The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01
ONCE WORE H0MESPUN.
BUT TICKLE FORTUNE SMILED AND
HE NOW WEARS PURPLE.
The President Of the French Republic
Manages to Live on 100000 "a MONTE
What People Eat and Drink at the zig
B,li~-The Luxembourg Palace

France than elsewhere. smiled on him. bis
only inheritance was a good historic name
for his father had rendered the state true and
laudable servics-ani bis sole oncumbrance
wife and small income Now. a grateful
people allow him nearly 10000 per month
for bis individual expenses, and n free list,
sulflcient'to cover all OUTLAWS for balls, state
dinners and receptions. II presupposes un.
usual tact and strength Of character 10 DE
launched suddenly from h0mespun 10 royal
purple without displaying the marks Of birth
right No one in Europe receives more era-
ciously than the president There is distin-
gushing personality about him. whether clad
in the regalia Of the Legion Of Honor. stand
ing in the midst of the distinguished men of
France or walking about the ground, Of the
exposition. convcrsing with the workmen
There is nothing striking in the face, 10 is the
general bearing of the man that imprcsses
ono. He seems 20 the manor born.
THE PRESIDENTS RESIDENCE
Even though the Elysee. erected by Molet
in l7ls. has counted among its residents the
Comic "a EyrouX, the Pompadour, the Duchess
Of Bourbon, Murat. Napoleon !. Louis Bona.
narte. Emperor Alexander ! of Russia, tine
Duke do Berry and Napoleon III, 30 mas be
reserved for Carnot to carve ont career of
usefulnes, more enduring than amy of these.
The palace is separated from the Champs
Elvsee, by a large, well cared for garden.
and but for the memories clustering around
10 has nothing especial 10 commend it to the
tourist Two sentues from The Garle Re-
Ouhlicain stand 40 The main gateway. end but
for this the English embassy, a little farther
Town. might very Ncil Doe taken for the lulais
lEly,ee The internal arrangements wcro
much improved under Napoleon TIT. tu'
even tct the home ol the president ls nn cy
,cedm-lv modest affair There aro scores oi
private hotels in the immediate vicinity Gar
Hand-omer n every way Tile largo draw
ng room i- not as imposing as the one BOO tha
White House. and the general reception
rooms are not as cheerful ami bright as are
those 0i the presidential mansion in Wash
uct0n still. with an excellent service. a
lne iarder with the best Of wine cellars and
c0od stable, 81 Cauot ekes out "a comfort
able cxistcfce
Three balls given during the winter are
paid for by the city of Paris To each bali
from 400 90 GOOO invitations are sent out
Motley Is the only wear Bacchu- and Psyche
are the Penatls that grace the open i.replace-
of this magnificent .uildng. Bacchus 40 tle
last bali dispensed 5000 glasses of beer. 1900
quarts champagne. 1900 quart, Bordeaux,
1000 sandwiches besides equally large guam
titles of turkey. lobster salad pate BE l0ie
yras, etS ETC. Psyche kept the young people
actively employed until 0 in themomin-, AMI .
the chief OF police, who sn03lel comfortably
lu hs Office. was mot called upon to preserve
.he peace lloquct. the Blaine of France, the
premier and chief Of the cabinet, receives "a
.alary of 10000 francs per year IN addition
% this be- has q large secret iGnd at Dos dis
p0sal upon which bee can draw whenever lo
likes lis drafts upon DO arc large and fire.
Qucut
Tho president of thasonate has only snail
salary. hut in li0u thereof the government
gives him the Palace of the Luxembourg Orb
I've in. Up 90 june, 1901. when tho Count
of Provence. afterwards Louis XVIII ieit
10. this had always been royal residence,
having been built for Marie DE M.dicis
Passing through various sta-es0 OF state prison,
n which were confined BeauAaruas. Jo.e-
phiuc. Desm0ulus Dlnt0n and k0be>pi,ril
--0l the pulais du Directorie, ialais du Con
suIat. Paais ola Scnat-Con-eryatcur and Pa
lais On S.nat, the Peut-Luycmb1urg has De-
como tho homo Of the president of the senate .
until BonIanger, with his war cfy of revision,
dissolution aud constitution, shall create o
new order OF things.
EXPENSES UNDER IHE REPUBLIC
Relatively. the expenses have decreased
very considerably under the republic. Tho
civil list alone has been cut down 2OO01Ol
francs. Individual extravaganza wa, much
more exaggerated under tlo empire. There
was Capitalization OF wealth as well a- Of
power Now both wealth and power arc
moro evenly distributed The general eX
pen-es of tho country are oi course larger
because the general ucea--ifiesaro much more
urgent But tl. general expenses under the
republic. in view of tle general necessities OF
"A large standing army un expensive navy.
are much Jess than were tle general eNpcn
under the empire. when such necesstie, were
less widespread The absolute governmental
expense have been cut down over ono-quar
ter. for tie budget is not handicapped With
"a l0ng ll-t 0f poverty stricken and dlsiplted
ari.t0cracy drawing enormous pensions
Take the B0ulauzar-JacQues political cam.
pugu as an instance. The entire expense
was covered by private Subscriptions not
penny Icing iAhNu llNIl AAf IANiAH I''tl "A.
The Republican, in 6ehaif of their candidate.
Jacques expended 100000 francs, while the
Roulanger clique paid ont somewhat over
twice that amount
Thus nearly S-09o00 was put in general
circulation in Paris. all Of which came from
the pockets Of Republicans, Royalsts and
lmperiallsts The empire encouraged lavish
display among lbs representatives; the D..
public euj0ins modcsty and economy The
expense OF running the foreign Office have
been diminished onc-half. The general OK
penses of the war department are large, be
cause "a standing army of the size that today
obtains n France ncccs tates the expeudi
ture Of large amounts The individual a..
pon.es OF tho general, staff and limo offices
are very much less than under the empire
Relatively spcakinr tie budget Is less than
under tho empire. and ara not at all sure
that il is not actually less II wo add 20 the
necessary outlay the individual expenses OF
the emperors favorites, which were paid for
out of tho war budget-Cor Boston Globe