New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-19
4 FRENCH BOON or SHOES.
From The London Daily Aers.

From The London Daily Ne,rS.
French society is every bit as bad as English n
its weakness for lord. The Ouly difference Is that
while British snODbism wOrships at distance,
French, With the national passion for equality,
AIMS at levemg itself up TO the thing adored. he
FrenChman often takes a title TO himself, 4, ne
taxes ribbon. because he cannot bear TO be VILE
out such common thing. Nlrcounts IN the aver
age salon lie thick as leaves IN the tdI. 30 the
salons never had q Tuder shock than when IN " an
Gent herald" signing himself " loison dOT, an
noGnced in The lOttdire that he was ont on leave
from his sepuChre TO study tie heraluIc compost
ton of the French society of to-day, His preface
was alarming. To Judge by appearances lie sad;
one might think that the Revolution had destroyed
nothing aud. the contrary That its chef bust
ness had been TO make our aristOcracy increase and
multiply. He undertook to show that the canker
OF false pTetenee titles had spread through all
classes. and that in spite of line sounding names,
hardly in twenty OF the diplomatic agents or
the Republic belonged 10 an old French house.
Every French diplOmatlst seemed TO think that lie
must have title to keep hun In counienauce
among his brother ENJOYS at foreign Courts. Ihis
perhaps would he the sole excuse for NJ. dc Taie-
nav, Minister enlputentlary at Lima, Tor wIitug
his name VI. 10 Marquis de Tallenay. he truth IS
Marquis merely his surname and laHenhi l. the
Mace 70 which he belongs. He Is plain NJ. Marquis,
~ T9lIenaH Lut in no other sens. tile Marquis of
that place. Since then, and 1t IL some months ago,
folsom dOI" has been writing without pity amd
without stint. He has every qualification Tor his
task-huuOI ana point, and, above all, hnowiedge
of the subject. III the France OF our day.
Hence the growth OF despalrlng resignation on the
part OF his victims, who walk ahont ~ though
looking Tor corner into which they may drop
their borrowed piumcs OF nObIliaTy distinction on
the slv In second letter to the French Ministers
abroad he asked whether Baron de CoUrc6l the
French representative at Berlin, would lose any
thing in real distinction by presentlns himself at
that Court IA plain N. bodron. The process by
which he has Lecome Baron de Courcel, thrush
complex, is easily traced His father obtained the
right TO add CouIcel 10 his name OF Chodron and
10 write himself ". ChOdrOn-C Ourcel Then. IN
process OF time. the ChodrOn wore away from this
appellatiOn the COurcel only remained. II tour-
c,iles. why NOT De Cuurcelles after one of the old
flraun f IplTP a Z lle
name was actually written IN this way. At length
II lost the final syllable, but took the Baron rs
d9wmdges-Wte'dS ne smaller Try OF ulp-onAcy
share in this CastlgatlOn with the great ones
olson do" las no sooner released Munster
from his powerful grasp tLan he piucks up a ltile
aitarhf 20 hold him Zip TO the derslOh 0f all the
world. Take ". de SalnT-Gcuys. at st. Peters
burg who assumes the TUE OF Viscount. BY what
right In virtue o. what decree On what order
OF what letters patent OF what customs OF
what laws l know Of nOre al all
When there is nothing more left to destroy in
Paris tits most terribieoi all icon0clastS TAKES
turn Tor rcireshment at tie spas, where Is mere
holiday recreation with him To anayLe tn9 mixed
company AT the hotels and tables. W no Is the
C0mtesse dc Barbotan ~ he asks. Where Is that
bizarre county to be found Where does the
COmtesSe &c Crlstn derive her ilusirOus title, and
Baron DO Nalr and COmie de Barote, and Comte
de Ionay. and Contesse de Darrieu. aud Baron 10
DuqueSne ana the Comte AID Comtesso dc Roquet
who lie they ?" Foreigners at these places are
just bad az the French. or worse Madame la
COmtesse CracZwska might pass. but why does she
call herself Comtesse do CTacZewska The mark
of nobility in Siayonlc names Is IN the termination
and prefix DC finds It's equivalent IN Their last
syllable "Can you imagine a real Polish noble
such as ZaInOyskl calling himself De ZamOyski2 1t
would be just stupid NJ de dc La Iremoullle
in French" 1t Is more than hall the iauit OF
journals we are assured /" They must write some
thing and often they do Eot know what they are
writing about. They have their columns OF fashion
able announcements, and all is fish that comes TO
that net. They have just told me, for instance
that VI. A. de Qullacq has arrived at |alenclenDes.
He has doEe well for Ire has machine factory in
that town and he must look after his business, but
he is plain III. Quiacq there for all the world. The
masterpiece of the sublime in this style, however. is
III the transformation of the Sol of the Countess OF
Caithness into bis EXceileney lie Due de Pomar."
Before Ioison dor" had been writing very long in
this style there came the usual signs Of public dis
comfort his table covered with letters. sumo
abusing him Others containing requests on the part
Ofworthy people that he would iabrcate honest
parchments" for them for any sum ne liked To
name u could set up quite good business IN
human vanity" But he declines all Offers and
pursues the even tenor of his way. Why notf The
game IS 50 plentiful that he has but TO follow the
hiet road.to have it cross his path.