St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-03-24

CONVICTION. LOUISIANA
THE FRENCH PRESIDENT.
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The new President and his family
are now installed At the Elysee. in the
apartments lately vacated BY N. and
Nine. 0revy. They are situated In the
ieft wing Of the palace. and the win
uows overlook the garden. Nine Car
NOT has made no interruption in her
recsptions. and 10 1t home this after
noon 1t the Elysee. as. in the old order
OF things she would have been in the
Hue des Basins. 1t is reported that
she has paid several visits to N. Worth,
and has ordered . number Of toilettes
suitable to the high position to which
she has been called. No changes have
- yet been made in the military house
hold General Bru3cre. who is . per-
sonal friend OF NJ Carnot. and Colonel
Lichtenstinc retain their posts. Is well
- 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
N. CarnOt ST., who formerly pro-
fcssed 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 tho
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
Vicomte. - has been assumed, second
titles having not bsen awarded by inn
perisl decree to the eldest sons. who
could only inherit that of their father.
though in many eases this rule has
been infringed. n Carnot is by far
the youngest of the four Presidents
who have reigned At the Elysee. M.
Thiers was ssventy-fonr. Marshal Mac
Mahon sixty-four. and NJ. Grevy sixty
five At the time OF their elections. Tho
previous inhabitants Of the Elysee were
the Marquis de Pompadour. the finan-
cier Beaujon the Duchesse de Bourbon.
Napoleon l.. King Nurat. the Due and
Duchcsse de Berry. and Louis Napoleon
before he became Emperor. To
celebrate his election. President Car
not gave the school-boys . days
holiday.
He married while young the daughter
Of the Economist Dupont White. who
brought him some fortune. They
have four children. three sons and .
daughtsr-now the wife of IN Advocate
General 1t Dion. n Canisset One Of
the sons IL sub Lieutenant Of infantry.
another is student Of the Ecole des
Mines, and the third Is still At school.
day boarder of the Lycee Janson At
Passy.
It ie questionable whether Partisan
society will have gained much BY tho
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 a woman Of extremely refined
taste and pleasing manners. Their
apartments in the Rue des Basins are
handsomely and comfortably furnished.
and there il . certain amount of artistic
arrangement in the smaller OF the two
drawing-rooms. wherein she was in the
habit Of receiving every Tuesday after
noon. Her late father, N. Dupont
White. professed neutrality-suspicious.
ism. but was . great admirer Of the
liberal institutions Of England. One
of the minor duties Of Nine. Caraot's
new position will be the direction of .
sewing class. installed BY the Duchesse
de Magenta 1t the Elysee. where tho
baby linen Il made which Is presented.
with n bank note Of fifty francs. to .
certain number of poor mothers
annually to whose infants the Presi-
dent consents to stand godfather. Nine.
CREW manifested much interest in this
class, and always spent some time
every day inspecting the work and
helping the seamstresses with her adj
vice. The wife of the ex-President had
: passion for fine linen. and was wont
to arrange and re-arrange the contents
Of the LINGERIE with her own hands.-
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THE CREOLE WOMAN.