New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-22
BANOUETING AT TIE ELKSEE.
,rA1rry AND RANK AT A STATE DINNER.

REALTY AND RANK AT A STATE DINNER.
ev.sTyNf AFTER A DFPEAT--AN AssEMBLAGE OF IN
Usual BRuIlANCY-M. wADDINGIoNs SHARE
IN THE GREEK CoMPLICAIIoNs-JULEs FERRY
on THE PRESS BILL
IFRoM rae REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRlBUNE'l
P,RIs. Jan. 29.-The first reception at the Elysee
for the present season came OFT last night AS the
Ministry had been beaten in the Chamber IN tDe
afternoon ParisiaDs in the Presidential visiting
list were curious to see now they would bear their
mishap at the Palace The drawing rooms there
were very crowded. and the aspect they presented
was brilliant There was fine show OF Reactionary
ladies who did not mix with the others, but formed
little proups and coteries Mr. Kit, the secretary
of the United States Legation, who has regularly
attended Elyslan soiTees ever since he came III q
diplomatic capacity to Europe, was greatly struck
with the number of fair and elegantly dressed wo-
men. He had seen nothing like 1t since MacMahon
retired from the Presidency. 1t was pity that
Mrs Kit was prevented by mourning from graclng
the scene. Mrs. Noyes, was glad to find has not
suffered from the inclement weather. She was
very chaImingly dressed in Nile green brocade
satin and white Spanish Tree and looked in better
health than when she was staying at the Avenue
Josephine. The Waddingtons were the centre of an
American circle. NJ WaddiDgton is not well salts
fed with the municipal elections, which impose on
the Cabinet and the Chambers a.policy too radical
for him to stomach. But he does not seem to be
unpleasantly affected by the attacks made upon
him by the Journalists of the Paris press whose
business il is TO write about foreign AFFAIRS IL" IS
charged by these gentlemen Of the Fourth Estate
WITH having created the dangerous situation from
which NJ. Barthelemy st. Hilare is attempting to
extricate France As matter OF fact. ". Wad-
dington pleaded too we'll the cause of Greece before
The Chamber It was unfortunate that he obtained
~ mar m
trop embrasse nal etreint." If the work Of the
Berlin Congress had not been so well prepared by
NJ Waddington the Conference would not have
proposed to give TO King George a frontier line
north of Janina and Mitsovo. which Austria, and
of course Germany are determined that he must not
have. and therefore secretly encourage Turkey to
hold out.
NJ Grevy appeared in excellent spirits. II a
ministerial crisis had been imminent his manners
=, would not have been so cheerful The President
has fallen into flesh since last had the honor to be
received at tho Elysee. His increased grth seems to
take several inches from his stature The life he
teadssince he has become chief of the executive Is
sedentary and he cannot well lead any other.
Madame and Mile Grevy were in white The
former wore satin robe very much trimmed with
pink geraniums. MadeInoiselle was in tule. Prn-
pess Hohenlohe, the German ambassadress, ap-
peared in her well known black and white dress.
which she ordered when the Court Of Berlin was In
mourning for Prince WaldemaT.
Last night, for the first time. the Palm House,
built last year, was thrown open 1t lie gigantic
glass chamber with an arched roof, tall enough to
aiford shelter to great tropical palm trees ana
communicates With the banqueting-room at the
west end Of the Palace by means of six arched door
windows. The floor is Of polished oak. and the
furniture, Of bamboo wood and basket work, light
and elegant. When NJ. and Madame Grevy
give ball this greenhouse will be dedicated to
Terpsichore The elegant toilets showed to great
advantage amid the superb verdure of q tropical
plants band played the first hour Of the recep-
sion behind screen of palms. The greater part OF
the Ministers attended. 81. jules Ferry told me
chat he would not nail his colors 10 the absurd and
illberal Press bill elaborated by ~ Emile Girardin,
Epuller. and ten other deputies.