New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-17
nI,OLIDAY-TIME IN PARIS,
c,,pYsr,t.s IN CHURCH AND COURT.

STORY OF A DOTING MOTHER AND PROPAGATE
DAUGHTER.
,vR0N THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.I
PARIS. Dec 25.-The Catholic aristOcracy and
nourceoise a1e agreed to make the most of Christ
mas. which has not 80 far in Paris been held in
r1eat honor except among foreign residents.
They usually have their Christmas services IN their
ehurshes and Christmas parties in their drawing
rooms. English of all classes keep the day In
;nnketting but not in manner to dishonor H. uh-
less about the Avenue Marbeuf, where there Is
population of horsey British men, attached 10 the
livery stables there, and of sluttsh women addicted
TO the bottle. Heavy English vands for the Christ-
mas table are sold in nearly all the grocery stores IN
the quarters of the town preferred by Queen VIC
toria's ieges. They have plum puddings In po"is
tied up in cloths and ready cooked. which short
souse in boiling water will render fit for the table
Mince pies seed and plum cake also abound. Butcn-
ers who supply English families lay in Tor CHRISTMAS
stores of holly and mstetoe. The holly gathered
in the Fontainebleau forest, and the mstletoe on
the apple trees Of Normandy. Of this greenery bum
dies are sent presents to customers with roots Oh
borseradish, the use of which as a condment is I'M
known to the French who have not had frequent
relations with England and the English
Standards seldom fail to hear midnight
mass. They have an elective affinity for
eonyentual chapels, where the feast OF
the Babe, or Bambino, is an occasion for pueric
fetichism. The tableaus of the Nativity are COM
posed of toy-shop figures dressed up by tho nuns
aad their pupils in the legendary costumes which
the XVIII century masters. who painted the hoy
Family adopted. Spanish ladies, with naive 1alth'
drop on their knees and venerate the inartistlc
efigies which have all been blessed and are deemed
.ancti6cd. They 90 away contented if the nuns
will allow them to place their necklaces Oh
The virgins neck for few moments,
and their bracelets on her arms Ever after these
ornaments will have the virtue of relic in the esl
nation of the believing Senoras and Senortas.
There is such mixing ND of gay babble and hrta-
lion in the religious observances of Spanish ladies
tbat one wonders how devotion took the sombre
hue that it did beyond the Pyrenees, where alone
the Inquisition struck deep roots.
FATuERLAND CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS.
The Germans keep their Christmas in manner
becoming to an intelligent. very musical, sociable
and unrefined people. They have great merry
mak,ngs of O semi-public character. / am
asked 10 great revel which is to be given
on Christmas night in the Sale Lemarge-
Law. by tho Deutscher Mannergesang-V erein,
of the Rue St. Marc. There will be Christmas
tree dance and, expect, delightful singing and
instrumental music / have often listened with
pleasure in the streets to the members OF the
Deutscher Mannergesapg-verein practising their
choruses and songs, near open windows IN thelr
chambers in Rue St. Marc
Prince and Princess Hohenlohe and their young
people were last Christmas at the Minstres ball,
and this Christmas the Austrian ambassador is to
be their most bonored guest Comte Won Beust has
asked the personnel of his embassy and their wives
TO attend the revel Some friends of mine who were
invited by one Of the stewards told they could
bring their children aud the nursery maids-that is,
IL the latter wore clothing which would enable them
to pass off as governesses. At this ball there will be
o supper; but those partaking of it will be OK
pected to pay 5 francs piece.
DE KAULLA DISsECTED.
The suit of Nine Kaula against the fourteen
journalists was heard yesterday before the Court of
Correctional Police. Nine. Ia Baronne will gain, l
anticipate. q legal victory Judgment will not be
given before tho end of the week, and it will be
technically in her favor. But she will not DO white
washed by it. Lachaud, who is so successful in
getting off criminals. showed yesterday extraordi-
GARY ability in heaping up moral proofs OF
the charges brought against Mme Kaula. He
treated with scorn the efforts Of her counsel to make
her out an angel, because there was no technical
proof of what was clear sunlight in the south
namely that she was dangerous syrcD, Gree,
bad sort of adventures, whose life was passed in
highways and in hotels and who was in DOS
session of a large fortune which she was
unable 70 justly n Matte Baroness told before
tho committee Of inquiry. AS he did not appear
tie lawyer did v eS ss
6ve years ago. If he did, who was to blamei He
s saG S aeder tss title Of B Baroness ka
when bis eldest child was two years old and bis
second child was o baby. The latter infant. for
which will 60 with the poor boy to bis
lie has n fS Ss bobe1 ubo@ sse
and But alter tie
poor little deformed fellow she never once inquired
ssn 0G as
With General de Cissey. The certificate of respect
ability signed .TIspo" Wiz which she she came came
to Paris was therefore ana '0a1 bsaey
c Sn hs1 Ssha Wss of nc She
represented that she maintained herself by her needle
OF Iuiry that she exercised the trade of milliner,
there. NJ. Lachaud exposed the secret
which undcriaid her proofs. In theory
fortuneless and adventures gong to RUSSIA and
to be allowed to settle there, as Maltre Lachaud
shs was obliged to satisfy the Police
miiliners establishment. which in the end turned
ss as
Modste. Her large fortune, which was rap
idly amsssed. was not derived from the
rather thought she wore many charming bonnet
it had been urged by ~ Jolibeis that the Baroness
Lachaud regretted that she did When she was
choosing between pair of ancients she would have
dine better to prefer the wealthy one sa to that
Cissey. whom she had infatuated. What |
object had she in infatuatiDg himf No good one
certainly 0h h she va, very clever r syrep c ana
that issues Of national life and death depended upon
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