The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-26

salu, ana the keenest delight was manifest
on every radiant face. The president, who
spoke some English, shook hands with me
as We parted, and / asked him how the
students took my remarks He said:
Iney shall all the time keep the think
ness-what you shall call the recollect-of
monsieur's speech in preserves. so that
they Shall forget it not continualle We
snail al the time say we have not witness
something like it since the time we come
here, and have not so much enjoy ourself
since the grand assassination by the gull
iotlne. Come next winter and be with us
Tor one week. Some of Us will remain in
the hall each time"
At San Cloo l hired of quiet Young
fellow about 80 years of age, who kept a
very neat livery stable there, sort of
victoria and big Percheron horse. with
fetlock whiskers that reminded me of the
sutherland sisters. As | was in no hurry
sat on an iron settee in the cool court of
the livery stable, and with my arm resting
on the shoulder of the proprietor / spoke
of the crops and asked if generally people
about there regarded the farmer move
ment as IN anyway threatening TO the other
TWO great parties. He did not seem to
know. 1 watched the coachman who was
to drive me as he changed his clothes, so
as TO give me my moneys worth in
grandeur.
One thing l liked about France was that
the people We're willing, at a very slight
advance on the regular price, to treat a
very ordinary man with unusual respect
and esteem. This surprised and delighted
me beyond measure, and often told peo-
pie there that did not begretch the addi-
tiOnal expense. The coachman was also
hostler, and when the carriage was ready
he changed his clothes by removing a
coarse, gray shirt or tunic and putting on
long, olive green coachman's coat, with
0nlI ar \
collar and sleeves. He wore a high hat
that was much better than mine, as is
frequently the case with coachmen and
their employers. My coachman gives me
his silk hat when he gets through with it in
the spring and fall. So am better dressed
than | used to be-
But We were going to say word regard
ing the porcelain works at Seyres. 1t is a
modern building and is under the govern
ment now. The museum is filled with the
most beautiful china dishes and funny
business that one could well imagine
Besides, the pottery ever since its con-
struction has retained its models, and
they OF course are worthy of days study.
The "Sevres blue" is said to be little bit
bluer than anything else in the known
world, except the man who starts the nom
pareil paper in the plea town.
l was careful not to break off any of
these vases and things, and thus endeared
myself TO the foreman of the place. All
employees are uniformed and extremely
deferential to recognized ability. Prac-
tleally, for half day owned the place.
A cattle friend of mine who was looking
for dynasty whose tail he could twist
while in Europe, and who used often to
say over our glass of vta ordinGire (Which
L have since learned is not the best brand
at all), that nothing would tickle him more
than Ito have little deal with a crowned
nod md frnt hi tha - 1an4
ally broke blue crock out there at Sevres,
which wouldn't hold over gallon, and it
took the best part of q carload of COWS to
pay for it, he told me.
The process of making the Sevres ware
isssnot yet published in book form, Lillian,
especially the method of coloring and en-
ameling. 1t is secret possessed by duly
authorized artists. The name of the town
is pronounced Save.
Madame Pompadour is said to have been
the natural daughter of a butcher, which I
regard as being more to her own credit
than though she had been an artificial one.
Her name was JEANNE Antoinette Poisson
lie Normant D'Etiotes Marquise De Pom
padour, and her name is yet used by the
authorities of Versailles as a fire escape. so
/ am told.
She was the mistress of Louis XIV, who
never allowed her to put her hands in
dishwater during the entire time she Wis
tied at his house. D'Etiotes was her first
husband, but she left him for gay but
rather reprehensible lite at court, where
she was terribly talked about, though she
is said not to have cared cent. Louis
XIV. told her never to worry, for while he
had nickel she should have home
She developed into marvellous politician
and early seeing that the French people
Were largely governed by the literary
lights of that time, she began to cultivate
q al nfa of n xrrit
and tried to join the authors club.
She now became prominent by originat-
ing method of doing up the hair, which
has since become popular among people
whose hair, like my own, had not been
already "done up"
This style OF Madame Pompadour's was
at once popular with young men who ran
the throttle Of the soda fountains of the
time, and it is still well spoken of. A
yound friend of mine pushed his hair up
from his forward in that way once and
could not get it down again. During his
funeral his hair, which had been glued
down by the undertaken, became surprised
at something said by the clergyman, and
pushed out the end of his casket.
The king tired in few years of Madame
Pompadour, and wished that he had not
encouraged her to run away from her hus-
band. She, however, retained her hold
upon the blase and alcoholic monarch by
her wonderful versatility and genius.
When all her talents as an artistic and
politician palled upon his old rum soaked
brain, and ennui, like a mighty canker,
ate away large corners of his moth-eaten
soul, she would sit in the cleaning and
sing to him, Hard Times, Hard Times,
Come Again No More, F" meantime accom-
panying herself on the harpsichord or the