New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-19
SOCIAL LIFE IN PARIS.
4 FLASH OF GAYETY BEFORE LENT-SHOOT-
ING SEASON-MUSTACHES AND Boards.
Paris. February {

On Sunday last the shooting season came to an
end and the trains leaving the city late on Satur-
day night. as we'll as on Sunday morning. were
crowded with men and dogs, the former III every
! conceivable costume all alike determined 20 aVa'i
! themselves of the last day that remained ~Iorc
the commencement Of the close pcflod oi t"e Sc''
! Tie Goyctnmcnt covers at RambOuillct were shot
over by a number Of Senators ana Dep"'ics' WI"
mot a, III. invitation Of the President OF the Re-
| public Ordinary sportsmcn tramwd throd9h the
thick groves of Meudon and other woodland places
| lringing the city. travelled down to Saht ger
main and possy in order to reach the forest l"c
| weather WAS abnormaly mild for the PERIOD ana
| remained tolcIaby line until late IN tie after
| noon rs usual every year, the close OF the shooe
| ing season ha, been marked with lamentations 10
| the effect that game is becoming more ana more
scarce and Oh the strength OF tins the Sanc-dcaI
| crs rs usual have raised during the last lew DAYS
| the price OF their stock 70 absolutely phehoihch"
| figures. asking rs much for hare az uScu 10 Nv
demanded twenty or thirty years ago for an aDl'N
bodied calf Curiolsy enough. the records OF the
octroi or municipal customs Offices cstaDllsiied at
the gates of Paris show that larger llahtlty o'
game has been brought into the city during the
last twelve months than ever before, ana among
the figures which specially noted were 4oV'o"'
barcs 500 400 paltri,lccs II 900 bucks and deer
French origin the game imported from Spain ana
Germany not being included therein From TINS
il would appear that the scarccr game becomes IN
Franco the greater Is the quantity thereof which
we consume here.
Til. Tuesdays of the Coincide Francois have now
rccommrnc"d. and are well attended by III" " me
fcur" of society here, full dress being even more
marked than formerly The Thursdays of the
| ,pnf lr
hcr- of the fair SEX greatly TO appreciate tho
innovation Of being admitted to seats in the par
qnct ar 70 stalls from which they had hitherto
beef excluded
The BaIs de- rOpora have been NOR" brilliant AMI
animated this season than they had been for many
year in spite Of the fact ta' men belonging 70 III"
grand monde" have not put III an appearance"
there. ~ it had previously been their wont to d.
occasionally. Ii was ~ th" 18th OF January
IsI3 that King Louis XIV granted In" Pans
Oncra lcft"rspIt'nt permitting ccstnm" AM mask"
balls {" b. gwen there and, Stranee - say. II
n monk Father Nicholas B,urccoisc by mann" b.
longing to the AuIus'n Con.r'ric. who invented
the complicated mcchanIsm by which the floor OF
the opera house. could b" raised IN half an hour TO
tie. l.vc Of TN. STAG. in ordrI transform tn"
entire salt lie spectacle into - gigantic dancing
hall In th.~c days The Opera formed pant of th"
dc Val,> now ncrsrs in ihc E1c -. llonorr Th'
VOGUE If tie Bils Il" IOpora Increased under tie
,.rens of LOWS ~ AMI ~ Louis ANl AMI QV""H
Marie Antpnctt" onrr prevailed upon her Royal
husband - take her to one OF them. Truth COM
p,ls me- Ia adj that. aCcnrdne 10 a letter written
subsequently los the King. hc declared that Ia" hal
not enjoyed i, AZ all DARN. loulS lhillpf"
tnc the Bal. de- rOprra reached their greatest
p,rioI ~ .nagnhccnc". 'hic1rd and Mu-ard then
being the cynosnrc Of all eyes. ana many ladies Of
,hc erlul monde went To IN" Opera fo4 their SAX"
alone
Tl. last days Of the Carnival viii have bcch
saycr than uelt have hc'l expected. con'Id"rin!
the cNtrcnc dulnr>~ socially Of thc winter several
GREAT mondan.- have lately returned to Paris and
have resumed their weekly receptions. The
DucAcssc de- Nnlcncc. who p sscs-cs superb resi-
d.nro on the Elc do Clichy. gives soifc" every
Wednesday lior salons are the rendezvous of all
the u iud',; names OF the Spanish colony 5000.
orc meet, there the Duke and Duchc's de Castro
Tcriano, fll. Duchc>, de- M,ntca.udo the Marquis
dc Villa ->tura, the Marquis Casa Rrra, ctc, etc
The PRINCES Of I;cauiIrcmont- Court"nay receives
IN Thursday nights but her Hotel of the Rue de
Grcncr has been Of lat" year. oftea sailcncd
bv successive lrath-. that these ~olrc.~ not
what can b. called cheerful The Princess dcvotcs
her rniir.. existence - good works Size j. pr"Sl
don, of several charitable institutions, and Is con-
tinually s"Win- with hcr own arlsocrltic HAMS
llVrit"s iuI poor children clothes for oil paup"r
women. Countess IOyOs alsp opens her salons on
Thursday. but in the splendid Hotel Gallcrla there
l. a continual echo OF song and laughter. for the
charming Austrian AmbassadrcsS possesses 20 a SUI
prcnc lcgcce the difficult art of entertaining AMI
of amusing this most hlasc of all cotercs. the in
mates of the Faubonrg ST German. Thursday
certainly il the fashionable day this season for 1t
has also been chosen by Lady Dufcrin. by the
Countess d. Molitor, who gives weekly sorcc
Musicale" BY Nine de- Bculc, the Nicomtcss,
de Jane the Com.ssc darcy. and several other
great social leaders Indifferent to the universal
rcprobation Of Friday. the Nicomtcs~' de Tredern
receives every Friday night, and tout Paris
consrcQates al her marvellous sale de musllue
in the Place Vcndomr where Europcs most cole
bratcd artists have sung and played Last week
the gifted Nipmtcssc gave another Of her delight
ful dinners followed by a concert where she sang
some Russian vokslicds with more than her or
binary brio On Saturdays Nine Henri Schrcdcr's
palatial abode IN the Faubourg 81. IIonorc opens
its doors TO all that Paris holds Of celebrities So
cial. literary or artistic The young Marquise dc
Chaponay Nine SchncidcrS daughter assists
her mother in doing the honors with 80 much sue
cess that there are no pcasantcr entertainments
than those which take place at the Hotel Schneider
NJ Henri Schneider. who is the proprietor Of the
world-famcd iron works of the Crcnsot. married his
prc.cnt wife year after The demise OF his first
hclpmatc who was her eldest sister. ana whom
he had married in 1860 durinS the palny days Of
the Empire Both Mines. Schneider were re-
nowncd for their marvellous beauty, and the Mar
quisc de- ChapOnav is to-day quite as cAqulsitcly
lovely az was her mother twcIfy years ago The
latter may add is still one Of the landsomest
women in Paris, besides being quite queen OF
fashion and chic.
The Duchc-sc dc Ia Trcmoillc gave dance a
few days ago to celebrate the eighteenth birthday
Of her daughtcr-in-law the Princess lie Tarnte, |
the birth of whose baby | recorded in these col.