New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-19
THE GOSSIP OF PARIS.
IN AND OUT OF TOWN.

FROM THE DUO D'AUMALE.
fv,ou THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRrBUSEl
PARIS. Aug pa new verb OF fearful import
has been added TO the French language IL mas
arisen from the frequent cases OF vlriol-tnro"he
which since the Widow Gras affair, have come Dc-
fore the Paris and provincial Assize Courts 'trioi
ia now the arm par excellence of feminine ven
eeonce man struck by it is sad to be vitriolzed'
"C9cst nm rifriolse," Ill ea ririolisf" " il riSqHe
Pstye rifyolise" are current phrases which Littre
thinks of adding to the forthcoming edition OF his
dictionary.
L. ar il not Madame Adam to wed General Cal
DIM Inc lady does not deny 1t, but she felutes an
alleged admission published In the IefeTaphe. She
- nt Cobourg amusing herself with her grand
children of whom she is very fond, and the General
is at Aix-les-Balns.
MADAME ADAMS POLITICAL RIVAL
Madame ADAM when she returns from tho seaside,
will find a rival aficld in the person OF la Marquse
Arconata Visconti daughter OF Peyrat, the kepub-
hcan Senator This lady's career IN her younger
DAVIS was wild and stormy. She was a being of ro-
mantle maglnings. somewhat ByronIc, ana al
lowed nobody to impose letters upon her
liberty. She has been Idollzed by her father
from infancy to the present hour. He taught her
all the science and the ancient tongues he knew
himself and made her a scholastic paragon. She was
not beoutIful when he used to take her, grown-np
GIRL TO hear the lectures at the College OF france
The complexion was too brown, the mouth was
little coarse and the features irregular But she bad
eyes which blazed out her thoughts and sentiments
like fine hello, raph II looking at her. one only
remarked them They were splendid eloquent and
Intellectual She was brought up TO be teacher.
She was a friend of Madame Adam when this lady
was struggling journalist, and she flung herself
with passion into the Communist movement, hoping.
her life had become wrctched, to be shot III
fray. ,.>,,,,,..
Ono day seeking shelter in the doorway OF Men-
rc6's Hotel she fell in with bas6 millionaire. lie
was an Italian, whose family estates, when ne IN
bcrited thirty years had condemned MN 10 i've
IN sleepy Belgium, and he had come Ill search OF
sensation TO Paris when the civil war was ragn
There was no need of an introduction to the dark
eyed French woman. Mile. Peyrat became reader
and secretary to the stranger who turned out I'd oe
no less parsonage Than the Marquis Arconata-V Wis
CONT Her cOmpanlonShip gave nm 1resh
interest. in life. He became her slave.
Versaillist prosecuting officers heaId now
Nile. Pevrat was implicated in the Commune TO
save her from them. the millionaire asked her to
Income his wife, and placed her under the protec-
hon of the Italian flag. Moreover he settled on her
| his enormous wealth He was not long married
| when he died of a paraytic stroke The Marqulse
has n chateau in Belgium and villa
on the shore Of Lake Como. where
she entertans French statesmen in the summer
vacations She Is opportunist. and aims at playing
\ great political part. The better to play II she has
! inst purchased a mansion IN the Rue Barbe' de
Jouy. and Is fitting it up in manner SO luxurious
rs to set the whole town talking about IT. Its
! luxury will no, 6e that of the grand Dame nor yet
of 4 petite dame, but of Roman lady OF the De-
| H., 81 iu,
Jopanese and Louis Quuze. NJ. Peyrat, her
father will have a wing to himself. The 1larqulses
coronet will be on all her silver house linen, letter
paper. and also form the crown roof of her sumptu-
Gus bed from which the satin curtains are to de-
scend. This is not democratic. Nevertheless, re-
pnplicans here will not protest against 1t. Au
copyaiye the coronet backed BY the millions viii the
| better enable the Marquse to eclipse Madame
THE DUKE AND THE SCHOLAR
Iittr6 at Alers near Treport. where he was stay
| ing early in the month, received VISIT from his
colleague of the Academic Franchise. the Due
d'Aumalc. His Royal HIghness laid aside his roy
! alty and presented himself in the character of Il
| literary man. He asked leave on future occasion
| to present his nephew the Comte de Paris. WHO
"deyotes himself TO the practice of philosophy and
agriculture. and The study of history and political
| economy and subscrIbes to the Postivist review
! for the sake of NJ Littr6's articles" The
aged free-thinl,ng Beredctine received the
! Duke with quiet amiability They talked about the
| historical monuments Of Picardy on the verge OF
which NIers stand. This is little bathing place.
the half of which was. few years past, gnawed
away by the sea. which vsibly encroaches on the
coast of Normandy. II is n few miles distant from
the Chateau d'Eu, where the Come and Comtesse
de Paris keep a sort of court this summer
AQUAINT PALACE OF LEARNING.
Littr6 is now staying at his humble cottage at
.Mesn near the Maisons Lafitte side of the forest
of st. Germain His health has been strengthened
by his stay at the seaside The house he lives in he
bought thrty-sx years ago for 1000 francs $500.
1t is peasants cottage with ground floor and high
attic All the rooms are hoored with tiles.
| The principal room is at the kitchen
| and the paror To the right and left
| there are chambers. one OF which
is arranged as a library and bedroom. Littre works
in it at least eight months out of the twelve, and
has done so ever since he bought the house. This
chamber Is carpeted with linoleum, which Is warm.
| dry and bears being washed. Madame Littre sleeps
| in the room to the left of the Kitchen and Mile. III
the attic where there is great loft in which books
| and papers are stored. There is an American stove
in shed where cooking is done Blocks
| of wood are burned on the wide hearth
Of The Kitchen, Fuel Of this sort is
cheap at Mesnll, and Llttre Is IOnu OF tne bright
| blaze and the cracking noise of wood IRE; Ills
| property is surrounded by wall, and tho house
| faces a wide grass-grOwn yard once paved. There
are some rudev constructed outhouses one of which
! is uscd as a laundry and storeroom. Madame Lit
tres fowl-yard provides fresh eggs and poultry for
| the table Pear trees and vines are trained on the
| house walls. There is a good-slzed garden stocked
with fruit trees and vegetables. The few flowers
| are along the borders.
| THE SIMPLE HABITS OF GREAT SCHOLAR.
| Littres pleasure ground is the forest which is
| hard by He thinks out there his articles for the
| Positivst review The parish priest often visits
| Nine and Mile. Littre, who are deyout Catholics
and In fine weather and foul attend the Sunday and
weekday offices celebrated in his church Littre is
now rich HIS dictionary brings him in hand
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