New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-27
ATTHE ELYsEE.
A so1REE AND A MARRIAGE.


night at the Elysee. The President anu Madame
ra.not entertained a diplomatic party at dinner.
He looked as neat as q new PIN lhueea, ms
.,o.hss Cited him inst as IL they were on block
e. AZ ,ailor,s door. After the way he
has besn roasted by the caricaturist Caron
d,Aobe for the mechanical stiffness and perlec-
tion Of his mode of attiring himself l'dale say
he would be glad if no could ACQUIRE an easy
,raoe and have a moro everyday look In his best
ra~norts Madame Carnot IL also too much as
:, a.. oa,re out of bandbox. In Pans this has
v,-o.,;no,a, Ioolr I remember hearing in my
ro,,h ala French dowagers say how they heard
- .t,ai, ,notbers that Madame NecSer, mother
% M.aar,a ia staei. would have been admirably
arss.ea were she not trop alus'e Inc tault-
,aN-~sss ,,as fault. Madape NeciSer was a
Go and did not understand the beauty OF
artles<- looking art. Her conversation showed as
n,uch care as her clothing. She always prepared
h.r tal, beforehand when she was giving re-
csption or dinner
BAT 10 come back to the Elysee Madame Carnot
wore pearl gray dress, shot with silver ana
brocaded with silver towers 1t was sent 70
her by the weavers of Lyons when her husband
went to visit that city last October. Inc train
OF the same stuff was bordered with marapout
feathers tjppei with silver Her necklace. brooch
and earrings were in briliants. and tufb OF
silver aowers of the hare-ben form were In the
hair with few diamonds set round them.
Frenchmen have not that respectful reverence
for the gentle sex which distinguishes Amerl-
cams They are apt to be self-nssertive st we'll
furnished Bullets. never saw the pigtrough side
of human nature more shoclingly apparent than
at the balls given at the Ipileries by the EN-
peror and Empress i suppose Pre- ident Carnot
La - Aoc anf attA
died out and so arranged that there arc to be
two Bullets at all the Elysian receptions at both
Of which ladies may seek for refreshments, but
to one of which no gentleman will be allowed
who has not lady his arm
was remarking not long ago to an Aneri-
can woman OF fashion who is no longer in hfes
delightful morning but ignores that fact, the
greater civility to her sex of American manhood.
aYou call it well. civihty.' she answered. But
in some things I prefer the FreDehmafPs way OF
taking US In France one Is not constantly re-
minded of the light of time by the neglect with
which one Is treated. America is very nice
place for the miss in her teens But ladies who
are turning thirty don't like it so well In ball
rooms they are utterly neglected. and they are
looked upon as old and only good to be shelved
at forty. French lady who is ct all agree
able is never reminded Of the flight OF time when
she goes into society"
Marabout feathers are replacing the ordinary
plume. They have made a triumphai entrance
at the Elysee, and we hear that they Will soon
be used to decorate the turban! which, every
thing being now Directory" has been revived
The elegant and downy msrabout trembled on the
turbaus of Madame de Stael. Pauline
ponanar,. Madame Recamier, and the
corrupt and corrupting Madame Tallien-
cf Eax no NJ
the physiognomy which the truthful David gave
her in her portraits is so commonplace. She was
clearly a Spanish Jewess, with Oriental tastes
This was shown in her stocldngless feet at balls
and in the ieweiled anklets, matching with her
bracelets and going clicIddy-clackdy when she
danced like Nautch girls kg-rinss Madame
,rallen had feet Of snowy whiteness-a reason, she
thought, for showing thou in company. She
sometimes wore sandals and sometimes shoes.
II was she who brought in the maraboat feather,
which had not gone osu when Queen Victoria came
to the throne.
There was in the course Of the week wedding
In the Presidential family. The bride, Mile
Margaret Carnot, was daughter Of N. Adolphe
carnot brother of the President, and a man OF
considerable ability. When see ooth tosetnef
+ think OF the text: The nce is not 70 the
swift nor the battle to the strong. Mile Mar
caret lost her mother early, and replaced her
+, taking care Of younger brother and sister
She marries into an old and rich Burgundian-
ta,,;Iv of the Carnot kindred. Ancestors on
hot, sdex were intermarrfed long before the
Revolution. Madame Carnot, who was at the
wedding. wore her silver brocaded dress with
syev velvet mantle trimmed with maraoOnt
feathers and turban-ike hat to match ID
simeon Csrnot. an old cousin, who hives in the
house at Nolay, in Burgundy, where the great
Carpot was born and reared. was one OF tne
bride's witnesses The civil wedding took place
in the Msyorslty of the With ACCOMPLISHMENT
IN the Place de St. Sulpioe The churen was
n.aut,fuIIv done out with flowers sent from the
-, gardens. An orchestra played during the
esremonv. which "a thing unusual in Franco
Vas given a festive and imposing character.
uha b,idal party then stepped across to the
cburch where the religious wedding was solemn
80 M Garnet was attended by his military
household Its members wore their UNIFORM u
heing customary in France for officers 70 go 70
vadd;nes in full reimentals. with ms usual
oerversity NJ Rochefort attacks NJ Oarnob ior
,b,sr and after calling him noV
water sprinkler, declares that nc opnsss
c.neraI Brueere and Colonel LelcntensSein I"
attend mass and soon means to send ooem 70
take part in Corpus Christi professions IN inc
streets
The electoral strife between General bouanqer
ard NJ jacques for scat in the Chamber Tor
Paris is still the great political topic Attempts
are being made TO get the venerable NJ DE Les
seps TO put himself forward as candidate Inc
object OF this is 10 dctach the PanamaisS from
the General who has taken up their cause, on inc
grounds Of public spirit" and "pubhc honesty"
The Chamber. he holds, nailed It's coiors to the
Panama mast when il voted the lottery loan
In a way IL did. But it was understood although
NOT pnblicly declared. that it d not mean 70 do
anything more for the share 4 bond holders
However, as they are Just now an importans
body for electoral purposes, NJ floquet received
4henn to-day and told them that he and his