Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-14
NINE. ADAM RETIREs.
A Notorious Partisan Woman and
Her Ambition in Politics.
From the NslD York World.

From the NelD York World.
PARIS, Sept. 10.-The announcement
that Nine. Adam (perhaps better known
by her pen name of Juliette Lambert) is
about TO retire from the editOrship of the
Nouvelle Revue viii scarcely cause much
surprise 10 those who have followed the
course of events at Paris. In common
parlance Nine. Adam is played out. Her
political salon is thing OF the past, and
is Stunned by all excepting ignorant
diplomatic attaches, newly arrived pro-
vincias and the outside edge of
the Partisan press. The widow Of
Republican Senator who had made
his money in the disreputable speoula-
tions connected with the Inflated Mexican
expedition, she made her first attempts TO
initiate the political salons OF foreign
times, in the days following the recapture
OF Paris after the termination OF the Com
mune. Having become acquainted with
the popular Tribune, G3mbetta, many
prominent personages were induced to
attend her receptions with the sole object
OF meeting the great man there, and tOle-
rated her inconceivable vulgarity and
ridiculous pTetensiOns solely on his
account. 1t was during this time that
she furnished portion OF the funds
which enabled Henri de ROchefort and
his fellow, c0DV1cts to ESCAPE from NOu-
mea. When Gambetta became the Presl-
dent Of the Budget Committee, and IN fact
the occult yet supreme power In Franc
NINE. Adam gave to be understood that
she was the Egeria Of the great man,
whose favor could only be reached through
ner. For time she appeared omnipotent,
ana her salons were crowded with gov
eminent officials who desired advance
ment, with officers who wanted decoTa-
tons and with brokers requiring govern
ment contracts and hints for the Bourse.
AT length Gambetta's eyes were opened
to the disgraceful manner in which she
made use OF bis friendship, and he de-
clIned to have anything more to do with
her whatsoever. l remember on one Oc-
casion when L informed him that had
been invited to her rece ptions, he warned
me in the strongest matter possible
against having anything to do with her.
W lth the desertion of GamOetta came
also the desertion Of her salons by al the
important personages W no had frequented
them hitherto. She attempted to recover
some OF her Importance by the publica-
ton of volume of most Indifferent
poems. which were ridicUled tor their
pretentiOusness and denounced for their
indecency. Posturing everywhere as the
leader and prophecies of the war party,
she Travelled in great state to st. Peters
burg IN order to arrange about the terms
Of an alliance between Russia and France
against Germany. The Czarine, how
ever, disdainrully refused to receive her,
and the Foreign Office authorities would
not even allow her name TO be mentioned.
Thoroughly disguised, she wendell her
way hOmewards via Vienna, where
she was treated In SINH
lar manner, both by the Imperial
family ana by the government. This be-
naviOr, of course, she attributed TO fear
on the part of the two courts IN question
of dispensing Bismarck. Occasionally
some witty articles have been published
in her review, but they have been VIZ item
chiefly by foreigners who were not so well
acquainted with her Barnumlsm as the
Parisians. She is now an old woman;
moreover, she IS obese, loud looking, I'M
poVerished and not venerable. Ladies,
when they unite old age with yulgarity
and a slender purse, are somewhat at a
discount at Paris, and Nine. Adam is
only another instance of the mutaDility of
people and things in this world.