The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-19

less. receives once d week, with in
5z7krable grace. twelve or fourteen
~. chosen from her list. selected
7re no vulgar preoccupation, no up
~ Injury, but q wholesome and solid
6nce, domestics in correct style, q cook
<khy Of the Gordon Bleu. This last,
lever. superfuous. for it is not the body
- one comes to feed at this hospitabIe
ia. but the mind.
these dinners, needless TO add, are cele-
y tad. and the frequenters of Madame
Il ernon de Nerville are envied by all.
- 4 too well known for there to be any
7discretion in naming her; every one rem
- iustice TO the art with which she
sds the conversation, never permitting it
T degenerate into vulgarity: her indefati-
khIe animation, her grace and good hu-
ar are universally admired, and all SUBJ
81 10 her laws, of which one of the
ff,;ctest and most difficult to enforce is
Ia introduction of private conversation.
~ obligation of ceding the ground to
m lion of the evening, as is sometimes
hsuehingly said-a lion who is well worth
3|i;stenine to when he is called by the name
.Id Renas. Boissier. Jules Simon. etc.
opr hostess is Inhexible on this point.
lrned with q tiny porcelain bell. Jolly
aeIy presented to her one day by guest
n ADDRESSING her as Madame Ia Presideate,
- observes her circle attentively and at
he least slip pifilessly recalls the unfor-
innate wanderer to order. NJ X, we one
Law heard her say. you will pay court to
Gme. O. after dinner.
We may own at once that women are in
lie minority at these gatherings; all the
more fiattering the rare admissions to '.the
fesst of reason and the flow of SOUL"
Tie fair guests are selected and must be
discreet, intelligent, not too engrossing
and yet sufficiently attractive for the gen.
tlemen to have pleasure in regarding them,
4 lpr Madame Aubernon, as good general,
ne9lects no detail. She knows
hat NJ. Bocque, the author of the
aParisienne," will display more spirit if
here be beautiful black or blue eyes to
listen, if his witty sayings cause lovely red
ms to smile; that NJ. Jules Lemaltre. the
eminent critic of the Debdts, will put more
coouetry in his fancy, more wit and grace
into his sayings; that Hughes Lerons will
be more solicitous of the gardema for his
llbutton-hole; that Jean Lahore, the poet.
viii choose from his rich casket its most
radiant jewel; that each, in short, will Law
himself out to the utmost.
: This salon, though il may have rivals.
has no equal; the dinners of the Reone des
Deux Mondes, which alone could be COM
pared to it, are numerous, eighteen or
studied the persons may be the same, but
one may say that at the Reone they all
make witticisms. while at the Rue d 'listony
they are witty.
Have we still time to look in for a mo-
ment at one of our most appreciated artists
of the Coincide Franchise, at the house of
one who is at once q great comedienne
and charming woman. Nine. Bartet?
She expects few friends two or three
lays only, quite little dinner, but how
bright and well ordered is this interiorl
What lovely flowers, and how sweet their
perfumel The little Louis XVI. drawing
room, with its lacquered furniture, uphol-
stored in antique silk. the large lounge,
where thousand little cushions of every
hue and shade are heaped one on another,
the little table laden with a freight of
trinkets, mementos, souvenirs: trifes
such as woman loves to surround herself
with; airy nothings, which give charm
ing air of friendliness and home. One