New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-13
AN ECCENTRIC MAR2UISE
SOME oTHER QUEER PARIsIAXs.

SOME OlnEh &O0nkh khk44oAdtOs
Paris, December II.
The name OF tho young Msrquise de Belboeuf the
exceedingly masculine sister OF the exceedingly
effeminate Due de Morny, is again on everyoodys
lips Her latest eccentricity consists In riding ~
the Bots every morning at 8, mounted astride q
her horse instead Of on ths ordinary side-saddle.
Accompanied by couple Of her male friends she
dashes along the avenues and brfdle-paths at :
sharp canter, creating immense stir among the
early habitues Of the Bots Accustomed as tho
Parisans are to the pretty Marquisc's freaks and
extrava gances they are somewhat staggered TO sec
her riding" caIifourchon7 "a practice hitherto con
fined to the peasant women in the South Of France
and in the Savoy-and IL Is doubtful whether tho
other ladies Of the mannish" school now In vogue
will have the courage to follow her example IN the
matter Separated from her husband, always
dressed In the most masculine OF tailor-made gowns
her brown curly hair cropped close TO her shapek
head, and single eyeglass fixed in her saucy eye.
Madame de Belboeuf presents the most striking
contrast which it is possible to conceive to her
brother the Duke. who IL may be remembered
figured few years ago at some amateur fheatr1can
in the guise of q premiere danseuse Of the bales
corps.
Another rider who attracts good deal OF at
tention in the Bots is Monsignor Bauer. the former
confessor and favorite chaplain Of the Empress
Eugene Jew by birth, he became converted
to Catholicism when about twenty years OF age.
and after being ordained priest at Rome proceeded
to. Madrid, where he soon became known as one OF
the most eloquent preachers Of the day. Having
become acquainted with some Of the Empress
Eugenies Spanish relatives he was warmly
recommended to her Imperial Majesty. and shortly
after his arrival at Paris received the appointments
r.. Ia. <ta fxru ouooo nv
erted IN his behalf at the Vatican, he was pro-
NOTED few months later to the prelacy and re-
ccived the title of Monsignor Toward the end Of tho
Empire, however, he lost much of his religious
fervor and was far more frequently to be met in
boudoirs and salons than in the pulpit or con-
fessionaI. He became great dandy, wore corset
under his exquisitcly fitting cassocl, and was ex
tremey fond Of displaying his shapely leg encased
in the very finest of violet silk stockings. 1t -
even asserted that on one memorable occasion al
Compiegne, he initiated the pleasurc-loving abbes
of the eighteenth century to the extent Of taking
part in a somewhat risky comedetta In which tho
inimitable Princess Pauline Metternich assumed the
PRINCIPAL role On the fall of the Napoleonic
dynasty he Hed to Brussels. and on his return here
in 1872 cast his cassock and stole to the winds
resumed his Jewish faith and has now become
one Of the most prominent figures on the Bourse
and in the salons Of the demi-monde
Another wel-lxnown father of the Church. the
Able Bertrand has likewise deserted the pulpit
in this case for the stage. Not content with
writing a play, he insists on himself filing one OF
the leading parts, and nightly prouettes IN an
extrayag CANT pas seul before the footlghts OF the
principal theatre at Tours Nobody appears 70 be
much shocked at his antics. Indeed, never have
irreigion and impety been more rampant In
France. Here In Paris at the present moment o
play is actually being produced Of the new Ihentro
Libre entitled @P kmante du Christ bsset or.
characteristically Gallo view Of the relatonsllp
between the Saviour and Mary MagdaleEs The
NJ Mephisto CT Mevisto When such thing. as
these are not only tolerated but even onrd 1t
Is only natural that the great cross which crowns
the dome of the Pantheon should become an eye
sore to the Municipal Council of this city, and
perhaps it is only fitting that the symbol or
Christianity should at any rate for the time, dis
appear from over Paris