New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-22
MADAME ADAM AND HER HOME.
rrom The London World.

From The LOndon World
There is Pre- baby no harder-wOrked woman liv-
ing. From morning till long past midnight her day
is series of detailed duties, as vigorously gone
through as the stages of monks labor of penance
the review and by the aid Of three or four secre-
tares reads and answers letters, and makes notes
for her fOrtnghtly political summary; The alter
noon is given To private letters and interviews,
driving the reading of manuscript, and interviews
with contributors At night there Is the new play
or the Ministerial solrec. and at the stroke OF
twelve she harries home TO write till three Some
of her devices for the saving OF time are ingenious
As a Parisenne and leader Of fashion, she has TO
devote considerable attention to her toilette ana,
70 DO this with the minimum OF waste ID hl3uies
she has all her dresses fitted to dummy maze on
the exact model OF her shape. The dresses are
tried on the dummy while the original OF the hgure
is breakfastng and the needfu criticisms are made
during the progress of the meal.
Madame Adams residence IN Paris IS IN the same
house as the office Of her paper The bWtduI OF thc
review are on the grCuuG-hOOr II n suite oil very
taStctully furnished rooms and Nhe apartments
are abOye-sOme flights higher than perhaps NJ.
Sarcey, who is not the lcancst OF critics cares 10
count when he comes 10 receptions. They are
spacious, of course. but their capital detect Is that
thew ar, still not halt large enough for the number
of persons that the hostess has 10 receive. They
are furnished elegantly, but still with a sort #
simplicity suited to the occupants character and
hospitality. The thousand ,uperiuitles which give
SD much charm TO a dwelling have had to be re-
moved to make way for more visitors. The large
antechamoer is furnished with antique cabinets,
iardiuieres and with exotic paLts from Madame
Adams villa at Antilles. On the walls are hung
photographs ot Georges Sands house at NOhant.
and of the country surrounding II, one of which
bears the inscription, George sands h1ndWTt'ng'
" A ma Ju..otte. From the antechaH9er You enter
a GmJng-room, which Will seat sixty guests lhe
walls are covered with rare porcelain, ana tle Two
cabinets hold a collection which would delight Sir
Gladstone This room leads the way 10 the .ar-,
salon, The walls are hung WITH gray oiocaue ana
covered with good Old etchlnes and wood engraV-
.ug~ a. Rem brandt or tWO some Albert Durtr,; but
nothing new. At one end Is d bust oil q lady which
Lf..I
the charm of the original, especially the very
Jolly smile This j, the hostess; AMI the hostess
bear in uild. is not only mother, but grand
mothrT-uo wonder She finds q necessary TO con-
tiuuaily remind the world Of the fact. The bust OF
the thcA-mog stacAoC man on the 0thtf pt'estal il
a portrait OF her .colu husband, the EcpNbllcau
are worth noticing only because they lar" 2 token
OF gratitude rom country cure whose poor nave
been largely tel hT Madame ADAMS Dtuciac,ion-
The poor cuTa had some ire-iions which ha4 gar
ul,hcl his t.iWucy-rOCuU since tire time OF LOUIS
XVI, and he packed them up ana sent tlch 10
Madame Adam; 10 was LIS way OF giving Aer oil his
best Beyond the large drIwlngroom Is another
saIcn where the hostess receives her Ht'meS. This
is i'm tho Oriental style; the walls are hung with
Turkish Studs and with trophies OF arms, cic.
From the grand salon opens the holy or hclle>-the
cli'aetdc tr;r0J OF our Republican slbyl. room IN
quiet gray. hordered with red The bookcase con
t1ns No.talra, Dldcrot, Nuutal-ne and the On
Greek writers, with the original manuscript OF inc
authCrcsss own works bound ia parchment ana
making very bulky tones 10 Is her WAlm 10 pre-
serve the manuscript OF all her volumes. The scat
tered pages that make up the journal OF the siege of
Paris are peculiarly interesting On one side Of the
table a tlack-ua.ble column bears tie bu,t Of
Apollo Bnlyidcrc, the .dot az Ii a,es.e. There are
some good picture, the walls all OF them gifts OF
the artists; a Madeleine by HcHner. an oriental
scene by Guillemet. another work Ivy jean Paul
Laureus. and a little gem Of hUmOr-DetaIlles
answer 20 an invitation from Madame Adam 10
5ai -0stige H. could not TO- and he tod the reason
why in pictorial style by sending portrait OF HIM
self in the costume OF a gCcnadIcr, sitting near
stove with his feet in hot water, and his head
hound M