The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-21
PERE DUMAS
LIE Fills DU.
Made me iselle Jeannine. Daughter
of Alexandra, to Marry.
She Will Become Countess dHauterive In oc
tober-The Home Of Dumas, the Drama
tist, on ths Avenue de Vlll;ers.
Special Paris Letter to THE SUNDAY CALL.

Special Paris Letter to THE SUNDAY CALL.
-rARIS, Sept. 5, 1S90.-Not very long
A ago Mademoiselle Jeaunine Dumas
1S*N said 81 have firmly resolved never to
marry, for | 90 not wish to leave my father. "
In spite of her strong resolution Made
moisele Jearnine will become Countess
d'Hauterive the 10th day of next October.
The Count d. Hauteriye belongs to one OF
the oldest families of the Dauphne,
and he himself is a young cavalry
officer of distinction. In 1893 his
grandunce was French Consul-General at
New York; recalled by the convention, be
was charged by Prince de Talleyrand with
the political service at the Foreign Office. In
1880 he died, after having aided III the ar
rangement of sixty-two treaties, and leaving
no children his nephews inherited title
and estates. Jeannine Dumas is vlollnlst
of talent, and her teachers, Planet and Gar
cia, leaders Of the Conservatory Orchestra.
saw that as professional yioliuist she would
win fame and fortune.
Alexandra Dumas has been very severe
in the education of his two daughters
Colette, the elder is now Nine. Llppmann.
wife of wealthy manufacturer. Before
her marriage Nine. Lippmann had not seen
the interior Of the Coincide Franchise
twenty times. Ii will be remembered that
when he was received into the Academy,
Dumas said: 81 respect young girls so
highly, that / should not like them to be
conducted t. the theater. L respect my art
too much to bring it to point where there
would be no danger for such spectators.
Once before her marriage Nine. Llpp-
mann was taken to ball and there she met
her husband. After her marriage she was
too occupied with her children to dream OF
society, until her father decided that
AS AN AMATEUR ACTRESS
Colette wouId be surpassed by none and
her splendid home in the Rue Dumont-Dur-
Vile was thrown open for theatrical rep
resentatiOn.
Dumas 'sUne Visite de Noces" was chosen
for the debut, and those who had seen the
actress who first interpreted the role SAID,
"Sne is DeSelee du monde.
However, Dumas, the author Of Fran
cillou," Dumas, the father Of the debutante,
was more excited than he has ever been at
a great premiere of the Comedie Francisco.
At the close he was proud enough OF his
daughters success to promise his friends
repetition at no distant day.
Nine. Lippmann has right TO her dram
attic talent. Not only is she the daughter of
an ilustrious dramatic author, but her
mother, a Russian beauty. had wonderful
success IN the JutaItI lu5tdlltu ny we
Duchess de Berri in her Venetian palace
Vendramini, situated on tue Grand Canal
a palace that belongs to the duke Della
GraZia, son of Count Hector Lucchesi-Palli,
Duke della Grazia, and the Duchess de
Berri. The theater in the palace Will seat
800 persons, and in the days Of the amiable
Duchess the front seats were reserved for
imperial and royal highnesses. One even
ing friend of mine. present at all these eu-
tertainments, counted thirty heads wearing
or about to wear crowns.
In this circle Nine. Alexandra Dumas,
then Nine. Narishkime, was fay0rlte be-
cause of her beauty and talent, and when
Nine. Dumas heard the praise shOwered
upon her daughter she must have recalled
thirty years, when she herself was admired
not only 10y litterateurs and artists but by
sovereigns
FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
Alexandra Dumas de la Pailleterie lives
at % Avenue de Villiers, the quarter of sue
cessful artists and writers; at a very short
distance is the colossal statue of Dumas
pere. and bronze replica nearly as large is
the chief ornament of the vestibule in Du-
mas house. In the courtyard are two &C.
clesiastical stalls of the Renaissance, and
these are Swallowed by the thick ivy leaves
that cover the stone walls OF the court
yard. A double glass door leads to the
house proper; the drawing room is
divided into two parts by a pedestal
covered with purple velvet. supporting a
life size marble nymph. One-half the room
is furnished IN Louis XIV style. with furni-
ture upholstered 10 roSe-cOlored lampas. the
other half is filled with japanese and Chi
nese curios. The doors are of bamboo and
the ceiling decorated with japanese draw
ings, chairs and tables are Of stained bam-
boo, and everywhere there are fans,
lacquered screens and various Chinese
bibelotS.
UP TWO FLIGHTS OF STAIRS
bedroom is filed with Objets d art, and the
study is conspicuous only for an immense
writing table Uttered with paper, letters and
go0se-qulllS, the only pen Dumas allows him.
self.
The picture gallery. containing works of
the best masters and the other portions of
the house are in perfect taste. This is the
home of Alexandra Dumas from October 1st
to May list each year. In May he, with his
entire family, goes to Marty, where he has
beautiful residence not far from La Nerdu-
ron, Nicto:ien Sardou's summer home. In
the beginning of July the Dumas family in
stalls its lares and penates in the chalet at
Puys, near Dieppe, and here they are Joined
by the Marques of Salisbury, who owns
Chalet Cecil, and Nine. NOLAN arvalho,
who possesses one of the most picturesque
habtatons on the Channel coast.
The Dumas house at Marty. near Saint
Germain- -Laye, is a two-stOry building
with three-story addition On the ground
floor are two drawing-r0omS and dining
room, opening on a veranda covered with
rare plants. In the second story is the
study of Alexandra Dumas, room simply
furnished, but filed with books.
THE BEAUTY OF THE PLACE
Is the superb park, from which one has
fine view of the neigbboring country
Dumas and Sard0u are very neighborly at
Marty, and the hatred between these two
dramatic writer's has been proven legend
Unless the two authors arevery diplomatic
there is no Jealousy between them. They
seem to be not only friends, but to possess
one for the other profound esteem and
admiration.
Certainly Alexandra Dumas is con-
structOr of systems, an advocate of theory,
pr0mulgator of new IDEAS He dares,
like no modern writer, uses no precautions
and says what he thinks, without reference
to conventionaliiy and prejudices. He
seems cynical, and some twenty-five years
ago he had an attack of what the French
call maladie nore, from which he has
never recovered. On the whole. however,
he is a good fellow" and when he believes
a demand upon his purse a worthy one he
responds generously. Stories of his avarice
and selishness seem very improbable to his
friends, and for the son Of the elder Dumas
must be impossible.