The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-03-15
The FRENCH PRESIDENT.
Cosby Information About nj. Sadl- Car.
Hs not and His Family. E'


a-. not and His Family.
The new President and his family
are now installed at the Elysee, in the
apartments lately vacated by NJ. and
Nine Greyy. They are situated in the
left wing of the palace, and the win
dows overlook the garden. Nine Car
not has made no interruption In her
receptions, and is at home this AFTER
noon at the Elysee, as, in the old order
of things, she would have been in the
Rue des Basins. 1t is reported that
she has paid several visits to NJ. Worth,
| and has ordered number OF toilett6s
suitable to the high position to which
she has been called No changes have
as yet been made in the military house.
hold. General Brugere. who is per-
sonal friend of NJ. Carnot, and Colonel
Lichtenstinc retain their posts, as well
as their colleagues. Nor have any
servants been dismissed, the President
and Nine. Carnot having only brought
| with them two who have been in their
service many years.
M. Carnot, Sr., who formerly pro-
fessed Saint-Simonian opinions, had
trades taught to both his sons. The
President is carpenter and his
younger brother locksmith. For the
same reason he has never assumed the
title of Count, which is his by right
of Inheritance, the ''great Carnot
having been ennobled by Napoleon /.
In any case the President is not u
Vicomte, as has been assumed, second
| titles having not been awarded by im-
perial decree to the eldest sons, who
could only inherit that of their father.
though in many eases this rule has
been infringed. NJ. Carnot is by far
the youngest of the four Presidents
who have reigned at the Elysee. M.
Theirs was seventy-four, Marshal Mac
Mahon sixty-four. and M. Grevy sixty
five at the time of their elections. The
previous inhabitants of the Elysee were
the Marquis de Pompadour, the finan-
cier Beaujon the Duchesse de Bourbon,
Napoleon l., King Murat, the Due and
Duchesse de Berry, and Louis Napoleon
before he became Emperor To
celebrate his election, President Car
not gave the schoolboys a days
holiday. "A
He married while young the daughter
of the Economist Dupont White, who
d brought him some fortune They
have four children, three sons and a
daughter-now the wife of an Advocate
General at Dion, M. Cunisset. One of
the sons is sub-Lieutenant of infantry,
another is student of the Ecoles des
Mines, and the third is still at school,
day boarder of the Lycee Janson at
Passy.
1t is questionable whether Partisan
society will have gained much by the
change. President Carnot, though in
the prime of life, does not care for
general society, and Nine. Carnot is
not prominent in fashionable circles.
though woman of extremely refined
taste and pleasing manners. Their
apartments in the Rue des Bassins are
handsomely and comfortably furnished
and there is certain amount of artistic
arrangement in the smaller of the two
} drawing-rooms, wherein she was in tho
habit of receiving every Tuesday after
noon. Her late father, Nj. Dupont
White. professed Liberal-Republican.
ism, but was great admirer of the
liberal institutions of England. One
of the minor duties of Nine. Carnot'.
new position will be the direction of {
sewing class, installed by the Duchess,
de Magenta at the Elysee, where tn,
babT linen is made which is presented
vii ID bank note of fifty francs, to
certain number of poor mother
annually to whose infants the Presi
dent consents to stand godfather. Mime
y Grevy manifested much interest in thi
class, and always spent some tim
every day inspecting the work AM
helping the seamstresses with her ad
a vice. The wife of the ex-President ha,
c passion for fine linen, and was won
: to arrange and re-arrange the content
Of the lingere with her own hands,
e Paris Cor. London Queen.
1t has been discovered that mum
/. Der of wealthy people in Cincinnati
!, have placed their aged parents in OF,
!, men's and old women homes in orde
: to, save themselves trouble. Four in
] mates have been removed from one in
= ,titution. s Il
o "A clerk at Castle Garden has dis
). covered that if he says shamrock" t
4 an Arab the latter will write his az
e upon a piece of paper, and that
r '.McManus' is mentioned to the Orien
u tai he will signify by gestures whethe
; be is married or not.
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n -..Would the ladies be in favor of
Q uniform marriage law. do YOU thinkP p
+ asked member of Congress of one Q
: his fair constituents; and she replied
!, !. "Very likely, if the uniform were
o pretty one and had a handsome ma
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