Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-12
OUR PARIS LETTER.



There is only one prnccly establish
mcnt in France which recalls the light of
other days, that of Chantilly, the proper
ty of the Due d'Aumalc, the second
youngest son of Louis Philippe. Ii was
the family seat of the MontmOrency and
the Condo, and its Importance may be
Judged from the circumstance that the
stables alone can accommodate three hun
drcd horses, and that occasionally the
great Condo came up to Paris to hunt
stays in the Champs ElysceS The Chat
eau of Chautilly has had its ups and
downs 1t became national property
pending the Revolution, and served many
purposes. 1t was So dilapdated in 1914,
when visited as in historical view by the
Emperor of Russia, that an umbrella had
to be held over his head, during his prom
enade through the galleries.
1t was in 1880 that the Duo de Bourbon,
the last of the Condo, committed suicide,
in the castle. He was never himself, since
Napoleon assassinated his son, the Due d
Enghen. The property descended to the
Due d Aumale, whose father, Louis Phil
ippe, urged him to refuse it, rs it was not
worth the succession duty. In the cec-
tine worked heaven and earth to obtain
d'Aumalc for her second daughter in
place of the Due de Montpensier, his juni-
or brother She failed. The Due tie
Montpensicr's daughter married her
cousin in the Comte de Paris, and their
son, the young duke of Orleans, prospect
i've King of France, if such be ever need
ed. will succeed his grand uncle, the Due
IL Aumale, in the possession of Chantilly,
The SONS of Louis PHILIPPE were poor
the rakes of the family We're Montpen-
sier and D'Aumale; their weekly pocket
money was soon exhausted and there was
not Il pawnbrokers shop in Paris but kept
their watches in safe custody, and also
their sisters, as they were ever borrow
ing hers to raise the wind, on the preteXt
that it required repairs.
BY his marriage with the Princess Sal
emo, the Due d. Aumale caught an heir
ess. She brought him the celebrated
vineyard of Tucco, and the chief sulphur
mines in Sicily. He was very attached
to her, and he never recovered from her
premature death. His unhappness was
augmented by the death of his two sons
To occupy his mind and practice resigna
ton, he devoted his wealth to rebuilding
Chantilly Castle, restoring the gardens
and parks to their pristine splendor, and
filling the galleries with the choicest
paintings rare books, sculpture, and curl
os 1t is II veritabe museum of art treas
ures.
1t is his custom to invite during the
season, by series, the celebrities of France
and any distinguished foreigners, to Chan
lilly. The Republican government watch
es these receptions with II jealous eye. He
has just inaugurated the hunting season
on the anniversary of st. Hubert's day
the Nimrod of the moderns, in honor o.
the Grand Due lbadmir of Russia ant
his Duchess, and Il select party. The cere
mony of blessing the pack by the chap
lain, was done privately, but the Crane
; DucheSse, in a scarlet costume, as quee,
of the hunt attached the rosette in tn,
= Orleanist colors, blue and gold, round tn,
neck of the oldest dog of the pack, ant
I then the hunt commenced a fine stag
was brought down after IL splendid run o
three hours. Its hoOf was presented OF
silver salver to the Grand DucheSse
amidst il grand blowing of the horns o
chase.
The guests are free to hunt, shoot
+ course, fish, ride drive, etc, rs they please
only all are expected to unite at dinner
An hour or SO before the latter, the hos
conducts his ipritcS through the picture
galleries and art salons, not forgetting hi
own sanctum. the one room where III
!, works and dimes all the year round tn,
chair he occupies being composed of tap
eStry, worked by his wife The EmpcrO
: Augustus lived similarly simple in hi
palace, and when he desired to be thor
oughly alone, he mounted to IL garnet
that being, as he styled it, his villa resi-
dence.' There is Il room in Chantill
worth II visit to see ; the Monkeys" Thi
r is Il collection of our preAdamite ances
+ tors, dressed in the costumes of the pcrio
Louis Nv. Each monkey is the repreSeu
. tative of Il learned profession, or the typ
| OF IL courtier, or Il notable.
The Fete DIES Morris was unusually som
@ bre this year. Mourning toilettes wer
: more than general. Never were attempt
u, 50 numerous to reconcile fashion, that i
j to say elegance, with severity There WA
t Il time in France, when elegant ladies sin
h ply wore black robe, with white spots q
Z stripes, and "A plain black shawl Will
= gentlemen patroniZed Il white cravat an
p, lasting shoes. The Pagans wore black fo
i mourning, because they believed soul
e went to the sOmbre empire. In Japan an
II and other regions of the East white is tn
c color of mourning, and black of joy AM
the court of France observed white fO
u
II the commencement of the sixteenth Gel
II tury. TWAS Anne de Bretagne who sui
:. stltuted black, in memory of her first hus
d band, Charles VII. But she wore II sas
/ of white silk over the dark toilette wit
e COrdCtiCrCS of Il similar color round b
d arms, III true lovers knots, that whic
e did not prevent her marrying her hus
e bands cousin, Louis Nil. before the clos
a of the year. \ Friday face and II l.ente
y look, are not always symbolcal OF griei
l. 1t was true sorrow that, of some follower
of Sesostrs, who desired to be walled II
n alive with their masters remains.
/ In Paris it is only when n Rothschil
T dies, that lsraelites rend their garment,
e | am not aware if they comply with tn
II injunction, not to repair such toilette fo
Y the space of thirty days. 1t was the Gu,
d tom with lthe Grecian ladies to scratc
i their faces till the blood flowed, to revea
Il their sorrow, but the Lycians regarde
;, mourning as ridiculous, and insisted o
$ men dressing rs women, if they desired I
= outwardly grieve. The Roman ladie
C wore white wells and put aside jewellery
y In France, II widow remains in mournin
ii for one Naul, and SiN NnnkS a wilp\Vnr f1