New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-13
THE GOSSIP OF PARIS.
QUEEN ISABELLA MISSED-EN GAGEMENT OF
PRINCESs-DINNER WITH GYP."
Paris March |

Paris. March L.
Queen Isabella, having spent the entire winter
here. has just gone TO Madrid and Seville. where
she proposes to spend Lent She will be greatly
missed here as she is a very popular figure in
Partisan society Before her departure she gave
a reception at the Palais de Castillo. which was
attended by oil the shining lights of European
aristocracy now in Paris. Among the dlstn-
guished guests were the Count Aimery de Ia Roche
foucaud who il the arbiter Of all elegances There
Is not a great dinner given in the "Faubourg
but that the Count il requested to give his advice
about precedence etiquette. or even the minor
arrangements of the table. He has made SO care
full study Of all the written and uhwrit'eh
laws Oh these questions that he will tell you now
many steps you must take In your salons to meet
Duchess u Marquise. a Countess or simple
lady, respectively. He is the oracle of fashion
and renders his DEGREES in cathedra ana eA
cathedra His knowledge of the French Afinoriai
and of the Almanach de Gotha is simply marvel
ous His wife is exquisitely lovely, win nan
the color of ripe corn and profile like that oil
a cameo She is universally loved and her sweet
smile and exceptionally winning ways have more
to do with the Counts popularity than his CON
venient but at times slightly wcarisome inialii-
bitv in matters of the world worldly
Another of Queen Isabellas guests was the
vnmte d'IIaussonville the grandson of Nine de
S,a.l. lie is The recognized chief OF the legi'-
mist PARTY Tall, fair, cold, sarched ne Is ho'
an altogether pleasing specimen OF the aristocr"''
but in case of "a mOnarchcal restoiation IN FRANCE
he would certainly occupy one of the highest posts
in the Kingdom The Comtesse, nee d'Harcourt'
is very pretty woman, who looks Ike the sister
of her four lovely daughters. The Witty ana
charming convewationalist, Due de Broghe. Inc
Duo de Doudcauville, who is as perfect type
xvio, riynn IL
wife. Princess Marie de Ligne. il a model grande
dame Her only foible is an inordinate snpersh-
ton, which she has presumably inherited from her
Polish mother She collects quantities OF little
objects which she asserts to be infallible against
the evil eye She breads broken glass, over
burned satcellars crossed knives, and, althoh8h
remarkably intelligent woman, believes devoutly
n all kinds Of supernatural powers and influences
The Comtesse de Gueme, who possesses marvel
BUS voice. sang several times in the course oil
he evening
Queen Isabella wore black velvet. richly ana
heavily embroidered with silver, combination
reminding one involuntarily of very gorgeous
hesrse She walked through the State apartments
leaning on the arm of her nephew, the Marquis de
Valcaros son of the Infanta Joserha, who married
in opposition to the wishes of her family the
Cuban poet NJ Guel Rente For several years
the latter and his beautiful consort were at open
warfare with their royal RELATIVES. but the re-
mark able talents of tie young man. his undaun'eo
energy and his strength of mini, together with
The intervention of Queen Isabella, who was very
fond Of him. at last conquered all difficulties and
reconciliation effected
Princess Lise TroubetskOIs granddaughter,
Princess Aurora Demidofl San Donate, is about to
marry Prince Arsene KarageOrgeicwitch. a young
colonel in the Guards of His Majesty the Car.
pr;n leo TrC, bpfsl; belongs
birth, ms well as by marriage. TO the nobi5S
families of Russia, she is of the bc,t-lsnown
personalities in Paris. She possesses q superb |
house in the Rue dc CourCcles and her salons |
are among the most brilliant the metropolis |
She was in Russia during the war of 1s7O-'11. and !
endearcd herself greatly TO the French Govern |
ment by her kind reception of NJ. Theirs on the |
occasion of his sad mission to St Petersburg when
the little statesman was travelling from one |
end Of Europe TO the other to entreat the inter
vention of the great Powers in behalf of Trance
Badly received everywhere else, The influence OF
Princess Lise obtained for him both sympathy
md courtesy at the Court of the Gar The French
have never forgotten this, and have always been |
grateful for it. The Princess has just ordered |
for her granddaughter parure of huge diamond |
6eur- de-lys, comprising necklace, tiara ana |
stomacher as a wedding present which is OF such |
unusual magnifcence that it is quite the thing |
here to 60 to the Rue de la PaiX in order TO |
admire the dazzling jewels resting on their soft |
bed of white velvet in the window of the fashion
able jeweler
The bridegroom, Prince Arsene Karageorgeie- |
witch, is related TO Prince Nicolas of Montenegro,
the "hero of the Black Mountains" The latters
daughter had married Prince Pierre Karagcorgcie-
witch. who in 1870 enlisted as a priv ate in the |
French army, and who became captain and an
oA7 Of fba of Honor before
the campaign.
Considerable merrilnent is created by the honors
accorded in India to General Won kodolitch, and
by the Difference awarded to his comments on the |
condition of Queen Victoria's native army. Cen |
eral Won Kodoitch's last incarnation in this city |
was in the guise of not particularly reputable |
horse,deaer and he removed from the active |
list of the Austrian army some twelve fourteen |
years ago by the Emperor's express wishes. Under |
the Second Empire he was certainly one Of the
most original and notable figures at the Court of
the Tuileries. gay and dashing Colonel of
Hussars he was much sought after then, during
his period of service as military attache of the
Austro- Hungarian Embassy. He possessed
elegance and chic, perfect bgure, ana
his cean-cut features, together with the las
Grating serrentine-lke gaze Of his git'eriog gray
eyes and his long, pointed mustachc, made HIM
60 very like Goethcs Mephistophces that he used
to go by the name Of Colonel Mephisto' The
General until the date OF his marriage with the
hunchbacked daughter OF the late Baron liene-
Geldern, the millionaire proprietor OF tie Vienna
" Fremdenbatt," and the only brother of the cee-
brated poet OF that name, was received on terms OF
equality not Only by the proudest mobiles OF
Austro-Hungary, but also by :he French. English
and German aristocracy. Since then, however, his
social career has been of downward nature, and
lie was subjected TO a series OF studied sights
on the part of the great ladies who had been
quite pleased therefore 20 associate with him, but
who closed their doors his plebeian wife.
Having. moreover. incurred the dspeasure Of
lis wealthy father-in-law, Who very soon got
tired of paying his too numerous debts, the