New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-22
NINE. CARNOTS PARTY.
THE DUO D'ORLEANS AS HE APPEARED TO
HIS JAILER AT CLAIRVAUX.


r.o> r,y RECITAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
Paris, June g..
To-day's garden party at the Elysee TOOK o'e
character of an afternoon ball. the concert nan
If the Palace having been given up 10 dancihS'
To intimate on the card OF invltatloh ehao ".Ae
was 10 take place was 10 secure greiu oisp'1S
81 ELEGANT toiIettes There were dresses in nearly
all kinds of materials-in Chinese crepe, III H
veil in fouard in gace silk, in soft fale' IN "io-
Ia. Moaome Carnot was in green of paie
bueish tone. plain in the skirt. and having ny
:, u,',,ton s,aevcs. Her hat was trimmed with
the palest of pink roses in full bloom one ""u
NJ Cannot came out for some time ana SAT on
Tho terrace under the glass veranda WIFI"
stretches along the garden in front OF the 'erlaoo
The personaCes of the official, political anu UP.
lomatic worlds of course. were present. - ~
Ivtton was in too deep mourning 10 a'ccnu' ~,
7 saw Lord Lytton. NJ. Carnot conuuo'ou 'i'
Baroness Mohrenheim, the Russian Ainu"''e 80,
% the hall when she was leavns nc - sow
% no mono the better for his frequenc 'ou
in the Provinces But it did not s'i'N' "io
no looked at all i'll. 1t would NC ma, ''no"'
however. if the fatigue exci'ch'h' ""' -t,
~ 49,, ros,;,.;,v which he must 20 through
"-' leo a Provincial tour had not dele
,.rious effect on man of his qulet TASTES
rho ,;heraton of the Due d'Orleans has caused
M ,reat stir anywhere-no, moi even III hoS"ii'o
Io.aIites In the Chamber of Deputies IL mas
taken for while the sting out OF KoyaiiSo opp'-
sition 10 the Ministry. The Oreans's are noV
able to get the nimbus of martyr round 'no
Dues head his stay in ClalrvauA ha'ins "'Vn
pleasant change in the ordinary tenor ol nis iii'
lie held receptions of relatives, friends and po-
htical partisans, carried on voluminous coiie
snondence and found genial and very orlgila"
Armand This official belonged 10 the CAFE fro-
,one Cenacle of which Gambetta when young
briefess LAWYER, was the king. lie Is schoiaIN'
literary and an inveterate Bohemian-lust WhaV
the working classes here would call un DOH
zig" When the royal kindred of the DUO tea'eu
him with hauteurh he made them feel his resentment
by making them wait till they were tireu III az
ante-room. When they gave themselves ho ai'1
he was pood-naturcd. The Due de Nemours al"
his son. the Due dAlencon, thought II became
their dignity 10 be on the high morse WIN W.
Arnaud. The next time they visited oair'""N
they were told that he was busy writing ana
could not let them sec the prisoner until ne hau
first some conversation with themi ne Wouiu'
therefore, ask them 10 wait until ne had uone'
IL was nearly time for them TO leave TO ca'ch lhe
train before the governor was able TO see theni-
The Due de Nemours and his son, the Due
d'AlencOn, are the memDeIS VI MS i"N"'S
cling most 20 old court ceremonousness, and
after them the Countess de Paris, in her relations
with the tutors and governesses Of her children.
UAlencon has been little humblcd by the Brazil
revolution. But as he is still brother-in-law OF
the Empress of Austria, he thinks himself OF other
clay than the common run of mOrtals.
met this morning the governor of ClalrvauX,
who had come up TO make verbal report TO the
Minister of the Interior on the Due d'Orleanss
five months captivity. He says the Duo Is
sngularly loquacious and that he has the pen oil
a ready writer. But though he is never at loss
for a hux of words, he has not many Ideas.
Not tina. he is fool dull. He is rather sharp
and has good deal of nous. He has 40 taste
whatever for study. The governor was bound
70 read all his letters, and had to get those In
English translated. They were ttippant and, what
one does not always find in conjunction WIN
fippancy rhetorical Young Philippe dor
leans is vain. lie always interested IN Know
ing what the journals said OF him ana what
people thought of his adventure, and often wrote
nonsense in trying 10 coin dne phrases when ne
no doubt thought would like electrical
current through the nation. His friends did him
the bad service of only sehding him the journals
which were partial toward him. One day he
asked the governor to let him read those which
he received W. Arnaud handed him one as
they were walking IN the garden. There was
a leading article in it from the pen of NJ. Kane,
treating with sarcasm some attempts that were
then being made TO SCI up the DUO
to the admiration Of wbd tine ,b 5iencn Peo
perused it his face fell, and he was not III hunOr
Tor talking during the rest of the promenade
lie carefully cut out everything lie saw about
himself and filed scrap-bOOks with such cuttings
lie also got the Due Ue Luynes, the Princess de
Charities, his betrothed, and the Countess Butler,
lady of honor to the Countess de Paris, 10 make
similar collections for him. If he subscribed 10
an argus agency he would probably have read
much that was not meant 10 please him, and so
trusted 10 the scissors Of the just mentioned. lie
had a launty way Of treating unpleas antne5ses.
The popularity of General Boulanger was, II may
I've surnised. what helped to urge HIM 10 at
tempt the conquest Of France By entering the
army as conscript lie would have chosen the
branch of the military service. Serving In the
army in the ranks was idea that seemed u
have taken hold of him. He frequently aired 1t
in his conversation and in his letters. lie often
spoke Of India, and seemed 10 think that the
English had no business To be there, the French
having a prior claim. But he enjoyed his stay
In the Rife Brigade. The Due de La Roche
iaucauld, grandfather Of the Due dc Luynes
went 10 Brussels 10 meet the ex-captive, who had
the discretion not 10 accept an invitation he re
ceived from the young Princess de Ligne 10 put
up at her house. There has been quite exodus
OF heavy-swell Royalists to England 10 he present
AZ Jne COunJ dc IdIlSS meeting WIN MS son al
Dover. All the nobemen who belong 70 what
the Royalists term the service of honor OF the
Count are TO be- rather have been Since the
meeting came of this afternoon in attendance
that pretender Republican France shrugs
her shoulders and laughs As VI. Guyot, Minis
ter Of Public Works. remarked to-day: d" What
does II matter TO us il there are nObemcn Of in
dependent means who have taste for playing
the part Of Wallets? If il amuses them 10 act
seriously the part of courtiers, am sure do not
object &c
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