Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-06

decorations and nick -naCkS. Good taste and
simplicity are the predominant features of
these salons The architect, too, WAS happily
inspired when lfe connected the three roouls
by a long marrow corridor. running parallel
with the Str,-,t and with the parlor> between
il and the street From earh room a door
opens into this corridor ~ that there Is
always back way" of getting from one
parlor TO the other. not an unimportant con
sideratiou when the drawing ruouss are
crowded To Sufocauon, ~ l. sometimes the
case.
But it is the guests who give the charm TO
Nine. Adams home. NJ. lie Less''ps, now
beginning 10 stoop under the weight Of years
and business Alexander Dumas, whose hair
and complexion still afford traces of his
negro origin; Gounoi. with his flowing white
beard Daud.t with his brl>hy black hair, re
mindinc one Of the head of the Furit~; Bar
tholdi, with his almost Indian features; tall
Paul D-'routde, the patriotic poet and little
de Born-r the dramatic poet Louis tlhach,
the novelist; the scholarly Mezieres, OF the
Academy. SDrbnnne and Chambsr at one
ami the same time NJ Goblet, now minister
Of public instruction, Gen. Turr, the Hun
garian revolutioniSt-Sur are a few names
taken at random from n long hist of distin
guished persons in every department Of
human activity who pay their respects b"
Mime Adam when She gives one Of her
solr,i,-S.
But it Was during that memorable polti
cal crisis which eStended from May IL to
Dec l6. lS7, that Mime. Adams salon he
came ar important center Of action. Mar
shal Ma Mahnn ss president and the Duke de
Brnglie prime minister seemed bent on
destroying the ,nung Thrill Republic. But
their mnnarrhicsl Vaccinations were Coun-
tercheCk.t by Thicrs. Gambetta, Grevy,
Girariin and the other Republican leaders,
who met almost daily in the drawing room
of Nine Adam and who there encouraged
each other in their determined resistance,
and formed plans for the future and since
that time if the influence nf Nine. Adams
salon has declined. il Is mainly due TO the
fact that the political situation does not pre-
sent the dangers of a few wears ago, for the
republic hao now entered upon the rather
hUiniilm existence oi an e>'h'Hi>HN' SuHelu
ment-
But Mime Adam Is not simply repuhli-
can She i, also what is called here iibrrd!
republican which means that she is opposed.
among other things. tn the excessive central
izei form nf administration which has tsen
the currsa ot France slnr" the days Of Rlche
lieu She wishes 10 Cnntide more power tc
the Cummune~ " townships and Ia the coun
cils general ot IN" departments, thus giving
an American complexion to French institu
tions. Nine Adam is consequently strong
friend of thcI nitsi States and has often told
me that she expects some day TO pay you q
visit But not vet she once said To me
my place is now in France. The republic i
not Yet out of danger. and Germany still bold
Alsace Lorraine
Besides being a writer, politician. editor
and society leader and. | may add, a gooC
mother. too-Mme Adam is an able business
woman She poSseSs-s a large fortune, which
she manages with skill and profit But Nine
Adam never allows her political views to b
biased by her financial interests, and sh,
knows how TO accept loss with a philosophy
seldom shown by male bulls or bears
was calling on her one afternoon and she Wa
giving me her opinions concerning Egyptian
affairs, attacking the English policy ano
praislng the unfortunate Arab when sh
WAS suddenly summoned into an adjoinin.
room Returning IN few moments she sal.
very cuoHa Well a messenger from m,
banker has just informed me that have los
81. l.,,, a
You see that | keep my purse and my polite
I vile apart; for il is Arab who has robbt-
me of the money, which Gladstone woul,
tain have left 10 the.
THEODORE STANTON.
SOME NEW LIGHT ON THE LIFE
OF ADELAIDE NELSON.