Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-06-05
FRENCH Luxury.
Rich Surroundings or Cabinet srinistors
and Their Wives


Rich Surroundings or Cabinet srinistors
and Their Wives
often wonder whether It Is. after all.
an OWL for French ministries to be short
Hved-unlcss for tho ministers and their
wives. II they were not often over
thrown the number OF persons to t,sts
tho swccts OF office would be 30 much
less. Tho constant shutting OF tho cards
and now deals have also the advantage
Of preventing the formation OF govern
mental caste. which would DO tho most
unendurshly conservative ono that ever
existed. and. doubt not. tho most inso-
lent and pulled up. You have no Idea In
England OF tho magnificenoc In which
members OF French cabinets Two They
arc housed In palaces. ut once handsome.
luxurious and snug--a rare combination.
Admirably trained footmen are thrown
In with tho palaces. Lords chamberlain
and masters OF tho ceremonies might
tako lessons I'm department from the re-
served, respectful and self respecting
ushcrs In biloxi, with stool chains round
their ncchs, who show visitors into tho
presence Of tho minister ON the ground
floor or Of the ministries on the frat floor.
Tho furniture Of n ministry u all very
handsome and imposing In the ground
floor rooms. All this splcndor takes
AWAY the breath Of an Englishman fresh
to Paris, who has been used to the dingi-
ness OF the Irish Office, and tho plain
brick house ut Whitehall In which the
q. o. n. resided when In Office. At n
French ministry, tho foot sinks In winter
In tho deep pile of the carpcta In sum
mer the oak parquot floors arc beauti-
fully polished, giving charming sense
Of GOODNESS and dustlsssnass. Immense
windows Of tho folding door model
thrown vide open. II tho weather be
sunny. afford prospects Of velvety turf,
old trees, Strawberries and fowerbeds IN
bright bloom There L. not ministerial
residence that has not n garden spacious
enough to deserve tho name Of a psrk.
and tho atmosphere OF Paris Is FREQ from
smoke blacks
The ministrcss lives generally on tho
first floor Of tho official residence, which
Ia just ns spacious and handsome, but
moro gay and elegantly coquettish, than
the ground floor rooma The sitting
rooms OF tho outgoing prime ministries
tho incest one we have had for an age
-were done up for the Duchess do Per
signy when she was running her curious
rig undor the ompirc. For her pleasure
tho Garde Meublc, which Is an Infinite
wealth OF beautiful furniture, was rifled
OF some OF Its most Lovely Eighteenth CEN
fury treasures. The duchess WIS. on her
fathers side, the granddaughter OF Ney,
the cooper's son On hcr mothers side
sho stood In the sanso relation to Jacques
Laiitte, of financial celebrity, who came
10 Pnris with worn out shocs and an
empty pocket, but who won tho heart OF
n miserly banker by STOPPING to pick up
pin In his courtyard. and go was aide
10 mako his way to fortune
Yet tho duchess MAS rs dainty as n
her ancestors for centuries had been Of the
dues class. a crumpled rose petal en- hor
couch would have mado her cry out
She afterwud Ind To slave In tho house
OF her second husband in Egypt dc
moyne, an Or.eans attorney like her
grcat-grandmothcr. Tho citing rocms,
tho uso of which Nine. Fioquot cnjoys,
are done up with rare old brocades and
old pink Sovres end Dresden porcelains.
Tho bedrooms are Just ns elegant, and
the dining room La a hljou. All tho year
round ministrcsses con havowkat flowers
they please from tho stato groen houses.
How, then, could they help regarding
themselves rs sovereign ladies, were their
husbands tenure Of Office longY-Iondon
Truth.