The evening world., 1889-12-18
PARTISAN cHlT-CHAT.
Young Roland Bonaparte's Great
Luck-A Chinese Diplomat Inter-
ested in Nellie B~ly-Jules verne's
Next Observation-Disclosures In Exno

ested IN Nellie Bly-Jules Verno's
Next Story-Boulanger in Exile.
: ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE WORLD
PARIS, Dec. Count and Countess Kess-
Ter opened their house in the Cour de In
IIeiro on Saturday last with a large dinner
party at which a number OF interesting peo-
pie were prc'et. These included Mrs. John
Sherwood, Mr.. and Nine. GRuthereau. Gen.
Tcheng-Ki-TonG. rim Roland BonAparte
and his mother, the Princess Pierre Bona
parte.
Young Roland Donaparte is one OF the
luckicst young fellows on the face Of the
earth. Iie has no particular qualities either
of esprit. manners or attraction. and yet,
at the age Of twenty-five. was enabled by
reason of lila ~prlrce!y title to marry young
Miss Ilarc. the daughter of the Monte Carlo
banker. who died soon after her marriage,
leaving to her young husband one of the
largest fortunes in France. That the money
was nmasscd by old Blanc at the expense Of
the thousands Of fools who ruined them.
selves at the Monte Carlo gambling tables.
and that many of the gold-picces which con-
stitute it are stained with the blooc
of suicides, arc not considerations to
disturb the young. man in the en-.
joymcnt thereof. He lcyotes himself. to
FClelllllC DlIHlllr. Written DiNhN uHu ElNtb lGC-
tnrcs OH the various parts Of the world which
le has visited. DC has Just returned from
Norway and is at present lecturing on the
beauties of that country. His mother, the
Princess Pierre, who Is the. widow of that
Prince who hot Victor Noir aud thereby
nearly brought the empire to an earlier
downfall than was ordained i'll the order OF
things, IL an extremely pompous old lady
who seems To rave an immense idea OF her
" impor!aHSs. Her son y much more
his frequent Journeys in Amcrlca have con-
tributcd. Aproros of the Noir affair, IL IL
E%uiious TO note that since that fatal day the
Bonararte mansion at Auteuil, where the
" accident" took place. has never been let,
Though the sign has been out ever since.
That is more than twenty years ago. The
house liz reputed to, be haunted by Victor
Noir and no one Will take 1t at any price.
Gem. TchenG-Ki-Tong is an extremely
amusing man. He is acting at present 40
Chinese Charge d'Afraires. but finds time
in the midst of his arduous diplomatic en-
Gagemcnts to devote himself to literary pur-
TUFTS, of which he is extremely fond. It may
be remembered that during the scandals Of
the Haute Cour it was stated by his former
tutor. Foucault de Mondion. that tile bulk
of tie Generals books and lectures and
especially his md0nuh opUE, The Chinese,
Painted by Ore Of Them, - had been entirely
written by him, and that the General had
only signed the title page, an accusation
which Tchcng-ki-Tong indignantly denies.
BE that as it may, the Charge d'AffaireS ia
clearly a very intelligent and most well-reAd
man. lie speaks three European languages
and admits the knowledge of fourteen out Of
the two hundred dialects of his nativ land.
He makes n point of reading two hours every
night, and no matter ut what time he goes
to he'd hG always gives up two hours OF his
sleep to increasing his store Of knowledge.
\ I..l q L. 80 N,N., yNtt1 haON nn NAA
night of the, dinner. He was very much
interested about Nellie BY, and said
that lie should write about it in his next
mentioned en- pcss@nt that Neliie's tour
was the topic of the evening. aud that Your
cor, eSpondert had all his time taken NJ, in
giving particulars about the tour ~ well as
about the now famous interview between
her and Jules Verne. it is difficult to re-
member my bit Of newsparer enterprise
main reason of this%i ntercs. IL that the chief
actor il = young and charming girl;
much G"fhnS about 0f liz world %orIds Fair. He IL SAID SAID,
however, that there WAS no doubt that
China, would take part u. soon as i was
tho remark of his colleague and said that
there could be no question as TO the super
iority of the claims OF New YORK. as the To-
cation OF al International Exhibition.
The General, next to literature. takes
most interest IN things astronomical, and
most of his anecdotes. of which he has an
immense stock, are about eating and drink
ing. He says that the chearest place to live
in il Foo-Chow. where he was brought up as
a cadet in the Imperial service. Here he, in
common with the other cadets, received an
allowance of 10 cents per diem for rations
from the Government, and with these 10
cents he was able to have three meals 4 day
with eight courses at each meal. One Of his
stories is that being once on board ship out
side Son Tay. he gave tho steward a Mexican
dollar and told him to get him q chicken for
it and cook it in the Chinese fashion. About
an honr after the steward returned followed
by two men carrying n ships bucket filled to
; the brinl with a fricassee. The Mexican
and the steward had cooked them all. 1t is
really amusing to hear tile delighted way in
: which the Eraye:looking diplomat relates
! about his Imperial master 1t is with q tone
OF reverence That o 70 Eur o. diplomat
republican ideas among the Chinese, and
: that such ideas would be considered by the
r people E; Ho the I 1anhs' srs b%I E.lH saTs ,b HE s ;bs
way that Chi!ese. emigIants are treated, IN
America and in Australia, and promised to
speak at length on this question on another
occasion.
Jules Verne told me before he left Amiens
!. that he should take the liberty on some fu-
!, ture occasion of working Nellie BLY, into one
, of his novels. He said that she was the
i most extraordinary young person that he
= had ever seen. "She looks like q watch
e spring" he said. He was evidently de-
9 lighted with the young woman. and as Tor
u Mrs. Verne. she is stiil speaking OF her, 90
at least Verne wrote your correspondent q
day or two ago.
In Paris this season, in the good houses at
least, there is to he no music PLAYED during
p dinner parties, and this is an excellent
thing. One cannot serve two masters. And
if one has TO listen to music one cannot lis.
y ten tn what ones neighbor Is saying, 20 thai
e with music at table conversation becomes
l. an impOssibility. Decorations are also "a
IL be very much more simple than In former
l. seasons.
have met q gentleman who has Just TO
turned from Jersey, where he has been soc
ing 4 great deal of Gen. BoulaDger. ant
who says that the ~quarrels between MIN Ant
Nine. dc DonnemAin are frequent and terri
BILE and that they often come as near blow
IA NJ is possible in polite society: The Gen
q erRl Is, however, completely in the WomAnl
hands. ard always gives III in the end. AZ
y aIWays blames her for being the cause OF MI