. and ate with hearty appetite
of salmon lobster salad ham. fowl. foIe gras and
ielv. which they washed down with Moot cham
pagne and Bordeaux wine paper says: What a
shocking thing it would have been if the Popes
Nnncio had also forgotten, and partaken. Of these
dishes" A Republican journal answers: The
Pope's Nunco does not 90 10 balls As matter OF
fact saw MonsignOr Czack hut 1t was at twenty
minutes TO IL o'clock, and he was leaving NJ.
Andricux kindly provided me with pass which
gave nv carriage the same precedence az that OF a
Minister or an Ambassador, and enabled me with
out delay to enter the courtyard | presume that
the Nuncio whose mission it is to conquer by dis
Greet fatery and to push in seeming 10 Yield dld
not enter the ballroom. lie must have taken his
leave as The overture TO the first quadrille was
struck M by Fairbacs orchestra shortly after half
past 10.
qur CARNIVAL SPIRIT DYING OUT IN PARIS.
lie Carnival Sc m6urt lc Carnival est mort. The