The morning call., 1892-05-01
Varied Talents. Of the HafQuiSe dc
BlgGQuGTiIlG.
The Author of Many Cooks Of Merit, and oao
!: Of the Best Entertainers
in Paris: 49, -:-.-:
written for THE MoRNINs GAIL.


Pauline Bonaparte.". Another marriage al:
lied the families Of. Napoleon and Davoust.
Princess .Bathilde :Bonaparte, daughter Of
the Prince de Canine. married Count de
.Cambaceres, whose mother was Helene
p Davoust. sister Of the Marquise de BIocque-
Vile, Count de Cam aceTes@ died a. few
years: ago and left two daughters, the
p Duchesse de:Feltre. and the DucheSse d,AI-
bufera. +: -. I. :....:..
.The Marquise de Blocquagille,s two
brothers; died young, so that tne title of her
father was Inherited by her cousin, a gen
-. .eral.- in the French army, The Marechal
:. Deyoustwas not: belOved bv.:his colleagues
:: becausehe was too faithful to old French
: etiquette. Tits said that he: never began: a.
battle without aEing a toilet.aS carefully
as il for a-fete. But, in~spite of his toye-for
etiquette, the Marechal was a .conquerGr,
= and the. decoration given: only TO aeon
.mander-in.chIef who gains a battle was his
: before his comrades had dreamed. of their
: own possible success. = =. ~ -.
! The Marquisede Blocqueville resembled
her; father to- such an. extent. that when
Young his: old soldiers called her.. lie Petit.
= MareGhal; alt hQugh very young. when tile
Narechal died. 1.-The little, Louise cherished
for his :memOTy:the tendereSt feelings. -:
l. : A -sOldieralOne could be her hero, and
.:wien@old. enough TO marry she gave her
hand and lieart.to the general, Marquis de
=. Bl0cqueviue. theTepresentatiye. OF an old
NOTman family. Since the. death. OF her
: husbabd the Marquise de BioequeyilEe d.
: Vides. her. time between. her Paris. home, 9
.Qmai :Malaquais, and her country villa at
" AleTS-S UT-nieT.- AT DUAL MalaQualS- the
MaTqUise occupies the second story OF an
old house, aud five immense r0Oms-0ne Of:
"Mhich.was once Mazarin' S music-rOOm-eon
tain alt. her souvenirs. We might say that
all the celebrities of this century have been
= seen I'M these .draWing-rooms,- arranged in
. fashion,: Of one hundred years ago.
=. The. : sOlemnity of'- the Empire fur
nituTe. is su6dued by. q quantity of
souvenirs, among which is a. statue
If MaTechaL DRYOust; every blbelot
'has:a.histOry and about everything there IS
:, an air OF harmonious simplicity In the
:niIStum at AuXeTTe,. birthplace OF Mare
-.Chal=D AUGUST is the. Eckmuhl. room, and
there the MaTQuiss de Blocqueville has col
-lected~ her most precious treasures. One
q, sees her fathers library, and beside it her
own, her father gala dress, his epaulettes,
builet-pieTCed uniforms, decorations, bis let
tiers and the gown worn By Princess d Eek
muhl at the maTTiageOf the Empress Marie
EOuise,*White tUle lined with white satin,
bordeTed with hand-embr0idered gold and
: silver leaves. 4 lie cloak and sewn are COW
cred with silver and gold bowers. The veil
of tulle,~ embroidered in gold, Is so be-
spanged with the precious metal that the
= stuff is completely hidden The veil was
" thrown. behind. brought forward and ac-
cOmp3nied the diadem.
~. - PRECIOUS SOUVENIRS.
=. LII the MUSEUM We find also an album Of
Turkish costumes brought By the Marechal
to his dear little 0ne' one day when she was
ILL An:iT0n cabinet, in this same museum,
contains all the published works Of the
- :MaTQdise,. another these same works In
manuscript another collection OF criti-
"csms, and another the unpublished works
q Observation-Disclosures author. Among these
-. are. 'ApT0pOs de Mon Pere," "a QuinZ
Ans M on Enhance, "."Quatre Ans DEP
= reuyes,H >-'.Uue Mission" six volumes OF
"ReVeTies, a thTee-vOlume novel entitled
= "Cdrlotta, "."Life of Rubens." and p vol
Umes Of notes and travels, the first begun
:; IN. 1880 One of the most interesting unpuO-
Iished IN anuscripts is that referring to the
!: Siege OF Paris. During the siege the Mar
>-;QUise;de BlOcqUeville ]ived*at. her present
address; 9 DUAL MalaquaiS, and her constant
. COMPANION vas LeT cat CendrO, a cat ImmOT-
-taEzed in. bronze o. tile sculptor Angelo
@fTsucia. -: -: ~ -: -.
:. A-few steps from the home:of the Mar
- Quise De BlOcQneYille Is the Palals deS Beaux
Arts and some one unfurled the red flag on
the roofoft the palace. The Versailles army,
-. thinking the entire quarter must be filed
with insurgents, directed thitheT their
bombs and shells. One burst in the sleep
ing-room Of the Marquise and grazed her
:, forehead. Only then did she discover the
flag that had nearly cost her lie and the
officer OF the palace was notified and the
flag taken down. Calm then prevailed in
the quarter.
In her writings tile Marquise has said
much of herself; the Duchess Ayra- Eitha-
Lucipera in the ''Soiress de la y lille des
Jasmins" is evidently the MarQuise in the
- flower other YOUTH.
3: 'Perdta" is the work preferred by tie
MaTQuise herself, and IN one Of her books
the AarQulse wrote concerning "Perdlta' ::
+.HN hen tile book appeared / sent il mys-
terousiy TO NJ. de l-amartine, who was very
p. anxious TO know the name of the author. 4
.'mum5l friend told me OF this, and remem-
:beriug what: praise NJ. de LamaTtiDe had
shoWered upon my father. 1 authorized my
=. friend to diyulge the secret. 'Ah" ex-
. claimed Lamartine. "Perdlta" IS by
. eDayOust's daughter! What admirable
passages in this bOokl What father. also!"
Another novel, called Christian. and
Massulman," has been translated into ltal-
Ian, according to the wish Of the ladies Of
g. Bologna. 80, d: =. ~.---
~. i A BOOK OF MAXISls. -
Roses de -LoeF rs a book Of maxims.
after the style of La Roehef0Ueauld
Among these maxims we fnd:
!. B., The heart can b9 forced TO pardon. but
not 10 forget"
.. =. Conceal carefully your sorrow II you do
not wish TO be abandoned"
The height Of human fOlly-an intelli-
gent man when he IS in love-. -
!. " 'Disdain for men leads to esteem for
beasts"
: :. al bsepce is.ouly a:melanehoIy word; the
. absent who are IenIem bered remain near
THOSE. who Iemem ber." IT,
H!R6ses de Noel is dedicated to the
:. Duchess de .FeltTe, niece of the MarQuise,
and tile success Of this book has led 20 the
publication Of another. called ''Pensees d IN
. =. Pape: -. :
- But the great work Of her life has been
the Memoirs of Marechai Dav0ust, Prince
d'Eckmuhl" Already five volumes have
been published and the Marquise is at work
on the sixth, which Will soon be ready for
publication -: !: =:
Tie t.Mondays'' of the Marquise de
:. : BlOCqueHille~ are reno Wnpd; she is one Of
- the. few hOstesses in Paris who has pre-
served the ancient traditions. Her salon
is intelligent and aTlstocratic, and for 80
years: It has been. the faithful shadow OF the
=. salon of Madame de. Lambert. The Mar
.quiSe de Lambert was the graHde dame at
the beginning OF the eighteenth century,
e. and wrote. .maxlms concerning the edu-
cation" Of,#t the young and corrected the
~.Abbes in manners and morals. The Mar
qnise de.Bloequeyile belongs TO a family
that has always = preserved its dignity.
= 1t WAS little too aristocratic for the first
empire, little too imperlalistie for the res
Iorati0n, q little too religious. for the mon
aTcby OF July, little too PuTltanleaI Tor
the second: empire, and much too all that
: Tor the republic. -
The MarQuise de BlocqueviIIe has white
bair, black eyes, delicate features and a
charming expression. She is surrounded
by friends and admirers. Her aequaint-
ances are all chosen from the arist0eraey Of
art, Intelligence and birth, and these can
be called the fdeles. To them her Mon
= day issaeTed,: and her salon is only closed
in the spring, when she is ready to go to her
summer home-at Villers-sur.mer.
Able Liszt was a:dear friend Of the Mar
qulse de Bl0cqueyille,: also Pere Lacordaire,
- and it Is said that Pere Hyacinthe chose the
Marquise for eonhdante: the day, that be
found himself caught in loves siIken net
and at the same time trammeled by his
: sacred vows. 1t IS also said that the en-