The Washington critic., 1889-01-15
AN ECCENTRIC COJIpLE.
Nine, Ia Marqpise de Crpisic and Her De.
voted Husband, the MnranIs.


voted Husband, the Marquis.
A figure at Delmonico's and an in.
evitable Arst-nighier at the theater
is the Marquis Croisic, always ao.
companied by stout and elaborate
blonde lady, who is Nine. la Marqnise.
These two constant companions are en-.
tirely unusual in their conduct and APP
pearance, and during residence here of
about four years haye developed into u
conspicnousncss never attained by people
who are entirely conventional. Such
isolation from all mountaineering as
they practise is thoroughly remarkable.
While both have passed that period of
their lives when the entertainment of
''spQoning" is food and drink, light and
air, they are SO devoted to each other
that they have neither words nor eyes
for their fellow-ctizens, seemingly con
tent 10 exist without friends, themselves
being all the world Such people we
arc often meetingin New York and it is
curious that they usually are made prom
inent by attending with complete regu.
larity the theatres and Delmonico's res
taurnnt
A few years ago Il was observed that on
the first night of every new play short,
stout, horid young man of palpably
foreign air entered the house with a
matronly and good-looking lady some
what older than himself, and was shown
TO seats in the front row of the orchestra
on the centre aisle. From then till now
not once have these two failed to occupy
exactly the same seats at any important
dramatic performance. They never look
about, recognize no one, and between the
acts talk quietly together. in utter OBJ
liylon of the rest of the house After
the play the lonely pair can be found at
certain table nj Demonico's eating the
daiptiest of yiands and drinking choice
wines, ever conversing softly in tuneful
French and entirely sufficient unto them
selves, scarcely noticing their surround
ings. The Marqpise, while she is neither
very lovely nor very young, has face
which gains decided charm in conyersa-
ton, and her smile is really beautiful.
The young Marquis, at least, surely con-
siders her entirely delightful, for he sell
dom takes his eyes from her and hangs
upon her words like the bee upon the
flower.
Across the street from Dolmonioo's is
an apartment-house, called 1.-THE
Croisic," builtby this devoted firm about
two years ago. 1t is one of the swollest
and, perhaps, the most expensive
places to live in the city. The Marquis
reserves the privilege of refusing all ap.
plicants whose social standing cannot
bear the rigorous examination which
will surely be applied to it. Madame La
Marquise is the daughter of Philadel-
phia chemist, who left her fortune
when he died, and she brought her Mar
quis over here from Paris four years ago,
expecting 10 return in few months. |
understand his house in Paris, which he
left in charge of his servants, still
awaits his home coming, but he stays
on here as though Paris and New York
were one so long as Madame is near to
lend her ample graoes to the scene. And
la Marquis accepts all this devotion
with fascinating cqnanimity, and the
two together succeed in preserving per-
haps the most ineYhaustible dual appe-
tite in New York, for at least five hours
Of everv day in their lives is passed at
the table in Delmonico's, hiladelphia
Press.
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