New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-14
THE OLD ORDER IN FRANCE'
Still, STANDING At BAY AGAINST TIE NEW
Paris, August J.

yey of society, as u mas come 10 tNIs' w =,
republican institutions. Most interesting oil '',
is that exclusive grand monde which IS suppose"
70 centre in the Faubourg st. Germain: memoirs
and novels have 50 famiarizcd the outside "orl"
with this aristocracy of the old regime that Gu
riositv cannot but be- felt 10 its pre- cnt dolhSs
and developments.
| think the time ~ past when American read
crs were led 10 imagine that the fine Hover oil
French society under the Republic had migrated
TO the salon Of Madame Adam. In is palmleSi
DAYS this wa, rather an asscmbllgc Of male nota-
btics. willing to he brought together by females
intriguing in politics and literature, than repre-
sentative gathering of socicty. With all her
clevcrnce. the hostess never succeeded in dong
more than making her reunions help 70 tie adj
vancemcnt of her protcges through pollilc1ns OF
the school of Gambetta. The later Ministerial
Radicasm i, made up Of rharaoh- that choo'' to
know 10 longer ths feminine Joseph Of other
DAYS; while her Review, which still oilers
convenient place for the productions of hcr own
pen and Of others who wish to come before tie
public sells bur Il few hundred copies each month
As to the official receptions Of the President
and the various Minister'S un Ter the present Ad-
ministration. they have undoubtedly had som"
recognition from social elements which would
have been considered desirable IN thc time of tho
Empire. Bat tie Empress Eneenc hcr-.'f Dir
not succeed in drawing within tie dazzling brill
lance Of her Court that older ar-torracv WHICH
has IL. tit,, from the duration Of it, being. Here
and there was detection. ending usually in m'r-
race with some Of the newer families NOR"
blessed with money: and sometimes true love, or
letters. or even progressive patriotism. has led
representatives Of th7- rand monde" e older
France 20 an acceptance Of new tiin,Prs they ~"
II j. clear that the final Limits Of any circle Of So
cc'y can hc known only from the intcrmlryi1c"
Of lis members mere presence ~ frtc~. official or
otherwise. tell, nothiH- a 20 III" rcprhlican2iL:
of the aristociaic Fauhours
several instances occur 10 mind from the family
Of Comtc Daru, the Minister Of Napoleon III. whc
distinguished himself in the pressure brought TO
hear on Cardinal Antonc before tie Vatican
Council. lie tie grandson Of the historian
Of Venice and by his sisters marriage was CON
nectcd with the De Villicrs family Of the oh
petite nohcs~c" Through him his brotlicr-in.
law WIS drawn into the Imperial service: ana
there has since been another marriage into the
family Of Dayout Of the first Napoleon's Mar
shalS. whose descendant bears the ti'lo ~ Due
dAucr~tacdt \ cousin Of the latter was tho late
Marqusc dc Blocqucyille. who consolcd the long
years Of her widowlood by wcl-iuioniionrd cf
forts after literature both in The frequent writ
ing Of books Of Thin but refined mytticisni AMI
in the bringing together in her salon Of as many
as Sympathizod with her tastes But only 4 for
cien correspondent could make her salon repre-
sentative Of any branch OF the great worH. in in
tclect or in fashion or i'm family dr@rrnt Into
the Daru Do.Niilicrs family married n Cathcncau
n Descendant Of M" Breton General who rose from
the ranks in Napolronic times Th, bttcr family
10 Il. L..
religion. became intensely attached To- tie last
legitimate Bourbon; and one Of IT, members was
among the dozen faithful few who kept M the
,cmhlancc Of Court around the ENic Of TroA.
lor-, the Comtc de Chambord. on King Henry v
- they called him
All this was under tie Empire II j. cyi
dent that families like tlr,, now Grd themselves
far moro closely united in their common bel; O..
sympathy with the present regime. IN point o.
fact. al that remains of Lc,liimi-n. Oilcanism
and Imperialism still forms comp1c; social
an.tOcracv that stands aloof from the new
families which have made tie Republic. the
req ons for this continuance Of the former "N.
,lnsivcncss are not mainly roit'cal ard ,Ii-foc-
ncv is prOylnc itself quite alive 10 tine de
stability Of having some share m wIaf the H.
public has 10 give. some ol ifs y0un.Dr mem
bcrs drift into the public service AMI positions
a. the army have ALWAYS Kept many iu touch
with the ncw order Of thn.s. Bar. socially. ticit
families hesitate 10 min.lc freely with ih, lr,cr
If deputies wives A"d daughters and their 20
ntical friends who make mp tie gatherings ai
the Elyser. The Grcyy Administration was
rccloncd far too bourgeois 10 allow oi any con
dc.ccnsion The correctness Of the tarnot> ha,
made possible some appearances of Tins grand
monde" Of other days Eat. - far - inter
marriage i concerned there seems not th" sli-ht-
ct prospect that the advance of democracy will
rcvolutionzc French higher society. or that II
vii. produce q state OF thin2, like hat which
exists in America.
Ii is astonishing also. what respect !, still had
Ey the French people for Titled persoHases. The
fact that titles If nobility are no longer con
ferrcd and that the old nobility is without 10
litical influence and, III ;bc nature OF things.
must sooner or lacr die oIt seems not to af
f?t tie esteem in which hereditary rank is held
by high and low. Among the Forty Of the French
Academy there is the Party OF the Dukes
Only A few years ago | heard tlI" cry
in n "rowdcd church: Place pour le Duo de
Ncmonrs" and lie people obedicntly made way
for this pious and misery and very deaf son oi
King Louis Philippe This il not peculiar 10
tn, settled and rcl -ious portion q: thc pc"p'"
Tn, tile Of the omit. q" Nun COOS npt I,dAc him
Joss Loprlar with In. work'1emcn "Gic TIE
aittf.ncSs cf united Radicals shows how hcIl
dinc-en. cs Of rank ale >till i'lr T'hs als" c\-
nlain, the eager ugilv H. poS-c'' DE- tdtioh
Of any kind most of II of tnc Legion Of Honor
# bnt illustrates Il characteristic OF the French
pcoplr. which porsc,cr through all changes "l
government and revolution. The desire of TIL"
ar decoration. for purposes OF exterior SHOW, L.
inhorn and will not ont and the lack of Il coGr'
and Of hereditary titles 10 confer is. IN u mea
nre a source of weakness 10 the Rcpuhlic IN.
meet il would be fc!t under the rule Of Socialism
itself
II remains 10 be s,.rr whether the notable
families Of the Republic viii be abb" I" worn
their way upward well rs did the new
corners Of the Empire IL" latter had nrw titles
and distinctions created for them, ana vet i"uhd
il lard CROUCH 10 enter the charIncl clrcl" M''