The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-31
PARTISAN SOCIETY.
Sketch of It's ..Acknowl-
edged Leader.
COUNTESS DE LA FERRoNAYS
:: =. -. - .
A Talented Woman Who Has. Great
81 Influence in the. Fashionable:
:. .' !. 5. World: of. France.

turned to Paris and Will soon give series
OF receptions IN her splendid home, Conrs
la Refine. r.
Inc salon of Madame de la Ferronays is
ohe VI the lew where conversation is an
art "here one meets celebrities inzthe
! poIltlcal' literary aad artistic worlds ~
COUNTESS de la Feuonays is the daughter
ol monsieur Gilbert a stock broker, we'll
known al the court Of Louis Philippe, =
! she and her Sister-thelatter the Countess
| de Ia RocheAymon-ver fayoritesm of
| Queen Amelie, and perhans through r6var
influence they made brilliant marriages.
| Certainly they adorn POSITIONS for which
| birth had not fitted them. conptess de la
| Ferronays is sister-in- law of the Dnchess =
de Galore and d'lstria, ana Ct the Conni.
ess Gle Nun. Der husbands edest sister
married Augustus Craven, dis,neujshed
diplomatic. and Rect dune Slpur" by .
Madame Craven, is delightful picure of
the French aristocracy.- -. 1919 -
| To the pen of Pauline Craven: ii lee be la:
| Ferr0naysJ we. are also :indebte d for the
"Life of. Lady GeergIna.. : Fullerton,
I Youth. Of Fanny KEN BILE, .CJuMr.d de-:
/ Mon alembert" and Two; Incide u is Of:
1.-The Catholic Questionin England.'' -...= s.,
+ When. Nj lie. Gilbert married Count de la.
Ferronays she was placed mar exec ptonel
position. Her husband was related t0:the= J.
/ great families Of France, intimate wifi,
men; like M0ntalembert and LamennaIs
and a favorite OF: the Orleans princes. "
/ Consequently all the ceIe britfs of tile :
/ middl IL of the century We're seen at her
house and her widest ambitious dreams
were realized, 49, =: :: =: ::
|; s The u anne La FerroTays: is written with !:
|: golden letters. in the. istory of France.
In the .e. eighteenth century a Ea Ferr eIays
was Bishop Of, ;Bayon ne.=. Terrible: inlnii;i-.
f lions: ravaged his diocese and he: placetf
| bis entire fortune at the: disposal Of: hi 81;
! people,. Louis XIV. hearing OF iiIs. noble !
| conduct said. The. Bishop: of BayopHe
goes to water as his; brothers 60 to: ffre,'*Cva
|: a L. eau CONNIE SEES fTeTes Vomt:au feu
F.. Amengthe ancestors of the: lie Eerfofiays
/ Was Payen. Ferron.: who went to the. Cru:
sades with int-iiQufs:* Since jules Fer
| ron, -who:.llved: III 1856. the family: has: .
owned the property,. La. Ferronays, NEAR !:
I:DInan, in Brittany. ~: .
IS Tie father=i n-Eiw of Countess: de la Fer.
ronays played an impor;antrele under the :.
! RESTORATION. He married the daughter of; :.
/ Count de. MontsoTeau, and. hen he was ::
E:eXhed his wffe 0IDpaniet him.. A t. the
l. Restoration he@was Entrusted: with mary ::
Important. mi ssions:= .EmbassadUT at SE. :
| Petersburg he pre- pared an: alliance: be-.
tween France end RusSia. When Minister:
fof Foreign Affairs. had his*ceuDseI been
|. followed, perhaps; the elder branch: o f the :;
.BQurb0ns would not have lost the THRONE
He replaced Chateaubriand as :Embassador
&c. Rome, and died in 1872. =: :.
+: HE s0n#of this great d 81 Ornate, who be-.
F'eame husband. o f. Madenoiselle Gilbert, :,
/ was the intimate friend of The Count de
| Chambord and spent much of his time :.
either at GeritZ or at FEohsderff. l0ne day:
the Count de Chambord took his friend
| with him to +:the CASTLE OF Pitten.. The +
| :Prlnce drove four =h0rses and beside him
lin the small. Carriage Was his friend: La :
c.Eerronays: Suddenly Count. de la Fer
Prince, - .breathed< heavily !: and :,ex3..
/ pired. :. The ~PriEce erected d monument
Oh. The spot: where the event. occurred, :
l:and until his death showed: the. greatest
affection for the family=of his dead friend.
Alter her :huSbanq's deal b.: Countess de Ia, :
l. Eerronays., with her sister, Countess de la ::
R0Ghe-Ay nl@n, built a :spIend id residencef.:
lin CQurs la Refine, Paris. ~. : !: +: +. 81.
L. j line first story OF this house is devoted :
to receptions DOM s &; four. drawing rooms.
open on "a. hong, broad gallery 1.-THE YES:
l:tLbnfe rs between the dining-r00m and the !
| grand staircase, and tue entire. house is ::
FURNISHED in Louis XIV style; Even The :
tapestries were the gift of King LnurS "
but there are-nQ bibelots, none OF lie fIltp :.
| IN othiIigSH which add so: much. to the Z
l*beauty OI m0dern homes. .'Pne.wO odwork: !
Is white and gold and 1.-THE: hangings red ::
| The salon. of Nine. de: Ea ~Ferronays: ia :
called the Salon DIES Princes, but it, is also:
d.! "a sa lon diplomatiQue. =:
T.: 8efore=the :CQuntd Paris was. banished:
lfTom France he honn red the:recepfions q T..
the Countess de la Ferronays,* and in ;hrr.s-
l.h0Qse. was arranged the marriage-Of PTfn- g"
cess Amelie with the Duke de i3ragarz6;
now King Of Portugal: Since that Time :
the position of Mine. de: la Ferron avs. AL.
ways: assuTed,. has: gained: new lustef.
And her house, with those of%the Duke de ::
Doudeauyille, PRINCE de: Leon, Count =
d,.Hauss QnYille: and Duke de Br0glfe.- be-
longs In some de gree to- the Countde Paris ::
who. a bsent from Paris, leaves his repre- :
senta tiYes.' The political 1'uesdaysof G0nn-; :
tess de la FefTOnays have become; historical, :.
but these Receptions. are only for men,.
as women. might be. frivolous and ihdis-.:
Greet. However, each year Countess de Ia :.
Fefronays gives two: or three ;ra6rts+to:
which are.:inyited: from fifteen hundred To- -
: two THOUSAND persons: anG,her dinners are
celebrated. =: Court etiquette has. q lwaYs
been observed III herdlning-room, apr0pQs;:
OF this, avery amusing anecdote;is related !.
One day. the Duke of M adrld lD0n CarlesY
dined':: with ; the Countess: and in: his ::
honor: she decided that the:dinner should :.
be announced as in the time of Louis XXI "
LES yiandes: sont .appretees.' But inc. !.
bntler was sofmpressed by the rank of the
guest that BE. forgot his sentence, and AN :
BOUNCED: Mime. la, COmteSse, les viandes:
sGnt avancees. -: Great was the amusement.
of the guests, and: the; butler has. never ::
been forgotten by Parisians.s. -
!: The Marquis de ia .Ferronays. Deputy
for the Loire .l1ferieure. is a SON :of the: :.
Countess. Heis now 81 years old, and has.
been soldier, diplomatic and politieian.
From 1872 until:1SS0 he was attaehe milf
tare at Berlin. Berne and. Lond0n, His ::
wife is the daughter of the Duke des Cars.
The family Perusse des Cars traces. its ori-.-:
gin to the eleventh century, and among its ::
celebrated members are Harduim, a CRIT ;;
sader In 1913, Anne des Cars, knOwnas :.
Cardinal de GlVry, and Charles rdes Cars, :,
Bishop of LaDgres. -. -
The daughter of Marquis and Marqafse'
| de la Ferron avs married. few years ago.:
| the Count de GOntant- Bir0n. fature
Marquis de Saint Blancard, one Of the
most brilliant names in the: French aris- ::
tocraey. The family of CONTAINS Btr0n. !:
| has so many members that when, some.
few years ago, the Marquis de Saint ::
! Blancard celebrated his golden: wedding =
his children, grandchildren. nepnews. and ="
! grandnephews bered 50O.: ::. +; =
| The Countess de la Ferronays, to-day am !:
aged woman, has all her iife, or rather, !
ba6 ,uohf -;