Omaha daily bee., 1891-04-05
PARTISAN GOSSIP.
Events That Interest and Amuse Peo-
pie at the French Capital.

[CopyriNH 1891 bu James Gordon Bennett I
PARIS, April Anew York Herald
Cable-Special to THF BEE "A spectacle
of Easter is the boisterous demand for spring
toilets. 1t is day for flowers However,
the boulevardS are fortified on both sides
with bank Of glorious spring blossom flow
ers, kiosques, resplendent shop windows
that so many dream of, floral loveliness Of
of coun tless designs and unique as well as
beautiful. Among them are palanqI ins,
birds of gorgeous plumage, gondolas, ter
races and wheebarrows.
On Tuesday Paris was treated to snow
storm, which was not wei received.
Fifteen hundred canvasses have been ac-
cepted by the hanging committee of the
the Champs Elysees saton horseshoe which
opened Tuesday. Vicofr, o de Corheaons
Plaisance took the first pre- Of 1850 francs.
The second prize 1f' 1000 francs
was won b, II, sI2obn's Brenda
on Wednesday the first prize was won by
vicomte de Lays and NJ. Dupuys Macaron
and the second prize was won by M. Clausats
Puvre. The receipts forEthe DAY were $4,000
francs.
The English court tennis champion Saun-
ders, won two sets, eight to five and eight to
six, from the clever French players this
week. The French men were entirely out
classed.
Lord Lytton, the British ambassador, and
= Lady Lytton gave a largely attended dinner
to Nine. Melba early in the week.
Mapleson is making desperate efforts to
secure Melba for an American tour He has
offered her 100000 for two seasons. She
may be considering the offer but has not vet
accepted it.
Minister Reid gave dinner Thursday
in honor of Henry Ridgeway and Ellen
Munroe, who are to be married
April 49, At the dinner were Mr.. and Mrs
Whitelaw Reid, Mrs Monroe Mr.. and Mrs.
John Monroe, Mr.. and Mrs. George Monroe,
Ellen Monroe, Marian Monroe, Mrs, Ridge
way, Henry Rdgeway, Comte and Comtesse
de Candy, Miss Willing, Vicomtesse de
Courvel, Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Jay, Mr..
and Mrs. Corbin, M. Dcgiers, Comte
jacques de Pourtales, Mr.. Thorne, Mr. A.
Cordie Stcohn and Mr.. Sands. There was
no reception afterwards, but few friends
came in VINO had been unable to accept the
invitation to dinner. Among them were
Austin Lee and Comte and Comtesse de
Alsoree. Johannes Wolfe, the well known
vioinlst. played several pieces and there was
singing by Mile de Noguerias.
Two great French families are shortly to
be united in marriage, the banns having been
published of Comte Aymora de Mealay, son
Of Comte Raymond dc Nicadly, and Mile de
La Forest Darmaille, daughter of Comte
Henry Darmaille, a suh.lieutenant of light
infantry serving in Africa.
Vicomte de Pomereu aud Mile. de Clermont
Tonnerre were married in the church Of ST.
Thomas in Daquin, Faubodrg, st. German,
Thursday. Among the witnesses of the
ceremony were Dowager Marquise de Cler-
mont Tonnere, Marquise de Pomereu,
Marquise Daligre, Prince and Princess Henri
de Brogle, Revel Duchessa de Daudeapville,
Marquise de Mcmahon, Marquise de Gramont,
Marquis ana Marquise De Moraemart, Baron
and Baroness D'Hunolsteen, Vicomte and
Vicomtosse D'Hunolsteen, General and Bar
onne do Gools, MarQuise de Galiffet, Mar
quis aud Marquse De Monteynard, Marquis
de Marclcu, General and Comtesse Dhuesme,
Marquis and Marquise De Monspoy. Mar
quise De Chanaeille and Comte and Com
tesse Henri de BeauforG.
DR.. Corset, who has been experimenting
with the Brown.Sequard elixir, says: ~ do
not cure anything, but I give the sick the
means of getting well, beginning with
strength sleep and appetite" DR.. GOsset
has made 5000 injections on patients suffer
ing froln hereditary tuberculosis. One is
said to have been receiving treatment for SIX
months and has gained thirty-t three pounds.
AT the Monaco regatta on Tuesday the
prizes Of 800 and 1000 crowns were won re-
spectively by the English yachts Deerhound
and Blue Rock
The battle of flowers at Canine Thursda v
was brilliant spectacle. The weather was
delightful and the crowds we're large. The
floral display was magnificent