Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-27
FROM PARIS.
SOME INTERESTING LITERARY AND PER-
SoNAL SKETCHES.
How They Dress in Paris Now The
Artist and his Model = Honors to
Victor NEGOTIATIONS.

Madam Edmond Adam is the present
Recamier of France. Her salon is not only
the rendezvous of the French litterateurs,
but also of all prominent Republicans and
foreign ambassadors. She is the widow oil
a well known Senator who was the friend
of Gambetta. When the latter began to
seriously occupy the attention of the po-
itical world and desired to entertain his
friends SO as to rally around him the Re-
publican forces, Madam Adam offered her
salon as the rendezvous of these friends,
and the public has since associated her
with Gambetta's own success and prosper
ity. All the youth of France, ambitious
poets and successful romancers find their
way to her salon, where they meet with
courage and sympathy from the charming
hostess.
MADAM ADAM
Has written considerably under her maid
en- name of Juliette Lambert. She has
devoted herself to the study OF
Greek litel allure and her latest
effort had for subject "Grecque. "
She is more noted for her social qualities
than for her literary talents, which, how
ever, does not prevent the young satellites
who gather around her from expressing
loud abs of admiration at each scratch of
her pen. At her receptions Madam Adam
is the only lady present, where she passes
like an electric thread from group to
group, animating the takers and giving
the key of the conversation to all new
Corners. On special occasions only are
ladies invited to these entertainments, as
was the case short time ago when mask
and fancy dress ball was given, in which all
the notables of the literary and political
world took part. The hostess was dressed
as a magician, and told the fortunes
of each of her guests in pleasing rhyme,
but there was little display of originality,
considering the literary and imaginative
qualities of the guests. Not content
with these social honors, Madam Adam
has recently issued semi-monthly maya
zine. to which all the prominent Republican
writers are contributors. Madam Adam
devotes her time and talents to the treat
ment of foreign politics, for which she has
supposed herself peculiarly fitted, but
critics state that because she is a friend of
CASTELAR, and has received foreign embassa-
doris at her house she should not suppose her.
self capable of grasping questions of such
extended Importance, and that the criti-
cism of foreign politics in her magazine is
very inferior. At the first representation of
sARDoU's PLAY,
Daniel Rochat," at the Theatre Francois,
Madam Adam was in a private box sur
rounded by her young proteges. Youth is
rash-quick to applaud and quick to con-
denim and Sardou, who was in the house
zealously watching the audience, thought
he perceived the first bomb of discomfort
start from Madam Adams box. It has
since been whispered in the different salons
of Paris that Sardou has vowed ven-
play called "Eve," which is to be
the portrait of Madam Adam. Of
course, Sardou will be the artist
and will see his model only with revenge
full eyes. Sardou some years ago ridi-
culed Gambetta in well-known comedy,
for which Gambetta has never forgiven
him, and Sardou has in consequence never
been guest at the salon of Madam Adam,
and we have reason to believe that "Eve"
will therefore be double extract of ven
geance. The most remarkable salon of
Paris with that of Madam Adam is the
salon of Mr.. Emile de Girardin, the emf
nent journalist. He it is entertains Frances
guests from all parts of the
world who may be noted for their liberal
principles. His dinners are very entertain
ing, and his wines are said to be the finest
which find their way to Parisian's table.
He gave dinner to General Grant, on
which occasion the French persons present
who owed his military success mostly to
chance, and whose absence of ideas caused
him to be man of few words and to re-
ceive the credit of being a profound
thinker. Lately Mr.. de Girardin enter
tanned Bright, when he invited some OF
frances most noted politicians to meet
him.
HIS RECEPTIONS
Take place every other Sunday night dur
ing the months of December, January and
February. On these occasions it is his
in law who does the honors of his
house, when she is generally the only lady
present. His salon is the rendezvous of all
the eminent journalists and politicians of
Paris. During the evening the principal
artists of the Grand Opera MARBLE their
most charming airs, and for which effort
MIR. de Girardin pays with princely generos-
ity. Last evening was the reception of the
season, when ladies as well as gentlemen
were in attendance. There were some
hundreds of persons present-all that Paris
contains of beauty and celebrity. The
concert was composed of the principal art
lists of the Grand Opera, and never on any
preceding occasion had the music been so
fine. The dining saloon opens into the
salon by folding-doors, which were thrown
open and through which passed the guests
during the entire evening, for the purpose
of partaking of coffee, chocolate, cham
payne and all the deGcacies which 90 to
make delicious supper. These receptions
never begin before 10 o'clock and generally
finish at p During the Empire the fashions
were very much blamed on account of the
little modesty allowed the woman but
they are even worse now, for the ladies
last evening appeared all, old and young,
to have hastily left the bath-tub, with suf-
ficient time to cover only the lower part of
their limbs.
THE ENTIRE BACK WAS EXPOSED
Down to the waist, and / dare not say
how much of the front was visible. The
French insist that this fashion has been
brought over from London. tits undoubt-
edly the remains of the Empire, but it is
time there were reaction in favor of mod
esty, and that the Republic set an exam
pie of morality.
One of the important events of the past
week has been the cinquantenaire of Her
nani." 1t is just fifty years since "Her-
nani," the chef deuue of Victor Hugo,
was first played at the Theatre Francois.
What changes have taken place since then
in the tastes of the public At that time
Victor Hugo was hated, was hooted at,
was abhorred and cursed; and now not
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