New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-19
PARISTAN WEDDING GIFTS
RARE OFFERINGS FOR THE TROUSSEAU
BASKET OF MILE. DE ST. SAUVEUR.


MARIE ANTOINETTE's L.ACE-A COFFEE SERVICE
OF EUGENIE-LEoN SAY on ANCIENT
LITERATURE AND LIFE 3
Paris. August &
great wedding will come of in the Prot
estant world here. The bride Is the daughter Of
the Marquis de saint-sauveur and her future hus-
band Mr. Schneider. OF the great ronmastef
of Creuzot and grandson of VI. Eugene Schneider.
who was Speaker OF the Corps Legls.atif from the
time Of the Due de Morny's death unit. September.
1870. The Schneider family delighted at the
projected connection with the De Sa!nt-Sauveurs. and
are heapng gifts into the rousseau basket. or
corbei..e de marriage I have just seen bit OF
Old ACE much but skilfuly repaired which the
bridegrooms mother has picked up al what she
thought bargain pr!ce-lso francs a yard. There
are six yards, in three pieces. and the pattern
Identifies 1t with either the lace worn By
Marie Antoinette when standing 10 Nine. VILE
lie Brun for the portrait in which that Queen 10
holding a and wearing a crimson ve.vet dress.
The pattern Is not what one usually finds In the
point d'Aencon OF the time. but copied from
Mech.ln lace. Since II was executed the Aencon
stitch has undergone change. The ground OF this
lace which Is OF the full depth Is Of fine, soft net
ard extremely flexible. II would be charming on
neckerchief or neck and chest ruifie. Among the
articles for Household figures the coffee SER
vice in gold studded with pearls and turquoises
which Said Pasha OF Egypt gave the Empress
Eugene somewhere in the sixties - mol'ify her for
having refused 10 et VI. de Lesseps have gratis
al, the felah .abor that he wanted for the digging
OF the Suez Canal The Empress had Placed this
service. with many other vaiuab.es in safe pace
after the defeat Of the French Army al Grave
lo;te. She sod 1t 10 Nine. Henri Schneider. the
mother Of Me. de Sauveurs future husband
Naturally the young duchess de Bsacca wishes
to make a mark contributor 70 the coroeUe
Tho bae n
Vice IN god II is, apart from its intrinsic WORTH
OF a chaste design ard precious on account OF the
perfection Of the workmanship Baroness A.phohse
10 Ro,hschid gives an eighteenth century tmep!ece
set In a Venetian mirror. with silver frame ana
candlesticks The dial is encirc.ed WIN tao.s
diamonds cut In the o.d-fashioned manner
Leon say. member Of the Academy, formerly MINI
lister of Finance and Speaker OF the Senate. has
been making characteristic speech at the dstrlou-
ton OF prizes at the Paris Lyceum. He has OFTEN
spoken on other similar occasions and made illusions
to political questions. NJ Leon Say Is an easy ana
unaffected talker. He is cooqual and yet chaste
The ease Is far removed from hippancy. vein OF
humor adorns his discourses The quality OF good
sense is apparent He claims 10 be Of far-on Eng
lsh descent There were descendants Of Lord Sage
(of the time OF Richard III. who settled in swtzer'
land followed Calvin there and went into business
The family eliminated in J. b. Say the economist.
Leon Say has. a a speaker. the qualities OF nrst-
rate English orator His OF humor is English but
his ceverness and nelness of expression are French
Like Gladstone he Is devoted 10 ancient literature
But he is keeniy alive 10 aspect OF 1t that does
not appear to have struck the Grand Old Man. NJ.
Leon Say as did Cicero, seeks for mental repose IN
the study OF art and literature. The other day he
had much TO say of Cicero and all well said
literature was the most flexible OF the links which
united the wh ns P b the s%dy of the
classics threw light on the best sneestra ny
sna ss' cicero to- defend himself family and his
friends but inspired the vigorous pioWs t ma, ne
eS on on ne a OF Which tns ne cohne
10 the justice OF the Senate and the people gave
t n n unknown II seemed as il he brought
superhuman power into play in lighting anarchy and
na,i,icsiiv sOsaking was shortllved Times had
changed since he was young and manners were cor
enemies. Octavius delivered him to them. He Eel!
under the blows Of Antonys mercsnaries HIS mead
Fulva pierced with hot iron the tonsne that haa
became Of literature amid shameless vice the h or
Of civil war And the he G ,aas Grsvey eae
When had been the dellgh, Of the most subtle
OF Greece and .prnnx w %p out
R !hs ooos and Of m art a"f
she s the efi aby sf Be
while the mind is sseny oy ysrs'I in aSt
and literature. This discrepancy was never more
apparent than in Italy in the Middle Ages land; ana the
Creek literature was noble stinulant to the
mind and poison to the moral sense, Mnat was
good was not s!fted from what was evil The man an
nnnression 81 conquering races. The social ques-
ton was solved by slavery. The people were
knot OF tyrants aristocrats. democrats ana demae
eoS,les who kept the most abject state the class
now known by the honorable name OF the popular
masses. $1,000. =. .. "a
81 Leon Say thinks professors cannot be AZ ' TOO
much pains TO show to young students or antiquity
,rhat ppoison turks in Greek and Roman literature.
Their works to be admired as the rarest now:
ers Of the human mind. But the ancients are not
70 he Initiated in their public or private lives.
Their heroes bandits round whose heads poets
have set halos Their subtle metaphysicians are 70
he feared as great architects Of chmericai palaces
built on sandy foundations and adorned with faiss
hopes. r. W