Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-25
COUNTRY LIFE IN FRANCE.
FaNOritc Resorts Of the Gaul-The Roths-
child's Country Places-Tho nmti, :
Ssnsnu

hN "thp nSNoplf llhp hllO
season, writes correspondent of tn
London NeCS, gets later and late
every year, and the race for the grant
prix no longer marks the end of it
You were at least supposed to DO ou
OF town after that. The "suprem,
elegants" go very far away, and Isch
is one of their favorite resorts. Tht
next best thing to French court
since they can not have that, is al
Austrian court, and at IscLl there i.
very often an empress, and archduch
esses abound. The company is ex
tremely select. and the life is simple
in an extremely lofty sense; there are
little teas and little dances, but all Of
the Olympian sort. Carlsbad and
Maricnbad, again, attract many. The
French waters have lost something oi
their SAVIOR for French fashion since
the fall of the empire, but this state.
mcnt must be taken with large excep.
tions, particularly with regard to
Vichy and AK les Bains; while Plom-
bicres. LuXcuil, and Evian-where
there is this year to be a magnificent
fetc, under the most fashionable aus
| plccs, for the benefit of n charity
have still their dcvotees. For the sea-
side Deauville, Trouville, and Dieppe
are possible; but better far than these
rs a restorative Of the exclusive kind is
the open sea in yacht. Some
Frenchmen take their yachting very
seriously; NJ. Henri Say has spent
more than 100000 francs on toy
of this kind. The very cordage is as
dear as it can be made consistently
with efficiency, and the tiny craft is
furnished like a palace in some parts
like a palace of the east; one little
silken salon is all in Chinese bric-a-
brac. Baroness de Rothschild and
Prince Brancovan, the great Rouman-
ian diplomatist, now in opulent settle
ment in Paris, keep yachts on the lake
Of Geneva; and Mr.. James Gordon
Benefits Namouna, when not at sea,
is generally moorcd in the Seine.
Then there is the life of the country
houses, and here, again, it is very easy
to undcrvalue the resources of France.
Go to McdOc, for instance, for the
grape harvest if you have a friend who
owns one of the famous vineyards,
and you will see something unique in
the life Of the villages and in the life
of the chatcauX. These vineyards are
generally the property of great bank
ers or of qranlS SeignCNrS, who live in
the most luxurious style, give rcccp-
tions, fetes, and hunting parties, and
impart a vigorous movement to social
pleasures. The whole Bordclais
during the vintage is as ami.
mated as Dcauvillc during the
races. The chatcaux are pcoplcd with
guests of distinctions; there is good
zeal of visiting, with hunting and
sport of every kind, and magnificent
equipages roll along the roads. The
Chateau d'Yquem belongs to the old
family of Lur-Saluces; the Roths-
childs-AlphOnse, Gusiavc, and Ed
mord--own Chateau Laflittc. Before
the revolution this belonged to NJ. de
Pichard, president of the parliament
of Guiennc, who was guillotincd by
way of accomplishing the transfer of
his property TO the nation. AM. Van
lerbcrghcs bought it for 100000
francs, and in 1868 it was sold at the
bar of the tribunal Of Paris to Baron
James de ROthschild, whose heirs are
in possession to-day. The owner of
Chateau MargauN is NJ. Pillct-Wnl,
who keeps up the hospitabc traditions
OF the previous proprietor. The
Rothschilds again own lie Mouton,
the Errazus, the Cos d'Estourncl; the
Marquis de Las Casas and Chateau
Leovilln, Baron Haussmann the Cestas,
and NJ. ChaiX-d' 'Est-Ange the Chateau
Lascombes.
In the autumn many 20 to Fontaine-
bleau for the hunting, and the forest,
if not the chateau, has recovered some
thing of the courtly brilliancy of its
old life. NJ, Michel Ephrussi hunts
the stag, and the Vicomte Grcffulhe
the boar, and each has charming
country house there-thc vicomto at
La Rivierc, near Thomery; NJ. Eph-
russi the place that once lodged Nine.
de Pompadour, a gem of the epoch of
Louis XIV. All the little forest settle
ments are alive with good company.
The Princess dc Beauveau and the
Comtesse Horace de Choiscul live at
Sainte-AsSisc, Nine. Sommier is at
VauX-Praslin, the Vicomtesse de Ker-
Iegu at Couranae, and the Duchess de
Bellune ct Fontaincbleau itself. This
is usually the last station before the re-
turn to Paris for the winter season.
In November-gcnerally on St. HUI
bert's day, the 3d-therc is grand
hunting ceremony at Chantilly-the
bcncdiction of the hounds The Or
leans princes are now in full possession
OF this superb family domain, and they
do the honors with becoming state.
Before the war that put an end to their
long exile, the Due d'Aumale let the
shooting to a select society of friends
the Due dc Ia Trcmoille, the Due dc
Bisaccia, the Marquis du Lau, and
others. The lease had still some years
to run when the fall of the empire
brought the owner back to France, and
his friends very readily consented to
his request to have the bargain an
nulled. To requite their courtesy he
gave them all a standing invitation to
Chantilly for the hunting season. The
benedictiOn of the hounds is a revival
OF an old ancestral custom, and part
of that work of restoration which has
been going on ever since the dukes le-
turn, and which has made Chantilly
one of the finest places in the world.
The huntsmen are all in grand livery,
and, during the service, the pioueur,
whip in hand, keeps the pack as still
as death at the door of the chapel. At
the moment of the elevation of the
host the men give flourish on the
horn, and the hounds are expected to
accompany them with their loudest
bark. On the first occasion, unfortu-
nately, the pack, being of English or
igin, and not used to French ways,
an insular silence, and the
grand effect came somewhat halting
of. Zone does not breathe the fog of
the Thames for nothing" remarked
disconsolate bystander. After the
benediction the oldest dog in the pack
is decorated with tho dukes colors,
and the whole congregation set out for
the cover side-to more music on the
French horn. There is a grand ball
n the evening at the chateau, and
ouree by torchlight with huntsmen and
hounds.
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