New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-12

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guests were, certainly calculated to cnlivcn the
festival | remember especially the couplet with
which Nine Adam received Emile Iola, VINO ar
rived disguised as a peasant. II was Just nj ~"
time when he publishing his most unsavory
novel. Mana" as a fculleton In the 'Voltaire'
newspaper. and the rhyme with which he was
greeted thus:
"Pavsan. fumcz vos terres .
Avec lc feuilleton du 'Noliaire.'"
which may be roughly translated as follows:
peasant manure your fields
With TIE serial story In the 'Notare.'
| a notable figure among the guests on that oc-
| caslon was the Paris correspondent OF The Lon
don Times" ". de Blowitz, who appeared In the
disguise of n 'rzigane. a costume which rather ac-
ccntuated than diminished the peculiar enbon-
| point and general appearance which II we are to
| believe Roran resemble so strongly those OF the
| Apostle Paul
fl was however. during the reign % Napoleon
| III that fancy dress and masked balls attained
their highest degree Of popularity. this being IN
| great measure due 10 the Empress Eugenie VINO
posscsscd all the Spanlards love for this species OF
| carnlynlosquc entertainment. Not only did the En-
press and n. members Of her court give balls
! uasaues'' ana balls cogtumos." but even the Off
ciaI fctes and receptions Of the Cabinet Minister'S
AT their Official residences partook OF that CHAR
act4r Thus II was At the Ministry 90 Foreign Az
fairs whore that popular French diplomat. Cont"
A,nelot d. Challlou 80 we'll known at Washington
| having donned the costume Of Dogen's' eN-
| tuguishod his lantern finding himself race To
! fac. with the Emperor r"marklng ne he did so
| at last | have found n man. II was on that
same evening that the Empress won V"ritable
triumph by the magnificent spectacle which she
presented I'm the robes OF "A Dogcss or Venice; she
vas literally covered from head To- foot with tn"
crown diamonds. At one Of th" balls OF ms KIM
m the Tullores a sensation was created by u" ap-
| ,.aarauca OF Tho famous beauty, the Confess" DE
Cas,lclion, as "Salambo." arrayed In n garb alto
rcthcr too daphanous Tor the taste Of the Empress.
| who made no attempt 20 conceal nor annoya nr'.
Strange say. the Empress was 'ne
onlv one OF the women present wh"
! showed am signs Of dIspleasure ana
, ~, ultra-r'spcc;ahlr and d"vont Nine
| Eouhcr the wife OF ~" famous statesman VINO
used to be known the Nicc-tmperor. remains
on record having ond'avor'd To excuse th' loVe-
/ Is Countcss's somewhat decollet" appearance win
! the exclamation "Oh. mais la Comtesse a toni 81
h.n'' OOH bat the Countess Is 50 beautiful In all
! v,ovs) ON another occasion-I think 1t was at Il
fancy dress bali given by the Due de
Norway at the PalaIs Bourbon while he
held the office Of President OF Inc
| earns Logislatif-thc eccentric and reckless Ouch
,,ee i. persgnv. now dead. gave rise to a similar
onery manifestation on the part Of the Empress by
! m. somewhat rlsIuc character Of her costume.
| which wa mainly composed Of imitation seaweeo'
tights and sea-grccn gauze-very littl" OF the lat
| TER TIL. Duchess. having asked Oh prosper NefI-
NEE what he thought OF her costume he replied
.Rut what does ii represent?
| .'Why a raiad. water nymph OF course ex-
claimed the Duchess.
| at low tide. / presume" mnrmured the Old VIII
| softly az he passed on.
| Many OF the readers Of The Tribune VINO nave
visited Paris will remember the Pomp'an house,
| constructed by the late Prince Napoleon on IN"
| Avenue Montague. and which has recently been
| I inuuoi,ratsl by the Prince with
| an entertainment nj which all the guests were ar
| rayed I'm the costume Of the Romans OF the time
Of Augustus Caesar. the banquet being served ac-
cordlng To the most approved buculiiah itsloh '"e
guests reclining couchcs having Heir w'he
served from ainphorac and par'akIng OF viands and
deicacics such ~ those We rra Oh III tue p'seH Vi
| Horace and s;allust.
Vary amusing was the fancy dress ball given Just
| before the fail of the Empire by the Russian
Prince Dolgorouki. whercdi all the ladies' were ar
rayrd as nursrmals and all the men as common
soldiers and policemen. The spectacle Ire''"'''
f., said 10 have beer such that one would almost
| have imagined ones SELF t. have been In the pup
| lie gardens Of the Tuilcrlcs summer after
| noon Another hostess who still remains famous
for the fancy dress balls that 81" USED 10 Civ III
those DAYS Is the rVer-lovely 'onit'sSc "c i""'
| taIes-"thc Contesse" rs she Is c"l"" III ''''''
So careful was she about all the detai'" ''' ''V"
the liyercd servants who opened the doors ana an
voun,, ,nonb.rs OF the jcunrssc dorec III di'SuiS'
ono Of the pocularities Of fancy dress bais Is inc
| mnnl1 with which number of women seem 10 w
| afflicted for arraying themselves In the Barp OF
| Mary Queen of Scots. and for posturng rs 'iae
| Inflated queen. The widowed Countess "i 'd''h-
| ness who resides almost permanently AT f'' anu
| who Is perhaps more widely known by hcr 'p''i,'''
| title OF Duchess OF pomar, Is espec'a's ~
| euished for this craze she magnes not ohy .'..,
| Notwithstanding her mature aSe aii Ii,aan hut
| she A. the living image of the Scot,isi ,oirtuai
even that the batter Is reincarnatc anu ~ nI,n sa
| communion with her IL IS owihS 10 ,'ii' 30 80
| that the Duchess frequently CONTINUES -, H.,
halls costumrs where almost the only peoPic III
fancy dress are her son, the Duke vi ioni on .
herself receiving her sucs'', 'rarh ~ m.
species of throne and costumed III '''e s" " 49,
decapitated Queen. ossod hv the same
Another lady who was possrsSeur 81, 10 nrincinal
sentiments w,s the wife OF one Oh ,l,c ~ ~, 20 a.
English officials in Egypt As the zoo" mo'', %
dead now. forbear from h'e Jncv Jrcss hall ai
I,ut she, too gave a grani ia,'N ,,rn,,r mn A.
Alexandria. and although she han "a, !, ,hrnne an,
dren, received her guests scnu' n costume which
T., nor cnsa va rendered all the more groteslu,
by reason OF the sad fact Una, Tho mnrortunate
borribl. mnlady had deprived the "nio' lila s
woman OF a considerable portion w mei ~ 70,
Whenever think Of this p tt It.as q, "onaraIl,
of the roya victim good Queen nssS !, s ,r
~ b. ~. ~, s,c -. or cniallng horrible nightmare
| one Of the most famous fancy uieSs pa',H 49,
| given nj Paris was that at Whlt' ,lc in, III ~,
nuchease do Rerrv appeared as Marie STUART III! .it
other guests being arrayed III ,ancv dpass ~ th,
OF the Valos. In this sas oncn for Within a few
1920 ,pen, ahe found herself an exile from
! Eranco Gu ,hst verv same gloomy palace Of Holy