Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-11
a NObleman rs n Radical.

PANS Letter to the Dondon Truth.
Count Donville Maillefeu is a wealthy noble
man of undoubted nobility, who is proud Of
being descended from Charlemagne. and of be-
ing red radical He first thought some weeks
ago of clearing the revision question out of NJ.
Floquet's way simply to oblige him. The sweet
intention turned sour in this way: NJ. Floquet
has sinSularly erect carriage. and throws
back his head like Mirabeau. He kept il, NJ
Donville Maillefeu thought. too proudly ele-
/ waited each time the latter went TO make his
proposal to him. so that at last the count got
exasperated and resolved. since he was not en-
couraged TO befriend the cabinet. to infiict on
1t a coup de Jdrndc. NoblemSn who take to
radicalism are. as party men. nearly always In
! the nature of bulls in china shops. Donville
Malllefeu is a FESTIVE spirit. with dash of the
mad-cap sort of cleverness. and he is famous
for his Interruptions.
Half dozen years ago he was thought the
h0ndSomest man IN the chamber. Gambetta
used 10 dread his friendship. as well he might.
/ This nobleman, out of pure wantonness of
spirits. has tossed over in four years three cab
| inets to which he protested to be devoted
namely, the last de Ireycinet one. the Goblet
one, of which BoIiaaCer was a member. and
the Floquet one that has just gone ont. De
Ereycinet was Knocked out by him about the
sub-prefectures. which Donyiile Maiilereu
wanted to suppress because Us less Offices which
they certainly are. The prime minister OF the
he did not say SO. that most of them had been
bought. Wilson was then at the ElysGe. The
chamber voted for the counts motion. Though
1t was carried nearly four wears ago there has
rot been since a sub-prefecture disestablished.
Goblet was knocked over iGst after the Schnae-
bic incident. and now il is NJ. Floquet's turn
! and all through the counts doing-to join the
legion of eX-premiors.
AS a bantling in frocks this turbulent count
was thought the loveliest child in Paris. His
mother a famous beauty. She thought it
added to her graces to have her boy constantly
at her side when receiving visits or out driv-
ing. The hotel de Donvilie Maillefeu was the
only house on the boulevard aes Itaiens which
had garden in front well as at the back. 1t
stood on the part which now forms the block
between the Chaussee dAntin and the place de
IOpera. The count can boast of having been
kissed by more royal ladies than any other
member of the chamber. But | hasten to add
that the kissing took place foTtv-two years ago.
when he was taken to a childrens fancy ball
given by his mother in honor of the Comte de
Paris, the ex-hing of Naples. and the children
of the late king and queen of the Belgans. all
of whom were staying at the Tuilleries. The
queens who kissed the toDbt,r de ministers
were those of the French. of the Belgians. of
Naples. and old Queen Christina. All the prin-
cesses with the sovereign ladies (and there was
a whole bevy of them also embraced him. and
thought him darling. though he acted en- ea-
fat te17tbJt, asking Christina why she was so
fat and the duchess of Orleans why she was not
fatter.