Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-26

TON. SATURDAY, NOvEh
Laroche turned liyid. held by q table with
one hand. and with the other tremblinglys
pointed at the accusing stain, while he vainiy
tried to speak.
Ever dare approach me again, and viii tell
your crime to the whole world" said Rachel.
very distinctly.
In three days Laroche had sold out the prop
erty and gone.
Rachel had letter from Boston, which she
answered in this way:
mo; for I taught myself. the hour heard of
your rank and title, to renounce all thought of
being your wife. You shall not suffer the
shame of marrying beneath you"
A letter came back in this style:
my Darling:-With all your good sense and
beauty You are credulous little rustic after ALL
I'm no lord, nor juke. nor anything those in
teiligent loggers thought me. I'm only
literary fellow. correspondent of papers, and
ambitious to write book. I'm fairly well of.
and my fathers -barrister. Yon won't be
duchess. dear though you'll be the wife of the
prOudest man on earth"
One day in the honeymoon Arthur asked,
my lOve?"
Then for the first time Rachel told him the
whole story of Laroche and his attempted crime
sand times.
There's one English household in which our
THANKSGIVING day is religiOusly kept, and one
little English boy lisps to his playmates, "In
my mammals country there's day when you
get awful cut across the arm, and then there's
awful scar. and that's Thanksgiving day."
The playmates are awed with the peculiar but
tragical statement, and look upon little Arthur
as an authority on the customs of savage lands.
Three French Presidents.
From the St. James Gazette.
1t is to be remarked of NJ. Grevy that he is an
eminently correct president; he gives his mas
ter Of the ceremonies far less trouble than NJ
Theirs. The latter delighted to have a military
guard and to be received by a roll of drums
wherever he went. He put on the cross of the
Legion OF Honor as soon as he came to Office
though he was only grand officer of the army
before he required that ambassadors on intro
ductiOn, should make him the three customary
bows, as to a sovereign; and he expected that
all the hOnors paid to himself should be rendered
to his wife likewise. But then NJ Theirs, when
he was giving audience in the morning
kept rushing out of his study every quarter
OF an hour to espy who were waiting to see
him in the ante-rOOms. He shook hands
with some, scolded others, made straight
for any newspaper editor who might be present.
giving him precedence over dukes or archbish-
ops. and talking with him pretty audby in that
shrill falsettO of his about the views he desired
the editor to prOmulgate. When he gave dim
ners again, NJ. Theirs could not be prevailed upon
to sit while his guests were going through the
customary series of courses. His own invaria-
bic menu was a cut of a joint, with some vegeta-
bles and few spoonfuls of jam; and when he
had dispatched this fare, which he did in ten min
utes. he either frsked about the room or retired
into the next one to take anap. Ifhe fingered long
er than usual at table was to start some political
discussion which made his guests uncomfortable;
and all this was very grievOus to the master
of the ceremonies. Marshal MacMahOn had
served an apprenticeship in court pomps during
his governor generalship OF Algiers, and under
the auspices of the Countess de Magenta the
etiquet Of the Elysee was modelled on that of
the Tuleries during the empire. The servants
wore the MacMahOn lveries of gray scarlet and
silver, with aiglets and powder There was
always an de-de-camp in full uniform. and an
officer of the palace guard to attend in the mar
shal's ante-roOm: and the duchess herself was
constantly attended by one or two ladies-in- wait
ing. When the president and the duchess went
to the races they and their suite occupied two.
sometimes three, carriages with four horses
which were preceded and followed by outriders,
and when they travelled they used the saloon
carriages which had been built for the emperor
President Grevy neither keeps up so much
state as the marshal, nor transgresses the minor
laws OF etiquet so cavalierly as NJ. Theirs.
Before coming to the Elysee he had inhabited
apartments in the palace of Versailles by virtue
OF his position as president of the chamber of
deputies; but his style of living was of the sim
plest. and his attire was that of a country
lawyer. He never wore high hat or gloves.
He had property hat, which was kept under
his desk in the chamber ready to hand. in case
1T became necessary to 'cO~er himself and
thereby to suspend a tumultuous sitting
abruptly; but in the streets he wore
a wide-awake. He was very fond of strolling
about the bOuievards for hours at time
looking into lie shop windows, and he was
passionately fond of billiards. nor did he care
whom he played with. One OF his favOrite Cd
ponents at this game was NJ. Paul de Cassagnac.
with whom he has not an idea in common; but
the editor of the Pays and he never exchanged
political views while making caroms Sport,
agriculture and music are the topics on which
NJ. Grevy cOnverses with most pleasure; but he
is silent man. who talks no more than is
necessary to make the time pass. and he never
lets conversation run into argument When he
became president. NJ. Grevy had to give I'D his
wide-awakes and his boulevard strOils, and to
moderate his ardor for billiards. His most fire.
quent companion at this game has been of late
NJ. Wilson, who is going to become his sOn-in-
law. NJ. Grevy, as president, also had to don
the broad ribbon ofthe Legion of Honor; but he
did not do this until after much hesitation
NJ. Crews. salary is 1000 and he probably
lives within it. Marshal MacMahon, on the cor
trary. spent great deal more than his salary
for. besides keeping up large establishment of
servants and many horses and carriages he en-
tertained good deal. He used to give at least
couple of dinners every week. whereas NJ.
Grevy scarcely gives one a month. NJ. Grevy
has as many servants as the Elysee requires,
but not one over. They dress in black. like the
hotel walters. The presidents coachman also
wears black, without cockade; and the car
rages he drives are small, plain broughams
black, and with dark-bue wheels and no crest
on the panels; they are drawn by a couple of
bays. When the president has to attend great
Open-air pageant, as when he distributed new
flags to the army last year, he has barouche
with four horses; but he has no out-riders His
cook. too, is grand artist receiving the salary
of project, like the famous NJ. PrOmpette, who
lords it over NJ. Gambetta's saucepans at the
Palais Bourbon. All the housekeeping arrange
ments at the Elysee are under control of Mile
Grevy. and will remain SO after her marriage:
for she and her husband are going to reside in
the presidential palace.
Hints for Amateur Theatricals.
From Harper's Bazaar.
The plan usually followed in private theatre
calls is to secure two or three really good actors,
choose play which will bring out their strong