New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-25
KISSED BY NJ. CARNOT.
AN UNEXPECTED PRECEDENT SET i
SEVEN PETTY GIRLS IN SAVOY.

AN UNEXPECTED PREC EDENl DEL ID
SEVEN PRETTY GIRLS IN SAVOY.
Paris, September Q.
Tie President Of Tie Republic made the best OF
the lad wat or whic' must havr othorT's' SO led
III, trp TO Chambcry. The occasion Of his visit
WA 4 double coInncneraton- Of the first
annexation Of Savoy TO Franc" and III" prociN-
nation Of the third Republic twenty-five years
ago Tie former affair wac, however, the one
10 which most prominence was given. The hr't
annexation was spontaneous and accomplished
hy tho VOTE Of upward Of five hundred delegates
sent from Ivory parish in Savoy TO Chamhtry, near
which the clouds OF revolution first began TO
Gather when J. J. Rousecau was the guest at
les Charrnettee Of Nine de Warcns. Chambery is
Il charming little town. Rousseau was struck
with the sweet manner, and faces OF thr young
girls Of Chnmbcry. SO was NJ Carnot. who, when
d~putation Of the ln.ses OF The seven districts OF
Savoy wearing the respective costumes OF the
district came forward to present him bouquet,
exclaimed IL am delighted 70 receive seven
such pretty ci-s and in such pretty costumes.
too This compliment was not enough for them
and they stood Whiting to bc kissed. This ccre-
lnony OF kissing young ladies who ohcr ho"efs
for Nine Carnot 20 the President is becoming
a part OF the etiquette which will govern the con-
duet 81 future heads OF the State when they 90 on
official tours into the Provinces. NJ. Carnoe
stood bowling and smiling at the fair Savoynrds,
who smiled ~ him and did not move away. The
ov,l,ya ri sitnn.ion nigh, have bon prolonged hn
not the Mayor OF Chambcry whi'pcred to IN"
PRESIDENT: They want 20 he kissed lie WIS
only going 70 kiss the spokeswoman OF the party,
one Louise Poci. hut the Others holding mp their
checks lie had 70 emhrac, the seyen-to their un
concealed satisfaction.
The Presidents powers OF endurance were Sc
ycrcly taxed by the rain IL is part OF the ETH
quctte that he has established for the Chief Magls
trntc of the Republic in visiting in state pro-
vincial town, 70 show himself 10 the people VINO
have come ont 10 greet him. in IN oprn carriage
However bad tho weather the rule is not departed
from and no umbrella is rrsortcd to for shelter
Tho President is no letter Of than the humblcst
pcrson who stands in tho street Every one won
dcrcd that he did not leave Chambcry vita a
fever After the drcnching in an open c,rra.c,
he stood dfty minutes in an unshcltcrci tribune
| 10 see the march past Of the Alpine Corps ana
other troops W. de Frcycinct the War Minis
tcr fores cling tie rain. hal n sen-'riiarv mantle
! made for himself. well lined with fnr and having
an annie hood The garment kept him snug AMI
| dry.
NJ Carnot's visit TO the King OF the IIclcncs
| was polite breach Of the rule in rirtu" or which
it is the monarch visiting France who pays the
| first visit 70 the Chief Of tho Executive. The de-
n,rturc from this rule WIS made the assump-
| ton that the King an invalid. lie had no
doubt rccn taking the waters and bathing TO get
rid OF arthritc rheumatism. But King GEORGE
| always gees 10 AK on pleasure bent. as thc Prince
OF Wales goes TO Ilombury. The King Is never
accompanied by the Queen NJ. Ribot and Colo
/
as they arrived there from Chambcry, to tell the
| King that NJ Cnrnot was going 10 waive core
mony and call on him, but in ccrmonons mnn-
nor. H. was arranged that the King was to re-
GIVE him surrounded by his household AMI wear
nr tho grand Gordon Of the Legion OF Honor
| under his frock coat and visible over his waist
| coat
| NJ Carnot did not SEE NJ dc Gicrs. But he was
visited by the Duke Of LcIctcnbcrg. s0n-in-law
| OF the Prince OF Montenegro, grave looking per
sonagc. who II his physiognomy lied not, was
| charged with wciehty responsibilities. lie Is a
grandson Of the latc Emperor Nicholas on his
| mothers side. and OF Eugene Bceuharnais, son Of
| the Empress Josephine his fathers, and Is a
tall bulky man with raven black hair and grave
cast OF countcnancc. His wife Is at the IIDtc.
Vcndome, and she and the King OF Greece have
been going about for the last two days. lie and
| she walked yestcruny up ia uoWn tHc rue nc III
Paix, looking into the wi 11Ys OF the jewel shops
and going into a few. 4 day he was accompa-
MED by Princess Waldemar, his sistcrn-lnw.
She is the daughter OF the Duke de Chartres, and
is the life Of the Court Of Denmark As she is a
prodigious favorite Of the Gar and the companion
| of his ramfles in the beech woods near Fredens-
borg. she is O good deal courtcd by the different
members OF her husbands family. The King OF
Greece and the Princess first went to the Postage
Stamps Boursc in the Champs Elyscc and were
amused at the hubbub made by amateurs OF
postage stamps and spectators in them. There
was brisk bidding for a postal card that had gone
round the world after person whom it only
reached in Paris whence it started. 1t received
sevcnty.two post marks in its iourneyings. The
Price given eventually for it WIS 275 flames or cl3
| The King and Princess next strollcd into the cx-
hbtion OF art applied TO industry that is going
| forward in the Palais de rIndustre. lie wa.
called on in his absence by Lord Duferin, the
| Swedish Minister. and the different members of
the Cabinet. No Importance, beyond a wish to
cultivate pleasant relations with the French Gov.
eminent and Nation. Is to be dcduced from hi,
going 70 lunch at Fontaincblcau where last year he
| was also entertainer at a midday meal by the
| President and Nine. Carnot. The leading mem
bers OF the Cabinet met him. NJ Ribot. OF course
I. was one Of the guests. T.. G.