New-York tribune., 1886-03-28
ENTERTAINING A PRINCE.
ROYAL FARE OF A CERTAIN KIND AT BARON
ROTUSCHIID'S

ROTHSCHILDS.
! tFRcM TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNTA
PARIS March IL.
The Prince of Wales has been enjoying himself
| at Cannes-lf at his time of life and with his de-
gree Of stOutness, being in whlr of festvty got
| up by vapid Iders can be called enjoyment He
arrived here yesterday morning and mnchcd IN
the afternoon with Baron and Baroness AGOlphe
| ROthschild, who live in the Rue lc Monccau, near
| the park of the same name, and belong to
the NcapOtan branch of the great financial
family About ten wears 60 Baron Adophe with
drew from business a capital of Rl6,000000
He is great book-fancier aud his wife has pas
sion for brlc-a-brac. Their house is stored with
antique furniture and they have a spacious saloon
cOnSccrated to furniture which belonged 20 Nine.
! de MOntespan. The tables and cabinets are in Buhl
workmanship executed by the artistic artisan who
created the style. At the end OF this drawing room
stage prepared for Mile. Milly Myers,
! singer of the IhGo genre who warblcs at the
NOuvcautcs Theatre. and for Nile. RGjauc, of the
! vaudeville, who Is both sparkling actress and
singer of hight chdnsoRs. The party made of the
! Duchcsse de Grammont (nfe ROthschd, Of Frank
fort, her sister the Princess Alexander dc Wagram,
! NJ. and Madame EphruSsi la6e Rothschild, Of the
| Alphonsc branch Baron and Baroness GustaVe
| Rothschild, the COmtesse Aimery dc In ROchefau-
cauld, the COmte and COmtcsse dAvary NJ. and
fuhlc, the Comte and Comtesse d'Aisaco, the Mar
quis and the MarQuisc HervG de st. Denis tof skat-
ing rcnowm. the Marquis de Lau, who claims to be
descended from Jock Law, of Laurston. the au.
thor of the Mississippi Bubble ." the Marquis
lmpCrali, COmtc de Turcnne, the Hon. Mr.. Herbert,
of the British Embassy brother OF Lady LOnsdale
| and Colonel Clark IN attendance on tho Prince of
Wales
THIS entertainment was rather hurricdly got mp,
the Prince having originally settled to come
to Paris from the south on the 10th, and lunch
at the Rue de Monceau on the 18th. But he
suddendy recalled to Engand-why, nobody
knows.
All the floral decorations were orchids The diff
ferent branches of the Rothschd family sent the
wealth of their orchid houses to brighten mp splen-
d:d,y the rcception-rooms of their kinsman. The
Prince sat at table between the hostess and the
Comtcsse Aimcry dc Ia ROchefaucauld. To give her
precedence. 1t was arranged that the Princess de
Wagram and the Duchcsse de GrammOnt should
drop in to lunch when all the others were
at table. According 10 old court rules
Duchess has the precedence of all other grades OF
titled ladies not belonging to the royal family
and the grandmother of Prince de Wagram was
daughter Of a King of Bavaria. while his mother
was Murat of the rOyalizcd house of Naples and
the unparalleled house of France through Caro-
gray brocade. semi-lOw at the neck and wore her
famous pearls. The Comtcsse Aimery delicate
blonde priding herself on her likeness to Marie An
tolnette, was in garnet velvet made in the Marie
Antoinette style with deep fall of old lace the
India muslin kerchief that half hid her shoulders
aud bust Her cOitfdre was composed Of lightly
powdered hair and broad brimmcd hat worn on
the side of the head and trimmed with flowers
The Narquise IIcryG st. Denis was in bright blue
and black. She Is Il far Austrian Jewess and the
wife of a venerable professor of Oriental languages
Somehow she has managed 10 cut great dash IN
"le high life although she has to pay for tho
luxury in which she lives by the sale of pictures
which she paints The curious thing is that they
not quoted at any picture dealers, and am not
aware that any of them have ever found their way
into the Salon What is too extraordinary IS how
ehc finds a moments time to pant, there being no
fashionable fete at which she is not prominent
figure. Whenever the Madrid Pond in the Bols de
BOulogne, belonging TO the Skating Club IS frozen
over she IL, morning, and night, upon II.
There are people who think her pretty. The fair
face is distinctly JEWISH the mouth is sensual and
the eyes remarkable for an expression OF mer-
camille sharpness. COmte d'Avary who has lately
hurried claims descent from the CarlOyingian
house of France which was ousted by the Capets.
His wife IS quite young and rather pretty. Vi
comtesse de Greffuhle n(e dArenburg, in
soft white br0cade trimmed with sable
Her husband belongs to cent-pcr-cent
family of very recent date-which does not pre-
vent him being thought good enough to associate
with the Prince of Wales. | am not aware that he
has a single personal quality to distinguish him
from the crowd, and he has vulgar appearance.
But the usurIous ways of his grandfa her aud great
uncle created the great fortune which he partially
fT f T u S 4 the + aee of ae and asP is % r
dictionary in politics as Il fine gentleman ought |
to be. Madame Ephrussi Bettina Roths- |
child obtained a hrst-claSs teachers dl- |
pioma at Hotel de Vile examination.
She is not yet quite nineteen. Her husband Is an |
Odessa jew, and one of the three gilded youths
who. in 1S72, when Chicrs was at Irouvllle, at |
tempted to get up Bonapartlst manifestation OF |
noisy kind. and got arrested. Baroness Gustaye |
Rothschild Is an Alsatian Jewess 1t was she who
refused to sit at the table with the late Comtc
dArnim when he was German Ambassador here.
Her maiden name was Anspach; and her her uncle was
Herbert is a young Engllshman, quite qnpreten-
neat, straight features, which would be
classical il they had been formed in more yIgOr-
Gus mould. 80
After decuner the host and hostess showed their
art treasures to their illustrious guest. lie I'M
mcnsey admired an enamel He'd snuf-6ox OF LOUIS
Quatorze set round with diamonds and full
length portrait of Madame de POmpadour by
Boucher who surrounded her with embems of all
the arts aud sciences which she set up to patronze
The entertainment was brought to a a,cI close Py
sang and recited The author was the Marquis de
Masya. who wrote it at the pressing solIctlon of
RGianc. He is an agreeable light writer, of q
Boulcvardier style. His comedies are in
great request at the Francais, on Tues
day evenings, and used to be at COmpeigne
when Napoleon III. and the Empress Eusenie held
their court there. The s0yHete ended with a
chansoa in honor of the Prince 1t was set to air
which in her time Deazet made famOu, and was
sung by RGiane, who was dressed her fashion, in
b!aci, aud orange. Mly Myers's songs were SO
BouleyardIer that the ladies used their fans 'ood
deal when they were being sung
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CATCHING HUSKRATS IN CENTRAL PARK.