New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-12
PARIS GOSSIP
DUMAS'S DAUGHTER-MAfE. MARSY-FERNAN
NUNEZ.

NUNEZ.
When Dumas fills recanted a short time ago his
tue Ia" and exhortcd the them future jurors In
the Deacon case to make an example, every one
who knew him felt that the birds he Matched
had come home to bis own hearth" II he
changed his tune so completely, he must have he'd
some good cause for it, apart from q disinteT.
esed search after philosophical truth The fact
that his daughter, Nine. Lippmann tColette and
her husband have got rid Of each other In the
divorce court explains the retraction. Nine. lip
mann is compound Of Russ, French, Jew and
negro, and is what her fathers friends describe
as tres fsntaisiste. True to her Narischine.
Oriental and tropical blood, she is an irrepresdble
person, her disposition being made up of strongly
contrasting, aud in some respects discrepant,
qualities.
Nine Nfarsy, Of the Francois, is not pleased with
the demi-succeas of "Froufrou,' and has fallen
ill., She will, her doctor certifies, have IN keep
quiet for fortnight or so. The wonderful
dresses which the actresses in this play require can
lie utilized in playing before the tourists who
crowd into Paris when the ordinary residents
leave it, Foreign and provincial audiences will
not Judge the play or the acting according II
their merits, but see them through the eyes Of
10 learn from the condolences what sort of dresses
to set themselves up with before they turn their
faces homeward. do not blame Mile. Marsy for
not having burned the Seine as Froufrot.' for it
is fiimsy character Mile. Marsy was . little
spoiled by her great success in 81 The Tanning Of
the Shrew'
Two ex-Ambassadors of King Aiphonso to tho
Elysee died this week at Madrid within twenty
four hours Of each other. One was the Duke Of
Fernan Nuncz, who might also be styled his
wife's husband and the other man Of con-
siderable gifts and distinguished littcrateur Senior
Manuel SiIvela The Duke died Of paralysis and
Silvela Of apoplexy. The Duke a son OF the
Prince de Savoic, the head of an old Mlanese fam
ily, and was, when he courtcd the Duchess de Fer.
nan Nunez lin her own right Count de Falco
dAddo. ITe was cut ont by nature to be Prince
COnsOrt, with position involving no great re-
sponsibilities lie had head like wigblock
when in the sixties lie and the Duchess were in
high favor at the Tuileries, and Used 10 figure at
court balls there in qladrillcs Of honor They
did not then fill any Official station. The Duchess,
It was said, being very much in love with hcr
husband, had taken him away from Madrid to
keep him out Of The way OF Qneen Isabella.
AS he a vain man she perhaps was right
Italians generally take the world easily. But he
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that snobs love. lie was keenly alive 10 news
paper criticism, and the papers were kept
acquainted with his dOings and those OF his family.
One Of his daughters became, by her marriage
with the Duke dAlbe, the niece-in-law OF tho
Empress Eugenie The Duke Of Fernan Nune1
was the nobeman who some eighteen nineteen
years ago made a present. Of plated tea service
TO Sarah Bernhardt, leaving her TO suppose IL was
real silver He was indiscrret when Ambassador
here In showing his old preferences for Bonapartst
and Royalist company, but particularly for the
former. His want of tact this evinced was IN no
small degree the reason why King Alphonso was
So roughly received by the Parsians the last time
he came TO Paris
The President Of tie Republic had to-day q
private view of lie vengeur, the new naval
panorama by Poilpot 1t has ben painted with
the design, when the Parsians h~e had enough
OF il, Of exhibiting IL in the provinces and then
taking It to Chicago The painter has evinced
great pictorial grasp and vividness ofimagination.
lie represents "Ie vengeur' In clse quarters
with two English frgates and a thr. -decker..s
shin OF the line the Brunswick. "kveneedf<
is dismasted and indeed almost knockeoto pieces.
The good ship is beginning to make he lurch
bottomward One almost wonders she has
not done so sooner, and fancies that e. must
Ding down the brunswick with her: Cvtairly
as many British as French tars will goo tbs
bottom. Those of the former who have gruplN
with her men are in a bad way. All are fitting
with diabolical fury and one can almost in3r
one hears the discharges Of the hint!oek Of
the scene sings the Nrarseillasc,' the Legend :.
ing that the. crew Of the Vengeur went, dSS
singing that hymn f. u