New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-29
GOSSIP FROM PARIS.
NJ cARNoPs SUMMER HoME-THE ROYAL


TIES OF GREECE
ORION THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRInuSE1
Paris. July .
The horrible weather has prevented the officers
tournament at ST. German. The ground there is
sodden from ,ong-eontinued rain, and the storm
few days ago tossed over the wooden trlbunes ana
rent the canvas used to roof them. This has been
an exceptional summer. The wheat harvest must
be failure. all kinds of grain CROPS being no
more advanced than in ordinary seasons they are
in May, and the clouds returning after the rain
Fires are the rule in sitting-rooms in town and
country houses, and fuis are worn by the leaders
Of fashion at garden parties and on the BolS.
Boas supplement low-bodicd dresses as they did
in winter. So far from rushing to the seaside,
people shiver at the idea of going there and most
Of those who hired marine villas in June in the
expectation of a hot July would gladly be rid of
their bargains
The President of the Republic has made up his
mind to go and summer with his family at Fon-
tainebleau, a palace most rich in memories OF
Francis the First, the King who amused himself
more than any other sovereign who ever filled the
French throne He win occupy the suite of small
apartments in which Pope Plus VII lodged when
the prisoner of Napoleon. 1t is beautifully fur
nished and was much used by the Empress Eugene
She appropriated it TO her son after her return
1866 TO celebrate the centenary Of the union OF
Lorraine with France. 1t was her idea that the
Prince could not but feel there if in a sacred
dwelling The furniture and wall decorations are
Of rare beauty but rather in the style of Louis
NV than of Francis l. the former having
employed Mignard to paint the panels
above the doors of the ceilings. The walls are
hung with Gobelins tapestries and the chairs and
sofas are covered with others of priceless value
from the looms of Beauyais representing fruits ana
flowers Louis Philippe restored these apartments
which had lain neglected from the time of PiuSs
captivity.
Nine Carnot gives another garden party on Sat
urday in honor of the taking Of the Bastllie. but
this time to poor children only. 1t is to be hoped
the sun will come out on the occasion. NJ. Carnot
on the other hand will be present at banquet
given to several thousand provincial mayors who
are to be the guests Of the City of Paris and Will
make a speech to them After his installation at
Fontainebleau he will proceed to Visile, the resi-
dence of NJ. Casimir Perier, in Dauphine, TO keep
there the anniversary of the outbreak OF the reform
movement in France on July 81, 1888, at VISIBLE.
There the Three Estates Of the Province-the
Clergy, the Nobility, and the Bourgeoisie-met and
without any distinction of classes deliberated TO-
gether and voted individually. This took place
eleven months before the famous sitting in the ten
mis- court at Versailles. The chateau was built
by Marshal Lcsdicneres, who repeated the mot oil
Henri " as 10 Paris being worth a mass. IL
stands in one of the most picturesque sites III
France commanding the Valley of Gralsivaudan'
From its terraces one enjoys prospect OF the Dau
phine Alps which are not much known to tourists.
The most prominent among them IS the group OF
Oisans one Of the greatest in France IL Is formed
of peaks and glaciers, making semi-circle. Inc
higher attitudes vary from $3.50 yards to 44VO
yards The castle is on a spur of the Beiledohne
Mountain and slightly south of the Grande Char
treuse At its feet are the rich fields Of the val
lev already mentioned. They are watered by
clear and st-aowing trout streams, ana inc
farms burgs and old castles give them picturesque
beauty and human interest when Marshal
Icsdigneres died his estate went to his two daugh-
ters one Of whom married the Duo de Cfeghy'
She was chidless and her and her sisters neir WIS
Marshal Villeroy. the unfortunate Frenchman
whom Marlborough conquered. hls grandson SOFA
the Alpine residence TO shopkeeper OF
Grenoble named Cloude, whose son Casimir
married girl named Perier and joined
her patronymic to his own. The Villeroy Of
whom he was the purchaser was the one who
plaved such tricks on J. J. Rousseau when they
were both visitors at the Due de LuXcmbourgs at
Montmorency The wall decorations were all FOR
the plorfcation Of Lesdigneres and his King ana
CAPTAIN Henri ". Both were in different rooms
represented as Mars. Carved oak panels repre-
sented the fights in which they were engaged
Another Royal birth is awaited al st. Petersburg
where Queen Olga expects shortly TO present her
husband and the Greek people with announcer H.
FAINT. Such arrivals have been pretty frequent
since she stepped at Athens into the place OF
Amelia of Oldenburg, who had a nursery carefully
got ND on the English model but never a nursehnS
for il. For some years the King and Queen oil the
Hellenes have annually travelled around Europe
with a following of children not inferior ID NUMBER
10 the infantry brigade of NJ. dc Lesseps. In con-
nection with this query arises The King ana
Queen of Denmark had no hereditary fortune 10
snca, Of they having been before they came to the
throne greatly dependent on the bounty OF ,ho
Car Nicholas and his successor. The CIVIL lsU
of their Hellenic Majesties is not eXorbllan'iy
bcayv and the Grand Duke Constantine gave as
little money as he could help to his wifes chill
dren. one of whom is Queen Olga. How, then 40
she and her illustrious spouse, their numerous 1au
ily. with aides de-camp secretaries tutors COVER
nessos and underservants, make both ends meet IN
such an easy manner as i'll then jOurneylngs DC
tween Athens and Constantinople to be able TO put
mn At the be-t hotels and to travel first-claSs? In
PARIS they SAY at the Bristol which is only patron
lied by members of reigning families ana very rich
people, and which the Duke of Edinburgh thinks
- o,,,,orsive &c.
4 HIyDoo CRITICISM OF JOHN BULL.