New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
A GAY WEEK IN PARIS.
COUNT ZICHY-SERVANTS' AND SHOPGIRLS'
BALLS-THE HOHENZOLLERNS.

March y.
The fatiguing periodic one Obliged to be III its
midst-OI artistic sights and sounds and social dis
slpa ion is pow at its height Sarah Bernhardt as
! Opheia is still ecipsing Hamlet at the Porte st.
| Martin. Comte Gisa Zichy gives charity concerts
| at which he plays the most difficult pianoforte
music Of ThabeTg, Li,Zt and Chopin with his
single hand and that the left one. Madame Flo
! quet goes on giving dances at the Petit Bourbon
! There Is to be entertainment next week at
| the Foreign Office in honor of the japanese
| imperial Prince Fuschim. who has Just arrived
| from Berlin whittier he went 10 study the military
| resources of Germany and whence he has come here
Tor a similar purpose. There are to be charity
f6es of all kinds which practising Catholics can
! attend in Leut with good conscience and cthers
got up TO ensure the patronage of rich frsethink-
ers. On the whole Paris manages to get on with
| out the wealthy and noble families of the Fau-
bourg St German, who prefer to spend the winter
! and spring at Cannes, where they have plenty of
Imperial, Royal and SeTenelv Transparent idols in
| the shape Of Orleans aid Italian Bourbons, the
| Grand Duchess WaladImr, the Grand Dukes and
| Ducnesses of Meckeuburg StrutItz and Scherwin-
| the last a Russian Princess-PrinCe and Princess
Hohenzo ern- Sgmarangen, and the Hereditary
Prince of Baden and his young wife, who was one
of the greatest heresses i'll Europe when Princess
| Hida of Nassau.
| Count Gisa Zicby is Hungarian and a cousin of
the Metternicbs. He lost his right hand at the age
| of fourteen, Before this misfortune overlook hIm
| he was passionatcly fond Of the violin and had
| made up his mind to devote himself to that nstru-
ment when he left school But with one hand only
| no amount of will or skill cOuld enable him to be a
| vOllnist. However. he thought he saw his way to
becoming great pianist and TO making his thumb,
which is long and flexible and therefore easy TO
double under thr fingers, serve left hand, while
the fingers served n right. Were TO say to what
| extent he wakes up the key-boards or to what
| dere, of brllIiancy he has attained You would
| tax me with exaggcratIOn / never heard any
PLAYER not even Saint SaenS who has his rira0Si'e.
| and in rendering delicate shades nc oGtstlips
Rubinstein. Indeed he puts "A soul INTO the piano
and seems wake it mp TO life ard feeling At the
concert which he gave at the Sale Albert lie Grand
he was assisted by that incomparlb basso, Jean
de Rez<e. whose rolling notes had great sorority in
the vaultcd nave; the pretty and sparkling
| Madame Theo, whose voice is IN rs great favor
ever-because of her manners ard appearance, for
she often sings false; Mile. L. DupuIs, aud the
| Spanish mandOline PLAYERS.
THIS beng republican city, should not omit
from my record of the weeks giverieS the bail of
Les gems de Mason' as the servants of the rich
and noble call them 3clyes | went, hoping TO
see restraints east OF and t. be refreshed by thc
playfulness Of mice who feel they are ont of the
eats reach. Well decorun Of a cold, stiff kind
reigned. In the servants hall "les gems de Ma
son" are generally the nsev5S. At Jal they are
| gcatecl, and when they dance seem not to ENJOY
themselves a hit more than people of fashion The
men take n, titles or their masters aud the women
of their mstre,ses- that Is 10 say, when they are
not cooks. Nothing can be more distinguished
than the tone of an elderly French valet
or matre IL hotel who has served IN
great houses Consciously uEcOnsclou'ly he
has initiated the best mo le| of style. Where one
sees he is not a master but me ma Is in the keen
glance Of the eye whlth has been trained to gauge
rapidly the CLAIMS of visitors to defercntia treat
ment. An old valet witln the range Of his OBJ
servations sees things just n they are. or what
wealthy nOblcman can one say as mnch some Of
the fem nes de chambre were beautifully dres ed
but their toilets wcr. more remarkable for artistic
| amangm mt and freshness than for rich IesS. The
| Duke de Bisacca's pIqucur or Outrider was NJ.
| e Dnc, and his statclIneSS might have
! anahGed HIM TO act the part of a constitutional
! King elected merely 10 reign IN not to govern.
be evc he pGescd INTO ms present masters service
| from the household OF the late Prince de LiGne,
| Sneaker Of the BE gian Senate, Whatever his
! parentage may have been. he was the image of the
! late King OF the Bclgians, and about his helght;
He had cXactlv the sam' long, straight, pointed
nose a pointed chin. which. though IN ltSei strong
nI NOT express power OF any sort except power of
! cCuccit anl the close lips, II dtcned and extended
ma oy .css and selt-co nplacent Su.rk. What made
! the resemblance more striking was the oid-iash-
ioncd depth ot his stl Il crayat and the h@h collars
! Of his shirt. lie had come To the ball WIN
! his sn-in-law and daughter they Keep pro-
| yncial inn and the husband is tne Mavor Of his
! Commune heard tne dgnliled parsonage IA K
| potics with the cCachnIn ol Mile. Dosne. lie dId
| not think the Republic would DO because u set no
value either upon manners on religion. without
| manorrs" he Sild. " human beings could not i've
| lanD H. ovyIh al
and make the Others hold their elbows close to their
| own instead of knocking them lnt) each other
RIBS" As 10 religion, the ladies liked II and he
vas for everything that gave item pleasure Inc
coacllmln who used 70 drive the carriage OF LOUIS
President of the Ball. Il isnow very old, but his
memory still fresh. Another venerable person was
! The coachnan of the late Queen Christina hese
| irhus deplOrcd the Overcrpwdlug OF their pioleS-
| sion by EuglIshmen and kept aoot from some gen
! tlcmcn of IndecorouS t,EHc whom understood are
! i'm the seIvIce of demI-monde ladies'. One of these
cnachmen spoke of his mistress as - ma belle dame
| Thc nall Of les Demoiselles dc Commerce at the
| Eden Theatre gay as the dances which used
| aces 400 to he gwen at le bal Valentino. " The
commercial yOung ladies' are shop slStants dress
makers. mllllners forewo men, upper class uflstes
| and accountants Commercial young gentlemen
Outnumbcred the other iHrtes. The 'arls shopgf
| has genius of elegant adjustment. Ia.k OF the
| style of - princess ora duchess Why no customer
! of Worth, no wcvcr rOyii Jr noble, could give
| toilette tho grace and animation that some OF
| these hrelIng young ladies lent 10 tnelIs! mere
not one EXPENSIVE tOllcllt III INC DdliloO'
| there was hardly dowdy one. How TO get the
! maximum OF pretty eff 'ct with the mlnmnm OF
| cost was a problem winch most of the demose les
set themselves work ont in preparing for the fete
| and solved IT iriumphantly. An ellvenlng element
| was brought into the bali at three in the morning
! when the corps de ballet Of the Eden heatre
| entered the dancng-room and mixed with the COM
| pany until day break.
| The French papers say that the Prince of Wales
! took his son Prince George to Cannes TO give HIM
and the daughter of Prince HOhenZOllcrn-Sl lgnaren-
gen a chance Of falling IN loye wltn each other. Inc
Prince and Princess NEE lnfanta of Portugall Of
| II0henzolen-S lgmareugcn are there. But as they
| have soIs only, Prince George has apparently no
very good chance of forming an affection for their
! daughter" The Prlucess Is podgy woman with
thick turned up nose and fair, pasty complexion.
| Lar hr1shnnh ~ still hne-innknQ. lie married In