New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-20
A ROYAL FAMILY.
A sCHEMING COUNTEss-AUMALES FRIENDS
JOAN OF ARC.

DV the pressure put UPON tno SapiSV """ "oo''S
two-thirds OF the Chamber by Provincial RepubIi-
cans and Republican functionaries who cry out
against the inertia and heedessness OF the men In
Office, who are idle, although powerful organiza-
ton is being formed before their eyes, and Royal
| lists not only taking courage everywhere but BE-
coming menacing. This organization embraces
| nearly the whole Of the secular clergy. who are
under the thumb Of their bishops and of theVatioan
| In the bureaus of the administration the clerks
and other officials who stand out against the party
OF the Princes daily threatened with the future
dspleasure of the Come de Paris when he restores
| the throne. Those matrimonial alliances when
| the Comte has formed between his family and the
| reigning families Of Denmark and Portugal, and
the attentions of which he has been the object on
the part of the Court of st. Petersburg have been
cause of eation wherever there is an ardent Reac-
| ZIONIST who sets his sails IN the direction
of Orleanism. Agricultural societies have been
| founded in every agricultural district. They are
| in reality for the purposes of bringing round the
peasants to the Princes and getting them to vote
against Republican candidates. Wherever the
| Comte delParIs gets money he subsidies hand
| someIy his agents and follows the BOnapartist
| example in dlffusng political almaDacs and photo
graphic portraits. 1t is suspected that he draws his
| supplies from three sources, namely. from the
| Duchess dc Gaera, who is an archmllli0nalre ana
the eccentric mother OF Sllll IDOIe ccccntIc sui,
| from the Rothschlds who are afraid of their rail-
way interests receiving heavy blow If Democracy
| continues to make Roadway; and from the Due
d. Aumale, who is rich beyond the dreams of
avarce and ambitious both for himself and his
family The Come de Paris has been placed under
close espionage for about eighteen months and Is
reported to have shown great method and WIRE
pulling talent since the Comte de Chambord's
| death. He in relations with most OF the
| lukewarm Republicans who occupy prominent po-
sitions in the press finances and the Chambers, ana
il is reported at the Ministry of the Interior that he
was actively engaged in working" the army when
General Boulanger placed at the head OF the
War Office
The Comtesse de Paris Is credited with being
| to her husband what steam is to the locomotive.
! He would be inert without her. She IS woman OF
masculine habits, although devoid of much intel
lectual capacity. Notwithstanding her mannsh
ways, she has been q mother eight times
and has six living children. Having been brought
ND in Spain in the midst of the iDtrgues her father
the Due de MOntpenser fomented against Isabella
when she was Queen she is ready for anything III
the way of a political plot, and has partlality Tor
the pronuncamentO. Her tastes are equestrian
and sylvan. She is fond Of hunting, shoot
ing. and could drive four-ln-hand
| as cleyerly as any member of the coaching cIup.
Early to bed and early to rise Is her way her nose
is strong and hooked and dips at the end. The
graces and she are utter strangers Her voice Is
strong and the habit of speaking to deaf relations
has robbed it of all music-uness when she sings.
II Is then a fine mezzo soprano. She is masterfuI
| in the direction of her household and shows the
! family passion for saving money. The marriage
| OF her brother Antonio to the lnfanta
Eulaa has been cause of disappointment
&c her. He had wretched health until lie was
quite grown up. Had he died unmarried or with
ont issue before his father she would have been the
| sole heress of the Due de MOntpensler who Is sald
to be the richest Prince of Royal lineage III Europe
Even Messrs Grevv and De Freyclnet think the
Comtesse de Paris should be sent INTO exile along
with her husband. They are also ready 10 eXpel
the Duke and Duchess lie Charities.
But they draw the line at the Due d'Aumale. who
is protected Mile Leonide Leblanc. his Friday
of some talent het h,E o'e Nn tbe stage She
made the acquaintance of the Duo IN 1865 when
she was playing the part or H%s' than v@aS
ago in PLAYING at the Odeon the part of La Dnc'tse
de Guise in n drama by the elder Dumas. she wore s
the diamonds of the late Duchesse dAumale she
lives IN the Rue Pruny, and has one OF the hlest
Libraries of all stage celebrities in France. Her es-
adjustment is kept up III style oil serious ele-
gance. She gives many political dinners which
gentlemen only attend | believe she means
to be Duchesse dAumale in the eyes OF
keep keel III I her iliustrious admirer in France.
H. Grevy argues IN trying to save the Dnc
dAumaIe that he is old gpnIy ana t Ell te ne
nor to remain quiet his two nephews and
neccs expelled. NJ. Greyy was on rather pleasant
terms with HIM when he member of the
National Assembly at Versailles and he has since
been his sponsor when ne was being admitted INTO
the Order of the Golden Fleece.
am afraid that Joan of Arc was much more the
couuette than Michelet represented her. Shake
may
than the French historian. Voltaire took
the first part "es froubat aer Fe'pGf aie
researches IN provincial and other archives, proves
her 10 have been an Electromagnetic and as much
addicted to inery as any New-lork belle. lie gives
chapi or and verse to prove that she loved snowy
rament and did wait for the King to give her Il
brevet of nobility to wear garments aud stuIs
| which IN her time counts and countesses were
alone entitled to don. Her household included II
major domo. a grand almoner and several chap
lains. secretaries pages and Wallets de chamDre.
The expense she ncurred IN buying rich vestnres,
COSTLY damascened arms aud mettlesOme horses
was beyond what wealthy courtIerS
of her time would have gone to.
Of whom did she want to make conquest There
is nothing IN the old, musty papers which VI.
Troubat has been searching to show; But one may
assume with him that she wanted to subJugate
Q somc person persons besides the English by the
beauty OF her accoutrements. At Vancouleurs she
life masculine attire, the mission which she re-
ceived from high being so dicrly one But the
most fastidous belle never showed herself more
S haI,men IS ' han '"O Joan of " Arc did
in that of her mans clothing Her armor
was of great beauty and Inlad III a
. curious Saracenic manner with gold. When she
land il aside she dressed the richest stulfs of silk
brocade which III winter were lined with fur. One
of her suits was OF cloth of gold embro dered with
t cunning needlework. She was fond OF Jeweiry; and
had chapiet of curious WORKMANSHIP Mchelei
# | draws a conclusion unfavorabe To the honor aud
= morality of her English guards from her great
anxiety prison to be suffered 10 wear her military
attire ard not to be obliged to dress
a like a woman. He sentmentallzes i'll treating
l. of this request which he assumes was prompted
| by n yrtuons feeling. 1t occurs TO reading
. | NJ Iroubats account of her wardrobe that Joan
: ! knew how costly her military nabIluienrs were
. | and that she did not want Ia exchange mem FOL
the co. e homcspun stuits which lower order dam
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