The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-19
AMERICAN WIPES IN PARIS.
The Beautiful Americans who shine On EN-.
ropes Dsmrstic Hesrths.

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ropes Demrstic Hesrths.
f,om Golionanrs Ne,senycr.
Nine. Waddington, VITO OF the French Am
hassador In this country, was Miss King o. New
York. and her father was once President OF
Columbia College.
Nine. Cl6menceau was Miss Mary Plummer
OF Greenwich. Conn.,. and first met her future
husband ut a well-known Connecticut young
ladies' boarding school, whore young DR.. Gle
menceau. was. the French teacher. And how
your readers may. ask, / have often put the
snme question to friends o. the family, and
their answers are not MI alike. The truth Is
not tho most brilliant episode in his remarkable
career, although 1t did give, him a good, sensible
he once said to q friend Of mine. Mime. Clemen-
ce saS Is frequently l., seen en-, r. ~ public rescspt nt m
occasional appearance, on invitation. at the
United states Minister'S, she IL seldom, found
in American circles at Paris. THE Is said to be
has succeeded admirably. Nine. ,Giemenceau
Spsa sha mn Se srPhs asSsSd VIA has oh n Z n sllsh. aGSSf has
new %sgrronndipss. Although at heaTtl sSe, Is
eiasdFty,i rr e%fli and E Gm s%s surface 'no Is a0-
NJ, Ribot, one Of, the, nblest men, on, the Ro:
81 the daughter Of Mr.. Bnreb. once a a prominent
Chicago San n,s r,,t Mh my Years ago Miss dISs, Bprch
Ga%T % lnr pe MAN sSt ' a Iaw;y epa AND ma'i not hG as
paper. 4 few years later n. Dopansoot died.
ship q . fellow member Of The : bar. N. xisa:
" 4ssSs als s4 4. Rieo Ri 70 i9r M; 8 e Efisi. sssIe sSa
It looked for a few days as II nn American would
be the second l!adyo the land" This, how.
ever. Will come in. due season, for u. Ribots
Tarnins now from politics p fashion. tho
Dc SsI Talle %paii9I Per igor G q New E YorE. Who Vi A was
one OF the %prettiest young girls In Parts when
she was as. In saa her po ,ee ems ss1.,o may be yet, but I
Poll poll member sUmi eMo 81 "a 3 thsss sshsf aff italian sfla9 family nhs.
Baroness de ChpreIito. wife Of the Commander
$:ssssssss 4 81 & P SisS y S Fsif; %ss Var y. ff,i Sss
s ia Ddsl's assa1 s Pr fses Tas It FefE ts as has BEEN aSs
husband by the Zouaves.
New. York. While travelling WITH her parents
was fascinsted with her charms and married
s Rue Forth. Champs Eiysees. Her entertain.
ih II Paris nse f Il %as s she W RSe' le @rf sRe fashion snSi IN
d dinnsr e Dsrtias A. 4 w ssnb rs smsTf 3ebi one ss 81 t hes,
fancy dresses. the gentlemen white wigs. Some
even had elaborate costumes, hut the older
mon were admitted with the simple habit rouge.
After enumerating several. more titled Amerf-
can wives, the writer mentions that Baroness
DE- pierTs and COUNTESS de- Fssnsas were the
old mansion at s West Sixteenth street was the
scene Of many delightful entertainments. The
father. Col. Herman Thorne, was one OF the
h~andsomest young men OF his time, and poor
rs lie. was handsome. But he. married the
great hsir sss Miss JapncSsyI and hts daughters y ns,s
picture Of "The Empress Eugene Surrounded
by her Court" Baroness de Pierre is the most
lovely Of all the beauties on the canvas.
At so Fifth avenue lived Miss Elsie Forbes.
who. in 1874. became the Duchess de Choiseul-
lPraslin. Miss Norma Christmas Of New Or
Ian. Like Nine. de Charette, she prefers to live
at her husbands country place near Marseilles.
and. although she has a fine residence In the
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. she. is scarcely
known to Partisan society. The Marquis is Q
Boz Bone p Ithss 70; Of +, the g%Fonouneed type; and Pr
The Marchioness de Mores. who will some
day, be Duchess de Vallombrosa. was, Miss
Medora Won HOFFMAN, Of New York. The re-
port OF. her contemplated divorce Is without
foundation. She and the Marquis have gone to
The life OF tho Merchioness in the far West has
made her one OF tho best shots In the world.
and her ambition at present is to be the first
WOMAN to Kill q rhinoceros. The Prince OF
wales has given M. and Nine; dc Mores letters
Dufferin. the vicercy. will also add greatly to
their sources Of entertainment while in India.
On his return the Marquis intends. to engage In
some colossal railroad scheme In America.