Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-28
THE FRENCH CAPITAL.
soEE NOTED HEN sEEE IN THE CITY
OF aAYETY.
The Marquis Of Hartin gtOn and others 40
Discussed by Blaksy HaIl-Koyal
PGtsruai Feeling.
Correspondence o. tho Richmond Disra.ch-l
pAnrs Orfnher IL 1893.

the London Times. Miss Roosevelt is
otherwise known a. Blanche Tucker, and
il also the Countess Manchetta. She IS
q New York girl, and she has improved
immensely in appearance since she LETT
the city siX years ago. / was surprised
and delighted when saw her IN Paris,
for she had become a magniiiceIt-lOok-
ing woman with fresh color and per-
fectly developed figure, and with the
same old-time blue eyes.
DE Plowitz is small, fat, ruDs largely
10 whisk ers, is not ashamed OF the fact
that the London Times pays him
$50. 900 a year, and is Of an exceedingly
excitable temperament
One day in Paris Mss Roosevelt had
Just received q long and exceedingly
complimentary letter from SArdou con-
cernIng her collaboration with him on
her new play, and she had cone around
10 the hotel to tell about it. DE BlowItz.
who was godfather 10 the collaboration
schemo-or. at Toast, who thought no
was-was dancing attendance upon Miss
Roosevelt, and dancing around Der IN
the literal sense OF the term. In the
corridor Of the Grand Hotel they met
On excellenza who had left Servia for
sufficient reasons, and who vas throvn
into suoh transport OF agitation at the
report that de Blowiz and Miss RoOse-
velt turned upon him, that all three
OF them stood on their toes and talked
at sneh a gaspiRg, suffering, and
tulubling rate that the people stood
still aud looked Ut them, even
in France. BY the time L reached
them they were speaking four or
five languages apiece and his Excel
lena. the serVian Minister, was vio-
iently kissing Miss Roosevelts hands by
way Of expressing his congratulations,
since the rapid talking had made him
inarticulate, while the Countess kept up
q running fire with de Blowitz- who vas
dancing around frantically behind her,
trying in vain 70 catch her cor.
After they had left / wondered now
many thousand years it would be in
America before a literary man Ike
Sardou could become such prominent
local figure as TO throw people into
transports Of excitement simply by reason
OF q new scheme of collaboration.
The Marquis Of Harrington, who vas
o great deal IN Paris IN company with a
duchess whose name 10 moro or hess To-
miliar TO English scandal mongers ls
about as far removed from q mAsher IN
appearance az any one / ever saw. bis
fad this year il trousers Of tremendous
width. They flop around bis legs hike
skirts on O Vermont gcarecroW IN gale
of wind. He and tho Duchess stopped
in the same hotel with me once-a small
family hotel il the Rue Oramout-
and during the four or FIVE days
that they were there tho noble
Marquis did not distinguish hira-
self 6Y uttering single word beyond bis
cultural "encOro, 00rco5l," when no
wanted more soup, fish, coffee, or wlne.
During all the rest OF the time he eat
very far down IN his chair with his
whiskers touzled about his wrinkled
face, and gazed foggily and seepily at
tho Duchess She talked With tho waiter
most Of tho time in the very worst
French 7 ever heard, occasionally re-
ealing the Marquis with references 10
the muggincss Of the weather and the
tepidity Of the wine.
IL was not tho Duchess Of Montrose,
by the way. saw that aged and over
dressed parsonage at the opera ond at
various race-tracks, and she was more,
much more. than my fancy had painted
her. She vas almost universally referred
10 in London, even among nice people,
as the Duchess Of Pimhco-about rs in
sulting an appellation as ono can readily
fancy when the character of Pimhco IS
considered.
Icrossed on the steamer With tao very
rich and modest young Englisbmen who
were coming to the States. They went to
Niagara FIRST, and when they returned
20 New York | found them sitting IN
blank and speechless conformation IN
Delmonico's. They unioided their tsfo
Of WOO 10 me. Their schoOlmate end
cousin had married the Duchess al
montrose that morning, and the news
had Just been tolegrspsed to them. u
is no wonder they were shocked, ion, OF
ali tho ghastly looking InOnsIoslties, The
Duchess of MOniroso is esoly at the
head. The Baroness Burdette- Coutts "a
sufficiently funny to look at, bat no ono
ever thinks OF guying her III London de-
spite her youthful makeup. for her fame
for benevolence is as solid as the imam
cial standing Of her bank.
One often sees an exhibition OF pAter-
nal feeling on the part OF king IN
Furoua. / was in Dresden once when
tho King OF Saxony returned to his
palace after al extended trip to tue
North. Ills heavy, beetY, and loyal sub
jects gathered under hrs window TO tho
extent Of about sixty-hve or seventy, and
by the Aid of government band OF
about two hundred superb musicians
gave his Majesty a reoeptlon-s welcome
home. Fora long while the small popn-
lace and the large band rent space by the
vigorous use OF their lungs TO no
effect. Then the side doors OF the
palace we're thrown open, and his
Majesty strolled forth in n generals
uniform and beamed upon his people.
Upon this the crowd grew almost frantic
with delight, while his Majesty posed
there. with one hand on his hip and the
other on the hilt of his sword, looking
toward the setting sun. 1t was q beau.
tiful picture OF a commonplace and
rather silly-looking little man on parade
in Gorgeous attire. be stood there
bathing in the sea of admiration for a
long while, and then, perhaps detecting
that the cheers were growing fainter
through fatigue or lack, of material, he
withdrew with great tact into the palace
again, after smiling like father would
on the assembled hosts OF SaxOny. 1t
was funny 10 observe bis air OF great
ness. There was absolutely nothing to
back il up.
Won Aoltke and Won Blumenthal stand
back in the ranks OF the German gem
erals now as Wsldersee looms mp. But
the world will not forget the two wonder
fui old marshAls v no have given way to
their more youthful rival 1t wss Won
Moltke who picked WAldersee out more
than twenty-five years ago to succeed
him. There Was never any secret about
this in Berlin, and it is nonsense to A.
sert that the Emperor intended to slight
Won Moltke by putting younger man
ahead of him. The old commander Of