New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-29
FESTIVITIES OF PARIS.
SKATING. DANCES, BANQUETS AND TllEAl III
GALS RULE TIE SEASON-PORTU-
GUESE CURIOS.
Paris. January 10.


at an end, the hard frost being over, and
Partisan "patincurs" are reluctantly admitting
that their pet amusement is hopelcSsly compro
missed for the present at least. Tie severity OF
the temperature has caused much mortality among
children and old people. In the Ruo du Pot-de-
Fer in the Nal-de-(irace district, an ola man OF
ninety-fve named Andre Cazeneuve died Few
DAYS ago of pneumonia. disease which has made
MANY victims during the last fortnight ms
Andre Cazeneuve was quite celebrity, ms chlei
title to fame resting on his having been cook
in the service of the redoubtablc Marshal
Butcher He was head of the Prusslan war
riors kitchen al the early age Of eighteen. SUD
seouentlv. in 1925. Cazencuve became chief but
,cr to the equally renowned NJ de Ialleyrand'
bisbop and diplomatist After leaving the employ
of the famous statesman lie returned TO his old
duties and accepted Office in the kitchens OF hlng
Louis Philippe with whom he remained until the
revolution of ls4S. lie then retired and bought q
house in the rather appropriately named Rue uu
Pot-de-Fer, where he lived until his DEATH Inc
old cook had another claim 10 notoriety lndsinuch
as he helped Alexander Dumas pere in the con-
piation of his culinary compendium. and gave
the great novelist several valuable recipes
Frosty weather has not interfered with Paris
honeymoons On the contrary. 1t provided new
if dangerous method Of hymencal amusement, as
was proved lately at Sant-Mande mat niue
suburb close to vincenncs is patronizcd both
winter and summer by wedding guests who dance
in the rooms of the chalet on the border OF the
lake after having enjoyed and done justice TO
plenteous deleuner. Last Saturday party oil
Parisians assembled in the chalet In order 10
celebrate the tying of nuptial knot in the con-
Sentional manner. The bridegroom, in an un'
lucky moment for himself, proposed after the feast
nv he
agreed TO- and all the members of the noce we're
soon amusing themselves the ice, when the
bridegroom suddenly disappeared lie had Dcen
chasing an obstreperOus dog off the lake, ana
had skated over some thin icc which gave away
The bride wept bitterly, as in duty bound ou'
her husband was soon pulled ont OF the wafer
and taken to the chalet The occurrence
naturally threw damper on the honeymoon
festivities. and both dancing and skating had
20 I've given up by the guests VINO spent 'hc
rest of the day as best they could
The old DuChesse dc Chevrcusc, Who Is ccle-
DRAFTED for her excessive heOtry, and who sur
rounds herself in her gloomy Castle OF sable
with hone but monks. priests and aGst"fe women
like herself has Just given series OF ietcs, IN
Gliding dances banquets and private theatri-
calls for the social debut of her granddaughter,
Mile Marie Therese de Luynes The young Due
de- Chaulnes and his sister, Mile. de Luynes. are
the children of the lovely and Inflated Duchesse
do Cbaulnes, nee Princesse Galitzln, who dled
miserably few years ago III w'etchcd garrett oi
starvation and q broken heart. The lawsuit
instituted by the Duchessc de Chaulnes against
her mother-in-law the Duchessc de Chcvreuse' IN
order to recover her children, whom the ola
lady had sequcstered at the Chateau de Sable, heed
not be rctold. but many we're those who the
other day. when watching Nile dc Luynes do
tler'a "A
siah Of regret for tile dead Duchesse, who was so
cruelty sacrificed by her husband and mother-in-
law Among the guests present at Sable were
the Duchesse dues, the Marquis and Marqnise
de Jugne the Prince de Polignac and the Comic
de Contades.
Mr. jefferson Coolidge United States Minister
gave a matinee to-day of a thoroughly original |
character lie engaged Miss Lole Fuller, the
New-York skrt-dancer. who is now all the rage
One of the drawing rooms fitted up as |
stage, hung and fioored with black drapery, ana
multicolored electric lights were made 10 play |
on the form of the graceful danseusc" Instead |
of closing her performance with her usual butter
Hy dance Miss Fuller appeared in a costume
made up OF the Stars and Stripes with which |
she produced some startlinglv novel effects Til" |
guests included the Marquis and Warehouses oil
DufYerin. with their son and daughters: Mr.. Con- |
Hoyos. the Countess Marie Munster Count AL |
exander Munster, with his wife. nee Lady Mnriel |
HAY: NJ Tirard the new Minister of Finance; |
the Project Of the Seine and Nine. Poubelc, |
General Nazare-Agha Nine. WaddinGton. wife |
of the French Ambassador in London; Missak
Effendi, and nearly all the members Of the dip
lomatic CORPS | should add that the ladies' were
especially interested in the skrt-danclng, and were
enthusiastic in their applause.
A number Of brio a-brac hunters have gone to
Lisbon TO attend the sale there of the curios OF
the late King Fernando, grandfather of the present
King The auction, it is calculated. will con-
tinue for two months. Four thousand articles
are set down in tho catalogue Dom Fernando
left all the fortune that he could dispose of to
his morganatic wife, the Countess of Eda but
It appears that the old convent Castle of Cintra.
which he also left her, could not be alienated
from the Crown, as the Portuguese courts have
lust decided that rs it had been purchased with
the civil list allowance of the King, il belonged
BY right 10 the Royal Family The Duchessc
de Luynes intends 10 purchase many OF the late
Kings curoe for her newly married daughter
In the midst of the scandals connected with
the Panama Canal enterprise it is pleasant to
turn TO another great undertaking of the same
character being executed with French capital
and under French direction, namely, the canal
across the Isthmus of Corinth. which is now
rapidly approaching completion. The concession
was originally granted by the Greek Government
some twelve years ago 10 NJ. de Lesseps and 10
the Hungarian General Turr. who is married TO
the younger sister Of Lieutenant Bonaparte Wyse
and of Nine RatazM. The company which
originally had the work in hand came to grief.
and it is another company founded on the ruins
Of the former which is completing the work.
The canal is 10 be opened to the largest steamers
on April % nextdnd will be lighted from end TO end
by u long row of powerful electric lights. Tho
tataf cost of tile enterprise will be under
sec, 900, 900.